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Insti Unlocks: Final Years Called Back

Design by Rohit Reddy The Dean of Students (DoSt), Prof. Nilesh Vasa, sent a mail on 23rd July 2021 to M.A. and Dual Degree final-years…

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Exit Survey 2021: Lifestyle

Edited by Rohini Dikshit Note: T5E’s Exit Survey 2021 was conducted in the month of June to study graduating student’s perspectives on life at IIT…

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Exit Survey 2021: Opinion

Edited by Neha Cherian Note: T5E’s Exit Survey 2021 was conducted in the month of June to study graduating students’ perspectives on life at IIT…

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Exit Survey 2021: Personal and Demographics

Edited by Neha Cherian Note: T5E’s Exit Survey 2021 was conducted in the month of June to study graduating students’ perspectives on life at IIT…

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Probable-ity: How Sports Contingent Selections Happen in a Pandemic

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  Edited: Neha Anand | Design: Prashanth   Some senior gyaan and fundaes a.k.a. The Non-Freshie Perspective:   Almost every undergrad coming into insti has…

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The Real Slim Shady

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Familiar, yet Strange: Life in campus during the pandemic

Edited by Rohini Dikshit Design by Siri Chandana and G. Rohit Reddy 17th March 2020 was another regular day in insti. Students were walking around,…

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Editor: Neha Anand | Design: Devika Deevasen   The return of the second-greatest group of friends to ever grace visual media threw social media for…

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In Search of Lost (Insti) Time

Edited by L Calvin Design by Siri Chandana How did the freshies deal with building their social lives online, you ask? Picture this: you are…

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