Reports and Investigations Opportunities and Challenges of Building a World Class IIT from the Ground Up: The IIT Gandhinagar Story Dr. Sudhir Jain was the first speaker in the latest lecture series initiated by IIT Kanpur, Making of a University, in which distinguished academicians are invited to share their vision which has been instrumental in the establishment of the eminent educational institutes of India. The lecture was held on 27 November 2014 in the Outreach […] Written by Vox Populi December 7, 2014May 15, 2021
All about IITK Institute Reports and Investigations IITK Polluting its Neighbors Barasirohi, with which IIT Kanpur shares a boundary wall, is what you would call the “stereotypical village of urban India”. This village has seen our campus emerge since its inception. Many of the villagers consider IIT Kanpur to be “Mini-America”. We went to this village, to know more about their basic lifestyle, needs and problems. Over […] Written by Vox Populi September 6, 2014May 15, 2021
Administration All about IITK Reports and Investigations FWD: Found an online -Lost and Found- portal These are some of the mails sent by the Dean of Student Affairs (DOSA) of IIT- Kanpur to all students’ list in the past month. These days the “lost and found” mails are qualified enough to be termed as spam. As you can see, not even a single mail was read by the student. Many […] Written by Vox Populi September 5, 2014May 15, 2021
All about IITK Events Reports and Investigations Students Heave de Relief – Freshers’ Night ’14 All the sweat and hardwork of the Y14 freshers finally culminated into the much-awaited Freshers’ Night. The display of their exuberant talent was coupled with the chanting and hooting of the audience. The theme for the evening was “Eve de Magique”—French for “Evening of Magic”, which encompasses the realms of fantasy, the supernatural, and magical […] Written by Vox Populi August 12, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Events Reports and Investigations The Techkriti Pandora Just like last year’s Antaragni, Techkriti’14 created a huge post-fest furore. While the Antaragni issue seemed to be a battle of egos, the allegations levied in the Techkriti issue were of a more serious nature. At that time, there were at least a dozen rumors floating around and countless speculations. Now, Vox is here to […] Written by Vox Populi August 9, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Events Institute Reports and Investigations Back on the Radar- E-Summit, IIT Kanpur In the August of 2013, Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kanpur added another event to the calendar to promote entrepreneurship in the campus . Having taken up numerous initiatives in the past few years to encourage young inventors on campus to make their innovations commercial, a need was felt to introduce the fest, which makes an […] Written by Vox Populi August 4, 2014December 26, 2020
Administration All about IITK Institute Reports and Investigations Speaking out for their rights It all began with the workers in the institute not getting the minimum wages specified by the government. Meetings were held, committees were put in place but the issue remained far from being resolved. This and a plethora of such problems were discussed in an open discussion session held as part of “Hamara Manch”, a […] Written by Vox Populi August 3, 2014December 26, 2020
Administration All about IITK Institute Reports and Investigations Students Students’ Welfare Cell The Students’ Welfare Cell was established under the Presidential Council in the February of 2014. Ever since, the SWC has been working to address various issues that plague the student body, some of which include – implementation of the New ARC (academic review committee) policies such as minors and double majors, tackle the debacles that […] Written by Vox Populi August 3, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Events Institute Reports and Investigations Students Entrepreneurship at IIT Kanpur “An entrepreneur searches for change, responds to it and exploits opportunities. Innovation is a specific tool of an entrepreneur. Hence an effective entrepreneur converts a source into a resource” ~Peter Drucker Entrepreneurship is about solving real world problems using business as a tool! So say, for instance, your home city faces frequent power cuts. You […] Written by Vox Populi August 3, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Faculty Institute Reports and Investigations Engineering Sciences: The Real Picture Of the many programs offered at the undergraduate level at IIT Kanpur, the newest one, chronologically, but not so much ideologically, is B Tech in Engineering Sciences. The program has been made available to the Y11 batch and onwards. Given the relative newness of the program, it is offered as a branch change option to […] Written by Vox Populi August 2, 2014December 26, 2020
