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Hyderabad, Ropar lead new IITs in research 'impact', Mandi trails

As the eight new IITs set up over the past five years struggle with inadequate infrastructure and a lack of quality faculty, two of the new institutes — in Hyderabad and Ropar — have surged ahead in one key indicator: quality of research, as evidenced by publication in esteemed journals, and the number and quality of citations thereafter.

IIT-Kharagpur lends cutting edge to the cuppa

Your morning cuppa is set to get a fresh zing, thanks to a new technology for tea production developed after four years' research by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. What's more, tea produced through this new low-cost technology will not only bring smiles to the faces of tea drinkers, but growers as well, especially small players who will now have a more level playing field with the big players in the industry. A team of scientists led by Prof Bijoy Chandra Ghosh of IIT-Kgp's agricultural and food engineering department has designed and developed a mini CTC (crush, tear and curl) manufacturing process. In August this year, the prototype was successfully tested and validated at the North Bengal Regional R&D Centre of Tea Research Association in the presence of Tea Board experts, scientists and big and small tea producers. "With this series of non-polluting technologies, we have cut down on space requirement, energy consumption and overall production

Free online test for IIT-aspirants

A city collegehas created a bank of 30,000 questions and has put in place an online IIT-JEE main-type pre-assessment test module for candidates eyeing IIT admissions. The module will have real-time examinations in mathematics, physics and chemistry. The Agni College of Technology (ACT), which is ranked 20 in Tamil Nadu, has uploaded the module online at www.act.edu.in, and has said enrolment and practice are free. It is meant to benefit those who cannot afford to join JEE training centres and students from rural areas which do not have training schools. The question bank was built on personal inquiry and contribution from IIT interns who had written the JEE main in the past, Dr S R R Senthil Kumar, principal, told IIT and KOTA. The online test portal www.act.edu.in will add 25 new questions every week. "In each subject 25 new questions will be uploaded every week, to ensure that maximum modules are covered before the JEE main exam," Senthil Kumar said. Experts from the Ag

JEE ADVANCE 2014: IIT Kharagpur to conduct engineering exam

The Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) or JEE (Advanced) 2014 will be conducted this year by IIT Kharagpur on 25 May, 2014. Paper 1 would be conducted from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and Paper 2 would be conducted from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. JEE Advanced is the common entrance exam for admission to undergraduate engineering, architecture and sciences programmes offered by all 16 Indian Institutes of Technology(IITs)and the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad. Only the top 1.5 lakh students who qualify the JEE (Main) 2014will be eligible to take the JEE (Advanced) 2014 exam. JEE Main is expected to be conducted by the CBSE on 6 April, 2014. The exam fee for JEE Advanced 2014 has been increased to Rs. 2000 (general & OBC) from Rs. 1800 last year and to Rs. 1000 (SC, ST, PwD) from Rs. 900 in 2013. However, like last year, female candidates need not pay any exam fee.

Farhan to perform at IIT Delhi

Farhan Akhtar is a man in demand. The talented director-actor-singer has been recently approached by 67 colleges across India, including 15 IITs. All of them want Farhan to come to their college and perform. Recently the actor had rocked Dubai and Calcutta with his performance. Due to his work commitments, Farhan could not spend much time for his live performances. A source says, “A few days ago Farhan had a stellar performance at IIT Roorke, Uttarkhand. He got a tremendous response there from the audience. Farhan is now scheduling a round of performances across these colleges. By the end of this month he will also grace IIT Delhi along with his band.”

IIT JAM 2014 online registration ends by Oct 16

The Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs) conducts Joint Admission Test (JAM) to Master of Science. The last date to register online for this prestigious course is October 16, 2013. According to reports, IIT Kanpur will conduct JAM 2014 on February 9, 2014. The Joint Admission Test (JAM) to Master of Science (M.Sc.) is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs) for admission to Integrated Ph.D degree programs at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc) and M.Sc (2 year), Joint M.Sc-Ph.D, M.Sc-Ph.D Dual Degree, M.Sc-M.Tech and other Post-Bachelor's degree programs at the 11 IITs. The aim of the IISc Bangalore and IITs is to build a sound foundation of knowledge, pursue excellence and enhance creativity in an intellectually stimulating environment. The current pace of advancement of technology needs a coherent back-up of basic science education and research. The vibrant academic ambience and research infrastructure of IISc and IITs motivate the studen

Alumni, students bond at IIT-B

From mock interviews, discussions to music performances, the third edition of the Student Alumni Meet (SAM) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) on Saturday saw an amalgamation of students and alumni talk about issues relating to college and campus life. Every year, IIT’s alumni from across the world come back to the campus for the event. Day one of the two-day meet saw a panel discussion titled, ‘Honouring the honour code’. In August 2013, students of the chemical engineering department were made to sign an honour code stating that they would not engage in academic dishonesty while at the institute. However, the code did not go down too well with many students who felt they were not consulted. The panel discussed how the code could be improvised before its implementation. The event also saw the launch of an orchestra band, the Y-Point orchestra, formed by 10 ex-students from batches between 1974 and 1994. They performed for the first time on Saturday and plan to f

Rendezvous'13 - IIT Delhi's Cultural Festival

Date :18th to 21st October 2013 Time :All Day Location :IIT Delhi Campus, SDA, HauzKhas, New Delhi - 110016 Details : Rendezvous, the cultural Festival ofIndian Institute of Technology – Delhi is an amalgamation of art, culture, and international fiesta. “A meeting” is what “Rendezvous” translates literally and the fest is no exception with extraordinaire and exceptional footfall of more than 50,000. Rendezvous has become the synonym of a perfect amalgamation of what signifies vigor of youthfulness. A place where dance dramatics fuses with debating with an added zing of informal events viz. paintball, rappelling overnight LAN gaming or rather tête-à-tête with celebrities head banging performances. How would you describe an event of such proportions as rendezvous? One that transforms the innovation and technological center of the country overnight into the cultural melting pot of India! Maybe it’s just a time for the so called ‘Geeks’ of the country to let off some heat, but we’d

Pre-placement offers roll in steadily at IITs

Among the companies who have lined up international offers are Google, Facebook, Microsoft among others. Pre-placement offers (PPOs), including plum international postings, are rolling in steadily at the country's premier technological institutes, indicating a good placement season in December. Among the companies who have lined up international offers are Google, which has offered salaries of $120,000 (Rs 75 lakh) compared with Rs 73 lakh last year to one student at its US headquarters to students at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Guwahati. Facebook, too, has offered overseas jobs at IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee while Microsoft has made oofers at IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee. Both the companies are expected to revise last year's offer upwards— Facebook's Rs 65 lakh and Microsoft's Rs 60 lakh. Himanshu Srivastava (22) of IIT Kharagpur, who has received the offer from Google, is looking forward to his stint with Google. "I have done two internships for the company and I kno

THOMSO 2013: Farhan Akhtar attends IIT Roorkee cultural fest

Thomso, a three-day cultural festival, organised by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and highlighting the theme "Live Free, Die Hard", concluded on Sunday The event, held after three years, witnessed the participation of around 400 colleges across the country. IIT Roorkee was earlier known as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering and the cultural fest Thomso is named after it. Director of the institution Pradipta Banerji said: "We had stopped organising the fest, but now after three years we have tried to make it bigger and better. "The theme of the event this year is 'Live Free, Die Hard' in mind. All our programmes and activities resonate through this theme which comes alive with demonstrations and vivid performances put up by our students," he added. The event organised and managed by students held workshops on personality development, fine arts, art theatre, gaming competition, laser tag competition and also various literar

Half IIT qualifiers have fathers in government services, business

Candidates whose fathers work in the government or businesses formed nearly half of those who cleared the JEE-advanced of the IITs this year. Candidates whose fathers are in government service and business formed 47.21 per cent, or nearly half, of those who cleared the joint entrance examination (JEE)-advanced of the IITs this year. The breakup is 29.83 per cent whose fathers are in government service (against a registration of 28.71 per cent) and 17.38 per cent whose fathers are businessmen (registration 16.38 per cent). Of the 1,26,749 who registered, 20,834 qualified.

IIT-Gandhinagar offers Rs 50 lakh for viable start-up ideas

The annual technical summit of Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar(IIT-Gn), Amalthea is ready with its fourth edition. The highlight of this year's event is the IIT-Gandhinagar incubator's initiative to support entrepreneurs with solid tech ideas. The summit, which will be held on October 19 and 20, will provide Rs 50 lakh support for innovative ideas selected after several rounds of screening. Amalthea, one of the most significant events in the arena, is being organized since 2010 with various themes, and this year, it is 'Innovation'. "A developing country like ours needs to encourage and nurture innovation on a large scale to make it to the top. This theme will create a strong movement for innovative thinking in the country," core member of Amalthea-2013 Gaurav Sharma said. "We have designed the event with an idea to identify, promote and celebrate outstanding innovative ideas and talents that can be demonstrated and commercialized. The e

IISc, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi Top In Research Faculty

A leading globalistion and market expansion advisory firm, Zinnov released its report "Top research faculty in tier-1 engineering institutions in India" on 4 October' 2013. It includes a detailed assessment of the faculty in India's Tier-1 engineering institutions and also identifies the top faculty by major areas of research.   As per the study IISC, followed by IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi, emerged as the top institutes for faculty research competence in India. The faculty in these institutes has the highest number of industry and government research grants, international and national journal references and conference publications and patents (approx. 90 per faculty) to their credit. In addition, these top institutes have higher proportion of senior faculty members (all PhDs) with greater overall experience.   The study also unveiled that majority of faculty members in the top institutes have good international exposure both in terms of research and teaching. The

How Panjab University cracked the Times Higher Education list ??

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , astronaut Kalpana Chawla and scientist Yash Pal are among its most illustrious alumni. And yet, when Panjab University found itself at the 239th spot on the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings , ahead of institutions including IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur, many eyebrows were raised. For, Panjab University, established in 1882, had not featured among the top 500 universities in the QS World University rankings published in September this year. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and THE rankings are considered the benchmark indices for the top universities in the world. In fact, the ministry of human resources development (MHRD) had to face a lot of criticism when the QS rankings were published last month as none of the Indian educational institutions figured in the top 200 rankings. What seemed to have tilted the scales in favour of Panjab University in the THE rankings is the agency’s stress on citation, which is considered the single biggest and most infl