Media Mention

• ‘Gharats’ are back
  Date: The Tribune,Roorkee,21 apr 2009
  The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, (IIT-R) is providing its expertise to bolster the Centre’s scheme of revitalising watermills in hill areas. The central scheme for development of watermills and setting up of micro-hydel projects (up to 100 kw capacity) mainly aims at the social uplift of the poor villagers of hill areas and to replace diesel-run mills with environment-friendly watermills.
   
  
• At IIT fest, students show the green way
  Date: The Tribune,Roorkee,22 mar 2009
  A three-day tech-fest, Cognizance 2009, concluded at Indian Institute of Technology, here today. The fest witnessed huge rush of participants from various parts of the country on its inaugural day.As many as 15,000 participants registered themselves online and the number of on-campus registrations crossed the figure of 2,200, said organisers.‘Think Energy, Go Green’ was the theme of the year on which number of events took place during the fest. Landscape workshop, Six Sigma: yellow belt certification in quality control, aero-modelling, robotics workshop, 3-D photography, flash IT and bio-informatics, are being held here.
   
  
• Indian Institute of technology IIT roorkee grads launch Cricket Stock Exchange
  Date: Media News, New Delhi, 28 Feb 2009
  Students from IIT Roorkee and IIM Ahmedabad have attempted to fuse corporate and cricket worlds by launching www.cricstock.com "Cricket Stock Exchange" on this virtual stock exchange, shares of international cricketers can be bought and traded by cricket fans, and the stock prices of cricketers will reflect their recent performance and what fans feel about them.
   
  
• IIT alumni form action group to save the Ganges
  Date: Times of India,new delhi,18 Feb 2009
  Former students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) on Wednesday came together to form an action group to save the ecosystem around river Ganges. The group 'IITians for Holy Ganga' is demanding immediate stoppage of work on the hydro electric projects on the Ganges river in its traverse through the upper reaches of the Himalayas.
     
  
• More IITs needed to accommodate talent pool, says PM
  Date: Times of India, India 20 Dec 2008
  Expressing concern over the constraints in the intake capacity of the elite Indian Institutes of Technology(IITs) that were denying opportunity to talented students, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for establishing more such institutions.
   
  
• IITians' contribution to economy is Rs 20 lakh crore: Study
  Date: Times of India, India 25 Nov 2008
  Every one rupee invested in an IIT has had an economic impact of Rs 15 and each IIT graduate meant 100 new jobs, says a study commissioned by an umbrella organisation of IIT alumni.
   
  
• Soon, IITs may be turning out doctors too
  Date: Times of India, India 20 Nov 2008
  Graduation day at the Indian Institutes of Technology may soon see more than just engineering whizkids stepping out of their portals.A bunch of doctors, historians, perhaps policy makers too, could boast of IIT degrees.
   
  
• Govt to amend Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, for new IITs
  Date: Edunews,  23 September 2008
  The government will table an amendment to the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, in the coming session of Parliament to make the new IITs eligible to award degrees to students.
   
  
• Three IITs to help government regulate tobacco industry
  Date: Thaindian News,  9 September 2008
  The central health ministry has roped in three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to test tobacco products of their toxic contents and help the ministry in regulating the tobacco industry
  
  
• Science Congress at IIT Roorkee on Nov 10-11
  Date: Daily EduNews,  8 August 2008
  In a bid to scout excellence in the field of R&D (Research & Development), the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) will host the 3rd Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress (USSTC) on November 10-11, 2008.
  
  
• IIT-Roorkee replaces E&Y as consultant for 3 new UMPPs
  Date: Economic times,  6 August 2008
  Government today appointed the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee as consultant for the next three Ultra Mega Power Projects of 4,000 MW each in Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
  
  
• Operation landslide
  Date: Down To Earth,  20 June 2008
  Working with the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, and iit Roorkee, the scientists developed a network of instruments that can predict landslides at least 15 days in advance.
  
  
• Govt asks for IIT Roorkee’s help to clean Gomti waters
  Date: Express India,  15 June 2008
  After the UP State Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) reported about the decreasing oxygen level in the waters of Gomti river due to increasing water pollution, the state government has decided to take the help of IIT Roorkee to chalk out a time-bound action plan for cleaning the river.
  
  
• Existing IITs opposed opening new ones this year
  Date: Sify India,  22 April 2008
  IIT Madras will help out IIT Andhra Pradesh,” said SC Saxena, Director of IIT Roorkee, who was here for a meeting with the HRD Ministry. ...
  
  
• Cisco's Mobile Agent Research Tie-up
  Date: CXO Today,  1 April 2008
  Cisco Systems has collaborated with IIT-Roorkee, for advanced research on mobile agent technology, setting up networking infrastructure to facilitate R&D on "mobile agents" in WAN and wireless environments.
  
  
• IIT-JEE cut-offs likely to be low this year too
  Date: Times of India, India  16 Mar 2008
  Yet, IIT Roorkee, which is holding the 2008 JEE next month, said the same procedure would continue to be in force. This means, the cut-off marks this year ...
  
  
• IIT Roorkee goes the wireless way
  Date: 13/03/2008
  Approximately one Access Point (AP) for every 10 users. A total of 370 APs to serve about 3500 students in 3200 rooms. Ceiling mounting of APs for better ...
  
  
• Chaos 08 Gaming Tournament Announced
  Date: 13/03/2008
  Now students over IIT Roorkee have sent word about Chaos 08. The tournament is the gaming partner of Cognizance, which is the annual technical festival of ...
  
  
• IIT Roorkee DoMS wins sports meet on home turf
  Date: 24/01/2008
  Spornado ’08, the first ever sports meet between the Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee and the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi ...
  
  
• IITs feel the pinch
  Date: 16/01/2008
  The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have a 2008 budget wishlist. They want the government to grant them more funds to support their infrastructure...
  
  
• IITs reduce number of credits to give flexibility to students
  Date: 07/01/2008
  Students of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT) - Delhi, Mumbai and Roorkee, now have a reason to smile ...
  
  
• The Hindu : New Delhi News : Briefly
  Date: 07/01/2007
  While IIT Roorkee Alumni Association NCR president S.C. Sharma will ... are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu.
  

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