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IIT-Kanpur felicitates its alumni

New Delhi: IIT Kanpur felicitated seven of its graduates with distinguished alumnus awards. These included Kamal K Sharma of 1969 batch, Amit Gupta of 2000 batch, Abhay Singhal, Naveen Tiwari of 2001 batch, Bhadresh K Shah of 1975 batch, Sumant Singh of 1978 batch and Keshav K Pingali of 1979 batch. The last three could […]

PM and President push NITs to increase their research output

New Delhi: Despite the fact that India has the second largest population in the world, its research output is quite low. For every million people in the country, the number of researches in science and technology in the US is 715; in China, it is 468. India is far behind with only 119 researchers for […]

Super 30 aggrieved by fee rise for offline JEE Main 2014 exam

New Delhi: Super 30, the well-known coaching provider who help poor students to crack IIT entrance exam, is deeply agitated by the fee rise for JEE Main 2014 exam which will be conducted in the offline mode or the pen and paper based format. It has even petitioned the Union HRD Ministry against the move. […]

IIT-BHU gears up to make its students more employable

New Delhi:Indian Institute of Technology of Banaras Hindu University, also known as IIT-BHU, has decided to restructure its academic curriculum of its undergraduate courses to make its students more employable. Under the new system, students will study in an environment which will be similar to their future workplace. The curriculum will be more project-oriented and […]

Science Secrets: Warm water freezes faster than cool water

New Delhi: We all knew that warm water freezes faster than water at a lower temperature ever since Aristotle. It also has a name – Mpemba effect. But now, a team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore have discovered ‘why’ it happens. They suggest that the secret is in the way the small […]

JEE Main 2014 displaces state-level exams of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Odisha

New Delhi: According to the latest info released by the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Apex Board, JEE Main 2014 will screen candidates for admission to undergraduate engineering programs offered by NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and state government institutions participating in the exam. JEE Main will also serve as an eligibility test […]

IIT Roorkee: Oldest College of the Brand IIT chain!

The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee or IIT Roorkee was established as early as 1847 – 166 years ago – as College of Engineering. It was not only the first Engineering College in the British Empire but also the first Engineering University of Independent India as well as the oldest technical institute in Asia. Seven […]