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IIT Roorkee student commits suicide

An IIT Roorkee student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan inside his room in the hostel premises at Roorkee in Haridwar, police said today. 25-year-old Udai Tanajirao Biradare, a second year M.Tech student at IIT Roorkee was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room yesterday, Circle officer Renu Loheni said.  Biradare hailed from Latur in Maharashtra, she said.  Police have recovered a suicide note from the spot which says the victim was taking the extreme step as he had let down his parents who had expected him to become a doctor.  

Request made to Union HRD Ministry to increase more attempts for IIT aspirants

After learning about UPSC’s recent announcement of increasing attempts to appear in Civil Services Exam, for all the categories of candidates, Mathematician Anand Kumar of Super 30 fame has come forward with his similar request of increasing number of attempts for students to be able to qualify in IITs. Kumar urged the union HRD minister MM Pallam Raju, by writing him a letter for introducing a similar` opportunity for students to be able to qualify the JEE advance examination. Through letter that Kumar has addressed to the union HRD minister, he requested the ministry to also take the initiative to increase the number of chances for JEE aspirants as well. He urged ministry to consider his request, particularly for the underprivileged sections in the rural areas, since the students from those regions are hardly able to undergo quality schooling like students in urban areas. He added that students from rural areas begin with their preparations late due to dearth of opportunities. Anand

IIT-Kharagpur sanctions Rs.1.45 crore for green technology

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In a bid to encourage its students to develop green technologies for the campus, the  Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur  has sanctioned Rs.1.45 crore under its Innovation Challenge Grant. The grant is a research initiative under the Vision 2020 programme of the institute. Both undergraduate and post-graduate students will participate in the venture that will be funded in phases. "The students will come up with new  green technology  solutions for the campus and successful ideas will be implemented. The total funding amount is Rs.1.45 crore," Anirban Dhar, assistant professor  Department of Civil Engineering   at IIT-Kharagpur, told IANS Tuesday. "It is expected that the students will come up with innovative and implementable  technological  solutions for water, energy,  environment -related problems of our campus within reasonable time period," he said. Only successful ideas will be given further funding to move forward with their projects to prototype lev

786 from IIT-Mumbai placed in first session 2013-14

The highest offer was a Rs. 1.3-crore package from an international company Tech giant Cognizant came up with 27 offers — the maximum by a company — at the placement season of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), this year. At the end of the first phase of the placement drive that began on December 1 last year, 906 offers were made by 231 companies that visited the campus. A total of 786 students have been placed so far. The IITs have jointly decided to not reveal the names of the students with the highest offers. However, the highest offer was a Rs. 1.3-crore per annum package. Eight students received offers worth more than Rs. 77 lakh per annum from international companies, mostly based in the United States. The highest domestic offer this year was of Rs. 48.68 lakh per annum, and 35 students received offers above Rs. 20 lakh per annum. Four companies gave more than 15 offers to the students and Cognizant topped the list with 27 offers. Samsung Research

IIT-Kanpur starts earth sciences department

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has started earth sciences department. It was recommended by the institute's Academic Senate in its December meeting and later approved by the Board of Governors. Prof Rajiv Sinha has been appointed head of the department for three-year tenure, said IIT-K director Prof Indranil Manna. The entire non-teaching staff, space, laboratory, equipment and teaching load of geosciences group of civil engineering department has been transferred to the new department, the director added. "The aim behind starting this department is to produce a new breed of geoscientists in the country who would seek interdisciplinary solutions to earth science problems," said Prof Manna. The department will offer PhD programmes in earth sciences. PhD students of Prof Rajiv Sinha will move to the earth sciences department. MTech first-year students of geosciences programme will also move to the new department. The department will focus on the study o

IIT-Madras students get 906 job offers in first phase of placement season

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More than half the number of  IIT-Madras  students, who were eligible for placements, secured jobs in the first phase of  placement  season this year. The highest offer made to a student stands at $210,000. IIT-Madras students get 906 job offer 2014                A release from the institute said 231 companies that visited the campus made a total of 906 offers and 786  students  were placed. The first phase of the institute's placement season began on December 1, 2013, and ended on January 16, 2014. As many as 1,426 students registered for placements this year, of which 55.12% were placed. Eight students were offered jobs with pay packages exceeding $125,000 a year, while 35 students received offers with pay packages more than Rs20 lakh a year. The highest domestic offer is Rs 48,68,000 per annum. Four companies have given more than 15 offers to the students of IIT-Madras. They include IT major Cognizant Technology Solutions (27 offers) and Samsung Research India, Bangalore

IIT-D test drive a success, biogas-fuelled car a reality

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The latest models launched at the 12th Auto Expo 2014 are by now common knowledge among vehicle enthusiasts but few are aware that IIT Delhi has successfully tested India's first biogas-fuelled passenger car.  Biogas-fuelled car a reality                     Compressed biogas was tested on a regular CNG car for over 15,000km. The best news was for the environment — the emissions were lower than CNG. Also, existing CNG vehicles need not undergo any modification to be compatible to CBG.  The water-scrubbing-based biogas upgrade and compression/bottling system developed at the campus is now patented with IIT-D, promising a green and low cost fuel for automobiles and cooking. The project is being developed by Biogas Development and Training Centre, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi, and is being sponsored by ministry of new and renewable energy.  "IIT-D has developed a small scale biogas upgrading system using water scrubbing technology (20 m3/h sy