Topic: IITs
IITs, other Institutes of Eminence can set up offshore campuses now — UGC issues new rules
The new regulations allow IoEs to start a maximum of three off-campus centres in five years, but not more than one in an academic year.
How IIT alumni ensured a good start for the placement season in pandemic year
While reputation of the IITs is a key factor in job opportunities, a number of professors ThePrint spoke to pointed to the effect the alumni network has had on the placement season.
IITs are govt-funded, must implement quota policy while hiring staff, says OBC panel head
National Commission for Backward Classes chairperson Bhagwan Lal Sahni hits out at govt panel recommendation to exempt all 23 IITs from implementing quota policy.
After 16 mess workers test positive in IIT Madras, state govt wants takeaway food in colleges
The number of Covid cases on the IIT campus is now 104; TN govt has written to all district collectors asking them to keep an eye on hostels as colleges reopen.
Church ‘committed land fraud’ in Andhra, Canadian donors say will fight to repair damage
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IITs, NITs to offer engineering courses in mother tongue, IIT-BHU to begin with Hindi
Education ministry releases statement saying engineering courses in mother tongue will be an option in some colleges, beginning 2021-22 academic session.
2020’s IIT aspirants could get another shot at JEE Advanced next year, thanks to Covid
IIT Delhi director says matter will be discussed by Joint Admission Board. But this will be a one-time step and will be extended to only those who have exhausted their two attempts this year.
IITs, IIMs & universities hired 350 teaching staff online during lockdown, says Modi govt
The online recruitment process had run into controversy in August and was temporarily put on hold only to be resumed in September.
JEE Advanced registration window is open now, last date 17 September
JEE Advanced will take place on 27 September. Top 2,50,000 candidates who have qualified JEE Main will be eligible to sit for the exam.
8.58 lakh students registered for JEE Main, 74% appeared, Education Minister Pokhriyal says
In a tweet, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank says low attendance is possibly because the JEE is being held twice a year now.
Why Haryana’s new law reserving 75% private jobs for domiciles is self destructive politics
In episode 695 of 'Cut The Clutter', Shekhar Gupta explains the provisions, politics and pitfalls of a new employment law in Haryana, and how it is suicidal for the state's growth story.
ArcelorMittal revives plan to set up steel plant in Odisha, to invest Rs 50,000 crore
ArcelorMittal’s move to expand in India comes at a time when the Modi government is planning to boost investment in sectors such as housing, roads, ports and railways.
Defence
China will continue to assert itself, seeks to dominate Indian Ocean Region, says CDS Rawat
Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rawat also said India's armed forces will increasingly need to achieve more with less, which requires a relook at current force structures, doctrines & tech.
Habeas Porcus — how our judiciary is murdering the principle of ‘bail, not jail’ routinely
Judiciary is responsible for ensuring our liberty, and habeas corpus is the usual route. But magistrates are acting as if the rule is ‘jail, and bail is above my pay grade’.