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Destiny Ride to the IIT Where I Found My Love!

It was the day when I was about to take a new turn in my life. I was in Top 10 students in Askiitians. Everyone, including Aditya & Nishant Sir, was expecting my IIT JEE AIR to be under #50! It was the day of the IIT JEE exam! As I entered the hall, my […]

Last Date to Apply for JEE Main 2014 Extended Till January 6

New Delhi: As requested by the Madhya Pradesh government, the CBSE has decided to extend the last date of online submission of JEE Main 2014 application form from December 26, 2013 to January 6, 2014. JEE Main 2014 has been scheduled to be conducted on April 6 in the offline mode and on April 9, […]

Threat of No Marks to Engineering Students with Bad Handwriting

Threat of No Marks to Engineering Students with Bad Handwriting

New Delhi: For the first time, Mumbai University is going to introduce its online assessment process. A a pilot project, answer sheets of engineering students who will take exams this month will be assessed online, which will be extended to other faculties by next semester-end exams. A circular with nine guidelines has been issued in […]

Little Known Facts about Arvind Kejriwal – a Great IITian!

Arvind Kejriwal is an Ex-IITian and naturally, we are interested in his exemplary success story. Surprising everyone, he swept off the mighty Sheila Dikshit – three times the Chief Minister of Delhi – with a stroke of his magic broom. Here are some of the other interesting facts about Arvind Kejriwal you may want to […]

In Round 1, More Than 100 IITB Students Scored Placements Abroad

New Delhi: As the first phase of campus placements ended at IIT Bombay on December 19, the fears of global economy slowdown having an impact over the placement season have ended too. Over 100 IIT-B students were offered offshore jobs by multinational companies – 20 more than last year. Overall, 889 students out of a […]

IIT-Madras Professor Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

New Delhi: B Ramamoorthy, an IIT Madras Professor who taught Mechanical Engineering, has been suspended by the board of governors of the institute. A research scholar who accompanied him on an academic tour to Europe in September had alleged that he had tried to sexually harass her. The complaint was immediately forwarded to the Complaints […]

IIT Kharagpur Students Turn Primary School Teachers

IIT Kharagpur Students Turn Primary School Teachers

New Delhi: Some students of IIT Kharagpur turn primary school teachers every day for poor children nearby. About 100 students from IIT-KGP are part of the Gopali Youth Welfare Society that was started in 2002 by their predecessors. The Society focuses on the development of people in the area. Soon, it was realized that primary […]

IIT Delhi to Organize First-ever Alumni Day on December 29

New Delhi: For the first time, the alumni of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi across batches will come together on December 29 to discuss how to improve the overall ranking and global positioning of IIT Delhi. The first-ever Alumni Day will see IIT-D alumni come together and find ways to how to give back to […]

Know Why There are So Many Jobless Engineers in India?

The secret behind the rise in number of unemployed engineers

India produces about 15 lakh engineers every year. The ugly truth is that no one wants to talk about the fact that most of them remain jobless! Let’s analyze the situation and find how we can combat it: Tug-of-War between Supply and Demand In the late 90s and early 2000s, there was a gaping shortage […]

Comparative Study on Sex Ratio at IITs vs Sex Ratio at US Colleges

New Delhi: We all know about the skewed sex ratio at the IITs. For every eight to fourteen male students in premier engineering colleges in India, there is just one woman who takes admission in undergraduate engineering programs. Aspiring Minds – an initiative of IIT and MIT alumni – has made this low male to […]