IITs to create extra seats to improve gender ratioThe creation of supernumerary seats would take up the girls ratio from the current (approximately) 8% to 14% in 2018-19
24 Jan, 2018, 08.44 PM IST
Entrance test to IITs to completely go online from 2018The number of students eligible to take the test climbed from 1.5 lakh in 2015 to 2 lakh in 2016 due to an increase in IIT seats.
20 Aug, 2017, 09.39 PM IST
SC restrains counselling and admission in IITs through JEE-17On June 30, the apex court had issued notice to the Ministry of Human Resource Development on a plea seeking quashing of the IIT-JEE 2017 r...
07 Jul, 2017, 07.56 PM IST
At 15, Abhay could be youngest to take admission in IIT so farAbhay, who has secured admission in mechanical engineering, has not yet confirmed his seat and instead opted to 'float' the given choice of...
02 Jul, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on plea to quash IIT JEE rank listA vacation bench of Justices A M Sapre and S K Kaul, which also issued notice to the MHRD and IIT Madras, did not stay the conselling which...
30 Jun, 2017, 06.25 PM IST
JEE (Advanced): Gender gap still wide, only 14% of qualifiers are girlsAround 2.2 lakh students were eligible to write the JEE (Advanced) this year, with the quota increasing by 20,000 over 2016.
12 Jun, 2017, 07.30 AM IST
JEE-Advanced 2017 results: IIT Madras has most number of successful candidates displacing IIT BombayAmong people with disabilities, toppers across categories include Lovesh Kumar Gupta, Kiran Chandrakant Dapkar, Souvik Kumar Dolui and Nina...
11 Jun, 2017, 04.42 PM IST
IIT JEE Advanced results declared, here’s how you can check your rankConsidered as one of the toughest examination, this is meant for students who want to take admission in graduate level courses in Indian In...
11 Jun, 2017, 11.23 AM IST
Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerval tops JEE-Main, scores 100 per centKalpit, who has scored 360 out of 360 in the JEE-Main, had earlier topped the Indian Junior Science Olympiad and the National Talent Search...
27 Apr, 2017, 05.20 PM IST
IIT cut-off for SC/ST lowered, 10% more seats for foreign studentsIn another change, candidates applying under PWD category with dyslexia must submit a certificate from a doctor specialising in psychiatry.
16 Oct, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Date for entrance to IITs out; JEE (Advanced) to be held on May 21, 2017As per the new guideline from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, OBC-NCL certificates issued after April 1 will be ...
18 Sep, 2016, 07.46 PM IST
No weightage to Class XII marks in JEE ranking from 2017: HRD MinistryHRD Ministry officials said the decision was taken by the Ministry after a committee set up by IIT Council submitted recommendations.
07 Apr, 2016, 10.26 PM IST
HRD Ministry to set up National Authority for Testing to assess abilities of IIT aspirantsThe scores obtained in NAT test would form the basis for shortlisting candidates for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-advanced) 2017.
17 Jan, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
HRD Ministry proposes common test for IIT, NIT; plans to check influence of coaching centresThe report suggested that a regulatory body be set up for coaching centres that help prepare students for the IIT Joint Entrance Exam.
10 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
New IIT-JEE format mooted, stress on innovative thinkingThe Committee of Eminent Persons, headed by IIT Bombay ex-director Ashok Misra, has recommended starting a National Testing Service (NTS) b...
08 Nov, 2015, 10.40 AM IST
Committee recommends major changes in IIT entrance examinationA Committee constituted by the IIT council has recommended major changes in entrance examination structure including setting up of a Nation...
07 Nov, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
Class XII marks may soon not count for in engineering admissionsStudents may not require their Class XII board marks for admissions to all central engineering institutes, other than IITs, from next year ...
04 Aug, 2015, 10.35 AM IST