Administration Gymkhana Institute Students Administration Responds to Students’ Senate’s Demands On 10th January, 2024, a Y21 Mtech student in the Aerospace department lost his life owing to suicide. The student was terminated from the institute on 26th December. In the background of these events, amongst other pressing issues the Students’ Senate unofficially met on 12th January. A list of demands was made and the President, […] January 16, 2024January 16, 2024
Institute Power Outage at the Dhobighat On the 5th of January, 2024, at 11:30 am, Dhobighat experienced a power outage in its main premises, which, as of now, remains unresolved. This outage has impacted the living conditions of six quarters, accommodating over six families and 30+ individuals. Dhobis, the laundry service providers, allege that this incident is part of a continued […] January 11, 2024January 11, 2024
Alumni Tête-à-Tête With Sayash Kapoor In this interview, we sit down with Sayash Kapoor, a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. After graduating from IIT Kanpur with a BTech in Computer Science in 2019, Sayash’s work in machine learning methods and their applications in science has earned recognition from publications like WIRED, LA Times, and Nature. […] January 9, 2024January 11, 2024
All about IITK Reports and Investigations Students PAWblems: Dogs of IITK The sight of tossed dustbins, scattered waste, and torn sanitary pads has become all too familiar for campus residents. Dogs have been found on various floors of residential halls in search of food. Incidents of destroyed belongings, including bitten shoes and damaged clothing, are rising. Some areas have witnessed aggressive dogs chasing campus residents, leading […] December 25, 2023December 29, 2023
All about IITK Reports and Investigations Surveys Lost In Translation: Language Barriers at IITK **Disclaimer - These are results from an anonymous survey making the responses and their validity unverifiable. The responses may or may not reflect the actual scenario at IIT Kanpur. The purpose of the survey was to bring these linguistic barriers to notice- but readers should keep in mind the limitations of an anonymous survey - […] December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
All about IITK Reports and Investigations Surveys शब्दों के परे: आईआईटी कानपुर में भाषा संबधी बाधाएं **अस्वीकरण - ये एक अज्ञात सर्वेक्षण के परिणाम हैं जो प्रतिक्रियाओं और उनकी वैधता का प्रमाण नहीं है। प्रतिक्रियाएँ आईआईटी कानपुर के वास्तविक परिदृश्य को प्रतिबिंबित कर भी सकती हैं और नहीं भी। सर्वेक्षण का उद्देश्य इन भाषाई बाधाओं को ध्यान में लाना था - लेकिन पाठकों को एक गुमनाम सर्वेक्षण की सीमाओं को ध्यान […] December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
All about IITK Students WHY 23? Hey, Y23s! Congratulations on finally being accepted into “The Indian Institute of Technology”! A word that takes about two and a half seconds to say loud and clear and the exact figure in years to get in. But fret not, because we’re here to give you a sneak peek into the rollercoaster ride that awaits […] October 18, 2023October 18, 2023
All about IITK Faculty Institute newsletter Reports and Investigations Students To Attend or Not to Attend Attendance has long been a moot point of discussion amongst both Professors and Students. As the semester begins, a few FCHs manage to send shivers down one’s spine with their attendance policies. In an attempt to understand the views of Campus Junta, we at Vox Populi conducted a survey on the “Effect of Attending Classes and […] October 10, 2023October 13, 2023
All about IITK Campus Corners Flagship Series Institute National Aerosol Facility What is the National Aerosol Facility? The nuclear reactors run by the Department of Atomic Energy satisfy two critical needs of our nation – nuclear energy and strategic usage. The reactor safety is analyzed by doing a scenario assessment because one cannot simulate the experimental settings in a laboratory. Regardless, we must know about the […] August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students A Critique of the ICC Sexual Harassment Rules 2017 and Rules 2021 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed below are the opinions of the writers and theirs alone. The POSH Act was constituted and enacted in 2013 in India aiming to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace and offer redressal in case of an offence. The act mandates that all employers constitute an internal complaints committee (ICC) to make […] July 24, 2023August 16, 2023
