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Union education minister raises concern over student dropouts in IITs

Union education minister raises concern over student dropouts in IITs

New Delhi: Ministry of Education has asked the IITs to ensure multiple entry-exit options for the students. Directing a further detailed report, union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan raised his concern on the matter of student dropouts in the premier technical institutions during the 55th IIT-Council meeting in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The discussions also focussed on […]

IIT to collaborate with AIIMS for research, short term courses in Bhubaneswar

IIT to collaborate with AIIMS for research, short term courses in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: IIT Bhubaneswar has collaborated with AIIMS Bhubaneswar on artificial intelligence (AI) to promote academic and research collaboration in various areas of health and technology. It will also integrate medical science with technology for providing a better and more equipped healthcare service.The two national institutes signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday evening to […]

AI, Robotics centre of excellence to come up at RD Women’s University

AI, Robotics centre of excellence to come up at RD Women's University

Bhubaneswar: The state government will set up an Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Rama Devi Women’s University here. The university has signed a memorandum of understanding with IIT Bhubaneswar for the setting up of this centre.Around Rs 8.7 crore will be spent on this CoE. Students from state universities and colleges […]

IIT Entrance, UPSC CSE Among World’s Top 5 Toughest Exams, Says IAS Official

IIT Entrance, UPSC CSE Among World's Top 5 Toughest Exams, Says IAS Official

The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) places a lot of emphasis on reform in higher education. One of the tenants being internationalisation. Borrowing from the NEP, ‘High performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries, and similarly, selected universities e.g., those from among the top 100 universities in the world […]

Indian Institutes of Technology Want Foreign Students

Indian Institutes of Technology Want Foreign Students

Scholars have called a proposal by the Indian Institutes of Technology to quadruple their international student intake by 2025 “feasible” but say they will first need to decide whether they are willing to lower entry requirements for nonlocal applicants. The Times Higher Education logo, with a red T, a purple H, and a blue E. […]

IIT, IIM, Central Universities Made Functional In Record Time In J&K: Kansal

IIT, IIM, Central Universities Made Functional In Record Time In J&K: Kansal

Jammu & Kashmir is witnessing an unprecedented era of positive developments with the setting up of premier education institutes like IIT, IIM, AIIMS, and Central and Cluster Universities among other avenues of education. The remarks were made by Principal Secretary Higher Education, Rohit Kansal while addressing students of Central University Jammu. He was chairing the […]

First IIT in UAE to admit Indian ex-pats, Emiratis, and other international students: Indian Ambassador

First IIT in UAE to admit Indian expats, Emiratis and other international students: Indian Ambassador

The first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) planned in the UAE will admit Indian ex-pats, Emiratis and other international students, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE Sunjay Sudhir has revealed. India and the UAE agreed to set up an IIT in the UAE under a Joint Vision Statement by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed […]

IIT and AIIMS Jodhpur Develop ‘Talking Gloves’ for the Differently-Abled

IIT and AIIMS Jodhpur Develop 'Talking Gloves' for the Differently-Abled

Innovators from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur and All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) Jodhpur have developed low-cost ‘talking gloves’ as a joint initiative. The gloves have been developed for people with speech disabilities. The gloves use the principles of Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Machine Learning(MI) to automatically generate speech that will be […]

NCSC Sends Notice to IIT KGP Prof for ‘Casteist Remarks’ Made During IIT Prep Class

NCSC Sends Notice to IIT KGP Prof for 'Casteist Remarks' Made During IIT Prep Class

An Associate Professor from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, she was teaching the IIT Preparatory Course for SC/ST and PwD Candidates The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken suo motu cognizance against an IIT Kharagpur professor for making casteist remarks and using ‘unparliamentary language’ with her students. A video of lectures by […]

JEE Main 2021 Begins Today With COVID-19 Precautions

JEE Main 2021 Begins Today With COVID-19 Precautions

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) for admission to top engineering colleges in the country begins today, February 23, with unprecedented preparations, and will continue till February 26. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) for admission to top engineering colleges in the country begins today. Candidates aspiring to pursue BArch, planning programs will appear for […]