Articles in IIT Gandhinagar
It has been an enjoyable and a special week at IIT Tirupati which proved that engineering degree at an IIT is not just about books and GPA. The week started off with the screening of ‘How to train your dragon’, as a part of the life skills course, to learn about innovation and creativity. Then […]
Joshua with his students. (Photo credit: The Fifth Estate, IIT Madras) At a time when most students like to pursue their summer internship in reputed companies, Joshua Albin, a student at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) chose to make a difference. Joshua, a second year biotechnology student, went to Ladakh to teach English at […]
People like Sachin Tendulakar, Sania Mirza, Pablo Picasso & Jimmy Page have something in common…they are all skilled in what they are famous for! Learning of these (motor) skills requires improvement in performance by acquiring novel combinations of arm, hand and body movement with a novel object. Learning and, therefore, retaining a learned skill is […]
Another year of creative art courses has kick-started in the Indian Institute of Hyderabad (IIT-H), where renowned artists come in to impart experiential knowledge in the field of theatre, performing arts, music and creative writing among students. The creative arts programme at IIT-H offers undergraduate students a chance to earn credits in fine arts, by […]
It’s all fun in movies, but when an incident strikes in real, a rather unpleasant one wherein the key players bear the same surname, it ceases to be funny. More so, when the complainant, the accused and an important party in the case are all named Pandey. The IIT BHU case (link) that has had […]
In a battle between logic and creativity, the students at IIT Guwahati tug it to bag the prestigious title of ‘Kriti’, the annual inter hostel technical fest of IIT Guwahati. Kriti is organised every year in February by the Technical Board of the college. Students from the various disciplines come together to participate in the […]
While trying to initiate a course in Sanskrit Language, IIT Madras has not only faced opposition from communist-backed groups inside the campus but has also been a victim of regional language politics. Which has led the Humanities and Social science department (HSSD) of IITM, to finally drop the plan of starting a course in the […]
The protesting students of IIT- Benaras Hindu University. Not just IIT Bombay, other IITs have also begun protesting in favour of Kanhaiya Kumar of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Students of IIT BHU carried out a protest march on February 18, 2016. Unfortunately, they were detained by the police and released 4 hours later. Nearly 200 students […]
In a bid to reduce the pressure of seeking admission in IITs and NITs, coaching institutes have started informing students preparing for the JEE, about other engineering institutions and entrance exams available. Counsellor at Allen Career Institute, Amit Ahuja, said, “There are only 10000 seats in 19 IITs and around 24000 seats in 30 NITs […]
IIM-C experience:- Feb 12 WAT:- Easy availability of loans has increased the consumerism of materialistic society. This is affecting the morale of the youth, in longer terms. What are your views on this ? I wrote something like this: India has paved the way to the increase in demand of goods and services amongst the […]