Category: Department Events
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Manifesto Review | Placement Core
The first ever review of the Department Placement Core comes during unprecedented times and yet, Baladitya B seems to have navigated these troubled waters well. Before I go on to examine the proposals he had put forth while applying for the position, I’d like to note that, on the whole, 10 students have been placed,… Read More
3–4 minutes
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Alumni Fundae Session | Abhinand Shankar
As part of the Placement, Apping and Competitive Exams Fundae Series organised by the Department Council, a higher session fundae session was conducted on the 23rd of January 2021. This was the first session of the series and it went on for about an hour. The fundae session was conducted by Abhinand of the HS14… Read More
3–4 minutes
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Department Soapbox | Elections 2021
On the 31st of March 2021, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences held the Soapbox for the position of Department Legislator/Branch Councillor, where the two conscientious candidates, Abhirami Girish Kumar and Anand Krishna G Unni, both from the HS18 batch, presented their manifestos and engaged in a captivating question and answer session which gave… Read More
27–40 minutes
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Alumni Talk | MBA Panel
The management session of the Alum Talks featured four panelists from the inaugural batch of the MA Program. Ten years after their graduation, these alumni speak about their careers in management, emphasizing that their journeys were above all serendipitous; taking them down career paths that they did not foresee. Read More
5–8 minutes
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Alumni Talk | Smita Mujumdar
Mid-October, as the country was registering an average of fifty thousand cases each day, and students were wading through assignment deadlines that were the more imminent threat, the Alumni Relations Team invited Smita Mujumder as a speaker for Alum Talks, to discuss ‘Mental Health’ in our department and, general lives. Read More
3–5 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Department Secretary
Arul starts his manifesto by rightly acknowledging the successes of the previous Secretary in organizing Department events. He stated that he planned to continue the previously devised strategy of forming temporary subcommittees with volunteers working under a member of the secretary’s council. Read More
2–3 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Alumni Relations Team Heads
Anagha Suresh Babu and Janani Balaji, the two co-heads of the newly formed Alumni Relations Team, are quite happy and satisfied with the way the team worked, despite it being freshly established and forced to face the hurdles created by the pandemic. Read More
2–4 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Intern Head
The Head of the DoHSS Intern Team for the year 2020-21, Akshaya P, aimed to create a thriving internship culture in the department and increase the accessibility of internships by promoting inclusivity. The Intern Head has also been able to carry out one other initiative outside of what was mentioned in her application! Read More
3–4 minutes
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Manifesto Review | Branch Councillor
My conversation with Varsha was very heartening and she said excitedly ‘the council has been great this year’. While her manifesto was designed for a tenure that would be situated in the institute, her work has adapted very quickly to the online medium. Read More
5–7 minutes
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Alumni Talk | Anu Joshy
Anu Joshy graduated from the department in 2014 with a Masters in English Studies. Since then, she has been preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination and cleared it this year in her fifth attempt, ranking 264 at the national level. Her third anthology of poems, With Blue Ink of the Oceans, is available on… Read More
3–4 minutes
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