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Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Mahesh Kurup

“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.

Independence Fortnight Celebrations – Vocals

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.

Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Bhavik Rasyara

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.

Through the Goggles of a Graduate: Yashasvini Rajeshwar

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.

Two Deaths on Campus

Having lost two individuals due to their untimely deaths, the 13th of July turned out to be a tragic day for the Institute.

The JEE manual: For prospective applicants

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.

Ripples in Spacetime – A New Window To The Universe

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.

IIT Madras Tops National Rankings

In what is a heartening news for the IIT Madras community, our institute has been ranked as the best engineering institute in the country.

Election Matters: SGS Soapbox

A charged atmosphere led to the most awaited soapbox of the elections season. People trickled in throughout the Sports Secretary’s soapbox, filling the central section of SAC Middle Earth. The candidates were at their podiums before the applause for Sethu (Sports Sec candidate) died down. It was soon replaced by even louder applause and cheering for both the candidates, applause that refused to die down until repetitive warnings were given by the SAC Speaker. The candidates then explained in detail about their manifestos, first Sreeharsha, and then Purab Jain. This was followed by a Q&A session. The article is accordingly split into two sections – Manifesto Brief and Question and Answer Session.

Election Matters : HAS, Sports Sec and CulSec (Arts) Soapboxes

In yet another article on the election soapboxes, we present summaries of the soapboxes of the following three unopposed candidates: Kishore KS, Sethu Madhavan and Gokulesh TG contesting for the posts of HAS, Sports Secretary and Cultural Affairs Secretary (Arts) respectively. The audience for each of these soapboxes was small, as expected. Nevertheless, please read through the article to know more about your candidates.