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  • July 18, 2011
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Internship Stories: Pramod, Startups

The ‘Philosophy Bug’ bites most engineering undergrads in their 3rd yr. I was no exception and I found myself, asking profound questions like “What is…

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  • July 17, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Raju, Volvo Aero

I am P.V.S.G. Raju, 9 pointer, Lit-Sec of Tapti and AOE addict. My areas of interest include but are not limited to operations research, mathematical…

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  • July 16, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Akshaya, Microsoft Research

I am Akshaya Sivakumar, a fourth year Computer Science student. I did my summer intern at Microsoft Research India, with the ADG (advanced development group),…

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  • July 15, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Siddharth, Texas Instruments

I am Siddharth Shekar, a 4th year undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Surviving in the department takes up most of my time,…

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  • July 13, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Anirudh, DAAD

Foreign internships, especially research based ones, are amongst the best to involve yourselves with during summer. You get exposed to a much livelier research environment…

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  • July 12, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Midhun, IISc

I’m Midhun Unnikrishnan, a fourth year Engineering Physics student from Pampa. I spend most of my free time with young Naval Architects who tell me…

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  • July 10, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Sushmita Nannuru, HUL

Hindustan Unilever Limited is a leading fast moving consumer goods company in India. It’s an offspring of  the global FMCG giant Unilever. HUL boasts of…

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  • July 9, 2011March 20, 2016
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Internship Stories: Achyuth Sanjay, ITC

‘Internship Stories’ will be a series of posts by current students at IIT Madras who had worked this summer at popular core, finance & FMCG…

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  • July 4, 2011July 8, 2015
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Standard Deviation

This is a true story of a student currently studying at IIT Madras. Being the voice of the student body, T5E believes that it is…

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  • May 11, 2011
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Print Edition Feb 2011

Download the issue in pdf format here Correction: The DoMS placements are handled by a separate placement cell unlike placements for the rest of the…

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