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JEE Advanced 2015 Answer Keys released; Errors in Answer Keys

On June 8, 2015, JEE Advanced 2015 answer keys were published online on jeeadv.iitb.ac.in. The exam was conducted on May 24. Out of top 1,50,000 students who qualified for the exam, about 25,000 failed to register for the IIT admission exam. JEE Advanced results are to be declared on June 18, 2015. Check JEE Advanced […]

AIPMT 2015 Result on June 12: Delayed due to paper leak investigation

The All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) 2015 results had to be declared on June 5, 2015. The Supreme Court had earlier put a stay on the declaration of AIPMT result till June 10 but now extended the stay for 2 more days – until June 12, 2015 – in the wake of ongoing investigation of […]

Why modi government mulling over opening IIT, IIM campuses abroad?

The NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is now planning on revising its earlier policy of not opening up higher educational institutes abroad. As part of its foreign policy, it may now set up campuses of prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) in countries like Sri Lanka, […]

NIT Jalandhar Mining Engineering students have a bleak future

New Delhi: On May 26, 2015, the Board of Governors (BoG) of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar decided that it will discontinue the B.Tech programmes of Mining Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the academic year 2015-16. It will not admit any fresh students in these three courses from this year but will […]

Bitter truths about Life at IIT: Fun tid-bits for new IITians

JEE Advanced 2015 is over and soon about 10,000 of the lucky bookworms will now be allowed inside the hallowed gates of the IITs as the 2015-2019 batch. Here are some of the major disappointments & bitter truths you might face at the IITs: IITs do employ world-class Professors but they delve in ‘Research’ rather […]

JEE Advanced 2015 Exam Analysis: Toughest one since 2005

May 24, 2015 was one of the biggest days for the engineering exam aspirants as they appeared for JEE Advanced 2015 exam for admission to the prestigious IITs. Conducted by IIT Bombay this year, the standard of JEE Advanced paper went up by a few notches. Overall Review:JEE Advanced 2015 paper was toughest since 2005 […]

Why IIT-Madras Bans Students Association?

New Delhi: IIT Madras has banned a Dalit students’ association after receiving an anonymous complaint that it has been spread ‘hatred’ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hindus and criticizing the polities of the Central Government. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry had forwarded a complaint to IIT Madras which alleged that a student group called […]

Is CBSE lying about AIPMT paper leak?

|   Despite the fact that the Haryana Police has made arrests in the paper leak case of the All-India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) conducted on May 3, 2015 and submitted evidences that answer keys of 123 questions were transmitted to students in Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Haryana, the CBSE is insisting that there was ‘no […]