Articles in IIT Bhubaneswar
The stage was set at IIT Guwahati to welcome India’s own superhero, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian PM, who rose from rags to riches, was to arrive at the institute to lay the foundation stone of IIITG and deliver a speech for the students. PM Modi was accompanied by HRD Minister Smriti Irani, Assam […]
A 20-year old student of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) was sexually assaulted by a security guard, Mustafa Ahmed. The incident took place in the midst of IITM’s annual festival- Sarang 2016. The student was walking alone towards Velachery Gate, located at western end of the campus at 4 am. The gate is situated […]
How many students do you know who complain about hostel food in college? While institutes would like to provide students with healthy food, they do not want to compromise on its taste or variety. IIT Gandhinagar(IITGn) has brainstormed an idea to appeal to the taste buds of their students and also keep a check on […]
Anwesha, the annual techno-cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (IITP) is scheduled from 22 to 24 January, 2016. Started in 2010 as an intra-college fest by the student fraternity of IIT Patna, the fest has exponentially grown, witnessing participation from all over the country. The seventh edition of Anwesha, holds a pivotal […]
IIT Tirupati which started functioning in July, 2015 has been upgrading labs and classrooms in its transit campus. PaGaLGuY had previously reported that the students had been grumbling over the lack of facilities, the authorities at IIT Tirupati (IITT) had requested patience to solve the teething issues. With the beginning of the second academic semester in January 2016 IITT authorities decided […]
The annual cultural fest of IIT Madras (IITM) began on January 6, 2016, with an Indian Classical Music concert. Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performed to the accompaniment of Mridangam and Tabla and mesmerized viewers with his heart touching renditions. Bharatnatyam dancer and actress Rukmini Vijayakumar enchanted the audience with her beautiful performance. The […]
Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer has recently joined IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) as a Scholar-in-Residence in the Archaeology discipline. He has been teaching archaeology and ancient technology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison since 1985, and served as Field Director and Co-Director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project. His main focus lies in the Indus Valley Civilization […]
The IIT Madras placement process, which was postponed due to the floods in December 2015, resumed on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, and 286 students were placed. As per the new schedule, the dates of January 6 – 10, 2016 will have two sessions per day, January 12 – 14, 2016 will have one session per […]
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 […]