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
Administration Reports and Investigations Students The Holi Break 2020-21 Distant is the day we got a mail announcing that our Holi break is extended for 12 days. Many of us were delighted, and there was news that some hailed corona as a savior, chanting slogans like “Jai corona, jai corona!” No one’s doing that now. This virus took our exciting, productive, and fun-filled campus […] Written by Vox Populi December 30, 2020April 10, 2021
All about IITK Reports and Investigations Students E-lections: First time Online Elections at IIT Kanpur For the first time in IIT Kanpur, Online Elections among the General Body were conducted for the formation of the Executive Committee of Hall 6. The elections, where the votes were cast on a web-based platform, were conducted by the Election Commission, Students Gymkhana. Here, Vox Populi presents a report on this process and the […] Written by Vox Populi November 5, 2020April 13, 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
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
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
Students Let me get this straight… “When I was asked by a member of Vox Populi and a long time friend to share my story with people, I had two options – whether I wish to share my story anonymously, or come out into the open. A lot of pondering, followed by a realization of the purpose for which I am […] Written by Vox Populi May 30, 2019May 14, 2021
Students PG Open-house The session began by the moderators, Rupesh Chafle and Vineeth Vijayan, two responsible people from the PG community who stepped in to take the responsibility, acknowledging the fact that IIT Kanpur is increasingly becoming a postgraduate college and therefore for their security and issues the open house was organized. The Director, DoAA, DoSA, DoRD and […] Written by Vox Populi May 27, 2019May 15, 2021
Events Students New Opportunities for Aspiring Entrepreneurs – DPP, SUEP Entrepreneurship in Campus Volume 1: New Opportunities Amidst the herd with narrowing vision and mediocre ambitions, there you are, with a flicker of light still alive in your eyes. But upfront approaches a storm, threatening to blow out the last of your flame. What do you do? You grip the nearest tree, or its […] Written by Vox Populi May 21, 2019July 11, 2021
Students GSoC: Ready, Set, Open Source As has been the precedent, students from our institute got selected for the prestigious Google Summer of Code 2019. Vox congratulates the selected students on their well-deserved success. The number of selections from our institute continues to be impressive, as has been the trend over the past three installments of the program GSoC is […] Written by Vox Populi May 8, 2019May 15, 2021
