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…

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.

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…

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: e=mc2

A long, long time ago (a hundred years ago to be precise) one man decided to change the fate of science and the way humanity looked at it. Today when a century has passed by. Prof. S. Banerjee of Department of Electrical Engineering is trying to recreate the magic…

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Cover Page

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Carpediem Takes on SF?

A few of our alumni on the other side of the fence have been hinting to us that, “Carpediem wants to take on SF”; theirs being a fest of less than half the magnitude of SF.

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Ad Avenue

18/8/05 Foundation Day Special: Guest Avenue

The mention of IIT Kharagpur brings to mind the image of a first rate technical institute in a small dusty town not unlike the towns seen in old Westerns. Fixed in time, the peace and quiet of the Institute is in stark contrast to the dinghy…