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Students who made India proud at Intel Science and Engineering Fair
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the largest international pre-college science competition in the world, was held in the US on May 24. Students from across the globe…
Flipkart may lose its ‘Day One’ status at IIT placements
MUMBAI: Indian Institutes of Technology ( IIT ) are likely to strip Flipkart of its Day One status in their campus placement programs. This is a fallout of the e-commerce…
IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore top the list of best Indian universities
IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore have topped the list of top educational institutes unveiled by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development. The HRD ministry released first-of-its-kind National Institutional Ranking…
IIT-B says Reliance Jio 4G towers are safe and environment friendly
Nagpur: The high mast towers installed by the Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited for the launch of 4G cellular services in the city are not just safe but also environment friendly.…
Tata Trusts ties up with Khan Academy for free online education
Mumbai - Tata Trusts on Sunday announced it will be supporting US-based non-profit Khan Academy to provide free online education to Indians through one of the biggest open-access online platforms.…
India matches Brazil’s record in university rankings
Seventeen Indian higher education institutions have featured in a list of the world’s best universities topped by California Institute of Technology. While no Indian institution was among the world’s top…
Study with Google: Company launches online courses in India
On September 21, search engine giant Google and online education company Udacity launched IT courses in India, branching outside the US to tap the country`s millions of software developers scrambling…
Google, Udacity Partner for 1,000 Android Nanodegree Scholarships in India
Search giant Google and Tata Trusts on Monday launched a programme in partnership with Udacity under which 1,000 Android Nanodegree scholarships will be offered to developers. The Android Nanodegree is…
Kota suicides: Coaching centres launch 24X7 helpline for distressed students
Jaipur: Stung by the rising number of suicides in education hub Kota, around 40 coaching institutes have launched a 24X7 helpline to provide free counselling to the distressed students. The…
Mechanism behind ‘strange’ earthquakes discovered
WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered the mechanism that generates earthquakes which occur away from tectonic plate boundaries. While earthquakes along tectonic plate boundaries are caused by motion between the plates, earthquakes…
IIT Madras in pact with TVS Group firm for road safety
CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has inked a partnership with TVS Group firm Harita Seating Systems to transfer technological know-how in monitoring driver performance and behaviour. The move to…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurates state’s first IIM in Nagpur
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the Nagpur centre of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Maharashtra’s first, on Sunday, hoping that it would emerge as one of Indian’s best management…