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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicIndian Institute of Technology

Topic: Indian Institute of Technology

After SC nudge, IIT Kharagpur reconsiders transfer plea of student with Borderline Personality Disorder

IIT Kharagpur’s director reached out to boy’s father soon after Supreme Court issued notice on student’s petition challenging the denial of his transfer, ThePrint has learnt.

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)’.

What’s fuelling resistance to IIT Madras’ proposed ‘sustainability campus’ in Auroville township

Auroville Governing Board signed MoU with IIT Madras 8 July to establish a campus focussed on sustainability & aimed at achieving global excellence in sustainable technologies. 

IIT-M director has a piece of advice for investors—play the long game, deep-tech needs time

IIT-Madras has put out a call for Rs 200 crore venture capital fund to support start-ups incubated at the institute, whether it's space-tech or medtech.

Road to expansion clear, but 3rd-gen IITs are caught in loop of low enrolment & falling placements

RTI data accessed & reviewed by ThePrint shows 5 IITs set up in 2015-16 in Palakkad, Bhilai, Jammu, Dharwad & Tirupati face challenges even as Centre plans administrative, academic expansion.

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.

IIT placement season kicks off with more recruiters & international offers versus previous cycle

Several IITs acknowledge the strong rebound in recruitments this yr with more participation by PSUs as well in the initial phase. However, students say median salaries are largely stagnant.

Show-cause to 86 faculty members: Why teachers at IIT Kharagpur are locked in tussle with admin

IIT Kharagpur teachers’ association wrote to education ministry in September levelling allegations of ‘nepotism’ against director VK Tiwari. In turn, they were served show-cause notices.

IIT-ISM To host State Mining Index workshop in Delhi

The workshop will be part of the efforts made by the Ministry of Mines to develop the State Mining Index.

IIT researchers make leap with new technique for growing resilient, cost-efficient semiconductors

Researchers have developed ultra-wide bandgap compound semiconductors by incorporating gallium oxide with tin. Findings of the study have been published in multiple research papers.

On Camera

Hyderabad’s supper clubs are for the rich and young. They don’t want to meet others in bars

There’s a pattern in Hyderabad’s F&B scene: new ventures run very well for the first three to six months. The real test for these supper clubs begins now.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.