Administration “If we don’t go by the rules, it will only create chaos”: Director’s Message on COVID-19 The pandemic is slowly climbing the exponential curve and the future seems highly uncertain, but the institute administration has been sending out continuous emails to students, with guidelines and directives against COVID-19. Check out our conversation with the Director himself, as he enumerates the current state of preparations and how anxiety and impatience can be […] Written by Vox Populi March 21, 2020May 15, 2021
Administration Events Reports and Investigations Students Hall of Residence I: As It Happened Yesterday On 4th November 2019, Mr. Abhishek Aryan Sinha, a final year undergraduate student and a current resident of Hall of Residence 1 wrote an email to the Dean of Student’s Affairs expressing his concerns over various issues the hall residents had been facing. Two days later, on 6th November 2019, while Abhishek was out for […] Written by Vox Populi November 7, 2019May 15, 2021
Administration All about IITK In Conversation with the Director – Part 2 Prof. Abhay Karandikar was appointed six months ago to serve as the Director of the institute. Joining at a very crucial juncture, it has been a challenging and exciting tenure so far for him. Vox Populi got the chance to have a conversation with Prof. Karandikar to gain an insight into his perspective and plans […] Written by Vox Populi October 30, 2018May 14, 2021
Administration All about IITK In Conversation with the Director – Part 1 Prof. Abhay Karandikar was appointed six months ago to serve as the Director of the institute. Joining at a very crucial juncture, it has been a challenging and exciting tenure so far for him. Vox Populi got the chance to have a conversation with Prof. Karandikar to gain an insight into his perspective and plans […] Written by Vox Populi October 29, 2018May 14, 2021
Administration All about IITK Reports and Investigations The Curious Case Of Spurious Branch Change The past few weeks have been very busy for the Senate Undergraduate Committee (SUGC) Convenor, all because of a serious error in the campus automation platform, Pingala, which allowed four Y17 students, despite having one fail backlog (E/F or X) in some of the IC (Institute Compulsory) first-year courses, a branch change in their preferred […] Written by Vox Populi September 8, 2018May 14, 2021
Administration All about IITK Institute De-Addiction Clinic We don’t even realize when that one puff, turns into an insatiable craving for more. Addiction can be of anything from gaming, pornography to smoking, drinking or doing drugs. Simply put, addiction is the inability of an individual to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful! It is common knowledge that a big section […] Written by Vox Populi August 25, 2018May 14, 2021
Administration Reports and Investigations Students The Ragging Incident : Truth vs Hype In the wake of the suspension of twenty two students for involvement in a case of ragging, the national media was flooded with articles about this incident. It was unfortunate to see how the primary sources of information for the nation were misrepresenting facts and trying to sensationalise the issue. The article published by Hindustan […] Written by Vox Populi October 24, 2017May 15, 2021
Administration Students IIT Kanpur is penalising 22 students for its own failures The Institute recently suspended 16 second-year undergraduate students for three years and 6 others for one year on charges of involvement in an incident of ragging. The IIT Kanpur Academic Senate took the decision upon recommendation from the Student Senate Advisory Committee (SSAC). Deputy Director, Dr. Manindra Agrawal was quoted by Times of India, saying […] Written by Vox Populi October 15, 2017May 15, 2021
Administration Institute The Reincarnation of Women’s Cell The Women’s Cell of IIT Kanpur was constituted in accordance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 as stated on its website. The Cell’s mandate includes sensitizing the community towards gender-related issues, and in this regard organizing orientation programs for new students and employees, conducting workshops and open […] Written by Vox Populi March 8, 2017May 15, 2021
Administration Institute These OARS do not row A slowly unfolding chaotic mess of incomplete information, erratic errors and temperamental tantrums, the OARS surely creates a place for itself in the hearts of every student who has ever used it. Time and again, we realise the multiple ways in which it is inadequate, despite there being multiple ways in which we are adequate […] Written by Vox Populi February 23, 2017May 15, 2021
