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IIT Mandi to launch music, musopathy programmes; available in live, online or hybrid format
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi is launching Masters of Science and PhD programmes in music and musopathy, open to full-time and part-time candidates. The programmes, which can be pursued live, online, or in a hybrid format, aim to explore the science of Indian music and its therapeutic value for holistic well-being. The research-based programmes are aimed at producing highly skilled professionals and researchers who can contribute to the development and understanding of music and its beneficial impacts on individuals and society.
From IITs to IIMs, leading educational institutions in India dial up efforts to attract students with disabilities
IITs and IIMs, including IIT Madras and IIM Calcutta, prioritize inclusivity by supporting students with disabilities like Sachin Kumar. Through various initiatives and collaborations, these institutes strive to create an accommodating and diverse learning environment.
ChatGPT is dumb... No change needed in engineering education as AI is just a hype: IIT Mandi Director
IIT Mandi's Director, Laxmidhar Behera, has dismissed the effectiveness of AI, stating ChatGPT's limitations. Behera emphasizes that AI lacks the capability to educate students effectively in engineering disciplines. He argues against altering engineering curricula, asserting that AI remains overhyped. Behera also outlines expansion plans for IIT Mandi, aiming to increase faculty and student numbers while maintaining traditional educational principles.
Cloudbursts, landslides in Himachal happening because people eat meat: IIT Mandi Director
Laxmidhar Behera, the director of IIT Mandi, has sparked controversy by urging students to pledge not to eat meat, claiming that cruelty to animals is causing landslides and cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh. He stated that the state would suffer a significant downfall if animal butchering continued.
Nearly 50 top institutes without chairpersons; 10 waiting for over 8 years
Appointment of chairpersons to INIs like IITs, NITs, IIITs is nomination-based and the prerogative of the government. The chairperson's position is expected to bring in checks and balances and ensure policy and project approvals are duly debated in the Board of Governors before final approvals.
Top tech schools make progress in bridging gender gap
At least two in 10 students in first-year undergraduate batches at top engineering colleges including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) of Delhi, Hyderabad, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Roorkee, and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar are women, a sharp improvement from 8% across all IITs in 2017.
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Four IITs, including Delhi and Madras, get new directors
Laxmidhar Behera, electrical engineering professor at IIT-Kanpur, has been appointed the director of IIT-Mandi and Suhas Joshi, mechanical engineering professor and the dean of alumni and corporate relations at IIT-Bombay, has been appointed the next director of IIT-Indore, the officials said.
IIT students bag over Rs 1cr packages in placement drives; Rs 2.15cr top offer on Day 1
As many as five students of IIT (BHU) Varanasi secured jobs at Uber, one of the US' top firms. Of the five, one student received an offer to work in the firm's US office while another secured a package of Rs 2 crore.
IIT Mandi researchers develop a slew of solutions to fight Covid-19
"The year 2020 held many challenges in front of us and I am happy to say that in spite of the pandemic, IIT Mandi has excelled in the fields of academics, innovation, international linkages, student placements and business incubation. Thus, the institute developed many products for a self-reliant and sustainable ecosystem,” said Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Mandi.
Top academic institutes sign MoUs for establishing supercomputing infrastructure in India
The Rs 4,500-crore mission envisages empowering our national academic and R&D institutions to spread over the country by installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising more than 70 high-performance computing facilities, an official statement said.
Coronavirus Impact: Some IITs waive hostel and mess charges for autumn semester
IIT Delhi has waived hostel and mess charges for undergraduate students who will be attending classes online during the autumn semester. “Students who are not on campus do not have to pay hostel fee and mess charges,” said Arvind Nema, associate dean of student affairs at the institute.
With 208 R&D projects, IITs lead India’s fight against Covid-19
IIT-Guwahati has shown the way cornering the biggest pool of projects, followed by IIT-Madras and IIT-Hyderabad. Nearly 50% of the key research in India’s premier technical schools are happening in six of the old IITs. Majority of the researches are happening in the field of personal protective care equipment (45 projects), followed by sanitisation (33) and treatment.
IIT Mandi receives funding from NABARD to set up farm producer bodies
Nilay Kapoor, chief general manager, NABARD, said, “The Regional Office proposes to sign a tri-partite agreement involving NABARD, EWOK and IIT, Mandi for developing farmer-friendly equipments. In addition, opportunities will be explored for collaboration in areas like Internet of Things in agriculture, watershed, rural mart etc.”
IITs plan master’s makeover to arrest high attrition rate
At IITs in Ropar, Roorkee and Kanpur, one in five students enrolled for MTech dropped out this year.
IITs to focus on joint initiatives to promote internationalization
12 IITs, represented by deans and executives of IR offices, participated in the conclave.
PhD placements at IITs looking up
But many companies give PhD recruitments a miss because of lack of specialised roles: IITs
IIT & IISc collaborate on Climate Change initiative
The assessment exercise is being undetaken to cover all the 12 Indian Himalayan region (IHR) states using a common framework.
IIT Mandi and Leibniz Universitat Hannover sign MoU for academic collaboration
The MoU will benefit both the institutes by conducting joint research activities and exchanging academic materials.
Japanese recruiters queue up at new IITs to tap tech talent
IIT Mandi, Patna see recruiters like Fujifilm, Tonichi Insatsu, Mercari and SMS DataTech.
IITs to jointly look for foreign faculty
Each top institute has been allocated one or more geographical area where it will be responsible for the recruitment of global teaching talent
IITs turn into hiring grounds for universities
IITs have become talent hunting grounds for institutes which are scooping up students for faculty roles.
IIT-Delhi tops MHRD mandate, enrols 16% girls in all its courses
In 2016, IIT-D admitted 70 girls, which increased by over 30% to 93 in 2017 and this year it is likely to reach 150 out of a total 851 seats.
'To improve gender ratio at IITs, start at school level'
The government has recently sent out a directive to the IITs urging them to increase women’s numbers in admission by creating supernumerary seats from this year.
IITs creating extra seats for women to lift gender ratio
An abysmally small number of women join IITs — it was one in every 10 admissions last year — despite them faring better than men at the higher secondary level.
Women students at centre of IITs' balancing act
IIT Mandi took the lead earlier this week by approving a fee waiver along with a monthly scholarship of Rs 1,000 for all women students starting this semester.
This placement season turns out to be best for IIT students
Ropar and Mandi invited more companies across sectors this year. This seems to have worked well, resulting in a higher number of offers this year.
Decline in girls entering IITs; government sets up panel
Of the 10,576 students admitted to the 22 IITs and the lone Indian School of Mining this year, the number of girls was 847 or 8.01%, down from 9% in 2015.
Eye on Gen Y: How new IITs are building their brand
The new Indian Institutes of Technology — established after 2008 — are undertaking a brand-building exercise to differentiate themselves.
Why the new IITs are losing appeal among top students and recruiters
Since 2008, 11 new IITs have started operating — in Indore, Mandi, Ropar, Patna, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar, Bhubaneswar, Varanasi, Palakkad and Tirupati.
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