India has one of the largest and most diverse higher education sectors, especially the technical and engineering schools. As the nation celebrates its Independence Day, here is a look at how Indian higher education institutions grew from their humble beginnings to some of the most recognised places of learning that churned out global leaders.

India Independence: These gems of Indian higher education are envy of the world

A study by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has urged greater government investment in public healthcare to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the elderly.

Only 19% elderly have health insurance and can’t bear costs: IIT study

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) will be developing an indigenous Vessel Traffic Management Software and hardware that is used in ports. Currently, Indian ports use foreign options for fulfilling the same purpose, thus leading to higher costs.

Home-grown Maritime Traffic Management software to be ready in 2022, says IIT Madras

The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the world's top research university as per the citations per faculty indicator, while the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, is ranked 41st in the category, according to the coveted QS World University Rankings released on Wednesday.

QS World University Rankings: 3 Indian institutes in top 200; IISc top research university

Parliament on Tuesday passed a legislation to declare the five new IIITs in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur as institutes of national importance, enabling them to award degrees.

Parliament passes bill giving national importance tag to five new IIITs

A faux pas in a job advertisement for the position of a dog handler posted by the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi created quite a buzz on social media, prompting the institute to issue a clarification and cancel the recruitment.

IIT-Delhi issues clarification after ad for dog handler kicks up row

The Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) Main for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has begun with precautions amid COVID-19 on Tuesday, despite protests by Opposition parties and some students.

JEE main begins across India with COVID-19 precautions

Amid the ongoing debate over the need to conduct National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exams for medical, dental courses at the Undergraduate level, the Tamil Nadu Health Minister has written to the Union Health Minister seeking the cancellation of the exam.

Tamil Nadu Health Minister writes to Union Minister seeking cancellation of NEET Examination

Universities worldwide are every year ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR), revealing which world's best 1,000 universities. The ranking, which was released on Wednesday, revealed a slip in the ranking of Indian universities this year.

Indian universities slip in world rankings; IIT Bombay tops India's list

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Advanced for admission to 23 IITs was postponed on Wednesday in view of COVID-19 outbreak, news agency PTI reported quoting officials.

COVID-19: JEE-Advanced for admission to 23 IITs postponed, likely to be held in May

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has developed a new method to detect Coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases. The researchers team has claimed that this new method of research is more affordable and reduces the cost.

IIT, Delhi develops new method to detect COVID-19 positive case

Serving a population of nearly 1.4 billion, the Indian education sector is huge. Addressing the needs of such a large, dispersed and diverse population has its own challenges.

Higher education reforms imperative to push India story

With 1,000 PhD scholarships for ASEAN students in India's Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT), New Delhi on Monday formally announced its largest capacity development initiative for ASEAN countries.

India announces largest scholarship programme for ASEAN students

In a major step to boost relations with ASEAN countries and increase people-to-people ties, the Government has decided to offer 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs in India.

India to offer 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs

The grand finale of the second edition of the Carbon Zero Challenge at the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) witnessed 24 teams display their prototypes that were designed and developed to help overcome challenges in the fields of agri-tech, environment, energy, social and water.

IIT’s Carbon Zero Challenge churns out innovative solutions to India’s energy, environmental challenges

Launched by IIT-Delhi alumni, Nanoclean Global Pvt Ltd is an Indian start-up, providing low-cost solutions to tackle air pollution. It had won the prestigious Startup National Award for their effort. #WorldEnvironmentDay #BeatAirPollution #IIT

World Environment Day: IIT-Delhi alumni's low-cost solution to beat air pollution

News brief: Big stories of the day

Women at the moment make up 9% of IIT Kharagpur's student body

To improve gender imbalance, IITs to add 779 more seats exclusively for women

Mathematician Anand Kumar spoke to WION about Super 30, his inspirations, the Indian education system and why Hrithik Roshan is a perfect choice for the lead role.

Hrithik Roshan's dedication makes him the perfect choice for 'Super 30' film: Anand Kumar

He said that 'Hawking was a friend of India and will be remembered as one of world's greatest motivators'

Manipur: Narendra Modi address Indian Science Congress, pays home to Stephen Hawking

WION Evening News brief, March 9, 2018

Sophia made headlines after becoming the first robot to be recognised as a citizen in the world.

Humanoid 'Sophia' makes India debut in saree, greets audience with 'Namaste'

The third-year students forced their juniors to strip and do objectional acts to each other. The indecent act was even recorded on cell phones and circulated on social media groups

Watch: IIT Kanpur suspends 22 students for ragging

University of Delhi was ranked for producing highly-successful alumni

IIT-D, IIT-B produce employable graduates: UK survey

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