The Delhi high court in an important ruling recently has held that a candidate appearing for the prestigious JEE or GATE conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT) has the right to accessinformation or records relating to the exam under t ..

Mudit Jain, a final-year B.Tech student of IIT Bombay, is now working on creating a comprehensive development plan for Karjat, on the outskirts of Mumbai, which can then be used as a framework for similar initiatives. This is part of a new initiative ..

Math wizard Anand Kumar, whose innovative Super- 30 institute has helped underprivileged dozens to make it to the prestigious IIT, is getting more acclaim across the globe.Impressed with its achievement, premier Japanese TV channel, Kansai Telecastin ..

The University of Pune (UoP) should set up a laboratory where students from engineering streams can visit, play and carry out research work. There are various such 24X7 laboratories in other countries, said eminent radio astronomer Govind Swarup here ..

In 2008, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, collaborated with Monash University in Australia and IIT-B Monash Academy was instituted.The company’s aim was to produce PhDs. Around 65 researchers are working on research projects at the i ..

Research funds from  government organisations and industry to the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) crossed Rs100 crore in 2010. The 40% jump from the previous year means that the research sector is finally seeing the growth it shoul ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today indicated that Centre will sanction an Indian Institute of Technology for the state while highlighting the several projects sanctioned by the UPA government for Kerala.Inaugurating the 'Kerala Development Congr ..

Differentiating among graduates of the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs) and offering them disparate salaries will no longer be permitted. Placement heads at the tech schools said companies recruiting students from IIT campuses must offer th ..

Attending lectures in the classroom or via videoconferencing will be a thing of the past.Students can now watch lectures ‘live’ on their smart phones. Experts at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) have developed an automate ..

The four students have told the police officials that they were promised admissions by Hemant Zhala and Mitesh Patel for a huge sum. They told the students that they will admit them in the faculty on the senate members' quota.Sources said that it ..

NIRMA University has made the All Indian Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) mandatory for students seeking admission to its engineering courses. The institute has announced that henceforth students will not be admitted through the Gujarat Combi ..

The annual cultural programme 'Junoon-11' organised at M S University's faculty of technology and engineering will take off on February 15. It is for the first time that the festival will have a technical carnival apart from regular cultu ..

Students with creative ideas need no longer fear they are not going to be taken seriously. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all out to tap their innovative ideas. Plans include a techno park close to the Indian Institute of ..

You no longer need to be a student of a private or government technical institute to access courses and lectures delivered at the said institutes, including the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).In a major leap forward in the use of ICT  ..

City-based B Barooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) is collaborating with  IIT Guwahati in a research project to develop a molecule that could act as a guiding light for doctors in pursuit of a better cancer treatment. The research will be on breast ca ..

Information technology (IT) and IIT are the in-thing, but what does it mean when IT engineers and  IIT grads want to turn pilots? That's exactly what's happening in the IAF.IAF pilots at Aero India told The Times of India: "Very rec ..

The Water Resources Department has approached the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras, to scrutinise its report of the project to control sea erosion along the coastline, including along Ennore High Road.Officials of the WRD said as the proje ..

The authorities of IIT-K are making all possible efforts to ensure smooth conduct of  exams and keep the fake examinees at bay ahead of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) scheduled for April 10. Sources say Munna Bhais, a popular term derived from ..

Engineering college managements have called for a shutdown of their institutions from February 15, if the state government fails to release Rs 4,000 crore towards the fee reimbursement scheme.According to Engineering Colleges Managements' Associa ..

Academic activities at government engineering and diploma-engineering colleges have come to a standstill as more than 1,100 ad hoc teachers from these institutes have gone on an indefinite strike. The teachers are demanding a permanent status.On Wedn ..