Over 10K seats across courses in IITs remained vacant in last 2 years, 8,700 in NITsAccording to the data, 5,484 seats remained unfilled in IITs in 2020-21. Of them, 476 seats were vacant in undergraduate courses (BTech), 3...
09 Feb, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
35% of faculty posts vacant in IITs, 53% in central varsitiesPrakash Javadekar said the government is monitoring the recruitment process every month and the universities have already started the recru...
20 Aug, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
Out of 11000 seat offered by IITs, 994 female candidates shortlisted in the first roundAbout 150000 successful candidates filled their choices through JoSAA for their preferred programs and the total number of choices hovered ...
28 Jun, 2017, 09.21 PM IST
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.
07 Jun, 2017, 01.10 AM IST
Pay panel suggests two entry-level grades for centrally-funded technical institutesThe committee has also recommended parity of the elite IITs and IIMs with NITs, IISERs and other institutes asking for the same salary for ...
19 Apr, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
Over 2k faculty positions lying vacant in IITsOut of the sanctioned 5,073 faculty positions in IITs, 2,671 are vacant and 3,183 are vacant out of 5,428 positions in the NITs.
05 Dec, 2016, 07.48 PM IST
Government may seek Supreme Court nod for filling engineering seats in NITs, IITsThe human resource development ministry is holding discussions with the additional solicitor-general to assess the feasibility of going to ...
08 Sep, 2016, 04.42 AM IST
73 seats vacant at end of counselling in IITsVacancies in many institutions in northeast are being ascribed to reluctance of students from other parts of country to join there.
27 Jul, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
Education is beyond politics, says Prakash JavadekarCrediting all the previous governments for the expansion in the field of education over the years, Javadekar said education was not a prior...
21 Jul, 2016, 09.03 PM IST
Filling up seats in IITs, NITs: Delhi High Court reserves order on pleaThe court was hearing an interim application, filed in a pending PIL, by Rajeev Kumar through lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
23 Jul, 2014, 09.58 PM IST
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 ...
06 Jan, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
NIT-T to recruit 120 Assistant ProfessorsNIT-T, which is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year, is to recruit 120 Assistant Professors for several undergraduate engineering depa...
17 Jun, 2013, 11.19 AM IST
- 43% of teaching slots in IITs lying unfilled
Considering the shortage of academic staffs in old and reputable colleges, one would assume the condition of newly created institutes would...
30 Mar, 2013, 12.49 PM IST
- AIEEE flaw is bad news for top rankers
A new system extinguishes the option that students so far had, that of moving to a better institute and a branch of their choice.
11 Jul, 2010, 04.21 AM IST
- Large-scale vacancy in teaching posts in IITs, IIMs
Centrally-funded technical Institutions, including IITs and IIMs, are suffering due to about 25 per cent shortage of faculty, the Lok Sabha...
02 Dec, 2009, 02.46 PM IST
- Govt mulling common counselling system for IIT and NIT
To smoothen the admission into IITs and NITs, the government is considering a common counselling system for both the sets of institutes.
03 Sep, 2009, 05.13 PM IST
- Job opportunities in science goes up, says study
A new study has shown that while the percentage of students taking up pure sciences remained static at 21, there was a 17 per cent increase...
15 Jul, 2008, 05.07 PM IST