Of all the IITs and ISM, only IIT Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) and IIT Roorkee (IIT-R) will provide transportation facility to the new entrants from city’s railway station and bus stand to the institute. Date of Reporting for both, IIT-Kgp, and IIT-R is July 21, 2016, and both the institutes will provide...
Read MoreThe registration process for the new entrants at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) is scheduled to be held on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Students must reach the institute by 2 p.m. on Thursday to complete the process. If a student fails to report for registration by 6 p.m....
Read MoreAfter imparting free coaching to meritorious but poor engineering aspirants from the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, Super 30 is now set to increase the number of intakes. Yes, you heard it right, after providing free coaching for economically underprivileged pupils from a limited number of states,...
Read More1) World Population Day 2016 observed with theme Investing in teenage girls a) World Population Day was observed on 11th July, 2016, worldwide. This day is celebrated with an intent to raise awareness of global population issues. b) The theme for this year is ‘Investing in Teenage girls’ and focuses...
Read MoreThe Chanakya IAS Academy recently organized a felicitation ceremony to honour their students who successfully secured 361 seats out of the 1078 final selections done by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Shatrughan Sinha, actor and Member of Parliament who was the chief guest commended the students. He said, “India...
Read MoreThe Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2016 website has displayed registration and lecture commencement schedules for IITs where majority seats have been filled. IITs have uploaded PDFs containing regulations, fee structure and requirements for admission to the institute. IIT Bombay (IITB), in its instructional document, has mentioned a very specific...
Read MoreCongratulations to the two Maharashtra Common Entrance Test 2016 toppers; Chinmay Ghanekar and Aman Framewala.They both have scored 199 marks in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Maths). Both the toppers wanted to secure their admission at VJTI (Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute), Mumbai. And as you can see in the images, both of...
Read MoreA total of 156 seats remain vacant in the National Institute Technology (NITs) after the third round of seat allocation process conducted by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2016. The majority of vacant seats are from the NITs across the North Eastern states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Agartala. “We have...
Read More1) Dipa Karmakar named World Class Gymnast by International Gymnastics Federation a) Karmakar, who recently became the first Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, has been awarded the honour for her performances in the Gymnastics World Championships held in Glasgow in October-November 2015. b) She is the first...
Read MoreThe Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) released the third round allotment list on July 10. With the seat acceptance process from July 11 to 13, only those candidates who are allotted seats for the first time in round three or those who have to dual reporting. As per the seat...
Read MoreApproximately 185 category students enrolled for a preparatory course at 19 IITs in the year 2015. What is a Preparatory course? It is structured to prepare students to pursue the academic programme to which they wish to been allocated at respective IITs. This one year long course is done on...
Read MoreThe second round list of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) was announced on July 6, 2016. Those candidates who have been allotted seats for the first time this round must report to the respective reporting centres and accept the seats. The SBI branches near some of the RCs will remain...
Read More1) Former Nokia executive Tejinder Kalra joins Indus Towers as COO a) Indus Towers has appointed Tejinder Kalra as the Chief Operating Officer. His appointment is effective since July 1. b) He joins Indus Towers from Nokia, where he was the Global Head for Bharti Business in his most recent...
Read MoreThe Arjuna Group recently organised a motivation seminar in Kota to share the ‘4D’ Formula with coaching aspirants who are preparing for the IIT-JEE. At the 8th Motivational Seminar of the Arjuna group, titled ‘Parivartan’ organized at the Instrumentation Limited, Kota last Sunday night, the topic of Seminar was ‘My...
Read MoreIf you think not getting admission in an engineering college is the reason behind taking a drop year, then you are wrong. Then why do students drop? There are two possible reasons. – Not fulfilling the eligibility criteria – Which rarely happens – Wanting a better future – The major...
Read MoreThe Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) had scheduled to release the MHT-CET second round list of CAP (Central Admission Process) yesterday, July 7, by 5pm. However, the list hasn’t been released yet. Students have been frantically waiting for the list since yesterday afternoon and are not disgruntled with the near 24-hour delay....
Read MoreThe number of vacant seats in the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) during the ongoing process of seat allocation has seen an increase. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) in an earlier statement had said that after the first round, about 78 seats in NITs – Jalandhar, Mizoram, Sikkim, Calicut,...
Read MoreThe notice sent to the hostel residents of IITR for missing yoga camp. While some IITs are struggling with fund being slashed, setting up of new campus, dealing with admissions for next academic year, IIT Roorkee students have something really bizarre to deal with – Disciplinary actions and fines for not attending...
Read More1. Union cabinet approves setting up of major port at Enayam in Tamil Nadu a) The Union cabinet has given a nod to set up a major port at Enayam in Tamil Nadu. The estimated cost of the project is around Rs. 25,000 crores. b) A special purpose vehicle will...
Read MoreWhat is the GRE® General Test? The GRE® General Test is the world’s most widely accepted admissions test for graduate and business school. No matter what advanced degree a test taker is considering, he or she will have more opportunities for success with the GRE® General Test. In fact, in...
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