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The thing about insti and all that it offers is that you can sculpt yourself into a unique product. You can find yourself and define yourself as you want. It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that there exists a standard template for an “Insti Stud”, and then strive to do the things expected to attain the so-called stud status. But I quite frankly think that’s a stupid thing to do.
“Our team successfully implemented a solar electrification project in a girl’s high school in Chennai. Period!”
Where does one get to say that?
Helping school children get a better source of power so that they don’t suffer in summer says it all.
This is the address delivered by Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director – IIT Madras to the gathering assembled at 70th Independence Day celebrations. He quotes Mahatma Gandhi to urge us to avoid littering in our hostels, labs and residents.
“Insti is a mine, if you dig at the right place you will get gold. Keep digging, you could get diamonds. IIT Madras has never been a place for people who get content with what they have always been doing. It is for high achievers. It is for people who want to get their hands full with new things. Each day it teaches something new, may be a new line or a new perspective. It is for people who want to take the better out of everything they do. All you need to do is to keep your mind and eyes open, and jump in. Take risks, there will be no easier time to do that. Follow your dream, your passion, nothing can stop you. Propel your way through. ” Mahesh Kurup talks of his life in insti in the ‘Through the Goggles of a Graduate series.
Catch a glimpse of the vocals competition organised by IIT Madras Music Club as part of a week long series of events to celebrate 70th Independence Day. Students from all years sung patriotic songs in various languages.
From his academic performance to leading the Sponsorship department at Shaastra, from sports to an attempt at making a race car, and especially a curious commitment to the Antakshari team – Bhavik Rasyara left his mark in numerous parts of campus life. Known to stretch conversations through the night, here he attempts to share (in a much shorter format of course) some of his experiences with the hope of leaving behind a little something to think about.
A terrific Department Secretary, someone who is always running a minimum of 5 projects, the HSS Institute Blues winner- Yashaswini Rajeshwar popularly known as Yash among her friends talks about her memorable journey of 5 years in the institute. The second article in the “Through the Goggles of a Graduate” series.
Having lost two individuals due to their untimely deaths, the 13th of July turned out to be a tragic day for the Institute.
Counseling time is always stressful and we hope to help the process by giving the candidates an understanding of what exactly being in a particular department is like, a glimpse of life at IIT Madras, tips from a few seniors and much more.
In this article, Prof. Sriramkumar looks back upon LIGO’s detection of gravitational waves and lucidly outlines the theory, construction of the experimental setup and the implications of the observations made early this year.