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Focus on ideas, not profit: Nirmala Sitharaman tells young innovatorsUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encouraged young innovators to prioritise idea development over immediate profits. She assured go...
IITian, from small town, says both he and his father cried when he disclosed the salary of his first job. Redditors turn emotionalAn IIT graduate shared his inspiring journey on Reddit. He highlighted how IITs level the playing field. Coming from a small town, he broke...
Meet Major Radhika Sen: The Indian peacekeeper championing gender equality in UN MissionsMajor Radhika Sen of the Indian Army, deployed to MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is set to receive the UN Military Gender Adv...
President Droupadi Murmu focuses on more women's participation in the Science & Technology, attends IIT-KGP 69th convocationThe President said, “Our IITs have a reputation all over the world. IITs are considered incubation centres of talent and technology.” The P...
National Education Policy will give due respect to every Indian language: PM Modi"The National Educational Policy will give due respect and credit to every language in the country.... Those who try to politicise language...
World looking at India as nursery of new possibilities: PM ModiThe world is looking at India as a nursery of new possibilities and several countries are approaching the government for setting up IIT cam...
India needs to be superpower in Intellectual Property: PM's adviser Amit KharePointing out that a multidisciplinary approach is essential for the creation of knowledge, Khare said new frontiers of knowledge are emergi...
Top tech schools make progress in bridging gender gapAt least two in 10 students in first-year undergraduate batches at top engineering colleges including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs...
Narayana Murthy confident about India's youth, urges them to be 'good people'Murthy stressed on the need for a civilised society where every citizen has equal opportunity.
COVID-19: IIT-Bhubaneswar study confirms social distancing norms, effectiveness of face maskThe study said protective measures like face mask and face shield effectively reduce the leakage and reach of the sneeze within 1ft3ft. How...
'To improve gender ratio at IITs, start at school level'The government has recently sent out a directive to the IITs urging them to increase women’s numbers in admission by creating supernumerary...
Bureaucrats can bring real social change: Super 30 founder Anand Kumar"More than the political leadership, it is the bureaucrats who can really bring change, for they are the persons who shape programmes and p...
Uphold rights of all citizens, allow them to protest: John Kerry"The US and India will have to keep faith in our democratic values and uphold the freedom that defines our countries," Kerry said a gatheri...
IIT Madras establishes “Institute Chair” in the name of Venkataratnam BalaramanBalaraman has had a distinguished career as MD of Pond’s India and thereafter as Director of Hindustan Unilever.
Super 30 founding mathematician honoured in GermanyGermany can attract talented Indian students through special scholarships so that they could continue their higher studies to contribute to...
Over 50% IITians’ mothers are graduates, help shape child’s futureClass of 2019 at IITs is largely the story of an urban middle-class home where the woman spent her early years earning an education, then s...
Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi government over IIT-Madras row"This system explicitly explains that even today some peoples' rights are being snatched and that there is no social equality in the countr...
- Amartya backs quota in IITs
Counselling critics of reservation in Indian institutions like the IITs to take a long-term view of the delicate social issue,
- IITs: Shaping the future
Like 150,000 others, I spent five very formative years at the IIT, in my case in Delhi. At the time I did not realise how privileged I was ...
- Enjoy success but do not let it go to head: Azim Premji
One must enjoy winning but should not let it go to the head, says Azim Premji, the promoter of Wipro.