IIT-Delhi plans to make campus waste-free, eco-friendly

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) has decided to roll out initiatives to make the campus more environment- friendly this academic session. The institute plans to take measures in this direction by addressing three major aspects — energy, water conservation and minimising waste. These “green initiatives” include setting up of two solar power projects in the campus. A 20 KW power system at the residence of the director is underway and another 1 MW solar power system will be installed in the academic area. IIT-Delhi dean (infrastructure)...

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IIT, Delhi, forms committee to coordinate with world ranking agencies

NEW DELHI: As part its efforts to position itself among the top in the global ranking list, IIT, Delhi, has set up a four-member body to coordinate with ranking agencies and provide appropriate information and data sought for. The move comes in the backdrop of the HRD Ministry setting up of an 18-member committee to review existing arrangements, develop a strategy and a framework for research evaluation to drive up research activities, the lack of which is hampering Indian institutions from featuring in the global ranking list. A group of IIT Delhi...

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IIT-Delhi signs MOU with Bihar Bridge Corporation for traffic models

PATNA: IIT-Delhi today entered into an agreement with the Bihar State Bridge Corporation for use of high speed traffic models in Patna to decongest the city's main roads of heavy vehicular density. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed today between the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) of IIT-Delhi and the Bihar State Bridge Development Corporation (BSBDC) in this regard, sources said. As per the MOU, BSBDC can use Swap Based Traffic Interchange (SBTI) and GSUI (Grade Separated U- turn Interchange) models developed...

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IIT-Delhi's sensors to check jumbo deaths

KOLKATA: Science could save elephants where political will has failed. IIT-Delhi has designed heat- and-motion sensors that can be fitted on railway tracks to act as an early warning system on movement of animals. The device will be field-tested for the first time on the 165-km tracks between North Bengal's Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar, where 18 elephants have been run over by trains this year alone. Last week, an express train crushed six elephants at Jaldhaka, ramming one of them through the rail bridge where the mangled carcass hung for days as...

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IIT-Delhi alumni creates first map of neural circuitry

LONDON: Women have sharper memory while men coordinate things better. An Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi alumni has created the first ever map of neural circuitry inside a human brain which has confirmed that women's brains are designed for social skills and memory while men's are for perception and co-ordination. However, there is one field in which women beat men hollow - multitasking, finds the study that looks at brain connectivity. A new brain connectivity study from Penn Medicine published on Monday has found striking differences in...

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Gautam Biswas takes over as IIT-Guwahati director.

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India's Mangalyaan satellite lifts off successfully

In its its first-ever launch outside the Earth's sphere of influence in its 44-year-long history, India's premier space agency, ISRO, today launched the Mangalyaan satellite successfully as PSLV-C25 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 from Chennai. India's first mission to Mars started at 2.38 pm on Tuesday. The 44.4-metre tall trusted workhorse of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) stood on its launchpad as its tanks were filled with fuel that will power the rocket over its four stages into space to...

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IIT Delhi Alumni Award Outstanding Contribution to National Development for the year 2012-13.

IIT Delhi Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to National Development 2012-2013 Dear Alumni, We are pleased to inform that the IIT Delhi Alumni Association has decided to confer upon the IIT Delhi Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to National Development 2012-13 as follows: Mr. Ajay Kumar, 75, BT, EL Mr. Shashank Tripathi, 86,BT,ME A brief profile of the awardees is enclosed for your information. IIT Delhi Alumni Association shall be conferring these awards at the Annual General Body Meeting on 27 th April 2013 at Seminar Hall, IIT...

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Padma Shri Award bestowed upon Mr. Avinash Chander, IIT Delhi, Batch of 1972

Mr. Avinash Chander, IIT Delhi Alumnus, Batch of 1972, with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering has been awarded the prestigious Padma Shri Award by the Government of India on Republic Day this yea...

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IITs ranked No.3 among tech varsities

LONDON: The IITs may have slid down the rankings of the world's best universities, but when compared with their peer institutions they have held their own or even improved their position. A week after the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) ranked the IITs at No. 57 among universities, it has ranked them No. 3 among the world's technology universities — the same position as in 2005 — and at No. 33 in the list of science universities, which is three notches up from last year's No. 3...

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Noida hospital design gets IIT approval

NOIDA: IIT-Delhi has approved the design for the proposed district hospital building in Sector 39, Noida. The project report for the building had been sent to IIT after a private consultant prepared it for Noida Authority. IIT's approval has cleared the decks for necessary documentation related to tendering process for the construction work. "All paperwork is expected to be completed by September end. After this, tenders will be floated for construction of the building," said an Authority official. Authority officials said it will take at least two...

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Hoobastank band mesmerised the crowd at IIT Delhi annual fest

The first day of the IIT Delhi annual fest was as grand as was promised, with people trying to enter even after the main performance had ended. The amphitheatre was jam-packed with students climbing trees and scaling the boundary walls because, like they said here, 'This was an experience you couldn't afford to miss'. The crowd kept chanting for the band Hoobastank during the earlier performances also, but when asked about their favourite Hoobastank song, other than The Reason, everyone was clueless. A quiz that the emcees conducted during set- up...

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Arvind Kejriwal addresses IIT Delhi students

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday addressed students at IIT Delhi, emphasizing the role of youth in rebuilding India through corruption-free politics. Sources said that after the meet, 425 IIT students reportedly joined the party as volunteers. AAP has given a ticket for the Malviya Nagar assembly seat, under which IIT Delhi campus falls, to IIT student Somnath Bharti. "Kejriwal has given them the responsibility to campaign actively for AAP and help win the assembly seat. Somnath Bharti, who is a well known lawyer,...

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IIT-BHU students protest against new ordinance

VARANASI: The career of more than 100 students of B Tech third IIIrd and IVth years of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is at stake as an ordinance which was passed in November 2012 but not circulated prevents them from appearing in the back paper exams in the following semester examination, thereby delaying their degree by one to two years. Upset over the decision, around 150 students of different departments of IIT- BHU staged a sit-in stir at the director's office in the institute's premises on Saturday. As...

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Convert Indian School of Mines to IIT: Rajya Sabha member

NEW DELHI: A demand to convert the Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad into an Indian Institute of Technology was raised in the Rajya Sabha by a JMM member. Raising the issue during the zero hour, Sanjiv Kumar said around 1,500 students of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad are agitating in front of Jantar Mantar and an equal number are doing so at ISM, Dhanbad demanding the 86-year-old institute be converted into an IIT. He said though Jharkhand assembly had passed a resolution in 2011 requesting the Centre for the conversion of Indian School of Mines...

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IIT students ask government to provide them girlfriends

Kharagpur. Male students of IITscollege?” Ritesh argued, “I have found out about the college fees of many ‘normal universities in India and they are ridiculously low. Then why are we being targeted even though we have to go through various hardships as compared to a non-engineering graduate?” Not just the male students, even the female students of IITs agree that they should be compensated for spending four prime years of their life in an environment that is anything but ‘normal. The girl students too want a boyfriend who can appreciate the color...

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IITs go extra mile to draw top-class faculty; offer start-up grants of Rs 1 cr E

MUMBAI|KOLKATA: Last month, when IIT Kanpur opened its overseas office in New York - the first of its kind across any IIT- fund-raising was one of the drivers behind the move. The other was faculty hiring. Nearly 60% of the institute's faculty comes from North America, and the NYC office will be involved in reaching out to such potential candidates, encouraging them to apply and help address their concerns. It shows just how seriously the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are taking their hiring efforts. From start-up grants that can go up...

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IIT Delhi to develop low-cost healthcare

NEW DELHI: India's premier medical college and hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, got a new director on Friday with the appointment of Dr MC Misra. Till now, Misra was the head of the institute's trauma centre. Dr Misra (61) is known as a leading surgeon and is also credited with developing the AIIMS Trauma centre into a model of care for emergency services in the country. Speaking to TOI soon after taking over as the AIIMS director, Misra said, "My aim will be to make AIIMS more patient- friendly. Computerization of patient records,...

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Rendezvous, IIT Delhi

http://www.rendezvous-iitd.com/ Rendezvous is the annual cultural festival of IIT Delhi; an amalgamation of art, activities and attraction...

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Hoobastank @ Rendezvous'13, IIT Delhi

'The Reason' sensation, HOOBASTANK, is returning back to India, giving you another 'reason' to attend Rendezvous this year. Continuing the legacy of international headliners @ IITD, from Malefice in '09, Textures in '10 to Cypher16 last year, and Hoobastank is cherry on pie this year. The Band best-known for songs such as "The Reason", "Crawling in the Dark" and "If I were you" and their 2012 album, 'Fight or Flight', plays at Rendezvous'13 to promote their discography, and obviously to make nerdy geeks and junta to head bang all through the night. The...

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DRDO's hiring drive takes a hit due budget cuts

BANGALORE: Hiring of about 350 scientists and engineers by state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been delayed by the austerity measures of the Union finance ministry, a senior official said. "Though the (350) posts have been cleared by the prime minister's office (PMO), recruitment has been put on hold due to a cut in budgetary allocation for us this fiscal year (2013-14 ) by the finance ministry," DRDO recruitment and assessment centre chairman DN Reddy said on the sidelines of a conference here. Admitting that the...

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President's address Leadership Conclave Session A & B

Friends, It is a great privilege for me to speak before this august gathering of achievers. You belong to a section of the population which has had the privilege of having studied and/or taughtat the IITs, a good fortune which less than 0.1% of our population has secured. The five Indian Institutes of Technology set up in the 50s and 60s at Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur and Delhi created a brand which has been recognized worldwide. ...

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Nominations for IITDAA Executive Committee 2012-13

Dear Alumni, The following nominations have been received for election to the EC to be held on 28th Apr.`12. There are seven regular vacancies for a three year term and two vacancies for a one year term.  The first seven candidates obtaining the highest number of votes will be eligible for regular vacancies. The nominations are listed as per the year of graduation. Regards, H.R. Vaish Returning Officer  IIT Delhi Alumni AssociationNalanda House, IIT Delhi,Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016Tel: 2686 8523/2659 7178/2659 6953 Fax:...

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IIT Delhi passout Prince Dhawan bags third positionin UPSC exam in his first attempt

As soon as you enter the room, you know. It is quite obvious. Half the room is taken up by piles of books and a desk, and the other half is divided between a bed and a mountain of The Hindu newspaper. The room belongs to a winner, somebody who does not think of losing or of plan B. It is 22-year-old Prince Dhawan, who aced this year's UPSC examinations, coming third among 2,43,003 candidates. “I never had a second plan because if you do then that makes you comfortable with failure,” says Prince matter-of-factly. He has never let failure...

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IITs revolt on joint engineering test, will take Union HRD ministry to court

NEW DELHI: Opinion is growing against the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry's decision to introduce a common engineering test for central engineering institutions including IITs, NITs and IIITs with the IIT alumni on Friday deciding to move court against it. Faculty members from IIT Kanpur are also planning to boycott the institute's convocation ceremony on Saturday as a mark of protest. While efforts have been made by...

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Ford buys software startup Livio

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it acquired the startup company Livio in a bid to accelerate its efforts to help drivers safely access content on their smartphone while on the road. Livio, which is based in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale, Michigan, develops software that lets drivers connect to their smartphones through their car radios or dashboard infotainment systems. It was founded five years ago by Jake Sigal, a former employee of parts supplier Delphi Corp. Ford paid less than $10 million for the 11-person startup, said Paul Mascarenas,...

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IIT-Kanpur opens office in New York.

With an aim to hunt for qualified and capable faculty abroad, IIT-Kanpur  has set up an office in New York  with alumnus Sanjeev Khosla designated as the overseas brand ambassador of the institute. The office will also try to amass funds through the alumni based there, IIT-Kanpur Director Indranil Manna said. The office will help in connecting foreign faculty with IIT-K. More than a dozen teachers teaching in foreign institutions have expressed an interest in associating with IIT-K, Manna said. Also, ex-IITians posted at good positions...

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81-year-old IIT professor gives up water to save Ganga river

Pradesh: Environmental engineer and former IIT professor GD Agarwal, continuing his fast unto death to save the Ganga river for the 102nd day on Sunday, has now given up water too, a close aide said. Agarwal, 81, has been on fast in the Matr Sadan Ashram of Haridwar in Uttarakhand. He has been demanding that the government take steps to save the Ganga river and its ecology, and ensure that the flow of the river water is uninterrupted. "He is a noted scientist and has been fasting so many days for saving the Ganga. It is so shameful that the government...

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Gautam Biswas takes over as IIT-Guwahati director.

Former professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Gautam Biswas  took charge as the new director of IIT-Guwahati by replacing Gautam Baruah. Biswas, before joining IIT-Guwahati, was the director of Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur. Speaking to the press after assuming charge here, Biswas said, "Our institute has the potential to be the number one IIT in the country and I will put in all efforts by taking...

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Ravi Kumar IIT-M Alumnus , appointed Dean of Nanyang Business School, Singapore

Kumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (IIT-M), has been appointed dean of the Nanyang Business School (NBS) in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), it was announced Tuesday. In a press release issued by the university, Kumar, 61, has been described as "an academic heavyweight with a good blend of east-west experience". Ravi Kumar comes to Singapore from the University of South California's (USC) Marshall Business School, where he served in several key positions, including that of vice dean for international...

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Chandrashekhar IIT-B Alumnus, appointed President of NASSCOM

Chandrasekhar, who has also headed the department of information technology and put in place the national e-governance programme, will be Nasscom’s fourth president. Previous presidents to head Nasscom were Dewang Mehta and Kiran Karni...

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Speranza IIT Delhi

Speranza IIT Delhi with Ravish Kumar on NDTV. ...

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