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NDTV
2 days ago
- Science
- NDTV
This Technical University Opens Admissions To Top Courses, Offers Scholarships
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) has begun the admission process for its postgraduate and PhD programmes for the academic session 2025-26. Applications are now open for various specialisations across engineering, science, management, humanities, and architecture disciplines. Eligible candidates can apply by visiting the university's official website, The last date to submit the application is June 12. Applicants must complete separate registrations for each programme they wish to apply to. Master's Programmes Offered MTech in: CSE (Artificial Intelligence) AI & Data Science IT (Cyber Security) Mechanical Engineering ECE (VLSI Design) MPlan in Urban Planning MCA (Master of Computer Applications) Scholarships And Stipends GATE-qualified candidates in MTech/MPlan are eligible for UGC scholarships. Non-GATE merit holders (top 10) in MTech/MPlan will receive a monthly scholarship of Rs 7,500. Full-time PhD scholars not availing JRF/SRF will receive a stipend of Rs 10,000 per month. JRF/SRF scholarships are also available for eligible PhD candidates. Special Rs 12,400/month stipend is available for MTech IT (Cyber Security) - Research Track students under the ISEA Project. Research paper and patent awards up to Rs 5,00,000 are offered to encourage innovation. PG students have access to placement and internship opportunities. PhD Programmes Offered Admissions are open in various domains, including: Engineering and Technology Computer Science, AI, Cyber Security, IT Mechanical and Electrical Engineering ECE Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry Management Humanities Architecture and Planning
Hindustan Times
25-05-2025
- Science
- Hindustan Times
Seeing Silicon: ‘Robots are fragile, we've to take care of them'
From a bright sunny day on the Stanford campus, I head down into the basement of its Electrical Engineering building. It's not dark or dingy, rather, the newly opened Stanford Robotics Center is polished and rather sparkly, the open space gleaming in excitement, segueing off into glass rooms on either side. Before I can introduce myself on the tour – we're all here to see robots – I'm distracted by two rather tiny and completely non threatening bots that come and kind of sniff us. One's a dog-shaped one, its four legs moving jaggedly. The second is an egg-shaped Relay Robot, an autonomous delivery robot that twirls in greeting. The Stanford Robotics Center opened earlier this year as a space for interdisciplinary projects of all departments of the university. 'It's a space for challenging projects, where different people from different fields collaborate and think about how robots can help humans and the planet,' explains Dr Oussama Khatib, the director of Stanford Robotics Center who is a professor in the department of computer science. After all, mechatronics, as robotics is increasingly being called now, is a multidisciplinary field that integrates mechanical, electrical and computer engineering, and requires advances in sensors, motors, actuators, mechanisms, designs, algorithms, control architecture and materials to come together. That's a lot of skills and expertise. 'Robotics also has different users, different use cases and that requires different areas of expertise from medical to mining,' he said, adding that it took him five years to get space, funds and people together for the centre. The whole stretch of open space separates out into different rooms where different robots are being trained, ranging from mining, industry, household to medical. On our left is a dance studio with sensors which scan movement of dancers and use it to learn motion for robots. Across from us, in another room, a household humanoid robot walks in a scattered room picking up clothes and replacing books back into the shelves. It's clunky and delicate. It also costs $90,000 and does 15 minutes of cleaning. 'Robots are not dangerous but they're fragile,' Khatib says, adding that what they have, even with AI, is functional autonomy, not cognitive autonomy like humans. They have to be maintained, taken care of, protected by humans. They also tend to become obsolete. Further down the hall, in the medical section, we meet an obsolete robot, da Vinci Surgical System, which has been gifted to the center so researchers can use them in projects. There's also a brand-new millirobot, a miniscule medical robot that can be injected into the bloodstream, controlled with spinning magnets to tackle a tumour in the human body. 'It's a result of discussion between researchers in robotics and brain surgeons,' said Khatib, driving his point about collaborations. Next door has industrial robots, where a bot is doing repairs for future datacenters. In the tour crowd, someone comments on the most difficult thing to copy – the dexterity in human hands. The robots here make me feel that the future is not replacement of humans, but collaboration between robots and humans. I try out a haptic feedback system – a sleeve I wear on my hand so I can feel the same things that a robotic arm is touching. The haptic feedback system is being used in a lot of robots today. Feedback comes through vibration motors, ultrasonic waves and microfluidics in the haptic system. As the robotic arm touches things, through the sensors, my skin feels wet, squiggly, thorny or velvety. It's the same haptic feedback system that Khatib has used in his massively popular OceanOne – a diving robot that can descent nearly a kilometre to explore sunken ships, planes and help marine biologists. The robot's upper body is humanoid and can be controlled by a human using haptic and a stereoscopic vision. Imagine touching a shipwreck sunken in the ocean, while you're in the lab. The underwater robot becomes your avatar, allowing you to experience its environment. Interaction is the future of robotics, Khatib tells me. It will be through haptic devices, or interfaces where you'll be able to operate robots in challenging environments like underwater, in a mine or in a fire. A month ago, Khatib was at IIT Mandi, installing a haptic device for ultrasonic imaging, so computer science researchers in Mandi can experience imaging happening real-time at Stanford university. It's an experiment. In the future, surgeons might use the same sleeve system to operate on their patients remotely. Shweta Taneja is an author and journalist based in the Bay Area. Her fortnightly column will reflect on how emerging tech and science are reshaping society in Silicon Valley and beyond. Find her online with @shwetawrites. The views expressed are personal.
News18
17-05-2025
- Business
- News18
IIT Delhi Launches 3 PG Diploma Courses For Students, Professionals; Check Details
Last Updated: The IIT Delhi new PG Diploma programmes Healthcare Product Development and Management, EV Technology, Advanced Communication Engineering with Quantum and AI Integration. IIT Delhi has launched three online Post Graduate Diploma programmes in Healthcare Product Development and Management, Electric Vehicle (EV) Technology and Advanced Communication Engineering with Quantum and AI Integration for students and professionals. The programmes will witness interactive online sessions conducted by IIT Delhi's distinguished faculty in collaboration with leading industry experts, the institute said. The three programmes will offer affiliate alumni status from IIT Delhi. PG Diploma in Healthcare Product Development and Management: The 12-month programme is offered by the Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), IIT Delhi, and is designed to equip professionals with the technical expertise and multidisciplinary capabilities needed to design, develop, and bring to market transformative healthcare solutions. The curriculum comprises biomedical innovation, regulatory science, product lifecycle management, and commercial strategy. There will be an optional two-day campus immersion to enrich networking and academic exchange. This programme is particularly suitable for professionals with backgrounds in biomedical engineering, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences, or medicine who are looking to pivot their careers into healthcare R&D, product management, or regulatory domains. It is also open to candidates with relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degrees or those with a minimum of two years of industry experience in allied fields. The 12-month programme is designed for engineers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and working professionals. It will engage students in three immersive on-campus experiences at IIT Delhi. It will also offer industry insights from esteemed IIT Delhi faculty, peer networking with like-minded professionals, and work on advanced industry-relevant research problems. PG Diploma in Advanced Communication Engineering with Quantum and AI Integration: To be offered by the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management at IIT Delh, this course brings together three transformative technologies—Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Networking and Advanced Wireless Communications. This one-year online programme offers is available to graduates from fields such as Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Science (CSE), Information Technology (IT), Data Science, Mathematics, or Applied Physics, who have the required professional experience. Graduates of the programme can expect to be equipped for key roles such as Quantum Communication Engineers, AI & ML Specialists in Telecom, 5G/6G Network Engineers, and Cybersecurity Experts specialising in quantum-safe infrastructures. Speaking about the launch of the online PG Diploma programmes, Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi, said, 'At IIT Delhi, we remain committed to expanding access to world-class education and driving innovation across emerging fields. The launch of our Online Post Graduate Diploma Programmes marks a significant step in this direction. These programmes are designed to equip professionals with the knowledge, skills, and interdisciplinary insights required to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time."
Fast Company
16-05-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
Graduated and looking for a job? These college majors are the most employable—and highest paying
May often brings not only flowers, but also a highly anticipated—and in some cases, dreaded—event for college seniors: graduation. On their final day as students, they will walk across the stage to applause from peers, receive their diplomas, and start their lives as adults. Some of them will already have jobs lined up, while others may still be looking. A recently updated report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggests that how employable those graduating seniors are could well be influenced by which college majors they chose in their freshman and sophomore years. What do those choices say about a student's future job prospects? The report offers a number of insights—some more surprising than others. Here's a rundown of the highlights. College majors with the best early-career salaries Chemical Engineering, $80,000 Computer Engineering, $80,000 Computer Science, $80,000 Early career, defined as those in the workforce that fall between the ages of 22 and 27, doesn't get much better than this, according to the report. These three majors, with the exact same median early-career salaries, will hopefully get you somewhere close to 80K. Something to note, though: Pay attention to the unemployment rates that we talk about in a few paragraphs. College majors with the best mid-career salaries Chemical Engineering, $120,000 Electrical Engineering, $120,000 Computer Engineering, $122,000 Aerospace Engineering, $125,000 These degrees will all help you get a six-figure salary mid-career, defined as those working who are between the ages of 35 and 45. Aerospace engineering does not rank in the top three for starting salaries, but this major has the highest median salary of all of the majors in this report. Best college majors for finding a job (based on unemployment rates) Special education, 1% unemployment rate Civil engineering, 1% unemployment rate Animal and plant sciences, 1% unemployment rate Construction services, 0.7% unemployment rate Nutrition services, 0.4% unemployment rate The top five college majors for finding a job are those with the lowest unemployment rates, all sitting at 1% or less. Construction services, in particular, boasts a mid-career median salary of six figures, at $100,000. Overall, these fields might be the best for finding a job in an uncertain market, though things can always change. College majors with the highest unemployment rate Computer Engineering, 7.5% unemployment rate Physics, 7.8% unemployment rate Anthropology, 9.4% unemployment rate Yes, you read that correctly. A high early-career salary does not necessarily mean a low unemployment rate. Even though computer engineering ranks in our top three for both early- and mid-career salaries, it has one of the highest unemployment rates of all of the majors within this report. Physics is also notable, considering that a majority of graduates with this major also have graduate degrees. But according to the report, physics is one of the majors struggling the most in the job market. College majors with the highest underemployment rate Medical technicians, 57.9% underemployment rate Performing arts, 62.3% underemployment rate Criminal justice, 67.2% underemployment rate The underemployment rate is a term used to describe the share of college graduates working in jobs that typically do not require a college degree (the share of staff without a college degree is over 50%). These majors include fields that do not always require college educations before starting a job.
