Homeopathy: Placebo or science?

Homeopathy: Placebo or science? Mumbai: Sceptics and scientists alike say homeopathy is a placebo. However, scientists at IIT Powai have done some ground-breaking research, and plan to release a new study this March. The British Medical Association has passed some serious judgment on homeopathy, liking it to witchcraft and black magic, all placebo and no science. The debate over homeopathy is not new. Some of the criticism is over the quality of compounds which...
09:19 AM, Jan 09, 2012

IIT Bombay to auction games designed by students

IIT Bombay to auction games designed by students Mumbai: For the first time, IIT Bombay will be auctioning games designed by its students for a mass production. The auction has been scheduled for July 7. "Students from Industrial Design Centre (IDC) and Electrical Engineering Department have been designing games which are available for commercial and educational purposes. Some of these games have design registration completed, while more recent ones are in the process. We are inviting industries involved...
07:24 PM, Jul 01, 2011

Mumbai campus first preference of IIT students

Mumbai campus first preference of IIT students Kanpur: IIT Bombay is the first choice among students who cleared the IIT-JEE exam this year, followed by the Delhi campus. According to an IIT-Kanpur release, which conducted the exam this year, most of the students who attended the first counselling session have made Mumbai their first choice followed by Delhi, with Kanpur being the third preference. A total 13,197 students cleared the IIT-JEE 2011 and 9,319 of them attended...
06:12 PM, Jun 22, 2011

IIT B develop a heart defect detection device

IIT B develop a heart defect detection device Mumbai: India will have a 100 million heart patients by the end of the decade. What's worse - the Cardiological Society estimates heart defects go undiagnosed in four out of ten cases. But if Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay's innovations are anything to go by, then this lab prototype - a 4 mm long chip could soon revolutionize the way heart tests are carried out. Prof V Ramgopal Rao, elec...
10:35 AM, Jan 12, 2011

Homeopathy - witchcraft or credible science?

Homeopathy - witchcraft or credible science? Mumbai: Just months after the British Medical Association dismissed homeopathy as "witchcraft", researchers at IIT Bombay have done further studies on the subject. For the first time, they have shown the science behind the 200 year old system of medicine. Homeopathy is "witchcraft", "black magic", all placebo and no science - a serious judgment by the British Medical Association just six months ago on homeopathy. The debate over homeopathy is...
10:57 AM, Dec 27, 2010

A Symbol of Progress?

A Mallu's Musings |  Achyuth Punnekat

My sister has just joined IIT Bombay... And far from happy I am a little apprehensive. The issue is simple. Money. Specifically The Rupee. Not ...
08:40 AM, Jul 17, 2010

Records were never my dream: youngest IIT prof

Records were never my dream: youngest IIT prof Dr Tathagat Avatar Tulsi says he has decided not to abroad for long term and so joined IIT-Bombay. ...
11:43 PM, Jul 13, 2010

Patna boy is youngest professor at IIT-B

Patna boy is youngest professor at IIT-B Dr Tathagat Tulsi, 22, turned down an offer from Waterloo University in Canada despite a lucrative pay package. ...
10:26 AM, Jul 13, 2010

Teachers at 2 IITs want pay raise, go on mass leave

Teachers at 2 IITs want pay raise, go on mass leave Faculty members at Bombay, Roorkee peeved at salary hike. ...
05:55 PM, Aug 24, 2009

IITians build formula car for Detroit auto show

IITians build formula car for Detroit auto show Canberra: Amid growing concerns over his fitness, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma is learnt to have got his troublesome ankle checked by a doctor here. The Indian camp though maintained that there was nothing serious with Ishant who walked off the field after bowling just 5.3 overs on the opening day of the first practice match against CA Chairman's XI on Thursday in the run-up to the first Test on December...
11:52 AM, Mar 31, 2008

Farmers hook on to the net to reap a rich harvest

Farmers hook on to the net to reap a rich harvest CNN-IBN's cricket experts - Allan Border, Chris Cairns and Murali Karthik - analyse Sri Lanka's big win over Zimbabwe. ...
10:36 AM, Dec 30, 2007

Kalam celebrates Teacher's Day at IIT Bombay

Kalam celebrates Teacher's Day at IIT Bombay IIT Bombay turned 50 and former president APJ Abdul Kalam was there to wish the institute. ...
02:11 PM, Sep 06, 2007
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