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IIT graduate’s father was a sweet seller in Lucknow; he got 48% in class 5, later went on to get top grades in IIT, today earns more than Rs 2 crore per year as AI engineer: ‘I earn in a month…’Tejash Vaish was once part of a humble family in Lucknow, where his father made a living by selling sweets. Although he faced academic chal...
Free NEET, JEE coaching for 200 students in Maharashtra's Nanded amid droughtThe Nanded district administration in Maharashtra will provide free coaching for NEET, JEE and CET entrance examinations to 200 meritorious...
MSM Unify India acquires majority stake in KlickEdu, RJ VisionMSM Unify India has acquired majority stakes in Kerala-based KlickEdu and Gujarat-based RJ Vision to expand its presence in healthcare educ...
JEE-Advanced 2026: Comp Science first choice among top 500; IIT Bombay gets max top rankersIn 2026, the IIT JEE-Advanced results showed Computer Science Engineering remained the top choice among candidates. IIT Bombay attracted th...
Exam reforms: Nilekani-led panel consults ex-ISRO chief who headed Radhakrishnan CommitteeThe Nandan Nilekani-led high-level task force is currently consulting various stakeholders on exam reforms. This task force was formed foll...
Dev Prabhakar Singh Tomar, grandson of Chambal 'baaghi', gets UPSC success: How after leaving his high-paying Netherlands job, he went on to secure Rank 629Dev Prabhakar Singh Tomar secured All India Rank 629 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 after several setbacks. An IIT Ropar Elect...
Nisarga Adhikary, who exposed CBSE and US defence flaws, says India’s obsession with exam rank and reward for mugging PCM killing tech talentNisarga Adhikary, the 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher who reported flaws in the CBSE marks portal and US government systems, has criti...
- IITs and the pressure trap: When rank becomes an identity
A 2nd-year IIT Bombay student recently took his own life after being accused of exam misconduct. Statistics reveal a troubling trend of sui...
Mumbai student who studied on terrace & used neighbour’s Wi-Fi cracks JEE Advanced, gets IIT Delhi seatAbhishek Sujit Sharma, a student from Mumbai’s Harad Chawl, secured admission to IIT Delhi after scoring 199 marks in JEE Advanced and an A...
Who is Athira Suresh, the NIT Calicut grad who left ExxonMobil for the Indian Army?Lieutenant Athira Suresh from Kozhikode, Kerala, was commissioned into the Indian Army on September 5, 2026, after leaving her job as a Pro...
Start career help from class 8, fix schooling to curb coaching: PanelA government panel suggests starting career guidance from Class 8 and creating a national aptitude portal. Voluntary after-school classes w...
School curriculum vs NEET-JEE: Central panel flags major 'gap'A government report reveals a substantial gap between school curriculum and entrance exam requirements. NEET-UG and JEE question papers are...
NTA: From elixir for all exam ills to everyone's punching bag!The National Testing Agency is under intense scrutiny following multiple exam cancellations and alarming paper leaks. These incidents have ...
Board exams may get 50% weightage in admissions based on NEET, JEEFuture medical and engineering admissions in India might see board exam scores carrying 50% weightage, a significant shift from the current...
Students want JEE, NEET exams to be conducted: Education Minister Ramesh PokhriyalThe minister's comments come against the backdrop of a growing chorus for postponement of the medical and engineering entrance exams in vie...
NEET postponed to Sept 13 in view of COVID-19 , JEE-Mains to be held from Sept 1-6: HRD MinistryThe medical entrance exam National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) was scheduled for July 26, while the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Main...
NEET, JEE may be conducted twice a yearBoth the exams, NEET for admission to medical colleges, and JEE for admission to engineering colleges are currently conducted by the CBSE.
Government junks plan for common engineering entrance examinationAICTE had announced in March that a national-level common entrance examination for engineering colleges would be conducted from the next ac...
HRD Ministry puts plan for common engineering entrance exam on holdThe CBSE conducts JEE-Mains exam for admission to engineering courses. Over 11 lakh students appear for it every year.
50,000 fewer all-India engineering entrance exam aspirants this yearExperts believe this could be an indicator of saturation and waning interest in engineering. Over 60,000 engineering seats went vacant in t...