The early winter breeze made an appearance in the academic area of IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) as Smriti Irani inaugurated Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) on November 30, 2015. It was a remarkable moment for both students, and staff of IITGN as MHRD minister did more than just inaugurate a programme. Photo: Gourav Shukla Smriti […]

What happened during our years of schooling was barely in our hands. We had weekly timetables until we graduated from school. We had textbooks that told us what to learn and exams that tested what we were able to remember from them. Then the famous 10th boards happened. We chose the science stream, and ensured […]

For the first time since its inception the 51st Inter IIT Sports Meet has been cancelled. Unexpected heavy rains lashed out Chennai in November due to which IITM will not be able to host the event.  It has been a ritual at IITs to participate in this sports event but unfortunately, IITians will not be […]

As we have studied the gravitational potential due to a solid sphere at various points in surrounding, and inside of the sphere we can use the same results for the gravitational potential due to Earth. Using these expressions, we can find the gravitational potential energy of any mass located at a point anywhere on Earth. […]

Bansal Classes of Kota Rumours were doing rounds, about a possible collaboration of Kota’s Bansal Classes with another premier coaching institute, earlier this year. However, Bansal Classes has put such speculations to rest. The website of the Bansal Classes put up a ‘notice’ refuting the rumours any kind of merger with any other coaching institute. […]

Coaching classes students in Kota, who initially faced issues while registering for JEE Mains, will now have some respite. JEE Main orgainisers have released FAQs to solve such issues of students.   The FAQs consist of questions like, ‘If a candidate has passed in 2014 and has appeared for improvement in 2015, what he will […]

The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) has been in news since it expelled 73 BTech students earlier this year for failing to achieve the qualifying grade. After a prolonged legal battle between the students and the authorities, the students’ mercy plea was considered and they were readmitted to the first year again. The academic […]

It has been more than two months since we arrived here at IITK. But somehow, the last few weeks (takneek and midsems) seem to have been the longest. Opinions forged before coming to IITK (Ha!) have already given way to new ones.  In the “Disneyland of everything under the Sun”, life is pretty fast and […]

Ragging, as one of the most rampant college crimes a decade ago, led to many institutes in India devising innovative ways to curb the crime. In lieu of several ragging cases in the past, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, has implemented a rule that prohibits senior students from meeting the freshers upto the […]

Once again coaching institutes of Kota have proved their mettle in the International Olympiads as three students of Resonance Coaching Institute and two students of Allen Career Institute, won a gold medal each, in the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in South Korea this month. The final round of the 12th IJSO conducted by […]