Nobel laureates to answer students’ questions
Lucknow, Guess who will be answering scientific queries of students at the Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad (IIIT-A)? Nobel laureates.
The institute will link up with some Nobel laureates who have attended the annual science conclave organised by it since 2008. The queries will be send to them via e-mails by the authorities.
“During the annual science conclave, students are given an opportunity to interact with the eminent scientists,” IIIT-A public relations officer (PRO) Pankaj Mishra told reporters in Allahabad, 200 km from here.
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Panel to probe suicides in IITs
New Delhi, A task force has been set up to look into the increasing number of suicides in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday.
Talking to reporters after a meeting of the prestigious institutes’ governing body IIT Council here Sibal said the task force will look into the present system and review the reasons of increasing suicide cases.
Asked if the task force will also review the grading system, which has been blamed for causing depression among students, Sibal said: “Various issues will be considered.”
At least seven suicide cases have been reported in IITs so far this year alone.
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New fee structure for IITs discussed
New Delhi, A new fee structure, a common entrance test giving weightage to Class 12 exam marks and higher focus on research were among the issues discussed at a meeting here Wednesday of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council.
The council, a governing body responsible for all the IITs, took a look at a proposal to indirectly hike the annual fee of a general category student from Rs.50,000 to Rs.2 lakh.
“The expenditure on one student in IIT is Rs.7-8 lakh, whereas the fee is Rs.50,000,” Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said after the meeting.
“We said the fee cannot be hiked, but under the new system discussed, the student will pay the same fee at the time of admission. When they start working, the rest of their fee will be paid in installments from their salaries,” the minister said.
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Students turn teachers by evening to fight illiteracy
Lucknow, They are students who become teachers by evening to make street urchins and poor children literate! Ten undergraduates from Uttar Pradesh’s Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad (IIIT-A) feel they are already doing their bit for society.
The third year students are fighting illiteracy in their own way by teaching the poor children of the areas adjoining their institute in the Jhalwa area.
“If you are a student of a renowned institute like ours, people have high expectations from you. They expect you will work for the nation’s development,” Rahul Kumar, a student involved in the teaching, told IANS on phone from Allahabad, 200 km from Lucknow.
“We still don’t know in which company we would be employed but are quite happy that we have already started living up to the expectations of the people,” he said.
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Indian varsities slip in global ranking
New Delhi, Indian universities have slipped in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) global ranking with not even a single one making it to the top 200.
The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-Delhi) marks the first entry for India at the 218th rank in the list. It is followed by IIT-Bombay at 225th position. IIT-Madras follows at 281st position. The report was released Monday.
Last year, IIT-Bombay was at 187, IIT-Delhi at 202 and IIT-Madras at 262.
The list has been topped by Britain’s Cambridge University, followed by Harvard University of the US.
In separate subject wise category, the English department of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University has secured the 51st rank in the category of English language and literature.
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Kakodkar recommendations to be considered: PM
Kharagpur, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the recommendations of the Anil Kakodkar panel on the functioning of IITs will be soon considered by the Council of IITs and the central government.
“The committee noted that the number of PhDs that come out annually from IITs is very small in comparison to similar institutions in the US and China,” he said, addressing the annual convocation at the IIT here.
“The committee emphasized the importance of technology and innovation linked to advanced research. It suggests that IITs take on the challenge of creating an advanced research based innovation eco-system with the involvement of industry and national technology related programmes,” he said.
A five-member committee headed by then Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar was set up in 2009 to bring research to the forefront in the IITs and increase its role in national development projects.
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Just a little before Sunday’s IIT-JEE, IIT Kanpur have gone back on their promise to put up the correct answers to the questions on the exam website within two to three days of the test.
IIT Kanpur, which is conducting the exam this year, has issued a press release saying the correct answers would be uploaded on the JEE website after May 15.
IIT Kanpur director S.G. Dhande, at a news conference on March 26, had announced that the correct answers would be displayed on the JEE site within 48 to 72 hours of the examination.
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Over 1.13 Girls Taking IIT JEE in 2011
This year, the number of girl candidates is appearing more for the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) exam which is going to be conducted by IIT- Kanpur in 2011.
1.13 lakh girl candidates are going to appear in the exam next year out of 4.85 lakh candidates. If we see the last years result, the number of girl aspirants were only 24 percent, which is now 28 percent. The report has given by IIT-K Director Govind Dhande.
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IIT JEE 2011 Pattern to remain unchanged
IIT aspirants are relieved following the decision to keep the IIT-JEE exam pattern unchanged for the next academic year. The IIT-JEE reforms committee appointed by the union ministry of human resource development had recommended 70 per cent weightage for Class XII (Intermediate) marks in the JEE.
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IIT Admission on basis on Class 12 Marks alongwith an Aptitude Test
Kapil Sibal, Union HRD Minister announced major changes in the admission process to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology.
Sibal said that marks obtained by a student in Class 12 along with an aptitude test would decide admissions into IITs and other engineering colleges. He said that modalities were still being worked out to make the changes in the admission process and no time frame has been set for implementing the new proposals.
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