In a first, IIT-B alumnus to head institute’s Board of Governors

In a first, IIT-B alumnus to head institute’s Board of Governors

AN IIT-Bombay alumnus has been appointed as the Chairperson of the institute’s Board of Governors (BoG). Dr Sharad Kumar Saraf, an alumnus of IIT-B, Electrical Engineering, 1969 batch, has been a member of the IIT-B BoG for the past four years. He is also serving as the Chairperson of the BoG at IIT-Jammu. Saraf is […]

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IIT Bombay students threaten to go on hunger strike over fee hike

IIT Bombay students threaten to go on hunger strike over fee hike

Students of IIT-Bombay have threatened to go on hunger strike over the recent hike in fees for MTech and PhD programmes if their demands for a rollback are not met by August 5. On Thursday, following the announcement about the hunger strike, the institute accepted students’ demand to include their representatives in the Standing Committee […]

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IIT Bombay students protest fee hike for postgraduate, PhD courses

IIT Bombay students protest fee hike for postgraduate, PhD courses

Around 100 students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay staged a spontaneous sit-in protest at its main building Tuesday after they were allegedly not allowed to meet the director to submit an open letter against a hike in fees for postgraduate and PhD courses. The sit-in protest lasted for around an hour before […]

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IIT Hyderabad to offer MTech in Heritage Science and Technology; here’s how to apply

IIT Hyderabad to offer MTech in Heritage Science and Technology; here’s how to apply

Starting August 2022, IIT Hyderabad (IIT-H) will offer MTech in Heritage Science and Technology with three specialisations. The institute inaugurated a new Department of Heritage Science and Technology (HST) on International Yoga Day, 2022. The department was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan Dr Vijay Bhatkar, best known as the father of India’s PARAM series supercomputers. The […]

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