Joshua with his students. (Photo credit: The Fifth Estate, IIT Madras) At a time when most students like to pursue their summer internship in reputed companies, Joshua Albin, a student at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) chose to make a difference. Joshua, a second year biotechnology student, went to Ladakh to teach English at […]

People like Sachin Tendulakar, Sania Mirza, Pablo Picasso & Jimmy Page have something in common…they are all skilled in what they are famous for! Learning of these (motor) skills requires improvement in performance by acquiring novel combinations of arm, hand and body movement with a novel object. Learning and, therefore, retaining a learned skill is […]

Ever wonder what top rankers do differently to achieve those numbers that you thought were definitely within your reach? You studied well, and to the best of your capacity and capability. Then what went wrong and where? What is the missing link that will bridge the gap between your score and the highest scores achieved? […]

Another year of creative art courses has kick-started in the Indian Institute of Hyderabad (IIT-H), where renowned artists come in to impart experiential knowledge in the field of theatre, performing arts, music and creative writing among students. The creative arts programme at IIT-H offers undergraduate students a chance to earn credits in fine arts, by […]

It’s all fun in movies, but when an incident strikes in real, a rather unpleasant one wherein the key players bear the same surname, it ceases to be funny. More so, when the complainant, the accused and an important party in the case are all named Pandey. The IIT BHU case (link) that has had […]

Hey all, PaGaLGuY is proud to announce its first ever Photography Competition exclusively for Engineering Students. To be judged by none other than the Pulitzer Prize nominee photographer Arko Datta. Who can participate: If you are studying in an engineering institute, be it an IIT, IIIT, NIT or in any other Government or Private engineering college, this […]

Amidst recent changes in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) criteria and pattern, the Haryana government has decided to do away with the Diploma Entrance Test (DET) for admission to diploma courses. DET was a written exam conducted by the Haryana State Technical Education Society (HSTES) for admission to three year diploma engineering courses in Haryana. […]

In a battle between logic and creativity, the students at IIT Guwahati tug it to bag the prestigious title of ‘Kriti’, the annual inter hostel technical fest of IIT Guwahati. Kriti is organised every year in February by the Technical Board of the college. Students from the various disciplines come together to participate in the […]

In this series of articles, we take a look at the engineering colleges in Haryana that admit students on the basis of their performance in the JEE (Main) exam. Haryana is an ideal destination for students seeking higher professional education. Haryana is home to many institutes of repute like the Indian National Defence University, Kurukshetra […]

Haryana is an ideal destination for students seeking higher professional education. Haryana is home to many institutes of repute like the Indian National Defence University, Kurukshetra University, IIT Delhi (Sonepat Campus), NIT(Kurukshetra) and IIM (Rohtak). This year the admissions to undergraduate engineering courses available at various engineering colleges will be conducted by Haryana State Technical […]