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    Of Materials and Mindsets

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    Corporate Wants You – Or Do They?

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    Humans of Insti Messes

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    Interview with Dr. Anil Kakodkar

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    A Non-Ap(e)ology by Mr. M. Shanmugam

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    Avishkar 6.0: Reflections from the Last Tenure

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    Hidden Cost of Campus Life

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    From Dissent to Demands: Understanding the Research Scholars’ Protest for Fellowship Hike

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    NIRF 1: At the Top Again 

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    From Setbacks to Triumphs: Team Abhiyaan Places Third Overall in IGVC 2023

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    Unravelling the Dispute: SECC and Team Pragati

  • Amrita Mahesh
  • August 23, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on Directed Evolution – From Darwin to the Laboratory

Directed Evolution – From Darwin to the Laboratory

It all started off with an idea which might seem quite ordinary now but at the time was so radical and frankly incendiary, that Darwin…

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  • Sabarinath R Nair
  • August 21, 2019August 21, 2019
  • 1 Comment on What’s Lit?: Changes in the Literary and Cultural Scene   

What’s Lit?: Changes in the Literary and Cultural Scene   

Edited by: Sharayu Shejale   We interviewed the recently elected CulSecs – Abhinav Kankane and Shashwath Bacha – about their plans for the cultural scene…

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  • Aditya Jeevannavar
  • August 20, 2019August 20, 2019
  • 1 Comment on farces & firsts

farces & firsts

Meet Jay. His first day at Insti was exactly the same way that Harry’s at Hogwarts wasn’t.   Jaykant was here, and miserable. His first…

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  • B Abhijit and S. Vishal
  • August 19, 2019November 21, 2020
  • 3 Comments on A Not-So-Minor Issue

A Not-So-Minor Issue

Edited by: Akash Reddy (BTech, EE ’17)   If you’ve checked your smail anytime in the recent past, chances are that you’ve encountered multiple (confusing!)…

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  • Nishant Prabhu
  • August 16, 2019August 19, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence: A Primer

xkcd comics Machine learning is the electricity of the future Introduction Necessity is the mother of invention. Early humans realized the need for sharing and…

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  • Gayathri Prakash
  • August 13, 2019August 13, 2019
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On My Way

Our freshie, ‘Hari’ is on his way to insti for the first time. Will he make it? Of course he will. This is not that kind of a horror story. Read on to see how.

  • The Fifth Estate
  • August 9, 2019August 11, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on Faculty Advisors

Faculty Advisors

               The course registration process is key to helping students sail smoothly through to the following academic semester. In this article, we look at the…

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  • Niharika G and Sharayu Shejale
  • August 6, 2019October 2, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on An Interview with Shri. Kailash Satyarthi

An Interview with Shri. Kailash Satyarthi

T5E sat down with Nobel Laureate, Shri. Kailash Satyarthi for an insightful interview in which he chronicles his earliest memories of an urge to commit…

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  • Sankalpa Venkatraghavan
  • August 5, 2019August 12, 2019
  • 3 Comments on Demystifying the Credit System

Demystifying the Credit System

Design by: Naomi K If you’ve taken a look at the Academic Curriculum and have charted out your academic pathway for your next four or…

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  • The Fifth Estate
  • August 4, 2019August 4, 2019
  • Leave a Comment on NCC, NSO, NSS or NCA – Making an Informed Decision

NCC, NSO, NSS or NCA – Making an Informed Decision

Talking to freshies, I am reminded of the same awe and bewilderment with which I navigated my first few weeks of insti life. And naturally,…

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