Gaurav bags highest salary package at IIT Indore worth Rs 1.7 crore
New IITs have always been seen doubted and griped about. IIT Indore, which flagged off in 2009, has proved itself with hitting the nail in its third placement report. Gaurav Agarwal, a final year student of B.Tech (Computer Science) at IIT-I, has been hired as a software engineer by Google at a salary package of […]
Girls inching up their way to the IITs
In 2014, 8% IIT qualifiers were girls. This year, the number of girls accepted by IITs has increased by 40, which means that 9% of students accepted by IITs in the current batch are girls. In total, 9,974 students have been allotted seats at all the 18 IITs in the first joint seat allocation process […]
Ragging at IIT: Sundar Pichai shares his experience
The Nehru Hall of Residence at IIT Kharagpur has more than its fair share of super-achievers today, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner social entrepreneur Harish Hande and the new Google CEO – Sundar Pichai. In 1989, when Pichai entered IIT KGP, ragging was still in vogue. Sundar or ‘Sundi’ (as he […]
Entrepreneurship at IIT Bombay: Incubates service-based startup
IIT Bombay graduates have founded websites like Ola Cabs, Flipkart and Housing.com but at their time the institute’s Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) used to focus on just product based startups. The service-based startups or consumer-based startups were not entertained. However, recently, SINE has changed its selection criteria – incubating Purple Squirrel (which intends […]
Your D.O.S.T – We are all ears!
Not everyday is a great day. There are times when we feel extremely low and de-motivated. Nothing makes sense and utter confusion surrounds us. At such times you need someone who can lend their ears and listen to you with a non-judgmental mindset. We at YourDOST aim to provide the same to you. The idea […]
IITian Sundar Pichai is the new CEO of Google
Sundar Pichai, 43, a native of Chennai and the alumnus of IIT Kharagpur has been appointed the new CEO of Google by the company’s founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin. Google has re-structured itself and a mother company has been created called Alphanet which will take care of all its sub-companies that are not related […]
4 New IITs mean 7% more IIT seats for JEE Advanced 2015 qualifiers
IIT Chhatisgarh, Goa, Palakkad, and Tirupathi are all ready to admit students from this year. It means that the number of IIT seats is all set to rise from 9,784 in 2014 to 10,500 in 2015 – about 7% more than last year. Seat matrix at these respect IITs are: IIT Goa and IIT […]
IIT Super Guys: Red Hot Tech Entrepreneurs in India are mostly IITians
Most of the technology startups in India have been founded by IIT alumni. In fact, as many as 5 of the 7 tech startups to enter the ‘Unicorn’ club (valued over $1 billion of 6,400 crore rupees) have been founded by IITians. Some of the most notable upcoming tech entrepreneurs in the country (who are […]
Bharat Ratna A P J Abdul Kalam can ‘never’ pass away!
Most people ‘pass away’ when they die. They are like the blink of an eye on the Earth – at one moment, they are here and in the other moment, they are gone. They just disappear. Few people close to them may carry their memories in their hearts and some more may think about them […]
IIT Paradox: High Industry Recognition but Low World Ranking
In 2003, Bill Gates delivered the keynote speech in an IIT alumni meet at California where he described IIT as a ‘world class institute’, a ‘unique institution’ and an ‘incredible institution’. He even said that ‘IIT is a world treasure’. About 40 of every 100 people employed at the famous Silicon Valley are IITians. Almost […]