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IT major Cognizant to offer 18% higher pay packages to entry-level engineers joining next year
• 6 years agoEngineering students graduating in June 2020 will see the offer made by Cognizant increase from Rs 3.38 lakh per annum to Rs 4 lakh
IITs dominate first-ever rankings of Indian institutes by UK-based think tank on higher education
• 7 years agoIIT Bombay tops the 'QS India University Rankings', with IITs Madras (3), Delhi (4), Kharagpur (5), Kanpur (6), Roorkee (9) and Guwahati (10) grabbing seven of the top 10 slots.
IIT-Council rejects proposal to reform JEE (Advanced), will continue to offer B Tech courses, says Prakash Javadekar
• 7 years agoIIT council decided Monday it will continue to offer B Tech programmes and there will be no reform in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)
Narendra Modi addresses IIT-Bombay convocation ceremony, credits institutes for building 'Brand India' globally
Fp Staff • 7 years agoNarendra Modi on Saturday addressed the convocation ceremony of IIT-Bombay and said that the success of the IITs led to the creation of numerous engineering colleges.
JEE Advanced 2018: Drop in number of qualifying students reflects larger issues of Indian education system
Raghav Pandey • 7 years agoThe current drop in the number of qualifying students in the JEE is just a small symptom of the larger problem, the Indian educations system is facing.
Bahujan Azad Party: 50 IITians quit jobs, set to form political outfit to fight for rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes
• 7 years agoA group of 50 alumni from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country have quit their jobs to form a political party to fight for the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
HRD ministry asks IITs to develop revenue model
• 8 years agoThe HRD ministry is of the view that a revenue model needs to be worked out before any further discussion on recent IIT fee hike and concessions
Cabinet approves six new IITs in AP, Chhatisgarh, Goa, J&K, Kerala and Karnataka
Fp Archives • 9 years agoSix new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be set up in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Karnataka with the Union Cabinet on Wednesday clearing a proposal in this regard.
Over 4,400 students dropped out of IITs, NITs in three years: HRD Minister Smriti Irani
Fp Archives • 10 years agoOver 4,400 students dropped out of IITs and NITs in the last three years due to various reasons including "academic stress", HRD Minister Smriti Irani told Lok Sabha and assured that corrective actions have been initiated.
India's B-schools need a reality check. They're not the only ones
Fp Editors • 13 years agoPremier higher education institutes in the country are riddled with problems. But B-schools aren't the only ones facing an education crisis.