An Impressive Placements Day One @ IIT Kharagpur

With the onset of placement season o December 1, 2014 - the month lon celebrations began for final year students. Th Day One saw 163 offers made by 27 visitin companies. The highlight of the day was highes domestic package Rs. 42 lakhs and highes offer from abroad USD 250,000 (IN 1,54,81,250). The highest number of offers (24) was made b niche analytics consulting company EXL Servic Pvt. Ltd. due to growth induced demand. Thi is followed by international brands like Visa Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Cisco, Microsof IDC. Analytics, IT and Finance...

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IIT placement 2014: IIT Bombay students get Rs 30 lakh-plus job offers

Just after two students of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur got Rs 1.20 cr package during the ongoing placement drive, its IIT Bombay's chance to shine. On the day 3 of IIT placements 5 boys of IIT Bombay got a salary offer of 5 million yen (around Rs 30 lakh). This was amongst the highest international offers from MEC Japan that offered jobs to five students.Around 400 offers were made by the domestic companies including Eaton, Intel, Morgan Stanley tech division, Ernst & Young and Cadbury all were accepted. As per the management the...

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Singer KK and Irish band Frantic Jack rock the stage at IIT Delhi's cultural fest

The first day of IIT Delhi's cultural fest, Rendezvous, started on a slightly dull note, but the energy levels picked up when Irish band Frantic Jack took the stage and started off the concert with their hit number, Hold On. Niel Kakkar, a second year student of IIT-D, said, "I've never heard about Frantic Jack, but now that they are here, I think they are pretty amazing and cool. Their music is really good." Adding to this, Mayank Jain, a third year student of the college, said "It's always better when bands perform their own songs. The college...

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Many IIT grads quitting high-profile jobs to start their own cos in the $48-billion food sector

MUMBAI: Prasoon Gupta, Manish Goyal, Badal Goel — all graduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology, all with high-paying corporate jobs. Then they gave it all up to get into the food business, setting up individual ventures that form part of the burgeoning $48 billion food service business in India. In February, IIT Roorkee graduate Gupta quit his five-year-old venture Tech Buddy Consulting and founded a new eating concept in Delhi that caters to more than 300 people daily. Sattviko is inspired by the sattvik way of life that emphasises purity...

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IIT-Delhi students bag best innovation award

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A group of students from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi) bagged the best project at the ninth National Innovation Contest — TechTop 2014 which concluded here on Saturday. An affordable refreshable Braille display got the best project award. Ankit Kumar, Dhruv Gupta and Pulkit Sapra from the mechanical engineering department, showcased a facility that will help more usage of the Braille display among visually challenged. The students got a cash prize of Rs.one lakh. The two-day event was held at the Mar Baselios...

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They can crack anything except Hindi at IIT, says survey

The IIT Bombay campus, supposed to be cosmopolitan in nature, is Hindi-centric, feel more than half the students. So, those from the southern states find it difficult to mingle with others and end up forming their own social groups and sticking to them throughout their stay in the institute. These are some of the findings of an extensive survey conducted by IIT Bombay students. They have compiled it in a report, "We don't need no segregation", published in the latest issue of the campus newspaper "Insight". The survey finds that 83% students in...

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IIT Delhi India's best, not in BRICS top 10 centres

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institutes of Technology continue to represent the nation most successfully as far as quality of imparting higher education is concerned, according to the QS BRICS 2014 University Rankings published on Tuesday. The good news is that there are eight Indian institutions that have made it to the top 50. However, India is the only country that couldn't find a place in the top 10-which is the bad news. There are five institutions, led by IIT Delhi, in the top 20. Among institutions devoted to general studies, Delhi University is...

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IIT Delhi for the first time decided to adopt the style of Ivy League universities to tap wealthy alumni for donations.

EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND): For the first time ever, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has decided to adopt the style of Ivy League universities to tap wealthy alumni for donations. The institute, which has consistently been India's top ranked entry in most of the recent world university rankings, is in the process of recruiting its first development officer whose only mandate will be to liaise with the illustrious alumni for raising funds. In an exclusive interview to Times of India, IIT Delhi director Professor R K Shevgaonkar said at present,...

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IIT Delhi Graduate Wins ACM Award for Breakthrough Cryptography Tech

Sanjam Garg, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has won the Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2013 for developing a technique to protect against cyber-attacks. He will receive the award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its $20,000 prize at the annual ACM awards banquet on June 21, in San Francisco. Financial sponsorship of the award is provided by Google . According to ACM , the innovator of breakthrough cryptography technology won the award for developing tools that enable the first secure solution...

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No flush, no water, no odour, no power needed

“Life is all about pee and poo,” asserted Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Prof. Vijayaraghavan Chariar. And to prove that you cannot underestimate the importance of pee or poo, seriously you cannot, the “waterless urinal technology” has been invented and installed in the “now odourless” gentlemen restrooms on the campus. This success story will now be one among the many exhibits on show at IIT- Delhi’s “Open House” on Saturday. The waterless...

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IIT, Delhi Presents Open House 2014 Exhibition

For the tenth consecutive year Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi) is all set to exhibit an extensive collection of innovative research and product development projects at its annual open house, Open House 2014. Scheduled on Saturday April 19, 2014 in the premises of IIT Delhi, Open House 2014 will be a one - day event dedicated to provide an insight into path-breaking research work, student projects and the numerous advanced facilities and laboratories available in IIT Delhi. Continuing the tradition of last nine years, this year too Open...

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IIT-Delhi to throw open its doors on Saturday

Special attention to design, socially relevant, commercially viable projects this year Ever wondered what the insides of a laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi looks like? How about wanting to see a robotics show or perhaps witness a mini quadcopter take to the skies? You’re in luck, for IIT-Delhi’s traditional “Open House”, where it throws open its doors to the good citizens of the city, is happening this Saturday. “Almost all our laboratories, departments and research will be open to the public on this day. Along with over 500...

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Indian Institutes that makes it to Top 100 global universities rankings

Global universities have been ranked repeatedly by various websites and education magazines on the basis of their academic curriculum; infrastructure and ability to churn out scholars who has went to become big-wigs in different profession. However, no matter how much we tally the university rankings, US varsities always tops the chart leaving no much scope for India to claim its merit as a education hot-spot. With just four entries in the top 100 and one entry in the top 25, Education Today introduces your to four institutes who are the only institutes that...

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Courses from 3 IITs, IISc are in global top 50

MUMBAI: Four Indian universities, including the IITs at Delhi and Mumbai, are among the global top 50 in at least one of the 30 disciplines covered under the QS World University Rankings by Subject. IIT-Delhi achieved the country's highest position, ranking 42nd in electrical engineering. IIT-Bombay was 49th in electrical engineering and 50th in civil engineering, IIT-Madras 49th in civil engineering and the Indian Institute of Science 46th in materials science. No course from Indian universities figure in areas such as arts, humanities and social sciences....

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IIT students make a NaMo drone for poll campaigning

Far from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, drones are set to take poll campaigning to new heights in the Capital. A group of students at IIT-Delhi have designed a drone – an unmanned flying vehicle – to carry banners asking people to vote for BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi. The lightweight equipment can reach a height of 4,000 feet and has a reach of 1,000 metres. The remote-controlled object will fly around open spaces – like parks and grounds – and drop pamphlets in support of Modi as PM, besides acting as a banner in the sky for the Gujarat...

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IIT Delhi offers scholarships for M.Tech admissions 2014

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has invited applications for scholarships for students who are pursuing their Masters of Technology (M.Tech) programmes. The eligible candidates can apply latest by April 4. Eligibility criteria: Candidates interested in attaining the scholarship are required to possess BE/ B.Tech/ M.Sc or equivalent degree with a minimum of 75 per cent marks or 8.5 CGPA on a scale of 10 along with a valid GATE score. Scholarship details: Students admitted to M.Tech programmes on full-time basis will be considered...

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IIT Delhi is offering Ph.D Fellowships 2014

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ), Delhi has invited applications for Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) fellowships for students pursuing their Ph.D program in various disciplines for the academic year 2014. Interested and eligible candidates have to send in their applications before April 4, 2014. Scholarship details: First two years of registration: With B.Tech/B.E/ M.Sc/ equivalent qualifications: Rs 16,000/- per month With M.Tech/M.E/MBBS/ equivalent qualifications: Rs 18,000/- per month Next two years of registration: With B.Tech/B.E/ M.Sc/...

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International Collaborations of IIT Delhi

Mechanical Engineering Department collaborates with many national and international institutions and organizations. These collaborations are in the form of faculty exchange, student exchange, joint curricula development projects and joint research & development projects. The notable among them are University of Birmingham (UK), KAIST (South Korea), Concordia University (Canada), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), INSA de Lyon (France), University of Maryland College Park (USA), L'Ecole Des Mines De Nantes (France), Ecole Centrale de...

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IIT -Delhi Modi fans launch unofficial campaign

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has found an ardent support-base in the corridors of the hub of India's techie geniuses, IIT Delhi. A group of around 200 students of the premier institute have come together to campaign for the Gujarat Chief Minister as the general elections draw near. "It was around six months ago that five fellow students and I discussed channelling the strong support wave for Modi prevalent in the institute. That's when the idea to form a student group to campaign for Modi struck. We also formed a Facebook group...

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IIT Delhi's Offering for Executives

Department of Management Studies at IIT- Delhi invites applications for admissions to their three-year part-time/evening MBA programme for working executives, that focuses mainly on technology management. Graduates with a minimum of 60 per cent marks aggregate in engineering, technology, science, or master’s in computer applications, physics or mathematics can apply. Admission is based on a written test, group discussion and personal interview. Last date to submit online application forms is March 8. For details, visit www.iitd.ac.in.admissions...

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IIT-Delhi graduate head of 'all things business at WhatsApp'

Fast-growing startup WhatsApp was the talk of tech town on Thursday after social media giant Facebook announced a $19 billion buyout of the mobile-messaging application. While the deal created an instant global buzz, an Indian took centrestage in the aftermath. Having crossed 450 million active users, WhatsApp’s business head Neeraj Arora (35) has had a lot on his plate in the past few months. He told an Indian business news channel in November last that WhatsApp had no plan of selling out to Facebook or Google. Now, with a stunning price tag of...

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Tryst 2014 IIT Delhi

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The quest for brain-like computers

New Delhi: A glove that can feel vegetables and tell you which ones are the best to pick, a robot that can detect dangerous pollutants, glasses that can help the sightless “see”— these are just some of the applications that could come to the market from work being done by scientists and companies on neuromorphic chips. Neuromorphic engineering entails looking at biology for inspiration to grasp the mechanisms that go into learning, memory and computation, and transferring this understanding to new hardware devices and circuits. The hope is that...

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How IITian Rahul Gupta built RaysExperts, a multi- crore solar power company in less than 3 years

In 2009, Rahul Gupta was worried that his marks would rule out a job during campus placements at IIT Roorkee. So, instead of preparing for interviews, he sat reading a newspaper in his room, whereby he came across an article on the setting up of a solar plant in Amritsar. By the time he finished reading it, he was convinced that solar power was his calling. Since the last semester was relatively relaxed, he devoted his time to conducting research on the sector. He soon discovered a classmate who was equally interested in it, and the duo took a...

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IIT-D test drive a success, biogas-fuelled car a reality

NEW DELHI: The latest models launched at the 12th Auto Expo 2014 are by now common knowledge among vehicle enthusiasts but few are aware that IIT Delhi has successfully tested India's first biogas- fuelled passenger car. Compressed biogas was tested on a regular CNG car for over 15,000km. The best news was for the environment — the emissions were lower than CNG. Also, existing CNG vehicles need not undergo any modification to be compatible to CBG. The water-scrubbing-based biogas upgrade and compression/bottling system developed at the campus is...

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