Mar 16, 2013

It’s been an eventful year at IIT Kharagpur, sporting-wise. Although Shaurya was a relative success this year, Kharagpur’s continued dismal performance in the Inter-IIT sports meet is a big cause of concern. TSA caught up with the two General Secretaries, Akash Singhi and Indranil Hatai to find out how they fared when it came to implementing their proposals...

Nov 25, 2012

  Read the pdf version here - Issue November 2012     An insight into penetration of modern technology in the campus. Chat with Vice President – Rinshul Chandra. Our take on the status of Inter IIT preparations. A Kgpians guide to Calcutta. Rediscovering the Higgs Boson. A Pan IIT comparison of the placement...

As the creator and Benevolent-Dictator-for-Life of the Perl project, Larry Wall is a regular rock star in the world of programming. After his talk at Kshitij ’11, The Scholars’ Avenue caught up with Larry and his wife Gloria for some intellectually stimulating conversation on Perl, Linguistics, Religion and much more.  TSA: How has...

A disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Subhen Chatterjee is an internationally acclaimed tabla player.  Founder of the popular fusion band, Bandish Fusion, he has performed with many eminent personalities which includes the likes of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Shahid Parvezi amongst others. His band performed at Spring Fest this year...

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is a noted slide guitarist. A pioneer in the field of Indian classical music and the creator of Mohan Veena, he is a Padma Shri and has also won a Grammy Award (1994) for his famous album, A Meeting by the River. Having worked with famous musicians such as Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Jerry Douglas and Matt Malley, and having toured almost...