IIT Kanpur is all set to open its first overseas office in New York, for which a space has been provided by one of its alumnus. With this office, the prestigious institution hopes to deal with a range of overseas affairs including faculty hiring, fund-raising and entering into collaborations for research and development, according to a release. ...
05:42 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Kanpur: Indranil Manna, renowned educator and a prolific researcher, has been appointed the new director of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K). Manna, who is currently holding the post of the director of Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, has been appointed as director of IIT-K for a period of five years on contract with effect from the date he assumes the charge or till he attains the age of 70...
12:03 AM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: The IIT Kanpur on Saturday accepted the new Joint Entrance Exam pattern proposed by the Human Resource Development Ministry, clearing the way to make changes in the reputed examination. Most of the members of the IIT Kanpur senate agreed to the latest prescribed pattern avoiding a confrontation on the issue. The confirmation of the exam pattern changes will be given at the academic senate meet on Sunday. ...
07:48 AM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: IIT Bombay on Wednesday gave its nod to the common entrance for admission to the undergraduate programme from 2013 under a format which will admit students having top 20 percentile of their respective boards. The senate approved the IIT council's resolution regarding admission to the IITs based only on rank achieved in advance test subject to condition that selected candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful...
10:03 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: After weeks of uncertainty, the IIT admission row could be resolved on Wednesday. The IIT Council members will meet HRD ministry officials on Wednesday to try and resolve the issue. Two alternatives are on the table: -Letting only the top 20 percentile of each board appear for the advanced test. This would essentially be the entrance test for the IITs and will be under their control. -The other...
08:37 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of next week's meeting called by the government on the single entrance exam row, IIT directors on Saturday discussed a compromise formula which include a proposal to take top 20-30 students based on percentile ranking of respective boards for preparing the merit list. Indications are that the percentile criterion replacing the proposed format of giving weightage to board results were deliberated at the Joint Admission Board meeting,...
09:01 PM, Jun 23, 2012
New Delhi: The government has called a special meeting of the IIT Council next week to address the concerns of students after IIT Delhi and Kanpur rejected the proposed single entrance test. According to sources in the HRD Ministry, the special meeting has been convened on June 27 after the developments on Thursday in IIT Delhi, where the Senate adopted a resolution rejecting the proposed test and deciding to conduct...
04:33 PM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: IIT Delhi on Thursday rejected government's single entrance test proposal and decided to conduct separate test. Officials said that the IIT Delhi will conduct the exam in association with the IIT Kanpur. The IIT Senate took the decision in this regard on Thursday evening. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had told CNN-IBN on Wednesday that the new joint entrance exam will start in 2013. Sibal made it clear that...
06:59 PM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal, in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, said there is no going back on the new IIT entrance test format. Sibal said the autonomy of the IITs is not being challenged and if the IIT Council can come up with a better system then he is willing to listen and change the format. "I am not bothered about...
01:39 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Washington: In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United States, eight institutional partnership projects, four each led by either country, were announced for the first Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards. The goal of the initiative is to further strengthen, through faculty exchanges, joint research, and other collaboration, partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education in priority fields, including food security, climate change, sustainable...
01:23 AM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Even as confusion reigns over the HRD Ministry's proposed common entrance test for all IITs, with some institutions backing it and others opposing it, it is the aspiring engineering students who are suffering the most. Kshitij is one of the lakhs of students every year who dream of joining the prestigious IITs. But with the deadlock persisting between the HRD minister's proposal and the senates of different IITs,...
06:40 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are split over the joint engineering exam for all centralised institutions. While IIT Madras and Guwahati back the government's proposal on the new format, IIT Kanpur and Kharagpur oppose it. The All India IIT Faculty Federation is likely to meet the Prime Minister on Tuesday. Differences have also emerged within the IITs. The Director of IIT Kharagpur, Damodar Acharya, is the first...
01:30 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: Differences have begun to emerge among the IITs over HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's proposal for the entrance exam procedure. The Director of IIT Kharagpur, Damodar Acharya, is the first to go against the wave of opposition, endorsing Sibal's idea. This has upset the institute's senate, which is to come out with its action plan on Monday, against the common entrance test. In a statement, All India IIT Faculty...
07:40 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The faculty of IIT Kharagpur have rejected the proposed format for a Common Entrance Test into IITs and centrally aided engineering colleges. "IITs have become what they are because they have been allowed to function independently, and set appropriate standards in carrying out their academic responsibilities. The IIT Council proposal, if implemented, will seriously compromise the autonomy so essential for IITs to remain what they are," IIT Kharagpur...
03:20 PM, Jun 10, 2012
New Delhi: After Kanpur, now IIT Delhi has raised questions on the proposed joint entrance exam for the IITs and all centrally-aided engineering colleges. The Delhi Senate may oppose the entrance exam proposal. IIT Kanpur has already taken on Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, rejecting his proposal. IIT Kanpur has said it will conduct its own entrance examination in 2013 and will co-ordinate with those IITs who choose to join...
07:01 AM, Jun 10, 2012
New Delhi: IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay are likely to emulate Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur which has decided to hold its own entrance test after rejecting HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one nation, one test' proposal. A member of the IIT Delhi senate, who did not wish to be named, said that IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay -- possibly other IITs also -- may soon follow IIT Kanpur's example....
07:05 PM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur on Friday rejected Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one nation, one test' proposal and has decided to conduct its own entrance test for undergraduate programmes from 2013. The decision was taken at a meeting of the institute's 210-member senate. Upset with no action on their demand to recall the decision on a common engineering entrance test, IIT Kanpur has gone...
09:18 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Kanpur: Rejecting Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one-nation one-test' proposal, IIT-Kanpur on Friday decided to conduct its own entrance exam from 2013. This decision was taken at a meeting of the institute's 210-member senate. Terming it as a very important development, IIT-Delhi alumni president Somnath Bharti said "other senates are likely to follow the suit". The Senate of IIT-Kanpur said that the recent IIT Council proposal on...
10:01 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested IIM Lucknow student Rahul Verma, who has been charged with the murder of fashion designer Adesh Vajpayee. Rahul was produced in court on Wednesday and has been sent to a three-day custody. Rahul has been charged with the murder of his friend Adesh Vajpayee. The incident occurred in 2010 in IIT Kanpur. Rahul was a student of IIT Kanpur...
06:17 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: The successful launch of Jugnu, a loaf-sized nano satellite designed by IIT-Kanpur, on October 12 marks a watershed in Indian space technology for miniaturisation and an indigenously designed ejection system that ends dependence on imports. Jugnu, placed into orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C18 (PSLV-C18) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), miniaturises communication capabilities, power source and a control system, comprising the basic functions of...
05:31 PM, Oct 25, 2011
