http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:34:36 GMT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:34:36 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT-B_aviation_festival_starts_on_Saturday_15311/ Mumbai: Showcasing air shows, design challenges and workshops for aero-enthusiasts, the two-day annual aviation festival of the Indian Institute of Technology kickstarts here on Saturday.Titled 'Zephyr', the 10th edition of the festival, is organized by the Aerospace Engineering Association of IIT-B... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:04:35 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Ex-IITian_NRI's_5_mn_dollar_gift_to_cancer_research_project_15284/ Mumbai: Living up to his promise made nearly four years ago, a US-based Indian and IT entrepreneur on Friday came to his alma-mater Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here to launch a research centre for biosciences and bio-engineering with the focus on cancer.An alumnus of the 1969 batch of IIT, ... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:03:06 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT_offering_training_to_engineering_faculty_15164/ New Delhi: Thousands of untrained faculty members across engineering colleges in India, will soon be able to obtain a degree in engineering and training from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) without joining the institute or leaving their jobs.A large number of engineering colleges across t... Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:33:53 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Lectures_from_IITs_available_to_MIT_students_15162/ Mumbai: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have accepted the proposal by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to join their OpenCourseWare community. In this way, MIT students will be able to access classroom content of IITs online.However, this is not the only method by which IIT... Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:11:50 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT-B_alumnus_donated_Rs._2.5_Crore_to_the_Institute_15101/ Mumbai: An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) made a generous gesture by giving a cheque of Rs. 2.5 Crore to the Institute, on the occasion of Christmas.The money will be utilized to set up a counseling programme for the students, and also to support the financially weaker... Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:59:20 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT,_Kharagpur_opens_admission_to_LL.B_program_15099/ West Bengal: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kh) will conduct an entrance test for admission to LL.B. (Hons) with specialization in Intellectual Property Rights on May 6, 2012.Candidates having first class Bachelor's Degree in Technology, Engineering, Medicine, or equivalent can a... Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:27:39 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT_Kanpur_student_got_the_highest_package_by_US_company_15014/ Agra: Agra's Karan Narain, pursuing M. Tech (final year) in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), has set a new record in campus placement. He has been picked up by US company Pocket Gems for an annual package of $137,000 (over Rs.73 lakh).This is the highest pack... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:38:39 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT_Bombay's_Mood_Indigo_Festival_goes_global_14990/ Mumbai: For the first time in its 41-year history, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) will open its doors to four international folk dance groups to take part in the four-day Mood Indigo Worldfest-2011, opening here on Sunday.Teams from Indonesia, Turkey, Spain and Poland will partic... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:35:05 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Teach_A_1000_Teachers_Training_Programme_on_Solar_PV_14972/ New Delhi: Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah today inaugurated "Teach a 1000 Teachers" training programme on solar photovoltaics being conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay (IIT-B) through video conferencing in New Delhi.The programme is being carried out si... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:33:41 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Delhi_Metro_urged_IITs_to_start_Metro_Tech_Courses_14965/ New Delhi: With Metro Rail becoming an integral part of transport infrastructure in Delhi and also envisaging to coming up in other states, The Delhi Metro is looking forward for engineers specially qualified in this technology.It wrote to the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry to introduce ... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:51:07 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/35_Percent_Teaching_Posts_in_IITs_Vacant_14900/ New Delhi: Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are facing faculty shortage as 212 teachers have taken early retirement and around 35% of teaching posts are vacant presently.Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Friday, "Approxim... Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:53:53 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT_Bombay_Graduate_Gets_Top_Energy_Job_14884/ Washington: Naming yet another Indian American to a key administration post, President Barack Obama has appointed Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay alumnus as the top bureaucrat in the Department of Energy.Announcing the appointment of Majumdar as Under Secretary of Energy alo... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:00:16 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/New_HRD_Plan_to_Make_IIT_Research_Hub_14863/ New Delhi: A committee has been set up by the HRD ministry to prepare a roadmap for the implementation of IIT reforms suggested by a panel headed by Anil Kakodkar.The new committee will be headed by Kakodkar himself and would also consist of Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT-Madras, chairperson of standing ... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:35:34 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/New_fee_structure_for_IITs_discussed_14688/ New Delhi: A new fee structure, a common entrance test giving weightage to Class 12 exam marks and higher focus on research were among the issues discussed at a meeting here on Wednesday of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council.The council, a governing body responsible for all the IITs, ... Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:52:01 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Kakodkar_recommendations_to_be_considered_-_PM_14618/ Kharagpur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the recommendations of the Anil Kakodkar panel on the functioning of IITs will be soon considered by the Council of IITs and the central government."The committee noted that the number of PhDs that come out annually from IITs is very small in c... Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:03:39 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Coaching_classes_claiming_false_credit_-_complain_JEE_toppers_14152/ New Delhi: Apart from the celebration and joy that comes to toppers of the Indian Institutes of Technology - Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) also come unsolicited attention from coaching institutes that falsely claim to be behind the success of the candidates. Prudhvitej Immadi, who had achieve... Tue, 31 May 2011 15:35:32 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/From_Punjab_to_Bihar_to_IIT,_three_'super'_stories_14129/ Chandigarh: One is the son of a grocer, one's father sells chole-kulche from a cycle cart and the third's runs a mobile repair shop - but all three have risen from these humble surroundings to crack the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam, considered one of the most difficult in the c... Mon, 30 May 2011 08:16:07 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT-JEE_topper_aspires_to_be_a_civil_servant_14099/ New Delhi: Immadi Prudhvi Tej, resident of Hyderabad, has topped the joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), whose results were declared on Wednesday. He aspires to be a civil servant.The second rank was held by Shubham Mehta, resident of Kota in Ra... Thu, 26 May 2011 08:55:55 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT_JEE_Results_2011_on_May_25_14085/ New Delhi: The results of the Indian Institutes of Technology - Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) 2011 will be declared on Wednesday May 25, 2011. The results will be available on the following website: http://www.examresults.net/jee The Supreme Court had, on Tuesday, refused to entertain a Publ... Tue, 24 May 2011 13:01:37 GMT http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IITs_admit_errors_worth_36_marks_in_JEE-2011_14024/ New Delhi: In what may come as a major blow to many Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) aspirants, the IITs admitted on Sunday that the question paper for the IIT-JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) that had been conducted last month had errors amounting to about 36 marks.The errors in the paper can... Mon, 16 May 2011 12:22:33 GMT