If the numbers of aspiring engineers qualified in EAMCET-2015 are anything to go by, then engineering education in Andhra Pradesh is surely on a decline. Web counselling of EAMCET-2015 is likely to take place in August. The number of engineering candidates who appeared for EAMCET-2015 are 1, 28,162. However, as on the last day of […]

This is the first part of our analysis on the data released on July 13, 2015 by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2015 (JoSAA) at the end of Round 2 of allocations of seats in the IITs, NITs, IIITs & other GFTIs. Along with the allocations, the JEE (Advanced) Authority also released a table of […]

This year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced in his budget speech that Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, will be converted to a full-fledged IIT. Once it does, IIT Dhanbad will become the 3rd oldest IIT institute, after IIT Roorkee (founded as Thomason College of Engineering in 1847, converted to an IIT in 2001) and […]

This is the last article in our 4-part series about the Kota-teacher-poaching problem and we bring to you some solutions. Vipul Mehta, Professor at IIT Pace, Mumbai, gives his perspective of how and why the industry in Mumbai is resistant to this plaque and what can bring in a brighter future…. Kota is a small […]

Once again Computer Science at the IIT-Bombay proved to be the most sought after choice of the JEE toppers. Apart from the first ranker Satvat Jagwani, a lot of other top rankers too have secured a seat for computer science at IIT-Bombay (IIT-B) in the joint seat allocation. The dream of Satvat Jagwani to secure […]

The slow down server issue of the official portal of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) caused problems to a lot of students. Many JEE rankers were unhappy because of this server issue in which they had to lock in their choices. This meant that a lot of students could not participate accurately in the process. […]

The first two parts in the series threw light on the rampant poaching of teachers in Kota. Here is the third part in the series in which Nitin Vijay, Managing Director, Motion Education Ltd. Kota, gives his outlook on this matter of concern. His viewpoint of maintaining stability in an organisation throws some light on […]

The Defence Research and Development Organisation has invited applications for the posts of Junior Research Fellows. The details of the vacancies are as follows: No. of vacancies: 07 Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess a Postgraduate degree in Life sciences (Physiology/ Bio-chemistry/ Bio-medical sciences) with at least 60% marks. Candidates should also be CSIR-NET/ UGC-NET/ GATE qualified. Age […]

For all those readers out there who have already developed opinions about the Kota teacher poaching issue, here is another angle to the story that will probably help you get some perspective. Through this article, Pankaj Birla (Vice President, Allen Career Institute) describes his content with the progress of the Coaching Industry in Kota. In […]

One of the oldest in the elite group of engineering colleges, IIT- Kharagpur,  has received the highest number of applications this year. According to JoSAA records, IIT-Kharagpur received around 2.5 lakh applications which is the highest among all IITs. This, according to IIT Kharagpur officials is because, one, a wide variety of courses  and specialisations […]