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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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Topic: IITs

No place for humanities at IITs? Faculty differs, stresses ‘vital role’ of discipline in shaping engineers

Calls were made on social media last week to scrap humanities & social sciences depts in IITs after circulation of a controversial flyer for a workshop on ‘South Asian Capitalism(s)’.

Publications to citations, quality research concentrated in top institutions—NIRF flags disparities

IITs & IISc lead in research output & academic influence, while remaining institutions, though large in number, contribute significantly smaller share of highly cited work.

1,000 underperforming rural engg colleges set for upgrade, says AICTE as ‘employability gap’ identified

Over 500 colleges shortlisted across states & Union territories. Plan is to double average employment rate in participating institutions by 2028.

At IIT council meet, Pradhan suggests use of regional languages as teaching medium besides English

IIT council resolves to take every step to facilitate learners from ‘different bhasha backgrounds so that they are able to learn effectively’. 

IIT Council meet today: Accreditation, student mental health, JEE (Advanced) reforms on agenda

The IIT Council, which is the apex coordination body of all the 23 premier engineering institutes, held its last meeting in April 2023.

Older IITs hit hard as House panel flags ‘unusual decline’ in placements between 2021 & 2024

Revealing that half of 23 IITs saw average drop of 10 percentage points in placements, parliamentary panel has urged dept of higher education to take measures to enhance employability.

What’s IIT-Madras cultural excellence quota for UG courses & who all can apply for admissions

This is the first time an IIT has introduced such a provision. Last year, IIT Madras became the first IIT to reserve supernumerary seats for students excelling in sports.

Only 13.5% of India’s STEM faculty are women, finds study. Worst in institutes like IITs, IISc

Published in journal Communications Biology, study looks at 98 universities & institutes in India, attributes low representation of women to lack of awareness & funding, biases.

From malaria research to clean water — how Subra Suresh & Ashok Gadgil won top US science award

Suresh was awarded National Medal of Science, and Gadgil the National Medal of Technology & Innovation for 'advancing scientific research that helped communities worldwide'.

25000 SC/ST/OBC students have quit IITs & central universities but Modi is stuck on temples

Isn’t it incumbent upon the ruling party to draw inspiration from global citadels of learning to stop SC/ST/OBC students from dropping out of IITs?

On Camera

Once you know how UPA handled illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, you see Modi govt’s propaganda

The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an unimaginative Right-wing trope.

Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

As Starmer begins India trip Wednesday, UK remains hopeful of fighter engine deal

In July, India & UK had announced a defence industrial roadmap that mentioned Jet Engine Advanced Core Technologies Innovation and co-development as a key priority.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.