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Mathrubhumi EnglishHigh number of student suicides across IITs in India. Learn more about the alarming trend and potential causes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/iit-student-suicides-mental-health-guidelines-impact-hfki0ud5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #studentsuicides #IITs #mentalhealth #education #India
Tim BrücknerI've just returned from the company retreat in Mallorca. I had a great time, and it was great to meet my colleagues in person. Since iits is a remote-first company, I had never met them before. #iits #Mallorca
IndiaNewsWatchIIT Bombay Punishes Students For Role in Play About Ramayana: Reports
Graduating students were reportedly fined higher penalties while junior students were barred from using the institute's hostel facilities.
#maharashtra #IITBombay #communalism #ramayana #IITs #education #hindutva #BJPStates #india
https://thewire.in/education/iit-bombay-punishes-students-ramayana-play
IIT Bombay placements: 36% students from latest batch fail to get placed
This year witnessed a rise in the number of students at IIT Bombay without placements, reaching 35.8%, an increase of 2.8 percentage points compared to the previous session.
#IITBombay #IITs #IITPlacements #jobs #labour #unemployment #economy #india
IITs Defy Quota, Deny Seats to SC, ST & OBC at Faculty & PhD Level: RTI Data
Let’s take a look at what the data from the RTI response indicates about SC/ST/OBC representation across IITs.
#IITs #CasteDiscrimination #reservations #SCST #dalits #adivasis #education #casteism #caste #india
How a Calendar Exposed the Falling Standards of an IIT
Relying on a baffling mixture of symbols and images, the 2024 calendar claiming to be published by IIT-Kharagpur wrongly propagates that Vedic Aryans were indigenous to the Indus Valley region, and supports 'out-of-India' migration against all evidence. C.P. Rajendran writes.
#WestBengal #IITKharagpur #IITs #AryanMigration #IndusValleyCivilisation #pseudohistory #hindutva #education #india
https://thewire.in/education/how-a-calendar-exposes-the-falling-professional-standards-of-an-iit
How a Calendar Exposed the Falling Standards of an IIT
Relying on a baffling mixture of symbols and images, the 2024 calendar claiming to be published by IIT-Kharagpur wrongly propagates that Vedic Aryans were indigenous to the Indus Valley region, and supports 'out-of-India' migration against all evidence.
Over 13,000 SC, ST, OBC students dropped out of central varsities, IITs, IIMs in 5 years: Minister
The government has taken various steps like fee reduction, establishment of more institutes, scholarship, priority access to national level scholarships to aid the students with poor financial backgrounds to pursue their education.
#education #SCs #STs #OBCs #dalits #IITs #IIMs #IndianUniversities #caste #poverty #india
Over 13,000 SC, ST, OBC students dropped out of central varsities, IITs, IIMs in 5 years: Minister
The government has taken various steps like fee reduction, establishment of more institutes, scholarship, priority access to national level scholarships to aid the students with poor financial backgrounds to pursue their education.
What BharOS, India’s ‘homegrown’ answer to Android, says about our credulity
BharOS, an ‘indigenous Atmanirbhar’ mobile operating system, was found to have been simply cloned from a popular open source OS. Claims over such technology must be verified before being touted as ‘secure’ simply because they’re made in India.
#BharOS #GrapheneOS #IITMadras #IITs #IITM #IITMPravartak #JandkOperations #GitHub #DST #OpenSource #privacy #security #india
Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
