Tag: Iits

In a major decision, the Centre has asked the Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) to fill the faculty positions reserved for SCs, STs, EWS and other backward classes within a year.

New Delhi: After Diwali bonanza to government employees, now faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other centrally funded institutes will get a pay hike as the Centre  has decided to review their salaries by taking into account recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. Sources from the […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Good news for students wishing to pursue engineering as another 4,000 aspirants will be eligible to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced in May 2018. The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has taken a decision to increase the number of eligible candidates for the JEE from 2.20 lakh this year to 2.24 […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The higher educational institutions across the country such as IITs, IIMs, NITs and Central universities will now get more funds into their pocket for infrastructure development. The Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) has been functional which will mobilise market funds for improvement of laboratories, hostels and also construction of new buildings in these […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In a bid to inculcate patriotism among students in a manner that interests them, the Union Government has lined up a series of events for various elite educational institutions like IITs and IIMs ahead of the 70th Independence Day. Sources in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) said, a host of rock […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, in view of the fall in admissions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), has asked the latter to take some measures including the option to discontinue unpopular courses. The IITs are facing increase in number of students refusing admission after counselling. Around 121 seats are vacant […]

Bhubaneswar: After five rounds of seat allocation at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), around 421 seats are still lying vacant across all engineering institutes under JEE Advanced admissions including one seat at IIT Bhubaneswar remaining unclaimed. The unclaimed seat in IIT Bhubaneswar is under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category and no candidate seems eligible for the […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today gave a green signal to continue admission into premier institutes like IITs and NITs by lifting a stay order it had issued on July 7 based on a petition contesting grace marks awarded to candidates. In a hearing on the petition filed by three students who have successfully cleared the JEE […]

Gurugram: Samsung India is planning to hire over 300 engineers from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) this placement season to strengthen its Research and Development (R&D) operations in the country, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. Company officials from three R&D centres located in Bengaluru, Delhi and Noida, will visit the IITs at Delhi, […]

New Delhi: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said the government is going to expand the number of accreditation agencies and has asked the IITs and IIMs to come together and be a rating agency in itself. “We have decided to expand the number of accreditation agencies. We have asked the IITs, […]

Gandhinagar: Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said there was immense wealth of ideas and innovation in children and it should be encouraged by institutes like the IITs and NIDs. Presiding over the 10th Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Ignite Awards 2017, organised by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF), where 56 students were recognised for outstanding […]

Patna: All 30 students coached by Bihar’s ‘Super 30’, a free coaching centre for underprivileged students, have cracked the highly competitive JEE-Advanced for admissions to the IITs this year, its founder-mathematician Anand Kumar said on Sunday. Children of taxi drivers, masons, farmers, and daily wagers are among the successful candidates and are mostly from schools affiliated […]

Roorkee: IIT Roorkee aims at recording one of the highest pre-placement offers this year with 23 top-notch companies visiting the prestigious institute ahead of the placement season in December. The IIT has received 92 pre-placement offers so far, out of which 82 have already been accepted by the students. The highest package offered during the […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Union HRD Ministry extended the last date for registration of candidates from Odisha for the JEE Advanced examination, the IIT Bhubaneswar on Wednesday established a special help desk for the students. The help desk will operate from the E-class room and Lab Complex (LBC), in the permanent campus of IIT, Bhubaneswar, […]

The Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ held another review meeting of the schemes and programmes of HRD Ministry in New Delhi on Tuesday. Secretary, Higher Education R Subrahmanyam and the senior officers of the Ministry gave presentation on (i) Generation of skills and employment through vocational education, (ii) working of IIMs and […]