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Advani launches V.K. Malhotra’s website

Advani launches V.K. Malhotra’s website

November 15th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Saturday launched the website of V.K. Malhotra, the party's chief ministerial candidate for the Delhi assembly polls.Advani told reporters ...

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CSIR chief suggests creation of a research university

August 21st, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delghi, Aug.21 (ANI): Suggesting an integrated approach to improve India''s higher education standards, the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Professor Samir Brahmachari, said the country urgently ...

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IIT Delhi takes up distant learning to help professionals

August 18th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, known for its excellence in classroom education, is set to adopt the distant learning mode as part ...

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Faculty shortage: IITs to go on a global hunt

August 14th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) battling a severe faculty crunch are set to go on a global hunt to appoint "quality young ...

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Dikshit launches IT institute in Delhi

August 13th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday formally launched the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) and expressed her commitment to make it a world-class institute. “The government ...

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IIT officials meet Wednesday to discuss vacant seats

August 12th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Officials of the 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), including the six new, are meeting Wednesday to discuss how to fill up some of the reserved seats ...

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Industry professionals can now walk into IIT classes

August 10th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Industry professionals who aspire to rub shoulders with students of the elite Indian Institutes of Technology and upgrade their skills now have a chance ...

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1,415 IIT Delhi students awarded degrees

August 9th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Over 1,400 students including 147 PhD scholars graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, which held its 39th convocation here Saturday. Graduate, postgraduate, business administration ...

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IIT Delhi faculty strength cut by 10 percent

August 8th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) In an ironical move, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has reduced its faculty strength by 10 percent at a time when the number of students ...

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Quotas for IIT faculty unlikely this year

August 8th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Quotas in the selection of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) faculty are unlikely to be implemented this academic year as these premier tech-schools want ...

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Lockheed Martin to invest $300,000 in IIT Delhi

August 6th, 2008 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Recognising the excellence of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, combat aircraft manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin has chosen it for a $300,000 project of collaborative research ...

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IITians protest Dow sponsorship of golden jubilee celebration

July 14th, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai/New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Hundreds of former and present students, including many faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), have protested acceptance of sponsorship by an alumni group from ...

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Kerala to submit report on Mullaperiyar dam to SC

July 7th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (ANI): Kerala Government will soon present before the Supreme Court, a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi stating the113-year-old Mullaperiyar dam being hydrologically unsafe ...

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IITs have lot to offer to humanities students too

July 6th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS -
By Vaaruni Eashwar New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Science is science and humanities is humanities...But it does look like the twain have met - at least at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology ...

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IIT Delhi revokes termination order of 3 students

July 4th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has revoked the expulsion of three students for under performance here today, including two belonging to the Scheduled Caste. ...

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IIT Delhi revokes expulsion of three Dalit students

July 2nd, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Wednesday cancelled the expulsion of three Dalit students, but said the remaining 17 against whom similar action was taken for ...

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IIT-Delhi’s expelled Dalit students demand justice

June 26th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Scores of students from the Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi, Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Thursday held demonstrations, seeking justice for 28 students who were ...

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No takers for politics during Kalam’s interaction

June 18th, 2008 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS -
Aligarh, June 17 (IANS) Most of the students who attended former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's interactive session here Tuesday evening raised their hands when he asked them if they wanted to become ...

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IIT-D asked to review SC/ST students’ expulsion

June 17th, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , June 17 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi has been asked by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to review the expulsion of 12 undergraduate ...

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Delhi Metro is most comfortable: study

June 15th, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Delhi Metro is among the most comfortable means of public transport, says a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Sham Rane, a post-graduate mechanical ...

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Dr. Pramod Deo takes over as CERC Chairman

June 9th, 2008 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , June 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde on monday administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Dr. Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). ...

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Australian-Indian behind computers that can read human emotion

May 23rd, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by admin -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, May 23 (IANS) An Australian-Indian is part of a consortium of scientists who are developing and licensing information and communication technologies (ICTs) that can interact with humans in an ...

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I aspire to become a scientist, says class 10 topper

May 20th, 2008 - 11:45 pm ICT by admin -
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), May 20 (IANS) "I aspire to become a scientist. As astro-physics interests me the most, I would like to take up this subject for my higher studies," said an ...

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Students protest against OBC quota in Supreme Court

April 25th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Students demonstrated against quotas for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions in the Supreme Court premises on Friday. "We want the Supreme Court verdict ...

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Existing IITs opposed opening new ones this year

April 22nd, 2008 - 10:57 am ICT by admin -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The seven existing Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - respected globally as institutions of excellence - had opposed the opening of three more IITs ...

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IITs to hike fees soon, says Arjun Singh

April 21st, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India's premier technical institutions, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), could hike their fees soon, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Monday told parliament. He told ...

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Zip, zap…IIT Delhi’s F1 car for Silverstone circuit

April 19th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by admin -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A Formula 1 car designed by students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will zip zap zoom on the famous Silverstone circuit ...

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IIT Delhi to display innovations for image makeover

April 17th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by admin -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi now wants to get an image makeover by displaying its innovations and become popular like the Massachusetts ...

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7 IITs, IT BHU, ISM to increase seats by 13 per cent in coming academic session

April 16th, 2008 - 10:52 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), IT BHU and ISM, Dhanbad, would increase their seats by 13 per cent in the coming academic session to ...

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Over 500 cyclists pedal on dedicated corridors in Delhi

April 13th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Over 500 cyclists Sunday pedalled in the segregated lane meant for them on the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) between Sheikh Sarai-Siri Fort and Ambedkar Nagar. A ...

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