Centre plans to bring IITs, Other INIs under proposed higher education regulatorIITs, IIMs, NITs and IISERS have so far been kept out of any external regulatory structure such as the University Grants Commission or All ...
Govt asks NITs to buck up after poor show in ’17 rankingsThe HRD minister has even called for a separate meeting with the NITs who have not done well in NIRF ranking and placement.
After IITs, NIT fee hiked to Rs 1.25 lakh from Rs 70, 000 per annum"The fee hike would only for new students who get admission and not for those who are already studying," the official said.
NIT agrees to many demands, mum on tricolour hoisting by PM Narendra ModiAn official said that earlier an interim report had been given by a panel and this committee would further take up the matter.
IIT entrance exam to get less testing for studentsThe aim is to “reduce exam pressure” and check “coaching dependence… without diluting testing quality”, according to the terms of reference.
National institutes should have student-centric approach: Smriti IraniIrani chaired a meeting of the Council of National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research held at National Institute of Te...
Core committee formed to look into NITs recommendationsNITs have strongly favoured scrapping the 40 per cent Board examination weightage criterion which is taken into account along with the JEE ...
NIT's proposal: Admit students to both IITs & NITs through JEE AdvancedThe IIT council will take up next week a proposal of the NIT council’s standing committee to admit students to both IITs and NITs through a...
PhD enrolment in NITs rise: HRD Minister Smriti IraniSmriti Irani said the number of students enrolled in NITs too increased to 84,441 from about 75,719 during the period.
Women executives of technology firms to head 5 NIT boardsThe HRD ministry expects that with so many women heading the board of NIT will help to increase the enrolment of girls in these institutes.
- Disabled youth, NIT spar over grace marks
Belonging to a poor family from Bokaro, Singh passed out in civil engineering from NIT, Tiruchirappalli in 2012 with 5.4 CGPA.
Govt seeks common counselling during IIT & NIT admissions againCommon counselling means a student will receive only one offer from the IITs and NITs. A second option will be given only if the candidate ...
- NIT to rework its admission process, twelfth score to be included
With the IITs tweaking the common entrance examination to suit their needs, the NIT have also decided to rework the admission process.
IIT alumni write to PM opposing common IIT-JEE, Kapil Sibal claims senates' nodA section of the IIT alumni wrote to PM Manmohan Singh on opposing the common IIT-JEE exam from next year even as the government said that ...
- Efforts on to bring in consensus over common engineering test to replace IIT-JEE, AIEEE
HRD Ministry intends to conduct the test under the new format on April 7, 2013, which will be conducted by the CBSE.
- IITs seek fee hike and common test with NITs
25% of students who can afford the Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh hike would pay the amount to the institutions in installments
- Now, NITs start entrance reform process to curb coaching schools
As part of crackdown on coaching schools, the National Institutes of Technology Council has decided to reform its entrance examination syst...