Mihika Basu

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Connect conversations: IIT-B group comes out with video series for LGBTQ

Tue, Dec 15, 2015

Web initiative aims to combat homophobia and transphobia in higher educational institutions.

Jaitapur nuclear power project: Protesters write to Japan PM, warn of stepping up pressure

Fri, Dec 11, 2015

Say in light of its own experience, Japan should not put profits of its nuclear industry before the environment.

Eight IIT-B students opt for deferred placements to focus on society, entrepreneurship

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

In 2014, around 11 had opted for deferred placements. The policy has seen a considerable rise from one in 2013 and none in the first year of introduction.

India’s first space observatory scores over NASA, say TIFR scientists

Tue, Dec 08, 2015

No payload of this area has been flown so far and hence it was a big challenge for the country when it was first mooted, said scientists.

IIT Bombay ranks 29 in Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economics rankings: Scores poorly in international outlook and research

Fri, Dec 04, 2015

An analysis of the ranking parameters shows that IIT Bombay has scored just 17.7 per cent in international outlook.

Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana: 82.22% grievances resolved till Nov 15, says Maharashtra govt

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

Denies TISS claim that 63% incurred out-of-pocket payments

NGO writes to NPCIL, urges it to stop work at Jaitapur plant

Thu, Dec 03, 2015

The letter to the ministry had called for issuing stop-work notices to the NPCIL and to make a public announcement of this decision.

District Information System for Education data : 37.27% teachers in state’s primary, upper primary schools not even graduates

Sun, Nov 29, 2015

Figures reveal 1,53,329 teachers out of 4,11,378 in the state’s rural schools do not have a graduate degree.

On constitution day, TISS student presents paper on secularism in Indian context

Fri, Nov 27, 2015

‘Religion more politicised than politics itself’

‘Govt should review intervention policies, one-time financial aid not the solution’

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

The initiative has been conceptualised by Kanojia, who was an intervention programme officer of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), which had focused on helping 26/11 survivors.

Increase in pre-placement offers indicate good hiring season ahead: IIT Bombay

Tue, Nov 24, 2015

Over 150 offers, including 15 international ones, so far.

Health scheme beneficiaries pay from own pockets

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

TISS report maps pitfalls in Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana

Maharashtra govt issues strict guidelines for private children’s welfare organisations

Wed, Nov 18, 2015

These departments will also have to make sure that guidelines are being strictly followed.

Shortage of faculty across IITs: 42% in Kharagpur, Roorkee, 39% in Bombay

Fri, Nov 13, 2015

Among the older IITs, Bombay had a vacancy of 38.66 per cent, Kharagpur of 42.42 per cent, Roorkee of 41.88 per cent, Delhi of 33.11 per cent, Guwahati of 26.50 per cent and IIT-BHU of 53.39 per cent.

Maharashtra colleges told to promote Swachh Bharat campaign

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

Adopt statues of national leaders for cleanliness: MHRD.

Dying, giant radio galaxy catches astronomers’ attention

Sun, Nov 08, 2015

According to experts, while radio galaxies with size less than a million light years are common, giant radio galaxies are rare at large cosmic distances.

IIT-B student survey: 76% female, 63% male students say ‘casual sexism’ exists

Wed, Nov 04, 2015

The primary objective was to gauge people’s opinion about gender inequality on IIT campus.

Poverty, customs & exercise of choice key drivers of child marriage, says study

Tue, Oct 13, 2015

Life stories of 42 girls or women and 15 boys or men, who were married before the age of 18 years and are presently in the age group 15-29 years, form the core of the data.