http://www.iitbombay.org daily 1 2009-02-18T08:33:53Z http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/iit-b-plans-portal-to-beat-teacher-crunch IIT Bombay is all set to launch the country’s first national portal on computer programming to enable teachers and students of engineering colleges to interact and exchange information on a common platform. No publisher ahirwar 2010-09-06T07:19:33Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/iit-undergrads-start-new-chapter-of-tutoring Bright undergraduates tutoring their juniors is common on most American campuses but this is the first time that an Indian institute is attempting this teaching model. With the number of students rising, teaching assistants are becoming all the more important in the tutorial system being conducted after lectures. No publisher ahirwar 2010-09-06T07:16:08Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/conserving-energy-the-iit-b-way The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) is going green. From vermiculture pits to low-flow showers and taps, the engineering institute has introduced several measures to conserve resources. This is part of their Green Campus Initiative, which aims at making the institute sustainable. No publisher ahirwar 2010-09-03T17:52:52Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/case-western-reserve-university-and-iitb Case Western Reserve University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have reached a memorandum of understanding designed to build on the academic and research strengths of both institutions. No publisher ahirwar 2010-09-01T12:19:32Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/sumo-wrestlers-to-be-seen-in-2018desi-style2019-at Mood Indigo 2010, IIT-Bombay’s annual inter-collegiate festival, will organise the event and two popular wrestlers from Mongolia will be seen in action in dhotis and pagdis. No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-30T13:42:15Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/alumni-in-the-news-august-28 Quantum MF Appoints S.R. Balasubramanian as New Director| Arvind Iyengar Honored as 2011 Siebel Scholar| Mr Vijay Ratnaparkhe named as the new Managing Director at RBEI No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-30T13:43:31Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/iit-b-embraces-foreign-languages Over the past six months, the elite Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has introduced two, eight-month foreign-language courses — and included a bit of culture and etiquette in the syllabus. No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-30T12:28:55Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/cnbc-tv18-starts-201clessons-in-leadership201d Travelling to the country’s best campuses, starting with IIT Mumbai, the event will be an occasion where business leaders will share views and experiences from their stellar business careers on a variety of subjects No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-26T16:00:12Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/iit-bombay-selected-for-hps-research-program HP has announced that the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has been selected to participate in the prestigious HP Labs Innovation Research Program (IRP). The work is being conducted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay. No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-26T14:26:19Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/students-with-poor-scores-make-best-of-iit-b-rehab An analysis of the academic rehabilitation programme (ARP) for undergraduates at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has revealed that the programmehas had a 50% success rate. No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-22T21:22:16Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/alumni-in-the-news-august-20-1 Vasant Prabhu ('81), Vice Chairman and CFO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts was interviewed on CNBC and rang the NYSE Closing Bell | Viral Acharya ('95), Professor of Finance of NYU's Stern School of Business talks about Derivative dilemmas in the Financial Times | Ritesh Samadhiya ('05) in Deutsche Bank's new Asian equity strategy team. No publisher ram 2010-08-21T05:14:45Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/iitb-professor-receives-vsr-award-from-isro Professor Abhay Karandikar from the IIT, Mumbai, was awarded for his contribution to wireless technology and standards, particularly for 4G Wireless Technology. No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-19T12:45:02Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/alumni-student-mentorship-program-2010-launched-by-1 Student Alumni Relations Cell (SARC) set in motion the second phase for its Alumni Student Mentorship Program (ASMP) on 14th August, 2010 with improvised matching criteria for students and alumni. ASMP, which was launched in January, turned out to be a very effective platform for interaction between alumni and students and resulted in a lot of alumni getting reconnected with the institute. To know more details about the program and to register, please visit http://www.sarc-iitb.org/mentorship No publisher arpit 2010-08-17T10:17:31Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/steve-jobs-features-pulse-at-ipad-launch The Pulse News Reader app, which displays a grid of news feeds as thumbnail images with a short caption preview, gained a following after Apple Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs featured it during the iPad's launch. Alphonso Labs now has versions for the iPhone and Android phones. "Google Reader users can seem really stressed out and overloaded," said Kothari, who launched the company in May with fellow recent Stanford University graduate Ankit Gupta (IIT Bombay '08). No publisher ram 2010-08-17T05:45:02Z News Item http://www.iitbombay.org/news/Current/a-companion-for-iit-bombay-pg-students Be it academic problems or the problem of settling down in a new environment; language barrier or feeling of homesickness; career guidance and counseling, IIT-Bombay’s “student companion programme” will take care of it all. No publisher ahirwar 2010-08-16T10:28:19Z News Item