Cracking code and capital: The 'it' factor of IITs and its imprint on India's startup sceneStartups founded by IIT alumni in India have secured a significant portion of funding over the past decade, attracting nearly half of the t...
20 Apr, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
The more (plugged in) IITs, the betterIITs are expanding their footprint with increased seats, aiming to accommodate 6,500 more students. This move needs to be complemented by b...
12 Mar, 2025, 11.03 PM IST
Motilal Oswal Foundation pledges Rs 130 crore to IIT Bombay for financial markets programMotilal Oswal Foundation has pledged Rs 130 crore to IIT Bombay for establishing a world-class academic infrastructure and developing a fin...
17 Sep, 2024, 04.51 PM IST
PM Modi lauds efforts to revive gurukuls and ushering in of New Education Policy"When other parts of the world were identified with their ruling dynasties, Indian identity was linked with its gurukuls. Our Gurukuls have...
24 Dec, 2022, 10.27 PM IST
QS Ranking: IISc Bengaluru fastest rising South Asian university, 4 IITs in top 200The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, which has bagged the 172nd position, is India's second best institution, rising five places whi...
09 Jun, 2022, 09.48 AM IST
PM Modi interacts with directors of premier tech institutions, pitches for flexible education modelsAccording to the Prime Minister's Office, Modi noted that technological and R&D institutions will play a major role in the upcoming decade,...
08 Jul, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
Rs 2,000 crore worth of projects for IITs get nodOf the 27 projects approved, 16 are related to improving research facilities and the rest for making improvements in overall infrastructure.
30 Nov, 2017, 04.52 PM IST
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...
09 May, 2017, 11.02 PM IST
Government to set up agency to provide up to Rs 20k crore for research in IITsThe HRD Ministry's proposal to this effect was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
12 Sep, 2016, 05.44 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee to hold high level meet on education with VCs, DirectorsPresident Pranab Mukherjee will play host to a meeting of Vice Chancellors and Directors of various premier institutions for finding ways t...
02 Nov, 2015, 06.48 PM IST
IITs among world's 5 best entrepreneurial undergrad institutes: PitchBook DataThe ranking was compiled by PitchBook Data, a US-based private equity and venture capital research firm.
19 Sep, 2014, 03.47 PM IST
Impact investments lower than Venture Capital and Private Equity: IIT-Madras studyThe average investment per deal in impact investments was about $2.82-m, much lower than overall average deal size of $32-m seen in Venture...
07 Nov, 2013, 10.14 PM IST
We have Rs 700 crore worth of orders for Aakash: DatawindThe current version of Aakash is selling at Rs 2500 online, and the next version is expected to be priced at Rs 3000 per unit.
21 Jan, 2012, 09.40 AM IST
Brilliant Tutorials turns a new page with Career LauncherThe Rs 170-crore Career Launcher will control Brilliant Tutorials' brand in north and east India, and will have access to its teaching mate...
22 Nov, 2011, 10.41 AM IST
- Templeton to invest Rs 50 cr in Career Point
Franklin Templeton private equity is investing Rs 50 crore for a minority stake in education solutions provider Career Point, which is sett...
29 Jul, 2009, 02.58 AM IST
- IITians created 2 crore jobs in 50 years: Study
IIT alumni hold senior positions across industries and govts. They are associated with incremental economic value creation of Rs 20 lakh cr...
25 Nov, 2008, 09.49 AM IST
- 'Number of pvt edu institutions have become teaching shops'
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has expressed concern over "quite a number" of private higher educational institution...
12 Jul, 2008, 02.46 PM IST