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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