The first flush of pre-placement offers (PPOs) now being handed out at India’s leading IITs are pointing to a coming bumper placement season this year. At IIT Bombay, job announcement forms submitted by companies are already double of what was seen at the same time (race against time phrase meaning) last year. The number of PPOs at other IITs is …

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has received Rs 95 crore, the largest donation in its history, to set up a centre to develop hi-tech products and solutions for consumers and industry that lie at the bottom of the economic pyramid. On the lines of the Tata Center for Technology and Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), …

Test-Taking Strategy Matters Just as it is important to think about how you spend your study time (race against time phrase meaning) (in addition to actually doing the studying), it is important to think about what strategies you will use when you take (take with a grain of salt idiom synonym) a test (in addition to actually doing the problems …

Mathematics gives answers to unknown questions and is the pillar of science. But memorizing the formula and theorem is not sufficient to solve maths problems. You need to understand the important cycle which is learn -> analysis -> improvise. Learning will include theory section along with memorizing concepts and formulas. Next step comes with Analyzing the situation in which you …

Tips on how to study mathematics, how to approach problem-solving, how to study for and take (take with a grain of salt idiom synonym) tests, and when and how to get help.   Studying Math is Different from Studying Other Subjects Math is learned by doing problems. Do the homework. The problems help you learn the formulas and techniques you …

Eating well is good for your mental as well as your physical health. The brain requires nutrients just (just in case definition) like your heart, lungs or muscles do. But which foods are particularly important to keep our grey matter happy?       Opt for wholegrains Like everything else in your body, the brain cannot work without energy. The …

All central government-funded engineering schools, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will select students through a common entrance examination in 2015, merging the existing two-tier joint entrance examination (JEE), the human resource ministry has decided. As a precursor to the new admission format, all engineering colleges will have to conduct common counselling for students in 2014, according to the …