Articles in IIT Bhubaneswar
Photo:The Fifth Estate Research is often just a long series of never ending experiments. What starts off as ‘I am done’ after every experiment eventually becomes ‘maybe after this one, I will be done?’ And finally, at the end when you write a 300-page thesis, it’s just a paper, and not a book, let alone a bestseller. […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R), the organising institute for GATE 2017 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) released the examination schedule on the official GATE portal. The test will be conducted on February 4, 5, 11, and 12, 2017; i.e. first and second weekend of that month. GATE 2017 examination schedule February 4, 2017 (Saturday): Session 1 – […]
According to recently published reports, IIT Directors are opposed to the idea of non-resident students. However, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Council said otherwise, in a meeting with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), on August 23, 2016. PaGaLGuY spoke to IITians, to know what they have to say about it. Mohit Goel, an alumnus […]
Students from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) are developing a satellite that will predict earthquakes from space. Akshay Gulati, Project head, started developing IITMSAT way back in 2009, while he was pursuing a five-year integrated M Tech from IIT-M. Gulati said, “IITMSAT took a long time to finish, just some minor fixes are […]
Recently, on September 22, 2016, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment released Rs 1,08,95,000 for the construction of a hostel for OBC students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I). Some published sources speculated that IIT-I will now have a reservation system in hostels as well. PaGaLGuY spoke to Prof Nirmala Menon, Faculty […]
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) is about 3.5 kilometres away from Gole Bazar, which has been a hotbed for communal tensions over the past week. This has led to an acute short-supply of essential food items such as milk, curd, vegetables, and bread to the mess in IIT-Kgp. “The police isn’t allowing […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-M) launched the official portal for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2017. IIT-M, the organising institute for JEE Advanced 2017, released the list of important dates, eligibility criteria, academic programmes, etc on the portal. Datesheet for JEE 2017 April 2, 2017 – JEE Main exam April 27, 2017 – […]
The closing ceremony of the 32nd Inter-IIT Aquatics Meet will be held this evening (October 5, 2016) at the host institute, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K). IIT Madras is on the top of the medals and point tally with 10 medals, and 41 points, followed by IIT Delhi, with nine medals, and […]
The closing ceremony of the 32nd Inter-IIT Aquatics Meet will be held this evening (October 5, 2016) at the host institute, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K). IIT Madras is on the top of the medals and point tally with 10 medals, and 41 points, followed by IIT Delhi, with nine medals, and […]
Some students at India’s premier engineering institutes, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), are expelled because of poor academic performance. They are among the top 10,000 students from an odd 11 lakh candidates who take the Joint Entrance Examination, to secure a seat at the IITs. Though their poor scores can be attributed to various factors, the […]