CBSE to provide copy of JEE answer sheets

NAGPUR: The Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) has finally decided to provide students who appeared for the JEE (Main) with a photocopy of the OMR sheet, answer key and calculation sheet. There was earlier reluctance on part of the board to do so even though there was an increased demand for the same. TOI had reported last week about complaints from students that many candidates scored much lower than they had expected. Many of these students can't appear for JEE (Advanced) as they have failed to meet the cut-off mark of 113. Abhishek...

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Canadian schoolgirl creates Hollow Flashlight powered by body heat-

Canadian high school student Ann Makosinski demonstrating her body-heat powered Hollow Flashlight At the tender age of 15, Canadian high school student Ann Makosinski has designed and built a flashlight powered by body heat. Her Hollow Flashlight secured her a finalist slot in the 15-16 age group of the Google Science Fair ahead of thousands of entries from more than 100 countries. My science project in tenth grade was a volcano that only worked about half the time, so I think she has me beat. The LED flashlight relies on the thermoelectric effect,...

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IITs to have common placement structure

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are mulling a “semi-formal structure” comprising placement heads across all IITs to help coordinate and collate all placement-related activities. IIT placement heads across all IITs met at IIT- Bombay (IIT-B) on Friday to discuss placement-related experiences for this season. So far, the institutes coordinated on an informal level, though each follows its own placement policy. The proposed body would meet twice a year. “We want to proactively ensure that students and recruiters have a similar experience regardless...

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IIT Bombay students go green

Contrary to the popular perception that IITians do not give enough back to society, students at IIT Bombay have come up with their own unique way of spreading environmental awareness. With the backing of an institute that boasts of momentous research in the development of eco-friendly technology, these students are willing to step beyond mere academic pursuits. The IIT Bombay Green Campus Initiative was launched a year ago with the objective of transforming the institution of world-class repute into a futuristic model of ecological sustainability...

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What is 3D Printing? | An Amazing Technology

So this time we are going to talk about 3D printing. this word seems new to some guys, while most are familiar with this word. Umm.. let me give you an Idea.. Assume a normal printer or a xerox machine. you can tell me that they print on simply 2 axis. this printer machines are made to print on a piece of paper. and a piece of paper’s surface is 2D. so this machines are 2D printers. Now with the time.. the world changes. New technology arrives. so...

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The Amazing Mechanical Manta Ray: Engineers Copy Nature

The ease with which a manta ray can zoom through the water has offered scientists and engineers an incredibly challenging task: They want to see if they can build a mechanical substitute for one of nature's best performers. An underwater robot that could travel great distances at high speed while consuming very little energy could be useful for a wide range of projects, from carrying scientific instruments into the ocean deep to measuring pollutants in bays and waterways to, of course, unobtrusively delivering explosives to a distant target. That's...

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From gold, a new way to control blood clotting

Using gold nanoparticles, MIT researchers have devised a new way to turn blood clotting on and off. The particles, which are controlled by infrared laser light, could help doctors control blood clotting in patients undergoing surgery, or promote wound healing. Currently, the only way doctors can manage blood clotting is by administering blood thinners such as heparin. This reduces clotting, but there is no way to counteract the effects of heparin...

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Election of the Board of Trustees of the California

Narendra K. Gupta, cofounder and managing director of Nexus Venture Partners, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Dr. Gupta graduated from IIT Delhi with B. Tech. in mechanical engineering. He is a Caltech alumunus (MS in aeronautics) and completed his PhD in applied mechanics at Stanford University. ...

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Obama Appoints IIT Bombay Alumnus Wadhwani to Key Administration Post

The White House on Friday announced the appointment of Romesh Wadhwani, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay, as a General Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In a communique announcing the appointment of Wadhwani and nine others, including Caroline Kennedy, President Barack Obama said, “These dedicated men and women bring a wealth of experience and talent to their new...

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A SDM (2009-batch IAS officer) leading crackdown on illegal mining suspended.

woman IAS officer, who had clamped down on illegal mining and resolutely taken head on the powerful sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh, has been suspended barely 10 months after she got her first posting in the State. A 2009-batch IAS officer posted as Sub- Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar in September last year, 28-year-old Durga Shakti Nagpal was penalised ostensibly for the demolition of a wall at a disputed place of worship. “It is an...

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HC orders CBI probe into IIT appointments

The Madras high court has ordered a CBI probe into all the faculty appointments made at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 1995 to 2000. Disposing a petition filed in 1996 by Dr Vasantha Kandasamy the court on Thursday ordered her elevation as professor in the Math Department. Besides the promotion she will also get 17 increments. "I have fought the battle for the last 17 years. If people with real credentials were given the post, I would not have fought. It is unfortunate that people with a second class MSc and without any proper...

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IIT-KGP alumni end their 'PPC for director' movement

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ( IIT- KGP) alumni ended their "PPC for director" movement Saturday, as Partha Pratim Chakrabarti was issued an appointment letter by the ministry of human resource development. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) gave a clean chit to Chakrabarti Friday. Following the CVC clearance, the President of India and the IIT-KGP chairman Board of Governors (BoG) also approved his appointment. "We are delighted that the CVC has given clearance to Prof. Chakrabarti and HRD Minister, President of India and the Chairman BoG...

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IIT-Kharagpur to hold global semesters in term breaks

KHARAGPUR: With a director finally at its helm, IIT-Kharagpur is all set to adopt global academic practices. The premier institute plans to have international semesters on the lines of summer and winter semesters at top foreign universities. The programme will be held during the summer or winter breaks and won't clash with IIT-Kharagpur's academic calendar, director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti said. BTech and MTech students may earn credit points from such programmes conducted in collaboration with foreign institutes. The credits will be added to...

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Brahmaputra bank party hub of IIT-G students

GUWAHATI: Lack of adequate vigilance by the administration and IIT-G authorities has turned the bank of the Brahmaputra in North Guwahati into a favourite party destination for students of IIT-Guwahati. IIT-G student Ravindra Kumar Meena, who hailed from Dholpur in Rajasthan , was partying on the Brahmaputra bank , along with six other students, on Monday evening. He drowned when he decided to take a bath in the river. While two of his friends were saved by locals, Meena could not be traced. On Friday morning, his body was found floating near the...

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Intel selects IIT Delhi for 5G project worth Rs 16 crore

develop 5G or Fifth Generation Technology. IIT Delhi was the only university from Asia that was chosen. It’s estimated that Intel is pumping around USD 3 million (approximately Rs 16.30 crore) into the project. Verizon is the industry partner for the venture. As it takes around 10 years for each generation, chances are that you will only be able to use 5G on devices in around 2020. What will 5G mean for you? There’s no fixed concept of what 5G actually but...

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Dhwani, BRCA - IIT Delhi takes the lead!

William Shakespeare had truly said, "If Music be the food of love, play on", and considering the same we, at IIT Delhi, would like to take forward his words and materialize the sense of music to a new level. Dhwani, the inter hostel event, the Eastern music event is round the corner and is also the first ever event organized under the newly reformed Board of Recreational and Creative Activities(BRCA) in the Academic Year 2013-2014, is here and will be live on 4th of August. The Music Club reincarnated in its new form under the newly elected team...

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IIT-D scholars patent prosthetic limb guided by good leg

Two young scientists from IIT-Delhi have received a provisional patent for the prototype of a prosthetic limb that will enable amputees to walk “without having to drag their leg”. Deepak Joshi and Ramandeep Singh, research scholars at the Centre for Biomedical Engineering in IIT-Delhi, have developed a control strategy for speed adaptive walking in an above-knee prosthesis. With the use of a transmitter, people who have received below-knee amputations will be able to walk with ease and without disturbing their gait as the prosthetic leg would mimic...

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Light completely stopped for a record- breaking minute

The fastest thing in the universe has come to a complete stop for a record-breaking minute. At full pelt, light would travel about 18 million kilometres in that time – that's more than 20 round trips to the moon. "One minute is extremely, extremely long," says Thomas Krauss at the University of St Andrews, UK. "This is indeed a major milestone." The feat could allow secure quantum communications to work over long distances. While light normally travels at just under 300 million metres per second in a vacuum, physicists managed to slow it down to...

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IIT Mumbai, Roorkee willing to pitch in for Uttarakhand rehabilitation

Dehradun : Though incessant rains that have been lashing Uttarakhand since June in the aftermath of the Kedarnath tragedy and showing no signs of receding, the focus of the central government as also the state is now on the rehabilitation and reconstruction. The biggest bottleneck in this task is how best to ensure environmental safety and at the same time deliver the goods. Though the IITs of Roorkee and Mumbai have chipped in to contribute the...

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IIT-B one of the best in world: US vice-president Joe Biden

MUMBAI: US vice-president Joe Biden today hailed the premier Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay as "one of the leading" technology schools in the world that left him "extremely impressed". "I have been extremely impressed. This is a great university , one of the leading universities in the world in the field of technology," he said after visiting various laboratories and interacting with students on the campus. Biden's comments came amid talk...

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CVC clears P P Chakraborty as IIT-Kharagpur director

NEW DELHI: After many months of wrangling P P Chakraborty has been finally cleared for the post of director at IIT- Kharagpur. The Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) clearance came late on Thursday. The HRD ministry was under tremendous pressure from IIT-Kharagpur alumni association and other industrial bigwigs to get go ahead for Chakraborty. On Saturday when the convocation takes place IIT-Kharagpur would finally have a director. Chakraborty's name was cleared last year, but later findings that he did not have the vigilance clearance led to...

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ISRO set to flight-test GSLV on August 19

More than three years after the heart-breaking failure of flight testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage in GSLV -D3 mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) announced today it's ready to undertake the high-stakes venture again on August 19. A national team of experts today gave the go- ahead to ISRO after the Bangalore- headquartered space agency presented it the preparations that it had made after rectifications and qualifications....

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ISRO Navigation Centre Inaugurated

The ISRO Navigation Centre (INC), established at Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) complex at Byalalu, about 40 km from Bangalore, was inaugurated today (May 28, 2013) by Mr. V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. INC is an important element of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), an independent navigation satellite system being developed by India. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Narayanasamy appreciated the commitment and dedication of Indian space...

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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C22) flight delayed by a fortnight

IRNSS-1A, the first Indian Navigation Satellite, was scheduled for launch onboard PSLV-C22 on June 12, 2013 at 01:01 hrs. from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. IRNSS-1A Satellite has gone through all electrical checks and is ready for propellant filling. The PSLV- C22 vehicle was fully integrated and was undergoing electrical checks. During the electrical checks of the launch vehicle, an anomaly was observed in one of the electro-hydraulic control actuators in the second stage. It has been decided to replace this actuator...

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NASA Chief visits ISRO Centre at Ahmedabad

Charles F. Bolden Jr., Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of United States, visited Space Applications Centre (SAC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Ahmedabad today (June 25, 2013). The NASA Administrator had a meeting with Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO/ Secretary, Department of Space along with senior officials of ISRO to discuss the on-going cooperative activities between ISRO and NASA and also the potential areas of future cooperatio...

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Prof. Satish Dhawan Endowed Fellowship Established at California Institute of Technology

The Department of Space/Indian Space Research Organisation has established an endowed fellowship at the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology, California, USA. This fellowship is established in honor of Prof. Satish Dhawan, who was the former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation during its formative period 1972-1984. Prof. Satish Dhawan was an alumnus of the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and obtain...

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Won’t change our stand, IIT- Delhi director

Did the JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced) serve the purpose of a single entrance examination? IITs never agreed to a single entrance test. All along, ours was a different system from AIEEE. We've always maintained that logical reasoning can't be tested through an objective test but through subjective questions. We did not want to mix Class XII results with the JEE (Advanced) score. So, we agreed to give weightage only to the top 20 percentile of each board. Intellect is equally distributed and the Class XII marks reflect board marks only, not intellect. Seventy-nine...

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Life of Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical branch is the hard branch ,it needs strong people as it is believed by a large number of people . generally people think that boys are more stronger than girls thats why generally boys take mechanical engineer,so chances of getting gals in mechanical is very rare and even if by chance u found any gals they may not be females (that is they may be non males ) . i think you can understand what non males means (less attractive and arrogant gals). In mechanical engineering ,there are a lot of course which a mechies needs to read as compared...

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Seven IITs, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and Nasscom team up to provide free online courses

MUMBAI: Seven leading IITs, Infosys BSE 0.43 % , TCS BSE 0.64 % , Cognizant and industry lobby Nasscom are coming together to launch a bunch of free, online courses that could potentially help 100,000-150,000 people a year get high-quality education and make them job-ready. The courses will be offered using the model of massive open online courses (MOOCs), which is globally creating an upheaval in the world of higher education. The first three courses in computer science are expected to roll out this October. "This programme is particularly relevant...

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Placement at IITs 2013

IIT Bombay A total of 1600 students would be getting placed this year out of which 400 students are currently going through the process. The institute's placements coordinators have refused to share salary details. However, according to one of our sources, there is going to be at least a 30 percent increase in pay packages this year compared to last year. Speaking to Gyancentral, IIT Bombay Placement coordinator, Avijit Chaterjee said, "Some companies that are expected in the first phase are McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Deutsche...

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Maximum salary offered at IIT- Guwahati placement Rs 65 lakh 2013

GUWAHATI: Placement season is on at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, since December and the maximum salary package that has been offered to a student till now is $1,19,000, around Rs 65 lakh. The name of the company has been kept confidential due to an agreement with the institute. However, the maximum salary offered this year was less than last year's, which was around $150,000. The placements are set to continue till April. Some of the most reputed companies from across the globe, many of whose names feature in Fortune 500, have...

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JEE Advanced 2013 Eligibility Criteria :

Candidate must have appeared for the JEE Main 2013 Paper 1 exam and scored a rank below 1, 50,000 (including all categories) to be eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) - 2013. Admission Criteria for IITs and ISM Dhanbad: The category wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE (Advanced) 2013 will be the basis for admissions provided the following criterion are met. Candidates must figure in the top 20% of successful students of their respective Boards To qualify, they must have scored a minimum score of 60% in the qualifying exam (Class XII or equivalent)...

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42 Things to do before you graduate from IIT Delhi

1. Make friends. Get close to them. Let the boundaries dissolve. Let the ego melt. Trust them. Understand them. Let them be what they are. Be what you are 2. Fall in love. But don't let your boyfriend/ girlfriend cut you off from the remaining world. 3. Do atleast one course with absolute interest, such that it brings sparks to your eye whenever you think about that course. 4. Find a mentor (senior/professor). Get friends with him/her. 5. Climb on...

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My Life@Electrical IITD

Submitted by rahulkumar on Sat, 16/06/2012 - 12:06am Hello all! As the title suggests, what I shall write would be my personal views and do not reflect that of the general public. The observations (of mine) may be a little biased but do hold true. Life @ IIT Delhi will be the best part of your life till now. People say ' Jannat Hai IIT Delhi'. So be ready for the enormous fun! Hostel Life : Hostel life is the best part of IIT Delhi. You have good friends, opportunities and the freedom to enjoy all of your days. Further there are Inter-hostel cultural activities,...

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Open http://mech.iitd.ac.in/ for these information

(1) List of provisionally selected candidates for the Ph. D. programmes-July 2013................... (2) List of provisionally selected candidates for admission to the M.S. (R) programmes............. (4) Notice on fees for PG students.................................................................. (5) Notice for waitlisted candidates................................................................ (6) Revised List of provisionally selected candidates for the M. Tech. programmes................... (7) List of candidates for M Tech programs on...

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History of Indian Institute of Technology

The History of Indian Institutes of Technology refers to the history of the IITs. It is a collection of events and developments that had a bearing on their past and will affect their future. Pre independence developments The concept of the IITs originated even before India gained independence in 1947. After the end of the Second World War and before India got independence, Sir Ardeshir Dalal from the Viceroy's Executive Council foresaw that the future prosperity of India would depend not so much on capital as on technology. He, therefore, proposed...

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