IIT Bombay Veg only issue

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IIT Bombay Imposed ₹10,000 Fine Against Protesting Students Over Veg Only Table

Students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, raised issues in fooding and protested against the management. Notably, the IIIT students are protesting against 'Veg-Only designated tables, put by mess council in hostels of the campus and started a protest. The management imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on students and ordered an investigation into the mess veg only table matter.

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 - 03:01 PM / by Varsha Joshi

Tags: IIT Bombay, Students Protest, Veg Only Table, fine imposed, Management

Courtesy: Business Today

Admission

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Student Body Accuses IIT Bombay Of Denying Admissions To SC, ST, OBC

The Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC), a student collective body respond to issues impacting students within and outside the IIT Bombay. They accused the Premiere Institute of denying 80 seats to SC, ST, and OBC students while admitting an additional 95 general category students for the PhD admissions in 2023, according to the media reports. Furthermore, APPSC alleges that IIT-Bombay has violated the reservation norms in PhD… read-more

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 06:01 PM / by Varsha Joshi

Tags: Student Body, APSSC, OBC, SC, ST, IIT Bombay

Mood Indigo Fest

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Asia’s Largest Cultural Fest Is Here; Know How To Register For IIT Bombay’s ‘Mood Indigo’

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay is organising one of Asia’s largest cultural events, ‘Mood Indigo’. IIT expects a footfall of 1,46,000 students to the festival. Participants stand a chance to win rewards such as internships from top firms like Upgrad, PETA India, Skill-Lynx, Stoodnt, free courses curated by top educators, free merchandises and accommodation, and more. To be a part of the program, click here. 

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 - 03:45 PM / by Shibu Immanuel S

Tags: Mood Indigo, IIT, IIT Bombay, Cultural Fest, College Fest

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Mugging

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2 Arrested For Mugging IIT Bombay Students At Knifepoint: Mumbai

Ayush R Rajbhar (19) and Satish Santosh Yadav (21) were arrested by Mumbai police on February 8, for allegedly robbing IIT Bombay students in Powal, at knifepoint. After a series of successful robberies, the duo got caught after a student filed a complaint with the police, on January 29. According to the complaint, the robbers forced the victim to make an online transfer of Rs 5,000 at knifepoint. 

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 - 07:20 PM / by Shibu Immanuel S

Tags: IIT Bombay, mumbai crime, Mugging, knife, Robbers

IIT Bombay student Yash Mandhana

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Meet 22-Year-old Boy Who Secured 99.99 Percent In CAT Without Coaching

Pune-based Yash Mandhana made his parents proud by securing the 99.99 percentile in the CAT 2021 examination at the first attempt. The 22-year-old is doing a Mechanical Engineering course at IIT Bombay and wants to join IIM to understand ''how businesses make money''. Mandhana said that it is important to take up the mock tests and be consistent in the preparation, instead of coaching.

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 - 09:00 AM / by Brijesh Goswami

Tags: CAT 2021, Pune, IIT Bombay, Topper, IIM

Courtesy: India Today

Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal.

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Parag Agrawal To Replace Jack Dorsey As Twitter's New CEO

Twitter will reportedly appoint Parag Agrawal, who has an Indian origin, as its new CEO. Parag will take over the position in the company following the exit of its co-founder and current CEO Jack Dorsey. Parag is an IIT Mumbai alumnus and has completed PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University. He joined Twitter in 2011 and "he's been my choice for some time,'' said Dorsey.  

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 - 09:00 AM / by Brijesh Goswami

Tags: Twitter, CEO, IIT Bombay, CEO Jack Dorsey, Indian origin

IIT Bombay Professor invents time saving covid testing tool

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Save Your Time, Money With 'Tapestry' Developed By Professor At IIT-Bombay

Manoj Gopalkrishnan, a professor at Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay, has invented 'Tapestry', a cheap and time-saving COVID testing tool. However, the professor had earlier thought about this invention during the swine flu pandemic in 2009. In a collaboration with 10 of his colleagues, the professor developed it in two months. Recently, Tapestry got its approval from Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) for commercial usage.

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 - 03:09 PM / by Vanshika Sharma

Tags: Covid-19, Covid-19 Test, RT-PCR test, IIT Bombay

Courtesy: The Print

O2

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IIT Bombay Develops Tech To Turn Nitrogen Generator To Oxygen Generator

To ramp up the production of oxygen in the country amid soaring coronavirus cases, IIT Bombay has developed a technology that converts nitrogen generators to oxygen generators. In collaboration with Tata Consulting Engineers Limited, the project involves fine-tuning of nitrogen plant by changing molecular sieves from carbon to zeolite and converting Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) nitrogen to PSA oxygen. The experiment is performed in a… read-more

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 - 06:44 PM / by Ronit John

Tags: oxygen, Coronavirus, IIT Bombay, Tata, nitrogen generator

Courtesy: Mint

bomb

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IIT-Bombay Startup Builds World's 1st Microsensor-Based Explosive Detector

An IIT-Bombay startup named 'NanoSniff Technologies' has unveiled world's first micro-sensor based explosive trace detector (ETD). Called 'NanoSniffer', the fully indigenous device can detect explosives within 10 seconds and even classify all military, conventional and homemade explosives. Developed using micro-electromechanical system (MEMS), the device can detect even nano-gram unit of explosives. Moreover, marketed by IIT-Delhi incubated… read-more

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 - 09:31 AM / by Ronit John

Tags: Education, detector, explosive, IIT, IIT Bombay

Courtesy: Business Standard

Kavya Chopra

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Kavya Chopra Becomes First Female To Score Perfect 300 In JEE Mains

Delhi-based Kavya Chopra has become the first female candidate to score 100 percentile i.e. a perfect 300 score in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Kavya achieved the milestone in her second attempt as she was not satisfied with her previous 99.9 percentile score in the February attempt. Now aspiring for JEE Advanced 2021, Kavya aims to secure a seat at IIT-Delhi or IIT-Bombay. Notably, six lakh candidates attempted the March JEE exam… read-more

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 - 11:04 AM / by Harsh Vardhan

Tags: Delhi, Kavya Chopra, JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay

Courtesy: DNA India