IIT Grad leaves ₹28 LPA high-paying job for startup dream, invests ₹10–12 lakh and opens up about the reality no one talks aboutAn IIT graduate, earning Rs 28 LPA, left his job to build a startup, only to find India's ecosystem heavily reliant on connections rather t...
24 Apr, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
Kota coaching hub sees revival, admissions rise 20-30% after slumpRajasthan's Kota, a major coaching center, is experiencing a revival. Admissions for the 2026-27 academic session are rising, showing a 20-...
28 Mar, 2026, 03.23 PM IST
Son reveals his dad promised him 40% of salary if he got into IITA student's humorous post about his father's written note promising 40% of his salary if he gets into a prestigious college has gone viral,...
20 Feb, 2025, 09.47 AM IST
Aspirants who dropped out between Nov 5-18 2024 eligible for JEE-Advanced, says SCThe Supreme Court has permitted students who dropped out between November 5 and November 18, 2024, to register for JEE-Advanced. This decis...
10 Jan, 2025, 01.30 PM IST
All 10 JEE toppers pick Computer Science at IIT-BombayIIT-Bombay was the most sought-after tech college the previous two years too, with Delhi and Madras a distant second and third.
01 Jul, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
All is not well with India's elite higher education institutionsPressure to keep up with performance, intense competition, debts - including of the non-tuition kind - has led to many cases of stress and ...
24 Apr, 2023, 11.15 PM IST
Overall representation up but India drops out of top 300 in global rankingsWith the increase in number of Indian universities in the overall 1,300-university list from 92 countries, India is the fifth most-represen...
12 Sep, 2019, 11.40 AM IST
65,000 students who passed JEE (Main) won't sit for JEE(Advanced)JEE chairman from IIT Kanpur, Prof Shalabh, said the number of registrations were likely to rise a bit as details from various banks would ...
09 May, 2018, 10.55 AM IST
It’s raining core sector jobs at IITs“This is a result of the institute’s push over the last couple of years to encourage more core companies at the campuses,” said Debasis Deb.
17 Oct, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
- In JEE(A), OBC qualifiers almost equal open category aspirants
Among aspirants from state boards, the ratio is skewed in favour of back ward candidates as against the ones from the general quota.
21 May, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
Number of JEE (Main) aspirants shrinks by over 1 lakh in a yearThe fall was even steeper for Maharashtra, where the registrations have dropped by a third over last year.
19 Jan, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Number of JEE (Main) aspirants shrinks by over 1 lakh in a yearCBSE received applications from 12.07 lakh aspirants last week. In 2015, 13.04 lakh students had registered for the test.
19 Jan, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
50 per cent more candidates from IIT-B zone crack JEE (Adv) this yearAround 50 per cent more aspirants from the IIT-Bombay zone have qualified in the JEE (Advanced) exams this year compared with 2014.
18 Jun, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
50,000 fewer all-India engineering entrance exam aspirants this yearExperts believe this could be an indicator of saturation and waning interest in engineering. Over 60,000 engineering seats went vacant in t...
07 Jan, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
50 per cent of IIT entrants not from coaching classesIITs ask every student who takes the JEE, whether s/he prepared for the test "on his own or via other methods", which, covers all coaching ...
02 Oct, 2013, 11.11 AM IST
- IITs attract 50,000 fewer aspirants this year
While the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are gearing up for expansion, the number of students aspiring to get into these hallowed in...
22 Mar, 2007, 09.26 AM IST
- City that ‘study hard’
The once biggest industrial hub, Kota, has now donned the face of educational city.
13 Mar, 2007, 02.04 AM IST