Iit And Kapil Sibal

The war of words between Narendra Modi and Kapil Sibal over the tablet computer Aakash is refusing to die out. Today Mr Modi has accused the education minister, whose ministry has worked on the tablet, of misusing public funds and trying to "bribe" him with a couple of the computers. Mr Sibal has retorted that the Gujarat chief minister is unhappy ...

The compromise between IIT Senate and Kapil Sibal means that class 12 exam results will not be given importance and IIT will conduct two sets of tests for admissions.

In the backdrop of raging row over government proposal for single entrance test, IIT Directors will meet in Delhi today to chalk out a plan of action amid indications that some more of the elite institutions could follow Delhi and Kanpur in rejecting it. The meeting of the IIT Joint Admission Board, comprising Directors of these institutions, is t...

A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, much like IIT Kanpur, the government has called for a special meeting of the IIT Council on June 27 to address the concerns of students.

A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the new entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, sources have told NDTV that IIT Bombay and Kharagpur are also likely to follow suit. IIT Bombay Senate is expected to hold a meeting ...

Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal. The Senate, comprising of 200 faculty members, unanimously rejected the proposal announced by Mr Sibal on May 28. Here i...

The row over the new entrance format for all centrally-funded engineering colleges proposed by Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, has now reached the Prime Minister's office.

The clash between Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has intensified over the new one test format instituted by Mr Sibal for engineering schools across the country. A day after IIT Kanpur's decision to hold its own entrance exam and endorse it, IIT Kharagpur's director has also backe...

The government's 'one nation, one test' format for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is raising many voices of dissent. The decision of the IIT Kanpur Senate on Friday to conduct its own entrance examination in 2013 has taken the fight between the nation's premier engineering institutions and the Human Resource Development (...

Contending that IIT Council's nod to hold the engineering entrance test under a new format is a "breach of trust", IIT-Kanpur faculty federation on Saturday said any new system should not be introduced before 2014.

The one-nation one-exam policy announced on Monday by Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has upset the faculty of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) which has 16 branches across the country.

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today refused to subscribe to Infosys chief N R Narayana Murthy's view about the slump in the quality of education in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and pitched for creating more such institutes in the country.

After the tussle over pay hikes and autonomy, Kapil Sibal will chair the first IIT council board meeting to discuss the pay issue.

Kapil Sibal asked the IITs to expand into new areas like medicine and law.

The war of words between Narendra Modi and Kapil Sibal over the tablet computer Aakash is refusing to die out. Today Mr Modi has accused the education minister, whose ministry has worked on the tablet, of misusing public funds and trying to "bribe" him with a couple of the computers. Mr Sibal has retorted that the Gujarat chief minister is unhappy ...

The compromise between IIT Senate and Kapil Sibal means that class 12 exam results will not be given importance and IIT will conduct two sets of tests for admissions.

In the backdrop of raging row over government proposal for single entrance test, IIT Directors will meet in Delhi today to chalk out a plan of action amid indications that some more of the elite institutions could follow Delhi and Kanpur in rejecting it. The meeting of the IIT Joint Admission Board, comprising Directors of these institutions, is t...

A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, much like IIT Kanpur, the government has called for a special meeting of the IIT Council on June 27 to address the concerns of students.

A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the new entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, sources have told NDTV that IIT Bombay and Kharagpur are also likely to follow suit. IIT Bombay Senate is expected to hold a meeting ...

Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal. The Senate, comprising of 200 faculty members, unanimously rejected the proposal announced by Mr Sibal on May 28. Here i...

The row over the new entrance format for all centrally-funded engineering colleges proposed by Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, has now reached the Prime Minister's office.

The clash between Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has intensified over the new one test format instituted by Mr Sibal for engineering schools across the country. A day after IIT Kanpur's decision to hold its own entrance exam and endorse it, IIT Kharagpur's director has also backe...

The government's 'one nation, one test' format for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is raising many voices of dissent. The decision of the IIT Kanpur Senate on Friday to conduct its own entrance examination in 2013 has taken the fight between the nation's premier engineering institutions and the Human Resource Development (...

Contending that IIT Council's nod to hold the engineering entrance test under a new format is a "breach of trust", IIT-Kanpur faculty federation on Saturday said any new system should not be introduced before 2014.

The one-nation one-exam policy announced on Monday by Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has upset the faculty of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) which has 16 branches across the country.

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today refused to subscribe to Infosys chief N R Narayana Murthy's view about the slump in the quality of education in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and pitched for creating more such institutes in the country.

After the tussle over pay hikes and autonomy, Kapil Sibal will chair the first IIT council board meeting to discuss the pay issue.

Kapil Sibal asked the IITs to expand into new areas like medicine and law.