IIT Gandhinagar releases notification for Start-early PhD fellowship- Semester I 2019-20
Gandhinagar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar has invited applications for Start-early PhD fellowship for the Semester I 2019-20. Candidates can earn a PhD degree directly after Bachelor’s degree. The objective of Start-early PhD is to put young undergraduate students from diverse disciplines on the fast-track mode of cutting edge technological research. Eligibility: B.Tech. students […]
Read More →IITs not consider any further changes in the JEE (Advanced) exam
New Delhi, 21 August 2018: The 52nd Meeting of the Council of IITs was held under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Human Resource Development Mr Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi yesterday. While briefing the media regarding the decisions taken by the Council, the Minister highlighted that the council did not consider any further changes […]
Read More →Pan IIT Alumni Leadership Series to conduct Residential Student Workshop, Internships, Industry Projects and many other programs exclusively for Student & Faculty
Chennai, 19 August 2018: Pan IIT Alumni Leadership Series (PALS), the body comprising alumni from various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country, yesterday (18th August 2018) launched its 2018-19 annual activities aimed at making engineering college students ‘Industry ready.’ PALS offers a year-long program with various activities for students, faculty and management of […]
Read More →IIT Madras to collaborate with Northwestern University for research in Data Science
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has tied up with Northwestern University, U.S., for carrying out broad-based research collaboration in data science, web science, network science and computational social science. The Institutes signed an MoU recently to launch a joint project on the development of features for three web-based software platforms that focus on […]
Read More →IIT Kharagpur announces JAM 2019 schedule: Find key dates
Kharagpur: Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Kharagpur has announced the schedule of Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) 2019. IIT Kharagpur is the organizing institute for JAM 2019. JAM 2019 will be held on 10 February 2019 (Sunday) in two sessions. Key Dates: The commencement of online registration and application on JAM 2019 Website is […]
Read More →IITs spends Rs 5.2 Lakh per year per student
New Delhi: As per the Report of the Sub Committee constituted by the Council of IITs, the estimated average expenditure per student in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is Rs.5.2 lakh per year. Against this, the fee charged from under graduate students is Rs.2.00 lakh per year, with provision of full fee waiver in […]
Read More →Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses 56th convocation ceremony of IIT Bombay
Mumbai: The success of IITs led to the creation of engineering colleges around the country. They were inspired by the IITs and this led to India becoming one of the world’s largest pools of technical manpower, said the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi during his address at the convocation ceremony of Indian Institute of Technology […]
Read More →Application window opens from 01 Sept 2018 for GATE 2019; A new subject added & find key dates
Madras: The application window for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2019 commence from 01 September 2018. Closing Date for Submission of (Online) Application for GATE 2019 is 21 September 2018. The extended closing date for submission of (Online) Application is 1 October 2018, as per the official website of GATE 2019. Organizing Institute of […]
Read More →135 students selected to pursue research under Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) Scheme during current year
New Delhi, 06 August 2018: A total of 135 students have been selected in the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) Scheme in 2018-19, including 37 from IITs, 84 from NITs, 5 from IIITs, 4 from IISERs, 3 from IIEST Shibpur and 2 from IISc Bangalore. Details of institutes in which they will pursue research are […]
Read More →JEE (Main) and NEET exam to be conducted twice a year by the National Testing Agency
New Delhi: In pursuance of Budget Announcement 2017-18, the Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 10.11.2017 approved creation of National Testing Agency (NTA) as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). NTA will conduct, inter-alia, JEE (MAIN) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG twice […]
Read More →Three day National Conference of Vice Chancellors & Directors of Higher Education Institutions will commence from 26 July 2018
New Delhi: On the auspicious day of Guru Purnima (27 July 2018), the Ministry of Human Resource Development is organizing a National Conference of Vice Chancellors & Directors of Higher Education Institutions of India. The theme of the Conference is Research & Innovation in Higher Education. The Conference will start on the 26 July, followed […]
Read More →IIT Hyderabad launches 3 more All Course MTech Program in Biomedical, Chemical & Material Science Engineering
Hyderabad, 17 July 2018: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad is launching three All Course M.Tech. Program in Biomedical, Chemical and Material Science Engineering in August 2018. The deadline for filing online applications is 21 July 2018. While the primary goal of the all course M.Tech. program is to provide a strong coursework to meet […]
Read More →Cabinet approves funds to boost educational infrastructure: Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Higher Education (RISE) by 2022
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for expanding the scope of Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) by enhancing its capital base to Rs. 10,000 crore and tasking it to mobilise Rs. 1,00,000 crore for Revitalizing Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by […]
Read More →Government targets to increase number of female seats from 8% to 20% by 2020 in IITs
New Delhi: The Union Government has an ambitious plan to increase the share of female students in Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). The HRD Ministry has set a target to increase number of female seats from 8% to 20% by 2020 to restore the gender balance in #IITs. The success of 1st year of implementation […]
Read More →President of India addresses Annual Convocation of IIT Kanpur
Kanpur: The President of India, Mr Ram Nath Kovind, graced and addressed the 51st annual convocation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur as Chief Guest today (28 June 2018) in Kanpur. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the evolution of IIT Kanpur has mirrored scientific and technological education in independent India. The […]
Read More →IIT Ropar recruiting faculty posts ! Apply now
Ropar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar has invited applications from qualified candidates for the faculty positions in the specific areas of specializations in the various departments. Name of Departments: Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences, […]
Read More →After release of Extended Merit List for IIT JEE (Advanced) Exam 2018, number of qualified candidates rose to 31,980
New Delhi: Responding to requests from students and IIT Community and to proactively ensure that all reservation seats are duly filled, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar directed IIT Kanpur conducting JEE (advanced) to make available candidates, strictly as per merit, twice the number of seats in each category. Students in the extended merit list can start […]
Read More →Out of 13,841 appeared candidates, 1,800 qualified JEE Adv 2018 in IIT Roorkee Zone
Roorkee, 10 June 2018: Mr. Pranav Goyal from IIT Roorkee Zone is the All India Topper in the Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced 2018, the admission test for entering the 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). Mr. Pranav Goyal, from Panchkula district, Haryana, obtained Rank No: 1 in Common Rank List (CRL) in JEE (Advanced) […]
Read More →18,138 candidates qualified JEE (Adv) 2018; Out of these 2,076 are females
Mumbai, 10 June 2018: IIT Kanpur, organizing Institute of JEE (Advanced)‐2018, has announced the Results of JEE (Advanced) 2018 today. A Total number of 155158 candidates appeared in both papers 1 and 2 in JEE (Advanced) 2018. A total of 18138 candidates have qualified JEE (Advanced) 2018, i.e., 18,138 candidates scored above the cut‐offs required […]
Read More →279 more seats for IITs; Also 800 supernumerary seats for female candidates this year
Mumbai: There are 23 Indian Institutes of Technology in India. In 2018, a total of 11,279 seats are being offered in the IITs, an increase of 291 seats from 2017. In addition to these seats, this year (i.e., in 2018), 800 supernumerary seats have been created specifically for female candidates in the IITs in order […]
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