IIT Kanpur rolls out free online exam prep platform for CUETThe Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has launched 'Sathee CUET', an online platform for students preparing for the Common University E...
09 Sep, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
Watch: IIT Kanpur student tries sneaking into class; viral video sparks college nostalgiaA viral video from IIT Kanpur has captured a lighthearted moment where a student attempts to sneak into a lecture unnoticed. The student's ...
07 Sep, 2024, 03.28 PM IST
Appoint industry experts as professors of practice at IITs, says panelThe idea, said the panel’s report, is to “open up opportunities for the academician to propose solutions to real world problems” and to ste...
24 Feb, 2021, 12.13 AM IST
IITs caution against Centre’s decision on teaching tech courses in local languagesDirectors of top IITs have cast doubts over the ‘viability’ of such a move in view of the employment opportunities, industry requirements a...
10 Dec, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
Samsung sets up innovation lab at IIT Guwahati"The Samsung Innovation Lab at IIT Guwahati will train students on IoT, Embedded Systems, AI and ML, helping them learn industry-relevant s...
11 Dec, 2019, 07.22 PM IST
Wipro joins hands with IIT Kharagpur for research on 5G, AIResearch outcomes from this partnership would be used by Wipro to develop solutions for its customers, across industry verticals,
28 Mar, 2019, 06.47 PM IST
Talking against the textbook has become a crime: Harish Chandra VermaThe book celebrates its silver jubilee this year and has sold millions of copies. Verma is now focused on bringing out the Hindi version of...
09 Jul, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
IIT top bosses raise concerns over Indian engineers' employabilityOutdated curriculum, poor teaching infra and shortage of good faculty, particularly in institutes lower down the order, have led to such a ...
02 May, 2017, 04.15 PM IST
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 ...
19 Aug, 2016, 04.39 AM IST
How English is playing a spoilsport for students at engineering institutes like the IITEnglish language as a medium of instruction seems to be the prime reason for students getting expelled in their first year.
05 Aug, 2016, 10.40 AM IST
Should there be space for more seats at IITs?When IIT results come out, around two lakh students will know whether they are among the 10,000-odd who have made it to the 23 coveted inst...
12 Jun, 2016, 12.07 PM IST
HRD ministry to launch DTH channels to telecast IIT lectures liveThe government is focusing on using space technology to expand the reach of high quality education with the aim to ensure live classrooms t...
05 Jun, 2016, 12.58 PM IST
IIT professors to conduct online lectures; non-IIT students to get benefitNow even non-engineering students can listen to lectures by professors from IIT-Kanpur and IIT-Madras online for free, as part of an initia...
09 Jan, 2015, 05.41 PM IST
Open online courses: A welcome step in Indian education systemIndia has jumped on to open online courses bandwagon with government announcing Swayam, initiative that aims at providing affordable and qu...
23 Nov, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
Seven IITs, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and Nasscom team up to provide free online coursesThe courses will be offered using the model of massive open online courses, which is globally creating an upheaval in the world of higher e...
19 Jul, 2013, 06.02 AM IST
- IIT students can be late for class
The classes for IITs Punjab, Bhubaneswar and Rajasthan are currently being held on the campuses of IITs Delhi, Kharagpur and Kanpur, respec...
07 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- IITs see the bright side of reservation
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have spotted a bit of silver lining in the recent HRD diktat of castebased reservations in facul...
05 Aug, 2008, 03.54 AM IST