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No proposal for JNU name change: Pokhriyal

JEE-Advanced to be held on August 23: HRD Ministry

9:54 pm May 7, 2020

New Delhi: Ending uncertainty for IIT aspirants, the HRD Ministry on Thursday announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Advanced will be conducted on August 23. The crucial exam was scheduled to be held on May 17, but was deferred due to the coronavirus lockdown. “JEE-Advanced will be conducted on August 23,” HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal […]

IIT Delhi, Ayurveda institute to develop herbal wound dressing, fumigation device for wound healing

Hike in fees for IIT MTech courses not for existing students: HRD ministry

9:50 pm September 29, 2019

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry said on Sunday that the recent hike in fees for M Tech courses at Indian Institutes of Technology will not impact existing students. It said the hike will be applicable on fresh admissions only and “needy students” will be provided necessary financial support. “There is no fee hike for the existing students. […]

MTech students in IITs will now have to pay more fees

10:05 am September 28, 2019

NEW DELHI: MTech students in IITs will now have to pay more with the IIT Council on Friday approving a fee increase to bring it to the level of BTech courses. The Council chaired by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal also approved the ‘tenure track pathway’ to decide whether a new faculty member is going […]

IIT-Kharagpur researchers generate electricity from wet clothes

3:27 pm September 19, 2019

Kolkata: As part of an initiative to generate clean and sustainable power, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a new technology to source electricity from clothes drying in open space, a statement here said on Thursday. The technology was recently tested at a remote village, where around 50 wet cloth items were put up for […]

Delhi family decides to bear education cost of city student who cleared IIT exam

9:04 pm September 8, 2019

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said a city-based family has decided to bear the cost of education of Vijay Kumar, who has qualified for the IIT-Delhi after availing the government’s free coaching scheme. Kejriwal introduced the south Delhi-based family at a press conference here during which Kumar and his parents were also […]