All about IITK Beyond IITK Institute Students Anonymity, Social Media and the Web : Part-II 13th September, mid semester exams were just round the corner and like every exam you could sense the stress levels of the campus skyrocketing. This is usually the time when the average IITian, starts looking for an escape and “IITK Rage” proved to be a perfect platform to assauge the students’ pent up souls . […] July 29, 2014December 26, 2020
Administration All about IITK Faculty Institute Reports and Investigations Nine New Associate Deans IIT Kanpur has decided to create new administrative roles (in some cases, it is just renaming of roles), and nine faculty members have been appointed as Associate Deans. They are: Dr. Suchitra Mathur (HSS): AD for Under-Graduate Studies Dr. Pankaj Jain (PHY): AD for Post-Graduate Studies Dr. Jiten Bera (CHM): AD for Faculty Affairs Dr. […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students Only two in top 100 So one more year of disappointment. Out of top 100 JEE rankers, only two have joined IIT Kanpur. For someone belonging to the era where more than 50 joined IIT Kanpur, this is shocking, but it has been this way for a few years. And last year it was actually zero out of 100.Every year, […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni I am doing what I love and I was once a three point “nobody”! CPI is really not as important as people make it out to be. My CPI at one point was around 5. I even got two F’s. There was one semester in which I got a CPI of 3.6. The “nobody” in the title is in quotes for a specific reason. The reason is even if […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni Beyond IITK A Student Revolutionary and an Aspiring Mentor An IITian who has worked for over four decades on issues of poverty, land and water, secure settlements, workplace safety, environmental planning, grassroots leadership training, and pollution control in both rural and urban communities. He has been a mentor to several generations of IITians – prodding them like Socrates to question the mainstream parameters of success to question the “should” and live […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni Gleam in the Children’s Eyes: Trucks to Toys-from-Trash The educational terrain in India, especially for poor children, is very harsh – almost barren. Even a good seed will wilt away in the absence of any soil to nurture it. We should endeavor to prepare a fistful of soil every day to help these seeds germinate. Therein lies hope and this will lend meaning […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni I should have paid more attention to developing soft skills than worrying about CPI I have now realized that happiness does not depend on CPI. There are many other things which affect happiness in life – health, relationship with spouse, kids, parents, friends and neighbors to name a few. During B. Tech. days many of my classmates were extremely worried about their CPI. For many it was the only way to […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni Listening to the Heart: My Reverse Journey… All my friends are going to USA. I must join the rat race. But heart wantshappiness in India among family, friends and the people who are like me. Head wants money – without which there is little security. Will my journey to USA bring happiness? Will money be answer to my prayers? Will I finally realize that […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni Dreams or Dollars? I Chose Dreams… My father called me an idiot when I refused to apply for the Green Card. After M. Tech. from IITK, I went to USA for Ph.D. only to return to India to fulfill my dream of developing technologies for rural applications. In the process, I discovered myself — Happiness is not about money, it is […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
Administration All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students Convocation: Is there a need for a new format? We had our convocation on 18th June, 2014. This time we tried a new format. For the last few years, we had one main function where there will be speeches, a few awards, in some years, PhD degrees were awarded, and then we had two more ceremonies later, one for just giving away PG degrees […] July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
