EDUCATION

Kendriya Vidyalayas to start online classes for students

11:04 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has designed a protocol for its schools in the country to start online classes for students stuck at their homes due to the lockdown and shared “action points” with all principals to implement the programme, an HRD Ministry official said on Sunday. All Kendriya Vidyalayas have been asked to […]

Coronavirus: IIT-Roorkee develops low-cost ventilator

10:40 pm April 2, 2020

Dehradun: IIT-Roorkee has developed a low-cost portable ventilator that can be useful in the fight against COVID-19. The closed-loop ventilator does not require compressed air and is useful when hospital wards and open areas are converted into ICUs, a press release from the premier institute said. The ventilator named ‘Prana-Vayu’ has been developed in collaboration […]

IIT Roorkee stands 1st in citations per faculty

Water conclave begins at IIT Roorkee

7:32 pm February 26, 2020

Dehradun: A conclave on hydrological aspects of climate change began at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee on Wednesday. Roorkee Water Conclave 2020, a three-day event being attended by experts from several countries like the USA, Spain, Germany, Japan, Netherlands and the UK, is being organised by IIT-R in collaboration with the National Institute of Hydrology. […]

Marigold Public School celebrates Republic Day with zeal

Marigold school celebrates Republic Day with zeal

11:39 pm January 27, 2020

Noida: The 71st Republic Day was celebrated at Marigold Public School with enthusiasm & gaiety, wherein students from various age-groups staged cultural programmes. The centre of attention on the occasion was the Inter house ‘Folk dance’ competition, in which students from Gandhi, Nehru, Bose and Tagore houses took part. Also the students sang patriotic songs […]

Action against IIT-G students for supporting teacher who raised graft charges

10:50 pm January 21, 2020

Guwahati: The IIT-Guwahati has initiated disciplinary proceedings against nine students for organising a protest march and a hunger strike in support of a faculty member who was given “compulsory retirement” for raising several corruption charges against the institute. Issuing notices to the students on Monday, the Assistant Registrar of Students’ Affairs of the Indian Institute […]