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Times Higher Education Rankings: IISC & IIT Bombay among world’s top 200 for engineering
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore and Indian Instituted of Technology (IIT) Bombay were ranked among world’s top 200 institutions for engineering and computer science in Times Higher Education subject-wise rankings. IISc was placed at the 89th spot, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Four Indian-Americans selected to US National Academy of Engineering
Four Indian-Americans have been selected to the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering (NAE). They are part of total 80 selected members list selected for their valuable contributions to the society. Selected Indian-Americans are Anil K. Jain: He was elected ..
Government and IITs reach consensus on admission formula
The government and IITs resolved the issues on the entrance exam by reaching a compromise formula over organizing the common exam from 2013 academic year. According to the agreement, from 2013, class 12th marks will be used only as cut-off ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
IIT-Kanpur urges for PM’s intervention on proposed CET
IIT-Kanpur wrote a letter “The Faculty Forum” seeking direct and exigent intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle the issue of newly proposed Common Entrance Test by HRD ministry According to IIT- Kanpur the current format of CET can ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Nobel prize – Physics
Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith, fathers of fibre optics and digital imaging, won the 2009 Nobel prize for physics . Charles K Kao: Born in Shanghai in Nov. 1933 Chinese pioneer in the use of fiber optics in ..