In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by JNU and BHU.
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal explains how the Joint entrance exam has led to the decline of school education, why the new format will stay for 2013 and why he is unfazed about the autonomy of IIT-Kanpur.
They are of the view that calling the new institutes "IITs" would dilute the brand image of the existing premier institutes, which figure among the world's 100 best technology universities and are compared with the likes of MIT, California University and Berkeley. The seven IITs are located in Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati and Roorkee.
Farhang has alleged that IIT-K breached a 2003 contract it signed with her and her affiliate MA Mobile Limited by allegedly passing the technology, relating to a new platform for mobile computing, to others.
The new IITs would come up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 6,080 crore (Rs 60.80 billion), Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after a meeting of the Union Cabinet.
K Ananth Krishnan, an M Tech in Computer Science and an M.Sc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, hosted a chat on rediff.com on Tuesday.
Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft, inaugurated the 50th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Indian Institute of Technology on Friday at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.
Over 200 successful IITians will launch an unique 'Entrepreneurship Movement' on the Republic Day in 16 citiies across the country to coach 1,000 budding entrepreneurs.
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All India IIT Faculty Federation secretary AK Mittal made the announcement after meeting prime minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the new common engineering entrance examination.
In what could be termed as a major innovation in the field of male contraception, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) has invented a unique male contraceptive that can have a continued effect for 10 years. A single 60 mg injection can be effective for at least 10 years. A single dose, which may cost the manufacturer Rs 50, is expected to be marketed at close to Rs 200.
Despite being the leader in technical education in the country, IITs are still regarded less than first grade when it comes to providing business education. Even as they work to create a pool of technical experts with good management skills, the most coveted engineering institutes of the country -- the Indian Institutes of Technology -- are not the first choice for management programmes.
A senior official of the premier Central technical institute told reporters that the students had "violated" defined guidelines of IIT-Madras.
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Are faulty design, hurried construction and private ownership to be blamed for the incidents of airport roofs crashing?
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.
The programme commencing January 2015 will be offered in collaboration with the Olin School of Business, WUSTL
With this, the number of IITs will touch 16. The new IITs will be set up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The academic sessions of six new IITs will start on July 23. The IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat will start their session with 120 students each in temporary campuses.
With the number of start-ups reaching the unicorn level falling drastically in 2023, the Hurun Unicorn Index said it has demoted eight gazelles - start-ups that were founded in 2000 and have the potential to go to unicorn in three years - to cheetahs.
A three-member team from Powai police under whose jurisdiction the premier institute is located reached Solanki's home at Maninagar in Ahmedabad city in the morning, an official said.
After crosschecking the data with senior alumni members, it was realised that the actual remuneration provided to IIT-Delhi students via campus placement is much lesser than what's claimed on the placement report.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, on Sunday reinstated recognition of a student group, whose de-recogition had triggered a controversy, and appointed a professor as its faculty advisor, bringing an end to the more than a week-long standoff.
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The eight new IITs that were permitted to be set up in 2008 do not have the necessary infrastructure and are not up to the mark making it difficult for these institutes to retain their faculty, Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal said.
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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.
Over 200 professors of IIT-Bombay on Monday went on mass leave demanding pay parity with government scientists.The salary hike demand is also to attract faculties to join IITs, he said, adding the government has announced setting up of eight new IITs across the country and 8,000 professors are needed for that.
This was decided at a meeting of the directors of the IITs, which came in the wake of Supreme Court clearing the path for reserving 27 per cent seats for OBCs last week. While nine per cent of seats will be reserved for OBC candidates this year, a similar percentage of seats will be earmarked for them in second and third years.
IIT Bombay's gold medallist, Sheerang Chhatre, discusses academics and studies with Get Ahead readers.
rediffGURU Mayank Chandel, founder, CareerStreets, offers advice on what students can do after cracking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.
Considerations of professional fulfilment and a desire to pursue higher studies have trumped offers of eight-figure salaries during placements at IIT Kanpur as four students chose to turn down jobs which would have paid them more than Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) yearly.
'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.'
Over 4.5 lakh candidates had appeared in JEE-2010 which was conducted by seven of the IITs on April 11.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, (IIT-KGP) has lined up four courses for rural development this year to facilitate skill development among the rural youth as well as create self-employment opportunities.
