Articles in IIT Madras
Colleges banning internet access in this age of globalisation is a rule that still baffles many heads. Most IITs impose internet restrictions for students in their hostel rooms, a rule that was brought in place almost a decade ago. Today, this rule has lost its significance owing to the pool of alternatives for internet use […]
Of course, the real reason I agreed to cover Leo Fortune was my journalistic probity – insti deserves to know what new place has set up shop to provide those crucial alternatives to mess. And I’d gotten over to Leo’s, having Guru and Himalaya close by. So, is Leo Fortune worth the walk? Well, for […]
In a quiet move in parallel to the ongoing stories rotating around the MHRD, the IITs, and NITs & other institutes, IIT-Guwahati has gone ahead and launched the JEE (Advanced) 2016 website already. While much of the information is still pending given official notifications and even the dates are not yet out, especially JEE (Main) […]
IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) is the most recent of all IIT to adopt a Deferred Placement Policy. In fact, it is also the only one amongst the newer IITs to have implemented this change. The idea behind this initiative is to encourage the start-up culture among IITGN students as well as to provide them leeway to […]
Monkey raids a dustbin in IIT Madras hostel. Doors of the hostel rooms left open invite, not just fellow hostel mates but, a bunch of monkeys in IIT Madras. Amidst the students and faculty, monkeys too seem to be equally a part of the entire grind. From raiding open hostel rooms, dust bins, and even […]
Summer of 2014. Ten of the most precious and enjoyable weeks of my life. Two and a half months that changed me from an average guy, with little experience in public transport and habituated to the comfort of air-conditioned rooms and cars, to someone who can get by on his own in a completely alien […]
IIT Madras is one of the few IITs that provide a high level of curriculum flexibility to the students in their academic programmes. The institute offers electives that make up 40% of their curriculum; the highest elective composition amongst those provided in all other IITs. Students have the option to choose their subjects spanning different […]
The inter-IIT Student Exchange Programme is a programme wherein IIT students spend a semester in other IIT campuses and study different courses. This programme is regulated by the MHRD and through the mutual understanding between the partnering IITs. No formal documentation or MoU is required for this, unlike with foreign institutes. Despite such efforts, it […]
Suicides at the IITs have grabbed enough attention from the public and the authorities at the IITs. Six suicides have been recorded in the IITs, so far this year. We spoke about the barriers that students faced while approaching a counsellor in the campus in the Part-1. Here is what the IITs had to say when […]
The media has been rife with news about student suicides in the IITs. The issue which has gained a lot of public interest is rooted farther than what actually meets the eye. According to the data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), out of the 1, 31,666 suicides in the year 2014, students accounted for […]