Articles in IIT Ropar
December 2015 may have ended, but the wounds of the disaster which began in the beginning of the last month of 2015 are still alive. People of Chennai were stunned with the magnitude of the calamity that took place, with unprecedented rains and floods. About 2 million people were directly affected. Even though the IIT […]
Do you remember what classrooms looked like in school? A teacher would be the primary disseminator of information and address the whole class from the platform. If one thinks classrooms are the most effective that way, IIT Guwahati has sworn to prove it wrong! IITG has large classrooms, which made it difficult for professors to […]
IIT Roorkee expelled three students in the first-year bachelor programme on January 1, 2016. The reason cited was the failure to fulfil minimum attendance requirement of 75%. These three students will now be barred from attempting their exams. Earlier, last year IIT Roorkee had expelled 73 students from the first year for scoring less than 5 […]
He wakes up from his slumber, and gives a wide yawn. After the usual stretch, he walks outside his hostel. He hopes to grab a bite of whatever his many friends may have left. After the free food, he decides to strut around the corridors in the academic buildings in IIT Roorkee. The rest of the day […]
The newly born IIT, IIT Tirupati, one of the sisters of the mentoring institute IIT Madras, started functioning from August 5, 2015. The new semester began with orientation class. There was a warm welcome to the pioneer batch, which has people from most Indian states. Even though we are the pioneer batch, I did not […]
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) is all set to introduce a four-year undergraduate degree program in Economics. This is the first time that IIT-B is starting a full time course in a social sciences subject. The course will be introduced in 2017. Students will have to […]
The admissions of some students at IIT Kanpur (IITK) were terminated recently when they failed to score the minimum grade required to qualify for the next semester. These Students were expelled after the results of various undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes were announced earlier this month. The disqualified students are left with no recourse as […]
Got into a new IIT because of a few mistakes in those crucial 6 hours of JEE? Time to cheer up. You are going to travel on a ‘road not taken’, and it is a unique experience. Why not, I have a lot to say from my experience at IIT Tirupati so far. Before explaining, […]
Originating from the Aravali hills, Sabarmati is one of the biggest rivers in Gujarat. The view of river ravines from the IIT Gandhinagar campus is beautiful enough to keep viewers spellbound for hours. During summer and winter the river flows nearly 20-30 feet beneath ground level, but in rains the view from the top appears […]
‘Mamma look a UFO!’ screamed a child while walking through IIT Bombay today. Families and kids stormed the gates of IITB to visit the Tech Fest 2015 – the 3 day annual festival targeting geeks from other colleges. While walking in from the main gate towards the academic building, visitors get a view of the […]