Category: Department Events
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Peter deSouza | Book Launch and R&D Lecture
On the 5th of March, 2018, the Department of Humanities organised a session on Prof Peter deSouza’s recent book In the Hall of Mirrors: Reflections on Indian Democracy. This was followed by a R & D Lecture on Scientific Temper. The session began with Prof Sudhir Chella Rajan offering his comments on the book. Prof Read More
3–5 minutes
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R&D Lecture | Emily Holleman
It is early evening, late February, and I am sitting in a room at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. About twenty people are here with me, waiting for the Research and Development lecture to begin. IIT Madras. Humanities and Social Sciences. Research and Development. Sounds very un-fun, not very much unlike Read More
5–8 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Ten: HS13 vs. HS14 (Finals)
Dilip and Sannihit were playing their final game in the Prem Ranjan Cricket Tournament, facing their familiar foes – HS14. HS14 has a 4-1 record in head to head matches with HS13, but coming into the finals HS13 were the favourites due to the blistering form of the Dilip, Sannihit and Saba, the leading wicket-taker Read More
1–2 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Nine: HS16 vs. HS13 (Semifinals)
Following the breath-taking first semifinal where the fourth years outsmarted the PhDs, the second semifinal was due to commence. The Second Years were up against the Fifth Years. Being the outgoing batch, the Fifth years have their last shot at claiming silverware. The second years seemed confident of a win this time, being denied the Read More
2–3 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Eight: Research Scholars vs. HS14 (Semifinals)
The first semi-final of this year’s Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament was between HS14 and the Research Scholars. This was a match with a gripping good plot, several good moments and animated players. HS14 lost two wickets in the very first over, bowled by Nishant, losing both their opening batsmen. The Research Scholars bowled very Read More
2–3 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Seven: HS17 vs. HS13
HS17 and HS13 featured in the last match of the evening. The crowds, having shown up for the friendly match between the faculty and the students (the audience dutifully cheering for their respective camps), now began to disperse. When the match began, the remainder of the audience was gathered at one ends of the ground, Read More
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Six: Faculty vs. Students XI
The Faculty-Students Match is one of the highlights of the Prem Ranjan tournament. To see the professors shrug off the years in sporting garb against the young and raring students’ team is always a sight worth watching. The Students’ XI won the toss and decided to bat. Sannihit and Shahid opened the innings for Read More
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Five: HS14 vs. HS17
The second and final phase of the Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament commenced with the Freshie bunch taking on the fourth years. HS-14 captain Santhosh won the toss and elected to bat first. The stage was set, the captain and Nityanshu came to open the innings for HS14. John Sabu Mathew was the opening bowler Read More
1–2 minutes
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Gearing up for a special match: The friendly between Faculty and Students XI
Rewind to last year’s friendly match. “I could have hit more sixes. But I decided not to as she is my student”. As Joe sir made this claim after his incredible hitting off Aiswarya’s bowling, everyone burst into laughter. What makes the friendly match special is that it brings out the light-hearted, relaxed selves of Read More
2–3 minutes
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Department Soapbox | Elections 2018
Department Soapbox on 12th March, 2018. On Monday, the 12th of March, two candidates faced-off in what was ‘the first ever HS elections’ for the post of Branch Councillor. Parthiv Kidangoor and Yogesh Kumaran, both second-year candidates, presented their manifestos to a sizeable portion of the DSB (possibly the largest gathering of the DSB for Read More
6–8 minutes
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