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IIT Bombay to replace ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans after student’s death

September 22, 2026 admin

Faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay) hold a march in the institute’s campus to support Suryanarayana Doolla, who was removed as Dean of Administrative Affairs amid protests by students over the suicide of a 22-year-old student, in Mumbai on September 21, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI IIT Bombay has initiated the replacement…

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IIT-Bombay apologises for earlier statement on circumstances surrounding student’s death

September 21, 2026 admin

Police personnel stand guard as students protest following the death of a 22-year-old Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay student, who was found dead in his hostel room after he was allegedly caught using a mobile phone during an examination, at the Powai campus, in Mumbai, Maharashtra on September 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI…

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IIT Bombay student found dead in hostel; institute says had been caught using mobile phone during exam

September 19, 2026 admin

The death is the third such reported case at the IIT Bombay campus in Powai in seven months. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini A 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ended his life in his hostel room after he was allegedly caught using a mobile phone during an examination, according to…

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IIT Madras likely to fetch ₹70 crore via stake sale in Indo-MIM IPO, to invest in innovation

March 1, 2026 admin

The value of IIT Madras’ holding is estimated at more than ₹140 crore at the expected valuation, as per market and investment banking officials. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) will monetise around half of its total holding worth ₹140 crore from the forthcoming Initial Public Offering…

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Ultrasonic vibrations hold key to precision drilling in brittle materials, IIT Bombay study finds

November 16, 2025 admin

Drilling microscopic holes in brittle materials like glass and ceramics, essential for smartphones, medical devices, and microfluidic chips, has long posed a challenge for manufacturers. Conventional methods often crack the material or fail when debris clogs narrow, deep holes. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have demonstrated how ultrasonic-assisted electrochemical discharge machining (UA-ECDM)…

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IIT Bombay researchers develop GPS-free control scheme for autonomous drone swarms

November 2, 2025 admin

Novel scheme by IIT Bombay researchers to control drones can enable complex formation flying using only camera data, without GPS or inter-drone communication. A new control scheme developed by Professor Dwaipayan Mukherjee and research scholar Chinmay Garanayak at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay enables unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly in coordinated swarms…

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IIT Bombay charts path to cool data centres using deep ocean water

August 25, 2025 admin

As the world’s digital appetite grows, so does its energy bill. Data centres — the backbone of streaming, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and cloud services— already consume around 1–1.13% of global electricity and are projected to use far more in the coming years. Nearly 40% of this power goes into cooling the massive server farms,…

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Smart Irrigation Plan can save 10-30% of irrigation water in drought-prone regions: IIT Bombay research

July 23, 2025 admin

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (IITM Pune) have developed a Smart Irrigation Plan to save 10-30% of irrigation water in drought-prone regions, combining weather forecasts, satellite soil moisture data,…

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IIT Bombay researchers find a technique to measure degradation of iron coatings

February 6, 2025 admin

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Bombay have come up with a new technique that can measure the rate of iron coating degradation. This discovery claims to hold the potential of benefiting the steel industry. Metals corrode with time, and some metals corrode more than others, like iron rusts…

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IIT Bombay’s space start-up tests its green propulsion system in space

January 2, 2025 admin

Space tech start-up, Manastu Space has successfully test fired their first Green Propulsion System in space on December 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Space tech start-up, Manastu Space, started by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has successfully test fired their first Green Propulsion System VYOM 2U onboard PSLV C60 in space on…

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