Raghav Vaidyanathan is a student of IIT Madras pursuing his B.Tech in electrical engineering. He is currently doing a research internship at UC San Diego. During a chat with him, we gathered valuable ‘fundaes’ which we concisely present here. The University of California, San Diego is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, in the U.S.A. How the Internship Happened Raghav is doing his B.Tech in electrical engineering. His 2n

Isha Singh, from the Department of Biological Engineering, did her summer internship at Flipkart. In an interview with Chennai36, she talks about the selection process, her projects and gives some preparation guidelines. How is your insti life? What are the activities that you take part in? I just completed my third year in Biological Engineering. I recently became a Core in Shaastra’s Shows and Exhibitions. I usually go out cycling in the evening, or Netflix when I have noth

Niti Aayog or the National Institution for Transforming India is a Government of India policy think-tank established by the BJP government to replace the Planning Commission. It is a body dedicated to developing policies for the government. Poojan Patel from the Department of Civil Engineering, Batch of 2018, says he was always interested in doing things that gave him insights upon development policies, decisions taken within the government and important decisions that affect

The name CERN is derived from the acronym for the French “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire”, or European Council for Nuclear Research, a provisional body founded in 1952 with the mandate of establishing a world-class fundamental physics research organization in Europe. With monumental achievements and apparatus, the greatest physicists and engineers in the world, CERN is very likely to be the cradle in which a new chapter of physics is about to be conceived. And r

Prasanth Tanikella, an alumnus of the batch of 2007, Department of Civil Engineering, pursued two consecutive MS programs from Purdue University. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about life at Purdue, the application process, and fundaes on insti life. Please tell us about your life at insti and how it facilitated your goal of pursuing higher studies abroad. First and second years in insti are what they are- you learn about your field; you haven’t completely thought t

Being a freshie might seem like an intimidating task, it’s the time of taking fundaes without knowing what fundaes are, whom to take it from and what fundaes to take. To make your life a little easier, Chennai36 has come up with a guide to make your life a little easier. The best part about being a freshie is that everything is about you, there is no other year where you get an exclusive Schroeter and LitSoc events just for you. Almost all your seniors are going out of their

Harshil Lakkad from the Department of Aerospace Engineering talks to Chennai36 about his journey to a Masters at the Delft University of Technology. Self and Life at IIT Madras I hail from a small district in the south of Gujarat called Bhavnagar where I did most of my schooling. Spent a couple of years preparing for JEE in Kota followed by the greatest of 4 years in Chennai at our beautiful campus. I chose to study Aerospace engineering. I lived in Saraswathi hostel and part

Sagar Joshi, a graduate from the Engineering Design Department, talks to Chennai36 about his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech University and elaborates on the apping procedure. Please tell us about yourself, the university you are studying at, the research field you are working on, and the scope it has to offer after an MS or Ph.D. What is your plan after you finish your post-graduation, and where do you see yourself after 5-10 years? My name is Sagar Suhas Joshi. I’m currently pursuing

Siddharth Rath, a graduate from Mechanical Engineering Department, is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in the field of Mechatronics. In his interview with Chennai36, he describes his work, and his passion towards it from the time he joined IIT. 1) Please tell us about your university, the research field you are working on, and the scope it has to offer after an MS or Ph.D. What work do you plan to do after you finish your post-graduation, and where

Pradeep Natarajan graduated in 2018 with a dual degree (Btech+Mtech) in Chemical Engineering. He is also the recipient of the Sri. V Srinivasan Memorial Prize for the highest CGPA in the Dual Degree Program. Well, he is now where every engineer wants to be at least once in their lives – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). With some stud projects and interns, Pradeep has invaluable advice for Insti Junta- Q1. Hi Pradeep. Can you please tell us what program you are cur

On account of the International Day, Chennai36 interviewed Adam, an exchange student from Germany. He talks about his cultural and social experiences in insti and India so far. He is undertaking courses in the Department of Management Studies and shares his views about our campus and his plans during his stay here. How has India been so far? Great! It’s been wonderful. I definitely wanted to do an exchange semester. I was considering either India or Canada, and am happy I cho

Meet Victor from Spain, an exchange student in the Department of Computer Science – Electrical Engineering. With the International Day around the corner, hear this International student recount his experiences in India and IIT-M. What led you to choose India for your Exchange program among all the countries available? What expectations did you have before you came here? Honestly, I did not have any time to build up any expectations. I initially planned on going to France and

As we have the International Day around the corner, we present the next and the last article in the series. This is an interview of Manuel, an international student from Portugal, who seems to be overwhelmed by his experiences here. Read on to know more about his experiences in India and at IIT Madras. What is your course of study here? How do you feel about it? I’m doing electrical engineering with a few courses from the Department of Management Studies, because I need these

Aryendra Sharma, an alumnus of the 2018 batch, is currently working in the professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal which was a Day 1.1 company during the placements. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about his experience at A&M, his placement experience and how one should go about preparing. How has been your experience working with A&M so far? A&M is a consulting firm, more popular abroad than in India, especially in the U.S. The team in which I’m working has the

American Express is one of the world’s largest payment services provider. It is a Day 1 company and one of the most coveted in Analytics profile during the insti placement process. Akash Garg, a Dual Degree Civil Engineering alumnus of 2018, speaks to Chennai36 about his placement experience with AmEx. 1. How did you get interested in analytics and how did you zero in on AmEx? Till the end of my 3rd year, I was not really sure about what I was interested in, although I figure

Naman Garg, a recent graduate from the Mechanical Engineering department of IIT Madras is currently working as Associate Product Manager at Flipkart. We at Chennai36, spoke to him about his experience and compiled fundaes for the placement season. Cue) Let’s start by talking about your final year insti life, especially the placement phase… My final year in the institute was pretty dynamic… I don’t know how exactly to describe it, but it was a mix of a lot of things, the typic

Vansh Gera from the Department of Chemical Engineering talks to Chennai36 about his insti life and dispenses some gyan about his placement experience at the investment bank and financial services company, Goldman Sachs. Hi Vansh, so what do you do in Goldman Sachs? I am in securities division. This is one of the four or five divisions of Goldman Sachs which they come to hire. In securities there are two main divisions: Equities and FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commoditi

Here is a glimpse of how the placement process was and some related fundaes, from our recent alumnus, Mitul Shah, from the Department of Engineering Design, who is now placed at FinMechanics, a day 1 company during the placement season. Placement Process Review – Non-Core Firstly, being from ED gives you a little disadvantage here. We have a compulsory 6-month internship during our 8th semester, which is right before our placements. Because of this, I did not get sufficient t

Akhil Reddy, an alumnus from the department of Electrical Engineering, shares his experiences of going through the placement season and landing a job at Barclays – one of the biggest companies in the banking sector. Here is a short excerpt from our interview with Akhil. 1. How was your placement experience? What was going on in your mind? So, I got placed on day 3. I was disappointed with myself after the first 2 days. When I walked in for the interviews on day 1, I thought I

Rahul Sahani, from the Department of Civil Engineering, was placed at Citi Bank. In this interview with Chennai36, he talks about his journey in the institute and recounts his placement experience. What does your work at Citibank involve doing? The work here is mostly web development and coding. Quite a few are not from a CS background so we have to undergo some training. Currently, what I’m working on is a web application wherein we have to shift a web app that was built 5