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No IIT or IIM, still got Rs 70 LPA job at age 20: How a college dropout build a high paying career from scratchA 20-year-old college dropout’s Reddit post went viral after he claimed he landed a Rs 70 LPA job without IIT or IIM, saying he built skill...
India has strong pipeline of ideas, keen to back local founders: Y Combinator’s Ankit GuptaIn an exclusive interview ahead of Y Combinator’s Startup School India 2026 event, Ankit Gupta, the accelerator’s general partner, said the...
Large AI firms hoovering maximum funding, not enough for smaller startups: Y Combinator’s Ankit GuptaAnkit Gupta spoke to ET ahead of the accelerator’s Startup School event in Bengaluru on April 18 — the first in India. In order to tap aspi...
President Murmu expresses concern over student suicides and dropoutsPresident Droupadi Murmu has urged educational institutions to provide a stress-free and "learner-centric" environment to minimize suicide,...
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 ...
HRD Ministry defers decision to hike MTech fee in IITsWhile the ministry had, in September, announced the decision of the IIT Council that it will implement the fee hike, the issue will again b...
Over 7,000 exit BTech in IITs in last 5 yrs, lose coveted tagThis staggering dropout statistic was revealed by the Ministry of HRD in the Lok Sabha recently while making a statement on top engineering...
IIT-M projects aim to reduce dropouts, improve learningResearchers are working on projects that use AI to detect and improve learning patterns.
IITs plan master’s makeover to arrest high attrition rateAt IITs in Ropar, Roorkee and Kanpur, one in five students enrolled for MTech dropped out this year.
Dropout in IIT's M.Tech over 50%, fee hike surgical strike on uninterested students: IIT-Delhi headThe IIT Council led by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had on Friday approved a proposal to hike the fee of the masters progr...
MTech fees at IITs to rise by up to 900%As of now, admission and tuition fees for an MTech course at IITs range between Rs 5,000- 10,000 per semester.
Why do students leave IITs, IIMs?As for the 13 IIMs, the number of students who left their courses mid-way was 104. Four students dropped out of IIM-B in 2015-16; this numb...
Inshorts moving to marketplace model: Azhar Iqubal, CEOInshorts, formerly known as News in Shorts, is working on personalisation of content as per user interests and working out a revenue-sharin...
Know how academic break in colleges like IIT, NIT is helping students pursue their entrepreneurial dreamsProspective unicorns like Ola Cabs, Practo, Oyo Rooms, Freecharge and Housing. com, among several others, have encouraged students to start...
Narayana Murthy flays coaching culture for the fall of brand IITMurthy said coaching classes are hurting the prestige of the brand IIT as these flourishing money-spinners are helping students only crack ...
How depression, cultural mismatch are becoming a part of IIT, NIT syllabiOnce students secure admission into the IITs, many steadily go downhill, fighting demons such as poor self esteem, a heavy study load and a...
Over 4,400 students dropout of IITs, NITs in three yearsOf the NITs, there were 717 dropouts in 2014-15, lower than 785 seen in the year-ago period. In 2012-13, the dropout numbers stood at 850.
With good coach, he can come backRahul Yadav, 26, an IIT dropout and one of India's youngest and most visible CEOs, took note of his sacking by the Housing.com board on Wed...
As the west lionises its successful dropouts, why does India revere toppers?In no other country - not even China, possibly - is success so determined by marks and ranks, and nowhere does so much hinge on it.
- IIT faculty likely to be exempt from quota
After resisting reservation in faculty for more than a year, IITs are likely to be exempted from it.