Indian Institute Of Technology

PM Modi set to address 57th convocation ceremony of IIT Delhi on Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday address the 57th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Over 3000 graduating students, including 587 PhD scholars, will be conferred their degrees during the ceremony. Recognising outstanding academic excellence, the prime minister will present the institute's most prestigious honours, including the President's Gold Medal, Director's Gold Medal, Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and Perfect Ten Gold Medals to meritorious students, an official statement said on Friday. Emphasising India's commitment to advancing cutting-edge research and artificial intelligence, Modi will inaugurate Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility established at the Sonipat Campus of IIT Delhi. The state-of-the-art facility is expected to significantly enhance the institute's capabilities in AI, data science, advanced computing and interdisciplinary research.

New composite manufacturing tech set to aid aerospace, auto, RE sectors

NIT Rourkela researchers have developed a patented 3D reinforced composite manufacturing technology to improve the strength and durability of FRP composites

IIT Delhi uses AI to improve streamflow predictions for India's rivers

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have combined traditional models used to predict streamflow in India's rivers with artificial intelligence, finding that the new approach significantly improved prediction accuracy in 208 of the 220 rivers tested. Accurate information of river flow is critical for water resources management, including irrigation scheduling, reducing flood risk, and reservoir operations. The team, Bhanu Magotra and Manabendra Saharia, said that large-scale hydrological models often produce significant uncertainties in streamflow estimates at local scales unless extensive basin-specific calibration is performed. Such calibration is computationally expensive and challenging to implement across a country as hydrologically diverse as India, they said. Calibration refers to the technique of adjusting a model's output to better align with observed real-world data. The AI-integrated approach, described in a paper in the journal Water Resource

IITs see strong recruiter rush on Day 1 as top firms roll out big offers

Day 1 of IIT placements saw a surge of top recruiters, with NVIDIA, Amazon, Zomato, Google and Flipkart among those offering high-value roles, as more students opted for final placements over PPOs

IIT Hyderabad develops 6G prototypes, targets readiness for 2030 rollout

The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad aims to ensure that India is not just a participant but a key player in shaping the 6G technology, which is expected to be rolled out by 2030, Professor Kiran Kuchi, leading telecommunications researcher at the premier institute has said. According to Professor Kuchi, 6G is not merely faster 5G, but will combine ubiquitous high-speed connectivity, urban, rural, indoors, outdoors, and across the land, oceans and skieswith artificial intelligence at its core. IIT Hyderabad stands at the forefront of the 6G journey. With support from various government institutions and departments, the institute has already demonstrated 6G prototypes in the 7 GHz band, advanced massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) antenna arrays, and satellite-compliant systems for both LEO (Low Earth Orbit) and GEO (geostationary Orbit) orbits, he added. Every decade, the world ushers in a new generation of mobile technology. 5G was standardised between 20102020.

IIT Kharagpur revokes segregation of veg, non veg seating system in hostel

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has withdrawn a notice that made segregation in seating arrangements in the dining hall of different hostels based on vegetarian and non-vegetarian food habits and choices, an official said. Hinting that the notice about the segregation of such seating arrangements at B R Ambedkar Hall had been issued without the knowledge of higher authorities, the institute director, Suman Chakraborty, told PTI on Friday, "The moment he came to know about the decision, it was scrapped following immediate consultation with others in the higher authority of the institute." "There should not be any such signage to segregate students assembled at the dining hall based on their culinary choice. We have ordered that such signage be removed in whichever dining hall it remains with immediate effect," he said. Chakraborty further said an academic institution should not impose such an order of segregation based on the food preferences of an individual. On August 16,

IIT Guwahati converts bamboo into high-performance automotive materials

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed an eco-friendly composite material made of 'Bambusa tulda', a fast-growing bamboo species in northeast India, combined with biodegradable polymers, officials said on Thursday. Due to its properties, such as high strength, thermal stability, low moisture absorption and cost effectiveness, the developed composite is a suitable replacement of conventional plastics used in automotive interiors. The findings of this research have been published in the prestigious journal, Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer Nature). Led by Poonam Kumari, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the research not only addresses the problem of plastic waste, but also provides a solution to the growing global demand for greener materials, particularly in the automotive manufacturing industry. "The researchers tested four bamboo-based composite formulations consisting of Bambusa tulda fibres reinforced

CCMT round 1 seat allotment result released at official website know more

NIT Warangal has issued the CCMT 2025 round 1 seat allotment. By paying the Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF) by June 14, candidates who have been assigned a seat must confirm their admission

IIT Delhi student found dead in hostel room under mysterious circumstances

The second-year PhD student was last seen two days ago; a forensic team has examined the scene and a postmortem will determine the cause of death

Cabinet approves Rs 11,829-cr expansion of five IITs, 6,576 new seats added

The expansion plan covers IITs in Bhilai, Dharwad, Jammu, Palakkad and Tirupati, adding 6,576 seats and 130 faculty posts with full implementation by FY29

Cabinet approves expansion of 5 new IITs, including IIT Jammu and Kashmir

Under this expansion project, five advanced research parks will also be built to strengthen partnerships between industry and academia

IIT-BHU signs MoU with Saras institute to offer foundation course in AI

Through this MoU, Saras will offer its foundational eight-week AI course as an open elective for IIT-BHU students

IIT Guwahati developing India's 1st VR metaverse for PM SHRI schools

Learning concepts of maths and science in local languages using virtual reality will soon be possible for students at PM Shri Adarsh Vidyalayas in Assam with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati developing the country's first VR-enabled metaverse platform for schools to engage students' curiosity and creativity. The project called "Gyandhara" in collaboration with Ministry of Science and Technology, and Department of Education, Assam Government will start as a pilot initiative in 56 PM Shri schools in Assam, later this year. The program is designed to enhance their educational experience by providing a more engaging way to learn about various scientific and academic topics that might otherwise be abstract or difficult to grasp in traditional learning format. According to Dr. Keyur Sorathia, Associate Professor at the Department of IIT Guwahati, who is spearheading the initiative, the "Gyan Dhara Metaverse" utilises virtual reality (VR) technology for creating interacti

IIT Madras, Isro develop semiconductor for space research, other sectors

State and private sector organisations involved in developing chip indigenously

IITs report rise in job offers, international placements in Phase-1

Commenting on the ongoing placement season, Prof Naresh Varma Datla, professor-in-charge, Office of Career Services (OCS) at IIT-D, said that the institute has had a very good start

CAT 2024 results expected soon at official website, check scorecard details

IIM Calcutta is expected to declare the Common Admission Test (CAT 2024) results shortly for admission into postgraduate management programmes offered at IIMs and other MBA colleges

IIT Kanpur secures over 1,000 offers in first week of placement process

This comes after the legacy IIT revealed that it had recorded 579 offers on the first day of placements through a combination of campus placements and PPOs

Invention factory: New India dawning

Invention versus innovation

IIT Kanpur prof finds 'Super Jupiter' exoplanet using James Webb telescope

The newly discovered planet, more massive than Jupiter, orbits a K-type star Epsilon Indi A (Eps Ind A), which shares similarities in age with our Sun but is slightly cooler

Salary drops for 2024 graduates as economic slowdown hits IIT placements

Compensation has marginally decreased for graduates from the top 10 engineering institutes, eight of which are IITs as ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework