Editorials and Opinion Pieces Reports and Investigations The NIRF Discussion: Erroneous data and unfairness of parameters On 29th September 2015, the MHRD announced its decision to come up with a National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), “outlining a methodology to rank institutions across the country.” Every year since then, the MHRD has released these rankings, which are calculated using a set of metrics that have been amended throughout the years. The latest annual […] Written by Vox Populi November 9, 2020May 15, 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
Reports and Investigations Online Semester : Mid-Term Report The start of the first semester of the academic year 2020-21 in September 2020 marked the beginning of IITK’s first of its kind online semester. With a revamped academic calendar and a different mode of instruction, the students and the faculty braced for their first experience with the online scheme of things. With new teaching […] Written by Vox Populi October 28, 2020April 6, 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
Reports and Investigations IITK in NIRF rankings [infogram id=”the-main-one-1h7j4dmv77x94nr?live&fbclid=IwAR3HFb9MmpE_y1toQ4oxV98s-nweWCDqeP3aZde2pTrCfZOU8MQP0O1Egik”] Writing: Devansh Parmar, Aryan Pandeya Design: Ananya Gupta, Akshat Goyal, Devansh Parmar Poster design: Raj Varshith Moora Editor: Thanya Written by Vox Populi July 15, 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
Reports and Investigations Corona Virus and IIT Kanpur COVID-19 or Corona Virus has created a ruckus all over the world with its far stretched reach impacting India and our campus. This is also a bulletin for all news related to Corona Virus and it’s possible implications on IIT Kanpur. Please keep checking the page for more updates related to the issue. Until Monday, […] Written by Vox Populi March 12, 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
Reports and Investigations Is the Water we drink Pure? Access to safe drinking water is essential to health and a basic human right. The increasing reliance on mineral water bottles hints towards a general dissatisfaction with the taste or the quality of water available at our disposal. A number of instances of water-borne diseases further made us think if the water available to us […] Written by Vox Populi February 5, 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
