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Ex-Goldman Sachs employee, wrote a novel during office hours. It turned into Rs 400 crore blockbuster movie starring R Madhavan and Aamir KhanChetan Bhagat, an IIT-IIM graduate and former investment banker, penned his first novel, Five Point Someone, during demanding corporate rol...- Family bankruptcy meant Kunal Shah could not afford BTech, studied philosophy and did data entry operator jobs. Cred founder is WhatsApp's new global bossKunal Shah’s journey to becoming Meta’s new global head of WhatsApp is far from the typical startup success story. After his family went ba...
- Bengaluru-based IITian recalls his college days- ‘GPA fell from 8.4 to 5.5, was almost expelled..’, reveals how he bounced back: ‘What saved me was…’An IIT Madras alumnus shared his struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts due to academic pressure, despite initial high grades. He d...
- Positive quote of the Day by Sundar Pichai: Google CEO's quote on finding happiness in any situation and why it starts with your attitudeQuote of the Day: Google CEO Sundar Pichai's birthday has once again brought back the focus to his wisdom. He believes happiness is about a...
- 'Unemployed IITian': Graduate shares placement struggles, seeks advice on job or PhDAn IIT graduate is struggling to find a job in software development, AI, machine learning, and data science. Facing placement setbacks, the...
- What 'negative things' JEE topper Shubham Kumar avoided to crack one of world's toughest examsJEE Advance topper Shubham Kumar: Shubham Kumar from Gaya and Kabeer Chillar from Gurugram secured the top two ranks in JEE Advanced 2026. ...
- 'Taught to crack exams, not handle loneliness’: IAS officer, an IIT-Delhi and IIM-Bengaluru graduate, sparks debate on modern-day educationIAS officer, Divya Mittal sparked a debate after reflecting on how elite education often prepares people for exams and careers, but not emo...
- IAS officer Divya Mittal says schools teach achievement, not happiness, sparks debate on Indian educationDivya Mittal, an IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore alumna, has sparked a nationwide conversation. She points out that India's top educational ins...
- Global degrees on Indian soil sound like a great deal, until you read the fine printIndia is now hosting foreign university campuses, a significant shift from previous years. This move aims to keep Indian students in the co...
- Raghav Chadha's exit: After Delhi, AAP stares at a big assembly test in Punjab, Goa and GujaratSeven MPs, including prominent figures, have quit the Aam Aadmi Party, significantly weakening its parliamentary presence and impacting ele...
- How this man, who failed to crack IIT & faced Microsoft rejection, landed a job at Google & then a high-paying role at Meta in LondonThe story of Amit Dutta highlights how failure in competitive exams like IIT does not define one’s future. After failing to clear the IIT e...
- Couldn’t crack IIT-JEE, but won Nobel Prize: This Tambram scientist proved that single sheet of paper can’t decide your futureVenkatraman Ramakrishnan’s journey shows that failing the IIT JEE is not the end of the road. After not clearing the prestigious entrance e...
- Stress management becomes priority for engineering collegesColleges including the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology & Science and Vell...
- After spate of suicides, IITs come up with new ways to connect with studentsSome fresh initiatives include student-faculty informal dinners at IIT Delhi; roping in parents to interact with their wards at least twice...
- IITs focus more on mental health as suicides riseWhere intense competition to bag a seat is just the beginning of the battle, and students fight stress, academic performance pressure, depr...
- To reduce stress on students, engineering colleges to have induction programmesStarting with the new academic session, all engineering colleges will greet every new student with a 2-5 week-long ‘induction programme’ be...
- IIT-Roorkee lowers the bar to pass B-Tech courseThis year, IIT-Roorkee, had struck off 18 students from its rolls for low grades, the year before the figure was 73, but on both occasions ...
- National Aptitude Test may cover medical, law coursesThe ministry of human resource development (HRD) is pushing for this system to ease the pressure on students.
- 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...
- More and more IITians switching streams midwayThe trend of freshmen switching branches as they advance into their sophomore year is catching up fast at the elite tech institutes.
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