IIT Guwahati Dean Arrested on Rape Charges
New Delhi: Aloke Kumar Ghosal (A K Ghosal), Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering and Dean of Academic affairs at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, has been arrested on charges of rape and sexual harassment of a junior employee at the institute. IIT-G has removed him from all the responsibilities after the police […]
IIT Lingo Series: Know Engineers’ Slangs
While some may turn it down as a techie’s jargon or students’ gobbledygook, JEE aspirants are eager to learn the campus lingo of the IITs. Here are some of the most interesting IIT vocabs that can infuse a dash of fun to your language skills: IIT Vocabs for New Entrants ‘AIR’ is ‘All India Rank’. […]
4-Year Plan to Crack IIT JEE for Students of Class 9 and 10
Vipul Singh from Bhilai (Chhatisgarh) was the AIEEE 2010 topper. He also got AIR #5 in IIT JEE 2010. He shared with the media that he was sure that he knew that he wanted to get into IIT right from Class 7 and that he started studying advanced topics right from Class 9. For example, […]
IITs, IIMs to offer MOOC: New Hopes for Brighter Future
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is soon planning to launch the SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) Bharat Programme. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have decided to back up the programme by offering the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) way. IIT Bombay (IIT-B) and IIM Bangalore have […]
Jayant Sinha: An IIT and Harvard graduate, who instigated Universal Identification Number for Indians.
He joined IIT Delhi and passed with distinction. He went to Harvard and University of Pennsylvania to master his skills. With more than 25 years of experience, Jayant Sinha has entered the world of politics as Minister of State in Finance Department. Initial Years: Jayant was born on 21st April, 1963 in Giridih, Jharkhand. 51 […]
Manohar Parrikar: India's Defence Minister an IITian
Manohar Parrikar is a well-known name in Indian politics, as he was Goa’s first Chief Minister to come into power from Bharatiya Janta Party. With the promise to weed out the corruption from Indian Defense system, this 58 year old IITian is the first ever graduate to become CM of any state. With power in […]
Old Institutes vs. New IITs
The HRD ministry had proposed to open five new IITs and IIMs in our country during their election manifesto. Keeping to their promise, they have taken a step in this direction by transforming few prestigious educational institutes into new IITs and IIMs. But what matters is, whether these institutes will be able to carry the […]
Why Google offered 1.47 Crore package to BITS Pilani, whereas only about 80 Lakh to MIT and Stanford
After Google making the whopping offer of 1.4 crore to students of BITS Pilani, some views and opinions that we have got from other student of BITS Nitin Mathur, BITS Pilani answers: Yes it is true that Google has made job offers worth 1.4 crore! But it’s also a fact that most of the Indian […]
Facebook offers IIT Bombay Girl a Pay Packet of Rs 2.1 crore
New Delhi: ‘Where do you envision yourself when you are 20?’ – Jaipur girl Aastha Agrawal, a fourth-year Computer Science student at IIT-Bombay has set the targets higher for not just the girls at IIT but boy IITians as well. She has received a pre-placement offer (PPO) of Rs 2 crore plus – from everyone’s […]
Come clean on Sanskrit in schools, SC directs Government
New Delhi: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has already clarified to the Supreme Court (SC) bench that the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) will not face any problems in appearing for the Class 10 board examination to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), if they do not appear for their Sanskrit exam […]