The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted the Civil Services preliminary exam on August 7, this year. According to published sources almost 11.3 lakh applicants registered for the exam. The preliminary exam is conducted in two objective type papers; Paper I is covering General Studies, and Paper II is an...
Read MoreMihir Joshi, a Mumbai boy, scored a perfect 340/340 in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) conducted in July 2016. With some self-study, and a lot of help from his brother, he shares his tale of success with PaGaLGuY. I dreamed about studying in one of the top research institute in...
Read MoreSharvik Mittal at the 48 International Chemistry Olympiad, Tbilisi, Georgia Kota coaching institutes have excelled at the 48 International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2016 held at Tbilisi, Georgia with Utkarsh Gupta of Resonance Coaching Institute clinching the Gold Medal and Sharvik Mittal of...
Read MoreThe Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) hosted its 5th annual convocation on Saturday, August 6, at its permanent campus where the institute crossed a milestone of awarding 449 degrees out of which nearly 49% were research students. AS Kiran Kumar, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) graced the...
Read More Thousands of civil service aspirants who will be taking the Union Public Service Commission’s preliminary test on Sunday may face severe inconvenience in Hyderabad because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city. While elaborate arrangements have been made for the successful conducting of the examination, several traffic...
Read MoreThe National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) OMR sheets were released today. Candidates can visit the official portal to challenge the responses. To log in, candidates will need their Registration Number and Password. According to published reports, about 49,000 to 50,000 students took NEET earlier this year. NEET is conducted...
Read More Engineers are used to problem-solving, so it’s not surprising when over the course of their studies, or their working life, they identify a problem that they could come up with a solution for. India has numerous sectors that have been relatively untouched by IT and IT solutions. Some...
Read More Doing away with the western convocation robes, the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) for the first time has decided a dress code for the fifth convocation, which is scheduled to be held on August 6. Until last year, IIT-H students were allowed to dress up in...
Read MoreIt seems like the best time to start your own business. As the ‘follow your dreams’ mantra grabs imaginations like never before, people are on the hunt to discover what need can their unique talents and passions fulfil and how they can monetize it. With the reach of the internet...
Read More IIT Roorkee has expelled eleven students just before they could seek admission to the second year of B Tech. According to the institute, the students failed to make the requisite CGPA score (5). Last year too, IIT Roorkee had expelled 73 students for the same reason. They were later...
Read More There will be no spot rounds in the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test 2016 to fill up the remaining vacant seats after four rounds of Central Admission Process (CAP). As per a document released on the official portal of Maharashtra’s Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), there are approximately 93,985 vacant...
Read More 1. India signs $1 billion deal with US for procuring four Poseidon-8I aircraft a) India has recently signed a $1 billion deal with American defence and aerospace giant Boeing to acquire four additional Poseidon-8I long range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. b) Acquisition of these aircraft were a...
Read More Every class has got its own CR (Class Representative); be it a junior college, an engineering college, a management college or a medical college. But, things start changing once you become the CR. Here’s why: 1. Your name ceases to be your identity: Before being appointed as the...
Read More Every class has got its own CR (Class Representative); be it a junior college, an engineering college, a management college or a medical college. But, things start changing once you become the CR. Here’s why: 1. Your name ceases to be your identity: Before being appointed as the...
Read More93,985 seats vacant in MHT-CET 2016 after CAP Round IV The Maharashtra Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has released the list of vacant seats after Central Admission Process (CAP) Round IV. The increase in number of vacant seats is more than what the authorities expected. As reported...
Read MoreThe Indian Institute of Information Technology, Amethi also known as the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology, an institute which was established 11 years ago, has shut down. The students have now been moved to IIIT Allahabad to complete their studies. However, the administration staff is stuck in limbo...
Read MoreIt seems like the best time to start your own business. As the ‘follow your dreams’ mantra grabs imaginations like never before, people are on the hunt to discover what need can their unique talents and passions fulfil and how they can monetize it. With the reach of the internet...
Read More 1) Satish Mathur appointed DGP of Maharashtra Police a) A 1981 batch IPS officer Satish Mathur was recently appointed as the Director General of Police of Maharashtra. b) Satish Mathur will replace Vijay Kamble, the former DGP of Maharashtra. c) Prior to this appointment, Mathur was serving the Maharashtra...
Read More‘Learn-Earn-Return’ scheme comes as a great relief to the students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp), after the 122% fee hike in April, 2016. The institute has reached out to its alumni all over the world to donate Rs 10,000 to help create the corpus for this scheme. IIT-Kgp...
Read MoreThe Joint Seat Allocation process was over on July 20, 2016, with approximately 3,195 seats vacant across 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (ISM), 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and 18 Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). The...
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