Tag: Engineers

Atishi issues show-cause notice to engineers over delayed school construction

During an inspection, the education minister observed delays and negligence in the construction work of a Delhi government school in Rohini Sector-6.

May 18, 2023

NHAI imparting training to its engineers in road safety audit

Road Safety Week: The completion of this 15-day training has been made a key criterion for promotions of engineers to posts of manager and deputy general manager.

January 16, 2023

Road along Hooghly river caves in

Three departments namely tourism, PWD and irrigation were jointly executing the beautification project and its deadline for its completion in 2020.

August 2, 2019

Doctors, engineers will be appointed in Bihar on marks basis: Sushil Modi

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi Saturday said that the appointment of doctors and engineers will be done on "marks basis" and no written test or interview will be held for the purpose in the state.

September 15, 2018

Over 150 engineers join Punjab Police as constables

IG (intelligence) Ram Singh participated in the passing out parade of these trainees and took the salute at march past from contingents of 257 trainees.

September 13, 2018

Does Pakistan’s ISI have any role in kidnapping of Indians in Afghanistan?

The Taliban, it is presumed, might now be under pressure from the ISI to keep the Indian engineers in its custody in a bid to force out Indian power companies from northern Afghanistan.

May 7, 2018

Internet, Hayden, paan shops…Biplab Deb nails it, literally!

In his latest outburst, the Tripura CM has threatened to chop off nails of people if they interfere with his government and governance.

May 1, 2018

Odisha electricity employees protest against electricity bill

The Odisha Electricity Employees and Engineers joined the nationwide protest in all state capitals against Electricity Bill 2014, privatisation of electricity distribution and Franchisee. The nation wide call was given by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE). The Employees and Engineers of all Unions and Associations took out a rally from...

March 15, 2018

Secy warns PWD officials against non-performance

Even as the state PWD department is ranked among the best performers, secretary of the department Indevar Pande issued a stern warning against the 30 per cent employees who don’t work. “Seventy per cent of the employees of the department work hard but remaining do not do so. It is to be remembered that gone...

February 18, 2018

Chamling urges engineers to ensure quality work

Stating that engineers are the backbone of any place, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has called for qualitative work so that Sikkim can one day boast of the best roads and infrastructure. Mr Chamling was addressing the Sikkim Infrastructure Developers’ Summit organized by the Roads and Bridges Department of the state government at Manan Kendra here...

February 8, 2018

Making the right choice

When you first think of applying to IIT, presumably your interests or your career goals revolve around engineering and the sciences. Once you take up the core modules, you have plenty of opportunities to pick from. Yes, it may be true that engineers resort to other fields that don’t necessarily require this background, but this...

January 30, 2018

Three engineers face action for delay in PM’s dream project

Three PWD engineers have faced action over the delay in implementation of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream projects in Kedarnath. The salary of one engineer was put on hold and he was transferred to another district. Adverse entries were ordered for two others in their service records. The Uttarakhand public works department engineers...

January 5, 2018

H1B, L1 visas’ issue taken up with US: Commerce Minister Prabhu

India has emphatically raised with the US administration the issue of H1B and L1 visas, which have facilitated the entry Indian IT professionals, thereby, immensely benefiting the American economy, said Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday. “We raised very strongly the issue of Indian professionals and H1B and L1 visa issues,” Prabhu told reporters here...

October 28, 2017

Why chase only IITs?

The pain of being defeated in a battle like IIT-JEE is quite agonising. Every year lakh of students compete for a woefully inadequate number of seats. As a result, the dream of getting into an IIT remains a wish for a majority of engineering aspirants, making it the most competitive entrance exam. The task of...

October 3, 2017

New design improves flexible wearable electronics’ performance

Engineers have designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester that can rival the effectiveness of existing power wearable electronic devices using body heat as the only source of energy. "We wanted to design a flexible thermoelectric harvester that does not compromise on the material quality of rigid devices yet provides similar or better efficiency," said Mehmet...

June 25, 2017

Now you can 3D print glass

 A team of engineers has developed a process by which it is now possible to 3D print complex forms of glass. The scientists at the Germany-based Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) mixed nanoparticles of high-purity quartz glass and a small quantity of liquid polymer and allow this mixture to be cured by light at specific...

April 24, 2017

30,000 engineers unemployed in Kerala

There were 30,719 unemployed engineering graduates in Kerala as on October 30, 2016 — up from 23,984 in 2015, the latest Economic Review for the state shows. The Economic Review for 2016 was tabled in the assembly on Thursday by state Finance Minister Thomas Issac, who will present the state budget for 2017-18 on Friday. Other work seekers...

March 2, 2017