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
Administration Reports and Investigations Students The Ragging Incident : Truth vs Hype In the wake of the suspension of twenty two students for involvement in a case of ragging, the national media was flooded with articles about this incident. It was unfortunate to see how the primary sources of information for the nation were misrepresenting facts and trying to sensationalise the issue. The article published by Hindustan […] Written by Vox Populi October 24, 2017May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations A Brief Timeline of the Security Issue on Campus On 31st August, a postgraduate student at IIT Kanpur told the Students’ Senate about her horrific experience with the Institute security. She alleged being threatened and verbally abused by Mr. Sandeep Shivare, the Security Officer (SO) at IIT. This is not an isolated incident. The meeting of the Senate was the culmination of a series […] Written by Vox Populi September 6, 2017May 15, 2021
Gymkhana Institute Reports and Investigations Students SSAC Ignores Procedures in Ragging Related Issue The 1st Emergency Meeting of the Students’ Senate, 2017-18 was held on 3rd September, 2017 to take cognizance of a recent mass disciplinary action taken against students, in response to a complaint against ragging filed by some Y17 students. On 2nd September 2017, the Senate Students’ Affairs Committee (SSAC), decided to take punitive action over […] Written by Vox Populi September 4, 2017May 15, 2021
Institute Reports and Investigations Why were the VH staff fired? A silent solidarity march was taken out at 5:30 PM on 24th August 2017 in campus to protest against the dismissal of 72 workers (out of strength of 74) of the Visitors’ Hostel (VH). We decided to explore the matter in more depth and conversed with the Deputy Director, Prof. Manindra Agrawal. As is known […] Written by Vox Populi August 29, 2017May 15, 2021
Reports and Investigations Deciphering the NIRF Rankings Last year the Government of India released NIRF (National Institute Ranking Framework) rankings, claiming it to be a step towards improving the Indian higher education ecosystem. It collected the data within a couple of months and released the first edition of “India Rankings” on April 1, 2016. Being the inaugural version, the ranking did have […] Written by Vox Populi January 31, 2017May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations EC Proposes, Junta Disposes ! The General Elections for the year 2017 concluded last week. A rather dull and controversial election season saw the Election Commission take up various new initiatives in an endeavour to have a greater reach among the campus fraternity. One of the major highlights of this year’s elections was the idea of conducting executive dialogue and […] Written by Vox Populi January 27, 2017May 15, 2021
Reports and Investigations Deciphering the QS Rankings Rankings have always been a matter of major discussions and debates. They have become a reference point for students while choosing an institute for their higher studies, but just a prima facie view of these rankings can be tremendously misleading. With a large amount of data available online, making sense out of it is far […] Written by Vox Populi January 19, 2017May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations It’s raining gold for Kanpur on Day 6 ! Athletics Day 5 was the happy homecoming the Kanpur contingent was waiting for. Besides grabbing the top two positions in Pole Vault and the second spot in 1500m, we also won the 4X100m Men’s relay against all odds. In men’s 4x100m relay, we were up against Delhi who had in their ranks, Dileep Pudi, the […] Written by Vox Populi December 19, 2016May 15, 2021
Events Reports and Investigations Kanpur’s spectacular performance on Day 5 Athletics The Kanpur team gave the 400m Hurdles event a miss and fielded no athlete to compete. We had also failed to qualify for the women’s 100m finals. This left three events for Kanpur to participate in. In Hammer Throw, Kanpur’s Bala Murugan stood 3rd with a throw of 34.74m. Zunaid, the other Kanpur participant […] Written by Vox Populi December 18, 2016May 15, 2021
