In a suspected case of suicide, an 18-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, died after falling from the fifth floor of her hostel building on the campus
"IIT Delhi and ISRO will jointly set up ISRO Space Technology Cell at IIT Delhi. The cell will work for carrying out focused research projects in the space technology domain with specific deliverables. It is also proposed that IIT Delhi as an Institute becomes academic partner of ISRO in research areas for example Artificial Intelligence (AI), nanotechnology, functional textiles, smart manufacturing or any area of joint interest," Rao told reporters
Demanding a rollback of the fee hike, IIT aspirants on Friday held a protest at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the 900 per cent hike in fees for M.Tech courses announced by the council of IITs last week.
More than 2,000 students were awarded their degrees on a single day as the country's premier engineering institution IIT-Roorkee held its 19th convocation here on Friday. President Ram Nath Kovind awarded prestigious awards to nine meritorious students.
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had also raised the issue of rankings in the recent meeting of the IIT Council, the highest decision-making body of 23 IITs.
It said the hike will be applicable on fresh admissions only and "needy students" will be provided necessary financial support.
"Orders have been issued to five public institutions including IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, DU and University of Hyderabad, declaring them as IoEs," Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said.
"I did B.Tech, but I always wanted to join a government job. No job is bad. One day I will become an officer," Shravan was quoted in a local newspaper as saying on Tuesday.
These institutes are incorporating courses on yoga, spirituality and human values to help future managers maintain equanimity under pressure.
Named "Hydro Check", it uses sensors to monitor pulse rate, body temperature, ambient temperature and bioelectrical impedance. Bioelectrical impedance analysis is a commonly used method to estimate body composition, particularly body fat and muscle mass.
The IIT-Guwahati is planning to set up extension centres in northeastern states and run programmes to bring Class 12 students from state-run schools for exposure visits at its campus.
The Public Authority for Manpower, a government body in Kuwait, had last year issued a circular asking the labour department to not give work permits to expatriate engineers unless they got no-objection certificates from the Kuwait Engineers Society.
Out of the top 100 students, 64 chose IIT-Bombay in the recently concluded counselling. The second choice was IIT-Delhi with 33 of the top rankers opting for it.
Indian Institute of Bombay (IIT) Bombay has emerged as India's top university, rising to the tenth position in the 2019 QS World University Ranking.
A hyena was spotted on the premises of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) near here, after which its management has asked the students to remain alert.
JEE Main is the qualifying examination for JEE advansed. Only those who secure a rank in top 2,45,000 will be eligible to appear for JEE Advansed. However, there are numerous educational institutions including NITs (National Institute of Technology) who accept JEE Main Examination result for admissions to engineering and architecture courses.
The Chief Minister said he spoke to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman regarding the natural calamity.
"We have asked IITs and IIMs to come together and create an agency which we can use to expedite the process of accreditation," the minister told reporters on the sidelines of the 4th World Summit of Accreditation here.
Kovind also talked about the initiative by IIT Kharagpur with support from Infosys Foundation to fund women researchers who wish to attend international conferences.
IIT Kanpur will declare the result and merit list for JEE Advanced 2018 on June 10 on the institute's official website jeeadv(.)ac(.)in.
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