Education News: Top newsmakers of the week- NEET, DU admissions, THE rankings, IITs and more

Education News: Top newsmakers of the week- NEET, DU admissions, THE rankings, IITs and more

A lot happened this week in the education sector, NMC announced the academic session for the incoming MBBS students. The NEET PG counselling process for two states are underway. THE rankings were announced and six IITs boycotted it. Delhi University added a new feature on the dashboard for undergraduate students to check tentative ranks. Here’s […]

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Why are IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay revamping their curriculum?

Why are IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay revamping their curriculum?

When the two most sought-after IITs are changing their curriculum, it undoubtedly brings forward several questions — from the requirement of such an overhaul to the kind of changes being brought in and the reason for such a decision. Especially in the post-pandemic era, when the education sector has already witnessed a sea change in […]

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IIT Delhi set for curriculum revamp for all courses, says new Director

IIT Delhi set for curriculum revamp for all courses, says new Director

In an interview, Banerjee said the knowledge and technology landscape is rapidly changing and the curriculum has to match up the pace, and therefore IIT-Delhi has formed a panel for the curriculum review for all courses. From being engineering institutions to becoming full-fledged universities, IITs have evolved over the years, he said. “We are going […]

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World Teachers’ Day 2022: Over 4,500 faculty posts vacant across IITs, Kharagpur tops the list

World Teachers’ Day 2022: Over 4,500 faculty posts vacant across IITs, Kharagpur tops the list

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) — country’s premier technology schools — together have over 4,500 faculty positions vacant, according to government data. Of the 23 IITs, IIT Kharagpur has the highest number of faculty vacancies at 798, followed by IIT Madras with 482 vacant positions, and IIT (ISM)- Dhanbad with 446 vacancies. IIT Tirupati […]

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CUET Results 2022: Students need not worry, ‘normalisation’ of marks causes neither benefit nor loss, says UGC Chairman

CUET Results 2022: Students need not worry, ‘normalisation’ of marks causes neither benefit nor loss, says UGC Chairman

Prof Kumar made the reiteration in a statement after many students complained that despite performing well their normalised scores are much lower compared to their “actual scores based on the answer keys”. “Normalization causes neither benefit nor loss to the students. Since they are writing in different sessions and the difficulty levels are different, even […]

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IIT-Delhi, UK Research and Innovation team, up to solve water logging issues in urban areas

IIT-Delhi, UK Research and Innovation team, up to solve water logging issues in urban areas

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) has joined hands with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launched a mobile application ‘IITD Aab Prahari’ to solve the water logging issues in urban areas in India. The two teams are coming together to address and find solutions […]

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JEE Advanced 2022: IIT-Bombay most preferred institute among top 1000 rankers, followed by IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur

JEE Advanced 2022: IIT-Bombay most preferred institute among top 1000 rankers, followed by IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur

IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, and IIT-Kanpur have consistently retained their positions as the most preferred institutes among the top 1,000 rank holders of the Joint Entrance Examination JEE Advanced, which shows an analysis of the exam statistics from 2016 to 2020. Among the three, IIT-Bombay is the most sought-after tech college among the toppers. IIT-Delhi is the […]

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‘Why are students choosing Computer Science, IT over other engineering branches?’ Former IIT-Delhi director questions

‘Why are students choosing Computer Science, IT over other engineering branches?’ Former IIT-Delhi director questions

Former IIT Delhi director V Ramgopal Rao, Monday raised a question on the increasing number of candidates choosing Computer Science Engineering (CSE) and IT engineering. Rao believes that the situation is the same in almost every college that has visited or heard about. “Colleges are hardly able to fill even one-third of the available seats […]

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IITs’ multi-disciplinary approach well aligned with NEP 2020: President Droupadi Murmu

IITs’ multi-disciplinary approach well aligned with NEP 2020: President Droupadi Murmu

Murmu also said that the story of IITs is the story of independent India. “The IITs proved to the world the capability of India in the domains of education and technology. In more than one way, the story of the IITs is the story of Independent India. The IITs have contributed immensely to India’s improved […]

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