Articles in IIT Ropar
(This is a representational photo) Prathyusha Purushothamam (26), a second year MSc student at IIT Madras who was reported missing on January 18, 2016 has been located in Dehradun. After investigating Prathyusha’s mobile phone details the Kotturpuram Police station, Chennai, tracked her down in Dehradun. A police official of the Kotturpuram police station was then […]
The recent suicide incident at IIT Hyderabad had triggered a few questions. Does caste-based discrimination still exists? Does this mean that intolerance in India is indeed increasing? When I asked these questions to myself, I thought it is unfair to generalize the whole country on the basis of a few incidents. So, as a student […]
January with its origin deep rooted in the Greek mythology reminds us of the Greek God Janus, bestowed with the ability to look at the past and the future. Janus being the God of gates, bridges and doors, symbolises our ingrained habit of learning from the past, and the endemic hankering for deciding and knowing […]
It was night already and the deadline for the submission of the assignment was the very next day. The assignment was a big one and no one in the entire third year Computer Science and Engineering department had finished it yet. But there was not even an iota of anxiety in anyone’s mind. After all, […]
The Republic day celebrations at IIT Tirupati began at 8:00 AM on January 26 with a parade by the students. The Professor-in-charge hoisted the Tricolour, followed by the National Anthem. A group photo session with students and faculty was taken, after which the celebrations shifted to the classrooms. The faculty spoke a few words of […]
The 17th edition of IIT Madras’ Annual Technical Festival, Shaastra, started on January 23 with a plethora of professional shows, competitions and lectures where everybody has something for everybody. It is a prestigious techno-management fest of the nation’s sharp minds. Shaastra is the first ISO certified festival of its kind, whose vision is to promote […]
Student segregation on the basis of calibre has transcended into teaching patterns of most engineering coaching institutes in India. It has also synced with the mentality of the students in these institutes. In our previous parts, we saw how the segregation policy has worked successfully for coaching institutes, but only for producing top JEE rankers […]
With winter at its peak, it’s time now for Winter Carnations at IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN). This is our winter fest in our own style where we all enjoy an evening jammed with lively music, appetizing food and lots of fun. This is an excellent way to enjoy and have a perfect weekend. Students of different […]
Students of IIT Roorkee have become apprehensive of security issues on campus, after the Delhi Police arrested four suspected terrorists from Haridwar, 30 km away from Roorkee. The Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) of Uttarakhand Police has taken serious notice of the security issues at the campus and an LIU team also surveyed the security arrangements subsequently. Apart […]
Prakriti, the wildlife club at IIT Madras (IITM) that observes and conserves the wildlife habitat of the institute, was formed in 2002 to protect the unique biodiversity of the campus. Since IITM was carved out from the Guindy National Park, it houses variety of flora and fauna. Animals like spotted deer, blackbuck, palm civets, snakes, […]