Category: Department Events
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Perspectives on the Future | R&D Lecture | August 21, 2018
Read more: Perspectives on the Future | R&D Lecture | August 21, 2018One of the biggest disillusionments of the age we live in stems from our inability to understand the future – it hovers over us, looming ever closer, and yet remains formless and unpredictable. Dr Nayanika Mookherjee, Professor of Political Anthropology at Durham University, and Dr Mark Lacy, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics, Philosophy…
7–11 minutes
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Interdepartmental League 2018 (Football) Match 1: HS vs. Metallurgy
Read more: Interdepartmental League 2018 (Football) Match 1: HS vs. MetallurgyThe inaugural edition of the Interdepartmental League has been eagerly anticipated by several people in the institute. It is the perfect platform for sporting enthusiasts from different departments to pit their wits and skills against one another. Stepping into the mix with high hopes, the HS football team commenced their campaign with an exciting victory…
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The Challenger Trophy T20 2018: HS14 vs. Rest of HS
Read more: The Challenger Trophy T20 2018: HS14 vs. Rest of HSWhat was billed as a match of some importance and drama, eventually turned out to be a damp squib. The Fifth years and the Rest of HS’s cricket match may have been described by many a word… but compelling isn’t one of them. It was one of the longest matches ever scheduled with the…
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Peter deSouza | Book Launch and R&D Lecture
Read more: Peter deSouza | Book Launch and R&D LectureOn 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…
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R&D Lecture | Emily Holleman
Read more: R&D Lecture | Emily HollemanIt 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…
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Ten: HS13 vs. HS14 (Finals)
Read more: 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…
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Nine: HS16 vs. HS13 (Semifinals)
Read more: 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…
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Eight: Research Scholars vs. HS14 (Semifinals)
Read more: 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…
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Seven: HS17 vs. HS13
Read more: Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Seven: HS17 vs. HS13HS17 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,…
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Six: Faculty vs. Students XI
Read more: Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament 2018 | Match Six: Faculty vs. Students XIThe 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…
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