Aghalayam, who taught at IIT-Madras for 25 years, has been appointed director in-charge of its Zanzibar-Tanzania campus as well as dean of its School of Science and Engineering.
Institute's 1st international campus to open in Tanzania in October. It will have separate entrance test with 70 seats on offer. Programmes will be open to students of all nationalities.
V Kamakoti says IIT-M has identified areas in which new-age courses will aid India's development. He also speaks about recent spate of suicides in IITs & how they're helping students cope.
Second-year student from Maharashtra found hanging in campus as suicide continues to plague India's top institutes; Parliament was informed in March that 33 IIT learners had taken their lives since 2018.
In a letter to IIT-M director, Bhavesh Jain has sought a probe into his brother Sachin Kumar’s suicide, saying he had been under mental duress but was still subjected to 'inhuman behaviour'.
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.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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