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JEE Advanced 2015:IITs Proposed New Eligibility Criteria

The prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are planning to change the eligibility criteria for admission to engineering courses in premier institutes of IIT. According to the new proposal, only those students who will score above 75% of marks in their class 12 board exams will be eligible for admission into the IITs. As per […]

IIT Guwahati Grieves Over Another Shocking Suicide Case!

  GUWAHATI: There is no dearth of IIT suicide cases, and seems there is no end too. As the nation gets over the tragedy of one, another happens. In the latest case of IIT Guwahati, a first- semester student of one of the leading institutions of the country, was found dead on campus on Sunday. […]

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A Joint Initiative of IITs and IISc

This is a good news for the technology aspirants out there. The IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) with the IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore, will deliver MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), as part of a project called NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning). The project which is funded by the HRD Ministry (Ministry […]

Counselling Session at AIPMT Ends with 858 Vacant Seats

This is a terrible tale but there is nothing new to it. It has become a trend that on one hand students try and die studying for the entrances but on the other hand seats remain vacant. Same was the scenario with AIPMT (All India Pre Medical Test). On conclusion of AIPMT medical counselling, a […]