Articles in IIT Indore
As a student, one’s learning blackboard consists of only two choices: take it or leave it. It is an established fact that most aspiring engineers wish to pursue their degree from an IIT. Yet, during the first round of JoSAA allocations, atleast a dozen students gave up their IIT seat for an opportunity in another […]
We live in a competitive world where students start chanting the word ‘IIT’ from the age of 16 and 17. Peer pressure and the craze to crack the JEE, is the only thought looming in their minds and the business of IIT has flourished only by inhibiting this dream in adolescents. Yet, there is a […]
The struggle to crack JEE, and get into one of the most prestigious engineering institutes in the country, is well known. The engineering aspirants go through this rigor for two years and in some cases, more than two years. Finally when they do make it to the IIT there is something that goes amiss. Grades […]
This year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced in his budget speech that Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, will be converted to a full-fledged IIT. Once it does, IIT Dhanbad will become the 3rd oldest IIT institute, after IIT Roorkee (founded as Thomason College of Engineering in 1847, converted to an IIT in 2001) and […]
Once again Computer Science at the IIT-Bombay proved to be the most sought after choice of the JEE toppers. Apart from the first ranker Satvat Jagwani, a lot of other top rankers too have secured a seat for computer science at IIT-Bombay (IIT-B) in the joint seat allocation. The dream of Satvat Jagwani to secure […]
The slow down server issue of the official portal of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) caused problems to a lot of students. Many JEE rankers were unhappy because of this server issue in which they had to lock in their choices. This meant that a lot of students could not participate accurately in the process. […]
One of the oldest in the elite group of engineering colleges, IIT- Kharagpur, has received the highest number of applications this year. According to JoSAA records, IIT-Kharagpur received around 2.5 lakh applications which is the highest among all IITs. This, according to IIT Kharagpur officials is because, one, a wide variety of courses and specialisations […]
Hyderabad is slowly being seen as the next big city after Kota for engineering prep. The city proved its mettle by bagging five of the top 10 All India Ranks in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced, 2015. It also made a mark by securing more than 85 % of selections within the IIT-Madras zone. There are […]
Campus placements for the academic year 2014-15 at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) saw quite a number of Global and Indian conglomerates recruiting 1,118 graduates from the institution. The placements were conducted in two phases starting December 2014, for which a total of 1675 students had registered. Students from Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Master […]
Written by Amal Kumar Mandal, who passed out from the IIT Kharagpur batch of 1965. This story was written for the souvenir of their 2015 Alumni Meet, where their batch celebrated its Golden Jubilee. It was long ago on the time scale, but is still nearest to my heartbeat: the vivid reverberations of the daily […]