As We Leave Flagship Series As We Leave #4: Quick Response Team: Our Untold Story of Helping IIT-K Community Ankur Agnihotri is a graduating Y20 M.tech student from the Department of Material Science and Engineering. In the fourth edition of As We Leave, he recounts the creation of the Quick Response Team and how it was a cornerstone of IITK’s response to COVID-19 Disclaimer:- The views presented below are the author’s own and are […] Written by Vox Populi May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
All about IITK Institute Students The Yoga Hall Hospitality As the third wave of the pandemic began picking pace across India, students had just returned from their homes to start their new year on campus. The warm reunion did come with the tiny virus grabbing a handful of residents and sending them into a week of isolation at the Yoga Hall. Here’s an account […] Written by Vox Populi January 22, 2022January 22, 2022
Editorials and Opinion Pieces Reopening Campus – Part 1 Since March 2020, the return of UG students has always been a much-awaited topic of discussion. With the PG students returning to campus in a phased manner in the last couple of months, the UG community has eagerly been waiting for an update. With increasing vaccination numbers and the active caseload at an all-time low, […] Written by Vox Populi September 7, 2021September 7, 2021
Alumni Beyond IITK IITK Alumni help India Breathe: Conversation with Ashutosh Ranka In these dreaded times, initiatives taken by citizens personally can help someone cross the line between life and death. One such initiative termed ‘Breathe India’, is being led by a team of IITK Alumni, who are striving in order to help the needy through this campaign, by collecting funds and then using them to provide oxygen concentrators […] Written by Vox Populi May 3, 2021May 15, 2021
Administration Editorials and Opinion Pieces Students An ‘Unprecedented’ Indifference Disclaimer: The opinions expressed below are the opinions of the Editorial Board of Vox Populi and the writers, and theirs alone. In retrospect, Vox Populi cited a leaked personal e-mail in the article that was intended to be private between a student and the DoSA. It was quoted without providing the entire context. This was […] Written by Vox Populi April 27, 2021September 7, 2021
Administration Students asked to vacate Campus In light of the second wave of COVID-19 infections and spike in cases on the campus, the college administration has asked all students (UGs as well as PGs) residing in the hostels to vacate their rooms and leave the campus by 5pm, 26th April. Only the non-graduating students can retain their rooms while graduating students are […] Written by Vox Populi April 22, 2021April 27, 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
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
