Rolling Motion of a body is a combination of both translational and rotational motion of a round shaped body placed on a surface. When a body is set in rolling motion, every particle of body has two velocities – one due to its rotational motion and the other due to its translational motion, and the […]

Allen Career Institute of Kota has set a National Record as ‘India’s Largest Educational (Coaching) Institute’, which has been certified by the Limca Book of Records. The Certificate, issued by Vijaya Ghose, Editor, Limca Book of Records, states “National Record: Allen Career Institute, which is the largest educational (coaching) institute (by student strength) at a […]

Wearing slippers in his hands instead of his legs, a polio-infected student from Bihar has utilised his coaching in Kota to success, and is now studying in NIT Arunachal Pradesh. Deepak Singh, originally from a village in the Paliganj region of Patna district (Bihar), has defied all odds to reach a place people like him […]

IIT-B has introduced ethics and honour codes in order to curb academic malpractices in the institutes. The authorities have released a 4 page document comprising six broad sections and the penalties charged on account of defiance of any rule or code. The institute has a committee called ADAC (Academic Discipline Action Committee) including professors and […]

Suicides at the IITs have grabbed enough attention from the public and the authorities at the IITs. Six suicides have been recorded in the IITs, so far this year. We spoke about the barriers that students faced while approaching a counsellor in the campus in the Part-1. Here is what the IITs had to say when […]

Jaswant Gembali, a student of Allen Career Institute Kota, preparing for the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), has won the OLX Ideathon 2015 Award for his innovative idea on the Swacch Bharat Mission. The Ideathon ran a campaign under the theme ‘My Country My Idea’, where Jaswant’s idea was selected amongst the 10 best ideas […]

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has invited applications for various posts. The details of the vacancies are as follows: Posts                              No. of vacancies                              Remuneration (in Rs.) […]

Like impulse in translational motion, we define angular impulse in rotational motion. When an external torque is acting on a rotating body, the rate of change of angular momentum gives the magnitude of the torque acting. Using the logic, the product of torque and time for which the torque is acting on the body, gives […]

The National Institute of Immunology has invited applications for the posts of Junior Research Fellows (JRF)/ Senior Research Fellows (SRF). The details of the vacancies are as follows: Total No. of vacancies: 02 Junior Research Fellows (JRF) Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess an M.Sc. or equivalent degree in the Biological Sciences from a recognized university […]

IITs introduce off-beat electives in their core curriculum to provide experience, recreation, or alternative education to their students. Although most of the IITs have now accepted the relevance of such subjects, the mentality in some of the top institutes is surprisingly contradictory. IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay are two such institutes that do not allocate […]