Over 7,000 exit BTech in IITs in last 5 yrs, lose coveted tagThis staggering dropout statistic was revealed by the Ministry of HRD in the Lok Sabha recently while making a statement on top engineering...
09 Dec, 2019, 12.00 PM IST
IIIT-Hyderabad graduates get Rs 13 lakh-Rs 18.8 lakh salary offersBesides, the graduates of the masters programmes in IT got average salary offers between Rs 14 lakh and Rs 17.7 lakh per annum, the institu...
13 Aug, 2017, 02.58 PM IST
Cabinet nod to bill granting degree awarding power to 15 IIITsThe cost of each IIIT is Rs 128 crore and is contributed by the Centre, state government and the industry in the ratio of 50:35:15.
16 Mar, 2017, 12.03 AM IST
HRD Ministry & PMO differ on key appointments at IIITsPMO bats for greater autonomy for the 20 institutes, especially on ministry’s role in top jobs.
20 Jan, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Prakash Javadekar speeds up implementation of pending PMO-backed projectsIn a late evening statement, the HRD ministry announced an ‘interim measure’ for IIITs, allowing them to apply for the status of deemed uni...
14 Jul, 2016, 01.09 AM IST
HRD ministry to bring in separate bill for IIITsThe ministry has also decided to allow increased intake of foreign students in IIITs and prepare a roadmap for brand building these institu...
13 Jul, 2016, 10.49 PM IST
First phase of T-hub likely to be ready by yr-end: K Taraka Rama Rao"We will be starting the incubation facility from IIIT campus which will be spread over 80,000 square feet where 400 plus start-ups will be...
13 Aug, 2014, 04.53 PM IST
- IIT faculty federation seeks roll back of common entrance test
The IIT faculty federation, opposed to the proposed CET for admission in IITs, today met senior PMO officials and sought a roll back of the...
14 Jun, 2012, 08.58 PM IST
- IIT faculty, alumni step up opposition to 'One nation, one examination' system
The loud protests from the IIT faculty, alumni against the government's education reform efforts come at a time when the PM's govt least ne...
11 Jun, 2012, 01.50 AM IST
- Common test: IIT-Kanpur to go it alone, IIT-Delhi likely to follow suit
"In all likelihood, IIT-Delhi Senate seems to be geared up to follow the suit of IIT-Kanpur Senate," IIT Delhi alumni president Somnath Bha...
09 Jun, 2012, 04.21 PM IST
IIT Kanpur defies Kapil Sibal, to conduct its own entrance testRejecting HRD minister Kapil Sibal's 'one-nation one-test' proposal, IIT-Kanpur decided to conduct its own entrance exam from next year.
09 Jun, 2012, 02.06 AM IST
- Common entrance examination system: HRD ministery rejects criticism by the IIT alumni and faculty federation
Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said that this was “a complete misrepresentation of facts”
07 Jun, 2012, 08.22 AM IST
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 ...
07 Jun, 2012, 05.48 AM IST
- Two-step common entrance examination for IIT admissions from 2013
Kapil Sibal was able to forge this consensus only after conceding to the demand by the IITs that they would have a different formulation fo...
29 May, 2012, 05.49 AM IST
New format for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs from 2013From 2013, aspiring candidates for IITs and other central institutes like NITs and IIITs will have to sit under new a format of entrance te...
28 May, 2012, 11.14 PM IST
- IIIT to be set up in Assam
'The project has been conceived in public-private mode with central government and Assam government and leading industry partners as stake ...
21 Nov, 2011, 05.11 PM IST
- Government approves Rs 100 cr for 20 new IIITs
The government on Thursday said it would open up to 20 IIITs across the country in partnership with the industry, for which a sum of Rs 100...
20 Dec, 2007, 08.36 PM IST