Four IITs, including Delhi and Madras, get new directors

New Delhi, Jan 10 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Delhi, Madras, Mandi and Indore got new directors on Monday, according to officials. While IIT-Bombay professor Rangan Banerjee has been appointed as the next director of IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras professor V Kamakoti has been appointed as the director of the institute, they said. Kamakoti designed India’s […]

NCC Chief inaugurates Republic Day camp for cadets

New Delhi, Jan 4  The Republic Day camp for the cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was formally inaugurated by its Director General Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The camp is held at the culmination of one complete year of training of NCC cadets and is conducted […]

Students of IIT Madras to conduct workshop on menstrual hygiene

Chennai, Dec 27( BPNS) The Students of the elite Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) will be conducting a menstrual awareness programme,’ Unmute’ focusing on menstrual hygiene management. The students of the premier institute will also be conducting awareness programmes on self-defence techniques to prevent sexual assault. A statement from the IIT- Madras said that […]

US consulate, Chennai for promotion of South India as study destination for US students

Chennai, Nov  19 (BPNS) The Consulate of the United States of America in Chennai held a week-long virtual workshop “Destination South India” in association with IIT Madras, United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF), and the US-based Forum on Education Abroad (FEA) for non-governmental organizations and educational institutions to promote South India as a foreign study […]

MG University removes head of Nano department following complaint from SC woman researcher

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 (BPNS) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala has removed the head of department of Nano Science and Technology department, Dr. Nandakumar Kalarickal from the post. A research scholar, Deepa Mohan who belongs to Scheduled Caste community had complained against the Professor that she was facing caste-based harassment from the head of department. The […]

Government school students of TN improve performance in NEET

Chennai, Nov 4 (BPNS ) While the DMK and its allies in Tamil Nadu have been on a campaign that the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) would lead to destruction of medical education in Tamil Nadu as it does not favours government school students, students of government schools, and government-aided schools have improved their […]