Articles in IIT Madras
“I just need to pass yaar!” “Who stole my calculator!” “I am in urgent need of a night-out” These are commonly heard lines in IITs in the months of September every year. The time of the year when exam fever takes over and all other buzz comes to a grinding halt. Only the first semester […]
Every year IITs come up with off-beat electives that haven’t been offered in other engineering colleges, like the introduction of Odissi dance as a subject in IIT Bhubaneswar. For an IIT student, pursuing hobbies like film making, designing, basketball, etc. may be a secondary activity. Many of these students aren’t even aware of their extra academic […]
The 51st Inter-IIT Sports Meet 2015 will be hosted by IIT Madras this year. As a part of their infrastructural preparations for the Meet, IIT-M has decided to lay down a synthetic sports track with a funding of Rs 6 crore. This track, which is meant to increase stability and smoothness in running, shall also […]
Students entering IITs come with the perception of studying core engineering subjects and foresee the next four years of their life as a tedious journey of learning. Many of these students are often baffled to see the variety of extracurricular activities IITs have to offer. Most of the IITs today have established clubs for students […]
While India celebrates Sundar Pichai taking over as CEO of Google, and as his alma mater IIT Kharagpur waves the flag of their rewarded efforts, there are many current engineering students not inclined towards their fields of study at all. An Economic Survey Report released in early 2015 by a National Committee has ranked India 48th in the world in terms of […]
It is that time of the year again when a lot of the pre-final year students face the dilemma and problems of finding a suitable internship, and I had felt no different. The only things that kept revolving in the mind were: what to prepare, how to prepare, resumes, GDs, interviews, quoting big company names, […]
IIT Madras Cutoffs 2015 The JEE 2015 Seat Allocation process for the IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) is finally over and the academic year most of the IITs has commenced. So, let us now take a look at the cutoffs/closing ranks in 2015 for the different IITs. This series of articles will help you understand […]
Hyderabad is slowly being seen as the next big city after Kota for engineering prep. The city proved its mettle by bagging five of the top 10 All India Ranks in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced, 2015. It also made a mark by securing more than 85 % of selections within the IIT-Madras zone. There are […]
The ongoing controversy between IIT Madras and Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, an independent student body of IIT Madras has been resolved as of now. PaGaLGuY spoke to a spokesperson from IIT Madras who confirmed that APSC has been reinstated. The decision to ‘re-recognise’ the body came after series of meetings held between APSC and the director […]
The ongoing IIT Madras versus the Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) controversy, in a way, has done more good than harm. Good, because it has united IITians and IIT students across the board and that too for a cause that is too simple to feel cliquish about – freedom of expression. Harm because, a controversy which […]