Articles in IIT Roorkee
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R), the organising institute for the Graduate Aptitude of Test in Engineering (GATE) 2017, released a list of candidates that are ineligible to take the exam in February next year. Candidates were disqualified as they did not have the requisite educational qualification to appear in GATE 2017. Candidates can […]
Prof Pradipta Banerji from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R), recently finished his term as the Director, and is currently at IIT Bombay, in the Civil Engineering department. In a candid interview with IIT-R’s student news body, Prof Banerji expressed his views about the institute, and his idea of how the institute should be. […]
The organising institute for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) – the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) – released mock tests for each of the 23 branches of the exam. Candidates can visit the official portal to take the test. Though the website asks for ‘login ID and password’, candidates can just click ‘Sign […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R), the organising institute for GATE 2017 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) released the examination schedule on the official GATE portal. The test will be conducted on February 4, 5, 11, and 12, 2017; i.e. first and second weekend of that month. GATE 2017 examination schedule February 4, 2017 (Saturday): Session 1 – […]
Some students at India’s premier engineering institutes, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), are expelled because of poor academic performance. They are among the top 10,000 students from an odd 11 lakh candidates who take the Joint Entrance Examination, to secure a seat at the IITs. Though their poor scores can be attributed to various factors, the […]
Some students at India’s premier engineering institutes, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), are expelled because of poor academic performance. They are among the top 10,000 students from an odd 11 lakh candidates who take the Joint Entrance Examination, to secure a seat at the IITs. Though their poor scores can be attributed to various factors, the […]
Thomso is the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R). Held in the month of October,last year’s edition witnessed a footfall of about 40,000, making it the largest cultural fest of Northern India. Celebrating its 34th year, this year’s theme is ‘Song of the Wildflower’. Rishabh Gupta, Head of […]
IIT Roorkee has been in the news for expelling the under-performing students. By under performers, it refers to the students who have scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) below 5. However, the institute has decided to lower the bar of CGPA, in order to curb the number of students failing to pass the year. […]
18 students from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) who were expelled earlier this month have been readmitted. This decision was taken by the institute’s Senate yesterday, August 11. The meeting which was held yesterday, went on for about five hours starting at 4 pm last evening. The students were initially expelled on […]
IIT Roorkee has expelled eleven students just before they could seek admission to the second year of B Tech. According to the institute, the students failed to make the requisite CGPA score (5). Last year too, IIT Roorkee had expelled 73 students for the same reason. They were later re-admitted on strict conditions. Unlike […]