By the end of the last century, the world transitioned from predominantly rural to equal rural-urban living. Many estimates predict that by year 2050 two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities due to the ever-increasing rural to urban migration.
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IIT Kanpur, TCS collaborate for materials engineering hub
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have collaborated to establish a world-class educational and research ecosystem for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) at the campus.
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IIT-Hyderabad bags Japanese transport project
Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad has bagged a Rs.30 crore project from Japan in the area of multimode transportation as the institute pursues to further nurture its special relationship with that country.
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Two IITs to outline Smart City plan for Varanasi
The Centre has roped in Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) to chalk out a plan for redeveloping Varanasi into a Smart City, while preserving its heritage.
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Chemical Wizard
Ulhas Parlikar received his Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering with Specialisation in High Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai in 1980
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RBI releases GIRO Advisory Group report
The Reserve Bank of India had announced the constitution of a GIRO Advisory Group (GAG) under the chairmanship of Prof. Umesh Bellur, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay to implement a national GIRO-based Indian Bill Payment System. The GAG submitted its report on March 20, 2014 to the Reserve Bank of India. The GAG has observed that bill payments landscape in the country are mostly biller-specific and thus do not provide an environment to customers to make bill payments through an inter oper