All about IITK Institute Reports and Investigations Cycle Track: The Unanswered Questions In November last year, many wondered, paddling down at the sight of chopped trees along the roadside, speculating what was coming up. However, it wasn’t long before everyone could trace that the campus was getting a cycle track, a separate lane for the bicyclists to paddle on. The track soon found its way into discussions […] July 11, 2023July 11, 2023
All about IITK Flagship Series Institute Vox Explains Artificial Rain by IITK On June 22, IIT Kanpur successfully conducted an experiment for cloud seeding. The experiment was a success owing to the valuable contribution of numerous people from IIT Kanpur, including Dr. Manindra Agrawal, Dr Mainak Das, Dr Deepu Philip, and their associates spanning multiple departments with diverse backgrounds. With the approval of the Directorate General of […] July 3, 2023July 3, 2023
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
Administration All about IITK Institute Let’s talk ‘Rubbish’ – The state of waste management at IITK We would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Rajat Mittal, Prof. Abhas Singh, and Mr. Hari Shankar, who generously gave their time and provided us with crucial information. Without their input, this article would not have been possible. We extend our sincere thanks to each of them for sharing their expertise, perspectives, and experiences, […] February 5, 2023May 24, 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
All about IITK Faculty Institute Students Humanities at IITK – A Reasoned Necessity Following from our previous survey piece, we interview and indulge in conversation with faculty members from the HSS department at IIT Kanpur to understand their motivations and the purview of the curriculum at our flagship engineering institute. IIT Kanpur was among the few institutes that heralded the crossover between sciences and humanities in India. Prof. […] December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
All about IITK Institute Surveys The Tryst with HSS Courses Tracing students’ opinions on the humanities curriculum at IIT Kanpur, and exploring the necessity for technology programs to have social science coursework. Several engineering students at IIT Kanpur often wonder – “why study Humanities courses?” especially when the alarm for early morning class jolts them out of sleep of which every minute feels oh so […] December 10, 2022December 11, 2022
Institute Students An Uneasy Conversation In the past ten years, the stigma associated with mental health concerns has decreased significantly in our society. People are becoming more at ease discussing it, looking for assistance, finding solutions, and battling stigmatisation on a global scale throughout time. Naturally, the situation on our campus has improved as well. In terms of de-stigmatising mental […] October 10, 2022October 10, 2022
All about IITK Campus Corners Institute Flex-E Centre: Intersecting Engineering, Research, and Entrepreneurship Early on, at the start of the millennia, Mr Satish Kaura, an alumnus of our institute, was running a business that manufactured most of the cathode ray tubes for displays in the country. However, he had the foresight to realise that the industry would need to be nimble and change and evolve in the coming […] September 24, 2022June 1, 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