Articles in IIT Ropar
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. […]
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 […]
Hyderabad is slowly being seen as the next big city after Kota for engineering prep. The city proved its mettle by bagging five of the top 10 All India Ranks in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced, 2015. It also made a mark by securing more than 85 % of selections within the IIT-Madras zone. There are […]
Campus placements for the academic year 2014-15 at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) saw quite a number of Global and Indian conglomerates recruiting 1,118 graduates from the institution. The placements were conducted in two phases starting December 2014, for which a total of 1675 students had registered. Students from Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Master […]
Written by Amal Kumar Mandal, who passed out from the IIT Kharagpur batch of 1965. This story was written for the souvenir of their 2015 Alumni Meet, where their batch celebrated its Golden Jubilee. It was long ago on the time scale, but is still nearest to my heartbeat: the vivid reverberations of the daily […]
Kota yet again produces the topper for this year’s JEE (A) exams. The engineering coaching hub at Kota is bustling with activity as each of the coaching institute is busy tallying the number of students scoring top ranks in the exam. Most of them were yet to confirm their numbers by the time of publishing […]
“My residence hall is about 1.5 KM this way,” says Manish Goyal, looking west, “and my classes are held about 1 KM from here, that way” pointing southwest. We’re standing near the administrative building of IIT Kharagpur, where Manish is a final year student. “Now imagine the amount I’d have to walk daily, twice a […]
The ongoing controversy between IIT Madras and Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, an independent student body of IIT Madras has been resolved as of now. PaGaLGuY spoke to a spokesperson from IIT Madras who confirmed that APSC has been reinstated. The decision to ‘re-recognise’ the body came after series of meetings held between APSC and the director […]
The ongoing IIT Madras versus the Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) controversy, in a way, has done more good than harm. Good, because it has united IITians and IIT students across the board and that too for a cause that is too simple to feel cliquish about – freedom of expression. Harm because, a controversy which […]