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Articles from August 2019

  • Sheeba Reuban
  • August 30, 2019September 1, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on Nanotechnology: A Big Leap Into All Things Small

Nanotechnology: A Big Leap Into All Things Small

All of us have heard about nanotechnology changing the world and being a field with a lot of scope. So, what is this entire furore…

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  • Pratyasha Priyadarshini
  • August 27, 2019September 15, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on An Evening of Violins and Sitars

An Evening of Violins and Sitars

Music, a placid lake, a raging storm. It can soothe your soul, it can ignite thousands of emotions. Some say it’s the language of love,…

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  • Jyotsna Varkey
  • August 24, 2019September 15, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on (G)olden Tickets: An Ode to Campastimes

(G)olden Tickets: An Ode to Campastimes

Fifty-seven years ago in the month of August, on this very campus, a student was writing an article, thinking up of an introduction, exactly as…

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  • Amrita Mahesh
  • August 23, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on Directed Evolution – From Darwin to the Laboratory

Directed Evolution – From Darwin to the Laboratory

It all started off with an idea which might seem quite ordinary now but at the time was so radical and frankly incendiary, that Darwin…

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  • Sabarinath R Nair
  • August 21, 2019August 21, 2019
  • 1 Comment on What’s Lit?: Changes in the Literary and Cultural Scene   

What’s Lit?: Changes in the Literary and Cultural Scene   

Edited by: Sharayu Shejale   We interviewed the recently elected CulSecs – Abhinav Kankane and Shashwath Bacha – about their plans for the cultural scene…

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  • Aditya Jeevannavar
  • August 20, 2019August 20, 2019
  • 1 Comment on farces & firsts

farces & firsts

Meet Jay. His first day at Insti was exactly the same way that Harry’s at Hogwarts wasn’t.   Jaykant was here, and miserable. His first…

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  • B Abhijit and S. Vishal
  • August 19, 2019November 21, 2020
  • 3 Comments on A Not-So-Minor Issue

A Not-So-Minor Issue

Edited by: Akash Reddy (BTech, EE ’17)   If you’ve checked your smail anytime in the recent past, chances are that you’ve encountered multiple (confusing!)…

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  • Nishant Prabhu
  • August 16, 2019August 19, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on Artificial Intelligence: A Primer

Artificial Intelligence: A Primer

xkcd comics Machine learning is the electricity of the future Introduction Necessity is the mother of invention. Early humans realized the need for sharing and…

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  • Gayathri Prakash
  • August 13, 2019August 13, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on On My Way

On My Way

Our freshie, ‘Hari’ is on his way to insti for the first time. Will he make it? Of course he will. This is not that kind of a horror story. Read on to see how.

  • The Fifth Estate
  • August 9, 2019August 11, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on Faculty Advisors

Faculty Advisors

               The course registration process is key to helping students sail smoothly through to the following academic semester. In this article, we look at the…

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