Articles in IIT Bhubaneswar
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 […]
Thomso is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R). Held in the month of October,last year’s edition witnessed a footfall of about 40,000, making it the largest cultural fest of Northern India. Celebrating its 34th year, this year’s theme is ‘Song of the Wildflower’. Rishabh Gupta, Head of […]
The Pratham satellite team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay was commemorated today, September 28, at the Governor of Maharashtra, Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao’s office. The team had received an invitation yesterday from the Governor’s office for a facilitation ceremony for the success of Pratham. IIT Bombay (IITB) Director, Prof Devang Khakkar, two professors of […]
Satellite Pratham, designed by IIT Bombay and launched on September 26 from Sriharihota, has sent a signal while passing over UK, today afternoon at approximately 3:40pm. A strong signal was received at the Ham University, UK, today, September 28, confirming the stability of the satellite.. According to the Pratham team at IIT Bombay (IITB), they […]
The Pratham satellite designed by IIT Bombay is currently orbiting the Earth, while teams in California, Paris, IIT Bombay and Atharva College (Malad) are awaiting signals from the satellite to confirm that it is operational. The satellite has passed through India twice since the launch yesterday morning, but the signal received from it was very […]
IIT Bombay’s first student satellite, Pratham to be tracked in India tonight, 26 September, 2016. The estimated time of Pratham orbiting over India is between 9 pm to 11 pm. The satellite was launched at 9.12 am on Monday at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was […]
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) developed a sanitary napkin with nanofibers for higher absorbing capacity for female menstruation. Commercially available sanitary napkins are made of Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) that are petroleum-based products and therefore do not degrade readily in landfills and are also not eco-friendly. Several napkins […]
IIT Delhi Director V Ramgopal Rao recently inaugurated a 100-kilowatt capacity solar power plant at the University of Kota (UoK). The solar power plant which is located on the roof of the academic block of the university has been set up at a cost of around Rs 79.49 lakhs including Rs 24 lakhs from government […]
The bandwagon and hype of IIT placements tend to have an adverse impact on placements in local engineering institutes. In our previous article (PART 1) we explored several factors that drive this hype and how they mould public perceptions. But to what extent do these factors manipulate the careers of non-IIT engineering graduates? Are engineering […]
GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) committee has added Gorakhpur as a new test centre in its tentative list of 184 examination cities. These 185 examination cities are divided on the basis of the eight Zonal GATE offices, which includes the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, IIT Delhi, […]