Discover the top ten state boards producing IIT-JEE Top Rankers
Mumbai: Getting a seat in BTech courses in any Indian Institutes of Technology is one of the toughest tasks for aspirants. On the basis of JEE Advanced 2017 performance, nearly 11,000 candidates finally admitted to IITs for the academic year 2017-18. Top Rank holders of IIT-JEE Advanced 2017 analysis reflects Telangana State Board of Intermediate […]
Read More →IIT Madras launches new fundraising platform for raising endowment funds through Alumni
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras launched a new fundraising platform on 22 July 2017, for raising endowment funds through alumni. Launched on the occasion of ‘Alumnite’ held to welcome the 2017 batch, which graduated on Friday (21 July, 2017) into the Alumni fold, the ‘Joy of Giving to IIT Madras’ https://joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in is […]
Read More →IIT Madras 54th Convocation: A total of 2,263 degrees were awarded this year
Chennai, July 21, 2017: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) celebrated its 54th Convocation today (21 July 2017) on campus. Mr Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India and co-founder, Infosys, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Madras and Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra, […]
Read More →Female student enrolment in IITs will be hiked to 20% by 2020-21: Govt
New Delhi: The low enrolment of female students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in higher education is a concern. In the premier technology & engineering institutes such as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) the presence of female students is not up to mark. Amid such environment, the government has set a target […]
Read More →IIT Ropar successfully concludes overseas recruitment & research collaboration tour
New Delhi, 13 July 2017: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar successfully completed its 2nd overseas tour for international recruitment and research collaborations. The team from the institute, headed by Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Director, IIT Ropar, travelled to Australia and Singapore with an objective of building strong international research collaborations with universities and […]
Read More →Learn to design ‘Mobile Apps’ from IIT Madras at zero cost! Registrations open
Chennai, 07 July 2017: India produces lakhs of engineers every year who aspire to enter the tech industry. However, there’s a skill gap between market needs and what students have learnt. In this difficult job environment, with massive layoffs predicted in the near future, both working professionals and college students are looking for ways to […]
Read More →IIT Guwahati announces GATE 2018 key dates, eligibility and subject syllabus
Guwahti: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, the organizing institute of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018, has announced the key dates (schedule), eligibility and subject syllabus of GATE 2018 exam. GATE 2018 will be held in four days in the month of February 2017. The official website of GATE2018 is http://www.gate.iitg.ac.in/ . GATE […]
Read More →IIT Madras Foundation hosts Summer 2017 Summit in California, USA
Chennai: IIT Madras Foundation organized the Foundation Series – Summer 2017 Summit at Santa Clara, California, USA, recently. The purpose of the summit was to bring together IIT Madras community, faculty, start-ups and alumni to collaborate with each other and with innovators in industry, academia, and think tanks to address problems and opportunities that could […]
Read More →IIT Bombay will conduct Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) 2018
Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay will conduct Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) for 2018. IIT Delhi conducted JAM 2017. IITs conduct JAM exam for admission to MSc (Two Year), Joint MSc-PhD, Dual Degree, Integrated PhD and other post – bachelor degree programmes at the IITs and IISc, Bangalore. JAM 2017 was conducted […]
Read More →IIT Guwahati will conduct GATE 2018
Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati will conduct Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018. IIT Roorkee was the organizing institute for GATE 2017, which saw the registration of more than nine lakh candidates. IIT Guwahati has announced on its website that the institute is the organizing institute for GATE 2018. Last time the […]
Read More →Discover India’s top entrance tests or competitive exams for admission and job opportunities
Exclusive by Rudra Narayan Sahoo: In India there are more than 34 million students in the higher education system. Each year more than 12 million workers enter into job market in India. Also India is set to leverage the demographic dividend benefits. Amid this environment, the competitive examinations or entrance tests for both government job […]
Read More →Joint Seat Allocation 1st Round: 1.5 Lakh candidates filled their choices, 11,000 seats offered from IITs
Chennai: The Joint Seat Allocation Authoity (JoSAA) has announced the First Round Seat allotment today (28 June 2017). Nearly 1.5 Lakh successful candidates filled their choices through JoSAA for their preferred programs and the total number of choices hovered around 1.7 crores. Out of these, 36,114 candidates got seats in the first round across 97 […]
Read More →Why Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is so popular and competitive?
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, the popularly known as GATE, is one of the toughest competitive entrance tests in India. More than nine thousand graduate engineering students appear the test each year. To crack a seat in MTech programmes in any IITs, candidates need to scope higher GATE score. In […]
Read More →Beginner’s guide to Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM)
Mumbai: Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM), popularly known as JAM, a pan-India competitive admission test. JAM) is being conducted from 2004 to provide admissions to MSc (Four Semesters), Joint MSc-PhD, MSc-PhD Dual Degree, MSc-MTech, etc programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Integrated PhD Degree Programmes at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), […]
Read More →3rd International Day of Yoga celebrated in IITs
: The 3rd International Day of Yoga celebrated in Indian Institutes of Technology. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) observed 3rd International Day of Yoga on 21 June 2017 to generate awareness on healthier way of life for future generations. The event was presided by Prof. M. S. Sivakumar, Dean (Students) and Lt. Col. […]
Read More →NPTEL, online learning platform by seven IITs and IISc Bangalore, offers 159 courses for July-November 2017 session; enrolment currently open on the portal
Chennai: The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003. The online courses offered by NPTEL, unlike other popular MOOCs portals, include courses from all disciplines of Engineering such as […]
Read More →IIT Madras now offers an opportunity to its undergraduate and dual degree students to upgrade to Interdisciplinary Dual Degree (ID DD) programme
Chennai: From the upcoming 2017 academic session, the B.Tech. and Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) students of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) will have an option to upgrade to an interdisciplinary dual degree (ID DD), programme. These ID DD students will study for five years and obtain BTech in parent discipline and MTech […]
Read More →IIT Bombay wins 25th Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) held in USA
Mumbai: A team from the Innovation Cell of IIT Bombay has won the 25th Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) that was held at Oakland University in Michigan, USA. IGVC is the biggest unmanned ground vehicle competition in the world for university students. The global event was held in 2-5 June 2017. The vehicle ‘SeDriCa’ participated […]
Read More →Open House, Q & A and awareness programme for Rankers of IIT-JEE by IIT Bhubaneswar on 18 July
Bhubaneswar: IIT Bhubaneswar has announced an Open Day on 18 June 2017 at its permanent campus at Argul, Jatni , and invites the JEE Advanced 2017 rank holders, and also prospective students preparing for JEE examination in 2018 for a live interactive session. Prospective students can participate in the seminar/webinar either in person or through […]
Read More →IITs run special helpdesk for female rank-holders in JEE (Advanced) 2017
Mandi, 16th June 2017: In 2016, out of the female candidates who qualified in JEE(Advanced) and whose rank was high enough to get a seat in the IITs, only 38% actually accepted an IIT seat. This was because female students had opted for limited choices during counselling. Their parents, worried for their safety, were reluctant […]
Read More →
