Day 5: Inter IIT 2016
With a silver in 100m and victory in 14 out of 17 matches across six sports today, Madras is definitely on a roll! Presenting a…
Day 4: Inter IIT 2016
With commendable performances on the Day 4( 16/12/2016) by Madras, the grand attempt at taking the GC home continues. The IITM contingent today qualifies for…
Day 3: Inter IIT 2016
Continuing to show the sportsmanship that IIT Madras is noted for, the contingent has today won 9 out of 11 matches across seven sports and…
Day 2: Inter IIT 2016
Madras continues with same fighting streak on Day 2(14/12/2016). A brief look at how we stand with respect to each sport. [table id=4 /][table id=4…
Day 1: Inter IIT 2016
Day 1 of the Inter IIT Sports Meet at Kanpur draws to an end and a splendid fight was put up by every IIT Madras…
Team Speaks: Volleyball
By Sharika Mahadevan and Neema Davis As everyone is gearing up for the long-awaited Inter-IIT sports meet at Kanpur, we had the opportunity to interview…
Placements: Updates
We have reached out to the Academic Affairs Secretary, Shiva Saketh, to clarify things, and have received updates from the same.
Department Stereotypes
In this article, we decided to compile a non-exhaustive list of few of the most well known, albeit infamous stereotypes that the students from various departments face on a regular basis.
Insti Whatsit Person
“It is coming back to the room and deciding to lay down for an hour and waking up to find you were transported to a world which is a four full hours ahead. It is your ears refusing to let the lectures penetrate deep enough to reach your brain. It is the long purposeless wandering of your feet on the insti roads at night, past sleeping dogs, past lone cycles, feeling your soul floating in the night sky sometimes with a moon — even a supermoon — for company. It is sitting down to study only to see your hand move against your will like Pettigrew’s towards your phone to check: what are the several cats doing on Facebook now, how many likes does Emma Watson have on her page…Wait, I think I should be studying. Woah, so many Whatsapp messages. What is the PQR Hostel group up to now? When did XYZ change their dp? She looks nice. Why am I even online? Why am I even alive? Let me Google ‘most powerful motivational sites’… I am killing it now, here goes….Hey, what’s up da?. Me, I am studying…. Shut the phone…..let’s get some tea. Ramu? I should be back as soon as possible and study. How about the library? Is it too cold? Actually too far. I will sit he- why is the room so messy! No wonder I am not studying much. Let me rearrange things. “
For your eyes only?
Prima facie, it looks as if most of the students are worried or in the dark about the security of their online information and browsing history. The gravity of this situation has thus far been understated, but T5E decided to explore this issue in depth, in order to uncover its true potential. And here we try to shed some light on the matter