Kendrapara: In the politically-sensitive Kendrapara district of Odisha, an IIT alumni has quit his job and lucrative career to fight the rural body polls in Dumuka gram panchayat. Nihar Ranjan Beura (50), an alumni of IIT Kharagpur has set his goal to transform the life of the villagers. “I filed nomination papers for member panchayat […]
An alumni of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has set up a dairy farm in his native village in Kendrapara district from where locals can buy pure milk at a cheaper rate than the market price
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has urged IIT-Bhubaneswar to set up a coastal observatory and innovation centre for climate change as the state is vulnerable to natural calamities like flood, cyclone and tsunami. For the purpose, the government has decided to transfer 40 acres of land at Laudigaon in Ganjam district free of cost to IIT, […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to engage the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar and National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela for a research report on utilisation of fly ash being generated in the state. While fly ash is being used for brick-making and road construction, the institutes will study the use of fly […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it has decided to grant Autonomy to 62 Universities (5 Central Universities, 21 State Universities, 34 Deemed to be Universities and 2 Private Universities) across the Country. These Universities have been selected on the basis of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) ratings. The Institutions having a […]
As per the Report of the Sub Committee constituted by the Council of IITs, the estimated average expenditure per student in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is Rs 5.2 lakh per year. However, there will be a total fee waiver for the differently-abled and students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and […]
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Friday announced its collaboration with American conglomerate General Electric (GE) to set up a lab that will develop advanced services technology for aircraft engine components. The ‘Cold Spray’ SMART (Surface Modification and Additive Research Technologies) Laboratory is the first-of-its-kind being installed in any academic institute in […]
Ranchi: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board has cancelled the Consent to Operate (CTO) of Hindalco following the accident at the company’s plant around 25 km from here, a Board official said on Thursday. The State Pollution Control Board has also issued notices in connection with the accident on Tuesday to two IITs – Mumbai and […]
Bhubaneswar: As many as 1.76 lakh students including 3,161 from Odisha will appear for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2019 today. The fully computer based test will be held across different cities in the country including Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Cuttack and Rourkela. The examination comprising of two papers will be held in two sittings – […]
Kanpur: With an aim to introduce innovative cyber security solutions and enhance digital resilience of critical national infrastructure, software major Tech Mahindra on Monday announced a partnership with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K). Tech Mahindra said the partnership would help in real world industry exposure to students of IIT-K. “At Tech Mahindra, our primary […]
New Delhi: The students of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous body under Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), have shown excellent results in Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2019 conducted by IIT Roorkee. A data analysis of JEE (Advanced) result shows that out of 6094 KV students who appeared in JEE (Advanced) this year, 1019 […]
Lakhs of students appear for different entrance examinations every year for various degree programs in order to get admission into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) but a few of them only make it to the premier institution. In order to give the experience of IIT culture to students who could not make it to […]
New Delhi: Students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed a “smart agricopter” to eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agricultural fields and help identify crop health by using a imaging camera. The innovation will allowing spraying pesticides ten times faster and with 100 per cent precision at the same cost as […]
Kolkata: Aiming to lend support to geriatric care by aiding caregivers to reach out to the aged on time, students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed two interconnected android smartphone applications, an official said on Monday. The app named ‘CARE4U’, developed by an interdisciplinry team of 2nd year B.Tech students, connects […]
Kanpur: The scientists at the IIT-Kanpur have ventured into the world’s first robot hand for the rehabilitation of stroke patients and have finished their tests on it. The device is a two-finger robotic hand (exoskeleton) that uses a four-bar mechanism and has four degrees of freedom (DOF). Professor Ashish Dutta and Professors K S Venkatesh […]
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