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Excel in the JEE Chemistry 2014 with these brilliant books!

Preparing for JEE Main and JEE Advanced 2014? Puzzled regarding what books should be consulted? Your success or failure to a large extent depends on the material referred for the preparation. So it is of utmost importance that you refer the most appropriate books that provide you complete knowledge with appropriate details and in easily […]

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 […]

Cheated at IIT JEE to be an IITian; got a lucky break!

I will take the liberty of remaining anonymous as this is a story I am not very proud of. It is my real-life experience about how I cheated at IIT JEE and the black-market tactics I used to become an IITian. Here is a disclaimer (if cheaters are ever allowed one): I had not planned […]

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 […]