IIT, MIT students and faculty join hands to convert Shantiniketan into a model heritage city

In order to convert Bolpur-Shantiniketan into a model sustainable heritage city, students and faculty members from the IIT-Kgp and MIT, on Friday came together at a brainstorming session. Those from IIT-Kgp were mainly research scholars and students pursuing masters in

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Amidst protests, IIT switches Veda ‘workshop’ to lectures

The Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay) organised a workshop on ‘Ancient Indian Knowledge Systems’. Amidst protests, IIT switch Veda ‘workshop’ to lectures RELATED STORIES J Jayalalithaa passes away: Schools, colleges shut down in Tamil Nadu CAT 2016: How candidates reacted

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J Jayalalithaa passes away: IIT Madras postpones campus placements to December 8

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras postponed the ongoing campus placements to December 8, following the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. IIT Madras postpones campus placements to December 8 RELATED STORIES J Jayalalithaa passes away: Schools,

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This labourer’s son from Kota cracked IIT Delhi: Here’s how!

It’s not necessary that only students who take coaching from top-notch institutes or from metropolitan cities gets admission to Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs),  Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), other premier institutes. Here’s the story of a laborer’s son from

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IIT Jammu to be inaugurated tomorrow: HRD Minister Javadekar to do the honour

The new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) transit campus in Jammu will be inaugurated tomorrow on August 6 by Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Prakash Javadekar. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Department of Higher

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Rajya Sabha passes much-awaited IIT (Amendment) Bill: Jammu and Tirupati to also get IITs

Finally, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, August 2 approved the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2016 by voice vote. In a major announcement, IIT campuses will also be set up in Jammu and  Tirupati. (Read: IIT Act introduced in Lok

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Two students from IIT Kharagpur awarded President gold medal

Two students from IIT Kharagpur have been awarded with President of India gold medals for the first time at the annual convocation of the institute. Students from the department of computer science and engineering, Prithwish Mukherjee and Soham Dan secured

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IIT Kharagpur collaborates with MIT to launch course in urbanisation

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is all set to join hands with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to launch a course in urbanisation. The course will commence from October this year and would see a collaboration between the IIT’s

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