Insight IIT Bombay - Student Media Body Of IIT Bombay

What actually happened Somewhere in the first week of April, as we shuttled between elections, selections, treats, PAF meets, valfi profiles and end-semester exam study sessions (if any such exist), an inconspicuous mail was circulated

Hostel Affairs

Increases in SMA and Hostel Subsidy

October 20, 2011

1 min read

Early May saw an increase in both the semester mess advance (SMA) and the hostel subsidy for all students. The increase was primarily because of the increased food and labour costs in the messes. All hostels,

SciTech

STAB Merger

October 20, 2011

2 mins read

From the dissolution of Technic to change in the Tech GC format, the STAB (Students’ Technical Activities Body) constitution has undergone many significant changes this year. The objectives were to have well defined duties for

Academics

Skewed CPI

October 20, 2011

1 min read

ARE YOU IN THE IDEAL DEPARTMENT TO SCORE A HIGH CPI? INSIGHT ANALYZES THE CPI DISTRIBUTION ACROSS UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENTS Departments in IITB have evolved to follow distinct philosophies leading to the manifestation of a number

Others

Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hain?

October 20, 2011

1 min read

As our reporters went around the campus looking for news, we found some confused souls who were looking for the answer to life, universe and everything. Well, nobody was able to provide a satisfactory answer

SciTech

Pratham No More

October 20, 2011

2 mins read

As of today, India’s first student satellite project, the aptly named Pratham, has been 4 years in the making at IIT Bombay. Started at a point in time when the institute had no background in

Academics

Dual Dilemma

October 19, 2011

6 mins read

Why Internships? studies have consistently shown in the last few years that the sheer value of summer internships in an undergraduate’s career — both from the student’s personal growth perspective and the industry perspective —

Leisure·Multimedia

Avenues ’11

October 15, 2011

2 mins read

The epitome of business education is peer learning. Modern business students in the country have the potential to drastically impact the corporate, political and social scenes tomorrow. Students today create a platform for themselves

Leisure·Multimedia

Insync Workshops

October 15, 2011

1 min read

The evening of 1st of October turned out to be a spectacle with performances from InSync, Tango

Others

The JEE Dilemma

October 15, 2011

9 mins read

Reporters: Abhi Suri, Akshay Soni, Alankar Jain, Manu Sahay, Neha Innanje With inputs from Mukul Gupta and Vivek Upadhyay September 14, 2011, the day the government announced the abolition of the JEE and AIEEE while at