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 […] Written by Vox Populi August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
Reports and Investigations 24 Campus Workers Fired without Any Prior Notice At around 6 am yesterday (1 August 2022), when about 50 contract workers of the Institute’s water-supply department completed their regular shift, they were informed by the new contractor that 24 of them have been fired with immediate effect and without any prior notice. These include workers who have served the Institute for as long […] Written by Vox Populi August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
Reports and Investigations Data Security at IITK Our institute website, iitk.ac.in recently got hacked into, with a threat that all of our data had been deleted from our servers. Many of our institute webpages have previously been hacked into. Some webpages have such low security, that students inside our institute have been able to find out a number of loopholes in our websites. Is our institute taking any measures to handle the cyber security issues and create a robust framework? And if not, what is that we, as students, should do to prevent such malpractices? Written by Vox Populi July 31, 2022July 31, 2022
Institute Reports and Investigations Infra Review #1: Water Quality at IITK Where does our campus get water from? Is the drinking water we get drinkable? What are the globally accepted standards of potable water? How should it taste? To seek answers to these questions, our team took readings from water samples around the campus, questioned the respective authorities, and looked into the flipside of the obvious […] Written by Vox Populi July 2, 2022July 2, 2022
Events Gymkhana Reports and Investigations Youth and Truth: An Afternoon with Sadhguru “Youth are natural seekers of truth. Time to empower them with the needed clarity, commitment, and courage to find their truth” ~ Sadhguru Sadhguru, a bestselling author and mystic, recently embarked on a journey to meet citizens, leaders, and experts as a lone motorcyclist covering 30,000 km across 27 nations from the United Kingdom to […] Written by Vox Populi June 10, 2022June 10, 2022
Reports and Investigations Sports Culture : Pandemic Positive A new academic year is here, leaving us with a list of things we would have done had the campus been open. A fitting tribute to the bygones would be to turn the lens on something that has been talked about more and more during these trying times. Through this piece, we review and analyse […] Written by Vox Populi September 27, 2021September 27, 2021
All about IITK Reports and Investigations Students Inequity Unattended As another online semester reaches its mid-way, the lack of access to the Internet and consistent electricity supply has come across as a major bottleneck for the resource-constrained students. Vox Populi talked to resource-constrained undergraduate students across different batches to learn about the challenges they face during the online semesters and the assistance, if any, […] Written by Vox Populi September 10, 2021September 12, 2021
Reports and Investigations Surveys Cheating Unmasked- How, Why & Where? In July ‘21, our team conducted an anonymous survey (forwarded on the students’ list) to dive deep into the issue of cheating and plagiarism in exams. The survey received 629 responses, with about 40% Y20 respondents, 21% Y19 respondents and 15% Y18 respondents, among others. To present a balanced perspective on the issue, we talked […] Written by Vox Populi September 3, 2021September 4, 2021
Administration All about IITK Reports and Investigations Vaccination drive at IITK – In conversation with Dr. Mamta Vyas On 22nd January, the first shot of the Covid vaccine was delivered to the health workers of our Institute. Of course, we all got excited and decided to bring to you what’s been happening under the hood and how this came to be. We had a talk with the Head of HC, Dr. Mamta Vyas, […] Written by Vox Populi January 28, 2021April 13, 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
