CBSE Class IX and Class XI students breathe free, No PSA exam now
CBSE has decided to do away with the Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) exam which had been mandatory for Class IX and Class XI students for last three years. The Class 9 and Class 11 students will not appear for an additional Formative Assessment (FA) exam instead. CBSE students are breathing a sigh of relief now. […]
Rs 1400 crore approved for 6 New IITs announced in Union Budget
In the Union Budget, Arun Jaitley had announced setting up of new IIMs and IITs. The Modi government announced five IITs at Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Goa, Jammu and Kerala and then added IIT Karnaka to the list later. Now, the Union Cabinet has approved Rs 1,400 crore for the six new IITs. The Cabinet has […]
Aerial View of IIT Bombay: Video by Arvind Ghorwal
Dear IIT-B aspirants, we are presenting you with one of the most amazing videos that showcase the beauty of IIT Bombay campus in the best way – from up in the sky. Arvind Ghowal, a student of IIT-B, uploaded it on YouTube. The video has been shot by a drone camera and captures the various […]
Facebook turns its face Away from IITs due to visa problems
New Delhi: One of the heartbreaking news for the IITians graduating this year is that Facebook might give them a miss this year. With Mark Zuckerberg coming to Delhi on October 28, 2015, the speculations were that more Indians might be hired by Facebook this year. Instead, IITs might not see any internships, pre-placement offers […]
Meet Mark Zuckerberg in IIT-Delhi on 28 October
New Delhi: In an exciting development after the famous meeting of PM Narendra Modi and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg will hold a Townhall Question and Answer session at IIT-Delhi on October 28, 2015. It will just like be the one Zuckerberg hosted for our PM in Palo Alto last month. “Indians form one of our […]
Dream Companies betting on Non-IITs for Recruiting Talent
New Delhi: Normally, it is the IIT placements that talk about crore plus salary packages and dream companies. That is why, almost all engineering aspirants in India try hard to get into the hallowed gates of the IITs. But this year, placement trends are seeing some unusual movements as more and more top recruiters are […]
The Supermoon is Just a Moon: What’s the Big Deal about it?
There was a time when lunar eclipses were for the geeks. People would look at a lunar eclipse and owe it to ‘Rahu’ and ‘Ketu’ or whatever dumb story they heard about it. I used to be the one to explain to them the science behind the event and they would either think of me […]
IIT Experience: From the Diaries of an IIT Delhi Alumnus
A lot of people have been writing interesting stuff about life at IITs. Most of them would throw in a few of the innovative IIT lingo and pranks (wink, wink!) to entice their readers. This post is different in that I have not tried to be politically correct here. I am penning my own observations […]
JEE Advanced should be the entrance exam for both IITs and NITs: NIT proposal
New Delhi: The NIT Council has proposed to the IIT Council that admissions to both IITs and NITs should take place through a single entrance exam – JEE advanced. It is believed that the HRD Minister Smriti Irani favours the proposal for the single entrance exam but the IITs are reluctant to grant equivalence to […]
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana hail the Common Entrance Test for IITs, NITs
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recently proposed to hold a single (common) entrance exam for both the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs). The move has found a great favour from academic experts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Ramakrishna Rai, an ex-IIT professor, said […]