M. Gunasekaran and N. Arun kumar

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Just 48 girls join IIT-M this year

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Even as the Union government waived off fees for IIT-JEE application forms to woo more girl students to join IITs this year, the number of girls joining IIT-Madras in the B.Tech programme has touched

Dope test for kids taking CBSE sports contests

Dope tests are not restricted only to sportspersons participating in major events any more.

Even school students taking part in national games conducted by the CBSE may have to undergo tests from th

More load, more rote, say schools

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While the school education department has introduced the trimester pattern to bring down the weight of students’ bags, schools have increased the load by dumping more notebooks on the kids.

The scho

IITM faculty turns to industry

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, has urged its faculty to visit industries to understand their needs so that an industry-oriented curriculum can be devised and also to increase collab

Craze for IT, mechanical courses up

The demand for computer science engineering and information technology seems to have revived this year with more IT majors recruiting students from several private engineering colleges.

Besides, sev

When HAM tided over jams

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Amateur radio (HAM) operators swung into action immediately when they heard news about earthquake and tsunami.

When all modes of communication, including cellphones got jammed due to hyper activity

Rural students ace exams

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The myth that only urban students perform well in computer science and its related field has been busted with over 70-80 per cent of students from the rural districts of Dindigul, Karaikudi and Tiruch

Chennai schools reopen today, but with no textbooks

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Schools across Tamilnadu would be reopening on Wednesday but without textbooks for students except those in Class I and VI.

The peculiar situation has arisen because of the Supreme Court appointing

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