India’s first energy biosciences centre to come up in Mumbai

Wednesday 9 January '08

To find ways for reducing India’s growing dependence on petroleum fuels...

Crop problems? Farmers can text IIT Bombay for answers

Monday 10 December '07

By upgrading its software, IIT has started reaching out to more and more farmers of Maharashtra, responding to their queries over cellphone.

Free education from state control: Lord Desai

Thursday 22 November '07

Complex regulations for higher education in India coupled with political turmoil found a victim in no less than economist Lord Meghnad Desai.

BMC starts meditation classes to de-stress students before exams

Tuesday 13 November '07

Civic body’s vipassana meditation course for Standard X students aims at improving concentration, self-confidence and awareness.

Lost, runaway street children find way back home via cyberspace

Saturday 3 November '07

Fifteen-year-old Rinku Sheikh ran away from his home in Orissa five months back because he thought he had made...

Bulls & bears, but this isn’t biology

Tuesday 30 October '07

CBSE Financial Market Management course a hit in schools; NSE developing software for hands-on training on broking terminal operations.

V-C’s bluechip idea: invest university corpus in stock market

Saturday 15 September '07

At conference of Vice Chancellors, Mumbai V-C leads the way, UGC told to consider the idea

Focus on research: Kalam to IIT-Bombay

Thursday 6 September '07

A research powerhouse; nurturing small-start-ups; a catalyst for entrepreneurial boom

Ideas incubator

Wednesday 15 August '07

A CELL SET UP AT IIT BOMBAY PLUCKS IDEAS OUT OF HI-TECH LABS AND TURNS THEM INTO COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

IIT-JEE toppers: from Punjab’s Malwa to college in the Atomic Energy complex

Thursday 31 May '07

Achin says I need to grow up to take the IAS; for Ankita, ranked 2366 last yr, second shot meant being first

Girl next door, Minal was man of the house

Thursday 19 April '07

They hoped for the best and weren’t quite prepared for the worst. So when news came in, Alkesh Wasu and Mayur Dhakka

‘Look for hidden Ramanujans’

Sunday 24 December '06

Seek out new talent, build a continuous stream of teachers and become employment generators instead of employment seekers.

Film on Dubey to launch IIT conference

Saturday 23 December '06

Na mujhe yaad rakhna, na mera kaam yaad rakhna, bas itni dua hain ke paigam yaad rakhna...

Businessman, came to Mumbai to give family a better life

Monday 27 November '06

After working hard for years, Madhu Pawar, at 60, was finally slowing down: he had struggled all those years to give his family a good life...

An electrical engineer, loved work so much, he didn’t want to retire

Thursday 16 November '06

Youngest of three siblings, Ajay decided to celebrate his July 13 birthday with the family. Most of all, he wanted to surprise his father...

Businessman, was planning holiday in Europe during Diwali

Monday 16 October '06

Mukundrai Amidas Modi’s family wants the government to ensure that the 7/11 case does not drag on for 13 years like the 1993 serial blasts trial.

Accountant, taught his family to be self-reliant

Wednesday 4 October '06

He wasn˜t supposed to be in Mumbai that day. And unlike other days, had left work early. And as if this chain of fatal coincidences was not enough, he had started travelling first-class barely a year ago.