Women still minority at IITs, efforts on to achieve gender parity, says IIT director Preeti Aghalayam IIT-Madras, set up in 1959, has become the first IIT in the country to launch an international campus The Hindu · Jul 16, 2023
Explained | How are universities assessed under the National Institutional Ranking Framework? The Hindu explains the takeaways from this year’s NIRF rankings, the methodology used to rank Indian universities, colleges and other higher education institutes, and why it faces criticism from some quarters The Hindu · Jun 12, 2023
Agriculture, horticulture universities will be developed on lines of IITs, says Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minster The horticulture and agriculture universities in Andhra Pradesh will be developed on par with the IITs and NITs, Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy has said. The Minister was addressing the students, faculty, and farmers after inaugurating the new academic blocks, hostels, and dormitories for boys and girls on the campus… The Hindu · Apr 28, 2023
Stress, dropouts, suicides: Unravelling IIT’s casteism problem Listen to the story here. Newslaundry · Mar 28, 2023
Youth at the centre of Modi sarkar’s good governance schemes: BJYM chief Tejasvi Surya Tejasvi Surya contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bangalore South on a BJP ticket and won when he was just 28. In 2020, he took over as the national president of the party’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He leads the Morcha at a time when the… The Times of India · Dec 20, 2022
Several IITs boycott Times Higher Education World University Rankings, IISc only entry in top 300 Seventy-five Indian institutes were part of the rankings in 2023 as compared to 56 in 2020 and just 31 in 2017 The Hindu · Oct 12, 2022
Tamil Nadu: CM Stalin warns against imposing Hindi Tamil Nadu CM slams the reported recommendation of panel to use Hindi as a medium of instruction in IITs, IIMs and Central universities (in Hindi-speaking States and regional languages in other parts); he says ‘do not attempt to make Hindi mandatory and force another language war on us. Do not… The Hindu · Oct 10, 2022
IITH demonstrates industry-ready technologies Institute preparing for IinvenTiv by IITs at New Delhi The Hindu · Oct 6, 2022
Engineering fee issue likely to impact beginning of classes Officials say classes likely in November first week The Hindu · Sep 27, 2022
All IITs to come together for mega R&D fair on Oct. 14, 15 ‘IInvenTiv’ is being organised to commemorate 75 years of independence The Hindu · Sep 26, 2022
Story of IITs is the story of Independent India, says Murmu “IIT faculties and alumni have shown India’s brainpower to the world” The Hindu · Sep 3, 2022
Data | Hundreds of eligible SC/ST/OBC applicants, zero admissions: Disparity in PhD intake at IITs In Tirupati, Mandi, Bhilai and Goa, no ST student was admitted despite applications crossing hundreds in some cases. A similar trend was observed in Bhilai among SC students The Hindu · Jul 22, 2022
The problem with our university vision Instead of taking local conditions and market demands into account, India tries to ape the West The Hindu · Jul 4, 2022
The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022 QS Ranking | IISc Bengaluru fastest rising South Asian university, two IITs in top 200 Delhi University, JNU and Jamia go down
The Hindu · Jun 6, 2022 Reservations needed in backlog vacancy appointments in technical institutes, says Anbumani ‘Despite the efforts of the SC and the Centre, they are continuing to deny reservations’
The Hindu · Jun 2, 2022 Andhra Pradesh: Let experts decide the syllabus and content in textbooks, says Sandeep Pandey ‘The less the political intervention the better for the students and the education system’
The Hindu · Feb 9, 2022 ‘Over 40% of teaching posts in IITs are vacant’ Education Ministry data also highlights poor representation of faculty from reserved categories