Articles in IIT Mandi
18 students from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) who were expelled earlier this month have been readmitted. This decision was taken by the institute’s Senate yesterday, August 11. The meeting which was held yesterday, went on for about five hours starting at 4 pm last evening. The students were initially expelled on […]
The death of a 26-year-old research scholar of IIT Kanpur Alok Pandey, four days ago, caused a huge turmoil in the institute campus. After students protested for over two days and held their Director, Prof. Indranil Manna, hostage for a night, IIT Kanpur buckled to the students demands. Alok had complained of severe chest […]
Alok Kumar Pandey, a PhD student in the Material Sciences programme at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) died yesterday, August 8, alleged due to medical negligence. This incident has shocked the student community of IIT-K. Students held a protest in the campus today demanding a probe into the incident. A meeting between […]
The 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 event as the chief guest […]
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 clothes of their choice and […]
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 re-admitted on strict conditions. Unlike […]
‘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 will offer funding and scholarships […]
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has declared opening and closing ranks for various undergraduate programs in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). IIT Madras was ranked No.1 engineering college in India by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) according to a ranking survey conducted in April this year. Following are the opening and closing ranks […]
Praveen Manwar (39), a alumni of IIT Kharagpur has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court in Multai on the charge of murder. According to the Betul Police report, he killed his wife Shilpa and two children when he set his car ablaze on March 3, 2015, because of fears of being HIV infected. A senior official of the Betul […]
Ever since news of JEE being conducted in foreign countries spread, the MHRD released notifications of the co-ordinating institute for the programme, and the fee structure for foreign students. It was also stated in a recent notification that IIT teams, headed by IIT Bombay (the co-ordinating institute) will be travelling to various countries to create […]