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SERB Confers Women Excellence Award 2021 To Four Young Scientists
Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021, the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has conferred four young women fellows of National Science Academies with a prestigious one-time honour. Dubbed the SERB Women Excellence Award, the prize entails a three-year-long research grant of Rs 15 lakh for women scientists under the age of 40, who have earned recognition from one or more national academies. The… read-more
Tags: SERB, Women Excellence Award, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, IIT Bombay, IIT Jodhpur, Department of Science and Technology
Courtesy: Brifly News
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SC Directs IIT-B To Admit Student Who Missed Seat Accidentally
The Supreme Court has directed IIT Bombay to offer Siddhant Batra interim enrolment to the course after he unintentionally missed his seat by clicking an incorrect link. The 18-year-old had scored AIR 270 at JEE Advanced and asked to reconsider his mistake on 'humanitarian grounds'. He had approached the apex court, after the Bombay High Court dismissed his plea, citing that the HC cannot intervene once admission processes have begun.
Tags: Supreme Court, IIT Bombay, JEE, Engineering
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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IIT Bombay Ranked No.1 in India, 172nd in the World: QS Rankings
The Quacquarelli Symonds company ranked IIT Bombay as the best Institute in India as per its global universities analysis. However, the institute holds 172nd position globally. Reportedly, the analysis was based on metrics like academics, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio and international student-faculty ratio. IITs from Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Roorkee and Guwahati including IISc Bangalore has made it to the top 500.… read-more
Tags: India, Delhi, IIT Bombay, Quacquarelli Symonds
Courtesy: The Indian Express
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Mumbai: School student Uplifts Funds To Build Cold Storage For Farmers
Students from the Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, raised a crowdfunding drive to build storage facilities for the farmers in the Marathwada region. Eyeing to raise Rs.16 lakh, they plan on building 'Subjee Cooler'- a brick storage solution, to help farmers store their produced products. It works on evaporative cooling and just needs to be watered once a day. The design has been made by Rukart Technologies, a startup from IIT-Bombay… read-more
Tags: Marathwada farmers, Maharashtra , IIT Bombay, Startups, School students, Mumbai
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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IIT Bombay UG Students Launch AI-Based Document Scanning Application
Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, final-year students from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) mobile application called "AIR Scanner". The app works as a reading assistant and document scanner. It scans documents and reads it to users who have trouble reading English. It also gives the meaning of any selected word, in 40 different languages. The Indian government recently banned… read-more
Tags: IIT Bombay, Mumbai, application, Artificial Intelligence
Courtesy: The Free Press Journal
