‘This Committee also has plans of locating “smoking hotspots” in and around the campus, and hopes to stop the sale of tobacco outside the IITM grounds anywhere at a distance of 100 metres or less from the various gates.’ The Anti-Tobacco Committee Report was one among the highlights of this month’s SAC meeting.

The 2013 batch of male freshers was allotted rooms away from seniors from their respective degrees, in other hostels. T5E attempts to look at the immediate impact of the change, and how Institute life and culture has changed over the past year.

“Since when is raping winning?” The flippant usage of the word ‘rape’ in insti lingo was one among the many issues discussed enthusiastically at the first Colloquium event of the year.

“Under the club conveners, Srishti Jain and Prudhvi Raj, the volunteers quickly organized themselves into groups and set out to paint the bins just as evening began to fall. Supplies were aplenty, excitement ran high, and everyone was free to paint what they pleased.”

“With regard to experience, perspective and other long words, this was an eye-opener. The learning curve is really steep, and unlike anything one encounters in college. The office is formal — both in attire and conduct, and helps you develop a corporate and professional approach to work. It gives you a business perspective of the investment banking industry.”

Swapnil and Nishad, who interned with Deutsche Bank this summer, talk about the experience.