New director of iit g...
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
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...
Monday, 4 November 2013
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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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