Help individuals in marketing ideas: Prez to IITs

Last Updated: Monday, August 16, 2010, 19:02

Exhorting premier technical institutes to support new ideas and discoveries that could be the solution to many future challenges, President today asked IIT Delhi to assist individuals, in properly marketing their ideas.

Kapil Sibal allays fears of faculty exodus from IITs

Last Updated: Friday, May 21, 2010, 16:08

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday sought to dispel fears about IIT faculties joining foreign institutes after they set shop here, saying the teachers are "patriotic" enough not to sell their conscience for a little bit of money.

Law Ministry not keen on HRD`s plan for MBBS course in IITs

Last Updated: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 11:30

A proposal to allow IITs to start courses in medicine will be delayed with the Law Ministry sending back a Cabinet note of the HRD Ministry with a recommendation that further discussions were needed on the issue.

IITs prepare remedial measures for errors in JEE

Last Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 19:49

In the wake of several errors in the IIT-JEE papers this year, the elite institutes today devised multi-pronged remedial measures including scaling up the marks for the affected candidates.

IITs, IIMs, CUs, Pvt Institutes hail foreign varsity bill

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 12:18

Higher educational institutions, including IITs and IIMs, on Tuesday hailed the government`s go ahead for a bill to allow entry of foreign education providers in India and sought to allay any threat posed by them.

IITs set up committee for incentive scheme to faculty

Last Updated: Monday, November 2, 2009, 18:07

The IITs have set up a committee to evolve a performance-related incentive scheme (PRIS) to encourage well-performing teachers by giving them special incentives as available to ISRO scientists.

Larger the IITs, larger the funds: Sibal

Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009, 20:00

IITs having large number of students can now get higher amount of non-plan grants from the government, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday.

Anil Kakodkar to head panel for reforms in IITs

Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009, 18:47

To bring research to the forefront in the IITs and increase its role in national development projects, the government today set up a committee which will suggest a broad roadmap for the institutes for next ten years.

Studying at IIMs, IITs to get costlier with fee revision

Last Updated: Friday, September 18, 2009, 08:49

The austerity measures taken by the govt could lead to increase in tuition fee, withdrawal of hostel subsidies and levy of user fees from students in central universities, IITs, IIMs and other autonomous educational institutions.

Austerity measures may hit students hard

Last Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 19:45

The austerity measures taken by the government could lead to increase in tuition fee, withdrawal of hostel subsidies and levy of user fees from students in the central universities, IITs, IIMs and other institutions.

‘SC, ST students merit special treatment in IITs, IIMs’

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 20:31

Supreme Court on Wednesday said the government has a constitutional duty to provide special care to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students even in institutions of higher learning like IITs and IIMs.

Less campus recruitment at IITs, IIMs this year: Govt

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 18:26

The number of students recruited by Multi National Companies (MNCs) through campus selection has gone down significantly in prestigious IITs and IIMs this year.