IIM Trichy Research Staff Recruitment 2025 - Apply Online for 02 Posts Before May 16

The Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy) has released an official notification for the recruitment of 02 Research Staff posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official IIM Trichy website. The last date to submit the application form is 16-05-2025.

IIM Trichy Faculty Recruitment 2025 - Apply Online Before May 20

The Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy) has released an official notification for the recruitment of Faculty posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official IIM Trichy website. The last date to submit the application form is 20-05-2025.

Impressive show by Telugu students in Civil Services exam

VIJAYAWADA: Telugu students have put up an impressive performance in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024, with several securing top ranks in the final list released on Tuesday. E Sai Shivani stood out with an All India Rank (AIR) of 11, followed by Banna Venkatesh (AIR 15) and Abhishek Sharma (AIR 38). Other notable achievers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana include Ravula Jayasimha Reddy (46), Shravan Kumar Reddy (62), Sai Chaitanya Jadhav (68), N Chetana Reddy (110), Chennamreddy Sivaganesh Reddy (119), Challa Pawan Kalyan (146), N Srikanth Reddy (151), Nellore Sai Teja (154), Kolipaka Srikrishna Sai (190), Pavan Kumar Reddy (375) and Dr Ravada Sai Mohini Manasa (975). The UPSC announced the results for the recruitment of 1,056 posts in IAS, IPS, IFS, and Central Services. This years topper is Shakti Dubey from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Harshita Goyal (2), Archit Parag (3), Shah Margi Chirag (4), and Akash Garg (5), rounding out the top five. The recruitment notification was issued in February 2023. The preliminary exam took place on June 16, followed by mains from September 20 to 29. Personal interviews were conducted in phases between January 7 and April 17. Of the total candidates selected, 1,009 have been recommended for Group A services and 335 for Group B. The final list includes 109 candidates from EWS, 318 from OBC, 160 from SC, and 87 from ST categories. Additionally, 230 candidates have been kept on the reserve list. UPSC has set up a facilitation counter at its New Delhi office for any queries related to the results. N Srikanth Reddy Perseverance pays off as aspirants crack Civils Candidates can also reach out via the official helpline numbers on working days between 10 am and 5 pm. The commission has informed that individual marks will be published on its website within 15 days. From IPS to IAS - Venkatesh scripts a success story Banna Venkatesh, who hails from Alladapeta village in Jalumuru mandal in Srikakulam district, secured the 15 th rank. Earlier in 2023, Venkatesh had achieved 467 rank, got selected for IPS and is currently undergoing training. With an aim to achieve IAS, he again appeared for the exam and secured the top-2o rank. Venkateshs father Chandra Rao, a local trader, and mother Rohini expressed immense joy over their sons achievement. Alladapeta village surpanch Kalyanam Srinivasa Rao also congratulated the civil services ranker. Venkatesh completed his elementary education in Alladapeta, high school near Srikakulam, and completed intermediate at a private college in Visakhapatnam. He did engineering at NIT, Tiruchirappalli and worked in a coal mining company for two years before resigning the job to focus on his preparation for the UPSC examination. In his second attempt, Venkatesh got selected for IPS and in third attempt, he achieved his dream of becoming an IAS officer. On learning about it, Union minister for civil aviation K Rammohan Naidu greeted Venkatesh over phone and wished him to serve the needy. Farmers son Srikant bags 151st rank Nelatur Srikant Reddy, son of a farmer from Chennur village in YSR Kadapa district, secured the 151st rank in the UPSC. Srikant Reddy, son of Nelatur Venkatasubba Reddy (alias Chanti) and Savitramma, comes from a family whose primary livelihood is agriculture. The couple nurtured a dream of seeing their son succeed through education, and their unwavering support has borne fruit. Srikant did his early education at Narayana EM School in Kadapa, and studied at Bhashyam HS till Class 10. He got his B Tech from IIT Indore in 2019. After graduation, Srikant worked for two years (2021-2022) at a software company in Hyderabad. He left his job to pursue his dream of becoming an IAS officer.

Air India Express flight scrapes runway during landing in Tiruchy; DGCA notified

TIRUCHY: An Air India Express (IX 0612) flight arriving from Dubai with 150 passengers on board made a minor tail strike while landing at Tiruchirappalli International Airport at 9:50 am on Saturday. According to airport sources, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) noticed the unusual landing and immediately alerted the engineering team for a thorough inspection. Subsequent checks revealed abrasion marks on both the runway and the tail section of the aircraft. Despite the incident, the pilot managed to land the aircraft safely, and no injuries were reported. As per protocol, the airport authorities have reported the matter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is expected to carry out a detailed investigation into the incident.

MDMK leader Durai Vaiko quits party post

CHENNAI: MDMK leader and its founder Vaiko's son, Durai Vaiko on Saturday quit as the party's principal secretary, in an apparent fallout of internal squabbles. Vaiko, Lok Sabha MP from Tiruchirappalli in the state, took to 'X' to announce his decision and blamed an individual as the reason for his stepping down. After he was elected as headquarters secretary earlier, one person who could not tolerate that has been for the last four years making accusations against the party and its leadership, Durai said. I don't want to continue working as the principal secretary amid such a person. Therefore, I am relieving myself from the post of principal secretary, he added. Durai said he would attend an Administrative council meeting scheduled here on Sunday at the MDMK headquarters 'Thayagam,' but made it clear he won't participate in any future ones hat take very important decisions. He said his decision was taken to ensure the party or its founder Vaiko did not suffer any damage because of him. At the same time, I would continue to work for the MDMK as its primary worker, he said, adding he would work hard for the people of Tiruchirappalli who elected him to the Lok Sabha. MDMK is part of the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu. He would continue to be a good friend of party workers, Durai stated and appealed to party functionaries to ensure Vaiko did not suffer at any given point of time.

TN govt melts 1,000 kg temple gold, earns Rs 17.81 crore annual interest

CHENNAI: Over 1,000 kg of gold articles offered to 21 temples across Tamil Nadu by devotees but lying unused were melted and converted into 24-carat bars and deposited in banks. This investment of gold bars is fetching it an annual interest of Rs 17.81 crore, the government said on Thursday. Gold articles offered to the temples but not used for the deities were converted into 24-carat bars by melting them in the government mint, Mumbai, and invested in the State Bank of India under the Gold Investment Scheme. The interest accrued from the investment is used for the development of the temples concerned, a policy note on the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department tabled in the Assembly by Minister P K Sekar Babu, holding the portfolio, said. Three committees headed by retired justices have been constituted, one each for the three regions in the state to oversee the implementation of the scheme. Giving details on the investment of gold bars as of March 31, 2025, the note said, 10,74,123.488 pure gold obtained in grams from 21 temples fetched Rs 1,781.25 lakh as interest accruing per year determined according to the value of gold at the time of investment. Among the shrines, the Arulmigu Mariamman Temple in Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli district, contributed the maximum of 4,24,266.491 grams (about 424.26 kg) of gold for the investment scheme. Permission has been granted to melt the 'unused and unusable' silver items in the temples under the control of the HR&CE Department into pure silver bars by the government-approved private silver smelting companies on the premises of the temples in the presence of zonal committees headed by three judges. Accordingly, steps are currently being taken to melt the unused silver items in the temples, it said.

Archaeological Survey of India copies 1,000 inscriptions nationwide

KADAPA: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Epigraphy Branch, has copied 1,000 inscriptions from various regions across the country in the financial year 2024-25. Director of Epigraphy at ASI, Dr K Munirathnam Reddy, said inscriptions are crucial for historical documentation and emphasised efforts to compile them into books. Inscriptions tell us what history should be written. We are making historical, cultural, and traditional knowledge accessible to future generations and research scholars, he said. ASI continues to document inscriptions, with two teams currently working in Perungani and Allur in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, and Vishwanagar and Hathras in Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. A team led by Munirathnam, along with Siddavatam Forest Ranger K Kalavathi and ASI experts from Chennai and Bengaluru, conducted a study in Lanka Malla Wildlife Sanctuary. Between 27 February and 1 March, the team explored the forest regions of Siddavatam, Konduru, Rolabodu, and Madduru in Kadapa district. They discovered 25 rare inscriptions and rock engravings dating from the 4th to the 15th century. For the first time in South India, rare label inscriptions and Shankha script inscriptions were found in the Lanka Malla forest region.

KIPG: Shanguman clinches two gold medals in athletics

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: Tamil Nadu runner Ramesh Shanguman shone bright on the second day of the Khelo India Para Games, winning a gold medal each in the mens 800m T53/T54 and mens 100m T53/T54 events here on Friday. By the end of the day, 44 gold medals were decided and Tamil Nadu had won nine of them. A former basketball player, Shanguman hails from a farming family in Tiruchirappalli. He lost his legs in a lorry accident when he [] The post KIPG: Shanguman clinches two gold medals in athletics appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

N. Surendran: The star-gazer behind spadex

As India and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrated the success of the maiden docking of two satellites SDX-01 and SDX-02 in low earth orbit in the early hours of January 16, an apparently nondescript gentleman sat proudly smiling in the background. He was Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission project director N Surendran, who on December 31, 2024 when the PSLV-C60 launcher lifted off with the mission from Sriharikota had exuded confidence that the experiment would be a success. That confidence rode on the hard work under his supervision of the mission. Coming from a humble background, the 1965-born Surendran recollects his journey from a time when he watched the moon and the stars as a little boy sitting on the beach near his house in Tuticorin (now Thoothukudi) in Tamil Nadu, to taking over as the SpaDeX project director in 2023-end. The challenging mission under Surendran was not just about docking two satellites in space. The mission also involved the PS4-Orbital Experiment Module (POEM-4), which featured using the spent fourth stage of the Polar Synchronous Launch Vehicle, which otherwise would be wasted as space debris. POEM-4 carries 24 payloads, of which 14 are from ISRO/Department of Space centres and 10 from academia and start-ups received through Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre. All experiments on this platform aim at supporting and enhancing Indias future ambitious space missions. The experiments are ongoing. The SpaDeX mission is crucial for ISROs future projects Chandrayaan-4 and future lunar missions, Bharatiya Antariksh Space Station, Gaganyaan manned space mission, missions to Mars and beyond. When Surendran took over SpaDeX mission, configuration and design of the satellites was already completed, but challenging tasks like fabrication, implementation and testing were to be done. It was under him that soft docking and undocking trials were held and corrections made, which bore fruit on January 16. In doing so, Surendran had to coordinate with a team of around 250 people and 90 project managers and heads. But he humbly says, My previous directors and the entire team have paved the way for the success of this mission. A tough task master, and yet a go-to person, Surendran says there are no shortcuts to success. His mantra is simple: Hard work. There is no replacement for it. Smart working is also needed. Both go together in todays times. Surendran was born in Tuticorin, one among four siblings, the first-generation graduates in his family. My father P Nagarajan was an accountant in a private establishment, and ensured that all his children are well-educated irrespective of the then financial difficulties, he says. Studying in a Tamil medium school till Grade 10, he was the topper winning a gold medal in the board exams at St Xaviers Higher Secondary School, Tuticorin. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College (now National Institute of Technology) in Tiruchirappalli in Mechanical Engineering with Honours and then joined ISRO at UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru in December 1987. My first interest was always in space and science and when I learnt of the opening (in ISRO) I took it, he says. He joined ISROs Mechanical Integration Division of Systems Integration Group and significantly contributed to projects from IRS-1C to the recent GSAT-30. Before becoming the SpaDeX project director, Surendran was the Division Head, Mechanical Integration Division. He carries vast experience in design and development of Mechanical Ground Support Equipment, Mechanical Housings for Subsystem Packages, Assembly Integration and Testing of Spacecraft, System Engineering and Project Management. He was awarded the ISRO Team Excellence award-2017 and Astronautical Society of India award-2019 for his overall contribution on spacecraft and related technologies.

Case filed against farmers, women over rally against Tungsten mining in Madurai

A case has been registered against approximately 5,000 farmers and women from 40 villages in Madurai's Melur region following a large-scale protest rally on Tuesday. The protesters demanded that the Central Government scrap the proposed Tungsten mining project at Nayakkarpatti village. According to local media reports, the Tallakulam police filed a case under two sections for allegedly violating permit restrictions. The rally, spanning nearly 25 kilometers, began at Narasingampatti village on the Tiruchirappalli-Madurai national highway and ended at the Head Post Office in Tallakulam. Farmers, farm workers, and women participated in large numbers, raising concerns about the environmental and social implications of the proposed mining project. Tensions arose when the police stopped the protesters at Mattuthavani while they attempted to enter the city. However, the police later permitted the march to continue. Responding to allegations from AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, State Law Minister S. Regupathy clarified that police had granted permission for the rally. The villagers have been protesting for over a month, demanding that the Centre revoke its decision to award Tungsten mining rights to Hindustan Zinc Limited. The project involves approximately 5,000 acres of land across ten villages in Melur taluk. The issue also made waves in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, which unanimously passed a resolution in December 2024 urging the Centre to cancel the mining proposal.

Sangu Chakra Hotels allocates Rs 400 crore for expansion plans

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, (Tamil Nadu), Jan 3: Hospitality service provider Sangu Chakra Hotels Pvt Ltd, popularly known as Sangam Hotels, has announced plans to expand its room inventory in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 400 crore over the next four to five years, a senior official said on Friday. Established in 1975, the company is celebrating its 50th anniversary in the hospitality sector. Sangam Hotels has a presence in Thanjavur, Madurai and Karaikudi. As part of its ambitious growth strategy, [] The post Sangu Chakra Hotels allocates Rs 400 crore for expansion plans appeared first on Daily Excelsior .