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Category: Campus Chronicles
Summers to Remember
Students share life lessons from internships abroad When Mrigank Pawagi set foot outside the Chicago airport in May 2024, he didn’t anticipate the ordeal ahead. A second-year BTech in Math and Computing student at IISc, Mrigank was in the USA for his summer internship at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Tired from […]
Peaks of Joy
How NMR is helping scientists probe molecular structures It was after six on a Monday evening in September, and Durga Prasad Hari was in a hurry. Holding a thin glass tube in his hand, he walked quickly to the common instrument facility on the ground floor of the Chemical Sciences building, two […]
‘It’s difficult to get into IISc. It’s also difficult to get out because you fall in love with it’
Yadati Narahari leans over his desk, turning his computer screen around as he shows an image. It shows a group of people standing side-by-side staring into the camera. It is an image that Narahari holds with great regard, one – he feels – encapsulates his time at IISc. “This is six generations of researchers and […]
Protect and Serve
A day in the life of Security Officer K Jayaraj K Jayaraj usually begins his day around 9 am. But this October morning, an unexpected call prompts him to rush out the door an hour earlier. He tells his wife that there is an emergency and that their kids’ school is cancelled today. […]
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Clubbing on campus
How clubs are helping UG students find their feet School exams were done, and Abhishek Kundu could finally take a break. But not for long. He had yet to decide what he was going to pursue for his undergraduate studies. It was a tough decision, one that would shape his whole life. He […]
Bridging Borders
CONNECT spent a day with Amita Sneh who coordinates international relations Amita enters her cabin with a hurried stride, carrying her big tote bag. Sanjeev, the contractor, was already waiting to have a conversation. He is in charge of renovating the new space for the Office of International Relations (OIR) at the Raman building. […]
Finding the Geet
When Geeta Ananth walked into the IISc campus in 1995, after a lifetime of moving around the country thanks to her father’s transferable job in the Railways, she didn’t expect to set down deep roots in Bangalore. She had accompanied her husband Ananth Ramaswamy (now Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering), who was starting […]
Get, Set, Go
Researchers on campus talk about why they run It was 6 am. The unrelenting blare of the alarm jolted me awake. An alluring voice in my head, forceful and convincing, suggested that I go back to sleep, the world can wait. But with Herculean effort, I heeded the other steely voice in my […]
