Articles in Engineering 2024
Of course, the real reason I agreed to cover Leo Fortune was my journalistic probity – insti deserves to know what new place has set up shop to provide those crucial alternatives to mess. And I’d gotten over to Leo’s, having Guru and Himalaya close by. So, is Leo Fortune worth the walk? Well, for […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s town hall at IIT Delhi was limited to just 900 students (3500 applied for a lottery based seat in the auditorium before authorities closed entries) and about 200 invitees. One would have expected IITD’s students to ask him smart questions, especially around net neutrality and the issues plaguing Facebook’s Free Basics […]
The Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi has invited applications for the posts of Post Doctoral Fellow. The details of the vacancies are as follows: No. of vacancies: 01 Essential Qualifications: refer to the official notification Age limit: Candidates should not be more than 35 years of age as on 03.11.2015 Remuneration: Rs. 45,000 – 50,000/- […]
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has invited applications for the post of Sr. Research fellow/ Research Associate. The details of the vacancies are as follows: No. of vacancies: 01 Essential Qualifications: as per the notification Age limit: Candidates should not be more than 32 years of age for the post of SRF and 35 […]
The Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi has invited applications for the post of Junior Research Fellow. The details of the vacancies are as follows: No. of vacancies: 01 Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess a First class M.Sc. in Mathematics (Preferably Applied Mathematics) from a recognized university or institute. Candidates should also be NET/ GATE qualified. […]
In a quiet move in parallel to the ongoing stories rotating around the MHRD, the IITs, and NITs & other institutes, IIT-Guwahati has gone ahead and launched the JEE (Advanced) 2016 website already. While much of the information is still pending given official notifications and even the dates are not yet out, especially JEE (Main) […]
ORM. Sounds like a fluid replacement therapy or an operating system developed by a techie doesn’t it? It’s not. It is a social welfare initiative started by IIT Indore’s social welfare club, Avana. ‘One Rupee Miracle’ (ORM) is an initiative where students of IITI donate one rupee a day, whose collection is later used by […]
As already covered, the gravitational field strength at a point in space is given by the force experienced by a unit mass placed at that point, and gravitational field strength due to a point mass can be easily calculated by the ratio of the force experienced by a test mass placed at that point. In […]
IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) is the most recent of all IIT to adopt a Deferred Placement Policy. In fact, it is also the only one amongst the newer IITs to have implemented this change. The idea behind this initiative is to encourage the start-up culture among IITGN students as well as to provide them leeway to […]
On Tuesday, we discussed how the MHRD was finding it difficult to intervene in a tussle between NIT Rourkela’s Director and the Chairperson of the Board of Governors. Over the last few days, reports of the MHRD interfering with IITs and NITs have been pouring out. First, it was an article in the Telegraph that mentioned […]