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Success in IIT JEE on Sale, Fraudsters Nabbed by Their Thumb Prints

New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology is playing sleuth on its students these days. Quietly, they are verifying the identities of the first year students across all the 16 IITs. The move unveiled a shocking truth. Admit cards of successful IIT JEE aspirants are on sale and are being used by the rich and […]

IIT Delhi to Launch Five-Year Integrated B.Tech-MBA Programme

New Delhi: Buoyed by the success of IIM Indore’s Integrated Program in Management (IPM) that targets students who have cleared Class XII, IIT Delhi had decided to launch its own five-year Integrated B.Tech-MBA programme from the next academic year. This should prove immensely helpful for students as many graduating engineers anyways go for MBA after […]

Education Options in India for Students from Middle East

India has the second largest higher education network in the world. Here’s a bird-eye view of the Indian Education System: Universities in India Set up by Central or State Governments only, they can be of following types: Central or State Universities: Central Universities are funded directly by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in […]

How is Christmas Celebrated by Money-Making Pigs and College-Going Kittens

With Christmas just around the corner, we couldn’t help but explore the fact whether the festival of light is celebrated with equal festive spirit by everyone (and every group) or not. And, hence, our curiosity led us to this existing, yet hidden, divide in the society between college goers and corporate alligators (officials) who have […]

Private Universities Heading IT Giant’s Way to Hire at IITs

At the time of urgent need for young professors and research assistants, small private universities have set the ball rolling with their recruitment drive to hire IITs from various parts of the country. IIT recruitment drives, once dominated by IT giants, have recently become the option for private universities, which are leaving no stone unturned […]

IIT Bombay Students Create an Authentic Railway Map for Mumbai

Two students from IIT Bombay have recently developed a commuter-friendly railway map for the Mumbai suburban railway network upon figuring out shortcomings in the existing ones. The students have blamed these particular shortcomings for commuters’ nightmares in Mumbai railways. There is no doubt that the role played by maps in providing travel-related information to commuters […]

12 Students from IIT Kanpur Bag Packages of Rs. 1 Crore Each

During a recent recruitment drive at IIT Kanpur, a number of mulch-national companies have offered an annual package of whopping Rs 1 crore to more than 12 students from the campus. Vimal Kumar, head of IIT Placement Center, confirmed the news by saying that over 12 students have been offered annual packages between 30 and […]

BITSian Writes First-Ever Mobile Phone Novel in Kannada

BITSian Writes First-Ever Mobile Phone Novel in Kannada

New Delhi: 38-year old Vidyashankar Harapanahalli is not just another techie working at Bengaluru. In an effort to give expression to his ideas, he used his commuting time to pen a 72-page Kannada novel on his mobile phone – a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. His novel ‘Kanasina Chitteya Hidiyalu Horatu’ (translated as Out to Catch […]

BITS Pilani Alumni Association to Ring the Opening Bell at NASDAQ

New Delhi: On December 23, the BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA) has been invited to ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ Marketsite situated in the Times Square. It comes at a time when the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India is celebrating its Golden Jubilee in 2013-2014. To be held days before the BITSAA […]

BITSAT 2014 Application Form is Out!

BITSAT 2014 Application Form is Out!

BITSAT 2014 application form is available from today. You can apply online for the exam through askIITians. Sale of prospectus has started from today – December 18, 2013 and the last day to apply for the exam February 15, 2014. According to the latest notification, important dates for BITSAT 2014 are: Online Slots can be […]