About 4 years ago Itโs a fine Sunday afternoon, and things are bustling in the Reddy household. Thereโs a flurry of activity going on, and every member of the family is playing a role in the larger scheme of things. And at the helm of this operation is Mrs. Reddy, whoโs dictating terms from the... Continue Reading →
MS Admits: Interview with Ashwin Nallan
Where and which programme have you been offered? Masters of Science in Analytics at Georgia Tech, Atlanta. It is an interdisciplinary analytics and data science program. What made you choose this particular field? I had always been interested in the field of data science. Eventually, I developed further interest in machine learning. To make a... Continue Reading →
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Surviving a Lockdown
The quarantine can get really boring and you must most definitely be looking for productive ways to spend your time. We at the Journal Club have compiled a list of online courses that you could try out to learn something new and explore some interesting fields of study. Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning: Coursera Offered By:... Continue Reading →
Thesis Tales – Harsha Sista
My name is Harsha Sista and I shall be your journalist/protagonist in this edition of Thesis Tales. As a final year Mechanical Engineering student at BPHC, I had to dedicate a semester to pursue either the Practice School II program or switch to a thesis. Cultivating an inclination towards the world of research through my... Continue Reading →
Shaheen Bagh Protests
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed on 11th December 2019. This act amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing citizenship to all illegal migrants of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Jain and Christian religious minorities who had fled persecution from islamic countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 2014. It was the first... Continue Reading →
On Campus Thesis and Research: Interview with Debashis Panda
Debashis Panda is a fourth-year B.E. (Chemical Engineering) student. He did an on-campus thesis for his 4-1 and has recently received a PhD admit from the Texas A&M University (TAMU). We interviewed him as a part of the Thesis Tales Series to get his views on the research scenario in BITS. Q. What led you... Continue Reading →
Month In Review – March 2020
April is already here, and all of us are restlessly tapping our feet and homes, ready to pack up again at a momentโs notice. This eerie silence and the confusion about the various decisions that the administration might take, however, does not stop us from reminiscing about our campus life. So, here we look back... Continue Reading →
A Tale of Two Crises
The world has officially stopped. It might be weird to fathom that large of a concept- but it well and truly has. The Coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world right now has jolted the world shut. While this does sound like something out of a sci-fi television show - itโs true. Around a quarter of the... Continue Reading →
