IIT Alumni Council to set up 6 research centres for startupsThe proposed research centres are in engineered biomolecules, quantum technologies, nuclear sciences, imaging AI, electric transportation (...
04 Sep, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
BSE inks pact with IIT Alumni Council to encourage startups listingThe alliance will help reduce listing time, complexity and cost for small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) and startups by streamlining, ...
13 Jul, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
IIT Alumni Council to set up mega lab in Mumbai to conduct 1-crore COVID-19 tests a monthHaving launched the first 'Covid Test Bus' in the city earlier in the month, the council also said trials have already begun on two of the ...
28 May, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
HC asks IIT-Guwahati to refund alumni feeIIT-G has been charging Rs 1,500 as one-time alumni fund fees from first-year students since 2016, even though its board of governors had s...
25 Dec, 2019, 03.52 PM IST
Give 1% of earnings to Alma Mater, IITs to tell studentsThe members said this will be in the nature of appeal to outgoing students, asking them to contribute to their institute.
30 Sep, 2019, 11.40 AM IST
- IIT-Delhi alumni association reject compromise agreement
It said the 20 percentile criteria which was agreed upon yesterday at the IIT council meet to end the logjam will make it difficult for stu...
28 Jun, 2012, 09.04 PM IST
- Common test: IIT-Delhi to decide response to government's move tomorrow
IIT Delhi will decide tomorrow its response to the government's move to have a single entrance test for the elite institutes.
20 Jun, 2012, 09.51 PM IST
Common entrance test: HRD Ministry to write to joint admission IIT boardsUnfazed by the resistance from the IIT faculty as well as the alumni, government would soon write to the joint admission board.
19 Jun, 2012, 11.25 PM IST
- IIT faculty to meet PM Manmohan Singh to object new common entrance examination
A group comprising members of the All India IIT Faculty Federation and Alumni Association will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on ...
14 Jun, 2012, 08.22 AM IST
Kapil Sibal rules out rollback of common exam, no intent to impact IIT system’s autonomyEven as members of the IIT faculty and alumni continue to protest over the common entrance exam, Sibal virtually ruled out a rollback.
13 Jun, 2012, 08.42 AM 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
Common entrance examination a breach of trust: IIT Kanpur faculty federationIt said the format announced is a “piecemeal patch-work” with “serious academic and organisational lacunae” in each of the components of th...
04 Jun, 2012, 06.36 AM IST
Entrance examination reforms: IIT system—alumni, faculty federation rolls out battle planThe unanimous demand is to postpone decision on the examination till 2014. Till then the current system of admission will continue.
02 Jun, 2012, 12.29 PM IST
- Poor quality of students entering IITs: N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys
Addressing a gathering, Murthy said quality of IIT students has deteriorated due to coaching classes that prepare engineering aspirants.
03 Oct, 2011, 03.02 PM IST