Giridih (cow shed) fair. Giridih has many prestigious colleges and schools. The major colleges in this town include – Khandoli Institute of Technology affiliated to AICTe Schools include – Hindi newspapers Hindustan Dainik, Dainik Bhaskar, Prabhat Khabar and Dainik Jagran are the popular newspapers as the local language is Hindi. The main English newspapers covering Giridih are The Telegraph, The Times of India and The Hindustan Times. City News (News line) channel for the cable network provides the local news from Giridih. Doordarshan Jharkhand is the official channel covering Giridih. Giridih has several religious and scenic tourist spots, including the following:
K. S. S. Nambooripad K. S. S. Nambooripad K. S. S. Nambooripad (born 6 April 1935) is an Indian mathematician who has made fundamental contributions to the structure theory of regular semigroups. Nambooripad was also instrumental in popularising the TeX software in India and also in introducing and championing the cause of the free software movement in India. He was with the Department of Mathematics, University of Kerala, since 1976. He served the Department as its Head from 1983 until his retirement from University service in 1995. After retirement, he is associating with the academic and research activities of the Center for Mathematical Sciences,