DECEMBER’09: The Central Information Commission has ordered the IITs to disclose most details of candidates who sat the 2009 entrance examination, rejecting the institutes’ argument that revealing candidates’ names would be a breach of their privacy. India’s apex watchdog for the Right to Information Act has ordered the IITs to reveal the names, addresses, [...]
DECEMBER’09: As the government wants to make accreditation mandatory for all institutions, the IITs have said they would like to be accredited by a statutory body and not by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The IIT directors have told the government that they have no objection to accreditation of the institutes, but insisted that [...]
DECEMBER’09: Kerala has filed an application in the apex court urging it to take on record the second part of the report titled Seismic Stability of Mullaiperiyar Composite Dam, submitted by D K Paul, Professor of earthquake engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. The first part of the report Structural Stability of Mullaiperiyar Dam [...]
DECEMBER’09: Stung by the exposure of admission anomalies in recent years, the IIT system has come up with an innovative method of blocking transparency even as it agreed to give data under RTI on the marks obtained by the four lakh candidates in this year’s joint entrance examination (JEE). It insisted on giving the data [...]
DECEMBER’09: Ocean State Forecasting System (OSFS), a technology developed by Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur, will now be adopted by Oman and Maldives. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) feels that OSFS should be immediately adopted by other nations that have sea coasts. The system, that will continuously measure height, direction and period of waves, will help [...]
DECEMBER’09: True to its reputation of being ahead in technological developments, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in collaboration with the Boeing Company is all set to unveil a new autonomous vehicle `Abhyast’ as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. Prof Shantanu Bhattacharya, faculty in mechanical engineering department of IIT-K and coordinator of the project, while [...]
DECEMBER’09: Indian Institute of Technology in Rajasthan is all set to begin functioning from the MBM Engineering College, here from next academic session commencing in February-March 2010. The decision to this effect was made after the visit of a central team headed by additional secretary, ministry of Human Resource Development, Ashok Thakur during recent visit [...]
NOVEMBER’09: Efforts include joint MTech and PhD degrees and streamlining policies so that thesis papers are cleared within two months With research becoming a clear focus area at all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and with the 20-30 per cent growth in sponsored research, the premier technology institutes are now targeting a 10-30 per cent increase [...]
NOVEMBER’09: “The MEMS (Micro- Electro Mechanical System) technology is widely used in the cellphones, which are being used by a large percentage of population nowadays. The major use of the MEMS technology is in the field of IT followed by the consumer electronics sector,” said Dr V K Aatre, former scientific adviser to the defence minister, [...]
NOVEMBER’09: New Delhi: A tussle between Congress leaders is depriving IIT Rajasthan of a permanent home two years after its conception, replacing an earlier battle the party waged over the institute with the BJP when it ruled the state. Coaching hub Kota, proposed by the former BJP state government as the venue for the IIT [...]