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Recently, there have been multiple reports of students of the premier engineering colleges across the country struggling to secure job offers

Over 13,000 SC, ST and OBC students dropped out from IITs, IIMs, and CUs in past 5 years

This disheartening trend translates to an annual dropout rate of nearly 3,000 students, with an average of 7 students discontinuing their education every day.

7 IITs, 22 NITs without Board of Governors chairperson: Education Ministry

The post of chairperson in IITs and NITs is an honorary position. The chairpersons preside over the Board of Governors (BoGs) of the respective institutes. The Directors of these institutes are the principal academic and executive officers, according to the Act and Statutes governing these institutions.

IIT Madras to establish Rs 100 crore Innovation & Entrepreneurship fund

The premier city-based institute said it is also planning to ensure that at least five of its Centers of Excellence rank among the top three in the world in their respective fields.

ABCD: IIT Delhi disrupts management education hierarchy in India; 6 IITs among top 20 B-Schools

Six IITs find a place among top 20 B-Schools in India. And it shows that older IITs are gradually becoming comprehensive beyond their repute as elite institutions in the technology and engineering space.

Poaching and coaching in Kota: Race for $500 million education hub heats up

As the pandemic recedes, competition between education companies in Kota is a lot more fierce than among the students as edtech startups look to hire teachers for their offline enterprises.

Age of incremental change is over, its time for exponential growth in higher education: Govt

On the sidelines of Visitor’s Conference 2022, President Kovind met distinguished donors and philanthropists who have donated to IISc Bangalore and IIT Madras to strengthen the educational infrastructure and develop new research and innovation centers at these institutions.

Explained | UK's new visa rule for brain gain: Is it worth all the noise?

While the UK argues that new visa scheme will attract top talents to aid its economic growth and innovations further, the scheme is facing criticism of being elitist and exclusionary not just for regions like India and South Asia, Latin America and Africa, but even for parts of Europe

Led by IISc, 17 Indian universities among top 200 universities in Asia

India is the third most-represented country in Asia, with 71 institutions getting ranked among 600 plus varsities, but the seven older IITs including IIT-Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Madras are not participating in THE rankings for the third year in a row demanding more transparency.

IIT Madras raises Rs 131 crore from alumni and corporates in FY22, up 30% YoY

Some of the older IITs including IIT-Madras are increasingly tapping alumni and corporates to contribute so that they can accelerate their growth, fulfil their desire to expand, pursue R&D activities, and rely less on annual government budegeratry grants.

73 of India’s 100 unicorns have at least one founder from IIT

A majority of India’s 100 unicorns, most of which were crowned unicorns only over the last two years, have founders with an IIT background.

Women Leadership in Academia (Part 3) Absence of women in academic leadership roles evokes more questions than answers: Hemlata Bagla, VC of HSNC University

In 444 state universities, only around 12% are women vice-chancellors, and in 400-plus private universities, less than 8% are women VCs. The situation is equally stark in deemed and central universities, says the VC of HSNC University

Women Leadership in Academia (Part-1): We are natural leaders who need opportunities and not quota, says Ashoka University VC Malabika Sarkar

"When a woman candidate's name comes for selection, look at the qualification, quality, and professional track record. Don’t look from the viewpoint of gender alone. Women are natural leaders and this belief needs to grow."

Budget 2022| Education outlay at a record Rs 1.04 lakh crore, up 12%

Budget 2022: The elite IITs have seen a fundig hike, the education regulators have got a marginal uptick in their fundings, and the flagship SSA scheme has received a quantum jump in allocation in Budget 2022-23.

IIT-M, IIT-B and IIT-D ranked as three most innovative institutions in India: Govt

Union education ministry said a concerted effort by the higher educational institutions is required towards inculcating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.

CAG finds infirmities in financial management at new IITs, struggling to generate internal receipts

The CAG report underlined that delay in infra development due to several factor led to revision of capital outlay – from an initial estimate of Rs. 6,080 crore in July 2008 to Rs.14,332 crore expenditure revision in 2019. CAG says proportion of the internal receipts to the recurring expenditure of the IITs was very low even after having been established over a decade back.

Graduate Employability: IIT-D, IISc, IIT-B among top 100 universities in the world

The finding underscored that Indian universities see clear improvement for the first time in years, due to strengths in subject specialisation and graduate skills. IIT Delhi was ranked 27 in the world, and IISc was placed at 61 ahead of many marquee names.

Exclusive: IIT Delhi seeks Centre's nod to open campuses in Egypt, Saudi

If approved, it will start a new chapter for the IIT system, and help IIT Delhi to become a global education player instead of just a domestic elite school.

Despite Covid-19, Rs 1 crore-plus pay packages are back at IITs

There has been a 15 percent increase in the number of Rs 1 crore-plus salary packages offered at IITs. This was driven by a 20 percent increase in the number of international offers at these engineering campuses, initial estimates indicate

Day 3 of IIT placements: Job offers continue to pour in at engineering campuses

There was a rise in job offers and pay packages at the IITs. At IIT Guwahati, the highest domestic package offered this year (so far) is Rs 70 lakh compared to Rs 52 lakh last year

IITs may eliminate Class 12th marks from admission criteria for 2020-21 academic year

However, there has been no official statement from the IITs or government officials.

From early graduation to flexible grading, IITs chalk out plan for graduating students amid lockdown

Universities and schools across the country have been closed since March 16 when the Centre announced a nationwide classroom shutdown as part of a slew of measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

Policy | Why India's higher education sector fails to deliver

The problem is in how we have modelled our higher education system.

Indian Institute of Science tops NIRF 2018 rankings

NIRF rankings were approved by the MInistry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and launched in September 29, 2015

Large companies dominate IIT placements, startups not on top of list

IIT placement teams exercise caution in accepting invites from startups and e-commerce firms to hire candidates on account of past incidents of delayed offers and offer revokes.