Jan 28, 2012

Day 0 of Kshitij 2012 saw Kharagpur playing host to two of the most eminent personalities science and technology has known. The guests lectures by Ajay Bhatt, the ‘co-creator’ of the USB as he likes to call himself, and by Dr Holger Nielsen, the father of the string theory, were major draws as was evident by the jam-packed Kalidas Auditorium. The two...

I slam the door as I leave for the afternoon class and wonder whether that would wake him up. Then I realize that it doesn’t make much of a difference whether he is asleep or not because he is either shallowing in a dream or in an alternate reality where guys can pick up girls while wearing overalls. The sound of him leaving wakes me up. I...

Jan 26, 2012

Welcome back dear reader, and a happy new year to you. As another spring semester begins, we at The Scholars’ Avenue focus on two important events from last month – the first round of campus placements and the inter-IIT sports meet. Both saw intense competition among students, were critical to the Institute’s reputation, and saw the gamut of human...

Jan 26, 2012

KGP has no dearth of gamers but the franchises which they endorse are usually limited to the popular ones like Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Rockstar Games. Away from the spotlight, the glitz and the glamour hogged by mainstream game production houses lies a surprisingly rich world of games brought to life by independent game developers. This world of Indie games...

Jan 26, 2012

January in Kharagpur is traditionally spanned by an assortment of events. This year, the new semester kicked off with warm days, an Inter-IIT hangover, placement worries, and more importantly, the 9th Alumni Meet. Here’s a rundown on the last. The Inaugural Ceremony Kharagpur saw the inauguration of the 9th Alumni Meet on 7th January at Kalidas Auditorium....