Articles in IIT Madras
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 […]
“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 […]