Internship Experiences My Internship Experience: Capital One, Bangalore Third year at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur turned out to be quite an eventful year for me. It was a year of many firsts, some of which I will cherish for the rest of my life. And I would place amazing internship experiences among those many firsts. To put things in perspective (and getting […] September 29, 2014May 15, 2021
Alumni Vignettes of History: Abhay Bhushan reminisces (Part I) Starting with this post, Vox Populi aims to bring forth vignettes of beauty from the rich and vastly unexplored repertoire of IIT Kanpur’s history. An institute like IIT Kanpur, which holds a special place in the history of education in India, is bound to find a lot to cherish and a lot to overlook at […] September 28, 2014May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces The Silent March for Justice A group of students, gathered with a common motive – to show solidarity with the students of Jadavpur University who were subject to violence without any provocation; to raise awareness amongst the junta about the incident and to demand justice for the girl who was wronged. A few hours of preparation and the group had […] September 26, 2014May 15, 2021
Internship Experiences My Internship Experience: Credit Suisse I was delighted when I was selected for summer internship at Credit Suisse, Mumbai as a Prime Services Analyst in my third year. Being recruited as an intern at CS (Credit Suisse) was something I was looking forward to. For one, I have always envisioned working in a financial institution upon graduation. Interning at CS was […] September 25, 2014May 15, 2021
All about IITK Students Memoirs of a Freshman A New Beginning 5 am, 16th July 2014 I set my feet on Kanpur Central Railway Station with verve and panache. Two more turns of the minute hand – I cross the KIAP era halls and set my eyes on the imperious Hall 10. I’m introduced to an amiable fellow, my ‘bapu’ ‘Aditya Jain’ who […] September 22, 2014May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces #Hokkolorob A peaceful gathering of people not older than you or I. Singing, dancing, standing up for a cause. The exuberance of unabashed youth twinkling in their eyes. And suddenly, in a matter of a few hours their world had turned completely turtle. Lathis flew, friends were injured and lives were threatened. And through all this, […] September 22, 2014May 15, 2021
Internship Experiences My Internship Experience: MITACS It was the last day of my semester and I had an exam scheduled just few hours before I was expected to leave for Canada. My bag was still unpacked; I hastily dumped all my items in the bag and departed to New Delhi. Reluctant to leave my parents who had accompanied me to the […] September 15, 2014May 15, 2021
All about IITK Institute Reports and Investigations IITK Polluting its Neighbors Barasirohi, with which IIT Kanpur shares a boundary wall, is what you would call the “stereotypical village of urban India”. This village has seen our campus emerge since its inception. Many of the villagers consider IIT Kanpur to be “Mini-America”. We went to this village, to know more about their basic lifestyle, needs and problems. Over […] September 6, 2014May 15, 2021
Administration All about IITK Reports and Investigations FWD: Found an online -Lost and Found- portal These are some of the mails sent by the Dean of Student Affairs (DOSA) of IIT- Kanpur to all students’ list in the past month. These days the “lost and found” mails are qualified enough to be termed as spam. As you can see, not even a single mail was read by the student. Many […] September 5, 2014May 15, 2021
Internship Experiences My Internship Experience: Fuzzy Logix, US While applying for the company, I had no hope of landing an intern here for I had a negligible background in Computer Sciences or Mathematics which are relevant to their work. With nothing to lose, I just said what I believed in when asked why I should be given a chance when there were more […] September 2, 2014May 15, 2021