TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 16, 2011

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History Lane Illuminated

Life at IIT Kharagpur is dotted with events throughout the year. Most of these spark and fizzle off at the individual level itself. However, there are a handful of events which require the participation of practically all residents of a particular hall. Illumination is one such event…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 13, 2011

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s insight to Stress Management

In today’s global scenario, with stress and tension building up amongst children and adults alike, IIT Kharagpur gladly received H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of The Art of Living Foundation, to deliver a lecture on ‘Stress Management…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 12, 2011

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CFA Simplified

In recent times, there has been an obvious shift towards finance as a career from engineering — perhaps due to the industry’s compensation structures as well as opportunities for quick thinking and interacting with the senior management. So for finance enthusiasts, CFA is the new buzz word.

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 1, 2011

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Open IIT Powerlifting

The Open IIT Powerlifting compeitition took place over the weekend comprising the 29th and 30th of October. There were 5 events, divided on the basis of the type of weights the participants had to lift. Nehru Hall largely stole the show, winning 3 out of the 5 golds on offer. Their stars…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 16, 2011

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Art and the Campus

The fresco in the Central Library is a sight to behold. It casts its imperious shadow on hundreds of students every day, yet how many of us actually pause for a minute and attempt to decipher its meaning, the enigma it withholds? Same is the case with the Vitruvian Man outside the Architecture…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 1, 2011

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Open IIT 5km Road Race

The Open IIT 5 km road race organised by the Technology Students’ Gymkhana took place in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, the 22nd of October. The event took off at 6:30 am with the starting line being located outside the Tata Sports Complex. From there, the 43 participants had…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 13, 2011

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An Interesting Insight Into Finance

Mr Anshuman Vatsyayan, Vice President of Derivates Technology at Deutsche Bank delivered an outstanding guest lecture on “Careers in Investment Banking & Finance for IITians” at the Kalidas Auditorium on Saturday. The event was organised by the Alumni Cell and served…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 15, 2011

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INDIA’S DATE WITH THE FAST LANE

Despite having a remarkably colourful history as compared to many other nations, India does not exactly have a plethora of sporting achievements to boast of. But the weekend comprising the 28th to the 30th of October witnessed a watershed event in the history of Indian…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 13, 2011

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Inter Hall Eastern Instrumentals 2011

The Social and Cultural General Championship came to an end for this autumn semester, amidst the soft symphonies of classical music. The crowd got its money’s worth as, for the first time this academic year, Kaushik Sivaramakrisna drew his magic wand, and left the…

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TSA-Admin in The Scholars’ Avenue

Nov 27, 2011

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Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2012

The three national Science Academies of the country (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad) offer several two-month Summer Fellowships to enable…

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These were the top 10 stories published by The Scholars’ Avenue in November of 2011. You can also dive into daily archives for November of 2011 by using the calendar at the top of this page.