PM Modi to inaugurate Kanpur Metro Rail Project on Dec 28According to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), prior to this, PM Modi will also attend the 54th Convocation Ceremony of Indian Institutes of T...
26 Dec, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Institute at IIT Kharagpur on TuesdayPrime Minister Modi will inaugurate Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at IIT Kharagpur and will address ...
22 Feb, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
Digital avatars of students to virtual stage: IITs' convocation during COVID-19The IIT-Madras is holding a unique and a first-of-its-kind convocation using "mixed reality" (MR) where physical and digital objects co-exi...
25 Oct, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
NEP will help create jobs, entrepreneurs: PokhriyalThe New Education Policy 2020 will benefit students, he said addressing the 22nd convocation of IIT Guwahati through a video conference.
22 Sep, 2020, 03.46 PM IST
IIT Delhi, ISRO jointly setting up space technology cell in campusThe cell will work for carrying out focused research projects in the space technology domain with specific deliverables. It is also propose...
01 Nov, 2019, 03.04 PM IST
Javadekar appeals universities to replace 'British-inspired' convocation attire with Indian dressesAsserting that Gandhi advocated use of Khadi, Javadekar suggested that universities ask their students to come up with design options for t...
02 Oct, 2018, 09.28 PM IST
IIT Kharagpur to ensure higher number of PHDs in future"They will work on their own in the lab, conceive ideas and work on it," the director, who was accompanied by other faculty members at the ...
07 Aug, 2017, 05.45 PM IST
IIT-Kanpur students ditch 'colonial' robes for Indian wear"For the first time, students received their degrees in the IIT not in the British-time gowns and headgears, but in kurta pyjamas (for boys...
15 Jun, 2017, 09.41 PM IST
2,515 students receive degrees from IIT-Bombay; PhDs at record highA total of 101 PhDs were awarded during the interim convocation held in March, making it the highest number of PhDs being awarded in the hi...
14 Aug, 2016, 03.48 PM IST
Ethnic is in: IIT-Bombay chooses khadi as convocation robeThe institute, has placed an order for 3,500 robes made of khadi cotton, inculcating the feeling of nationalism in students.
11 Jul, 2016, 02.44 PM IST
Android chief Sundar Pichai on IIT-Kharagpur alumni honours listIIT-Kharagpur will honour 11 of its eminent alumni, including Google's Android team head Sundar Pichai, with the Distinguished Alumnus Awar...
17 Jul, 2015, 04.34 PM IST
Good governance starts with voting for good candidate: N R Narayana MurthyThe first step toward improving governance was to vote for good candidates, said N R Narayana Murthy, co-founder and executive chairman, In...
07 Aug, 2013, 08.49 PM IST
- IITs need to take more foreign students: S Ramadorai
"Clearly the IITs cannot be among top global institutions without a significant proportion of foreign students," Ramadorai said.
28 Oct, 2012, 04.13 PM IST
- New IITs yet to get govt approval, students in a spot
Hundreds of students entered the new Indian Institutes of Technology, set up in 2008 expecting a bright future for themselves.
29 Feb, 2012, 05.54 AM IST
- Faculty crunch at IITs set to aggravate
The faculty crunch at IITs is set to aggravate with the government reducing the number of sanctioned teaching posts in the institution.
08 Aug, 2008, 09.15 PM IST
- IIT to confer Ratan Tata with honorary doctorate on Friday
Industrialist Ratan Tata will be conferred with an honorary doctorate in science for his contribution to the growth of Indian industry.
08 Aug, 2008, 03.24 AM IST
- Ratan Tata to be conferred honorary Doctorate on Friday
Top industrialist Ratan Tata is to be conferred a honorary doctorate in science for his extraordinary contribution to the growth of Indian ...
07 Aug, 2008, 06.17 PM IST