Newton’s Law of Gravitation is a fundamental law we study in early classes. This law gives the gravitational force of attraction between two bodies located at some separation. This law forms the basis of understanding gravitational field theory. To cover the basics related to Newton’s Law of Gravitation, see the video below: There are some […]

Gitanjit Medhi, a class 9 student of the Resonance PCCP Mumbai Study Centre, has been selected for the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (INMO) training Camp to be held in New Delhi in Feb 2016. He is one of only 3 students to be selected from Mumbai. Medhi expressed pleasure on his selection. Mathematical Olympiads are […]

In a post last week, we wrote about AICTE wanting to reduce 6 lakh engineering seats across India. That the need to do so is immediate and apparent is visible from the dire straits that the engineering education sector in Odisha is facing, as reported by scroll.in yesterday. Over 30,000 seats from the available 46,000 seats have gone […]

Cases of Toppling: There are several problems framed on cases of toppling. A body topples over a point only if the line of action of its weight crosses this point in either direction where it can topple. Below is a case of toppling of a prism which is fundamental but very important in understanding the […]

Prom night zeal, first date jitters, and the fervour of dressing up: all are alien experiences to many IITians. Popular demand from students led to the birth of a prom night culture in IIT Bombay (IITB) and IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) last year. While IITB has restricted prom night entry to only 4th year students, IITGN […]

A seminar inviting suggestions from the youth brigade of the education city Kota was conducted in Allen Career Institute’s Samyak campus, at Kunhari, Kota by the consultants of Feedback Infra Ltd. who have been appointed by the Municipal Corporation of Kota for the Smart City initiative. The suggestions and solutions would be then proposed to […]

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has invited applications for the posts of Sr. Project Technical Assistants. The details of the vacancies are as follows: No. of vacancies: 20 Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in electronics/ Telecommunication Engineering OR diploma in electronics/ Telecommunication Engineering with at least two years of experience Age […]

The Fine Arts and Crafts Club staged its competitive event “Split Painting” on Wednesday the 16th. With participation capped at 39 teams, an enthusiastic turn up by 35 teams was encouraging and is strongly indicative of the passionate interest in the fine arts harbored by the students. The theme for the event was “Paradigm Shift” […]

That the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA)-run process of common admissions to the IITs, NITs & other institutes was successful in reducing vacant seats across institutes is not enough, it has also helped reduce stress on students, stated HRD Minister Smriti Irani, at an NIT Council meeting early this month. The NIT Council is the body that governs […]

Monkey raids a dustbin in IIT Madras hostel. Doors of the hostel rooms left open invite, not just fellow hostel mates but, a bunch of monkeys in IIT Madras. Amidst the students and faculty, monkeys too seem to be equally a part of the entire grind. From raiding open hostel rooms, dust bins, and even […]