Iit Exams

"Pulkit And Vijay, Both Are My Sons": Arvind Kejriwal On NDTV Interview

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday August 30, 2019

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the son of a tailor who cleared the difficult test to get into the Indian Institute of Technology is also like his own son. Vijay Kumar, the son of a tailor and a homemaker, cracked the IIT entrance exam on the strength of his sheer hard work, boosted by a four-month coaching he received from the Delh...

In This Year's IIT Class, Kids Of Farmers And Labourers: Telangana's Super 100, Almost

Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Tuesday June 13, 2017

Marginal farmers, labourers, orphans, Dalits and tribals - nearly a hundred children from very underprivileged backgrounds have made Telangana proud this year. With special coaching from free government schools, 27 of them have cracked the entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology. The other 71 will go to the National...

Nine Jammu and Kashmir Students, Coached By Army, Crack IIT Exam

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 13, 2017

While some of their counterparts were pelting stones at security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, 40 students from the valley were quietly undergoing coaching with the Indian Army under the 'Super 40' programme to crack the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the Indian Institute of Technology.

Committee Recommends Major Changes in IIT Entrance Examination

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 7, 2015

A Committee constituted by the IIT council has recommended major changes in entrance examination structure for the institutes including setting up of a National Testing Service, which would hold tests on the basis of which around four lakh students would be shortlisted for Joint Entrance Examination.

Rahul Gandhi Promises to Help Uttar Pradesh Daily Wager's Sons Who Cracked IIT Exam

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 20, 2015

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today spoke to two brothers from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, who have cracked the IIT entrance test, over the phone and assured them all help.

13-year-old from Bihar cracks IIT entrance exam

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday June 24, 2013

Satyam Kumar, a Bihar farmer's son who is just 13-years old, has cleared the fiercely competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for which 150,000 candidates had appeared this year.

13-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE preliminary exam

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 8, 2013

A 13-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the preliminary examination of the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). He is the youngest to pass the exam.

Advance IIT joint entrance exam under new format on June 2

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 27, 2012

The Advance Joint Entrance Examination 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programme in IITs under the new format will be held on June 2 after the Mains on April 7.

IIT exam format decided, board exams will decide who's eligible

India News | NDTV Correspondent | Thursday June 28, 2012

The IIT council has decided that starting next year, students who score in the top 20% of their board exams will take the main or multiple-choice exam. 50,000 students will then take the advanced exam, which will not be held on the same day.

What do you think of the new IIT exam format?

Polls | NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday June 27, 2012

The compromise between IIT Senate and Kapil Sibal means that class 12 exam results will not be given importance and IIT will conduct two sets of tests for admissions.

IIT Bombay, Kharagpur likely to join revolt, hold own entrance exam: Sources

India News | NDTV Correspondent | Friday June 22, 2012

A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the new entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its own entrance exam, sources have told NDTV that IIT Bombay and Kharagpur are also likely to follow suit. IIT Bombay Senate is expected to hold a meeting ...

IIT-JEE 2012 results to be declared today

India News | NDTV Correspondent | Friday May 18, 2012

It's a big day for students who appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology as the results for the IIT-JEE will be declared today.

Bihar's Super 30 hits international headlines

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 1, 2010

With visits from foreign media teams and extensive features written about it, Bihar's free coaching centre Super 30, all of whose students have cracked the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for the third consecutive year, has drawn the attention of the international media. The institute selects talented students fr...

Maths makes students sweat in IIT exam

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 11, 2010

Lengthy and tricky questions on mathematics gave a tough time to nearly 4.72 lakh students on Sunday in the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam for admission into about 10,000 seats in the prestigious institutes.

IIT-JEE entrance exam on April 11

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 24, 2009

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the undergraduate courses in 15 IITs will be conducted on April 11, 2010.