National Institute of Technology (NIT): News

04 Feb 2024

Mahatma Gandhi

'Proud of Godse': NIT Calicut professor booked for praising Godse

The Kerala Police has booked a National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut professor for a Facebook post allegedly praising Nathuram Godse on January 30, Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary.

29 Nov 2023

Jammu And Kashmir

Protests erupt in Kashmir colleges over derogatory post on Prophet

Protests erupted at various colleges in Kashmir on Wednesday over an alleged offensive social media post against Prophet Muhammad by a student of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar.

16 Sep 2023

Assam

Assam: NIT students clash with police after suicide on campus 

Students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Silchar's Cachar district, Assam, clashed with the police on Friday night during an agitation after a fellow student reportedly died by suicide at the college hostel.

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.

28 Aug 2022

Jammu And Kashmir

NIT Srinagar threatens heavy fine for India-Pakistan match watch parties

The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, issued a warning to its students to not watch the India-Pakistan cricket match on Sunday in groups.

05 Aug 2022

JEE

JEE Main 2022: Results awaited, know average cut-off across IITs

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has concluded both sessions of the Joint Entrance Examinations, Main 2022 (JEE-Main).

16 Jul 2022

NIRF

NIRF Ranking 2022 flags major shortcomings in engineering colleges

The seventh edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), which was issued on Friday, revealed some discouraging data regarding India's engineering colleges.

23 Jul 2020

Ramesh Pokhriyal

Class XII marks admission criteria relaxed for NITs, other institutes

In light of the current coronavirus crisis, admission norms for National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) have been relaxed, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced on Thursday.

03 Aug 2019

Srinagar

Students vacate #NITSrinagar after advisory; but district-administration denies ordering closure

A day after tourists and Amarnath pilgrims were asked to leave Kashmir in wake of terror threat, evacuation of NIT Srinagar's non-Kashmiri students sparked a controversy on Saturday.

22 Jul 2019

India

What are GATE toppers of last few years doing now?

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is one of the country's most competitive exams.

16 Jul 2019

India

IITs, NITs facing severe faculty shortage, reveals government data

India's premier educational institutes like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are facing severe faculty shortage, said HRD Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank recently.

12 Apr 2019

Kolkata

JEE-Main cut-off to be higher this time than last year's?

Joint Entrance Examination Main 2019 for April has concluded today. And now, all eyes would be on the results of the prestigious exam.

11 Apr 2019

ONGC

GATE 2019 counselling begins: Here is how you can register

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras released the results of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2019) for all 24 papers on March 15.

03 Apr 2019

India

JEE Main April 2019: NTA's important notification for abroad candidates

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released an important notification for candidates appearing for JEE Main April 2019 from centers outside India.

28 Mar 2019

India

JEE 2019: Use this tool to find the exam center

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which is conducting the Joint Entrance Examination, has come to the rescue of the candidates appearing for the exam in April.

23 Mar 2019

JEE

JEE Main 2019 admit cards released: Here's how to download

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the admit cards for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main.

11 Nov 2018

Tripura

Tripura CM Deb asks students to be employers, not employees

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb yesterday appealed to the students of the National Institute of Technology, Agartala to take up entrepreneurship to develop Tripura as a "model state".

IIT-Delhi students are coaching engineering aspirants, details here

In a bid to help engineering aspirants from low income families, some IIT-Delhi students are providing free coaching to students who cannot afford to spend fortunes on established coaching centers.

29 Jun 2018

Tripura

Tripura IIIT to start functioning from this year: Minister

The Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Tripura will start functioning from the current academic year, state Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath informed the Assembly.

24 Jun 2018

Tamil Nadu

#CareerBytes: 8 popular engineering colleges in South India

South India is home to some of the best engineering institutes in the country, making it one of the most preferred destinations for engineering aspirants.

Drop-outs across IIT & IIMs fall sharply

Academic year 2015-2016 saw 256 and 198 students drop out from IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur respectively; the remaining students dropped out from the 21 other IITs.