IIT directors hold post despite indictment by CBI

IIT directors hold post despite indictment by CBI New Delhi: Directors of two IITs, Kharagpur and Patna, are holding their offices despite a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) indictment against them. The directors concerned are Damodar Acharya of IIT-Kharagpur and A K Bhowmick of IIT-Patna. In 2008, the CBI had recommended a penalty against Bhowmick while Acharya was indicted in the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) scam in May. The IITs are already in the eye...
08:33 AM, Oct 05, 2011
IIT Kharagpur student backs Anna, refuses degree

IIT Kharagpur student backs Anna, refuses degree

Kharagpur: Anna Hazare's protest has cast a shadow over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to IIT Kharagpur. One student has refused to accept his degree from Singh while another will wear a Anna cap at the convocation where the Prime Minister is the chief guest. Shashi Shekhar, a civil engineering student, has decided not to accept his M Tech degree from the Prime Minister as a mark of protest because ...
02:36 PM, Aug 22, 2011

IIT Kharagpur student backs Anna, refuses degree

IIT Kharagpur student backs Anna, refuses degree Kharagpur: Anna Hazare's protest has cast a shadow over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to IIT Kharagpur. One student has refused to accept his degree from Singh while another will wear a Anna cap at the convocation where the Prime Minister is the chief guest. Shashi Shekhar, a civil engineering student, has decided not to accept his M Tech degree from the Prime Minister as a mark of protest because...
02:36 PM, Aug 22, 2011

IIT-Kharagpur student goes missing in Ranchi

IIT-Kharagpur student goes missing in Ranchi Ranchi: A B Tech final year student of IIT-Kharagpur has gone missing here since the last two days, police said on Monday. In a complaint, the missing Mikhail Muduli's father, Iswar Chandra Muduli, said his son came to his friend's house in Ranchi on July 15, stayed there for two days before telling them that he would go to a religious place and has remained untraced since then, police said....
04:32 PM, Jul 18, 2011

IIT Kharagpur alumnus murdered in USA

IIT Kharagpur alumnus murdered in USA Indian computer scientist Divyendu Sinha was brutally attacked by three juveniles in New Jersey. ...
09:50 AM, Jun 30, 2010

Depressed over exam results, IIT student kills self

Depressed over exam results, IIT student kills self Sources say that he failed to do well in exams and was upset. ...
08:22 AM, Apr 24, 2009

IIT admissions faulty, deserving students fail: Prof

IIT admissions faulty, deserving students fail: Prof In 2006, nearly 994 deserving students did not make it to the IIT merit list. ...
08:31 AM, Jun 18, 2008
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