Category: Department Events
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R&D TUESDAY LECTURE SERIES: 18th OCT 2016
Read more: R&D TUESDAY LECTURE SERIES: 18th OCT 2016Exploring Human Capital in a Reassessment of Identity in Rural Indonesia and its Implications for the Indian Subcontinent The Department hosted Dr Maskota Delfi and Dr Johan Richard Weintré for a talk on the 18th of October’16. The speakers were introduced to the audience by Dr Vivek Neelakantan, Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department. Dr…
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EVENING OF THE FRESHIES !
Read more: EVENING OF THE FRESHIES !The Best. Period. Those are the words that were on everyone’s lips throughout the Freshie Evening of the Department that was held at the Mahatma Hall on September 28, 2016. After endless deliberations with our seniors, we were able to postpone the special evening, owing to the Logic quiz which anyway screwed us all. But…
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Department Football Tournament: Finale
Read more: Department Football Tournament: FinaleThe much awaited final day took place on the 6th of October. With the Third and Second playing in the 3rd place playoff, the Fourth and Fifth years locked horns for the finale. Around 21:20 hrs, the first game of the night kicked-off. Four minutes into kickoff, Nityanshu scored for the Third years. With everything…
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Department Football Tournament : Day 3
Read more: Department Football Tournament : Day 3Day 3 of the Department Football Tournament was marked by some brilliant performance and also mired by some controversies regarding the refereeing. The winners of the semi-finals are the Fourth years and Fifth years who will clash for the title in the final. The third day of the tournament started with much a awaited Penalty…
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Department Football Tournament: Day 2
Read more: Department Football Tournament: Day 2There were four matches played on the second day of the Department Football Tournament – second years vs. research scholars, third years vs. fifth years, second years vs. fourth years and first years vs. fifth years. The tournament began around 7.30pm and went on for over four hours. The teams fought hard in the first…
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Department Football Tournament Day: 1
Read more: Department Football Tournament Day: 1The first day of the Humanities Department Football tournament consisted of two matches – the first years vs. the third years and the fourth years vs. the PhD scholars. The games were held at Sangam ground. The first match was between the first years and the third years, which started around 8.40pm. The first half…
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R&D TUESDAY LECTURE SERIES: 20th SEPTEMBER 2016 – A FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Read more: R&D TUESDAY LECTURE SERIES: 20th SEPTEMBER 2016 – A FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSIONAbout the Film – Tirupur aka Dollar City, well known for its thousands of export oriented garment hosiery units and millions of migrant workers, symbolizes a development model where the state machinery, exporters, small and big entrepreneurs, commission agents, trade unionists and workers converge to prioritize export and to earn dollars by ignoring, marginalizing and eventually breaking the laws…
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Book Launch: The Great Gatsby edited by Prof. Evangeline Manickam
Read more: Book Launch: The Great Gatsby edited by Prof. Evangeline ManickamOn the crisp crimson evening of 13th September, the air in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department was one of joy and celebration. The occasion was the Book Release by one of our Department’s senior-most faculty, Prof Evangeline Manickam. Orient Blackswan Publishers has brought out the critical edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby,…
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The Story of Secularism: Book Launch and a Panel Discussion
Read more: The Story of Secularism: Book Launch and a Panel DiscussionProfessor Nalini Rajan’s book “The Story of Secularism” was launched on the 9th of September 2016 in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. The panel present was composed of Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Professor Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and Professor Sudarshan Padmanabhan. The event was well-attended by professors and students from the department as well as…
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Ethnic Day 2016
Read more: Ethnic Day 2016The much awaited Ethnic Day was the first department event to take place this year. For many, it was just another day but for some, it is the day they have been waiting for so long. The day they get new profile pictures. DSLRs were brought and Selfies were taken. A hot and humid day,…
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