New Delhi | The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has been ranked first in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a ranking by the Ministry of Education, for the third year in a row. The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore has got the second position. IIT Bombay is at number three, while IIT Delhi has […]
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IIT-K holds virtual placement drive amid pandemic
Kanpur (2 Min Read): For the first time ever, the placement drive at IIT-Kanpur (IIT-K) is being held in an online mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Companies are not physically participating in the placement drive, yet the institute placement cell has managed to place around 460 students by the end of day three on Thursday. […]
IITian Arvind Krishna replaces Ginni Rometty as IBM CEO
New York: Indian-American Arvind Krishna will take over as the CEO of IBM — the world’s oldest technology company that began operations in 1911 — as long-serving Virginia ‘Ginni’ Rometty has decided to retire, the company announced on Friday. Currently working as IBM’s Senior Vice President for Cloud and Cognitive Software and touted as principal architect […]
IIT scientists devise robotic hand for Paralytics
Kanpur: The scientists at the IIT-Kanpur have ventured into the world’s first robot hand for the rehabilitation of stroke patients and have finished their tests on it. The device is a two-finger robotic hand (exoskeleton) that uses a four-bar mechanism and has four degrees of freedom (DOF). Professor Ashish Dutta and Professors K S Venkatesh who […]