Articles in IIT Roorkee
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 […]
The arrest of the two professors of civil engineering department in IIT Roorkee has created quite a buzz. The reports so far have mentioned the collapse of the bridge and how two of the professors, Vipul Kumar and Vijay Kumar Gupta, have been arrested. When PaGaLGuY contacted IIT- Roorkee, here is what they had to say: […]
For most first year students in an IIT, the thrill of a new beginning is overwhelming. From exploring a new city to campus life, hostels and lectures, there is so much more that a first year student looks forward to. But somewhere in all the excitement, there is this little uncertainty about how the students […]
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 […]
‘Gathering of more than 5 students is not permitted anywhere inside the campus.’ ‘Inter-Bhavan movement of students is not permitted after 11 p.m.’ The above lines are diktats from the authorities at IIT- Roorkee. All this is because of the upcoming Student Council elections in the campus. The students are all charged up, and this electric atmosphere has […]
The building for the Hobbies Club Who would have thought that star gazing, gardening, painting, philately and numismatics are hobbies that aspiring engineers at IITs would pursue? But here’s the thing, the Hobbies Club at IIT Roorkee was started 56 years ago to make sure that these would-be-engineers’ hobbies don’t vaporise in the humdrum of equations […]
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 […]