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Articles from January 2020

  • The Fifth Estate
  • January 31, 2020February 5, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Shaswat Mohanty

Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Shaswat Mohanty

For our fifth TGG this year, we have football legend, Shaswat Mohanty. Shaswat graduated in 2019 with a Dual Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is…

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  • The Fifth Estate
  • January 27, 2020January 28, 2020
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Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Parvathi Madhu

For our next TGG, we have the amazing Parvathi Madhu. Parvathi graduated in 2019 with a Dual Degree in Metallurgy and Material Sciences and is…

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  • The Fifth Estate
  • January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
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Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Harish Panneer Selvam

In our next piece in the TGG series, we got finessed into publishing a promotional article for Raftaar by Harish Panneer Selvam. And well, he’s…

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  • The Fifth Estate
  • January 19, 2020January 20, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Anvitha Reddy

Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Anvitha Reddy

Next on the Through the Goggles of a Graduate series, we have our very own Anvitha Reddy. Writer extraordinaire, Anvitha has been a part of…

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  • The Fifth Estate
  • January 16, 2020January 9, 2021
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Through The Goggles Of A Graduate: Rashmi Ravishankar

To begin this year’s edition of Through The Goggles Of A Graduate, we have the wonderful Rashmi Ravishankar. Rashmi graduated in 2019 with a Dual…

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  • Aditya Jeevannavar
  • January 11, 2020
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Meet The End

Arya lived life large. Arya was also the kind that made you think you were one tiny bad move away from surprisingly having your nose…

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  • Meghna Madhu
  • January 8, 2020January 8, 2020
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A LEAP to Education

With Saarang around the corner again, T5E sat down with Sponsorship Core Atharwa Sheth to talk about one of Saarang’s best initiatives – LEAP.  T5E: Can…

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  • Sheeba Reuban
  • January 7, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on All the World’s a Stage: A Peek into IITM’s Drama Club

All the World’s a Stage: A Peek into IITM’s Drama Club

All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his…

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  • Akash Reddy
  • January 2, 2020January 2, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on The Persistence of Vision

The Persistence of Vision

Social campaigns became a part of Shaastra in 2012 as a way of giving back to society. However, a separate team to serve the purpose…

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T5E presents the Placement Survey 2020-21, where w T5E presents the Placement Survey 2020-21, where we study this year’s placement season from various aspects and put forth a report which would be highly useful for students appearing for placements in the coming years. 

Take the survey in the link in bio!

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For our next Through the Goggles of a Graduate, we For our next Through the Goggles of a Graduate, we have Rohitha Naraharisetty. Rohitha graduated in 2020 from the HSS department. She is currently taking a gap year to figure out, once and for all, what postmodernism really means and how to use this information in the real world.

Full article in the link in bio!
To begin this year’s edition of Through The Gogg To begin this year’s edition of Through The Goggles Of A Graduate, we have the multitalented Hari Ramachandran! Hari shares his adventures over his five years in the campus, being awarded the Governor’s Prize, and dabbling in everything from entrepreneurship, to theatre, to research, to waste management projects.

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Whether you need a place to hang out with friends Whether you need a place to hang out with friends or you're just plain hungry, there's always a place in insti for you. In case you weren't feeling nostalgic enough, read along as we kick off 2021 by paying homage to some of our favourite eateries in insti.
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Article by: @_lachummi_ 
Designed by: @gadarla_rohit 
Edited by: @amrita.m20
With 2020 coming to an end, T5E presents our Winte With 2020 coming to an end, T5E presents our Winter Newsletter. We have carefully curated the best content we produced over the year - we have articles about everything from nostalgia tripping wholesomeness, to AI startups, to deep dives into the PhD life, to comics, podcasts and more! 

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“Not all those who wander are lost.” For the f “Not all those who wander are lost.”
For the final article of the research series, we present a comparison between PhD journeys of the present and few decades back. PhD alumni reminiscence their stay in IITM and open up with stories about their PhD journey (which was decades back!) in this piece. Let us know your feedback and suggestions in the comments!
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In this special episode, the T5E Podcast team welc In this special episode, the T5E Podcast team welcomes IITM's new batch of 2020, and tells them what they should not do when IITM reopens.

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Tune into listen as a bunch of seniors reminisce about their time in the institute, and for an additional segment of light bulb jokes.

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Edited by @saksham.sks 
Design by Shreethigha + comic from @extramarksfordoodles
With the placement season imminent, T5E and CDC br With the placement season imminent, T5E and CDC bring you advice, tips, and general gyaan from alumni to help you tackle all the placement stress!

Link in bio for article!

Article by @hrishilshinde and @the_aminadrama 
Design by @ssheenum
Between 23rd to 31st October,  the Student Legisl Between 23rd to 31st October,  the Student Legislative Council (SLC) conducted a survey regarding general consensus on the conduction of examinations in TCS iON centres. T5E presents the results of this survey, along with the SLC resolution about the same and further updates.

Full report in the link in bio.

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Special thanks to @slc_iitmadras for their help!
With the placement season right around the corner, With the placement season right around the corner, it is imperative that students sitting for placements in this unusual 'normal' have an idea of what they're about to face when they sit for interviews.T5E brings to you a comprehensive guide about the upcoming placement season. 
 
Link to the full article in bio!

Special thanks to the Placement Team and the @cdc_iitm for all their help and inputs. 

Article by Gayathri S (@sgayathri_12) and Calvin (@calvynn._.chryst)
Design by Hardhik (@hardhikpinjala)
Edited by Siddharth (@sidd11011)
The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League arri The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League arrived at an uncertain time with the promise of delivering some respite from the continuous turmoil caused by the pandemic. And deliver it did!

In a season like no other, cricket fans all over the world were forced to tweak the way they watched the game as they relied on Zoom calls, Whatsapp groups and Discord Servers to share their fervour with their friends.

In this article, we talk to insti fans about their experience, reminisce the hostel atmosphere during IPL season and delve deeper into how they managed to keep the biggest annual tradition of India's biggest religion alive this year.

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Article by Vibhu Sharma 
Design by @_abhi.ram._
Edited by @mahimaraut_
Welcome freshies! With your first semester startin Welcome freshies! With your first semester starting tomorrow, we at T5E, the official student news body of insti, have curated for you the best freshie content to help you get your bearings into the wild jungle (both literally and metaphorically) that is insti.

Link in bio for the toolkit!

Article by @sgayathri_12 
Design by @gadarla_rohit
@slc_iitmadras convened for their 4th virtual meet @slc_iitmadras convened for their 4th virtual meeting on 8th November. T5E correspondent Neha Cherian reports.

Full minutes can be found on smail sent by the Speaker.

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In this episode of the T5E Podcast titled "Assignm In this episode of the T5E Podcast titled "Assignments Overdue!!!", we talk about how the modified evaluation methods of this semester have been impacting student's lives. 
We also speak with Prof. Jithin John Varghese, a faculty of the Chemical Engineering Department of the institute, and speak to him about how he has had to change how courses work this semester.

Link in bio!

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Design by @shauri_yaa
Amidst a myriad other smails, a certain innocuous- Amidst a myriad other smails, a certain innocuous-looking email regarding the grievance redressal committee may have gone unnoticed by some (majority?) of us. Don't worry! T5E demystifies and elaborates on the academic grievance redressal mechanism at IIT Madras with inputs from the current and former Research Affairs Secretaries.

Link to the full article in our bio!

Article by Neha Cherian
Design by Hardhik Pinjala (@hardhikpinjala)
Edited by Siddharth (@sidd11011)
Hickory Dickory Dock...a girl in pigtails hummed u Hickory Dickory Dock...a girl in pigtails hummed under her breath... *bubblegum pops* as she stops in her tracks to discover the infamous Aerowell in insti, T5E received a couple ominous copies of her disturbing diary entries while her whereabouts remain unknown (?)

Maybe it sounds a lil unhinged... but what if it's not? Checkout her last few muddled entries. Link in bio.

Article by @neha__anand_
Design by Shreethigha Ganeshan
Edited by @mahimaraut_
It’s highly likely that future generations of ev It’s highly likely that future generations of evolved humanoids will look back at us struggling to adhere to codes of basic personal hygiene and dissolve into an auto tuned chorus of cackles. We are fighting a war on multiple fronts and everyday it stabs us a bit deeper, but there are certain tricks of mindfulness we can use to alleviate that sharp sting of confinement.
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Write-up by Sahil Halarnkar (@sahil.halarnkar )
Design by Swati Sheenum (@ssheenum) 
Edited by Anna Dominic
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While today, gaming stands as one of the most prof While today, gaming stands as one of the most profitable multi-billion dollar industries, it's humble beginnings as a technological oddity in the 1950s heralded a new age of entertainment. In this article, we take a closer look at how video-games and the gaming culture in insti have evolved over the past few decades. 

Link in bio for the full article!

A special thanks to Professor Gandham Phanikumar for his help and inputs! 

Article by Jai Santhoshi (@san_tho_shi 
Designed by Shaurya Rawat (@shauri_yaa )
Edited by Anna Dominic (@annamariadominic )
Apart from feeling smug about how insti is the bes Apart from feeling smug about how insti is the best-ranking institution in the whole country, we can also think about how we can do better. Where do we stand on the global playing field? Let’s talk about what separates us from the top universities of the world, and how we can bridge the gap.

Link in the bio!

Article by @preetha_devi
Design by @shreethigha 
Edited by @mahimaraut_
In this op-ed, Gayathri (@iamascribble ) describes In this op-ed, Gayathri (@iamascribble ) describes her LitSec tenure and what she misses, and in the process, hopes to put a smile on others who might miss it too. 

Link in bio for the full article!

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