The official student media body of IIT Madras
” 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.
Disclaimer: All the opinions expressed in the articles are those of the individual authors only. The Fifth Estate does not endorse any of the views mentioned…
By Bragadeesh Suresh Babu and Arjun Rakesh This article is part of the Vacation Guide, which can be found here. If you are…
By Shiraz Khan and Giridhur S This article is part of the T5E Vacation Guide, which can be found here. If you have been…
By Amritha Elango and Kaushik Viswanath This article is part of T5E’s Vacation Guide, which can be found here. The summer holds a…
by Sofia Shehana and Saba Firdaus. Be it tea-time or late night hunger pangs, Maggi has always come to our rescue. However, the prospect for…
The Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC) issue that brought IITM into the spotlight recently and became a trending topic on online media, has brought a great many debates to the forefront — from freedom of speech on campus, caste discrimination in IITM and the classic ‘Right versus Left’ debate, with national media trying to sensationalize the issue through distorted facts and statements. In what follows, T5E has tried to represent the facts and opinions on the events that have transpired from the derecognition of the APSC by speaking to various stakeholders.
In the fourth and concluding part of this series, we look at IIT Madras’ bid for global eminence.