Internship Stories: Sohini, Samsung
Sohini Sarkar is a fourth year student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. She talks about her summer experience while interning at Samsung in Bangalore.
Internship Stories: Vikram, Microsoft Research
Vikram Rao is a fourth year B.Tech student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He spent the summer interning at Microsoft Research, Redmond (MSR Redmond).
National Service Scheme: Making an Impact
NSS is one of the three optional courses that all the B. Tech. / Dual Degree / Integrated M.A. students have to get enrolled in their first year, but we, the “Family of NSS” consider it as much more than that. Though it is a course according to the academic curriculum, one can see a lot of enthusiasm in the freshers when they do something as a part of NSS, be it the events like DOS collection or the projects. NSS also provides ‘winternships’ (winter internships) and also conducts various lectures and skill –building sessions such as web-operations sessions for the volunteers enrolled in it.
Internship Stories: Sneha, ISB
A. Sneha is a 4th year student studying MA(Development Studies) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Interning at the Wadhwani Center…
Internship Stories: Bindu, Duke TiP
Bindu Upadhyay talks about her internship at Duke TiP – a summer studies program conducted by Duke University.
IIT Madras Annual Magazine 2011-12
An initiative undertaken for the first time in the history of the institute, the IIT Madras Annual Magazine 2011-12 chronicles the significant events of the year gone by and highlights the various aspects of life in ‘insti’.
Also included are the department-wise photographs of the 2012 batch of students.
Internship Stories: Sujeet, Facebook
Sujeet Gholap is a 4th year B.Tech student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He enjoys coding, socialising, photography and watching movies. He…
The JEE Decision: Exclusive interview with Dr. Sarit Kumar Das (Part 2)
What was the rationale behind the stance taken by the faculty at the JEE decisions? What do the faculty have to say about some of the issues raised? How do various parties view the ‘compromise’ formula, and what is the plan for the future? In part II, we bring you Dr. Das’s explanation of the issues that were considered and the faculty’s stance…
Internship Stories: Sharanya, Ryerson DMZ Fellowship
Sharanya “Schrodinger’s Cat” Haridas is a fifth year student of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is the Founder-C.E.O. of “That’s So Gloss!“…
The JEE Decision: Exclusive interview with Dr. Sarit Kumar Das (Part 1)
How exactly were the decisions regarding the new JEE format taken? What did it really mean when it was said that “IIT Madras supports the new format,” and “IIT Kanpur rejects it”? Dr. Sarit Kumar Das, president of the IIT Madras Faculty Federation, talks exclusively to T5E on the rationale behind the changes and details his discussions with the HRD ministry and the Prime Minister…