Beyond IITK In Conversation with Rahul Yadav (Part 1) The Entrepreneurship Summit, IIT Kanpur organised by the E-Cell witnesses distinguished founders, businessmen, VCs and journalists each year. This year new records were set when Rahul Yadav, founder and ex-CEO of the hottest Indian start-up, Housing.com, addressed the enthusiastic junta at this annual event. Devin and I got the opportunity to squeeze out a short […] Written by Vox Populi September 3, 2015May 15, 2021
Alumni Beyond IITK XLVIII Convocation – Au Revoir batch of ’15 It was both an exhilarating and tearful occasion for the passing out batch of ’15 as IIT Kanpur held its 48th convocation on 7th of June’15. A total of 920 students were awarded degrees by the director, Dr. Indranil Manna and chairman of Board of Governors of the institute, Dr. M Anandkrishnan. Of the total degrees awarded, 634 […] Written by Vox Populi June 10, 2015May 15, 2021
Alumni Beyond IITK The “Co-operation” Roboticist and his “Flying machines”! Vijay Kumar (born April 12, 1962) is an Indian roboticist and UPS foundation professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Mechanics with secondary appointments in Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and will become the new dean of Penn Engineering from July 1,2015. Prof. Kumar is […] Written by Vox Populi March 25, 2015May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK Students What are ‘Coding’ Jobs? The placement season is near, and lot of ‘coding’ companies are recruiting. Here is a primer on the different profiles the companies offer. First of all, let us make it clear that coding merely means writing lines in a particular ‘language’ which follow a structure and are meant to be executed. CSE(Computer Science and Engineering) Jobs, […] Written by Vox Populi November 8, 2014May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces The Silent March for Justice A group of students, gathered with a common motive – to show solidarity with the students of Jadavpur University who were subject to violence without any provocation; to raise awareness amongst the junta about the incident and to demand justice for the girl who was wronged. A few hours of preparation and the group had […] Written by Vox Populi September 26, 2014May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces #Hokkolorob A peaceful gathering of people not older than you or I. Singing, dancing, standing up for a cause. The exuberance of unabashed youth twinkling in their eyes. And suddenly, in a matter of a few hours their world had turned completely turtle. Lathis flew, friends were injured and lives were threatened. And through all this, […] Written by Vox Populi September 22, 2014May 15, 2021
Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces You shouldn’t have missed it, Mr. PM! With already so much having been commented upon the maiden speech of ‘not-an-accidental’ PM by nearly all prominent journalists and columnists of varied viewpoints and contrasting ideologies there is only little scope left for further review of the confident articulation which many have already classified as historical. So why this article? Actually, we are ‘Pakke […] Written by Vox Populi August 26, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Beyond IITK Events Ashutosh at E Summit! He was the managing editor of the news channel IBN 7. He left his job with a dream in mind: to clean the dirty politics of India. He is the inspiration for the youth of India. Ardent follower of the philosophy that action speaks louder than words, Ashutosh Gupta talks to Vox Populi about journalism, […] Written by Vox Populi August 25, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Beyond IITK Events Institute Stalwarts of Physics at Techkriti! Techkriti 2014 saw as its chief guest the celebrated and widely respected astrophysicist Dr. Walter H.G. Lewin. Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT, Dr. Lewin has been the childhood hero of many a student across the world for his unique teaching style and nature as well as for his eccentric experiments. His video lectures on […] Written by Vox Populi August 2, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Beyond IITK Students Tennis: Game..Set..Life! Tennis .. A racquet-ball sport played on a rectangular piece of land .. 78 feet in length and 36 feet in breadth .. the only thing you need to do .. NOT allow the ball to bounce twice in your part of the court.. 6 games in a Set .. 5 Sets in a match […] Written by Vox Populi August 2, 2014December 26, 2020
