Category: Department Events
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament : Day 5
The final match was the most entertaining and nail-biting game that was fought in this tournament. And the suspense unraveled in the end as the PhD Scholars edged past their opponent with just three balls to spare.It was the first time in the history of the Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket tournament that PhD Scholars claimed the Read More
2–3 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament : Day 4
Day 4 – Game 1: Faculty vs Students XI One of the most attended games, the Faculty vs Students XI game turned out to be one of the closest games in the tournaments. The game included various faculty members and students from Year 1 till the PhDs. Opening for the Faculty were Mr. Arfat and Read More
5–7 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament : Day 3
Day 3 – Game 1 : First Years vs Second Years One of the most hard fought games in the tournament so far, the first years had a sloppy start, with the dexterous bowler of the Second Years, Ashwin taking out the two opening batsmen – Captain of the First Years team Libin John and Read More
3–4 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament: Day 2
Day 2 – Game 1: Third Year vs Second Years One of the most awaited matches, the Third Years faced the Second Years on Sunday in a match that was essential to decide the top team from Group 1. The openers were expected to put up a wonderful show like their previous game against the Read More
2–4 minutes
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Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament: Day 1
The Prem Ranjan memorial cricket tournament started off on the 4th of March at Sangam grounds. The first match between the fifth years and the PhDs started of at 7pm with the toss, won by the fifth years, who chose to bat first. Anand and Sridhar opened the batting line and Ranjit was the Read More
2–3 minutes
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R&D LECTURE SERIES 28 February 2017
Imagining the Forest, Imagining the Self in Modern Indian Literature By Prof Alan Johnson Prof Alan Johnson began the talk by pointing out ironies in our everyday life which we often ignore as normal. On one hand we have software professionals creating photo-real forests for The Jungle Book and on the other, we have people uprooting Read More
2–3 minutes
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BOOK RELEASE: Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India by Dr K. Kalpana
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences organised the Book Release of Dr K. Kalpana’s book “Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India” published byRoutledge India on 22nd February. The book was released by Prof Sriram P, Dean (Administration), IIT-Madras and the first copy was received by Prof Umakant Dash, Headof the Department. Prof Read More
2–3 minutes
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R&D LECTURE SERIES 21 February 2017
Beyond the Canon: Mathematical Practice and its Practitioners in Early Modern South India By Dr Senthil Babu Dr Senthil Babu began the talk by drawing the audience’s attention to the relatively small discipline of historical mathematics. He explained that historical mathematical practice looks at the ways in which mathematics was experienced by social groups in Read More
2–3 minutes
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Traversing The Margins : A few moments from Day One
Keynote address by Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat. Prof. Madhava Prasad delivering the plenary lecture. Panel discussion on Film,Pop culture and the Margins. Panelists delivering their papers and responding to the questions. Panel on Margin Through the Gender Lens. Read More
1–2 minutes
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Conference calls!
Don’t you all wonder sometimes why we keep doing certain things? You might have been part of a school-fest which is still being organized. A “department fest” that continues to attract huge crowds. A Shaastra or a Saarang which has a combined footfall of more than a lakh. Amongst these crowd-pulling extravaganzas, this student-organized academic Read More
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