Events Reports and Investigations Day 2: Another Great Day for Kanpur! Athletics The second day brought more laurels for the Athletics team. In the 110m hurdles, both Sagar and Surya qualified, coming 2nd in their respective heats. In 400m women, Ruchita qualified by a whisker as she reached the next stage with a lead of just 0.1s. In men’s 400m heats held in the morning, Deepak Jorwal […] Written by Vox Populi December 15, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Inter IIT : How did Kanpur fare on Day 1? Volleyball The volleyball meet kick-started this morning with the Women’s teams competing with each other in four league matches. The event was witnessed by the DOAA, Prof. Neeraj Mishra, himself a former Inter-IIT volleyball player. Smashing Ropar, the Kanpur team displayed some crisp lifts, drops and services. Both the teams mainly lost points owing to […] Written by Vox Populi December 13, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Inter IIT Meet Opening Ceremony The 51st inter IIT Sports Meet was inaugurated today with the opening ceremony being held in the afternoon. The ceremony was graced by the presence of Mr. KK Sharma, Secretary Designate, MHRD, Mr. R Subramaniam, additional secretary, technical education, MHRD, Mr. Devendra Jhajharia and Mr. Varun Bhati, paralympians. The ceremony was held in the Main […] Written by Vox Populi December 12, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations The Inter IIT cricket action continues … The second day of cricket matches was as exciting, if not more with the same venues hosting seven matches today. Ropar beat Jodhpur by 28 runs. Sumit high scored for Ropar with a useful 39, helping them reach the total of 136/10. Jayant’s heroics for Jodhpur went in vain as they fell short at 108/6 […] Written by Vox Populi December 11, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Inter IIT Sports Meet action begins ! Today saw the first few matches of the 51st Inter IIT Sports Meet being played with cricket matches being held at Main ground, ACES ground, Kamla Club and City ground. Seven matches were held in all with ACES, Kamla and City ground hosting two each and one match being played on the main ground. Due […] Written by Vox Populi December 10, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Institute 57th Institute Foundation Day “When I came to Kanpur first to join as the Director of the Institute, almost everybody I met in Kanpur asked me if…I had wanted to commit professional suicide …I did not at all worry about this because I was no longer myself but an instrument of a historical process.” These inspiring words by Dr. […] Written by Vox Populi November 3, 2016May 15, 2021
Events 32nd Inter IIT Aquatics Meet Kicks off Tomorrow at IITK ‘Will the IIT Kanpur contingent be able to repeat history by winning the aquatics meet as it did back in 2009 when it last hosted it?’ The first part of the 51st inter IIT sports meet kicks off tomorrow with the opening ceremony of the aquatics meet. The 32nd aquatics meet marks the start of the campaign […] Written by Vox Populi November 1, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Aquatics meet: Finale The last day of the aquatics meet started with Siraj Modiwala of KGP and Anil Rulaniya of Kanpur shooting off to a thunderous start in the 200 meter men’s backstroke, but Siraj shrugged off the competition in the 3rd lap to claim gold while Anil bagged silver and Gtanshu Bhatia of KGP won the bronze. […] Written by Vox Populi October 6, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Aquatics Meet : Day 3 The third day of the meet which saw a new meet record being set, started on a rather bewildering note. The absence of many contestants from the 100m butterfly heats forced a combined heat. The highlight of the day was when CK Anand Krishnan of Madras cruised home with a new meet record of 26.81 […] Written by Vox Populi October 5, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Aquatics Meet : Day 2 Day 2 of the 32nd Aquatics Meet, held at IIT Kanpur, followed the example of the inaugural one. Madras and Bombay’s dominant streak continued as they took away the podium finishes in most of the races. Delhi and Kharagpur managed to take a piece of the pie too. The winner from Madras, Anirban Nag, maintained […] Written by Vox Populi October 3, 2016May 15, 2021
