Shaastra 2009, the annual technical festival of IIT Madras, will be held at the IIT madras campus between September 29 and October 4.
The rankings listed Asia's top 200 universities, where 12 Indian institutions figure, including seven IITs and five universities.
IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that inducing artificial rain can only be attempted when there are clouds or moisture available.
IIM-A, other top B-schools moot IIT-like joint placement committee
If IIT-Bombay Chairman Anil Kakodkar has his way, studying at any of the 15 IITs across the country will now cost Rs 250,000 every year against the current Rs 50,000. Is this hike justified?
IIT Delhi student Shiny Singh tells us what you need to do during those crucial few hours before you get set to write the IIT JEE exam that will be held on April 10, 2011.
If the IIT Council has its way, fees for the most prestigious engineering institute will shoot up fivefold.
The decision to introduce vastu shastra as a part of the architecture curriculum at IIT-Kharagpur has polarised architects in the country. Nikita Puri reports.
The IIT faculty had been demanding withdrawal of 40 per cent cap on promotion of professors to senior grade. The teachers were also opposing the provision of contractual appointment at entry level.
If things move at the right pace, the medical college will be set up in 2009.
Participation from companies at double of last year
The placement season has brought in positive cheer for students at the IIT Kharagpur this year.
Taher Poonawala, 20, a student of IIT-Madras from Mumbai reveals his study secrets.
In the recently released EDU-RAND 2015 rankings, IIT Delhi is at the top of the list, followed by other IITs in Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Guwahati and Kanpur.
All India Rank achieves a fine balance of authenticity and sensitivity in the fine portrayals of its young actors and old.
Among the successful students include wards of marginal farmer, daily wager and small time teachers.
The All India IIT Faculty Federation went on the strike after their charter of demands, including withdrawal of 40 per cent cap on promotion of professors to senior grade, did not elicit response from the HRD ministry.
Online pharmacy player Portea, which has reportedly raised $46.5 million in two rounds, has been blacklisted for one year for revoking an offer.
As the CBI continues to probe into the NEET-UG paper leak case, career experts help us understand what the future holds for undergraduate medical aspirants.
rediffGURU Mayank Chandel, founder, CareerStreets, offers advice on what students can do after cracking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.
Beyond a point, competition is boring. The fun is in the doing, irrespective of outcome. By the time I was in college, I knew I valued awareness more than success, notes Shyam G Menon.
If left unchecked, the 2024 elections may be infamously remembered as the election of deepfakes. The ECI has a tough task ahead, but, more importantly, it has an opportunity to become a global model for scores of countries going to polls this year, notes Ajay Kumar.
Prof U B Desai, Prof M K Surappa, Prof Sudhir Kumar Jain, Prof Prem Kumar Kalra, Prof Madhusudan Chakroborty and Prof Anil Bhowmick will head the IITs at Hyderabad, Ropar, Gandhinagar, Rajasthan, Bhubaneswar and Patna respectively. The search committee of ministry of HRD had earlier selected these academics to head the new IITs.
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.
'After a month of working on the new machine, I realised that the black glass on the VVPAT lets the programmer manipulate not just the electronic system, but the paper vote too.' 'And it will not be detected even during the mock poll or the actual voting because of the black glass.'
The decision was taken at a meeting of the IIT Council by representatives from the government and directors of 16 institutes held on June 27.
A number of new IITs started functioning in 2008-09, the minister said, adding that two more IITs in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan will start functioning in 2009-10.
Yes, thanks to coaching classes and, paradoxically, the IIT brand but let's also give credit where it is due.
A study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay found that a droplet remains liquid for a much shorter time on a porous surface, making it less favourable to the survival of the virus.
None of the top five start-ups launched by IITians - Flipkart, Zomato, Ola Cabs, Housing.com and Inmobi - were incubated at IITs
IIT Madras invites applications for admission to the third batch of the Post Graduate Diploma Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM) course. It is a one-year, full-time joint IIM-IIT course.
Addressing reporters at his residence soon after the meeting ended, Chowdhury said six names came up before the panel for the selection of the two ECs and the names of Sandhu and Kumar were finalised by a majority of members of the high-powered panel.
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday questioned the quality of IITs, saying that large-scale spending on the nation's premier technology schools was not paying back enough dividends.
The institutes are excellent because of the quality of students.
To increase the number of seats and to strengthen the academy system in the country government of India is planning to set up various education institutions, including eight new Indian Institutes of Technology.
His resignation was even questioned in Rajya Sabha with Congress wanting a clarification.
President Pratibha Patil has asked Indian Institutes of Technology to address the problems of rural areas by producing cutting-edge solutions for them.
The IIT Madras Open Quiz is making a comeback at IIT Madras campus after a long hiatus of 7 years. Prizes worth over Rs 1 lakh are up for grabs.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances