The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main every year, for admissions in engineering colleges in India. Each year lakhs of students give JEE Main to secure a seat at IITs, NITs, IIITs, and other centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs), by participating state government and many other institutes. JEE Main […]

The recent suicide incident at IIT Hyderabad had triggered a few questions. Does caste-based discrimination still exists? Does this mean that intolerance in India is indeed increasing? When I asked these questions to myself, I thought it is unfair to generalize the whole country on the basis of a few incidents. So, as a student […]

January with its origin deep rooted in the Greek mythology reminds us of the Greek God Janus, bestowed with the ability to look at the past and the future. Janus being the God of gates, bridges and doors, symbolises our ingrained habit of learning from the past, and the endemic hankering for deciding and knowing […]

It was night already and the deadline for the submission of the assignment was the very next day. The assignment was a big one and no one in the entire third year Computer Science and Engineering department had finished it yet. But there was not even an iota of anxiety in anyone’s mind. After all, […]

The VIT University is conducting the Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam (VITEEE) 2016 and applications are invited for aspirants for admissions to various undergraduate engineering programmes. The admissions to the campuses in Vellore and Chennai is based only on the candidate’s performance in the VITEEE exam. Both the campuses together have close to […]

Two decades ago, entrepreneurship in India was largely related to family-owned businesses. Government jobs were the preference, and not many students dreamt of venturing into start-ups. However, with the recent Government policies encouraging start-ups, increasing number of students are opting for entrepreneurship. For two students of K J Somaiya College of Engineering, establishing ‘SnackBar’ in […]

The Central Pollution Control Board has invited applications for the posts of Junior Research Fellowships. The details of the vacancies are as follows: No. of vacancies: 08 Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess a Post Graduate (PG) Degree in Basic Sciences/ Environmental Sciences/ other allied subjects and NET qualified (NET-JRF) OR Graduate Degree in Professional Course […]

1. Aditya Mehta wins 83rd Senior National Snooker Championship 1. Aditya Mehta recently won the 83rd Senior National Snooker Championship in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. 2. Mehta achieved this feat by defeating Manan Chandra 6-3 in the final. 3. In the women’s category, Vidya Pillai won the finals by defeating Amee Kamani 4-2. 2. 30th Surajkund […]

Uttarakhand is an ideal destination for students seeking higher professional education. Admissions to undergraduate engineering courses available at various engineering colleges will be conducted by the Uttarakhand Technical University, which is the only affiliating university of the state managing private as well as government institutions. There are 4 constituent and 118 affiliated colleges with 50,000 […]

In this new series of articles, we take a look at the engineering college in Uttarakhand that admit students on the basis of their performance in the JEE (Main) exam. Uttarakhand is an ideal destination for students seeking higher professional education. Admissions to undergraduate engineering courses available at various engineering colleges will be conducted by […]