The Uttarakhand police on Sunday collaborated with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) to organise ‘Devbhoomi Cyber Hackathon 2022’. Devbhoomi Cyber Hackathon 2022 aims at generating technology-based solutions for SMART policing as per the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participants from all across the country reached the IIT to participate […]
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IIT Roorkee launches online PG certificate programs on Data Science, AI, and MLOps with CloudxLab
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) today announced the launch of three online Post Graduate certificate programs in association with CloudxLab. The cutting-edge curriculum provided through these courses will help one to get equipped in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and MLOps. IIT Roorkee and CloudxLab had earlier […]
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IIT Roorkee, NDMA develop app that predicts natural disasters
In a joint venture with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), IIT Roorkee has built an app that can predict natural disasters. As per the information shared by Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Dhan Singh Rawat on Monday, the app will alert about the probable natural calamities beforehand. “I’ve also formed an expert committee. It’ll intimate us about the amount of […]
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90 students of IIT Roorkee test positive for Covid-19, hostels sealed
A total of 90 students have tested positive for COVID-19 at Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in the last few days, said IIT Roorkee media cell in-charge Sonika Srivastava on Thursday. He further said that the Haridwar District Health Department has sealed five hostels— Coral, Kasturba, Sarojini, Govind Bhawan, and Vigyan Kunj and […]
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88 students of IIT Roorkee test Covid-19 positive, 5 hostels sealed
Nearly 88 students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district have tested positive for coronavirus, an institute official said on Thursday. Sonika Shirivastva, a spokesperson of the institute, said all the 88 students have been kept in the Ganga hostel within the IIT premises […]
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MoRTH signs MoU with IIT Roorkee for continuation of Professorial Chair
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi for the continuation of MoRTH Professorial Chair focusing on research and development, teaching and training in the area of development of highway infrastructure. According to an official […]
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IIT Roorkee to conduct research for identifying antiviral to tackle COVID-19
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee will conduct research on the identification of antiviral to treat COVID-19. This development comes after a proposal led by Professor Pravindra Kumar has been given a go-ahead by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). “The study will identify small molecule inhibitors to target key […]
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Uttarakhand: IIT Roorkee student’s TikTok clone app Mitron TV is riding high in downloads
There was a time when memers in India looked forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi beginning his speeches with the word “Mitron”. Such is the popularity of the word and the love of Indians for TikTok, that an IIT Roorkee student Shivank Agarwal has reportedly built an app called Mitron TV and […]
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Three IIT Roorkee students get Rs 1.54 crore job offer from US firm
Three students from IIT Roorkee have got job offers of Rs 1.54 crore per annum each from an American multinational company, the highest ever for any student at the premier engineering institute, officials said on Tuesday. The three B.Tech final year students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here […]