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“It’s very easy to believe in Insti that it is a reflection of the world outside, and to get entirely and wholly wrapped up in Insti activities. I have shed several tears over coordships and coreships, and paper proposals rejected, and WM tryouts I didn’t make, and plot twist: I’m okay.” Kavya Srinivasan writes about her five years at IITM and what it’s taught her.
In the fourth piece of our Graduate series, Arjun Shajan writes about his time in insti. “Most of us were trying to distinguish ourselves by taking part in different non-academic activities. As a senior told me in my first year – “You have made it to IIT Madras. You are the cream of the cream. Now, what else can you do other than mug?” This turned out really useful as in this rush to prove ourselves cool, we got to try our hands at a variety of things.”
” It’s hard to imagine another educational institution in India where I could’ve had the opportunity and the freedom I’ve had here to do what I really wanted to do, while pretending to pursue an entirely unrelated academic degree.” Nithyanand Rao, Immerse editor 2015, writes about his insti experience.
“… if there’s one lesson that I’ve learnt from my time here, it’s this: there are always so many exciting things to get involved in, so much more left to learn, and so many interesting people to get to know, that it’s okay to be a little uncertain sometimes.” Akshay Krishna writes about his time in the institute, in the second article of our Graduate series.
” For those of us who graduated in 2015 after long, hard years at IIT Madras, this journey was nothing less than a spectacular exercise in growing up and discovering that maybe we could do this adulthood thing after all.” Pranathi writes about her five years at insti, in the first piece of our Graduate series, 2015.
– by Shiraz Khan and Ananth Sundararaman. If you’re reading this as a prospective student of IIT Madras, hearty congratulations! Allow us to introduce ourselves…
This year’s Schroeter was an intensely fought one. It took Ganga, who have the highest number of Schroeter championships to their name, to break the three year winning spell of Tapti. While Tapti and Ganga fared well across most sports, there were some exceptional standalone performances from other hostels. Read on to know more.
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