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IITs to work for making Aakash cheaper

The government plans to involve three more IITs in the world's cheapest Aakash tablet PC project to make it more indigenous and further lower its price. Apart from IIT Rajasthan, which is spearheading the project, IIT Mumbai, IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur would also be roped in for the project, sources in the HRD Ministry said.

IIT-B, TIFR register strong growth in research output

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has shown a considerable and steady growth in research output over the past few years

Kolkata gears up for a three-day Pan IIT 2012 conclave

One of the large Tata Group companies, Tata Steel Processing and Distribution (formerly known as Tata Ryerson) is quietly working on organising an even which can turn out to be the biggest conclave of tech gurus, technopreneurs and captains of industry in Kolkata.

Why IIT grad love non technical jobs?

India needs talents to create economic value from technology

Over 5 lakh aspirants to sit for IIT-JEE this year

A little over 5 lakh candidates will sit for the upcoming edition of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), the test to join the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology.

City heritage walk to inspire national model

Konark Ashara, a post graduate visual communications student at Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay, is setting up a 'systematic model for new heritage walks

IIT-B's Prithvi to race against 80 vehicles

Prithvi 3.0, a lightweight off-road vehicle designed by 40 IIT-B students will feature at the Baja SAE series of competitions to be held in Indore

An online encyclopedia to know your netas

A new site — www.netapedia.in — started by a group of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) students and alumni, aims to be a one-stop destination for answers on everything political.

Velosi in tie-up with top Indian institute

Velosi has announced an association with India’s premier institution IIT Bombay, to offer IIT Bombay’s four-month Online Certificate Course in Piping Engineering.

Alumni in News

Carlyle Group Promotes Manish Gaur As Director | Padma Shri Award to Arun H Firodia

IIT B-schools to have single online portal for MBA applications

After doing away with the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) last year and embracing the Common Admission Test (CAT), the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are now planning a slew of measures to make their management programmes more attractive and sought after.

Road Less Travelled Read

A bar of homemade chocolate at a small chocolaterie in a sleepy French village in 2009 is all it took for Chirag Bhandari, 25, to make the big switch from a flourishing corporate career to helping people vacation.

IIT-B opens new research centre

A centre for research in biosciences and bioengineering with a special focus on cancer-related research was officially inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) on Friday.

Computational research aims to alleviate embarrassing bladder problems

Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay are working together to develop new ways of treating bladder overactivity, a problem which affects millions of people worldwide.

Engineering jobs favoured in IITs

Many students decline the lucrative finance sector to opt for jobs in core-engineering sector as it offers job security and good pay.

IIT-B Techfest 2012: All about Robotics

 

IIT-B students set up society to study Mars

A group of IIT-Bombay students have embarked on a different type of stellar mission-to "launch" Indian students and others to Mars. Towards this end, they have formed The Mars Society, dedicated to the study of the red planet.

IIT-B alumni donate Rs2.5 crore for better on-campus counselling

The institute’s alumni members of IIT-B, have made a Rs2.5 crore donation to facilitate a tailor-made counselling programme on campus

Alumni in News

Arun Majumdar to be the 'Under Secretary of Energy' for US | Inovio Pharmaceuticals Promotes Niranjan Sardesai to Chief Operating Officer

Cracking the code to a secure business venture

Thatha brothers are making waves with their security software that changes password each time a person logs in