IIT : Indian Institute of Technology

Pages (1) : [1]

 

Night-long tuition classes for IIT aspirants

Night-long tuition classes for IIT aspirants

Juggling between academic and social schedules, when do students find the time to study for IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) which is only weeks away?

Well, some coaching classes in Mumbai have found the answer in marathon training sessions which begin at 9 pm and go on till 7 am.

What with numerous distractions during daytime, coaching class tutors feel students get little time for a lengthy, uninterrupted session of study.

More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Related News from IIT

IIT Kanpur gets funds from alumni

IIT Kanpur gets funds from alumni The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here has received financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh in USD from its 1972 batch graduates in order to create two chairs. This was the largest donation by the former students to IIT Kanpur. Former student Udai Pratap Singh said the batch would provide financial assistance for scholarship to needy students. He said the 1972 batch had been considering to provide Rs 5 lakh to the institute. Two students, Kamal Aggarwal and Rakesh Gandhi, had promised $ 1 lakh each for establishing the faculty chairs, the biggest ever donation to create chairs.

Vehicular movement hit over protests on proposed IIT in AP

Vehicular movement hit over protests on proposed IIT in AP Vehicular traffic was badly hit on two major highways in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday as political parties blockaded roads over the proposed location of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the state. While Opposition party activists blocked the Hyderabad-Nagpur road (National Highway 7) to demand setting up of the IIT in the temple town of Basara in Adilabad district as originally proposed, the ruling Congress stopped traffic on the Hyderabad-Mumbai road (National Highway 9) in support of the decision to locate it in Medak district. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded

Small IT Product Cos Need Sops: Nasscom

Though India is a well-known destination for IT services, it is not so popular on the product front. Is it lack of funding, or lack of knowledge about the markets, and why companies not looking at the combination of services and products, these questions were posed to the IT intellectuals who attended the Nasscom Product Forum. The forum “Prospering in the new product ecosystem — Strategies to become a successful product company" was chaired by Nasscom’s President Kiran Karnik, Deepak Ghaisas, Chief Executive Officer, - India Operations and Chief Financial Officer, iflex Solutions; and Dr Deepak Phatak, Chair Professor, School

Yate's Black Cat Tries Luck in Jefferson Cup

Yate's Black Cat had to win three times before he officially made it to the winner's circle, but he is favored to make a quick return in Saturday's $200,000-added Jefferson Cup (gr. IIT) for 3-year-olds at nine furlongs on the Churchilll Downs turf. The son of Black Minnaloushe was disqualified from maiden victories at Hawthorne Park and Gulfstream Park before he finally took a Churchill downs allowance race to officially score his first career victory for trainer Dale Romans. Yate's Black Cat is the 5-2 morning line choice over six Jefferson Cup rivals. Those opponents include the Todd Pletcher-trained Tahoe Warrior,

Kingfisher Airlines Brings the Good Times Closer to Home-Introduces Ticketing Via SBI ATMs

Kingfisher Airlines, India’s fastest growing private airline and the first domestic carrier to introduce a premium First Class service for travelers flying on domestic routes today announced a special facility for its guests in the cities of Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai - Ticketing via any of the State Bank of India (SBI) ATMs or any of the SBI Group’s allied ATMs across these cities. All a guest needs to do is follow the below mentioned simple procedure: -- Call up Kingfisher Airlines Call Centre number and inform the executive about the desired sector, date and time of travel. The executive will give

My list didnt lead to IIT suicide

Three days after the IIT-Kanpur campus was rocked by a third-year engineering students suicide, among the likely reasons for J Bharadwajas suicide, offered by a section of students, is a harsh e-mail sent by a faculty member. The e-mail contained a list of students likely to get F-grade — or fail — in the ongoing semester, and was sent by V K Gupta, a faculty and course instructor in the Civil Engineering department. The e-mail, sent to all students, listed roll numbers of those likely to get an F-grade. With speculations about the reason behind the suicide rife both within

Over 300 Indian students to receive EU scholarships

Over 300 Indian students to receive EU scholarships The European Union recently announced the selection of 319 students from India to pursue Masters courses in Europe for the year 2006-2007 as part of its Erasmus Mundus programme. Launched in 2004, Erasmus Mundus is an EU initiative dedicated to students from third countries who come to study in the EU to pursue Masters courses at various European universities over two years. The courses range from engineering and sciences to law and the humanities. The program has been extraordinarily successful and over 100 former graduates gathered in Brussels recently for a two day seminar

Experts Report On Alang Ship-Breaking Yard Next Month

An expert committee set up by the ministry of environment and forests to study facilities at the country's biggest ship-breaking yard at Alang in Gujarat will submit its report to the Supreme Court by July-end, a top official said Tuesday. The committee to study the yard's capability to handle toxic and hazardous ship waste is headed by Environment Secretary Prodipto Ghosh and includes representatives from the Central Pollution Control Board, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, IIT Kharagpur and retired naval officials who were in-charge of ship-building activities. "The technical expert committee will submit its report by July 31 to the

Use of IT tools in archaeology stressed in India

Use of IT tools in archaeology stressed in India Participants at a summer camp in India which was about the use of modern technology in archeological studies all confirmed the importance of using tools of information technology for research. The twenty eight-day summer camp on Future of the Past: Use of Modern Technology for the Studies of the Past ended at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-K) in Kanpur last Friday with the conclusion that a scientific approach should be applied to archaeology to make it a more perfect source of knowledge. Addressing the valedictory session, director of PDMP IIIT (design and manufacturing)

Motion Seeks Repeat of 2005 United Nations

Motion Seeks Repeat of 2005 United Nations While New Jersey legislators and the governor close in on an agreement for the state budget that would allow racing at Monmouth Park this weekend, a field of seven was entered for the $750,000 United Nations (gr. IT) Saturday over 11 furlongs on the grass. Trainer H. Graham Motion would like nothing better than to see a repeat of last years U.N. Hes back with the same pair of runners he entered in 2005, the rabbit, Shake the Bank, and the eventual winner, Better Talk Now. Shake the Bank, Sent off at 106-1, did his part