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IIT 2013 Global Conference in Houston from December 6-8

New Delhi: IIT Alumni at Houston is playing the host to the IIT 2013 Global Conference. The global conference will take place in Houston, Texas, U.S. – known as the Energy Capital of the World – for the first time. Open to all, it will bring together more than 1500 techies, engineers and scientists – […]

Education for young kids goes to next level with Play-i

New Delhi: Two IIT alumni have teamed up to introduce robots that can teach computer programming to kids who are as young as five years old. These robots – Bo and Yana – can be programmed using handheld devices, like an iPad, using visual programming languages like Scratch and Blockly. Kids do not need to […]

Japan to offer Rs 1,129 crore for campus development at IIT Hyderabad

New Delhi: According to a statement issued by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in a meeting between Rajesh Khullar, Joint Secretary in the Finance Ministry and Takeshi Yagi, Ambassador of Japan to India, Japan has agreed to give a financial assistance of Rs 1,958 crore (30.7 billion yen) to India. Out of these, Rs […]

Education for young kids goes to next level with Play-i

New Delhi: Two IIT alumni have teamed up to introduce robots that can teach computer programming to kids who are as young as five years old. These robots – Bo and Yana – can be programmed using handheld devices, like an iPad, using visual programming languages like Scratch and Blockly. Kids do not need to […]

Today is 10th Anniversary of Whistleblower IITian Satyendra Dubey!

New Delhi: Satyendra Dubey was all set to rise when he stepped up from his small village Sahpur in Bihar to do B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur and M.Tech from IIT BHU. He chose to overstep offers from abroad and serve his country, and his state. He was employed by the National Highway […]

After ISRO, IIT Kharagpur might soon join hands with NASA too

New Delhi: IIT Kharagpur has successfully partnered with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) over the last four years on much publicized projects like Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan and Scatterometer which is a radar designed to measure oceanic winds. Now, two scientists from the premier research agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have visited IIT Kharagpur […]

Google offers pre-placement offer of Rs 75 LPA at IIT KGP

New Delhi: Pre-placement offers (PPOs) at IITs spell out a successful campus placement season, according to the exampus. Google has made an offer of $120,000 (Rs 75 lakh) per annum to students of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Guwahati. These students have been invited to work at its US Headquarters. Last year, the highest offer made […]

Dates of all Engineering Entrance Exams to be held in 2014

Most of the engineering entrance exams will be held in May and June. The first step of JEE admission process or JEE Main will take place in April. List of Engineering Entrance 2014 exam dates as announced yet:               Most board exams will be conducted in late February and […]