Anil Kakodkar Resigns as Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT-B
Renowned nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar has resigned as the chairman of the board of governors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, apparently because of differences with the Human Resource Development More...
Engineering departments of IITs among top 50 globally: QS World Ranking 2013
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has come up with its World University Rankings for the year 2012-13. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has been ranked 212th with a score of 47.83, while, IIT Bombay is at the More...
Planning Commission to organise 1st ‘Hackathon’ on 12th Plan on 6-7th April 2013
Planning Commission of India The Planning Commission and the National Innovation Council (NIC) are organising the first ever Hackathon on the 12th Five Year Plan on 6th – 7th April 2013. The Hackathon is being More...
S Ramadorai: IITs should take more foreign students
S Ramadorai, the advisor to Prime Minister of India suggested that in order to achieve higher global rankings, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) must develop an “outward looking” profile More...
Soumitra Dutta to head Cornell University B-School, ensure closer links between Cornell, Indian researchers
IIT Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta who will assume charge as Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University’s Johnson Business School plans to build stronger links with researchers and thinkers in India. Dutta More...
India’s first Meta-varsity to come up in Delhi by July 2012
Manmohan Singh announces Meta-varsity In a move that would enable students to get the best of Indian Higher Education, the Union government has agreed to set up a Meta-varsity or a Meta University in Delhi. In other More...
Times Higher Education University Rankings see little change
Times Higher Education Top 200 World University rankings are out and there are no major surprises in the list with Harvard once again topping it. Overall this year, United States has lost four places while Asia More...