Indian Institute Of Technology News
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 years Endowment 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 matter IIT 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 spraying The 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 2019Opinion | Why can’t Rajat Gupta accept he is guilty of insider trading?
Despite being convicted, the former McKinsey head has continued to appeal his innocence
4 min read14 Jan 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 2018IIT Delhi cuts tuition fee of international students drastically
At present, 1% of the students at IIT-D are foreign students and the institution aims to take that number to 25%
2 min read3 Nov 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 2018Govt may increase retirement age of IIM directors, impose cap on age of chairmen
The retirement age of directors at the IIMs is likely go up to 70, while chairpersons of the board of governors, for whom there is no limit at present, will now have an age limit of 74 for superannuation
2 min read13 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 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared