The proposal for the setup of NDL
A proposal has been put forward to the Ministry of Human Resource Development by the IIT Kharagpur for the formation of a NDL. This initiative has been taken by the IIT Kharagpur in order to develop the national online educational asset for those candidates who are interested in innovation and research. The director of this […]
Locals Mount Pressure for IIM in Behrampur
Several academicians and advocates joined hands to form a ‘Forum for IIM in Berhampur’. The forum was founded to mount pressure on the government to establish the institution as promised by the central government in the last budget. A memorandum is soon to be submitted to the Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Southern Division, stating the need […]
CM Intervention Gets Girl Student Admission Into NIT-Calicut
The efforts of Chief Minister Oommmen Chandy bore fruit as he lobbied for the sake of a single girl student. Keerthana, from Thiruvananthapuram, whose mother is a sweeper, brother is an MBA graduate and who does not have a father, cleared the JEE entrance examination with a sixth rank in the OBC category. When she […]
IITs, NITs to Explore Common Counselling in 2015-16
Addressing the issue of empty seats at various IITs, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to conduct common counseling for all IITs and NITs, starting from the academic year 2015-16. The court has also directed the government to submit a report on whether lateral entry to second year can be allowed from NITs […]
Jadavpur University Suicide Turns Out to be a Cold- Blooded Murder!
The death of Jadavpur University student Manish Ranjan Mishra came as a shock to all the students over the country when we learnt that he committed suicide after writing the Microsoft exam. But now the case has come under an entirely new light as the parents believe that it was not a suicide at all, […]
More Than 50% of IIT Bombay Students Confess Cheating in IIT!
MUMBAI: A survey was conducted by IIT- B’s students’ magazine, called InSight. A total of 300 students had participated in this survey, the results of which were shocking indeed. It came out that one in two of final- year undergraduate students at IIT- Bombay, admitted that they resorted to malpractices in examinations and assignments at some point […]
CPMT Counselling Ends on Day 4, Admissions to Begin from 8th August(Today)
KANPUR: 249 students in Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College were registered on Monday and booked their seats for MBBS course in various state medical colleges. Thus the Combined Pre- Medical Test (CPMT) counselling ended peacefully on the fourth day at on Tuesday. The students from state rank 2, 001 to 6, 000, under ST/ […]
IIT-Gandhinagar Goes Global for Students, Joins Hands with Nielsen
AHMEDABAD: IIT- Gandhinagar, The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nielsen, in order to support international opportunities for its undergraduate students. As per the agreement, Nielsen will fund several Nielsen Awards annually at the institute to enable undergraduate students to participate in international conferences, internships and workshops […]
High Court Rejects IIT Petition but Appreciates its Methodology!
JEE Advanced 2014 was conducted by 7 zonal IITs namely, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras. The petition was filed by Prof Rajeev Kumar who said that hundreds of seats remain vacant at IITs due to students taking up admissions in NITs. Prof Rajeev Kumar prayed […]
One Tenth of the Freshers Fail to Communicate in English in IIT Bombay!
Though it sounds so strange but yet it is true. Freshers at IIT- Bombay face major problems in understanding and communicating in English, thereby letting it affect their academic performance. This was communicated by students’ body representatives to a 5 -member external institute review committee. The committee met the representatives on July 31. Majorly, when […]