Engineering teachers in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Chhattisgarh will now be trained by the faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.The Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur has approved the creation of an Extension Centre at Andama ..

Corporate head honchos V Sumantran and Prabhakar Raghavan are among the winners of this year's IIT-Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA), the institute said today.During his Republic Day address, IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi said the ..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made a major breakthrough in the sensational blind killing case of a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur when they arrested the killer -- also a pass out of IIT and presently studying  ..

A group from IIT-Madras is working towards developing a completely indigenous bio-degradable sanitary napkin, to curb the pollution caused by the burning of regular ‘pads’ that are used today. According to S Gopalakrishnan, project consul ..

Taking forward the government orders on barring former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair and three other prominent space scientists from all current and future government projects, the Human Resource Development Ministry is likely to make the first move. ..

Just a few months into the job as director of IIT-Madras, Bhaskar Ramamurthi  has earned a name for himself with a no-nonsense approach among faculty and has endeared himself to students with a friendly attitude. Behind the school boyish charm,  ..

For over one lakh students across the State who joined engineering courses six months ago, this week which sees them attempt six university papers, is perhaps an occasion to get a feel of how the next couple of years would be.However, many of them we ..

The quiz was not based on the usual format that tests general knowledge, awareness and IQ skills of the participants.It was a technical quiz designed to assess the skills and capabilities of final-year civil engineering students in applying the knowl ..

The Tamil Nadu Government's campaign for getting the 1,000-odd engineering colleges to put up wind-solar hybrid power plants in their campuses seems to have paid off, as a large number of colleges have evinced interest in the scheme.Last month, t ..

The Indian Council for Agricultural Research has invited applications for the all-India entrance examination for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture and allied subjects. All seats in the B.Tech. dairy technology course  ..

 In a first of its kind in the city, the 8th convocation of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) would be webcast live. The webcast would be available on the MANIT website from 3.45 pm to 6.05 pm on Wednesday.The Live stream wou ..

The wait for the proverbial world's cheapest tablet is likely to get even longer. State colleges are yet to get the Aakash  tablet even a year after the tender was floated, due to disputes on specifications, payments and quality of tablets b ..

 Internationally acclaimed sitar player Anoushka Shankar Wright will perform at Alcheringa, the annual fest of IIT-Guwahati, on February 2.The musician, who is the daughter of the legendary Ravi Shankar, will perform during "Saaz" - th ..

IIM-Lucknow graduate S Manjunath’s killing in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri district in 2005 had sparked a nationwide outrage. Now, an IIT student faced the wrath of corrupt officials in Hardoi district. In Manjunath’s case, he had threatene ..

For everyone who thought IIT-M’s Saarang began and ended with inter-collegiate action, Sunday’s Spelling Bee was a game-changer. In the fest’s first-ever spelling bee contest that allowed participation from city schools, audience, p ..

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will digitise evaluation of exam papers, following the success of a pilot project introduced last year.The new system, similar to one implemented by Bangalore University for some undergraduate courses, will ..

Prakriya Green Wisdom School and Sri Kumaran Children's Home of Bangalore were among the five winners of the Wipro 'Earthian' awards for excellence in education.The IT bellwether, which funds the Azim Premji University through the Azim Pr ..

It is a simple technology that ranks high on sustainability. Soil Bio Technology, a recycling technology featured at the Municipalika 2012 exhibition uses fundamental natural processes such as photosynthesis, soil respiration and mineral weathering t ..

Techkriti, the annual technical fest of IIT-Kanpur commencing from January 27, has taken a step towards strengthening the industry-academia bond. The team Techkriti has associated with companies like General Electric, Treks' n Rapids, Facebook, G ..

The annual festival of Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar  (IIT-GN) called 'Blithchron' ended on Sunday. The two-day festival winded up after presenting an array of newly introduced events this year.While Blithchron is held for t ..