All about IITK Institute QS Rankings – The Big Jump(?) The QS World University Rankings were released in the past week, and IIT Kanpur was ranked at 277th place in 2022 compared to the 350th rank in the 2021 edition. Despite achieving quite significant growth in the past year, it is important to notice how the institute’s rank had fallen from 291 in 2020 to […] Written by Vox Populi June 16, 2021June 16, 2021
Administration All about IITK Faculty Institute Students New Developments in IITK: Introduction of Fresh Academic Programs None of us had expected 2020 to pan out the way it did. While the institute was busy ensuring that our academics must not suffer and that students should safely return to campus, it was alongside working to keep up with our education system’s changing patterns. Our institute realises that modern-day problems require solutions which […] Written by Vox Populi January 21, 2021April 10, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations Students A Review of NCC at IITK To understand the grievances and complaints of NCC cadets with the current NCC management and initiate a dialogue on the same, Vox Populi conducted a survey of students enrolled in NCC this year and received 175 responses. While most students raised grave concerns about class timings, insensitivity of the colonel, unproductive classes and condition of uniforms, […] Written by Vox Populi July 26, 2020May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations COVID-19 Tech: IITK’s Contributions To contribute to the country’s fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic, our institute, IIT Kanpur has had a significant role in Commercializing three ground-breaking innovative healthcare solutions within three months, with the help of some of the startups incubated here. Here in this article, we would be covering the products and the people behind it all. […] Written by Vox Populi June 23, 2020May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations Construction Review 2020 With a cup of cutting chai and Parle-G at 8, the work started for the day while you managed to attend and stay awake during your 9 am class. All of us have witnessed dozens of workers amidst the concrete covers, wearing helmets and the accompanying huge machinery – excavators, cranes, concrete mixtures, piles of […] Written by Vox Populi February 28, 2020May 15, 2021
Institute #3: The Genesis of a Book Even before a book reaches the New Arrivals section, it goes through a long process. While you may only see the books placed on shelves waiting to be read, there’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes to bring them to them. The Acquisition and Technical Unit procures books, adds records to the database, […] Written by Vox Populi January 9, 2020May 15, 2021
Events Institute Students Placements 2019 With changing times, the role of science and technology in the industry and corporate sector has changed a lot too. This change is reflected in the type of jobs the students are taking up after graduating from college. Job opportunities in sectors like Big Data Analytics have rocketed upwards, whereas the Core Engineering sector […] Written by Vox Populi January 1, 2020May 15, 2021
Institute #2: Days at the PK Kelkar Library: Books and Us After presenting the ‘Future of a book’ at the library, we bring to you ‘The Present of a book’ at the P.K. Kelkar Library! We start with how a new book is greeted at the library and how it subsequently lives through the shelves of our library. Do watch out for some trivia and facts […] Written by Vox Populi December 27, 2019May 15, 2021
Institute #1: The Future of a Book: Journey from Shelf to Doom If you might venture into the -1 from the lift of the library, you don’t notice anything eerie, do you? There, my friend, you are mistaken :-P! With more than 28 thousand books in our library (now that’s a LOT) and anywhere between 40 to 150 books being added to this collection every Monday, have […] Written by Vox Populi December 12, 2019May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations Poor QS Employability Rankings: The story of IIT Kanpur IIT-K is one of the most prestigious institutes in the country. It has an excellent academic reputation, several unique facilities for research and world-class faculty. It has a vast alumni network and close to 100% placements are reported every year. And yet, it is a matter of concern that in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings […] Written by Vox Populi October 11, 2019May 15, 2021
