Category: Department Events

  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Day 1 | HS16 vs HS14

    The second match of the Prem Ranjan tournament was scheduled between two sides notable in their own regards. On one hand, you have HS16, a side that has shown glimpses of immense potential in campaigns that have never crossed the semifinal stages. In their third tournament, the side would have surely been desirous of a Read More

    4–6 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Day 1 | HS15 vs HS18

    The Prem Ranjan Memorial Tournament kicked off on Thursday with HS15 facing the very new HS18. This match saw an end to the losing streak of HS15, since their win during their debut in 2016. This is the first time a team had to include players from a different batch – with the freshie team Read More

    3–4 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Team Preview – PhD Scholars

    There was a team whose name never changed across years. The team was always called the PhD scholars or just ‘Scholars’, while the years saw arithmetically progressing batch numbers. But hell, what’s in a name, as the bard would ask. So when I came to the department in my first year, I recall that the Read More

    2–4 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Team Preview – HS14

    Note: This may sound more like a eulogy than a preview. But then, the authors could not help it. In many ways, 2019 marks the end of an era. A champion team, known as much for their personal warmth as their cricketing prowess, is taking the field for the last time. One of the only Read More

    4–5 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Team Preview – HS18

    FIGHTING IN NEW FRONTIERS Captain: Navaneeth CV With great enthusiasm, HS18 might be flagging off their maiden Prem Ranjan journey this year. There are lots of questions to be answered, but HS18 stands tall upon the dedication and commitment shown by Priyavadhana, Thejaswini and Soorya. How big a team are they? How competent are they? Read More

    2–3 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Team Preview – HS17

    HS17 Team Preview: Aapka Time Aayega Captain: Sree Sankar HS17 didn’t have it easy in their freshie year. They found themselves in a group which had two teams which went on to play the finals last year. They had a horror tournament, losing both the group stages by huge margins. But, this time around, they Read More

    3–4 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Team Preview – HS16

    HS16 Team Preview: Caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Captain: Libin John Let’s begin with some stats. Athul Muraleedharan, HS16’s opener, and extras account for almost 50 percent of the total runs scored by HS16 in the Prem Ranjan Tournament. Surely, this reminds Indian cricket fans about the scenario of the National Read More

    3–5 minutes
  • Aesthetic Vision and Carnival Experience | R&D Lecture | Professor Lakshmi Bandlamudi

    Feb 11, 4:30 pm. It was time for the second R&D lecture of the semester. After savouring some evening snacks and tea, the audience settled themselves in HSB 356 and Prof. Jyotirmaya Tripathi welcomed the speaker, Prof. Lakshmi Bandlamudi, the Professor of Psychology at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York. The topic of Read More

    4–6 minutes
  • Book Launch: Mayilamma, The Life of an Eco-Tribal Warrior | Professor Swarnalatha and Mr. Sreejith

    Shortly before the DoHSS conference got underway, a book was launched by our own department’s Professor Swarnalatha and her partner in the project and her PhD advisee, Sreejith. This book is an English translation of the semi-autobiography of Mayilamma, a tribal woman who lived near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, in a place called Plachimada, originally Read More

    3–4 minutes
  • Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament | Team Preview – HS15

    In this crisp and amusing piece, Biyas Muhammed writes about the HS15 Cricket Team, its journey in the Tournament so far, and what to expect from the team in this edition of the Tournament three years after their smashing victory against Team HS13. HS15’s best chance to progress to the Semi Finals Captain: Aswin Prabhakar Read More

    3–4 minutes