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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
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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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