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A Handful of Seats in JEE Main: Is it Fair for a Toil of 2 Years?

After toiling hard for two years to score well in JEE Main, the so- called ‘One India One test’ conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education, the general category candidates have been informed that only 6, 400 seats are available in the 10 IIITs, 30 NITs, and 10- 12 other centrally- funded institutions. Some popular […]

Have Nowhere to Go : Thanks to the Percentile System in Maharashtra

If in case you are planning to study engineering at a top institute in Maharashtra, then you had better make sure that you do the two years of junior college through the state board. Over 8,000 engineering aspirants who passed the ISCE or CBSE exam have learned this lesson albeit a little too late now. […]

No IITs for Karnataka! Was Petty Politics Worth it?

Now the Political leaders from Karnataka may cry hoarse over the State not getting an Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, in the Union Budget. Nevertheless, the officials in the Human Resources Development Ministry blame it on petty politics and rivalry among State leaders that thwarted the Centre’s move in this direction. The HRD Ministry headed by […]

An IIT for Jammu but not for Kashmir – Omar Lashes out at PDP

Expressing huge discontent at PDP and its Parliamentarians from the Valley for keeping ‘criminal silence’ over the ‘barefaced discrimination meted out to Kashmir’ by the Union Government while allocating an IIT to Jammu and depriving the young Kashmiris on this account, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that it was a matter of absolute shame for […]

IIT-B Student Team Sets Out on a Mars Expedition in an Australian Desert

Seven students of IIT-Bombay, from different academic streams, have turned into astronauts momentarily, wearing space suits and living and working in a simulated Martian environment in a remote desert in Australia. These students belong to the Mars Society of India, launched at the Nehru Centre in 2012. This is an initiative by IIT-Bombay and the […]

NIT Agartala: Why to Join It and Why to Avoid It?

NIT Agartala offers a comprehensive academic structure in a lush green campus spread over 500 acres.  National Institute of Technology, Agartala or NITA was established in 1962 and was ranked 23rd of all NITs. It is ranked among the top engineering colleges of India. Most popular branches in NIT Agartala are Electrical Engineering and  Electronics […]

The Academic Way to Achieve Glory for 150 UAE Students

The most common question that all students face, especially as soon as they appear for Grade 12 exams is “What do you want to do in the future?” A student’s answer can range from one that they have memorised to satisfy their parents and one that lets the child run away from prying adults. But, […]

Do Vacant Seats Point to Diminishing Value of Brand IIT

The co-relation between the branded engineering colleges IITs and the courses that they offer has taken a downward spiral if the news reports are to be believed. In 2007, the centre took a pragmatic approach and doubled the number of seats on offer, across all IITs from 4500 to about 9784 out of which general […]