The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) and Samarkand State University (SamSU) signed two key agreements, marking a significant step forward in Indo-Uzbek academic partnership. These include a Letter of Intent to Establish a Joint Master’s Degree Programme (JMDP) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote research and collaboration in hydrology, environmental science, … Read more
This agreement with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier telecom R&D center of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, for the development of “Cell-Free 6G Access Points” is a significant step towards the development of state-of-the-art, next-generation telecommunications technology by the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) in collaboration … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee will be conducting the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2025. Today, IIT Roorkee, the organizing institute, unveiled the GATE 2025 website. The new website is gate2025.iitr.ac.in. GATE 2025 will be a computer-based test (CBT) and will be jointly held by IISc Bengaluru and seven IITs (IIT Bombay, … Read more
With the increase of antibiotic-resistant illnesses posing a threat to global public health, breakthrough solutions like IITR08367 found by IIT Roorkee scientists provide hope by conserving the efficacy of existing medicines while also addressing the critical need for new therapeutic alternatives. In a ground-breaking development in the fight against antibiotic resistance, researchers at the Indian … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee’s Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management recently unveiled BhuDEV, an earthquake early warning app, to enhance the safety and resilience of Uttarakhand inhabitants in the face of seismic hazards using technology. BhuDEV, named “Bhukamp Disaster Early Vigilantè,” will serve as a cornerstone in the arsenal of … Read more
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has revised its post-graduate curriculum to make students project-oriented and future-ready through cutting-edge projects, coursework, internships, and industry interactions. The new curriculum, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), will be implemented from the Autumn Semester of 2024-2025. The primary objectives of the curriculum revision are to … Read more
In another milestone towards research in Armed Forces Medical Services, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 14 Feb 2024, between Armed Forces Medical Services and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The MoU was signed by Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen SK Singh on behalf of Director General Armed Forces Medical Services and … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) and C-DOT, the top telecom research and development center of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, inked a contract to “develop a 140GHz fully integrated transmitter and receiver module for 6G and beyond.” The agreement is signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of … Read more
Today at IIT Roorkee, Mrs. Gunjan Dave, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, opened a two-day session on “5G Use Case Labs: Awareness and Pre-Commissioning Readiness.” It was hosted by the National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation, and Training (NTIPRIT), DoT, Ghaziabad. It intended to raise awareness of 5G technology use cases … Read more
On December 29, 2023, IIT Roorkee and IIT Bhilai signed an MoU to improve academic and research collaboration between the two universities. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at IIT Bhilai by the directors of both universities, Professor KK Pant of IIT Roorkee and Prof Rajiv Prakash of IIT Bhilai. This strategic partnership aims to … Read more
A team of robotics experts from IIT Roorkee performed testing in the opencast mines of Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd., in a significant effort to advance digitalization in coal mines. Under the project “Design and development of an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle applied to open cast minefield surveillance for real-time monitoring, hazards, … Read more
Researchers from IIT-Roorkee have identified anti-viral compounds that can be used effectively to treat the Covid-19 infection. Through medication repurposing, computational, and antiviral experimental tests, the researchers discovered three such antiviral compounds. The Covid-19 pandemic spurred both computational and experimental studies all over the world to understand the structure and nature of SARS-COV-2 viral proteins … Read more