18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Editors’ Avenue

Insti Funda! Hardcore!!

So you thought you knew all that there was to know about your beloved, or otherwise(!), IIT Kgp?? Its time to take a jump in the pensieve and re-visit some of the lesser known events and facts…

Career Lessons from Bunty aur Babli -Guest Article by Rashmi Bansal

Aapki naukri mein na izzat hai, na mazaa hai aur na matlab (Your job has neither respect nor fun nor meaning),” declares the new tall, angry young man.

October ’05, 6th Issue: Undressing the wounds

Candid acceptance of hospital apathy, but no concrete steps taken

Those who seek shall find. In the quest of an effective solution to the medical problems of the students (which can be summed up in five words: Bidhan Chandra…

October ’05, 6th Issue: Soc -n-Cult round-up

ETDS

Got to see something completely different from last year, in what was this year’s Freshers’ Production on 6th September. New faces churned out their skills to enthrall the audience. And guess what, this ETDS production…

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Q & A Avenue

Mr. Vinod Gupta, the chief guest at the 51st Convocation Ceremony is an illustrious alumnus and life fellow of the institute. He is the founder and chairman, InfoUSA. He initiated the Vinod Gupta School of Management in 1993.

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Open IIT Round — up

The Open IITs have begun once again, sporting similar adrenaline levels as witnessed in the past. Two literary and one athletics event are now in the history books. Hoards of second years paraded the literary events, making their voices…

September ’05 Issue: Webbies @ Kgp

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words web and IIT Kharagpur? The uninspiring insti website? The gymkhana website with several sections “under construction” for two years?The hall websites that never seem to be online?

September ’05 Issue: Q & A Avenue

I happened to visit ISM Dhanbad only a few days back to attend a symposium organized by the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT), Bhuvaneswar. One of the most memorable things at the place, apart from a podium finish for two teams from IIT Kharagpur…

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: An Institute Within an Institute

He recollects coming to Kharagpur at a time when a cup of tea cost 1 anna and the mess bill at IIT Kgp was Rs 55/-. He says it must have been around 50 years back, which would make it somewhere around the early 50s.

9/8/05 Isurance Cover For All

There was a lot of confusion among students this year regarding the fee that had to be paid at the time of registration. Adding to the confusion of having one draft and increased HMC fees was the UNI Study Care Insurance Cover Plan premium of Rs. 696/-.