Articles in IIT Jodhpur
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]