Our premier technology institutions are doing their job pretty well and the country needs to be proud of them.
Section: Analysis | Monday, October 10, 2011 9:30 IST
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 rocked Sikkim on Sunday, nearly 31 years after the last big quake of magnitude 6.1 in November 1980
Section: India | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:00 IST
There cannot be two opinions about the fact that only the very best among the students make it to the portals of the IITs — their joint entrance examination (JEE) is so tough that it filters out 98% of those who take it and lets in only about 2% of them.
Section: India | Friday, May 27, 2011 3:15 IST
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has belied the hopes of the whole world and needs to be replaced.
Section: Analysis | Friday, March 5, 2010 23:07 IST
In universities and colleges, including the IITs, a person’s calibre as a teacher is assessed solely on the basis of the numerical abundance of research papers.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:47 IST
He had the wisdom to put his money on sound scientific evidence to the contrary that came from a septuagenarian geologist and has justifiably come out trumps at the end.
Section: Analysis | Friday, January 22, 2010 21:44 IST
The IIT model needs to be understood and emulated across the country.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, November 28, 2009 0:14 IST
Landslides are usually associated with high hills and should not be taking place in a city like Mumbai - nothing of this sort is reported from any other city in India.
Section: Speak Up | Wednesday, September 9, 2009 23:59 IST
These events commonly occur in hill stations like Mussoorie, Shimla, Darjeeling, and Ooty, because of a combination of high altitudes, heavy rain, steep slopes, and human activity.
Section: Mumbai | Saturday, September 5, 2009 2:12 IST
It is interesting to note that IIT Bombay commenced its first academic session in a building in Worli with 100 students chosen from 3,400 applicants.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, June 19, 2008 21:45 IST
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