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.

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…

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/-.

9/8/05 Q & A Avenue: An Interview with Prof. Gautam Sinha, In — charge, T & P

The recent changes in the placement procedure have been raising several questions; The Scholars’ Avenue interviews our Training and Placement incharge, Prof. Gautam Sinha to get the correct info…

9/8/05 Toon Avenue

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Freshers’ Quiz

Freshers’ Quiz, surprisingly was a deviation from the course other fresher events were taking. With only 3 boys teams turning up for WTGW, 7 boys turning up for English Creative Writing, only 1 person each turning up for Eastern as well as Western…

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Convocation Ceremony

The 51st Convocation of IIT Kharagpur was held on the 13th of August, with Mr. Vinod Gupta, distinguished alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Chairman, InfoUSA as the Chief Guest. The convocation was attended by 1152 students (435 MTech, 309…