Even as more students aspire to study engineering, the craze for B.Com and B.Sc. (Mathematics) still continues. Arts and science college administrators say the number of aspirants for these courses do

With the city reeling under a two-hour power cut and in the wake of the recent EB tariff hike, more residents are now looking at using solar power as an alternative to conventional electricity.

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AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa assumed charge as chief minister a year ago. People who have benefited from handouts like laptop, cow, goat, etc. aver that the freebies have made radical changes to the

With about 51,538 seats going vacant in 133 aided and 421 self-financing colleges in the state last year, and about 50 arts and science colleges in the city and its suburbs affiliated to Madras Univer

About 50 arts and science colleges affiliated to the University of Madras in the city and its suburbs have closed down courses such as B.Sc (microbiology), B.Sc (biochemistry), B.Sc (electronics) and

The Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) in the city has embarked on an ambitious mission to develop “stealth” battle tanks.

The Defence Research and Development Organisatio

With more first-year students failing in the semester examination in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director of the institute, told Deccan Chronicle Education a

With the advent of modern e-book readers like Amazon Kindle and smart phones like iPhones, which could store hundreds of electronic books, several youngsters have started downloading e-books rather th

A group of IITians across the country have busted the myth that IITians do not pay back to society by joining hand to form Avanti Fellows, a not-for-profit trust to coach students from the poor and op

The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), which meets on April 23 at New Delhi, is expected to pass a resolution to hold common entrance test - joint entrance examination - for all technical edu