IIT student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

IIT student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

Assam Inspector General of Police (IGP) Partha Sarathi Mahanta in a press conference after ISIS India head and one of his associates were arrested in Dhubri district, in Guwahati on March 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI An IIT-Guwahati student who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was travelling to join the terror group … Read more

IIT Madras develops NeoStand, customisable electric standing wheelchair – ET HealthWorld

IIT Madras develops NeoStand, customisable electric standing wheelchair – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has developed India’s most customisable electric standing wheelchair, which has been developed indigenously for the benefit of wheelchair users. The ‘NeoStand’ was launched at the campus in the presence of Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, eminent dignitaries, generous supporters of this project, faculty, researchers and … Read more

AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld

AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, has designed AI-based simulators to train and evaluate budding neurosurgeons for minimally invasive microscopic and endoscopic surgical skills. According to experts, this is aimed at changing the way neurosurgical skills especially precise actions that make a huge difference in brain surgery — … Read more

IIT Madras, IIT Mandi researchers engineer N nimmoniana plant cells to increase Camptothecin production, used in cancer treatment – ET HealthWorld

IIT Madras, IIT Mandi researchers engineer N nimmoniana plant cells to increase Camptothecin production, used in cancer treatment – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and IIT Mandi researchers have metabolically engineered the plant cells of Nothapodytes nimmoniana to increase the production of Camptothecin, which is used to treat cancer. The researchers from the Plant Cell Technology Lab of IIT Madras have developed a genome-scale metabolic model for N nimmoniana plant cells … Read more

IIT Madras develops 3D-printed face implants for patients suffering from black fungus – ET HealthWorld

IIT Madras develops 3D-printed face implants for patients suffering from black fungus – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) researchers have developed 3D-printed face implants for patients suffering from black fungus, which has been reported in COVID-19 patients as well as those with uncontrolled diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other medical conditions. Around 50 implants have already been done on patients from economically weaker sections. The institute … Read more

Discrimination in IIT campuses | Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Discrimination in IIT campuses | Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Trigger warning: The following article has references to suicide. Please avoid reading if you feel distressed by the subject. To reach the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, (IIT-H) from a village close to Odisha’s Mahanadi river, in Subarnapur district, D. Subarna (name changed to protect identity), 23, travelled by bus, train, and a cab. When … Read more

IIT Madras announces JAM 2024 schedule

IIT Madras announces JAM 2024 schedule

The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT-M) will open the application window in the first week of September for the Joint Admission Test for Masters 2024.  JAM 2024 is a computer-based test to be held in over 100 cities in the country in seven subjects — biotechnology, chemistry, economics, geology, mathematics, mathematical statistics and … Read more

IIT-I may set up CoE on healthcare with AIIMS, MYH – ET HealthWorld

IIT-I may set up CoE on healthcare with AIIMS, MYH – ET HealthWorld

Indore: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore is in discussion with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi to set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) on health care that will use the Cyber Physical System to predict complications in under treatment patients in advance and helps doctors take preventive measures. The CoE will … Read more

IIT Guwahati researchers develop AI-based model to predict knee osteoarthritis from X-ray images – ET HealthWorld

IIT Guwahati researchers develop AI-based model to predict knee osteoarthritis from X-ray images – ET HealthWorld

Guwahati: In a major relief to knee osteoarthritis patients, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, have developed a Deep Learning (DL)-based framework, namely Osteo HRNet, that automatically assesses the Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) severity from X-rays images. This AI-based model can be used to detect the severity level of the disease and assist medical … Read more