Getting into an IIT is often seen as the ultimate academic milestone, but life after the JEE rank brings its own challenges — rigorous coursework, cut-throat competition and mounting expectations. As well-being concerns grow, India Today Digital spoke to directors of top engineering institutes on the real challenges of the IIT journey.
The future of work is moving beyond the old engineering-versus-MBA divide. As AI takes over more technical tasks, the premium is shifting towards people who can connect technology with business, make sound decisions and lead through change. The real advantage may belong to those who can bridge both worlds.
As AI reshapes hiring, workforce productivity and team structures, companies are rethinking whether bigger teams still mean better output. From leaner teams to rising demand for AI skills, the shift is moving companies from headcount-driven growth towards capability-driven productivity.
The collapse of a student PG in Satya Niketan has exposed the accommodation pressures facing Delhi University students. As hostel capacity falls far short of demand, private PGs and rented homes have become an essential part of the city's student housing ecosystem, bringing safety, affordability and accessibility into sharper focus.
As India celebrates Teachers' Day today, Monika Arya's story is a reminder that education can sometimes be a fight before it becomes freedom. She once fought family resistance and threats to continue college. After a 12-year break, she returned to complete her MSc. Today, in tribal Jharkhand, she works to ensure vulnerable children do not have to fight for their education alone.
France is targeting 30,000 Indian students by 2030 as affordability, AI, deep-tech and career opportunities reshape study-abroad choices. France is positioning itself as a serious choice for Indian students, offering English-taught programmes, industry links, post-study pathways and global career opportunities.
AI personality tests are reshaping recruitment, but research and hiring experts agree on one point: they work best as one part of the hiring process, not the final decision. The future of recruitment lies in combining technology with human judgment, not replacing it.
From interview timing and AI-powered screening to employee referrals and cultural fit, modern hiring is shaped by far more than merit alone. Experts say understanding these hidden factors can help job seekers navigate an increasingly competitive and unpredictable recruitment landscape.
India's celebrated 'go the extra mile' work culture is undergoing a reset. A new Great Place To Work India 2026 study finds six in 10 companies reporting an "effort recession" as Gen Z, AI and shifting employee expectations redefine commitment, productivity and the future of work.
For decades, India's brightest minds left home to shape the world's universities, laboratories and boardrooms. Today, many are returning, not out of nostalgia, but because India's biggest ideas can now be built at home. The country's quiet academic ghar wapsi may well be its most consequential Swadeshi movement yet.
A Parliamentary panel's call for multi-phase and multiple-attempt NEET exams has reignited a much bigger debate over the future of medical admissions in India. But while policymakers focus on the exam, experts say the real bottleneck is delayed counselling and prolonged seat blocking.
The race to crack IIT is no longer the only path to a dream career. In the age of AI, startups and open-source innovation, Gen Z is increasingly betting that what you build, and who you learn from, can matter as much as where you study.
Professionals are increasingly questioning whether choosing family over constant workplace visibility hurts their careers. The debate is focusing attention on gaps between flexible work policies and office cultures that still reward presence.
Flexible work, hybrid work and employee wellbeing are reshaping the workplace, but experts say the biggest productivity gains may come from matching work hours to employees' natural body clocks. As companies move beyond the 9-to-5, outcomes matter more than attendance.
For years, the IIT dream meant Computer Science. As AI reshapes career choices and India's infrastructure boom gathers pace, some of the country's top JEE Advanced rankers are gravitating towards Civil Engineering. Their decisions may reflect evolving aspirations among India's future engineers.
The issue is no longer the withdrawn offers themselves. It is whether an IIT offer letter still carries the certainty it once did. The answer will determine not just the fate of one placement season, but the future credibility of India's most trusted campus recruitment system.
Welcome to the age of the botsitter. AI may be producing the first draft, but humans remain responsible for the final word. As long as machines can't fully be trusted to monitor themselves, every smart system will require someone behind the scenes checking the results.
In modern India, wealth may come from startups and global careers, but social prestige still often follows a different path. That's why the IAS officer remains the gold standard in the marriage market and the enduring symbol of the 'sarkari naukri' dream.
Is a six-figure salary enough to live comfortably in India today? Rising living costs, soaring housing prices, education expenses and lifestyle inflation are prompting many middle-class professionals to reassess what financial security really means, even as incomes rise across urban hubs such as Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR.
While Beijing is shutting down thousands of humanities and management courses to feed its AI ambitions, India's universities continue producing millions of graduates in traditional disciplines. The question is no longer academic: are today's degrees preparing students for tomorrow's jobs?
