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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicIIT Bombay

Topic: IIT Bombay

Has 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.

‘Vegetarians only’ posters in IIT Bombay hostel sparks debate on choice, purity and casteism

Student group APPSC points out that the attempt to create a separate space for eating vegetarian food was to reinforce the superiority of Brahmins.

Our take on Manipur, Uniform Civil Code, Modi’s US visit—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

IIT Bombay makes it to world’s top 150 universities in QS rankings, 2nd Indian institute ever to do so

While IIT-B jumped 23 positions from last yr to rank 149 this yr, IISc, which had ranked 147 in 2016 list & 155 last yr, slipped to 255th spot in Quacquarelli Symonds World Rankings 2024.

50 yrs after enrolling at IIT Bombay, Nandan Nilekani donates Rs 315 cr to institute

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys & founding chairman of UIDAI, studied electrical engineering at IIT Bombay. Donation will fund research in fields including AI, green energy.

Weeping in bathroom, torn poster, quota jibe—IIT Ambedkar study circles battle to be & belong

Organisations like Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle at IITs help marginalised students cope with systemic caste discrimination. They are the strongest pillar of support for students who are regularly harassed and even pushed into suicide.

‘Suicide note’ found in IIT Bombay student Darshan Solanki’s room indicates ‘caste-based harassment’

Note recovered by SIT probing 1st year student's death last month 'names a batchmate'. Initially, 'poor academic performance' was cited as reason for Solanki's 'death by suicide'.

‘To create a space for ourselves’: Art, identity & hope at IIT Bombay’s first queer fest

The festival was organised on campus over Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the institute’s queer resource group, Saathi, and had ‘40-50 people present at every programme’.

IIT-Delhi among top 50 world institutions for engineering in QS Rankings, DU has most ranked entries

Other IITs to make the list are Kanpur, Kharagpur, & Madras. Overall, 66 Indian universities cumulatively achieved 355 entries of which 44 courses featured in top 100.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.