It was an atmosphere of zeal and curiosity as the inauguration ceremony of TRYST went underway at IIT Delhi on Friday, February 26. The much anticipated evening was a packed house as the technical minds from institutes across India flocked to the Dogra Hall to witness the event. The event started off with the launch […]

1. Railway budget 2016-17 tabled in Parliament (i) On February 25th, the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu tabled the Railway Budget, 2016-17 in the Parliament. In his address Prabhu said, this Budget owes inspiration to the vision of PM Narendra Modi — to make railways backbone of India’s progress & economic development’. (ii) There was […]

On 26th February, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Economic Survey 2016 -17 for the current fiscal year in the Parliament. Prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, it is a key government survey released before the Union Budget. The survey has projected India’s growth to be in the range of 7.0% […]

IIT Patna and Centre for Tele-Infrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University, Denmark have signed an MoU on December 09, 2015. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Director IIT Patna, and Prof. Ramjee Prasad, Director CTIF, Denmark. This collaboration is set to propel young engineers and researchers of IIT Patna towards research, innovation […]

Once again the rich cultural diversity in IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) was brought out on the occasion of Matribhasha Diwas. The evening of 21st February was filled with colours, when students, staff, faculties and their children painted an extra daily picture of oneness in multeity. The programme sprang to life with a student paying tribute to […]

A recent great mind-blowing achievement by some scientists and physicians has opened a new door to explore more about the universe and the Big-Bang. This may ultimately lead us to finding out the answer to the greatest question ever- “How life emerged and how did  the planet earth come into existence?” Several decades ago Einstein […]

IIT Guwahati’s gymkhana elections are just around the corner as the students gear up to choose their future leaders and representatives. Students from one of the best engineering colleges of the country are not only considered to be extremely smart and hard-working, but they also have a lot of innovative ideas up their sleeves. Every […]

Earlier this year, FLAME University invited entries for its annual ‘Intercollegiate Film Festival – FirstCut 2016’. This was the second edition. During last year’s edition of FirstCut, over 150 films from Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai had participated. This year it grew bigger and better, with more institutes participating. The fest received 230 entries […]

The Fourth Edition of The Woxsen Leadership Series at the Woxsen Campus on 19 Feb saw some of the most well known thought leaders from the political, business and journalism space in India articulate their well-informed views on the forces shaping the leadership landscape in India and globally. Ably moderated by Paromita Chatterjee, Senior Editor […]

The British Prime Minister David Cameron recently announced that the referendum (vote) on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU) will take place on 23rd June, 2016 to decide on whether the nation should remain a part of the European Union or exit the bloc (hence the term Brexit). Understanding Britain’s referendum on its EU […]