Retiring Kgp stalwart Prof T K Basu speaks

The stalwart of the Department of Electrical Engineering…

Situation Update

What follows below is a comprehensive look at the events of the 22nd of March 2009 and it’s possible outcomes. This website will be updated as and when new information comes in. Keep checking back for more.

The Incident

More Reactions from Alumni, Faculty and Parents

UPDATE : Arjun Malhotra, Chairman and CEO of Headstrong, co-founder of HCL India, one of the most active and engaged alumni leaders is planning a visit to IIT Kharagpur on April 6th. He will be meeting the administration and as many students as…

Alternative careers: Indian Administrative Services

We’ve all heard of it. Some of us dream of getting into it, thanks to the
impeccable reputation that the IAS has been able to build. You might be in a

Dr. Sucheta Kapoor — The French Connection

I had never dreamt I would set foot into IIT Kharagpur’s classrooms one day. Being a student there was out of the question — I had struggled with subjects like physics, chemistry and mathematics in school. As for being a teacher there, what would I teach…

One-on-one with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Player of the bansuri, classicist who has gone out of his way to promote Indian…

Tete a tete with KK

Krishna Kumar Kunnath grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Guns ’N’ Roses, Deep Purple and Billy Joel. Spring Fest 2009 saw the…

Prahlad Kakkar Speaks

An aggressive corporate — ad guru, gastronome and restaurateur, cigar connoisseur, scuba diver, globe trotter or a celebrity who has become a ‘page three’ phenomenon, call him what you want, but the fact remains that he is the brain behind many of India’s most memorable ad campaigns. Here…

Editorial — How safe is the campus?

It’s dark.

I look left, I look right. I don’t know if I should go down the lane to get those notes.

It seems improbable that something might happen, I am probably over-reacting. I have walked along that street so…