Articles in IIT Madras
Prof Pradipta Banerji from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R), recently finished his term as the Director, and is currently at IIT Bombay, in the Civil Engineering department. In a candid interview with IIT-R’s student news body, Prof Banerji expressed his views about the institute, and his idea of how the institute should be. […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), is hosting the 51st Inter-IIT Sports Meet from December 12 to 19, 2016. The games will officially begin from today, December 12, in the presence of KK Sharma, Delhi’s Chief Secretary, and former IAS officer; Devendra Jhajharia, Paralympic Javelin thrower, only Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals; and […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) holds placement activities due to demise of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Prof Manu Santhanam, Training and Placement Advisor, IIT-M, said, “We don’t want to do any activity in the institute at this point in time. Companies which are travelling from other places are also a little bit concerned. […]
Students across 23 IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) have come together to formalise an Inter IIT Tech Meet. For the last four years, IITians were organising the Inter IIT Tech Meet unofficially by clubbing it with cultural festivals. IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur (Kgp) have collectively started an online survey, asking all IITians to share […]
Photo:The Fifth Estate Research is often just a long series of never ending experiments. What starts off as ‘I am done’ after every experiment eventually becomes ‘maybe after this one, I will be done?’ And finally, at the end when you write a 300-page thesis, it’s just a paper, and not a book, let alone a bestseller. […]
PM Modi’s announcement about the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 did not drastically affect life at the IITs. The reason? Most students have already gone cashless, and the banks and ATMs being shut is least of their worries. Paytm, an online wallet system saves the burden of carrying cash at the Indian Institute […]
Students from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) are developing a satellite that will predict earthquakes from space. Akshay Gulati, Project head, started developing IITMSAT way back in 2009, while he was pursuing a five-year integrated M Tech from IIT-M. Gulati said, “IITMSAT took a long time to finish, just some minor fixes are […]
The closing ceremony of the 32nd Inter-IIT Aquatics Meet will be held this evening (October 5, 2016) at the host institute, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K). IIT Madras is on the top of the medals and point tally with 10 medals, and 41 points, followed by IIT Delhi, with nine medals, and […]
The closing ceremony of the 32nd Inter-IIT Aquatics Meet will be held this evening (October 5, 2016) at the host institute, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K). IIT Madras is on the top of the medals and point tally with 10 medals, and 41 points, followed by IIT Delhi, with nine medals, and […]
Two years ago, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed at the Madras High court prevented the PSUs from recruiting at the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). This made way for the start-ups to not only take the priority position of ‘day zero’, but also score over the PSUs in terms of remuneration and work-culture. However, […]