Dream Companies betting on Non-IITs for Recruiting Talent
New Delhi: Normally, it is the IIT placements that talk about crore plus salary packages and dream companies. That is why, almost all engineering aspirants in India try hard to get into the hallowed gates of the IITs. But this year, placement trends are seeing some unusual movements as more and more top recruiters are […]
The Supermoon is Just a Moon: What’s the Big Deal about it?
There was a time when lunar eclipses were for the geeks. People would look at a lunar eclipse and owe it to ‘Rahu’ and ‘Ketu’ or whatever dumb story they heard about it. I used to be the one to explain to them the science behind the event and they would either think of me […]
IIT Experience: From the Diaries of an IIT Delhi Alumnus
A lot of people have been writing interesting stuff about life at IITs. Most of them would throw in a few of the innovative IIT lingo and pranks (wink, wink!) to entice their readers. This post is different in that I have not tried to be politically correct here. I am penning my own observations […]
JEE Advanced should be the entrance exam for both IITs and NITs: NIT proposal
New Delhi: The NIT Council has proposed to the IIT Council that admissions to both IITs and NITs should take place through a single entrance exam – JEE advanced. It is believed that the HRD Minister Smriti Irani favours the proposal for the single entrance exam but the IITs are reluctant to grant equivalence to […]
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana hail the Common Entrance Test for IITs, NITs
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recently proposed to hold a single (common) entrance exam for both the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs). The move has found a great favour from academic experts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Ramakrishna Rai, an ex-IIT professor, said […]
Another IITian commits suicide; at IIT Madras this time
 New Delhi: 23-year old M Narendra Kumar Reddy was a second-year M.Tech student at IIT Madras. Reddy belonged to a village in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh – and was studying on a sponsorship offered by a private construction firm at Manapakkam. Just last week, he had gone to his native village for the Vinayagar […]
IIT Guwahati student found dead; suspected of committing suicide
New Delhi: Third student has been found dead at IIT Guwahati in the last one year. The body of Ujjwal Shailabh was found near the four-storey Brahmaputra Hostel around 11:30 am by some students. IIT Ujjawal was 24 years old and was from Triveniganj town in the Supoul district of Bihar. The body was found […]
Strange Story of Ahmed : From School to Prison to White House
A 14-year old boy in Texas, US was arrested by the police on charges of making a bomb and taking it to his school. This brown-skinned boy – Ahmed Mohamed – had actually made a cock at home and took it to his teachers to impress them. Ahmed’s passion lies in Robotics and Engineering. On […]
IIT-D and IISc rank amongst the Top 200 Universities of the World – finally
New Delhi: The QS World University Rankings 2015 has brought a pleasant surprise for Indians. Two of the country’s premier institutes – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru – broke the glass ceiling and have been ranked amongst the Top 200 Universities of the World. IISc Bengaluru […]
Tips from Toppers: What AIIMS & AIPMT Toppers did for AIR 1
Tejaswin Jha – Topper of AIPMT 2014 – believes in Sound Body for a Sound Mind Tejaswin – the boy who got AIR 1 in AIPMT last year – is not a bookworm. He says, “Sports and recreational activities are absolutely necessary along with your medical exam preparation. Apart from school and coaching, I used […]