Around 66% of seats in Maharashtra’s engineering colleges lie vacant, according to a survey by research and ratings agency CRISIL released earlier this month. Across the country, 67% of seats lie vacant though the number of seats has gone up fr ..

The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the Emaar scam has netted alumni of some of the top business schools in the country.Those arrested and chargesheeted by the CBI include top executives of Emaar MGF who hold degrees from IIT-Delhi, IIM-Ahmed ..

 The three-day reunion of 1977 batch of ex-IITians began at IIT-Kanpur on Friday.Amid roars of laughter, the ex-IITians hugged each other and exchanged pleasantries. They were enjoying the 35th year of reunion. The day began with a walk which wa ..

With industry raising concerns about poor quality of output from engineering colleges, the Andhra Pradesh Government has the State Council for Higher Education to revamp engineering education to suit the requirements of the industry.Though 2.70 lakh  ..

Almost in a continuation to yesterday's reports about the government giving away the task of carrying out the tender proceedings for the upgraded Aakash 2 tablet to DIT, reports now have it that IIT-Rajasthan have lost out on the Aakash 2 deal. T ..

"It is essential that the bill for the conversion of IT-BHU to IIT-BHU be passed at the earliest," said Giridhar Malviya, former chief justice (Allahabad High Court) and grandson of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, during his visit to the Instit ..

Two former IIT-Kanpur students, who were summoned on Thursday for questioning in the case of murder of Mumbai-based fashion designer Aadesh Bajpai, told CBI that they had seen their batchmate Rahul Verma, now student of IIM-Lucknow, dispose off the v ..

 IIT-Madras has started a postgraduate diploma programme in metro rail engineering and management in association with Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL). The first batch of students of this customised course will pass out in a few months and join CMR ..

At least 1,000 candidates on Wednesday signed up for the Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test  (Tancet) on the first day of registration. Candidates aspiring to pursue MBA, MCA, ME, MTech, MArch and MPlan courses in institutions across the state are  ..

The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) campus is all set to become more sophisticated. With the civic administration giving the institution the nod to modify its layout plan, students can soon avail of better infrastructure at the plush Hau ..

Never has there been a subject in such great demand because of the faculty teaching it, rather than the syllabus itself! Over 700 students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, had applied for what is called the fractional credit course.T ..

Students of IIT-Gandhinagar have been waiting to move into the promised 400-acre campus on the banks of the river Sabarmati in Palej village near Gandhinagar, but there has been no sign of construction activity at the proposed site since 2008, when t ..

Assam will be the first state in the country where a gross state happiness index survey will be carried out this year. The survey will be undertaken by the Centre of Environment, IIT (Guwahati) in collaboration with the School of the Environment, Fli ..

The airstrip at IIT-K was abuzz with activities during 'Cruise Control' competition. The students taking part in Techkriti, were proving their skills in flying airplanes.Team members Aman Narula and Achint Maniar from Delhi were ready to take ..

The Rover Robot or Roverbot developed by the students of IIT-Kanpur was a crowd puller during 'Tech Planet' at Techkriti, the annual technical fest of IIT-Kanpur.The six wheeled robot is capable of navigating different terrains. The Roverbot  ..

What started off as a small idea to give an alternative technological solution to paint and cement industries by two students of IIT Bombay, is now taking the shape of a full-fledged venture, one that was adjudged the “best entry from IIT Bomba ..

In the second and concluding part of his interview to The Hindu Education Plus, IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi shares his thoughts with Ajai Sreevatsan and Vasudha Venugopal on online education, NPTEL usage and research initiatives.Are the II ..

This year, IIT Bombay expanded the horizon of E-Summit and spread it over to include many non-conventional events. This consolidation had rendered the events more interactive and high on entertainment quotient. On day 1, we had speakers from all acro ..

After doing away with the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) last year and embracing the Common Admission Test (CAT), the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are now planning a slew of measures to make their management programmes more attractiv ..

The Rover Robot  or Roverbot developed by the students of IIT-Kanpur was a crowd puller during 'Tech Planet' at Techkriti, the annual technical fest of IIT-Kanpur.The six wheeled robot is capable of navigating different terrains. The Rov ..