Arpita Biswas, an IIT-B student, who was present when Dr Palash Sen made those sexist remarks at the Mood Indigo fest demands the singer and the organisers must offer a public apology to women.
The post-slowdown period also saw an increase in interest from management consulting firms with over 20 companies making 70 offers.
US-based invention investment company Intellectual Ventures and Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay today signed a MoU to license and commercialise inventions of students and faculty of the institute.
In an online chat with readers, Vivek Gupta, an IIT-B alumnus and co-founder, Plancess EduSolutions Pvt Ltd, offered advice on how to crack the Joint Entrance Examination.
In a first, graduating students from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) have decided to pledge Rs 200 per month in favour of the institute from their salaries for one year.
The offers range from $2,500 to $3,500 per month.
The event took off with an introductory speech by Dr Ajit Ranade appreciating the achievements of IIT Bombay. Among the other speakers were Dr Anil Kakodkar, chairman of the board of governors, IIT-B, Infosys chief Nandan Nilekani and Prof. R K Shevgaonkar, deputy director of finance and external affairs and the co-chairman of the IITBAA.
"Funds received from alumni and companies are usually meant for specific projects. These funds pour in between October and December every year. Current projects will not be affected despite the economic slowdown, but new projects might take a hit," said T K Ghosal, deputy registrar (finance), the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur.
IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IISc-Bangalore are among top 200 in prestigious QS global rankings 2020.
An IIT-Bombay student has claimed to have received a job offer of Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million) from the social networking site Facebook.
IIT-Bombay and the National University of Singapore will launch joint Master's and Doctoral degree programmes.
Contributions made to public funded universities, IITs, national laboratories and autonomous bodies engaged in conducting research in science, technology, engineering and medicine has now been recognised as part of CSR by the government.
Appealing that another chance be given to Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul, who have drawn flak for their outrage-evoking comments on women during a chat show, renowned umpire Simon Taufel Monday said 'we all make mistakes'.
Be it bad loans resolution or his uncanny focus on inflation fighting which earned him criticism of being a policy hawk, Acharya was at the centre of it all and deftly steered the policy machinery.
'This exercise helped the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders reach out to more voters and at the same time, fine tune the poll strategy.'
Sushil Reddy took a seven day trip to spread awareness on solar power.
As per the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Oxford overtakes Cambridge as Britain's best research university.
Hrishi Satawane, who found love in Vinh from Vietnam, says "Society is more open minded than you think."
'Actually, the RSS is deeply ambivalent and uncomfortable with Gandhi as well as also Ambedkar, but it is not politically wise to oppose these two.' 'So Nehru is the main and only target.'
When it comes to writing e-mails, less is more. Presenting a list of mistakes you must avoid while drafting your next e-mail...
None of the top five start-ups launched by IITians - Flipkart, Zomato, Ola Cabs, Housing.com and Inmobi - were incubated at IITs
'Each day, while interacting with scores of people, all with demands and expectations of their own, holding one's own fort is of paramount importance. 'One must always have the vision which will guide the journey,' says Dinesh Goel, a chemical engineer from IIT-B, co-founder and CEO, AasaanJobs.com, an online marketplace for entry-level and blue-collar job seekers.
The total staff strength - once 1,100 - is now under 200.
Mera Job is a marketplace for both lower end white collar jobs and skilled blue collar workers.
Anup Raaj, 23, describes how Super 30, a free IIT-JEE coaching institute located in Patna, Bihar, changed his life.
Two IIT-B grads cracked the cab aggregator code, tasted success & failure.
Gavin DSouza who scored 99.49 percentile in CAT 2013 tells us how he cracked the test.
At the 53rd annual convocation ceremony of the IIT-Bombay, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi shared stories of his struggle and victories.
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