More than a decade ago, IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) issued an advisory rule prohibiting first-year students from carrying their laptops to the institute. The rule that was introduced in the academic year 2003-04 was backed by the recommendations of the counselling cell at IIT Kanpur. The management of the institute was of the opinion that laptops […]

Arthur Samuel, a pioneer in the field of machine learning, computer gaming and artificial intelligence, defined machine learning (ML) as ‘The field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed’. Machine learning was born from artificial intelligence (AI) and it has made systems smarter by giving them the ability to […]

India has always produced great entrepreneurs. While there is nothing novel about entrepreneurship in India, the level of interest in it has definitely risen exponentially in recent times. Education is paradoxically both an enabler and a challenge for entrepreneurship in India. The education system is not intended to encourage mugging up content or show how […]

How is your experience in VIT? I will be completing six years in VITBS, VIT University, Vellore. I have had a nice experience in VIT. VITBS has professionally, academically qualified and experienced permanent faculty drawn from various streams of management disciplines. I feel happy to be associated with such a great institution. How is your […]

On the delightful morning of 2nd October 2014, our beloved Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, voiced aloud his vision to pay a tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.  This vision, ingrained deep in the hearts of every Indian, was “Swachh Bharat”. Inspired to contribute to this vision, the Malaviya National Institute of […]

Students prefer being a part of an institution with a huge campus The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has relaxed the norms governing the carpet area requirements of an engineering institution. As per the Approval Process Handbook released by AICTE on February 28, 2016, the minimum land required to open an engineering institute […]

Techkriti ’16 will kick off with its usual fervour on 3rd March and end with a bang on 6th March. While being a technological and entrepreneurial festival, the event also brings with it many activities that cater to every interest. With varied workshops, exhibitions, inspiring talks and fabulous shows, Techkriti ’16 will keep you on your feet […]

Some students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have started a signature campaign to preserve democratic spaces inside academic institutions. Amidst the recent incidents at JNU, students at IISc have written an open letter to the President of India to seek redressal for the issue at JNU last month. On Sunday, February 28, […]

Startup first backs out, then assists IIT Roorkee students’ placements The placement season of 2015 has been a roller coaster ride for five students of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR). The students who were offered jobs by a home shopping website called Zimply, were left high and dry after the company faced a financial […]

1. Justice HL Dattu appointed as Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission Former Chief Justice of India Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. Dattu is the seventh Chairperson of the Commission and has replaced Justice Cyriac Joseph, who was the acting Chairperson of […]