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It is that time of the year when the T5E team is busy studying for the end semester examinations and the T5E website is in danger of remaining static. Fortunately, a guest writer named bhOndOO, who claims to be a student researcher at IIT Madras, has graciously agreed to keep it updated with posts about his life at IIT Madras.
In order to create a dialogue between the administration and the students on the issues that were widely debated in the aftermath of the recent suicides, T5E, SAC and MITr jointly organized a townhall meeting on mental health on Thursday, 12th October 2015.
The 51st Inter-IIT Sports Meet is exactly a month away from today. In this context, we caught up with several students from institute sports teams who graduated in 2015. We asked them questions ranging from what they think about sports in insti, what sets it apart and what they would like to see at an Inter-IIT on their home turf.
If you won’t be able to make it to the Townhall in person, fill out your questions here.
In the final part of this four-part Interview with the Director, Prof. Bhaskar explains why there was no official communication to the students from the Administration…
Academic stress is often seen to be high in elite institutions like IITs. In the third part of this four-part Interview with the Director, Prof.…
In the second part of this four-part Interview with the Director, Prof. Bhaskar answers questions regarding the level and quality of professional counsellors institute provides and…
Recent suicides on IIT-M campus have led to a wide-ranging debate on the existing support systems in the IIT’s and specifically IIT Madras. We approached…
As a 24 year old, I struggle each day to find meaning and happiness in life. So, when I heard that the world’s ‘Happiest Guru’ Dalai Lama himself was going to deliver a lecture Human Approach to World Peace, I willed myself out of my cozy bed at six in the morning and made my way to the insti. Hordes of people flocked to the massive SAC building from all corners of Insti on a rainy Tuesday morning. It was a packed audience that greeted His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in the Student Activity Centre at 9:00 a.m. yesterday.
After we published It is Always Darkest Just Before Dawn, we received many more articles from insti students, all of them moved by the…