All about IITK Campus Corners Flagship Series Institute Particle Accelerator History-accelerating the particle! IIT Kanpur first got a particle accelerator in 1968. At that time, it was among one of the first big pieces of equipment, after the IBM computer at IITK campus. The first particle accelerator was a 2 MV Van-de-graff accelerator donated by the US through the Kanpur Indo-American Program (KIAP). In 2006, […] May 7, 2023June 18, 2023
Institute Reports and Investigations Casual Sexism at IITK While on the one hand we see a recurrent narrative about the inequality in college cutoffs, internships and placements; on the other hand are apprehensions about casual sexism, unwarranted doubts about one’s competence and jeopardised opportunities. Buried under this chaos are also the unheard complaints of the non-binary for whom even acknowledgement of their problems […] January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
Administration Institute Reports and Investigations Fired Workers Announce Indefinite Dharna Over four weeks after being fired and given the reassurance of re-employment in other departments, 18 water-supply workers of the Institute remain unemployed. They are now staging an indefinite dharna in front of the IWD (Institute Works Department) until their demand to be re-employed with minimum wages is met. What happened? As Vox had […] August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
Institute Reports and Investigations Infra Review #1: Water Quality at IITK Where does our campus get water from? Is the drinking water we get drinkable? What are the globally accepted standards of potable water? How should it taste? To seek answers to these questions, our team took readings from water samples around the campus, questioned the respective authorities, and looked into the flipside of the obvious […] July 2, 2022July 2, 2022
As We Leave As We Leave #17 Sonali Gupta is a Y18 graduating student from the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering. In this edition, she gives an honest account of her life at IITK: her struggles, memories and the lessons she is taking away from here. Disclaimer:- The views presented below are the author’s own and are not in any manner representative […] June 25, 2022June 25, 2022
Reports and Investigations Sports Culture : Pandemic Positive A new academic year is here, leaving us with a list of things we would have done had the campus been open. A fitting tribute to the bygones would be to turn the lens on something that has been talked about more and more during these trying times. Through this piece, we review and analyse […] September 27, 2021September 27, 2021
Editorials and Opinion Pieces Gymkhana Institute Students In Search for a Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Message on Campus Re-Opening Vedaant Sikka, President, Students’ Gymkhana, writes about the issue of campus re-opening and reaches out to the general body members to provide a clear sense of what has transpired so far and what the plan is going forward. Disclaimer:- The views presented below are the author’s own and are not in any manner representative of […] July 5, 2021July 5, 2021
Campus Blueprints Campus Blueprints: The journey of Raktarpan Vox Populi brings to you the third edition of the series Campus Blueprints: The journey of Raktarpan. We interviewed one of the initial members of Raktarpan, Shubham Prakash and the present overall coordinator of Community Welfare Cell, Piyush Patel, to bring to you an overview of Raktarpan and how the stimulation of blood donation was able […] January 12, 2021April 10, 2021
Administration Reports and Investigations Students The Holi Break 2020-21 Distant is the day we got a mail announcing that our Holi break is extended for 12 days. Many of us were delighted, and there was news that some hailed corona as a savior, chanting slogans like “Jai corona, jai corona!” No one’s doing that now. This virus took our exciting, productive, and fun-filled campus […] December 30, 2020April 10, 2021
IITK101 IITK101: Campus Life Disclaimer: Summarizing Life at IITK is impossible. It is a different and unique experience for everyone. We wrote the following article as a light-hearted piece based on some of the experiences we have had and observed. Always remember that the possibilities are limitless. 5:50 am You set the alarm for 5:50 am. Guess why? The […] December 6, 2020May 14, 2021
