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According to sources Jack Andraka, 15 year old high school student has developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer in five minutes for as little as 3 cents.Jack conducted his research at John Hopkins University.This research will help in early detection of cancer. Jack’s method is 168 times faster, 26000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive and has a 90% success rate. He has been selected as the Intel 2012 ISEF winner and has won awards at multiple national and international math competitions.

On a day US president Barrack Obama announced major steps to choke use of coal for producing electricity, the UPA government on Friday unveiled its biggest green dream of building the world's biggest solar power project with a capacity of 4,000 mw. The project will be built on 23,000 acres of land belonging to Sambhar Salts Ltd, a subsidiary of central enterprise Hindustan Salts Ltd under the department of heavy industries, some 75 km from Jaipur. State-run power gear maker Bhel would build the project's first phase of 1,000 mw in consortium with Solar Energy Corporation, Power Grid Corporation, SJVN, SSL and Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Ltd. The first phase of the project is to be operational by 2016. Once all the phases are completed, the project would generate 6,000 million units of electricity annually. The project is expected to set a trend for mega-scale solar power development in the country in lines of ultra-mega power projects for coal-fired plants that was

With CAT exams just round the corner, top B schools have also opened their Admission process for 2014-16. We bring you a list of top 10 top B-schools where registrations are open now. All these B schools will accept CAT 2013 scores or XAT 2014 score. The CAT score accepting top B-schools which have opened their applications include MDI, SPJIMR, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI Delhi, XIMB, IRMA, LIBA Chennai, IFIM Bangalore etc. With CAT exams just round the corner, the top B schools have also opened their Admission process for academic session 2014-16. The CAT score accepting top B-schools which have opened their applications include MDI, SPJIMR, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI Delhi, XIMB, IRMA, LIBA Chennai, IFIM Bangalore etc. After your CAT exam, you will require B-school options which can shortlist you on the basis of your CAT or XAT scores. So, it’s time you apply to top management institutes even as some of the top PGDM institutes like IMI Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad, MDI Gurgaon close application before t

The Puducherry government has banned the use of mobile phones in classrooms by teachers in government schools. Director, school education, E Vallavan passed a circular in this regard to all schools in Puducherry. The government has already banned the use of mobile phones by students in schools. Vallavan said teachers should hand over their mobile phones to the head of the institutions, headmasters or principals before entering the classrooms. However, they can use mobile phones during lunch breaks. The directorate of school education decided to restrict the use of mobile phones by teachers following widespread complaints that they use mobile phones while taking classes. "We received complaints from students and parents that teachers use mobile phone in classrooms and decided to restrict teachers from using phones inside the classrooms," Vallavan said. The directorate will form teams of inspecting officers who will make surprise visits to the schools to oversee whether the

More than 50 events, including a performance by British metalcore band Architects, are planned as part of 'Saarang,' the annual cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, to be held from January 8 to 12 next year. 'Saarang' is a completely student-run fest and has been held on the campus for over 30 years. The British band's first ever performance in the country, sponsored by The Times of India, will be held at the Open Air Theatre on the institute's sprawling campus on January 11. Hailing from Brighton, England, Architects is known for it multi-genre influence and lyrics. Complex themes and guitar riffs are part of the layering. Since its formation in 2004, the group has released five albums and is set to release the sixth one.

Feted engineering schools, Indian Institut es of Technol ogyhave decided to increase the proportion of post-graduate students and Ph.D. scholars to 60 per cent over a period of time, a senior government official said. The IITs, which induct both graduate and post graduate students, aim to increase research capabilities at the institutes by this decision, said R.P. Sisodia, Joint Secretary in charge of Higher Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. "The IITs would increase their proportionof PG students to 60 per cent so as to focus more on research and also to provide more opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds. It would also diversify the profile of IIT with more 'inter-disciplinarity' and de-emphasizing the purely engineering course," Sisodia said. At India's older IITs, the ratio of post-graduate to graduate students is roughly in the 50:50 ratio, said Devang Khakhar, Director, IIT-Bombay. Of the nearly 1,800 students graduating

Indian Institute of Technology -Delhi and BSES Yamuna Power Limited will continue their collaboration for next three years for the development of consumer friendly technologies. CEO of BYPL Arvind Gujral and Dr Anil Wali, Managing Director of Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) - a society established by IIT-Delhi for enhancing industry - academia interactions and cutting edge research signed a three-year agreement, a statement from BYPL said. The agreement was renewed after the success of the initial agreement between the two organisations. The researches led to the development of consumer friendly technologies like the MIDAS (Modular Integrated Distribution Automation System), REAP (Renewable Energy Assisted Pump) and DRONA - a simulator for power discom operations, it said. "This collaboration will continue to focus on how to improve the value proposition for the consumers by leveraging the next-level - SMART technology for the power distribution busine

Aspiring engineers studying for the JEE-Main, the exam they need to crack for admission to the National Institutes of Technology, may get a second chance without losing a year. If the plan — aimed at relieving students of “make-or-break” stress — is accepted, the new system could be implemented from 2015. The JEE Apex Board that decides the joint entrance exam’s format met on Tuesday when it considered the idea of holding the JEE-Main twice with a gap of two months between the tests to help students improve their performance. “We are considering the idea of holding the test twice a year. The first test may be held in January or February while the second one could be in April or May,” a source in the board told  The Telegraph . Sources said the idea was to reduce the “stress” on students for whom the JEE-Main was a “make-or-break” attempt to shape their career. Also, a second chance could help students avoid losing a year if they missed the first test because of illness or un

The IIT apex body on Tuesday turned down the CBSE's proposal of conducting two mains for the upcoming IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).  The CBSE board, which conducts the JEE-Mains, had prepared a proposal for two main tests to be held in 2014, one in February and one in April.  The members of the apex body agreed that two exams would increase the amount of stress on the students who will also be taking their board exams in February.  "The exams have to be student-friendly. If the students are given a choice of two exams, then all of them will obviously take both of them" said one of the senior IIT officials.  While this decision will be welcomed by IIT aspirants, it will disappoint those who were hoping to get two attempts to get into engineering institutes such as National Institute of Technologies NITs and International Institute of Information Technology (IIITs).  "There is so much pressure to do well in just one paper. I think two exams would be

If you've just started speaking to a girl, you can bet she's deciding whether she wants to carry on the conversation or look for the next guy. Your chance to make the right impression is short and you have got to make each second count. If you start by asking boring questions like "What's your name?" or "Where do you come from?" or "Where do you go to school / where do you work?" then the conversation may turn out to be a short one. Girls get approached by guys asking these kind of questions all the time and if you're saying the same things then guess what? She's going to think you're just another "random guy" doing what "random guys" do. A lot of guys make the mistake of thinking that they need to be nice to get the girl, or be rich, or be intelligent, or whatever. These things all matter a bit (and a lot more the deeper you go) but what is most important at the beginning is that you are interesting. How can

Stop worrying about your weight, just eat right. Here are five tips you need to keep in mind. Have a healthy breakfast The cardinal rule to any weight loss programme is never to miss breakfast. And oatmeal, a complex carbohydrate is ideal. It is a satisfying breakfast cereal, and compared to any other grain it provides more protein per serving. The fact that it takes longer to digest and hence releases energy slowly makes it perfect because you feel full for longer. Oats also keep blood sugar and insulin levels stable, which helps prevent fat storage. Have it with skimmed milk or yogurt. Opt for skimmed milk Milk and its products are rich in calcium and can help keep your bones strong. Skimmed milk, low fat cheese and yogurt helps to break down fat cells. Bean it Foods that are high in fibre and are good sources of protein, can help you feel full for a very long time. And that, will help you control unnecessary bingeing. Protein has a very high satiety index and that is why m

I t has always been a geek’s dream to have the fastest Internet connection ever, and we bet you would desire the same too. Almost all those who are hooked on to the Internet to surf, download or entertain themselves would definitely be owning an broadband connection at home. It could be via a telecom service provider, your local cable guy or 4G wireless Internet providers. Some even own 3G USB Internet dongles for their work and entertainment while being outdoors. Most smartphone users today also opt for 3G Internet services on their phones and tablets. All these connections can be individually used on your PCs, laptops and handhelds efficiently.  Download, set up and activate the utility Though you can connect them all together on a single PC and access the Internet, the Internet speed will be only drawn from the last connected network, leaving the others unused. For instance, you have four different Internet connection sources A, B, C and D.  Your PC will access Interne

The  India n Institute of Technology (IIT) have decided to increase the number of students by 60 percent, in an aim to improve their global ranking. The IIT council , which consists of all directors including the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister, decided that the institutes would not be reviewed by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). Also, in an attempt to restructure and strengthen the functioning of the institutes the directors of the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education decided not be a part of the panel that appoints any of the IIT directors.   "The council decided that since IITs are brands, their internal review will be given to NAB and it will be accepted as accreditation. NAB won't be able to send its team to assess the IITs," MM Pallam Raju, the HRD minister, said. India needs NAB's recognition to be part of the Washington Accord which will aid Indian student to join foreign institutes, beside

Ongoing campus placements at the Delhi Technological University (DTU) recorded a new high with one of its students bagging an annual pay package of about  R s. 93 lakh from Google USA. DTU officials told Mail Today that Himanshu Jindal, a fourth year student of Department of Computer Engineering, has been offered a salary of about $115,000 and 125 Google Stock Units (totalling  R s. 93 lakh) by the company. "This is the highest-ever salary package offered to any DTU student. The highest annual package last year was  R s. 58 lakh," said an official. On cloud nine Jindal is ecstatic. "I still cannot believe that I have this offer from a company like Google. I had never imagined this in the wildest of my dreams," the 21-year-old said. A resident of Mansa in Punjab, Jindal had to clear a detailed written test and four rounds of interview at Google's Bangalore office earlier this month before he was shortlisted for the much coveted job. "Google had visited o

This article is for anyone who finds himself/ herself in the classroom. You may be a student at school or college or be in some form of training, it doesn't matter, confidence is necessary in any learning environment. Why is confidence an important issue in class? because: *. Students learn better *. The class is a more enjoyable and friendlier place *. Everybody is happier *. The teacher can teach students more easily *. The progress of the class will be faster To learn well you must be confident and guess what? To teach well you also need to be confident so let's not forget that the teacher also needs to be confident in what he or she does in class. The teachers at the universities in Columbia have proven that confidence can improve the quality of teaching. They have shown a increase in productivity and happiness of their students. How can you be more confident in class? If you suffer from low confidence in the classroom then you know the pain that brings. Ner

Technology major IBM on Wednesday tied up with IIT Madras, Karunya and Shiv Nadar universities to deploy its ‘smarter computing’ technology aimed at improving the education process, introduce new curricula and prepare the students for future jobs. “IIT Madras, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Karunya University in Coimbatore and the Shiv Nadar University (SNU) have selected IBM high performance computing (HPC) solutions to aid high-end research, refine processes and elevate the IT infrastructure in universities,” IBM said in a statement, without disclosing the financial details. According to technology market researcher IDC, about five per cent of the $40-billion domestic IT market, including hardware, software and IT services, was contributed by the education sector. This market is expected to grow at nearly 12 per cent through 2017, presenting growth opportunities for IT companies like IBM. “With education being high on the public agenda, the ag

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to get the Washington Accord, an international accreditation agreement. This was decided on Monday at a meeting of the IIT council, chaired by HRD minister Pallam Raju and attended by chairmen and directors of 16 IITs and council members. The minister said, "The IITs would be subjecting themselves to an accreditation thereby setting a good example for other institutes. This will help us in getting the Washington Accord, which in turn will improve the mobility patterns of our engineers as their degrees would be recognised on a wider global scale." The Washington Accord is an international accreditation agreement for professional engineering academic degrees , between the bodies responsible for accreditation in its signatory countries. It was established in 1989 and at present has 15 countries as its members. Once India becomes a member of the accord, it will ensure more mobility for the Indian engineers as

Facing a faculty crunch, the Indian Institutes of Technology have projected that it will take the elite institutes close to a decade to get to the ideal teacher-student ratio. The government stipulates IITs must have a teacher-student ratio of 1:10, but at present, the ratio is an area of concern. Of 6,522 sanctioned faculty positions nationwide, 2,618 are unfilled. Thus, across campuses, there is an approximately 40% shortage of teachers. While student intake has risen by 54% since 2006 in the wake of the 27% OBC quota and the expansion in the number of seats, the teacher-student ratio at campuses is around 1:15. It is the worst at IIT-Roorkee at 1:20 and the best at the newer institutes of IIT-Ropar and IIT-Mandi, where there is one teacher for every two students. The all-India faculty strength is 3,904 at the moment. "Generally, the older IITs have been picking up about 35 to 40 new teachers annually," said an IIT director. "But student strength has r

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) that met on 15 September, have decided to continue with the offline format (paperand pencil) of JEE Advanced for the next year, 2014. JAB has also decided that the JEE-Advanced 2014 will be held on 25 May, 2014. The date will soon be announced officially. JEE Main 2014 is tentatively scheduled to take place on 6 April, 2014. The official dates for JEE Main will soon be confirmed by CBSE. Meanwhile, JAB has decided against an online JEE Advanced this year. They will also soon set up a committee to study the online process and implement it in future. There will no changes for the 2014 exams. We will follow a systematic approach before implementing the computer-based test. The board will set up a committee to study the online process and only then will implement it in future.

Students with CGPA above 7.0 and graduating from centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs) will be eligible to enrol in PhD programmes in Indian Institutes of Technologies without GATE score. This and a number of measures have been approved by the IIT Council in its 47th meeting on Monday to encourage students to enrol in PhD programmes in IITs. The meeting chaired by HRD minister M M Pallam Raju also deliberated on the issue of positioning of IITs globally. The council decided to focus on augmenting research. Among the measures approved is to encourage students to take up PhD programmes in IITs and the IIT research systems to work closely with national development goals such as defence, energy, urban development and manufacturing. On the ranking front, a committee of IIT directors is looking into the issue and has already interacted with QS ranking officials to understand the methodology of the ranking agencies and systems. Towards enhancing transparency and accountability, an

Literati, the literary fest ofIIT Delhi, was inaugurated in full enthusiasm on the 13th of September but it became even better for the IITians and the other guests at the comedy evening, IIT observed. The silence at the IIT Delhi seminar hall broke into applauses as soon as comedian Rajneesh Kapoor stepped on the stage, soon afterMr.Prabhu Chawla left a panel discussion, which was part of Literati as well. Rajneesh Kapoor started the show with great wit describing how Indians are different from the others and how Indians have picked up English from the British in a grammatically wrong form. He continued further by describing the over hyper Indian Children and their mother's light way of scolding their child. After his stand up comedy, enteredGursimran Khamba. He started with describing how Indian people react to death especially on a funeral ceremony. The seminar hall was jam-packed with the IITians who generally do not get such entertainments due to their study pressures. It was

There will be an annual performance evaluation of the Directors of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) for enhancing accountability. The IITs have also agreed to open themselves to an internal process of accreditation in order to get into the Washington Accord, an agreement among bodies responsible for accrediting engineering programmes. The Accord has 15 permanent members. India is a provisional member. Accreditation of other institutes is done by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), but IITs will hold their own review and it will be left to the NBA to accept or reject the internal review. This was announced by the Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju after the 47th meeting of the Council of IITs here on Monday. The Board of Governors (BoG) of the respective IITs would review the performance of the Directors for more accountability. The Boards would submit their report to the Human Resource Development Ministry. The IITs have agreed to this proposal, t

A lot of people have trouble getting to sleep. You can develop insomnia at any age, and it can be very frustrating. Furthermore, this can cause us to have a lot less energy when we wake up in the morning, and this can lead to developing minor illnesses such as the common cold. Also, being unable to get to sleep can be irritating at times like tests on Sundays. Here are the steps : 1. First of all, take a relaxing bath. Fill it with bath salts/bubble bath if you want to. Lavender is very useful if you want to get to sleep, so try and get a couple of bath products that are scented with it. Don't splash around too much; just lie there and relax. 2. Do something relaxing before you go to bed. Listen to calming music, read a book, or do some writing. Don't watch TV or go on the computer - these things wake your brain up, meaning that, even though your body might be tired, your mind will still be wide awake, making it difficult 3. If you're hungry, eat a piece of fruit. Fruit

His words are measured and look like they have been thought about a zillion times. The 54-year-old Bhaskar Ramamurthy, director, IIT Madras (IIT-M), Chennai, graduated in BTech Electronics from IIT-M in 1975-80. He went on to complete an integrated MS-PhD in electrical engineering from University of California-Santa Barbara, USA, in 1984. After his doctorate, he worked with AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA, on problems in indoor wireless communications. In 1986, he joined his alma mater as a faculty and in September, 2011, was appointed as the institute’s 10th director. His areas of specialisation include communications and signal processing. His research domains are wireless networks, modulation, wireless data, and audio and video compression. He is a founding member of the TeNeT group of IIT Madras, which is into developing telecom and networking technologies and incubating companies to develop and market products based on these. Currently, he is honorary director of the Centre of Exc

DearCinema profiles the six screenwriters who are participating in NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival. Screenwriters’ Lab, a 2-part workshop conducted by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking community. Varun Grover answers five questions about his project “Maa Bhagwatiya IIT Coaching”: Tell us about your project. The script, titled ‘Maa Bhagwatiya IIT Coaching’, is a slice of life/coming of age/comedy look at one year in the life of a Lucknow kid who travels to Kota (the Las Vegas of IIT coaching in India) to prepare for IIT-JEE. My attempt is to capture the ‘hauwwa of competition year’ that haunts all Indian middle-class kids, especially in North India, as well as the nostalgia of my years in Lucknow coaching classes. The script also looks at the mediocrity, inferiority complex, hypocrisy, and humor of a middle-class ex

After dilly-dallying for years, IITs have agreed to get themselves accredited by the National Board of Accreditation(NBA), the premier accreditation body in the country. However, considering their high academic standards, IITs have been given the freedom to carry out the review themselves and submit the report to NBA. IITs have also been asked to work towards reinforcing the brand so that it has better chances of making it to prestigious 'QS Ranking'of best institutions. IITs have also decided to continue with this year's format of JEE(advanced) test without any change. Talking to reporters at the end of the IIT Council meetingon Monday, HRD minister M M Pallam Rajusaid IITs agreeing for accreditation would help India become a part of the Washington Accord, an international agreement among accrediting agencies of 14 nations that recognizes engineering degree programmes of each other. India is now a provisional member of the Washington Accord. One of the main criteria f

When exams are bearing down on you it’s oh-so-tempting to stay up late to cram in as much information in as you possibly can. Most of the time this is a rather poor strategy to use, though if you’ve skipped out on studying all semester and have an exam at 9:00 tomorrow morning then staying up all night is your only real choice. For the rest of the students out there, come exam time the last thing on your mind should be late night study sessions. There are three really strong reasons why you should just pack it in at an appropriate time… You’ll Be More Productive Let’s say you wake up at 9:00 a.m. and by 10:00 a.m. you’re busy studying. You study all day, taking breaks for meals, and eventually 10:00 p.m. rolls around. At this point your mind is probably fried, you’re physically exhausted, and your eyes ache from staring at tiny textbook font all day long. Over the day your productivity has decreased by large measures – continuing to study isn’t going to be the smart choice here.