Human Operator: MIT’s vision for embodied AI and skill accelerationSynopsis: MIT students have developed Human Operator, an AI-powered wearable that gently guides hand movements using electrical muscle stim...
05 May, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
Pi day 2026: history, significance, fun activities, rituals, Einstein’s birthday, and MIT admission traditions explainedPi Day, celebrated annually on March 14, honors the mathematical constant Pi (π), the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Th...
14 Mar, 2026, 11.30 AM IST
Police investigate possible link between Brown University shooting and MIT professor killingInvestigators are exploring a potential link between two fatal shootings, one at Brown University and another involving an MIT professor. F...
19 Dec, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
MIT professor shot dead at Brookline home: Who was Nuno Loureiro and what we know about the ongoing investigationMIT professor Nuno Loureiro shot: MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, 47, was fatally shot at his Brookline home late Monday night. Authorities ar...
17 Dec, 2025, 02.49 AM IST
Who is Megha Vemuri, the Indian-origin MIT student barred from her own graduation ceremony?Megha Vemuri, an Indian-origin student leader at MIT, faced repercussions for her pro-Palestinian speech during commencement. MIT barred he...
02 Jun, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
MIT bars Indian-American student from graduation commencement after pro-Palestine speechMegha Vemuri, an Indian-American student, was barred from MIT's commencement after delivering a pro-Palestine speech that deviated from the...
31 May, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several US universitiesPro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled at the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Unive...
11 May, 2024, 07.19 AM IST
Lord Swraj Paul donates $5 million to MITUK-based Indian-origin entrepreneur Lord Swraj Paul has donated USD 5 million to his alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Kre...
12 Jul, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
WHO should strive for adaptive & affordable system globally: IndiaShringla also referred to Prime Minister’s address to the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders Summit on 26 March where Narendra Modi emphasiz...
11 May, 2020, 07.35 PM IST
Indian students in America concerned about future in Trump eraTrump’s executive orders restricting entry into the country and reports of curbs being planned on foreign students and workers are worrying...
05 Feb, 2017, 09.14 PM IST
How Gandhi's India created Indian techie & how at least 100 of them received degrees from MIT before 1947Technological imperatives overruled caste concerns, though the travellers often had to go to great lengths to avoid problems like eating me...
03 Apr, 2016, 11.23 AM IST
Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS in pact to bring connected learning experiences in IndiaOver 1,000 schools across four Indian states have agreed to participate in CLIx, allowing it to reach an estimated 165,000 students by 2018...
27 Jan, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
IIT-Bombay receives largest ever donation for research and developmentIIT Bombay has received Rs 95 cr to to develop hi-tech products and solutions for consumers and industry that lie at the bottom of the econ...
20 Aug, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
Education should go from bricks and mortar to bits and bytes: Anant Agarwal, EdXAnant Agarwal, president, EdX, talks to TOI about the role a virtual screen can play in education.
16 Sep, 2013, 10.24 AM IST
- Early-stage Accelerator ties up with MIT's global startup labs
SF Accelerator has entered into a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Global Startup Labs.
18 Apr, 2013, 10.34 AM IST
Indian American Sanjay Sarma appointed first digital director of MITAn Indian American professor of mechanical engineering and IIT alumni has been appointed as the first director of digital learning of MIT.
21 Nov, 2012, 03.17 PM IST
- Wipro signs MoU with MIT
IT service and solutions provider Wipro has signed an agreement with the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune to provide faculty devel...
09 Dec, 2007, 05.50 PM IST