Humans of Insti: Tender Coconuts, With Love
The students here are all very friendly – all are very nice people. Some people forget to pay after having elaneer. Maybe they are in a hurry. But they come back after a few days, or even weeks, to pay me.
Of Honour Codes and Electoral Reforms: SAC Meeting Review
The SAC meeting on February 16th featured discussions on instituting an Institute Honour Code and implementing certain electoral reforms in the upcoming student-council elections. Bhargavi and Suraj review it.
Descent Into Chaos: A Review of the Teesta Setalvad EML
Aroon and Liza review the recent, rather eventful, EML by activist Teesta Setalvad. Also included is the footage of the lecture.
Changing the face of Industrial Research: An interview with S. K. Brahmachari
Prof. S. K. Brahmachari, the former Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was here on campus for an EML on 28th January. Among his many initiatives as DG-CSIR, was the Open-Source Drug Discovery model, for research and development of drugs targeting diseases which are often overlooked by the giant multinational pharma companies. T5E had a chat with him on this, and more.
Memoirs of Inter-IIT 2013
IIT Madras’ performance at inter-IIT 2013.
Exercise that Franchise!
Every student enrolled in a program outside his/her native city, who has been residing in a hostel for more than 6 months, is eligible to vote from the constituency that their hostel falls under. This is something applicable to almost all students of the Institute. Nikhil Nainani guides us on the forms to be filled and procedures to be followed to make sure you don’t let your right to vote go to waste.
Immerse: IITM Research Magazine 2013-14
The Fifth Estate and Shaastra 2014 are proud to present the second edition of IITM’s research magazine. Christened Immerse, which stands for IIT Madras Magazine on Research in Science and Engineering, the magazine features a collection of stories on some of the research accomplishments of IITM’s students, research scholars and professors across diverse disciplines. Immerse was released on January 3rd, 2014 by Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director of IITM. It is available for download on T5E.
Throwing Light on Darkness: A Conversation with a Psychiatrist
Nithyanand Rao speaks to Dr. Prabakar Thyagarajan, consultant psychiatrist at the Institute Hospital, on depression and mental health in the backdrop of the recent suicide on campus.
T5E Debates: Let Them Eat Cake
“The recent fee hike, especially the near-100% hike in the B.Tech tuition fee, is a misguided decision which has negative implications and raises ethical questions. The present fee hikes and the direction of higher education policy have a definite slant towards the ideology that education is a commercial venture.”
A.M. Ayyappadas writes an argument against the ongoing fee hike in the IITs.
TEDx Youth at IITM
Bhargavi Suryanarayanan attends TEDx Youth@Chennai and writes, “With talks ranging from the importance of creativity to the interestingly titled “The Tao of Ouchies”, with performed poetry by two of the speakers and a Blues concert, the session shook the audience awake on a lazy Sunday.”