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IIT Bombay: News

01 Apr 2026
Technology

IIT-Bombay's new technology can turn dry leaves into cooking fuel

In a major breakthrough, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have developed a patented biomass gasification system.

14 Mar 2026
Elon Musk

Who is Devendra Chaplot? Indian AI expert joining Musk's xAI

Devendra Singh Chaplot, an Indian AI researcher and robotics expert, has announced his decision to join Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX.

14 Feb 2026
Startups

Meet DuoChat, world's 1st relationship coach powered by AI

IIT Bombay's mental health start-up, Infiheal, has launched DuoChat, the world's first AI relationship coach.

10 Feb 2026
OpenAI

Sarvam AI: Meet the founders building India's answer to ChatGPT

Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Sarvam AI has gained significant attention with its notable model, Sarvam Vision.

16 Dec 2025
Google

Google to invest $8M in AI research projects across India

Google has announced an investment of $8 million to strengthen India's artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.

Meet BharatGen, IIT Bombay's own AI start-up

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has taken a major step forward by launching its own artificial intelligence (AI) company, BharatGen Technology Foundation.

07 Nov 2025
Air India

Mumbai airport's old terminal 1A to be demolished 

Terminal 1A of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will soon be demolished.

25 Sep 2025
Space News

How IIT Bombay's 'Daksha' mission will make India deep-space leader

IIT Bombay is set to launch an ambitious project named "Daksha," which aims to put India on the map of deep space exploration.

India's first trillion-parameter model to power next-gen AI apps

BharatGen, a government-backed consortium led by IIT Bombay, has been awarded over ₹900 crore under the IndiaAI Mission.

23 Aug 2025
Moon

IITians decode Moon's surface chemistry using ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 data

Students from IIT Bombay have successfully mapped the chemical composition of the Moon's surface, using data collected by ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission.

14 Mar 2025
IIT Guwahati

Rupee symbol designer reacts after Tamil Nadu changes logo 

D. Udaya Kumar, designer of the Indian rupee symbol, chose not to engage deeply with the controversy over a new logo by the Tamil Nadu government for its state budget.

03 Mar 2025
Jaipur

'Arrest other seers...too': 'IIT Baba' after being caught with ganja  

Abhay Singh, popularly known as "IIT Baba," was detained briefly by Jaipur police for carrying "ganja" (cannabis).

17 Feb 2025
Himachal Pradesh

45% of Himachal Pradesh prone to landslides, floods: IIT study

A recent study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, has found that over 45% of Himachal Pradesh is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters like floods, landslides, and avalanches.

18 Jan 2025
Canada

'Was asked to leave Kumbh': IITian Baba refutes 'disappearance' reports 

Abhay Singh, popularly known as "IIT Baba," has refuted reports that he went missing from the 16 Madi Ashram at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.

14 Jan 2025
Haryana

'IITian Baba' at Maha Kumbh, left science for spirituality

Abhay Singh, aka the "IITian Baba," has emerged as one of the stars of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

01 Nov 2024
Gaganyaan

ISRO's Mars simulation mission begins in Ladakh: Know its significance

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched its first-ever "analog space mission" in Leh and Ladakh.

02 Oct 2024
Delhi

'I can afford...but nature cannot': IIT-professor seen with torn socks 

Chetan Singh Solanki, a professor at IIT Bombay, has responded after a photo of him wearing torn socks at a five-star hotel went viral.

03 Sep 2024
Business

IIT Bombay placements: Minimum salary package drops to ₹4 LPA

A recent placement drive at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has sparked concern due to a significant drop in the minimum salary package offered to fresh graduates.

16 Jul 2024
Android

IIT-Bombay's new app can predict rainfall, monitor floods in Mumbai

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) has introduced a hyperlocal weather forecasting system, and flood monitoring platforms specifically designed for Mumbai.

20 Jun 2024
Ramayana

IIT-Bombay students fined ₹1.2 lakh over Ramayana skit, here's why

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has levied fines on eight students who staged a controversial play, Raahovan, during the institute's Performing Arts Festival on March 31.

No women amongst recipients of India's top science award

After almost a year's delay, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced the 12 recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for 2022, which is among the most prestigious awards for science in India.

05 Jun 2023
NIRF

NIRF Rankings: IIT Madras tops again, IISc best among universities

The Minister of State for Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Monday unveiled the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2023.

25 May 2023
Amazon

Amazon defers joining dates of IIT, NIT graduates: Here's why

The tech sector has been anything but stable over the past few months. While job cuts have been a common theme, there were many cases of companies keeping new recruits in limbo.

24 Sep 2022
Career

IIT Bombay most preferred for 93 of JEE's top 100

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay continued to emerge as the favorite college among toppers of JEE Advanced this year again with 93 of the top 100 rank holders opting for the institute.

11 Sep 2022
NEET

JEE Advanced 2022 results declared; RK Shishir tops exam

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), on Sunday announced the results of the 2022 Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced exam.

13 Sep 2022
Career

Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay: Participate in Asia's largest college festival

Calling all students from around the country! Here's something that can pep up your "mood" and make your college life a lot more fun.

10 Aug 2022
IIT Roorkee

IIT Bombay records highest job offers, packages this academic year

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) has received a record number of job offers during the campus placements this academic year.

04 Aug 2022
Parliament

4,500 faculty posts lying vacant at IITs: Centre tells Parliament

Over 4,500 faculty positions are currently lying vacant at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses across the country, the central government informed the Parliament this week.

26 Jul 2022
Karnataka

Karnataka: 7 government engineering colleges to become IIT-like institutes

The Karnataka government has constituted a task force to transform seven state government-run engineering colleges into Karnataka Institutes of Technology (KITs).

03 Jul 2022
India

Students display innovation prowess at IIT Bombay's Invention Factory 2022

The Invention Factory program at IIT Bombay, a six-week idea-to-prototype-to-pitch initiative, concluded on July 1, 2022.

26 Jun 2022
Education

GATE 2023: Format, eligibility criteria, fees, and more details

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is conducted jointly by the IISc Bangalore and seven IITs on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE that functions under the Ministry of Education's Department of Higher Education.

09 Sep 2021
IISc-Bangalore

NIRF Rankings 2021: IITs dominate top positions; IIT-Madras #1

IIT-Madras, IISc-Bangalore, and IIT-Bombay have emerged as the country's top three higher education institutions in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2021, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced today.

30 Nov 2020
Supreme Court Of India

Orphan clicks wrong link, loses seat in IIT-Bombay, approaches SC

A teen from Agra, who was orphaned two years ago, lost a seat at the prestigious IIT-Bombay because he clicked on the wrong link.

28 Aug 2020
Technology

BSNL launches online education initiative with IIT Bombay, Yupp Master

State-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new initiative called DRONE in India.

25 Jun 2020
Facebook

Coronavirus impact: No face-to-face classes at IIT-Bombay in 2020

With teaching methods being redrawn in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, IIT-Bombay has become the first major institute in the country to scrap face-to-face classes for this year.

20 Jan 2020
Telangana

#CareerBytes: Meet the toppers of JEE Main 2020 (January session)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) recently declared the results of the 2020 Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main for the January session on January 17.

06 Jan 2020
Maharashtra

#NewsBytesExclusive: CAT-2019 topper Somansh Chordia on preparation, challenges, and more

The much-awaited results of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2019, conducted by IIM Kozhikode, were declared on January 4.

04 Jan 2020
Kozhikode

CAT 2019 results out: Two IIT-Bombay friends among highest scorers

The results for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2019 were declared a short while ago, and it has brought good news for two friends studying at IIT-Bombay.

21 Nov 2019
YouTube

Social commerce start-up WMall receives Rs. 64 crore funding

WMall, a Bengaluru-based social commerce start-up that sells kitchen items as well as women's beauty products, has raised Rs. 64 crore (approximately $9 million) in a Series B round of funding.

04 Oct 2019
Madhya Pradesh

Inspiring stories of five JEE top rankers to know about

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), comprising Main and Advanced exams, is the gateway to admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

09 Sep 2019
Madhya Pradesh

Inspiring stories of five JEE top rankers to know about

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), comprising Main and Advanced exams, is the gateway to admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).