The final placement process, which kicks off on December 1, is expected to be a season of bonanza, with recruiting companies queuing up once again after a two-year lull.
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The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) need to revise their curriculum to compete at the international level, newly-appointed Union Minister for Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Kapil Sibal, told mediapersons while taking charge today.
The post-slowdown period also saw an increase in interest from management consulting firms with over 20 companies making 70 offers.
Given his tremendous achievement -- only seven Indians and people of Indian-origin have been honoured with a Nobel Prize -- it was no surprise that, even during a year of exceptional achievement by members of the Indian-American community, Dr Ramakrishnan would be named India Abroad Person of the Year 2009.
US President Bill Clinton made an impassioned plea to them to continue their work in making the innovative technology create a better world.
Long-term exposure to chronically high PM2.5 levels weakens the ability of the lungs to fend off infections, therefore making people more susceptible to COVID-19, the scientists said.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has killed hopes of an immediate pay rise for the faculty of centrally funded technical institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian Institute of Science.
As the Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur (IIT-K) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, a top US official said the success story of this leading Indian institute reflects the Indo-US cooperation in the field of education.
Rickshaw-puller Haripada Das is a happy man these days driving his own specially-designed rickshaw which is lighter and spacious and also covers his head enabling him to drive under scorching sun or in rain.
Vijnana Bharati or Vibha, an RSS-affiliated organisation, lashed out at the Prime Minister's Office and called upon the PM to constitute Scientific Advisory Committee 'on an urgent basis'.
'Hear2Read' -- an open-source Text To Speech (TTS) software that offers audio books in Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu -- is a first of its kind initiative in the country.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Edward Fincke, who is married to a Assamese NRI, will visit the North East region of India in the first week of September.
Sibal said faculty in IITs and IIMs get good exposure which may not be available in other institutions.
The sense of pride and utter joy by some high profile Indian American alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, that one of their own Nitin Nohria, had been appointed the new dean of the Harvard Business School was palpable.
India has requested the US government to ensure that "due process" is followed in the case involving Indian Institute of Technology alumnus Vikram Buddhi charged with sending threatening e-mails to several American leaders, including former US president George W Bush.
The show, called Vulture's Nest, is based on Dragon's Den -- a venture-capitalist television programme that originated in Japan, where entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to secure investment finance from business experts. IIT-B has tied up with a private news channel to telecast the show.
A new study by engineers at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has determined that a simple redesign of public buses used in hot and dry climates could make passengers more comfortable without the need to use extra fuel running air conditioning.
Even as placements at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology will continue till March 2010, some IITs have begun offering students from their previous year's batch a chance to sit for job interviews this year, too.
Institutions have been employing suitable strategies to attract and retain quality faculty
The centrally-funded technical Institutions, including IITs and IIMs, are suffering due to about 25 per cent shortage of faculty, the Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.
Last year, placements at the engineering institutes were relatively subdued due to the slowdown in the economy. Many Tier-I and -II IT companies skipped campus visits. As a result, even the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were able to achieve only 75-80 per cent placements. And many students had opted for higher studies or jobs in teaching.
Offers, high ones, are coming in before placements officially start.
Unanimously confirmed by the Senate last week, Panchanathan, 58, from the Arizona State University, replaces White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Dr Kelvin Droegemeier who served as Acting Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Salary offers during the ongoing final placements continue to be a matter of concern at the Indian Institutes of Technology.
It has been 25 years of entrepreneurship for Pramod Chaudhari.
IIT Bombay, for instance, recently joined hands with Intellectual Ventures to seek support in marketing and licensing patents the institute holds.
Affordability and broadband will be the two major factors that will help tap the remaining market.
Tathagat Avatar Tulsi has become India's youngest assistant professor at the renowned Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai.
Only four institutes from India make it to the list.
Outlay for the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology has come down from Rs 1,665 crore (Rs 16.65 billion) in 2009-10 (revised estimates) to Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion) in 2010-11.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has indicated that it may allow the premier Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management to set up campuses in foreign countries once they improve their faculty positions.
Even as faculty members of the Indian Institutes of Technology began their hunger strike on Thursday, the All India IIT Faculty Federation has prepared a letter to be sent to the Ministry of Human Resource Department.
Following a "raw" deal by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which issued a notification on September 16 that deprived them of an immediate pay rise and ignored other demands for enhanced allowances, faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to express its dissatisfication with the Centre in a novel way.
India to be an affluent society by 2039? The statement may raise many an eyebrow now but India 2039, an Affluent Society in One Generation, a book edited by Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood and published by Sage Publication India Pvt Ltd stresses on such a possibility.
Parrikar spoke about Goa's descent into lawlessness, its unruly assembly and the slow death of a project close to his heart -- the International Film Festival.
The rankings listed Asia's top 200 universities, where 12 Indian institutions figure, including seven IITs and five universities.
As part of its Golden Jubilee year, IIT-Bombay is organising a two-day management fest, AVENUES.07.
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.
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