This week the campus of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal saw deserted classrooms with untouched chalks and dusters. Students of MANIT have been on a casual schedule with no lectures. This schedule is expected to continue till at least January 15, 2016. The reason for this is the on-going faculty strike of […]

In the outside world, congratulations is given by a handshake or a hug, which is pleasant and agreeable. But at IIT Indore, it is done by whacking the successful person on his bottom. Sahil Mittal who scored a 99.95 percentile in CAT 2015 was an undisputable candidate for one such event. Mittal who is a […]

The bandwagon and hype of IIT placements tend to have an adverse impact on placements in local engineering institutes. In our previous article (PART 1) we explored several factors that drive this hype and how they mould public perceptions. But to what extent do these factors manipulate the careers of non-IIT engineering graduates? Are engineering aspirants […]

  On the evening of January 7, National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) witnessed a scene of huge protests. Students gathered outside the Institute Food Court (IFC), a mess run by private contractors on campus, to protest against the quality of food provided. The students complained that the food is not worth the amount charged.  […]

IIT (BHU) Varanasi has invited controversy after it prematurely removed Magsaysay award winner and social activist, Sandeep Pandey, from the list of its guest faculty. Pandey, who received the Magsaysay award in 2002, was removed after the institute accused him of being a ‘Naxalite’ and preaching anti-social ideologies to the students. Pagalguy reached out to […]

IIT placements and enormous salary packages have been a trending discussion in the past few months. These discussions lead to unruly elevations of the IIT bandwagon due to exorbitant packages every year. According to previous statistics, IITs have a record of the highest placements amongst most engineering institutes in India. However, how dependable are these […]

Dear Readers, Yesterday, we gave you the following practice topic for WAT – “MBA and B.Tech. are gearing up with the market. Are liberal art courses like Sociology irrelevant in education today?”. This topic had appeared in the 2013 joint entrance for new IIMs. In this article, we will look at the technique to tackle […]

Kepler deduced three laws on the basis of various astronomical analysis which explains the understanding of analysis for planetary motion around Sun. The same analysis and these Kepler’s laws are also valid for satellite motion around a planet as while analyzing satellite motion around a planet we ignore gravitational forces by other planets on a […]

IIT Tirupati is a place where students are allowed to speak their ideas freely, no matter how small or big the idea. The IIT-T administration is also quite supportive in applying these ideas to real life. A classmate came up with such an idea: to visit local schools once a week and teach the students […]

We have discussed the analysis of Satellite Motion in Circular Paths, in this article we will discuss about the motion of satellite in elliptical orbits. When a satellite is in a circular path, the gravitational force acting on it provides the necessary centripetal force for circular motion, and the satellite maintains the circular orbit at […]