All about IITK Faculty Institute Students Humanities at IITK – A Reasoned Necessity Following from our previous survey piece, we interview and indulge in conversation with faculty members from the HSS department at IIT Kanpur to understand their motivations and the purview of the curriculum at our flagship engineering institute. IIT Kanpur was among the few institutes that heralded the crossover between sciences and humanities in India. Prof. […] Written by Vox Populi December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
All about IITK Faculty In Conversation with Prof. Yogesh M. Joshi Prof. Yogesh Joshi, from the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, has recently been chosen for the prestigious Academy Excellence Award of the Defense Research and Development Organization. He is presently serving as the Dean of International Relations and Pandit Girish & Sushma Rani Pathak Chair Professor. With his 17 years of service at […] Written by Vox Populi September 23, 2021September 23, 2021
Faculty Into Professor Harish Karnick’s Academic Space Forum for Academic Freedom, IIT Kanpur (FfAF) organized a session “IITK as an Academic Space through the years: A Personal Journey” on 7th February 2020. The session was aimed to be an interactive session with Professor Harish Karnick, who’s been a part of IITK since 1969, first as a student and now as a professor. […] Written by Vox Populi February 7, 2020May 15, 2021
Administration All about IITK In Conversation with the Director – Part 1 Prof. Abhay Karandikar was appointed six months ago to serve as the Director of the institute. Joining at a very crucial juncture, it has been a challenging and exciting tenure so far for him. Vox Populi got the chance to have a conversation with Prof. Karandikar to gain an insight into his perspective and plans […] Written by Vox Populi October 29, 2018May 14, 2021
All about IITK Faculty Interview with Dr Rajaraman Dr Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman is a distinguished Computer Scientist from India. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for his contributions to the field of computer science. Dr Rajaraman also served as the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur in its infancy and played a […] Written by Vox Populi June 7, 2018May 15, 2021
Institute Campus Dialogue I Student-Faculty interaction is something that comes up again and again during discussions about the shortcomings of our campus. We all feel that it is an important part of campus life but no constructive steps have been taken to achieve this objective. Vox Populi decided to take the initiative in this regard and started ‘Campus Dialogue’ […] Written by Vox Populi April 14, 2015May 15, 2021
Voxatire How to become a faculty member? Cheshire Cat was a humour publication in IIT Kanpur, launched in 1976 by a bunch of comic journalism enthusiasts, led by Mahadevan Ramesh. Some of the people who have been associated with the Cheshire Cat in the past include – Deepak Khanna, Mahadevan Ramesh, K. S. Balaji, David Thomas, P. R. Reddy, M. Vedhanayagam, K. Surinder […] Written by Vox Populi October 6, 2014May 15, 2021
