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"The challenge is not simply about numbers, it’s about alignment with our distinctive national mission,” Prof Chakraborty said. (Images via IIT-Kgp)

IIT-Kharagpur Director on QS Rankings drop: 'Activities that create transformative impact don’t immediately reflect in citation metrics'

November 05, 2025 6:43 pm

Seven IITs which feature in the top 10 among Indian institutions in the QS Asia Rankings 2026 have seen a sharp fall in their ranks this year compared to last year. Five of them – IITs Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, and Kharagpur – have recorded their lowest rank since at least 2021.

(Clockwise- IIT Delhi, IISc Bangalore, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay; Images via official sources)

Top IITs rank slip as universities from China, Singapore surge ahead: QS Asia Rankings 2026

November 05, 2025 4:41 pm

Nine of India’s top 10 institutions, including seven IITs, see sharp rank falls in QS Asia 2026 list even as their scores improve — a sign of stronger competition from East and Southeast Asia.

‘IITians should transform their viewpoint from being job seekers to being job creators’: IIT Kharagpur director at Idea Exchange

November 03, 2025 6:40 am

A mechanical engineer by training, he is known for his work in fluid mechanics, biomedical engineering and affordable health and diagnostics

IIT Kharagpur ‘clash’: 3 expelled, 4 suspended students appeal to director to reconsider decision, request they be given opportunity to rectify behaviour

October 20, 2025 2:29 am

IIT Kharagpur officials said the students were intoxicated and used sticks to assault each other.

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Platinum Jubilee Drive: IIT-Kharagpur launches drive to boost research park at Rajarhat

October 15, 2025 4:01 am

The initiative will provide opportunities for start-ups and corporate partners to collaborate closely with experts of the institute

IIT-Kharagpur: Students' body launches feedback drive on academic, administrative steps

October 15, 2025 9:21 am

The feedback is aimed at getting students' review of the ongoing system and eliciting their views on improvement, the official said.

IIT Kharagpur Placement 2024: Interviews were conducted in a hybrid format, with several companies visiting campus in person

SC to hear IIT Kharagpur student’s plea for transfer on medical grounds to IIT Delhi

September 29, 2025 9:53 am

The petitioner suffers from documented Borderline Personality Disorder which requires specialised Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy, available at AIIMS Delhi, and parental supervision.

IIT-Kharagpur inducts 10 counsellors to find whether students under stress

September 24, 2025 9:54 am

The senior academic said a fact-finding team, constituted by the institute to look into cases of unnatural deaths of students on the campus, will have a meeting later on Monday.

IIT Kharagpur student found dead, 5th case of suspected suicide this year

September 21, 2025 4:50 am

Harsh Kumar Pandey’s father contacted IIT security personnel after his son could not be reached on the phone.

A month after viral email, IIT-Kharagpur clarifies: ‘No segregation of veg, non-veg seats in dining hall’

September 11, 2025 7:15 am

Former students and faculty had flagged that such divisions mark a significant shift from the institute's historical practices, when students with different dietary preferences routinely shared tables