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The Hindu
a day ago
- General
- The Hindu
T.N. government school student clears JEE Advanced, gets into IIT-Madras
R. Muhilraj, a student who has been under the guidance of IGNITTE teaching club of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T), has gained admission in the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering course at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. In April, Mr. Muhilraj, a student of Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School at Pachaperumalpatti village, Thuraiyur, had secured admission into NIT Silchar in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) through JEE Mains 2024, scoring 91.23 percentile. According to an official release, he was encouraged to attempt the JEE Advanced to try for admission into Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with extra coaching from IGNITTE. With the help of IGNITTE mentors and special classes during the vacation, Muhilraj qualified for JEE Advanced by securing 95.88 percentile in this year's JEE Mains and achieved an All India Rank of 1751, earning him a seat in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at IIT Madras. IGNITTE is a team of NIT-T students who train economically disadvantaged students for competitive entrance exams and help them analyse career opportunities. Over 400 senior school-goers participate annually in the screening tests organised in collaboration with the district administration of Tiruchi and Tirunelveli. At the end of the two-day process, which includes a written test followed by a personal interview, only 20 students from each district have been selected for the coaching programme.
The Hindu
a day ago
- General
- The Hindu
T.N. govt. school student clears JEE Advanced, gets into IIT-Madras with coaching at NIT-Tiruchi's IGNITTE
R. Muhilraj, a student who has been under the guidance of IGNITTE teaching club of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T), has gained admission in the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering course at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. In April, Mr. Muhilraj, a student of Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School at Pachaperumalpatti village, Thuraiyur, had secured admission into NIT Silchar in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) through JEE Mains 2024, scoring 91.23 percentile. According to an official release, he was encouraged to attempt the JEE Advanced to try for admission into Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with extra coaching from IGNITTE. With the help of IGNITTE mentors and special classes during the vacation, Muhilraj qualified for JEE Advanced by securing 95.88 percentile in this year's JEE Mains and achieved an All India Rank of 1751, earning him a seat in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at IIT Madras. IGNITTE is a team of NIT-T students who train economically disadvantaged students for competitive entrance exams and help them analyse career opportunities. Over 400 senior school-goers participate annually in the screening tests organised in collaboration with the district administration of Tiruchi and Tirunelveli. At the end of the two-day process, which includes a written test followed by a personal interview, only 20 students from each district have been selected for the coaching programme.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Science
- The Hindu
Recognition for former NIT-T professor
S. Raghavan, former professor, National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi (NIT-T), has been made Life Fellow of the Wireless, Antenna, Microwave Symposium (WAMS) Society based in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh recently. The recognition is awarded to professionals with outstanding and sustained contributions to research in the fields of wireless, antennas and microwaves, and those who possess more than 20 years of professional experience post-Ph.D, according to the WAMS Society.
The Hindu
12-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
NIT-Tiruchi alumnus remembered for the success of Akash missile systems
The Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that has been deployed in the recent India-Pakistan hostilities has a Tiruchi connection. The project's director Ramprasad Ramakrishna Panyam was a graduate of Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi, of the 1971-76 batch. Panyam passed away due to a massive cardiac arrest in 2012 at the age of 58, when he was working as the associate director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad. His contribution to the success of the Akash missile has drawn attention from defence experts. 'The project was conceived in 1980s, but took over two decades to succeed, because of electronic connectivity problems, and the completely new materials being used. Mr. Panyam took over in 2002 when Akash was facing several issues. He systematically analysed all the problems, connected with the users, and took about two to three years to bring the project up to a stage of industry acceptance and production,' Srinivasan Sundarrajan, former director of NIT-T and a colleague of Panyam on the project, told The Hindu on Monday. NIT-T conferred a posthumous Distinguished Alumnus award on R.R. Panyam during its golden jubilee in 2014. 'While newer and more innovative SAMs have been developed indigenously, the Akash remains the pioneering role model, largely due to Mr. Panyam's contribution. I have worked closely with him during the project, and remember his simplicity and humble nature,' said Mr. Sundarrajan. The Akash is in the same class as the U.S. Patriot missile. It is equipped to destroy targets 25 km away, has a supersonic speed of 600 metres a second, and can intercept targets such as the cruise missile and unmanned aerial vehicles. Mr. Panyam contributed in the design and development of solid fuel integrated rocket Ramjet for the Akash. In a 2008 interview with The Hindu, Mr. Panyam had said that Akash had been cleared by the Indian Air Force after elaborate user field trials at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Odisha. Mr. Panyam obtained his M.E in Aerospace Engineering in 1978 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and his Ph. D in Aerospace from Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, U.S., in 1983. He joined DRDL, Hyderabad, in 1983.
