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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Critics of the entrance exam for India’s top engineering colleges say it measures neither interest nor aptitude of students. They are now calling for an overhaul.
What’s common between Vavilala Reddy, R.K. Shishir and Mridul Agarwal, aside from the fact that they were toppers in the Joint Entrance Exam for the Indian Institutes of Technology in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively?
All three spent years preparing for the JEE, putting in up to 14 hours a day. And, all three chose to study computer science engineering, or CSE, from IIT Bombay.
The CSE course at IIT Bombay attracts some of the highest scorers in the JEE. And why shouldn’t it? It is a flagship programme of the IITs, India’s premier engineering institutes. CSE graduates also snag …
Four years after Bodhi Tree’s investment, the test-prep giant remains caught between a slowing legacy business and growth bets that are still in their infancy.
Passing one of the toughest exams in the world to get into an IIT is no longer enough.
While the answer is a resounding yes for fields like medicine and law, there are many new fields where a college degree isn’t necessary or even relevant.
