Reports and Investigations Students Entrepreneurship Culture at IIT Kanpur The last decade in the Indian start-up ecosystem saw the rise of several unicorns – start-ups that reached a value worth a billion dollars. An integral part of this ecosystem and the culture of entrepreneurship in the country has been the list of IIT alumni, with firms building software to establishing household brands. The pandemic […] Written by Vox Populi March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
All about IITK Students Surveys Hall 13 Woes The Hall Of Residence 13 is the first stay for first-year undergraduate males at IITK since the year 2018. With an entirely new world awaiting students and a hall of residence entirely for the first-year male students being in place, the state of living conditions and the resident experience has been far from pleasant as […] Written by Vox Populi February 21, 2023February 21, 2023
Editorials and Opinion Pieces Students A Non-Residential Campus(?) Following an Office Order by the Director’s Office dated 22 August 2022, a committee was constituted to review the current accommodation status of students and suggest measures to improve the same. What follows is an editorial by Vox Populi in collaboration with the Forum for Critical Thinking on the recommendations made by the committee. When […] Written by Vox Populi January 24, 2023January 25, 2023
All about IITK Faculty Reports and Investigations Students Tracing the PGARC 2020 Disclaimer: The following article’s content is comprised of excerpts quoted from the current Post-graduate Academic Review Committee (PGARC) Report, 2020-21. As per a note mentioned within the report, all recommendations and data used have been for pre-pandemic conditions, and the effect or considerations arising out of the pandemic are beyond the scope of the present […] Written by Vox Populi December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
All about IITK Institute Surveys The Tryst with HSS Courses Tracing students’ opinions on the humanities curriculum at IIT Kanpur, and exploring the necessity for technology programs to have social science coursework. Several engineering students at IIT Kanpur often wonder – “why study Humanities courses?” especially when the alarm for early morning class jolts them out of sleep of which every minute feels oh so […] Written by Vox Populi December 10, 2022December 11, 2022
Flagship Series Let's Talk Struggles Sexual Identity: Let’s Talk Struggles The identity of the interviewee has been kept confidential by Vox Populi in order to safeguard their privacy. I will start my story from the time I was in school. My school life was rather ordinary, but the bullying I went through changed me as a person. Its severity varied, from being called slurs like […] Written by Vox Populi April 21, 2022April 21, 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
As We Leave As We Leave #7: An unlikely journey from almost failing high. Aishwarya Agarwal is Y17 B.Tech student from the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering. He shares his experiences of the highs and lows of his IITK journey with this As We Leave piece. Disclaimer:- The views presented below are the author’s own and are not in any manner representative of the views of Vox Populi as […] Written by Vox Populi May 28, 2021May 28, 2021
As We Leave As We Leave #6: This Ain’t It Babe Debashish Reang is a Y17 B.Tech student from the Department of Electrical Engineering. He writes an account of his journey through his undergraduate days at IITK and his experiences through the four years of Engineering. Disclaimer:- The views presented below are the author’s own and are not in any manner representative of the views of Vox […] Written by Vox Populi May 26, 2021May 26, 2021
Surveys UG Freshers’ Survey 2020 Disclaimer: This survey was conducted between 30th November and 4th December, i.e. when a Y20 had been an IIT-K student for about 2 weeks. Through the twists and turns of 2020, after enduring corona and the almost eternal ordeal of the JEE, the Y20 undergraduates finally joined IIT Kanpur. With students from diverse cultures and […] Written by Vox Populi January 10, 2021May 15, 2021
