Approximately 185 category students enrolled for a preparatory course at 19 IITs in the year 2015. What is a Preparatory course? It is structured to prepare students to pursue the academic programme to which they wish to been allocated at respective IITs.  This one year long course is done on the basis of relaxed admission […]

The second round list of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA)  was announced on July 6, 2016. Those candidates who have been allotted seats for the first time this round must report to the respective reporting centres and accept the seats. The SBI branches near some of the RCs will remain open on and 9th July […]

1) Former Nokia executive Tejinder Kalra joins Indus Towers as COO a) Indus Towers has appointed Tejinder Kalra as the Chief Operating Officer. His appointment is effective since July 1. b) He joins Indus Towers from Nokia, where he was the Global Head for Bharti Business in his most recent role. c) He also worked […]

The Arjuna Group recently organised a motivation seminar in Kota to share the ‘4D’ Formula with coaching aspirants who are preparing for the IIT-JEE. At the 8th Motivational Seminar of the Arjuna group, titled ‘Parivartan’ organized at the Instrumentation Limited, Kota last Sunday night, the topic of Seminar was ‘My Dream IIT… Making it Reality! Kaise kare sapne saakaar?’. […]

If you think not getting admission in an engineering college is the reason behind taking a drop year, then you are wrong. Then why do students drop? There are two possible reasons. – Not fulfilling the eligibility criteria – Which rarely happens – Wanting a better future – The major reason behind taking a drop […]

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) had scheduled to release the MHT-CET second round list of CAP (Central Admission Process) yesterday, July 7, by 5pm. However, the list hasn’t been released yet. Students have been frantically waiting for the list since yesterday afternoon and are not disgruntled with the near 24-hour delay. The official DTE website is […]

The number of vacant seats in the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) during the ongoing process of seat allocation has seen an increase.  The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) in an earlier statement had said that after the first round, about 78 seats in NITs – Jalandhar, Mizoram, Sikkim, Calicut, and Nagaland were vacant. This […]

The notice sent to the hostel residents of IITR for missing yoga camp.  While some IITs are struggling with fund being slashed, setting up of new campus, dealing with admissions for next academic year, IIT Roorkee students have something really bizarre to deal with – Disciplinary actions and fines for not attending yoga camps. Students who chose […]

1. Union cabinet approves setting up of major port at Enayam in Tamil Nadu a) The Union cabinet has given a nod to set up a major port at Enayam in Tamil Nadu. The estimated cost of the project is around Rs. 25,000 crores. b) A special purpose vehicle will be formed for development of […]

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