Occupy National Science Day

Occupy National Science Day


Garga Chatterjee MBBS (Calcutta), PhD (Harvard) Postdoctoral Scholar (MIT) – Brain and Cognitive Science You can mail him at: drgarga@gmail.com 28th February is celebrated every year as the ‘National Science Day’. Yes, there... 
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First year at Grad school – Anasuya Mandal

First year at Grad school – Anasuya Mandal


Anasuya Mandal, B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Batch of 2011 Graduate student at MIT Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this article are her own and do not claim universality.   After being the senior most at your undergraduate... 
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Extracurricular Technical Activities at IIT Bombay

Extracurricular Technical Activities at IIT Bombay


Prof. H.Narayanan, EE Dept, Faculty Mentor for Student Body for Technical Activities The purpose of this article is to highlight the history of the technical activities going on in the institute and to offer the reader a perspective... 
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Graduate Student: To Be or Not To Be

Graduate Student: To Be or Not To Be


Karthik Shekhar is a graduate student at MIT. He earned a Dual Degree in Chemical Engineering in 2008 from IITB. He served as one of the two chief editors of InsIghT in 2007. He can be contacted at karthikshekhar@gmail.com. The views... 
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Live updates from Baja SAE: Day 1

Live updates from Baja SAE: Day 1


Prateek Sharma, Senior Undergraduate The day began rather dismally with some of the team members not being allowed to enter the premises of the event owing to lack of I-cards. Mahesh Tikone (Baba) played the savior by ‘strategically’... 
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Being a LAMP Fellow: The road to invaluable perspectives

Being a LAMP Fellow: The road to invaluable perspectives


Ashish Modi (BTech in Electronics Engineering, IIT Kharagpur) I had always been interested in politics and policy-making. But as an Electronics and Electrical Communication student at IIT Kharagpur, I had never had any serious insights... 
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IIT Bombay: Kal, Aaj aur Kal- Vaibhav Tamrakar

IIT Bombay: Kal, Aaj aur Kal- Vaibhav Tamrakar


IIT Bombay in 1958 A distinctive view about IITB and its life exists amid the student society of the 80s and today. It is very apparent that the situations and the resources available are very different, but it is human tendency to... 
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Memoirs of an Inter-IIT Sports meet

Memoirs of an Inter-IIT Sports meet


The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of InsIghT Congratulations to the IIT Bombay Sports Contingent for coming second in the over-all standings at the end of the meet.... 
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9tanki 2.0

9tanki 2.0


9tanki is a 2 day-long fest conducted in Hostel 9, consisting of 9 events from a variety of competitive genres ranging from the field of sports and to the podium of cultural. After the huge success of 9tanki 1.0 last year we are... 
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Your take: Human Chain @ IITB

Your take: Human Chain @ IITB


This is in response to Human Chain @ IITB. To know more about the Jan Lokpal Bill - Jan Lokpal: A brief summary Disclaimer: The views expressed below do not necessarily state or reflect those of InsIghT, IIT Bombay. They are the personal... 
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