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SECTOR | 18 Dec 2025, 08:31AM

IIT Bombay, Vertiv collaborate on next-gen cooling solutions for AI workloads

Business Line

With GPU power consumption expected to rise from 700W in 2022 to 1,200W in 2025, efficient thermal management is critical.

Education

SECTOR | 17 Dec 2025, 06:59PM

IIM Kozhikode gets record participation for executive MBA programme

Business Line

With 683 participants, EPGP18 is the largest Executive MBA batch ever at IIM Kozhikode, and also the most gender-diverse, with women comprising nearly 29 per cent of the cohort

Education

SECTOR | 17 Dec 2025, 03:10PM

IIT Bombay Cancels Pre-Registrations For Mood Indigo Events, Cancels Entry For Outsiders

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The entry for any outsider has been stopped for today and tomorrow, with exceptions only for registered competition participants and IIT Bombay residents.

IIT Delhi graduate moved to US on H1-B visa in 2001, started own company after 7 years; now …

livemint | 17 Dec 2025, 02:02PM 1 more

Education

SECTOR | 16 Dec 2025, 08:20PM

Meet Archna Vyas, the new Gates Foundation country director for India

Business Standard

A Physics postgraduate from the University of Delhi, Archna Vyas has almost three decades of experience across marketing, advertising, communication and policy roles

Raghuraman Kannan elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Business Line | 16 Dec 2025 2 more

Education

SECTOR | 16 Dec 2025, 02:46PM

IIT Madras study: PEM electrolysers can cut power use in green hydrogen

Business Standard

IIT Madras researchers say proton exchange membrane electrolysers can improve efficiency versus alkaline systems and that design choices can reshape lifecycle emissions and material needs for scale-up

Education

SECTOR | 16 Dec 2025, 02:02PM

Can sleep and social support make your brain look eight years younger?

Business Standard

A University of Florida study using MRI and machine learning suggests sleep, optimism, stress control and social support are linked to younger-looking brains, by up to eight years in some participants

Education

SECTOR | 16 Dec 2025

Brown University attack: Hunt continues for shooter amid security questions

Business Standard

Authorities knocked on doors and scoured yards Monday in search of any video or other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before and after the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others. Officials released three new videos of the man they believe carried out Saturday's attack that show him wearing a mask and a dark two-tone jacket. Although his face wasn't visible, the footage from about two hours before the shooting provided the clearest images yet of the suspect. The FBI said the man is about 5 feet, 8 inches (173 centimetres) tall, with a stocky build. The agency offered a USD 50,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible. "We're asking for the public's assistance, Providence's police chief, Col Oscar Perez, said at a news conference, urging people who might recognise the suspect to call a tip line. Police renewed

Education

SECTOR | 15 Dec 2025

B Sairam appointed Coal India CMD

Business Line

A mining engineer from NIT Raipur, Sairam brings over three decades of experience across mine operations, logistics, project planning and regulatory affairs.

Education

SECTOR | 15 Dec 2025

Govt tables Bill to Subsume UGC, AICTE; IITs, IIMs brought under new regulator

Business Line

The proposed bill has a wide institutional sweep, applying to Institutions of National Importance such as IITs, IIMs, NITs and IISc under Section 2(1)(a).

Education

SECTOR | 15 Dec 2025

India-made human-like robot

Business Line

Indigenous robotic system designed by NIT-Rourkela can understand spoken language, follow verbal instructions