Articles in IIT Bhubaneswar
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2014, realized the need for a national ranking framework for all the institutes of higher education in the country. The 16-member committee established for this purpose identified a set of measurable parameters that could be used as metrics for ranking institutions. The National Institutional Ranking Framework […]
‘MBA from IIT Roorkee? Since when did IITs start offering MBA courses? Did you write the CAT exam to get into here?’ These are just some of the many questions I have been asked, ever since I made the decision of choosing IIT Roorkee over some other reputed B-schools. You may also have your questions […]
The Joint Admission Board (JAB) director Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi told PaGaLGuY that there was no discussion in the recently JAB meeting about the format of questions in the entrance examination. In a recent media report, it was mentioned that the MCQ questions for JEE Advanced will be changed to ‘Short Answer’ questions instead. “I don’t know […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras director Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi has announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2018 will be conducted online. In a meeting held today on August 20, 2017 at IIT Madras, the decision was taken by the director of JAB (Joint Admission Board) and IIT Madras Prof Ramamurthi. “The apex […]
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) Chairman revealed that even after the seventh round of seat allocation, there will still be some seats going vacant this year. “Around 50 seats in IITs across the country might go vacant, which is lesser than last year’s 76,” said Professor Prem Bisht, Chairman of JoSAA to PaGaLGuY. However, […]
After the brief halt at the engineering counselling imposed by Supreme Court, JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) has released the number of seats up for grabs in the fourth round. A total of 2,272 seats in the 93 participating institutes are still vacant. Out of them 42 are from various IITs across the country. Although […]
The apex court has removed the stay in IIT JEE counselling today on July 10, 2017 for admission of engineering aspirants in 93 institutes conducted by JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority). The anxious candidates will be relieved as the court passed an order after staying the counselling procedure on July 7. Almost 30,000 engineering aspirants […]
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has filled all the vacant seats after the second round of seat allotment concluded by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), today on July 7, 2017. Earlier there were 14 seats vacant in different engineering streams at the premiere institute. Not only IIT Bombay, but other institutes like IIT […]
In a hearing passed today on July 7, the Supreme Court has stayed the ongoing counselling of engineering aspirants across the country. The bench of two judges Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar, who were hearing the petition filed by an IIT aspirant regarding the additional marks provided to the aspirants who had taken JEE […]
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA) has declared the second round of seat allotment for the candidates who have cleared JEE Main/Advanced 2017. Of over 10,000 seats in different engineering streams in the 22 IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) and ISM (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad across the country, 397 has been left vacant after […]