NoteBook Drive, a volunteer effort, has been running strong for nearly 20 years In an otherwise silent campus, a typical Sunday sees a bustling crowd near the dining halls of IISc, with students unwinding after the week’s hectic work schedule. But what caught my eyes during one such weekend of my first year was […]
These photographs by Gouri Patil, a PhD student at IISc, capture the different physical locations that the department has inhabited Photos 1, 2 &3: Mechanical Engineering first took formal shape at IISc in the form of the Department of Power Engineering. The “PE building”, as it is still referred to today, was inaugurated in 1951 […]
A photo story on the people that provide crucial services to the IISc community Girigowda PS has been a security guard for four years. Prior to that he worked at a garment factory, and moved here at his family members’ insistence. Some of them work here as well. Annapoorna CS has been a hostel […]
Climate change is wreaking havoc on our glaciers With its myriad colours and the imposing mountains in the background, the confluence of two Himalayan rivers in Ladakh, Zanskar and Indus, is a sight to behold. Not surprisingly, the valley where the rivers meet is thronged by tourists. But Rizwan, a local chauffeur, seems less […]
