Indian Institute Of Technology
IIT Guwahati researchers design engineered surfaces to detect, prevent covid-19
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have developed methods to detect and prevent the novel coronavirus using bio-interface interactions between the virus and the surface spike protein
2 min read6 Sep 2020IIT-Delhi’s big target: $1 billion endowment fund
IIT-Delhi has been talking about building an endowment fund for past couple of yearsEndowment funds are a big source of income for top global universities who use a portion of it for development work and students scholarship
2 min read21 Oct 2019Kanpur IIT faculty member removed over charge of misconduct with foreign woman
The woman had also informed her country's embassy about the matterIIT Kanpur's Deputy Director Professor Manindra Agrawal said the institute had a zero-tolerance policy against any such behaviour
1 min read10 Sep 2019IIT Madras students develop 'Agricopter' to eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agricultural farms
The innovation will allowing spraying pesticides ten times faster and with 100% precision at the same cost as manual sprayingThe team of three then set out to design a technological solution that would eliminate the need for farmers to come in contact with pesticides
1 min read23 Jul 2019PM Narendra Modi rolls out projects worth ₹14,500 crore in poll-bound Odisha
PM announced that work has started for an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
1 min read25 Dec 2018IITs want PSUs to hire before PG admissions
The IITs have been complaining to the HRD ministry that PSUs have been hiring their M.Tech students 3 months into their courses, leaving hundreds of seats vacant every year
2 min read24 Aug 2018IITs to help govt monitor colleges, universities
India has 903 universities and around 49,000 colleges and institutions but not even 25% of them or their courses have been accredited by central agencies such as the NBA
2 min read2 Aug 2018After World Cup deal, Berger scouts for assets in Russia
Berger Paints is looking to scale up operations in Russia and acquire a local company
2 min read14 Jul 2018IISc, 2 IITs among 6 in govt's ‘institutes of eminence' list
The move assumes significance as India seeks to enhance its performance and global rankings with none of its top schools finding a place in the top 100 universities rankings in the world
2 min read10 Jul 2018To fill up reserved seats, govt prods IITs to lower cut-off mark for admission
The move comes after a drastic fall in the number of students qualifying for admission to the IITs
2 min read14 Jun 2018