First woman director of an IIT speaks about breaking the glass ceiling, new campus at Zanzibar and more
Preeti Aghalyam was appointed the director-in-charge of the new IIT in Zanzibar. She has spent the past few months travelling to and from India to Zanzibar and is busy setting things in motion. Key Points
Economic TimesPreeti Aghalayam: Meet IITs' first woman head of campus
Preeti Aghalayam, an IIT Madras alumni, is the first woman to be an IIT director. She is currently a professor in the Chemical Engineering department at IIT Madras. She will head IIT Madras' Zanzibar campus. Key Points
Economic TimesIITs want to hold stake in businesses they help launch, send proposal to education ministry
First mooted at a meeting on 18 April, the proposal is aimed at helping IITs generate revenue. If accepted, it will be in line with practice followed by international institutions. Key Points
ThePrintAlumnus Nandan Nilekani donates ₹315 cr to IIT(B)
Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and chairman of Infosys, has donated INR 315 crore ($42.7 million) to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, building upon previous grants of INR 85 crore. Nilekani, an alumnus of the institute, has been associated with it for 50 years and has previously contributed to the construction of new hostels and an incubator for start-ups. The donation is one of the largest made by an alumnus in India and will be used to accelerate the growth of the IIT and establish it as a global leader. Key Points
mintJEE Advanced: Six from Gujarat among top 100
Kaushal Vijayvargiya and Harshul Suthar — both from Ahmedabad — secured AIR 44 and 46 respectively. They scored an overall 100 percentile in JEE-Mains — the January session of the engineering entrance exam conducted by the National Testing Agency. Key Points
The Indian Express
NIRF 2023 Rankings: IIT Madras tops in overall category, complete list here
NIRF 2023 Rankings have been released on June 5, 2023. IIT Madras has topped in overall category. Complete list here. | Education News Key Points
Hindustan TimesCEED 2023 Results declared, scorecard to be released on March 11
CEED 2023: IIT Bombay declares the final results at the official website- ceed.iitb.ac.in. Key Points
The Indian ExpressClass of 2024 at IITs sees silver lining in speed-trading firms
Firms including Quantbox Research, NK Securities Research, Da Vinci and Graviton Research Capital, which operate in the high-stakes world of algorithmic trading, will be signing on fresh IIT talent during the final placements at packages ranging anywhere from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 crore, some of these firms told ET. Some have also made pre-placement offers. Key Points
Economic TimesHas a PhD from IIT lost its sheen? IIT-B professor’s paper says doctoral applications have nosedived
Professor D. Manjunath's paper, yet to be peer reviewed, cites rise in number of students going abroad, lure of PSU jobs & ‘declining quality’ of Master’s courses as possible reasons. Key Points
ThePrintAnand Mahindra calls for ranking change as list ranks IIT JEE tougher than UPSC
As per the list of the ‘world’s toughest exams’, the IIT JEE exam is harder than the UPSC. Anand Mahindra has reacted to it and called for a ranking change. | Trending Key Points
Hindustan Times
Third offshore campus of IIT likely to be set up in Sri Lanka
The proposal for an IIT in Sri Lanka was announced last November in the 2024 Budget unveiled by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who also serves as the finance minister. According to sources, the Sri Lankan government is in touch with IIT Madras for the ambitious project. Key Points
Economic TimesIIT researchers make leap with new technique for growing resilient, cost-efficient semiconductors
Researchers have developed ultra-wide bandgap compound semiconductors by incorporating gallium oxide with tin. Findings of the study have been published in multiple research papers. Key Points
ThePrintIITs step up efforts to raise donations from alumni
IIT Delhi, which currently has a total endowment reserve of Rs 350 crore from its alumni, looks to add another Rs 250 crore in the next two years, its dean of alumni relations PVM Rao said. Last calendar, the institute raised about Rs 50 crore. “However, one big donation may change these projections as it happened with IIT Bombay with (Nandan) Nilekanis donation,” Rao said. Key Points
Economic TimesDelhi-NCR's toxic air can be washed down for just Rs 3 crore
The researchers from IIT Kanpur who have been working on a 'fake rain' to provide relief in Delhi is estimated to take just Rs 3 crore. The process would provide relief for at least a week. The institute is targeting a cloud spanning 300 square kilometres as part of an artificial rain project in association with the Delhi government, with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) acting as a coordinator between the two. Key Points
Economic TimesJEE Advanced Result 2023: Exam results declared; Here's how you can download it?
The JEE Advanced 2023 examination was conducted on June 4 in two shifts. Paper I took place from 9 AM to 12 noon, followed by Paper II from 2.30 PM to 5.30 PM. IIT Guwahatis statistics indicate that almost 1,95,000 applicants registered to take the entrance exam. However, the institute claimed that 1,80,226 applicants had appeared for both papers, resulting in a 95% attendance rate. Key Points
Economic Times
‘Why such stress? Why did my child suffer?’ asks father of IIT Kharagpur student who died by 'suicide'
K Kiran Chandra, 21, was found hanging in his hostel room Tuesday. In a statement, IIT Kharagpur says police investigation is underway. Father says Kiran was stressed about a project. Key Points
ThePrintThis Contest Put Theories of Consciousness to the Test. Here’s What It Really Proved
A five-year “adversarial collaboration” of scientists led to a stagy showdown in front of an audience. It crowned no winners—but it’s still progress. Key Points
WIREDIIT students make Anand Mahindra 'proud' with innovative e-bike
An X user reacted to Anand Mahindra’s tweet on ‘world’s first foldable diamond frame e-bike’ and wrote, “Wow. Great going. Will definitely check out this one.” | Trending Key Points
Hindustan TimesAnonymous alumnus donates $18.6 million to IIT Bombay for green energy research
An anonymous alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has donated $18.6 million for the establishment of a green energy and sustainability research hub on campus. The hub will focus on climate risk evaluation, climate change adaptation, and environmental monitoring. It will also promote renewable energy adoption and energy-efficient technologies. Key Points
Economic TimesNIRF 2023 | IIT Madras occupies top spot; IISc Bengaluru ‘best university’
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is the best educational institute in overall rankings. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, bagged the second spot in the “overall” category followed by IIT Delhi. Key Points
The Hindu
How caste works in an IIT
Despite a string of measures to make campuses inclusive spaces, at some of India’s premier engineering colleges, caste remains a vexing issue. Pallavi Smart on how caste-based discrimination takes on many forms. One of which is a question... Key Points
The Indian ExpressIIT Bombay’s Class of 2024 bags 1,340 offers in the first phase of placement
Students bagging offers for research and development got the highest average package of Rs 36.94 lakh per annum, followed by finance (Rs 32.38 lakh), IT/software (Rs 26.35 lakh), IIT Bombay said. Key Points
Economic TimesIIT student’s suicide: SIT to identify FB person to whom Darshan told about caste discrimination
In his letter to the SIT, Darshan’s father mentioned about the IIT student’s Facebook connect, Sam Rajput. The letter said the chat on caste discrimination was discovered by his daughter while going through Darshan’s Facebook chats. Key Points
The Indian ExpressHow many hours of preparation needed for IITs? JEE topper, IITians share their routine after aspirant's sc
Social media buzzed with an IITian's trend, involving Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, an IIT Kharagpur graduate. A JEE aspirant's intense schedule, shared by user Mr Rc, shed light on the demanding prep for exams like JEE. Key Points
Economic TimesMost SC/ST students at IIT-B wary of mentioning caste on campus: Report
The institute has 388 SC/ST students. Of these, nearly one-third do not feel comfortable openly discussing their caste identity on campus, according to a draft report of a survey conducted by IIT Bombay’s SC-ST student cell last year. | Mumbai news Key Points
Hindustan Times
Chicken feather plastics, temple flower foam—IIT Kanpur is changing India's startup scene
IIT-Kanpur's Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) has been leading the innovation race. The centre is connecting entrepreneurs and scientists to funders while providing infrastructural support. Key Points
ThePrintPlans afoot to rope in experts from IITs for tunnel audit team
This will include forming an audit team with experts from various IITs and setting up a world-class tunnelling centre under IIT Delhi to research and propose enhanced safety measures for tunnels that are benchmarked to international levels, the people said. They added that the move is aimed at preventing recurrence of mishaps like the recent Silkyara tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand in future. Key Points
Economic TimesIIT Kharagpur, IIT (BHU) together bag close to 1240 offers, including PPOs, by end of Day 1 of final place
More than 61 companies made offers at IIT Kharagpur for software, analytics, finance–banking, consulting and core engineering roles. Apple, Arthur D.Little, Da Vinci, Capital One, DE Shaw, EXL Services, Glean, Google, Graviton, Microsoft, McKinney, Quantbox, Databricks, Square point and TSM, Palo Alto were among the companies that participated in the campus placements. Key Points
Economic TimesWorld looking at India as nursery of new possibilities: PM Modi
The world is looking at India as a nursery of new possibilities and several countries are approaching the government for setting up IIT campuses there, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Delivering the inaugural address at the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam on the third anniversary of the launch of the National Education Policy (NEP), the prime minister said various global universities are also interested in setting up their campuses in India. Key Points
Economic TimesIIT-M proposes sports quota with aim to boost diversity
IIT-M presented the idea at the 55th IIT council meeting, minutes of which were released by the union ministry of education on Thursday. Currently, the IITs don’t have a sports quota. Many of the country’s premium universities, including Delhi University, do. | Latest News India Key Points
Hindustan Times
DU figures most among Indian varsities in QS Rankings 2023
India is the second-most represented country in Asia for the number of ranked universities (66), after China (Mainland) (99). The most represented Indian universities in this edition of the rankings are the University of Delhi (27 entries), IIT Bombay (25 entries) and IIT Kharagpur (23 entries). Key Points
Economic Times