Issue 14.3 – February 2012

Issue 14.3 – February 2012


Download Issue 14.3 here We need feedback  Photo credits for the picture used in the article “Commuter Woes: A Tum-Tum Report”  - Rohan Padhye  Read More...

Placing the Placement Policy

Placing the Placement Policy


25% Attendance in PPTs The Placement rules state that every student registered for place­ments is expected to compulsorily attend a minimum of 25% of all the Pre-Placement Talks (PPTs) conducted per week. We find out why students... 
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Over the past few years, students in the institute have become increasingly keen on learning new languages. This led to the starting of language classes being organised by the institute under the Dean IR and the GS Cult – 2 hour... 
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Missing: Main Gate

Missing: Main Gate


–HARSHAD KUNTE, SOURABH BISWAS, SURYA KAZIPETA, SIBAPRASAD MOHANTY, SUMAN RAO The main gate at IITB has often been a hot topic of discussion in the institute; students feel that a concrete structure befitting of a world class... 
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Student Vigilantes

Student Vigilantes


–ANISH GUPTA, DWARKANATH PRABHU, NIKUNJ JHA, ROHAN SABLAY, SUMAN RAO Transparency has to come from within, and at a micro level. This was recently illustrated in an incident at H7. When a request to increase the number of... 
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The Hidden Story of Mess Workers

The Hidden Story of Mess Workers


–ACHIN JINDAL, NIVVEDAN SENTHAMIL SELVAN, SATWIK PRADHAN, SESHADRI G. Behind every meal prepared in each hostel mess, there is a story; the story of the mess workers. When we began enquiring about the nature of employment of... 
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Big Brother is Watching

Big Brother is Watching


 OPINION EDITORIAL by NIVVEDAN SENTHAMIL SELVAN    The institute is incorporating an ever-increas­ing variety of surveillance measures to place tabs on students and other members of the campus community. Let’s analyze the... 
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Orientations and the Great Freshie Baiting Trick

Orientations and the Great Freshie Baiting Trick


– ARCHANA DAS, ADITI JAIN, MADHU KIRAN P., MANU SAHAY, NIDHI SHANBHAG, VAIBHAV PITTIE    Chances are that if you have not been spending your semester in the jungle, you would have heard about the incident regarding the... 
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The New Face of Cultural Affairs

The New Face of Cultural Affairs


–ANUBHAV MANGAL, NEHA INNANJE, RUSHINA SHAH, TANUSHREE PRASAD   As we bid adieu to a year of reform in the country, and indeed in the whole world, we notice that the same can be said about things much closer to home –... 
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When Students Grade Professors

When Students Grade Professors


Some fill it with vindictive fervour against what they perceive as a semester spent in purga­tory; a few, with the reverence of someone who believes that they spent 4 months under the tutelage of someone awe-inspiring. But most of... 
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