Indian Institute of Technology

This is to show all students out there that you are not alone, and that engineering entrance exams are not the end of the world.

Air purifiers have become a very important appliance in many houses, hospitals, schools and offices located in cities with high pollution levels. And researchers at IIT-Madras have come up with one that is both affordable and efficient.

In 2013, a group of researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) developed an affordable nano technology-based water purifier. The aim behind the purifier was to provide safe drinking water without any microbial and chemical impurities, and to fight the problem of arsenic contamination that leads to many health hazards. It will now be used all across India.

The National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), an e-learning platform, is revolutionising the concept of internet based higher education in India.

To reduce the burden on physically challenged students and to make education more inclusive, the IIT council has announced a fee waiver for them. The council is also reconsidering their recent proposal of increasing the tuition fees for other students.

IIT Bhubaneswar has introduced Odissi dance as a BTech subject, becoming the first IIT to include any dance form in its curriculum. Experts in the field have been called in to design the curriculum and exam pattern for the course.