Events Reports and Investigations General Body Meeting: As It Happened On 30th October 2019, a General Body Meeting (GBM) was called by the Students’ Gymkhana to address several issues that needed public discourse. Three main agendas that were pushed in the meeting by Student Gymkhana executives were Hostel Governance, Issues with the Student Affairs Office, and Disregard of Student Resolutions by the administration. It started […] Written by Vox Populi November 1, 2019May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations Poor QS Employability Rankings: The story of IIT Kanpur IIT-K is one of the most prestigious institutes in the country. It has an excellent academic reputation, several unique facilities for research and world-class faculty. It has a vast alumni network and close to 100% placements are reported every year. And yet, it is a matter of concern that in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings […] Written by Vox Populi October 11, 2019May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations Startup Stories: Incubating at IITK Incubation, one among the many buzzwords that you might have heard in conversation with your “Entrepreneurially-motivated” friend. But as one transcends those casual conversations, you’ll get to know that incubation is an essential phase in every startup’s journey. Startup Incubation & Innovation Centre (SIIC) is a launchpad for purpose-driven entrepreneurs at IIT Kanpur. It […] Written by Vox Populi July 18, 2019May 15, 2021
Gymkhana Reports and Investigations Review: Merger of Cultural Council and Films & Media Council – The Media and Cultural Council as we now know it was born out of a merger between the Cultural Council and the Films and Media Council, nearly 2 years ago on a trial basis. The decision was taken by the Students’ Senate on recommendations of the GRC (Gymkhana Review Committee) back in the winter […] Written by Vox Populi January 26, 2019May 15, 2021
Reports and Investigations Students IIT Kanpur Sports – A Waning Culture Disclaimer: The views presented below are the author’s own and are not in any manner representative of the views of Vox Populi as a body or IIT Kanpur in general. IITK had to wait for 49 years to clinch it’s first Inter-IIT General Championship when history took a turn, and we claimed the trophy in […] Written by Vox Populi January 22, 2019May 15, 2021
Reports and Investigations It’s Hiring Season!: Placements 2018-19 IIT Kanpur started off the 2018-19 Recruitment season on December 1. The successful completion of first two days for the placements with the recruitment of around 370 students (in comparison to 329 last year) stands testament to the quality of students and the robust nature of the placement process that provides adequate flexibility to both […] Written by Vox Populi December 3, 2018May 14, 2021
Administration All about IITK Reports and Investigations The Curious Case Of Spurious Branch Change The past few weeks have been very busy for the Senate Undergraduate Committee (SUGC) Convenor, all because of a serious error in the campus automation platform, Pingala, which allowed four Y17 students, despite having one fail backlog (E/F or X) in some of the IC (Institute Compulsory) first-year courses, a branch change in their preferred […] Written by Vox Populi September 8, 2018May 14, 2021
Reports and Investigations IITK: Home no more? A great turmoil has been felt in the washerman community residing in the campus since the last week. The Estate Office, IIT Kanpur drafted an order that mandated the vacating of the Dhobi Ghat by the end of April. In response to this, the washermen are seeking the support of the campus community. They displayed […] Written by Vox Populi April 4, 2018May 15, 2021
Reports and Investigations Mass food poisoning in Hall 12 On the night of 4th February (Sunday), around forty students from Hall 12 seeked medical assistance in the institute health centre (HC) complaining of stomach ache and vomiting. The physician on duty, Dr. Devendra Kumar attended to these students overnight. This number grew to over 250 by Monday evening. Dr. Kumar said that all of […] Written by Vox Populi February 9, 2018May 15, 2021
Reports and Investigations Placements 2017-18 As the dust settles on Phase 1 of the placement session, let us take a look back at the record-breaking placements session at IIT Kanpur. More than a thousand students sat for placements this year and 77% of them (undergraduate and graduate) got placed in the first phase. This means that 4 in every 5 […] Written by Vox Populi January 15, 2018May 15, 2021
