Vox Populi, IIT Kanpur

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(6/n) The goal of this editorial is not to catalogue the immediate pressures that push students to the brink but to investigate an environment that makes such pressure routines. Read Here - voxiitk.com/is-the-institu…

(1/n) Each suicide within the campus community is met with a devastating but familiar mix of rage and helplessness. Rage, because a life was lost within a system that claims excellence and care. Helplessness, because the response rarely matches the gravity of it. #IITKanpur

(5/6) IIT Kanpur has consistently been placed among the top five technological institutions in the country. If excellence is understood only through outputs and rankings, it risks overlooking the cost at which these outcomes are produced.

(4/6) At present, mental health is largely viewed as a personal matter which is something to be managed individually through resilience, counselling, or better coping strategies.

When an institution representing less than a tenth of the system accounts for a quarter of its student deaths, it raises urgent questions about whether these are isolated tragedies or signs of deeper systemic issues. Read Here - voxiitk.com/students-gathe…

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and 7th in Research. However, it saw a drop in Innovation from 1st in 2023 to 5th in 2024, while its evolving Management program ranked 29th. This article delves deeper into the performance factors and the reasons behind this shift in ranking. 2/3

The NIRF 2024 rankings assessed institutions across 16 categories, focusing on teaching, research, employability, and infrastructure. IIT Kanpur participated in five categories—Overall, Engineering, Research, Innovation, and Management—securing 4th in Engineering, 5th Overall 1/3

Join us for the first part of this inspiring series as we interview Kushagra Manglik, IIT Kanpur alumnus and co-founder of Coupl, who made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List 2024! Watch the full interview on YouTube - youtu.be/rDtfD_vcRAo

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and the simple philosophy of living without regrets, among many other things. Read on for more! 3/4

Join us in the 3rd part of this season of Candid Conversations, with Professor @abandopa from the department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, as we explore his thoughts on the campus culture and college times, his favourite culinary indulgences, 1/4