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Of Pride and Prejudices—IIT-Delhi V/S IIT-Bombay

Of Pride and Prejudices—IIT-Delhi V/S IIT-Bombay

Most discussions on IIT’s best institutions end up on a war-like situation with no concrete conclusion. And irrespective of this fact, we’ve decided to take things on our own hands on the issue one more time, albeit with all safety precautions in place. The two engineering institutions that will battle for supremacy in our discussion […]

When Life Takes A U Turn

Life is unbelievable and can take a ‘U turn’ when the chances of the same are rare. If you don’t believe me then read about Brian Acton who four years back was struggling to get a foothold in his next spell of professional career. Being a common average man, his all positive thoughts on life […]

Google Unleashes Google Capital—Targets Only Startups in Growth Phase

After the unprecedented success of Google Ventures, Google’s innovative endeavor to invest in startups and acquire companies, the major internet giant has launched Google Capital amid speculations. Google Capital will invest in startups in their growth phase unlike Google Ventures, which only invested in companies in their initial stages. “We’ll be looking to invest in […]

BITS Pilani Hogs Limelight Once Again—Bags Award at WCRC

Proving its mettle in making many engineering dreams come to reality, BITS Pilani has once again hogged the limelight for its remarkable achievement during WCRC Leaders Asian Education Excellence Summit. Held on January 9th, 2014, BITS Pilani bagged the award for Asia’s Best Private Education Institute in the Engineering and Technology category during the summit […]

The Haunted Truth of Indian Institute of Technology

With the news of an IIT-Roorkee student, Udai Tanajirao Biradare, committing suicide in the hostel premises last Wednesday, blood ridden alleys of IITs have once again come back to haunt the very dream of India’s so called educational reform. Suicide toll in IITs across the country has now hit 4 since December (2013), which, needless […]

Schoolboy sets a record by inventing an all new computer system!

So, we have a yet another invention by Afreed Islam, a school boy who will be taking his Class X CBSE examinations commencing from March 3. Afreed, who is a student of Little Flower School, Hatigaon introduced his archetype of a computer system that replaces the hard disc by a microchip and offers the option […]