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A Timeless Love Story Hosted by IIT Delhi Alumni

IIT Delhi  Alumni Association wanted to keep the association active and brings together the faculty, students and the alumni, so they decide to do something different. IIT Delhi Alumni Association hosted 3, Sakina Manzil – the timeless love story, in the Seminar Hall on 27th July, 2014. This play saw the casting of Tarun Singhal […]

Leopard in IIT becomes a butt of jokes for the Twitterati!

Everyone knows it that a leopard had broken into the Metallurgical lab in the campus of IIT Mumbai. The news brought some inmates to fears, and some to tears. But as Forest Department officials were busy trying to catch it, the twitterati were up to something thoroughly different! They were airing jokes related to the […]

Want to go for MA? Hit IIT Gandhinagar Now!

A comprehensive 2 year MA programme in society and culture was launched in Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar on Monday. IIT Gandhinagar became the first one to do so! On 28th August 2014, the institute started its first batch comprising 13 students for the course, after receiving more than 400 applications from students across the country […]

The New Target of Dina Nath Batra is Smriti Irani!

The controversial teacher Dina Nath Batra, who has strong Hindutva leanings and positions himself as an educationist, demands an overhaul of the school education and has sent in a string of proposals to HRD minister Smriti Irani. Ban on teaching of foreign languages in school, no foreign collaborations for CBSE, a call centre to inculcate […]

Industry Recognition for askIITians : Award by ASSOCHAM-2014

We’re proud to announce that TransWeb Educational Services, the parent company of askIITians, is the winner of the National Education Summit and Excellence Award – 2014 for “Best Company using Technology in Education.” The award was received by the askIITians’ co-Founders and directors, Mr. Aditya Singhal and Mr. Nishant Sinha. The award has been provided to askIITians for […]

Exam Scores tell something, but they do not tell everything

Barrowford Primary School in Lancashire, UK sent a beautiful letter to its passing-out children along with their exam results. A parent posted it on Twitter and soon won global adoration of parents and teachers alike. Signed jointly by the Head Teacher Rachel Tomlinson, and the Head of Year Six Amy Birkett, the letter emphasizes that […]