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+Students shall go through the duties to understand the role and work of a hall manager in a hostel i.e address the complaints of the hostel to him/ her. Please make sure that the complaints are made in writing to the hall manager in order to have accountability of work.
+
+HALL MANAGER DUTIES:
+1. An Institute employee shall be deputed as Hall Manager to assist the Wardens and the Hostel Council
+2. The Hall Manager shall maintain all accounts of the hostels and the mess bills including management of rebates. The final mess bill preparation and cross check from all residents is the responsibility of the hall manager
+3. The Hall Manager shall assist the hostel council members in matters ofcorrespondence
+4. The Hall Manager shall look into complaints of the residents with regard to amenities concerned with accommodation and hostel equipments. Complaints and issues are to be resolved by the hall manager with inputs from the hostel council if any
+5. The Hall Manager shall arrange for bill settlements and advances to the Office Bearers for hostel works after obtaining necessary sanction from the Warden duly recommended by the concerned students councilor and General Secretary
+6. The Hall Manager shall take stock of furniture, appliances, stereo equipment discs and any other assets of the hostel and of the Institute given to the hostel at the end of each semester or at any time of specific items with the help of concerned secretaries and maintain a proper record of all the assets of the hostel and report to theWarden
+7. Hall Manager shall be responsible for general maintenance of the hostel premises and properties of the Institute
+8. Hall manager is supposed to follow up on all applications, administrative or otherwise, by the hostel council/warden to the institute authorities, main building and estateoffice
+9. The Hall Manager shall maintain all files and records of the hostels
+10. The Hall Manager shall carry out all cash transactions
+11. Hall managers are supposed to manage the guest accommodation booking systemas directed by the Warden and the hostel council
+12. Hall managers are expected to use the postal notification system and managethe incoming posts for students
+13. Hall manager and the hostel GSec will allocate rooms at the time of new admissions and semester beginnings
+14. The Hall Manager will follow the work schedule as outlined by the Warden and / or the hostel Council
+15. The Hall Manager shall discharge any other duty assigned to him by the Warden and/or the Hostel Council

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+After securing admission at the Institute and starting your stay here, you may feel that a lot of parameters around you are different.  You would have more responsibilities to handle at the hostel and at the academic level. Take heart, you will not be the only one. There are a few issues that almost everyone in the Institute faces initially like academic concerns, social (family and peer) pressure etc, leading to feelings of loneliness, low confidence, anxiety, stress, anger and sadness, to name a few.
+
+It is important to understand that students often lose their focus and give in to these pressures. If not attended to at the right time, this could lead to poor performance -- both academically and personally.
+
+To help you refrain from losing focus and being unhappy, we as Counsellors encourage you to approach us for any problem that you are facing-  be it academic, emotional, social or financial- without hesitation.
+
+Counselling provides an opportunity for individuals to learn to make better choices, improve interpersonal skills, develop confidence and increase educational effectiveness. In a one-on-one meeting with a counsellor, students are helped to explore and express feelings, examine beliefs and ways of thinking about their present situation, reflect on patterns of behavior, and work toward making healthier and happier changes.
+
+Typical concerns of students who seek counselling are :
+
+Transition and change
+Uncertainty about values and goals
+Academic pressure
+Dealing with new academic patterns
+Personal relationships with the special one and with friends
+Family concerns
+Issues of grief and loss
+Stress, depression and anxiety
+Lack of motivation; concentration difficulties
+ Others…
+Student Wellness Centre provides
+
+1. Individual Counselling…
+
+student get space to talk with no pressure
+confidentiality is maintained
+no judgment, criticism and assumptions
+you can unburden yourself
+Counsellors will…
+
+respect you and your problems
+will help you to consider the different options and make choices
+surely will make an attempt to reduce the problem
+will intervene with right people to help you if required 
+Appointments are available from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday-Friday and students are usually seen for 45 minutes, depending on demand.  Students can take an appointment by vising the following link: https://www.iitb.ac.in/swc/en/user/login?destination=node/1183 
+
+Intake appointments are scheduled with students at times and dates which are convenient to them, depending on their academic commitments.
+
+In either case, the goal of the first meeting is to help the student identify the issues that are causing them the most concern.
+
+If a student wishes to continue in counselling, he/she usually continues to meet with the same counsellor seen in intake or Walk-In.
+
+2. Psychological Assessment
+
+In some cases where more precise diagnoses are required, we conduct psychological assessments. These tests are administered by a trained psychometrician. These tests help all those who are concerned with the student’s wellbeing to decide upon the best possible intervention.
+
+3. Workshops and Events
+
+The Wellness centre also organizes different workshops and events during each academic year. The workshops and events are organized on different topics related to mental health and are based on the need of the students like dealing with stress, time management, relationship issues etc.
+
+The team organizes various events on occasions like Mental Health Day, International Happiness Day and World Suicide Prevention Day.
+
+
+
+
+Team
+Counselors (Full Time)
+	
+Ms. Hima Anaredy
+In-charge Student Wellness Centre
+Counseling Psychologist
+Email : incharge.swc@iitb.ac.in  
+            hima.anaredy@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9071
+  	 
+Ms. Anjali Bhatia
+Student Counselor
+Social Psychologist
+Email : anjali.bhatia@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9073
+  	 
+Ms. Anisha Mathews
+Student Counselor
+Clinical Psychologist
+Email : anishamathews@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9075
+  	 
+Ms. Lavina Lewis
+Student Counselor
+Clinical Psychologist
+Email : lavina.lewis@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9074
+  	 
+Mr. Shoukath Ali
+Student Counselor
+Counseling Psychologist
+Email : shoukath@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9070
+  	
+Ms. Anjali Gadgeel
+Student Counselor
+Clinical Psychologist
+Email : anjali.gadgeel@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9076
+      
+
+Support (Part Time)
+                 	
+Ms. Amita Tagare
+Officer on Special Duty
+Clinical Psychologist
+Email : amita.tagare@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-7071
+  	
+Ms. Aditi Vaze
+Psychometrician
+Clinical Psychologist
+Email : aditivaze@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9070
+Office Staff
+	
+Mr. Chandrakant Karvande
+Office Staff
+Email : office.swc@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9070
+	
+Ms. Pinky Bhagadia
+Office Staff
+Email : office.swc@iitb.ac.in
+Phone : 022-2576-9070
+
+For 1st Counselling Appointment:
+
+Go to site Menu -> Appointment: (https://www.iitb.ac.in/swc/en/appointment) 
+
+If the link is not working then you can email us at wellness@iitb.ac.in
+
+
+
+ 
+
+Centre Address And Timings:
+
+Student Wellness Centre, 3 rd floor, above Academic section, Main building
+
+Days: Monday to Friday
+
+Timings: 10.00am - 5.30pm
+
+Contact Number: 022-2576-9070
+
+Office email id:  office.swc@iitb.ac.in
+ 
+
+For Administrative And Other Official Purposes
+
+(excluding appointments for counselling):
+
+Email id: incharge.swc@iitb.ac.in
+ 

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+
+
+Single Sign-on (SSO) Service The Computer Centre has released services based on Single Sign-on based authentication. CC's SSO supports Oauth2, OpenID Connect, and SAML2 based authorization. This will enable us to make our authentication process more robust, secure, and universal for all applications across IITB. 
+
+
+Why is it necessary?  SSO with OAuth/SAML/OpenID is very secure compared to LDAP since it offers multi-factor authentication and a fully encrypted protocol. It also has a single point of trust for the end-user, so even if one application is compromised, the security of your application is not threatened. These protocols are very widely deployed by all major companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple. Nowadays It is an internet standard. 
+
+In today's IT-driven world, multi-factor authentication is very much necessary. This will considerably slow down hacking activities because of compromised LDAP accounts and eventually help end-users and system administrators since most of these accounts get compromised because of simple credentials, sharing of credentials with colleagues, sharing of credentials to a malicious site, or response to a phishing email. 
+
+How do I use SSO based authentication for the application I am developing?   Anyone who wants to use SSO for the authentication, The application needs to register with CC. For more detailed information, kindly download this documentation. 
+
+
+What is 2-Factor Authentication, and why is it mandatory? Two-factor authentication adds a second layer of security to your online accounts. Verifying your identity using a second factor (like your phone or another mobile device) prevents anyone but you from logging in, even if they know your password. Once you've enrolled in Google/Microsoft authenticator app or SMS based OTP, you're ready to go: You'll login as usual with your username and password, and then use your device to verify that it's you. 
+
+Supported methods for 2-Factor authentication Two-Factor Authentication for CC's SSO Login is designed to work with your existing devices and network connections. We support the following devices/methods: 
+  * Time-based OTP – based on FREE apps like Google/Microsoft authenticator   * SMS text messages via a cell phone (Only for Faculty and Institute staff members)   * Passwordless authentication using IITB SSO app (For Android and iOS platform.)   * Security key / Hardware token-based (Key/token must support WebAuthn standard and FIDO2 compliant.)   * Touch ID (For mac users) based or Windows Hello based. 
+The Mobile apps are free and downloadable from your cell phone's app store (e.g., iTunes or Google Play). Standard data or phone charges may apply when using, SMS text, and/or passwordless authentication. To obtain a hardware token/key for your account, users are free to purchase on their own. Please make sure the token/key is compatible with FIDO2 standards. 
+  
+Details about registration and FAQ's about SSO can be found at below link. Link : [SSO Registration & FAQ's](/page/sso-guide) 
+
+
+Licensed / Commercial software at Computer Centre FOSSEE Equivalents to the technical Softwares are listed in this [link](/page/fossee). 
+The following are some of the commercial licensed software the Computer Centre has acquired.The software along with relevant information for installation can be found on the anonymous ftp site http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/IITB_private/  If you have any difficulty in accessing the software or queries regarding the same , you may post/report it via the "[Report a problem](https://help- cc.iitb.ac.in/)" link. 
+(Please disable any kind of firewall on your client computers before accessing the network license servers for running / using the licensed softwares). 
+IITB Mailing lists are available for few software user groups. Please check <http://lists.iitb.ac.in/mailman/listinfo>. 
+More information regarding procurement and support details are listed in this [link](/page/softwareprocurement). 
+Name| Open source Equivalent| Version| No. of Licenses| Type of License| Nature of License| AMC Availability| Cost (INR)| More Information   ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---     
+Name 
+| 
+Open source Equivalent 
+| 
+Version 
+| 
+No. of Licenses 
+| 
+Type of License 
+| 
+Nature of License 
+| 
+AMC Availability 
+| 
+Cost (INR) 
+| 
+More Information     
+---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---   **Abaqus Academic Research Edition** |  | 6.14 | 5 | CFN | Jan 31, 2032 | Aug 21, 2018 | **₹ 10,27,000** |  Inadequate No.of licenses   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Abaqus/)   **Ansys with TECS** | GMSH, OpenFOAM | 2020 R2 | A few with 5 research | CFN | - | March 31, 2016 | **~ ₹ 90,00,000** |  Inadequate No.of licenses   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Ansys/)   **AVG Antivirus** |  |  | 10,000 | Single Key | Subscription | July 25, 2020 | **~ ₹ 14,00,000** |  [Download Link](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/avg4allFacsAndStfs/avglogin.html)   **AUTOCAD** | KiCad, FreeCad | 2013 | 10 | CFN | Perpetual | Oct 2014, No AMC | ****|  Inadequate No.of licenses   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/AutoCAD-2013/)   **COMSOL** | OpenModelica | 55 | 30 | CKL | Perpetual | May 30, 2020 | **₹ 13,00,000** |  Class Room Use   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/COMSOL/)   **ESCApe** |  |  |  |  |  |  | **₹ 6,29,763** |  By MEMS   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/ESCApe/)   **Gaussian 16** |  |  |  | Site License |  |  | **₹ 8,26,274** | **Contact Computer Centre**   **IBM SPSS** | R, PSPP | 25 | 10 | CFN | Jan 31, 2032 | Sep 30, 2020 | **₹ 9,41,550** |  [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/SPSS/)   **IBM SPSS Amos** |  | 25 | 5 | CFN | Jan 31, 2032 | Sep 30, 2020 | **₹ 2,63,785** | [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/SPSS/AMOS25/)   **Intel Compilers C++ and Fortran** | GNU Compilers | 2018 | 5 | CFN | Perpetual | Jun 30, 2019 | **₹ 8,35,775** |  [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Intel-compilers/)   **Maple** | Sage, Maxima | 2018 | 101 | CFN | Perpetual | June 30, 2019 | **₹ 8,35,775** |  [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Maple/)   **Mathematica** | Sage, Maxima | 12.1.0 | 30 | CFN | Perpetual | Jul 12, 2020 | **₹ 16,70,000** |  [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Mathematica/)   **Matlab** | Octave, Scilab | R2020a | Unlimited | TAH & CFN | Subscription | Mar 30, 2021 | **₹ 66,70,569** |  [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Matlab/)   [Campus Wide TAH Link](https://www.mathworks.com/academia/tah-portal/indian- institute-of-technology-bombay-40677001.html)   **Microsoft Campus** | Linux | Latest | - | Inst. Email | Subscription | Sep, 2020 | **~ ₹ 4,50,000** |  Contact Computer Centre   **OriginLab** | GNUPlot, Grace | 2020 | 100 | CFN | Perpetual | Jul 12, 2020 | **~ ₹ 99,876** |  AMC Cost.   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/OriginLab/)   **PLECS** |  | 4.3 | 50 | CFN | 3 year | Oct 31, 2021 | ****|  By ESE   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/PLECS/)   **SOLIDWORKS** |  | 27 | 2000 | CFN | Perpetual |  | ****|  By ME   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/SolidWorks/)   **TECPLOT-360** |  | 2007 | 10 | CFN | Perpetual | 2008 | ****|  [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Tecplot/)   **TECPLOT-360** |  | 2017 | 5 | CFN | Perpetual | May 15, 2018 | **~ ₹ 10,00,000** |  Denials   [Download Link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/IITB_private/Tecplot/)   **Webex** | BBB, Jitsi |  | 4 | Individual | Subscription | Mar 18, 2021 | **~ ₹ 2,49,500** |  **Contact Computer Centre**   **ZOOM** | BBB, Jitsi |  | 20 | Individual | Subscription | Apr 12, 2021 | **~ ₹ 1,35,000** |  **Contact Computer Centre**     
+  
+
+ANSYS Does not allow the use of the Concurrent Floating Network (CFN) license server through IIT VPN. 
+MathWorks for use of Matlab   * Does not allow the use of the concurrent floating network (CFN) licenses from the license server through IITB VPN.   * Instead they allow the use of Matlab Individual License, and Matlab Online (Cloud Services) from the TAH (Total Academic Headcount) campus wide agreement.   * The TAH of MathWorks can be accessed by registering user@iitb.ac.in on the portal.   * There are 3637 users on the MathWork’s TAH portal for IIT Bombay. (Dated : 4 Jun 2020) 
+Microsoft Products  Microsoft Products (for everyone having valid LDAP id)** 
+Note: MS Academic Azure for Education is for everyone having a valid LDAP Id. 
+Please read the following file before downloading any software. Your LDAP account has to be linked with microsoft in order to download any software. 
+Link: [Registering LDAP with Microsoft and Downloading microsoft Products](/attachments/microsoft/ReadMe.pdf)     
+Microsoft Azure for Education : [Microsoft Azure for Education](https://azureforeducation.microsoft.com/devtools) 
+Important: **Please register your LDAP Id with microsoft before accessing the portal. 
+Microsoft Volume License Products (For Faculties) 
+Only a limited numbers of licensed copies of Windows 7, 8, 10.1, MS Office, MS Office 2016, MS Office 2019 are available for the Institute for academic use. 
+The software is available for download and use by faculty on PCs in offices and laboratories. 
+Use LDAP login below to download **(only for faculty) 
+[Windows 7 Volume License](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/windows_7/win7login.html)   [Windows 8.1 Volume License](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/windows_8.1/win8.1login.html)   [Windows 10 Volume License](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/windows_10/win10login.html)   [MS Office](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/msoffice/msofficelogin.html)   [MS Office 2016](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/msoffice2016/msoffice2016login.html)   [MS Office 2019](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/msoffice2019/msoffice2019login.html)     
+
+Note: Please contact faculty/section in charge for this software 
+AVG Antivirus for Faculty, Staff, Project Staff & Students 
+AVG Antivirus for Faculty ,Staff, Project Staff & Students 
+  1. Only a limited number of licensed copies of AVG Antivirus (Network Edition) have been procured by the Institute for 'Academic' use only.   2. The software is available for download and use by faculty, staff, project staff and students on their PCs/Laptops in offices, classrooms and laboratories.   3. Use LDAP login below to download (only for faculty, staff, project staff and students).   [Download Link (Faculty & Office Staff)](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/avg4allFacsAndStfs/avglogin.html)   [Download Link (Students & Project Staff)](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/avg4allStudents/avglogin.html) 
+Note: AVG Antivirus for Students and Project Staff is under renewal. You may not be able to activate the software during the renewal process timespan but once the process is over, the following note will be updated and you can use the above link to download the antivirus. 
+  4. All other users may download “free for personal use” packs from <https://www.avg.com>, if you wish to use AVG Antivirus.   5. Other useful Antivirus Softwares sites are mentioned below:      * Avast : <https://www.avast.com>     * Norton : <https://www.symantec.com>     * Mcafee : <https://www.mcafee.com> 
+  
+
+Note: Computer Centre has no expertise in above procured softwares. However, you may write/report your issues to your department systems administrator(s) for a possible resolution. In the event of they (department systems administrator(s)) being unable to do so, they (department systems administrator(s)) may request for support at the Computer Centre's Help Desk, and we shall try to put on our sincere efforts to resolve them as soon as possible. 
+
+
+#### Computing Facilities 
+  
+
+Following are the high performance computational facilities available at IIT Bombay 
+  * **Corona Linux Cluster** High Performance Computing (HPC) resource in IIT Bombay located in Chemistry Department   * [Spacetime](https://spacetime.iitb.ac.in/) High Performance Computing (HPC) resource in IIT Bombay located in Computer Science and Engineering 
+
+Bits and Bytes Lab Booking 
+  * The Bits lab (with 50 machines) was designed especially for workshops and has all PCs facing one way, with no partitions.   * The Bytes lab (60 machines) was designed for student study usage, or exams, and has rows with PCs facing in alternating directions, with partitions in the middle.   * All the machines have Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18 operating systems installed. 
+**Lab Timings**   Monday - Friday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM   Note: Lab will be closed on Saturday,Sunday,Institute & National Holidays.     
+
+Please read the policies carefully before booking the lab. 
+[Bits and Bytes Lab Booking Policy](/page/bitsbytespolicy)   [Bits and Bytes Lab Booking Portal](https://cc-mrbs.iitb.ac.in/Web/) 
+
+
+#### Video Conference Room Booking 
+  
+
+  * Computer Centre’s Conference room has been built for the purpose of bookings for events such as video conferencing meeting, seminars, Interviews, multimedia presentations etc.   * The room can accommodate 20 individuals around the table.   * The room is equipped with a 4k television and high definition laser projector, and a conference speakerphone with mic.   * The VC system supports Skype, Hangout, Webex (Cisco) and also supporting H.323 protocol ( direct VC to VC commutation). 
+Please read the policies carefully before booking the room. 
+[Video Conference Room Booking Policy](/page/vcroompolicy)   [Video Conference Room Booking Portal](https://cc-mrbs.iitb.ac.in/Web/) 
+
+
+#### Accessing IITB from Outside - VPN / SSH / Telnet 
+  
+
+Computer Centre at IITB offers VPN connection in order to access the internal sites and SSH/Telnet to access servers 
+Only 100 Simultaneous VPN connections are allowed in bridge mode( Desktop/Laptop devices) and 200 VPN connections are allowed in routing mode(Handheld Devices) due to security reasons. 
+Total 300 VPN connections are allowed at a time in both modes. 
+Facility is provided to connect to IIT servers (one per department) from outside IIT using telnet and ssh. 
+Tutorials for using vpn, ssh and telnet have been provided in the following links. 
+[Using VPN](/page/configurevpn)   [Using SSH/Telnet](/page/configuressh) 
+
+
+#### FTP Server Portal 
+  
+
+In the FTP server portal of iitb certain freewares are kept. Repositories for linux and other OS are also available 
+FTP can be accessed using the following [link](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/ftp/) 
+**Uploading to FTP Server** 
+Connect to ftp server with the details : 
+Server Name: ftp.iitb.ac.in 
+LoginName: upload 
+Password: upload 
+Create a directory with your username and please upload the useful things with the help of "mput" in that directory. Please also make one README file with small description. You have restricted premissions to upload. The useful stuff will be moved to ftp.iitb.ac.in 
+For mirror distributions on FTP Server, refer the following [link](/page/ftpmirrordistributions) 
+
+
+#### LDAP Account 
+  
+
+Every student/staff will get an LDAP account, when (s)he joins IITB. Using this, (s)he can browse the internet (using this userid for authentication on IITB proxy server netmon.iitb.ac.in). The user will also get a mail account ( userid@iitb.ac.in). The user can also log into the machines in CC user area using the same userid. NETMON proxy access and user-area login will expire the moment (s)he completes his/her study at IITB. The email address may be retained as a forwarding address to an external address of the user's choice. 
+The following things will be available in [CAMP Website](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/cgi-bin/index.cgi) 
+  * Changing Password   * Changing UserID (Only Once)   * Modifying Personal Details   * Set / Reset mail Auto Reply Text   * Set / Reset mail Forwarding Address   * Department Sys-Ads List   * Hostel Sys-Ads List   * Find your UserID from Roll number / Employee Number 
+The following can change mail forwarding address ([Link](/page/mailforwarding)) 
+  * Passing-out students   * Retired employees   * Alumni 
+
+
+#### Guest Account Creation 
+  
+
+Guests and Visitors to IIT Bombay require a special user account to access the internet through the IITB Network. There are two kinds of guest accounts: 
+  1. Regular Guests (who get individual user IDs and passwords)   2. Conference Participants (who get a common user ID and a password) 
+The guest accounts can be created only by IITB faculty members, who agree to the IITB IT Usage policy on behalf of their guests. 
+Please visit [camp.iitb.ac.in](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/) and login to LDAP to create the account. 
+Procedure for creating a guest account 
+  1. Please enter the LDAP credentials in the new window after clicking the above link.   2. Please select a suitable addition (only faculty will be able to add)      * Add a New Guest Account, or     * Add a New Conference Account   3. Fill in the guest details, and choose an appropriate expiry date for the account (or the end of the conference).   4. An email will be sent to the Webmail inbox of the faculty, containing the user-id and password of the new account. The password cannot be changed by the faculty or the guest.  
+The user ID and password has to be used for authentication while connecting to the wireless network, as well as to connect to the internet using the wired network. 
+
+
+#### Home Account Creation 
+  
+
+Faculty and Staff at IIT Bombay, who agree to the IITB IT Usage policy, can create a special user account for their family members to access the internet through the IITB Network. 
+Please visit [camp.iitb.ac.in](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/) and login to LDAP to create the account. 
+Procedure for creating a home account 
+  1. Please enter the LDAP credentials in the new window after clicking the above link.   2. Please select a suitable addition (only faculty and staff will be able to add)      * Add a New home Account   3. Fill in the details, and choose an appropriate password for the home account.   4. The login-id for the newly created home account will be **"[Your LDAP ID].home"**. For eg: If your ldap id is **abcdef** then your home account id will be **abcdef.home**   5. An email will be sent to your inbox ( **"ldapid[at]iitb.ac.in"** ), containing the user-id and password of the new account.  
+Family members of faculty and staff have to use **Home ID** and **password** for authentication while connecting to the wireless network, as well as to connect to the internet using the wired network. 
+
+
+#### Mail Facilities 
+  
+
+#####  Features of the WEBMAIL services at IITB  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+This service enables you to access your mailbox from anywhere (inside or outside IITB) via the Internet. The current access is via SQUIRRELMAIL software with some local modifications. The interface may be changed or additional ones may be supported in future subject to resource constraints at CC. The details for different user categories are shown below: 
+User Category| URL| Mailbox Size Limit   ---|---|---     
+User Category 
+| 
+URL 
+| 
+Mailbox Size Limit     
+---|---|---   All | <https://webmail-sso.iitb.ac.in>   <https://webmail.iitb.ac.in> | {Specific to user role (student,faculty etc) }     
+  
+
+The mailbox space limit shown above may change either way depending on resource availability. Your current diskspace occupation level is always displayed when you login. Please take care to purge unwanted messages from time to time. The actual disk space usage will depend on the type of messages you exchange but a thumb rule would be not to exceed the occupation level of 75% so that your incoming mails are not interrupted. Please note that currently no facility exists at CC to take backups of users' mailboxes. This means that the mails deleted will not be possible to recover. Users may please make alternate arrangements to keep backups of their important messages. 
+Printing of emails is not supported. However, the mails can be downloaded to your local PC for printing elsewhere. 
+The webmail service provides the choice of either normal HTTP logins or secure logins by using SSL. It uses the same password as the netmon proxy authentication password. It may so happen that those of you who get locked out (for whatever reasons) at netmon proxy may also face problems in email too. 
+For those who do not use netmon proxy, a separate password would have to be assigned. Eventually all users in IITB will be automatically registered in the LDAP database even if they do not use the NETMON PROXY services for web browsing. 
+Within IITB campus the service can also be accessed via NETSCAPE, Kmail, Pine, Evolution, OUTLOOK EXPRESS etc using IMAP. Support for IMAP over SSL has been added recently. However, it may be noted that IMAP based services are not available from outside IITB. 
+Hope you find this service useful to you. In case you face any problems please register your issue at [help-cc.iitb.ac.in](https://help-cc.iitb.ac.in). 
+#####  SPAM Protection  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**SPF (Sender Policy Framework): What is this about ???** 
+Mails arriving from a domain (e.g. sony.com) are checked to verify to see if they really originated from that domain. Under the SPF scheme, each domain enumerates the IP addresses though which all mails from that domain will be injected into the Internet. When the mails arrive at our mail relays, the arriving IPs are checked against the domain-designated IPs thus verifying its authenticity. 
+SPF deployment now a preferred way of handling incoming Emails. The deployment of this scheme have ensured very low-level of SPAM because many SPAMMERs use fictitious IP email addresses. However, like many other schemes in Internet, this is voluntary. Accordingly, emails originating from domains that have not yet adopted SPF are still being accepted at IITB. However, there are many domains who claim to support SPF but have done partial/faulty implementations. In such cases, there is a small chance that an email may not be accepted into IITB network because the originating site has an improper implementation of SPF. 
+For more info on SPF, please [click here](http://www.openspf.org/) 
+#####  FAQ Web based central email service  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**Q. When I send mail to username[at]webmail.iitb.ac.in (username represents my friend's userid) they dont reach. What is wrong ?** 
+The webmail service of IITB is available at <https://webmail-sso.iitb.ac.in> and <https://webmail.iitb.ac.in>. However, it is not a legal email address. The correct email address of your friend is username[at]iitb.ac.in. 
+**Q. How do I setup pine to read my webmail mails ?** 
+To set up pine to use central MAILBOXes at imap.iitb.ac.in as your mail repository do the following : 
+  1. Go to setup->configure   2. set smtp server as **smtp-auth.iitb.ac.in/tls/user=xxx (xxx is your LDAP id)**   3. **inbox-path: {imap.iitb.ac.in/ssl/novalidate-cert}**   4. now exit setup.   5. Now you should be able to access the Webmail mailboxes, make folders on webmail IMAP server etc. 
+If you are using Webmail mailboxes from any computer, all the outgoing emails would have the ID as yourloginname[at]iitb.ac.in. For example, if you set the pine at venus.che.iitb.ac.in to check your mails at webmail and you have login-name 'hemantrm' on venus.che but the login-name 'hemant' at Webmail, then all the mails would go as hemantrm[at]iitb.ac.in. 
+To change this do the following:-pine -> Setup -> Config -> Customized headers (it's somewhere at the end). 
+There, press enter and write the following - 
+From: your-username-at-webmail[at]iitb.ac.in 
+and save and exit pine. Now all the mails would go as hemant[at]iitb.ac.in even if I have login-name hemantrm at the server from where the pine is configured to check mails at Webmail. 
+**Q. How much is the allotted mail storage quota?** 
+The server space that has been allotted as of now is as follows:-   Students - 1000MB. 
+**Q. How do I configure outlook express, eudora, kmail or evolution mail for my MAILBOX on centralized EMAIL servers ?** 
+These EMAIL AGENTs require two key configurations: 
+(a) Access to mails received: The mails received for you are located on the centralized IMAP server of IIT Bombay named **imap.iitb.ac.in**. 
+(b) Server which will accept your outgoing mails: Use **smtp- auth.iitb.ac.in**. Please enable AUTHENTICATION and TLS. You would require LDAP id and password to send mail via this server. For more information click [here](/page/configurewebmail). 
+**Q. Why do I receive warning mails regarding virus mails in the attachments from mail server even if I have not sent that mail?** 
+It is very easy to fake 'From' address in an email. If the mail server finds any infected attachement in the mail, it sends the warning to the 'From' address. In many cases the infected machine which is sending such fake mails might use your mail address in the 'From' field. Hence YOU will get a warning from the mail server regarding the infected mail. 
+#####  FAQs Spam Mail  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**Q. What is SPAM?** 
+Spam is a type of email. Spam usually takes the form of advertising or promotional material that arrives in your emailbox without you having requested it. 
+**Q. What can you do if you receive SPAM?** 
+You can filter the SPAM mail to a seperate folder based on the subject header. You can also choose to delete the mail with the subject 'SPAM' in it. However, sometimes a 'good' mail also gets marked as SPAM. So it may be a good idea to filter it in a seperate folder and then delete it selectively. 
+**Q. How to filter SPAM mails?** 
+The program that you use to read your mail is known as a mail user agent (MUA). There are options available with all the MUA's (ex:- pine, mutt) to set filters. You need to use these options to set up filter which will filter the mail based on the 'subject' in the email. The SPAM mails will have the word SPAM in the subject. If you are using Pine to read your mail the procedure is specified in the next answer. 
+Q. How to filter SPAM mails with Pine. In Pine go to setup. Then press R for Rules, It will ask a question "Type of rule setup :" Choose F for Filters. Then press A to add the rule. Go to subject pattern. Press A to add the value. Set Subject pattern to SPAM. Then go to Filter Action and specify the folder name where you want the SPAM mail to go. Then press E to exit setup. Press Y to commit changes. 
+Q. How to filter SPAM mails under Webmail ? The steps to filter SPAM into a separate folder are :   Log into Webmail. Create a separate folder. (For sake of illustration, let us call it SPAMfolder.) Click on the link "Options".Once you are in the Options page, choose "Message Filters".Inside the Message Filters menu, one can create a new filter withspecifications as below:     1. Match on "Subject"   2. Choose Subject Line to contain *****SPAM****   3. Choose a folder where the SPAM will be moved (i.e. "Move to folder")   4. Save the filter just created. After this, all SPAM will go into the selected "SPAMfolder". SPAM mails will be auto-deleted if Trash is chosen as the "Move To" folder (i.e. Trash instead of SPAMfolder). 
+The ownCloud file hosting facility The ownCloud server is up and running for users. ownCloud is a free and open source software. The Bighome facility is made accessible through the browser. ownCloud is similar to Dropbox in essence, users can now back up files on their Bighome storage space itself. Maximum 2Gb of cloud storage is available per user. Synchronization applications are also available. For managing your ownCloud account, setting up synchronisation and using the Android app for the same. Click [Here](/page/bighometutorials) 
+
+Netmon Configuration of Netmon proxy can be found [here](/page/configurenetmonproxy) 
+Netmon FAQ's   
+Q. What is Netmon IP Blocking? To protect our netmon proxy from bombarding from various portions of our network, we have implemented a scheme in which the IP address remains blocked for 2 hours, once found bombarding netmon proxy. After end of 2 hours, if it is still found bombarding, then it is again blocked for 2 hours and this continues recursively. 
+Q. Is my IP blocked at the Router? First you need to find out whether your IP is blocked at the router or there is some local problem. If you can ping other computers in your hostel but you cannot ping/telnet/ssh to your department server or other machine outside your router then your machine IP is blocked at the router. Else there is some local problem. 
+Q. What can I do if my IP is blocked at the router? Contact your hostel sysad/comp secy to solve the problem. This may be due to no mac entry of your lan card in router or some physical cable/jack problem. If you temprorarily need to access department, you can use your hostel computer room. If it is not resolved you can also take assistance from CC by lodging a complaint using [complaint form](https://help-cc.iitb.ac.in) 
+Q. Is my IP blocked at Netmon? Check if other local services such as DNS, Webmail, internal WEB ACCESS, etc are working fine, but Internet is not working. If you are getting authentication window for Netmon proxy server and still not able to access internet then you must have forgotten your password on Netmon proxy server. You are requested to contact sysad/compi secy and get your password reset. If you are not getting prompt for authentication, please check your proxy settings in the browser properly. If they are also correct then check whether your IP is really listed in blocked IP's [here](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/cgi- bin/blockip.cgi) 
+Q. What can be a cause for my IP getting blocked? There can be several reasons for IP getting blocked.Your computer must be bombarding netmon with invalid requests. This is usually due to ad-wares or may be due to some software trying to update itself without proper proxy settings. This can also be due to virus infected computer.You can also install a personal firewall which will keep track of all incoming and outgoing requests. Most popular of which is ZoneAlarm.People have to fix their problems *on their own*. Just trace out and resolve it as soon as possible. Unblocking automatically happens only after 2 hours of blocking period, but as said earlier, if it is still found bombarding then it is again blocked for 2 hours and this continues recursively. 

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+LCH_Classroom_Location
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+Sr. No.	Class Room	Room Capacity	Venue	Floor	
+1	LA001	350	Lecture Hall Complex, L3 Building, Between HSS & Chemical Engg. Dept. along Corridor	Ground Floor	
+2	LA002	350		Ground Floor	
+3	LA201	350		Second Floor	
+4	LA202	350		Second Floor	
+5	IC1	140	SOM IRCC Building	Ground Floor	
+6	IC2	140		First Floor	
+7	IC3	140		Second Floor	
+8	IC4	140		Second Floor	
+9	LC001	150	Lecture Hall Complex, L1 Building, Opp. KReSIT Bldg., Between Physics & MEMS Dept.	Ground Floor	
+10	LC002	150		Ground Floor	
+11	LC101	150		First Floor	
+12	LC102	150		First Floor	
+13	LC201	150		Second Floor	
+14	LC202	150		Second Floor	
+15	LC301	150		Third Floor	
+16	LC302	150		Third Floor	
+17	LH101	240	Lecture Hall Complex, L2 Building, Between Physics & MEMS Dept. along Corridor	First Floor	
+18	LH102	240		First Floor	
+19	LH301	240		Third Floor	
+20	LH302	240		Third Floor	
+21	LT001	50	Lecture Hall Complex, L1 Building, Opp. KReSIT Bldg., Between Physics & MEMS Dept.	Ground Floor	
+22	LT002	50		Ground Floor	
+23	LT003	50		Ground Floor	
+24	LT004	50		Ground Floor	
+25	LT005	50		Ground Floor	
+26	LT006	50		Ground Floor	
+27	LT101	50		First Floor	
+28	LT102	50		First Floor	
+29	LT103	50		First Floor	
+30	LT104	50		First Floor	
+31	LT105	50		First Floor	
+32	LT106	50		First Floor	
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+33	LT201	50	Lecture Hall Complex, L1 Building, Opp. KReSIT Bldg., Between Physics & MEMS Dept.	Second Floor	
+34	LT202	50		Second Floor	
+35	LT203	50		Second Floor	
+36	LT204	50		Second Floor	
+37	LT205	50		Second Floor	
+38	LT206	50		Second Floor	
+39	LT301	50		Third Floor	
+40	LT302	50		Third Floor	
+41	LT303	50		Third Floor	
+42	LT304	50		Third Floor	
+43	LT305	50		Third Floor	
+44	LT306	50		Third Floor	
+45	CC 101	80	New Computer Centre Building next to KreSIT	First Floor	
+46	CC 103	160			
+47	CC 105	80			
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+Process for Minor Pre-Registration
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+As per 2.5.1 section of UG Rule Book, allocation of Minor courses is based on CPI, subject to course pre-requisites and seat availability. Students must pre-register for minor courses and give their preferences for the various courses being offered in a given semester.
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+The details about pre-registration process for Minor courses are as follows:
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+- Students after logging into ASC, can view the list of available Minor courses.
+- Student can give preferences for multiple courses and must select the courses that they are interested in. Courses where pre-requisites are not met, will not be allowed for selection and an appropriate message will be shown for the same. On submission of preferences, an auto email confirmation will be sent to the students.
+- All allocations will be done, based on CPI. Therefore, students with higher CPI will get preference.
+- When a student is allotted a course either during pre-registration or later during the regular registration, he/she will be removed from all queues for lower priority courses.
+- After allocation is done on the basis of CPI and seat availability, selected students will be registered for the respective courses. If seats for a course are full, a waitlist of students who have pre-registered for the course is maintained, in decreasing order of CPI.
+- For the courses with a waitlist, if a student drops the allotted Minor course then the first student who is in queue will be registered
+- Registration for courses (including Minor) will be strictly based on permissible course registration load as per categories defined in UG rulebook. A minor course will not be allotted to a student if at that point, on allocation of the Minor course, the total credits registered by the student exceed the permissible limit. The seat will be alloted to the first student who has not exceeded the permissible credit limit. It is the student's responsibility to make sure that the cap on the total credits is not exceeded during Minor course allocation.
+- NO FIRST COME FIRST SERVE queue will be maintained unlike previous years.
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+Named Scholarships
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+Named Scholarships­ Office of the Dean Alumni & Corporate Relations manages the Named scholarship endowed by the alumni of the Institute and other wellwishers. These Scholarships are awarded based on the following eligibility criteria :­
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+Merit Criterion: For new entrants of B.Tech., Dual Degee (B.Tech. + M.Tech.), B.S. their JEE AIR and for B.Des. their UCEED Rank, will be the criterion. In subsequent years, the criterion will be their academic performance during the preceding academic year.
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+Means Criterion: The parental income is the basis for the ‘means' criterion of the scholarship. At present students whose parents annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/ , are eligible to apply for Merit­cum­Means Scholarship. When a student applies for the scholarship, copy of Income Certificate issued by the Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar or the Income Tax Return (ITR) of parents for preceding year is required to be submitted with application for the scholarship every year.
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+The benefits are available for the standard duration of the program on registration and satisfactory performance.
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+SBI SCHOLAR LOAN SANCTION PROCESS 2021-22 UNDER PANDEMIC SITUATION
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+1. BOTH THE APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE SAVINGS ACCOUNT (SINGLE OR JOINT) IN SBI. ACCOUNT CAN BE OPENED THROUGH YONO APP OR BY VISITING NEARBY SBI BRANCH. NO NEED FOR FRESH ACCOUNT IF THE APPLICANTS HAVE AN EXISTING SBI ACCOUNT.
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+2. DOWNLOAD AND PRINT SBI SCHOLAR LOAN APPLICATION AND CHECKLIST FROM THE WEBSITE AND PREPARE ALL DOCUMENTS AT YOUR END.
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+3. SEND A SCANNED COPY OF COMPLETELY FILLED APPLICATION AND DOCUMENTS ON OUR BRANCH EMAIL ID: sbi.01109@sbi.co.in
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+4. SBI IIT BRANCH WILL SANCTION THE LOAN AND DESPATCH THE SET OF LOAN DOCUMENTS TO NEARBY SBI BRANCH/ BRANCH OF YOUR CHOICE. A REFERENCE NUMBER (LOS ID) WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOUR NEARBY SBI BRANCH.
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+5. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO VISIT YOUR DESIGNATED SBI BRANCH AND SUBMIT COMPLETELY FILLED APPLICATION ALONG WITH REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
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+6. COMPLETE THE FORMALITIES REGARDING SIGNING OF LOAN DOCUMENTS AT NEARBY BRANCH.
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+7. BRANCH WILL CONDUCT VERIFICATION SURVEY OF THE APPLICANTS.
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+8. SBI BRANCH WILL DESPATCH LOAN DOCUMENTS TO SBI IIT POWAI BRANCH
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+9. LOAN ACCOUNT TO BE OPENED AT SBI IIT BRANCH
+10. FEE TO BE DISBURSED DIRECTLY TO IIT
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+11. REIMBURSEMENT OF FIRST SEMESTER FEES: IN CASE A STUDENT HAS ALREADY PAID FIRST SEM FEE TO IIT, FEE CAN BE REIMBURSED TO THE STUDENT IN HIS SBI SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF PAYMENT.
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+CHECKLIST
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+ Mark sheet of 10th, 12th , Graduation (if applicable), Entrance Exam result  Proof of admission to course [ Offer Letter/ Admission Letter/ ID card if available]  Schedule of expenses for course  Copies of letter conferring scholarship, free-ship, etc.  Gap certificate, if applicable  Passport size photographs of Student / Parent / Co-borrower / Guarantor (2 copies each)  Asset-Liability Statement of Co-applicant / Guarantor
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+ Latest Salary Slip & Form 16 (For Salaried Persons)  ITAO / IT Returns for last 2 years ( if IT Payee) duly accepted by ITO  Bank Account Statement for the last six months of Parent / Guardian/ Guarantor  Permanent Account Number (PAN) of Student / Parent / Co-borrower / Guarantor  Submission of OVD (Aadhar card)
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+Remission of fees
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+Remission of fees will be granted to eligible students of B.Tech, Dual Degee (B.Tech + M.Tech), B.S. and B.Des from 2016 Batch onwards.
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+The students whose Gross Income of parents for the previous Financial year is not more than Rs. 5,00,000/­ per annum (without any standard deduction) are eligible to apply for Remission of fees.
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+The economically backward students are eligible for remission of tuition fee as follows. i) Those with a parental income less than Rs. 1 Lakh per annum shall get full remission of the tuition fees ii) Those with a parental income between Rs.1 Lakh and Rs. 5 Lakhs per annum shall get remission of 2/3rd of the tuition fees.
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+I.I.T. POWAI BRANCH, MUMBAI
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+Dear Student,
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+We on behalf of STATE BANK OF INDIA congratulate you on having secured admission in this esteemed and prestigious institute IIT, Bombay and wishes you a BRIGHT PROSPEROUS career ahead.
+
+We are located inside of the institute and keenly look forward to take care of all your banking needs under one roof during your stay here at IIT Mumbai. We offer an exclusive product “SBI Scholar Loan” for IIT students seeking loan assistance.
+
+SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PRODUCT		
+Security & Margin	No collateral security and NIL Margin/Own Source	
+Interest Rate	6.65	
+Processing fees	NIL	
+Extra Expenses Covered	Extra 25% of Loan amount upto Max. 3.00 Lakhs (for other course expenses including Foreign Exchange Programme.)	
+Repayment terms	No EMI during moratorium period (ie. course period + 12mths) Repayment tenure up to 15 years excluding moratorium period.	
+Income Tax rebate	Income tax rebate for co-borrower (parents) on interest paid	
+Interest subsidy	*During course period if family income is less than Rs.4.50 lakhs p.a. *Maximum Loan Amount Rs.7.50 Lakhs in such case.	
+Reimbursement	Reimbursement of semester fees already paid (1st Sem.only).	
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+DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR “SBI SCHOLAR LOAN” (all self-attested only)
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+1. Application form with 3 photographs - Student & Parent
+2. PAN Card & AADHAR Card : For student and parents
+3. Proof of permanent residence: Passport/Electricity bill/Tel. Bill/Bank Stmt.(Certfd.)
+4. Letter of admission (Offer Letter + Seat Confirmation + Entrance test Score card)
+5. Copy of Passing Certificate + Mark sheets for all qualified Examinations till date.
+6. Income proof of parent: (as below)
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+Salaried	Businessmen / Self employed	Retd./Others	
+Employee ID	 Valid License + Address proof  Crt. of Qualification(professional)	PPO & Pension Slips (for Pensioner)	
+3 months latest salary slips	2yrs.ITR acknowledged by IT dept., GOI.	2yrs.ITR acknowledged IT dept., GOI. (if aplcbl.)	
+2 yrs. Form 16 or 2 yrs. ITR ackwgd. by IT dept., GOI.	TDS Certificate (Form 16A, if applicable)	Income Certificate from apt. Govt. authority.	
+6 months Sal. Bank a/c. stmt.	6 months Bank A/c. Statement	6 months Bank A/c. Stmt.	
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+7. Original Sem. Fees paid Receipt with IITB. ID and Mess fee paid receipt with Letter from Warden (Bonafide)
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+Please feel free to connect with us for any assistance on following official contacts: With Regards & Best wishes!
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+Shri. Vijay Varu: 8879592246	Email:sbi.01109@sbi.co.in	
+WHATSAPP NO: 7013570910	Shri. Kaleem Baig : 7013570910	
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+Shri. Babishan Sharma
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+(Mob. 9086006111)
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+BRANCH MANAGER 022–25720204/0912 Email: sbi.01109@sbi.co.in
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+Scholarship Calendar for UG scholarship (including M.Sc.) for the Academic year 2022­23
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+Applicable from programmes and batches*­ B.Tech, B.Des., B.S., Dual Degree (B.Tech+M.Tech), IDDDP from 2019 Batch onwards, B.S.+M.Sc. (2018 Batch onwards) and M.Sc. from 2021 Batch onwards
+
+Sr. No Parameter Date			
+For Academic Year 2022­23 (Autumn & Spring)			
+1	Issuance of office memorandum for scholarship	21 st July 2022 (Thursday) During Orientation	
+2	Opening of Scholarship portal	16 th August 2022 (Tuesday)i.e.3 rd Monday of August (Next working day in case of holiday)	
+3	Closing of Scholarship portal	29 th September 2022 (Thursday) midnighti.e. 45 days including the date of opening of the portal.	
+4	Scrutinization	By November 1 st weeki.e. by 4­5 weeks after date of closing of Scholarship portal.	
+5	Scholarship committee meeting	Any day during 11 th November 2022 (Friday) to 21 st November 2022 (Monday)i.e. During end­semester week.	
+For Spring Semester 2022­23			
+6	Issuance of office memorandum for scholarship & opening of portal	26 th December 2022 (Monday) i.e. 1st Day of Registration	
+7	Closing of Scholarship portal	24 th January 2023 (Tuesday) midnight i.e. 30 days after opening of portal.	
+8	Scrutinization	By 4 th Week of February 2023i.e. 4­5 weeks after date of closing of Scholarship portal	
+9	Scholarship committee meeting	Any day during 15 th April 2023 (Saturday) to 25 th April 2023 (Tuesday)During end­semester week.	
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+Scholarship Calendar for UG new entrants for the Academic year 2021-22
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+Applicable for programmes -B.Tech, B.Des., B.S., Dual Degree (B.Tech+M.Tech)
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+Sr. No	Parameter	Date	
+For Academic Year 2021-22 (Autumn & Spring)			
+1	Issuance of office memorandum for scholarship	24 th November 2021 (Wednesday)During Orientation	
+2	Opening of Scholarship portal	20 th December 2021 (Monday)i.e.3 rd Monday of December	
+3	Closing of Scholarship portal	2 nd February 2022 (Wednesday) midnighti.e. 45 days including the date of opening of the portal.	
+4	Scrutinization	March 1 st weeki.e. by 4-5 weeks after date of closing of Scholarship portal.	
+5	Scholarship committee meeting	Any day during 7th March 2022 (Monday) to 12th March 2022 (Saturday)i.e. During end-semester week.	
+For Spring Semester 2021-22			
+6	Issuance of office memorandum for scholarship & opening of portal	17th March 2022 (Thursday) i.e. 1st Day of Registration	
+7	Closing of Scholarship portal	15th April (Friday) midnighti.e. 30 days after opening of portal.	
+8	Scrutinization	By 16th May 2022i.e. 4-5 weeks after date of closing of Scholarship portal	
+9	Scholarship committee meeting	Any day during 27th June 2022 (Monday) to 3rd July 2022 (Sunday)During end-semester week.	
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+A comprehensive guide to the courses at IIT-B
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+COURSE
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+INFORMATION BOOKLET
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+2022-23
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+INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY
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+CONTENTS
+1 REGISTRATION - 6
+  1.1 COURSE ADJUSTMENT - 6
+  1.2 DROPPING OF COURSES - 6
+  1.3 SEMESTER WISE REGISTRATION - 6
+2 CATEGORY OF COURSES - 8
+  2.1 CORE COURSES - 8
+  2.2 MINOR COURSES - 8
+  2.3 HONOR COURSES - 9
+  2.4 ELECTIVES - 10
+  2.5 ADDITIONAL LEARNING COURSES - 11
+  2.6 AUDIT COURSES - 11
+  2.7 SIT THROUGH - 12
+  2.8 SUPERVISED LEARNING PROJECT (SLP) - 12
+  2.9 IR LANGUAGE COURSES - 12
+14
+3 WHY SHOULD ONE TAKE UP A MINOR
+18
+4 WHY SHOULD ONE TAKE UP HONORS
+19
+5 TAGGING RULES
+22
+6 PREVIOUS YEAR MINOR CUTOFFS
+22
+6.1 2021-22 AUTUMN SEMESTER CUTOFFS
+23
+6.2 2021-22 SPRING SEMESTER CUTOFFS
+25
+7 REVIEWS: RESOBIN
+27
+8 IR LANGUAGE REVIEWS
+  8.1 JAPANESE - 27
+  8.2 GERMAN - 29
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+9 EQUIVALENT COURSES FOR CLEARING BACKLOG
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+DISCLAIMER
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+The information written in the booklet is only a guideline to the students to help them with their choices in the courses they make and also in the various important features of the Institute academic system. It may happen that the actual details of courses or rules mentioned in the booklet may face an amendment during the course of time. Please confirm the rules/details from relevant authorities before making any decisions. The Undergraduate Academic Council members can be contacted for this purpose (details shared on the last page of the booklet). You may also refer to the Undergraduate Rule book.
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+PREFACE
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+Dear Students, As a vertical of UGAC, it is our duty to bring you the right kind of resources and provide you with an intricately researched array of both old and new curricula that prevail in the institute. The Course Information Booklet, a product of the same ideology, shall open doors in the field of academics and help you make a choice beyond your core curriculum. This booklet includes information about various courses, like minors, electives, etc, that you can choose from, after the first year. We believe that since learning is a vital part of our lives as students, it is imperative that you opt for courses that will make the entire process of learning more affable. This booklet, therefore, strives to give you the information and exposure that you need to decide on taking any particular course. In today’s world of cutting-edge competition, where no single expertise is enough, we believe that this booklet is a complete guide to unearthing the interdisciplinary field and following a passion you couldn’t otherwise. We are open to suggestions and ideas from your side to improve this booklet. Hope you have a nice time reading it! Prapti Sao Institute Secretary of Academic Affairs Head – Student Support Services (2022-2023)
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+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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+We would like to thank Adit Akarsh, Ali Asgar Saifee, Aneesh Milind Bapat, Aryan Gupta, Bhavya Jain, Immanuel Williams, Jai Joabanputra, Khushi Gosalia, Prakriti Shetty, Puja Maitra, Rahul Shanbhag, Rwitaban Goswami, Sanjay Kareer, Shashank Inamdar, Siddhant Kolke, Tanul Gupta, Tanyut Sharma, Unnatee Pawar and Vatsal for writing the minor reviews. We are grateful to Abu Zubair, Aditya Iyengar, Ananya Burli, Aryaman Maithani, Aryan Gupta, Himansh Rathore, M Vishnu Sarkar, Mihir Vahanwala, Priyanka Beta and Suraj Sarvesha Samaga for writing the honors reviews. We express our gratitude to Aarushi Chaudhary, Aastha Kapoor, Bhuvan Agarwal and Tanirika Roy for giving their reviews on the HSS Electives. We would also like to mention Advaith Suresh, Divyashree Tambade, Namra Shah, Shivangi Sharma and Shreedhar Malpani for their contribution to Unconventional Course Reviews. We are pleased to have Sakshi Priya and Darade Vaibhav Vinayakrao sharing their valuable reviews on IR Languages. We would like to thank DevCom IITB for their immense support in shaping up ResoBin in its current form, In addition to this, we thank the UGAC Design team for bringing up this booklet in this amazing form. We would like to express our gratitude to all the department officials for their suggestions, efforts, and assistance. We also apologize to those in case we forgot to mention their name. Lastly, we are indebted to all the readers of this booklet for their constant support and motivation. Any suggestions for the further improvement of this booklet are always welcome!
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+CONTRIBUTORS
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+UG ACADEMIC COUNCIL 2022-23
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+ISAA, Student Support Services Prapti Sao
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+SSS Coordinators: Akshat Singh Shravya Suresh
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+Ashwin Abraham Tushaar Jhamtani
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+1. REGISTRATION
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+IIT Bombay follows a specialized credit-based semester system, therefore registration at the beginning of each semester is mandatory for you till you complete your program (lookout for the dates in the Academic Calendar). Without registration, any academic activity (course/seminar/project, etc.) that you undergo will not be counted towards the requirements of your degree.
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+1.1. COURSE ADJUSTMENT
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+A student has the freedom of deletion/addition of one or more courses (after discussing and taking permission from the Fac-Ad) provided the total credits do not exceed the overload rule (discussed in Section 3) or fall below 18 credits by such adjustments. The last date for doing so is about 1 week after the commencement of the semester.
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+1.2. DROPPING OF COURSES
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+If a student finds their academic load too heavy, even after the date for course adjustment has passed, they may drop some courses out of the registered ones provided the minimum credit limit (18 credits) hold, after taking permission from the Fac-Ad. The last date for doing so is generally 20-30 days after the end of the mid-semester examination and is set in the academic calendar. Such dropping of courses results in a W grade in the transcript for that particular course.
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+1.3. SEMESTER WISE REGISTRATION
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+You can register for the courses you intend to take during a given semester on the basis of the program for your discipline as given in your curriculum and as per the advice given by your Faculty Advisor (Fac-Ad). The Faculty Adviser is expected to discuss with the student their academic performance during the previous semester and decide the number and nature of the courses for which they can register during the semester within the framework of the guidelines as
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+approved by the Institute. You can check a particular semester’s curriculum on ASC. Follow the path: Academic --> All about courses --> Curriculum.
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+Kindly note: From the third semester onwards, registration is dependent on
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+The registration process (which is online) involves filling up an Online Course Registration Form (CRF) stating the courses and project/seminar etc, that the student proposes to complete during that semester as per the prescribed curriculum. All students having outstanding dues to the institute or a hostel shall not be permitted to register online.
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+You can find a detailed guide on ASC and the registeration process in the ASC Video Series.
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+2. CATEGORY OF COURSES
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+2.1. CORE COURSES
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+Core courses are those courses which you have to do compulsorily for obtaining your degree. These courses count towards your final degree in all respects and count in your CPI (Cumulative Performance Index). These courses are NOT optional and have to be completed within the stipulated duration of your coursework (4 or 5 years). They give you a lot of exposure to your own departmental subjects and research; They also have an elective component, details regarding which are explained in the section on electives.
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+2.2. MINOR COURSES
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+A Minor is an additional credential a student will earn if they do minimum 30 credits worth of additional learning in a discipline other than their major discipline. Many academic units in the Institute offer minors in their disciplines and prescribe a specific set of courses and/ or other activities like projects for earning a minor in that discipline. Note that courses equivalent in content to any of these specified courses from the same department can be taken as a minor course with the approval of the concerned HOD. After the completion of credits under the stipulated time period, a minor degree is awarded to the student. It is mentioned in the Degree Certificate "Bachelor of Technology in xxx with Minor in yyy.” The fact will also be reflected in the transcript, along with the list of courses taken.
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+Minor courses are allocated to students only through a pre-registration process before the start of every semester and the allocation for every minor course is done on the basis of the CPI of the student as the seats are limited in every minor course. You can opt for as many courses of your choice during the process of pre-registration (in particular preference order). You will be allotted the minor course based on your CPI and preference order after the pre-registration window closes. The waitlist that is maintained for the minor courses (for students who have missed out on the course of their choice) is also sorted on the basis of the CPI of the students, such that if any student who has got the minor
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+course drops it during the process of registration, the next student in the
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+Note - The only way to get a minor is through the pre-registration window. It would not be possible to register for a minor on the main registration window.
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+Please refer to the UG Rulebook to check the eligibility criteria to register for
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+The pre-registration process for minors is explained in this video.
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+2.3. HONOR COURSES
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+Honor is an additional credential a student will earn if they opt for the extra 24 credits (in some cases, 30) needed for this in their own discipline. The concerned department specifies the course requirements for earning the honors. An honor is like a specialization in your own discipline.
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+Honor courses are either advanced-level courses in your discipline or are courses designed to give you more exposure to different areas of your discipline.
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+This will be mentioned in the Degree Certificate as “Bachelor of Technology in xxx, with honors” on the successful accumulation of credits at the end of the program. The fact will also be reflected in the transcript, along with the list of courses, etc., taken.
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+Dual Degree students have to do the honors courses by default. They are considered as their core courses. honor courses do not count in your CPI other than for dual degree students.
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+Please refer to the UG Rulebook to check the eligibility criteria to register for honor courses.
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+2.4. ELECTIVES
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+Every program (B.Tech/Dual degree/BS) in IIT Bombay will have its own curriculum defined, which will define your core courses and the total credit requirement for the award degree. According to your curriculum, your course completion may require doing courses of your own choice, wish and interest from:
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+Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences
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+All undergraduates are required to do a Humanities elective from the HSS
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+A department other than yours - Institute Elective As per your curriculum, you may be required to choose a few courses (number varying across programs) from a foreign department. Generally, you are free to choose any course out of your department as Institute electives. Departmental-based restrictions may be there for a few courses. Note: 1xx courses are generally not allowed to be taken as institute electives (except for some departments).
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+Based on the academic standing of a student, there is an upper cap on the number of credits they can take. You can find details about academic standing in the UG Rulebook. Apart from core courses, a student can take some extra courses. Additional learning courses (ALCs) can be credited or audited. These ALC courses don’t constitute the core CPI/SPI of a student. The tag of such a course can be changed during the retagging period, which is explained later.
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+Audit courses refer to the courses for which there are no credits; you want to
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+Registrations for such courses are done along with the main registrations, with prior permission from the instructor. Only students belonging to categories I and II are permitted to ‘Audit’ a course during regular semesters and summer terms, and on can audit a maximum of two courses during their entire program.
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+If completed, the course will be mentioned in the transcript as an ‘Audit.’ The instructor will award the ‘AU’ grade if the attendance is satisfactory and additional requirements as set out by the instructor are met. If the attendance and performance are not satisfactory, the instructor will NOT award any grade, and the student would be deregistered from the course. The “AU” grade doesn’t carry any grade point and is not included in the SPI/CPI calculations.
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+There may be a case where you are really interested in a particular course but are unable to register for the same due to some constraints (generally happens with popular minor courses). However, you may be willing to sit in that course just for knowledge, without any privilege for credits or mention in the transcript. In that case, you can ask the faculty in charge’s for permission to 'sit through' that course.
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+2.8. SUPERVISED LEARNING PROJECT (SLP)
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+Supervised Learning Project (SLP), also known as RnD in some departments, is a project-based course - generally for 6 credits, where a student can work for one entire semester on a project under a professor. It is not always necessary to do a project under a professor in your department. The professor you choose can be from a different department, but it is subject to rules and conditions laid down by your department.
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+International Relations (IR) language courses are the courses that are offered for the benefit of students as well as staff of IIT Bombay. These courses are offered in many languages such as Japanese, French, Italian and German.
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+You can contact the Institute Secretary International Relations (ISIR - UG) for more details about the IR language courses.
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+Type of Course	Description	Effect on CPI	
+Minors	30 credits worth of additional learning in a discipline other than your own major.	Don't count towards CPI	
+Honors Electives	30 credits worth of additional learning in a discipline other than your own major.	Don't count towards CPI	
+Institute Electives	Extra courses taken in any department other than your own given you fulfil the prerequisites.	Count towards your CPI	
+HSS Electives	HS3xx courses, Humanities and Social Sciences department.	Count towards your CPI	
+Department Electives	Additional courses in your own department.	Count towards your CPI	
+Additional Learning Courses (ALCs)	Any extra course, in any department, by your choice, taken up for extra learning.	Don’t count towards CPI	
+Audit Courses	Wanting just an exposure to a course - without obtaining a good grade - maximum of 2 audit courses in the entire period of study.	Don’t count towards CPI	
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+Minor courses allow you to officially explore a department other than yours while at the same time getting credit for it. It adds value to your major degree and can be a gateway to get opportunities in the field you have completed your minor in. Your minor degree can give you sufficient knowledge to enable you to take part in interdisciplinary research and even pursue your higher studies in such fields. Though a minor degree can be pursued simply out of genuine and deep interest in a particular department without any specific end goal in view, for the general majority, you should select it in such a way that it either suits your major degree in a research-oriented interdisciplinary manner or in a generic way to any engineer or scientist.
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+Before you select a minor, try to find what you are truly interested in. It is surely not easy for everyone to be crystal clear about this, but even a vague idea will help you enjoy the minor courses and truly enrich the experience. You can always sample courses from various departments to find this interest, but you lose the benefit of a minor degree in doing so.
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+You can select any minor course from any department, but to draw the complete benefit out of it, you should look for overlap between them and your discipline so that it supplements your learning. You should also look at how all the minor courses fit in with each other for a more holistic approach; some departments draw up a suggested schedule of when each minor course must be taken to reap the full benefits out of the curriculum. Minor courses don’t count in your CPI, so you should select a minor based on your interest.
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+Listed next is a suggested set of minor programs which may suit each branch. This matching is done by looking at how much overlap each discipline has with respect to other fields so that the minor programs can support the interdisciplinary learning of each student, depending on their career plans. Use it only as a guide and not a binding set of rules; don’t let it dissuade you from pursuing what interests you.
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+Minor Programme Aerospace Engineering
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+Biosciences and Bioengineering
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+Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)
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+Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (C-MInDS)
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+Suitable Branches Electrical, Mechanical
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+Chemistry, Engineering Physics, Chemical, Electrical, Metallurgical Engineering and Material Sciences, Energy
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+Engineering Physics, MEMS, Electrical, Chemical, Energy
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+Suitable Branches Engineering Physics, Chemistry, Chemical, Mechanical, MEMS, Energy, Aerospace, CSE Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace Entrepreneurship Suits all! Environmental Sciences and Engineering Humanities and Social Sciences Industrial Design Centre
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+Suits all! Suits all! IEOR Suits all!
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+Koita Centre for Digital Health (KCDH)
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+Mathematics Suits all! Mechanical Engineering Civil,Electrical,Aerospace Management Suits all! Chemistry, Chemical, Electrical, Physics Mechanical, MEMS
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+Honor courses are either advanced-level courses in your department or are courses designed to give you more exposure to different areas in your department. They help you get deeper knowledge in your department to prepare you for higher studies or to take a job in a particular specialized area so that you can compete with, say, an M.Tech who has specialized in the same area. You are likely to develop strong subject skills by completing an honor successfully and sincerely. Undergraduate classes introduce you to a wide breadth of topics and challenges, and an Honors project enables you to explore one in much greater depth. Honors research topics are varied and negotiable – if you are really interested in a topic and want to learn more about it, you’ll be encouraged and supported. From a potential employer’s perspective, whatever your department, it appears laudable to have demonstrated the ability to achieve a complex and demanding goal and have in-depth knowledge in your department. Honor courses also help you if you want to pursue further studies or research in the future. Honors provide you with a deeper understanding and chance to explore sub-domains and make an informed choice about the topic of future exploration. Also, since you have more dedicated knowledge in your specialization, there are higher chances that your profile will get noticed by universities for their MS/Ph.D. programs. To complete the honor, 24 credits must be completed by tagging courses in your department as honor electives. They don’t count in your CPI; a separate honors CPI is maintained. This means that taking some honor courses but not being able to complete the entire 24 credits does not harm you in any way; it, in any case, enables you to delve further into your department.
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+Every course you do in the institute falls under one of the categories of courses as described in section 1. Tags are given to courses to classify them. The tags of electives can be changed as per the rules that follow.
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+This facility allows students to do additional courses and finally make select courses count towards 'Core CPI' (the CPI of prescribed curriculum credits)
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+Re-tagging will be available to students ONLY TWICE in their entire program duration, the first time before placements (Second Last Semester Starting) and second time post curriculum completion (Last Semester).
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+The courses that have been re-tagged during the opportunity given during the previous window will be debarred from the re-tagging process.
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+NOTE: From the year 2017 onwards, the tagging window for DD (Category I) Students will also be the same as the re-tagging window of their B.Tech counterparts (those who are graduating). For them (Category I DD students), the second window for re-tagging will be made available at the time of graduation. This has been done to ensure a fair process of selection for the institute medals.
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+1. Core Course - C
+2. Department Elective - D
+3. Institute Elective - I
+4. Minor Course - M
+5. Additional Learning Courses - T
+6. Honors course - O
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+An approved change of tag will result in fresh calculation of SPI/ CPI from the semester. The tag change has been made effective due to the fact that additional learning course(s) do NOT constitute the core SPI/ CPI of a student.
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+Following is a table specifying the current rules about the changing of tags from one to another and the restrictions put on the same:
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+NOTE: For any special requests i.e. a change, which cannot be implemented on the tagging interface, the student has to get approval from the HOD of the concerned department (other department in case of minors).
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+NOTE: These cutoffs have been calculated with the resources available to us. We duly apologize in case of any discrepancy.
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+6.1. 2021-22 AUTUMN SEMESTER CUTOFFS
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+Course code Min. CPI Course code Min. CPI
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+AE 153 6.23 ES 401 7.22 AE 223 2.22 GNR401 6.75 AE 225 6.73 GNR405 7.56 AE 227 3.05 GNR409 7.31 AE 308 7.71 HS 490 5.79 AE 333 4.63 IE 501 8.37 AE 407 4.93 IE 503 7.83 AE 410 6.95 IE 609 7.27 BB 413 5.75 IE 621 7.37 BB 415 5.25 MA 403 8.28 BB 600 5.81 MA 419 7.6 BB 603 6.53 ME 201 3.57 BB 607 7.53 ME 219 4.21 BB 627 8.51 MG 401 8.01 CL 203 4.41 MG 403 8.23 CS 218 7.21 MM 201 7.61 CS 224 7.47 MM 209 5.70 CS 228 7.09 PH 251 5.32 CS 310 6.09 PH 253 7.72 DE 403 6.95 PS 619 5.56
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+DE 405 6.20 SC 301 6.87 DH 301 4.90 SC 601 6.05 DH 302 7.62 SC 617 5.20 DS 203 8.26 SC 625 4.38 EE 207 5.18 SC 629 5.59 EE 321 5.49 SC 639 7.11 EN 301 4.61 SC 643 7.55 ENT603 7.15 SC 645 5.53 ENT606 7.62 SC 648 7.12 ENT609 8.17 SC 701 6.70 ES 203 4.22 SI 424 8.32 ES 303 5.00 SI 427 8.18
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+Course Code Min. CPI Course Code Min. CPI
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+AE 234 6.11 ES 458 7.29 AE 238 5.20 GNR402 5.70 AE 240 6.67 GNR408 5.90 AE 305 7.13 GNR410 5.32 AE 332 5.95 HS 457 6.52 BB 400 6.12 IE 504 5.92 BB 404 6.72 IE 616 8.03 BB 610 7.93 IE 617 7.32 CH 224 6.96 IE 622 7.90
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+7. REVIEWS: RESOBIN
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+All the Minors and Honors reviews for this year have been collated on ResoBin. Seperate Minor and Honor tabs have been created on ResoBin. Developed in collaboration with DevCom, ResoBin entails several features like searching for courses using a range of filters, and viewing all reviews and past year resources under one head. You can not only view and request reviews and resources but also contribute from your experiences and add them to the courses undertaken. We have incorporated a 'Minor' and 'Honors' tab which house the respective reviews of various departments, providing easy access to a particular review at any moment of time. Refer to this video to get familiar with ResoBin. Following is the list of Minor and Honors reviews uploaded on ResoBin. Click on
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+LIST OF MINOR REVIEWS:
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+1. Aerospace Engineering
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+2. Biosciences & Bioengineering
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+3. Centre for Digital Health
+4. Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science
+5. Computer Science and Engineering
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+6. Electrical Engineering
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+7. Energy Science and Engineering
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+8. Engineering Physics
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+9. Humanities and Social Sciences
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+10. Industrial Design
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+11. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
+12. Mathematics
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+13. Mechanical Engineering
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+14. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management.
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+16. Systems and Control Engineering
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+Japanese can be a very daunting language to start as it's ranked the toughest language to learn for the native English speakers, which I think most of you would use as the language of conversion while learning. It has sounds that aren't present in English or even Hindi, so it can be a bit challenging in the start to grasp it but otherwise it should be fine with practice and more classes. The sentence structure is also quite different from English. Some phrases do not have a direct translation in English so it could be a nice experience to understand a language in a more intuitive sense.
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+The German language is widely spoken in four European countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. German is also an official language in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Alphabets are quite similar(except for a few - ä, ö, ü and ß) to the English language but grammatically German and English are quite different(You must have seen the memes!). Sometimes we used to relate the things with the Hindi(in my case I used to relate them with Marathi as well) so that it becomes easy to break down and understand. Formal and informal structures of speaking are very important in the German language.
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+2. Career Cell: The Career Cell aims at equipping the students with all the required information and insights into every single career opportunity coming its way and provides an impartial, fair account of every possible detail about various careers and job profi les
+3. EnPoWER: Engineering-oriented Promotion of Work Experience and Research, EnPoWER aims to promote research among the undergraduate students of IIT Bombay and encourages them to use their skills to tackle problems faced by the industry.
+4. Finance Club: The Finance Club conducts many sessions and competitions on various topics related to fi nance.
+5. Consult Club: The Consult Club conducts sessions and workshops to help students gain an understanding of consulting and its nuances.
+6. Analytics Club: The Analytics Club organizes sessions of various kinds that teach students various skills and software related to analytics and their applications.
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+IDDDP PROGRAM Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programme is one wherein students with a B.S, B.Tech or DD (B.tech+ M.tech) can apply for a masters in a different branch than the one they are currently studying in. The interdisciplinary program is education by choice. It combines interests that allow students to make discoveries and connections rarely possible in the narrower confines of a single-subject major. It is only for the movement of students from one academic unit to another. With this opportunity, students can pursue their interests in multiple fields. Am I eligible for this program? You, irrespective of your department can apply for an IDDDP at the end of sixth semester. You semester, students must have CPI>=7.5 and should not have any FR/DR/DX/W grade in mandatory courses including NSO/NSS/NCC. Through IDDDP programme, you can apply for all the specializations of Dual Degree and MTech programmes approved by the Academic Senate of IITB. Over and above this minimum eligibility criteria, a DUGC/DPGC may enforce additional eligibility and selection criteria[ through Academic Senate of IIT Bombay]. If admitted to B.S. programmes through Maths Olympiad, you are not eligible. We realise this is new for us all, therefore we have some reviews for you to refer to! More information about IDDDP can be found here. Check out UGAC's YouTube channel for better insight! 13 
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+Arush Gupta My name is Arush Gupta and I switched from the Mechanical engineering dual degree programme (specialisation - Thermal-Fluids engineering) to an IDDDP in Mech B.Tech + Elec M.Tech (specialisation - Microelectronics) Your motivation - Simply put, I could not pursue, entirely, my research interests in my former dual degree programme, so I switched to IDDDP in order to be under the guidance of the professor (who is in electrical engineering) whom I wanted to work with. What about minor courses? I had not done any courses in the electrical engineering department before converting to IDDDP. My decision was based purely on my research interests, and the professor whom I was interested in working with. How was the course load? Slightly lesser than it is for the regular dual degree kids - dual degree kids have somewhere between 3 to 5 more courses than the folk from IDDDP. Again, it depends on the department that you'd be going into. For IDDDP in Microelectronics (electrical), they want you to do about 3 more courses over the minimum number of courses (4 courses) listed in the IDDDP description. Just looking at the logistics, since you'd have an M.Tech. degree (hopefully in the department of your choice), it should better your situation than say, if you were not to have a specialized degree in a field that you would like to work in. 14 
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+Does it result in better prospects for future? I haven't gone through either of the placement process or the grad school application process and am hence, unaware of how it would help as such, but What are the prerequisites to fulfil before converting to IDDDP? The way I understand it, it's that either 1. you have to have done 18 credits of minor courses in the department that you want to switch to for your IDDDP *and* have a professor who is willing to take you in for a project, or 2. you have to have a professor who is strongly willing to take you in as her/his student for the IDDDP. What are the key take-away points? With the liberty in taking courses, it has definitely helped me be a lot less stressed than I used to be in my former programme; my former programme had loads of core courses that got very repetitive, so I got flattened out a lot because of that and the IDDDP provided me a great means to sway toward the field that I was interested in, by letting me take courses in which I knew that I’d get to learn something new. So, yeah, go for it if you wanna learn new things :)) 15 
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+aTRI DUTTA My name is Atri Dutta and I switched from B.Tech in Electrical Engineering to M.Tech in Engineering Physics. Your motivation- After my first year, I was extremely unsure about whether to go for a branch change from electrical to physics or not. Fast forward to the start of the fourth year, having done some work under a prof and a bunch of courses, it became clear to me that I wanted to be in Physics for the future. Although I had done some courses, it was clear to me that there was a gap in the coursework needed to successfully pursue a PhD in my field of choice. So after B.Tech, I would have to go for a masters before a PhD. A masters degree in an American university costs an insane amount, while here, it is practically free, with extremely good quality of coursework. What about minor courses? It is usually important to have some coursework in the target department. I started off by doing the minor curriculum, but halfway, I diverged to taking up courses that were more suited to my interests. All in all, I had done 5 physics courses before applying to the department. The department usually looks for a few mandatory courses, like Classical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics-1, which are integral to any physics curriculum. 16 
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+How was the course load? There are two options for IDDDP, with and without honors. Both options require that your BTech credits are completed from your parent department. With honors requires 9 theory+DDP project (126 credits) and without honors requires 4 theory+DDP project (96 credits). It is important to be aware of what course load you can take, and plan accordingly before applying. Does it result in better prospects for future? In my case, it allowed me to do some necessary coursework which I would have to do at some point in my education. It is definitely better to do it now than repeating the same stuff in your PhD.It allowed me a bit more time to carry out some more research in the institute, as well as find a better topic for my DDP. What are the key take away points? I’d suggest people thinking about an IDDDP to think carefully about what they’d like to do in that time, make a detailed course plan, and stick to it. Doing so many additional credits in just an extra year can be quite stressful. In addition, it is necessary to fix a general direction to your research beforehand, as you’re asked to choose your guide while applying to the department for an IDDDP. Although the process is quite long and it adds an extra year, it’ll definitely be amazing, with the right company, and the right motivation. 17 
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+Maulik BHatt My name is Maulik Bhatt and I switched from B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering to M.Tech in Systems and Control Engineering Your motivation- After my third-year internship, I had to decide on what to do further. I was not sitting for placements as I didn’t want a non-core job and there are almost zero core jobs for an Aerospace B.Tech student through campus placements. I could have gone for further studies abroad but I was not completely sure about it. A dual degree was a good option as it would give me more time to decide on my plans and strengthen my profile. A senior who was pursuing IDDDP in SysCon suggested that if I wanted to keep working in the SysCon department then I should consider converting to the dual degree through IDDDP. How was the course load? The course load is not too much as you get four semesters to complete the courses if you make the decision early enough. However, it varies from person to person and depends on the type of courses that you take. 18 
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+What about minor courses? It is not necessary to take up minor courses in the SysCon department. In fact, in the SysCon department, there are three compulsory courses that you need to complete for the minor, and none of the courses can be tagged as a core course or an elective course if you decide to convert to IDDDP. However, it was extremely helpful for me to take up SysCon minor as you need to have a basic understanding of control theory and other relevant concepts taught in the basic courses before taking up graduate-level courses. Does it result in better future prospects? Through the IDDDP I am\have been able to work on research projects that are not limited to Aerospace Engineering and have applications in other fields also. That will certainly count in my application when I will apply for higher studies in fields like robotics which are highly interdisciplinary. In the jobs also, I will be able to apply for all the companies that allow SysCon students. What are the key takeway points? Many of the students are not clear about their plans or want to explore more about other fields before they arrive at a particular decision. The IDDDP is a good choice for such students but you also need to be careful before taking this decision. Research about your destination department before arriving at a decision. Be prepared to bear some extra academic load as you’ll have to do graduate- level courses in a department other than yours. Therefore, go for it only if you are genuinely interested in the particular discipline. Make sure to have a good rapport with your guide in the destination department as it will help you a lot in the transition. 19 
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+STUDENT There are a few issues that almost everyone in the WELLNESS institute face, it can be something as simple as not being able to adjust to CENTRE institute life to something serious like depression. The SWC encourages students to approach them for such issues, where they find it HEALING CAN BE A difficult to seek help PAINFUL PROCESS, otherwise. BUT STAYING WOUNDED IS EVEN In a 1-1 meeting with a HARDER counsellor, they can explore their feelings, work towards 20 making a healthier and happier change. All this help is available in the institute just minutes away! COUNSELLING DURING LOCKDOWN: In case you wish to talk to a counsellor over phone, kindly check the SWC website for the same - Click here Timings :- 11am to 1pm & 4pm to 6pm Students can also take an appointment by sending a mail to: wellness@iitb.ac.in 
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+SPECIAL LEAVE FOR 5 DAYS “Special leave” includes students’ participating in academic activities/ extra curricular activities approved by the Institute. The Head of academic unit shall be the approving authority, on the recommendation of the Faculty Adviser/ Faculty incharge of the respective activity, in which the student is participating. Special leave up to 5 working days (at a stretch or in part) may be sanctioned by the head of academic unit excluding mid/end semester examination in accordance with the academic calendar. Compensation of any missed lab, quiz is at the discretion of respective course instructors. Application shall be recommended by the respective faculty adviser on merits and would also need approval from faculty incharge of the activity. 21 
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+BTP/DDP/URA B.TECH PROJECTS AND THEIR GUIDELINES Some departments prescribe a B.Tech project as a requirement for the B.Tech. degree, or as a requirement for Honors wherein under the guidance of a faculty member, a student in the sixth semester or later is required to do innovative work with the knowledge gained in the previous years .The student is expected to do a survey of the literature in the subject, work out a project plan and carry it out through design, analysis, experimentation etc. The project may be offered as a single unit of 12 credits(BTP) or as 6 credits of BTP 1 followed by a BTP 2 of either 6 or 12 credits. Even when not prescribed as a minimum requirement for the degree or when a student is not interested in doing Honours in his/her respective department, he or she can opt to do a BTP as additional learning, if s/he can find suitable supervisor(s) to guide her/him. 22 
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+DUAL DEGREE PROJECTS AND THE GRADING PROCESS The project done in the final year of the Dual degree is provided with more credits (varies with departments) and hence given more emphasis compared to the projects done during a B.Tech. This provides an ideal opportunity to explore research life and to check if it suits one or not. FACULTY MEMBERS FLOAT PROJECTS ACCORDING TO THEIR AVAILABILITY AND THEN CHOOSE STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR PROJECTS. This information will be shared after the allotment of M.Tech Project topics, which is scheduled before the Dual Degree Project allotment. The evaluation process and assignment of grades for the Dual Degree Project vary from one department to another. You may ask your project guide/ professor regarding the evaluation process and the metrics that are involved. The rules of DDP are generally dept. specific, Check the rule book for more details. 23 
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+UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS AND THE GRADING PROCESS The aim of URA is to provide UG students an opportunity to get research exposure/experience by working in a research project under a professor. It gives the student a challenging opportunity to participate in research, and establish his/her research aptitude. It will also appear on his/her grade card as research experience. URA is essentially a recognition of the significant amount of research work done by undergraduate students as part of a project - which might be done under a BTP/DDP or as work under a professor outside the curriculum. URA02 AND 03, IF AWARDED, CARRY CREDITS(6) AND ARE ASSIGNED A LETTER GRADE OF AA All the students who have done significant research work under a professor are eligible for a URA. Another perk of receiving an URA is that it is counted towards one's CPI thereby improving it by a substantial amount. There are 3 levels of URA: 1. URA01 : A recognition of a small research/ developmental effort, successfully completed by a student in the first, second or third year of an undergraduate programme - that is, a B.Tech., 4 year B.S. or a Dual Degree Programme. 2. URA02 : This is to be treated as recognition of truly exceptional work, both in quality and in extent, done in the B.Tech. Project. 3. URA03 : These are to be treated as recognition of truly exceptional work, both in quality and in extent, in the Dual Degree Project. URA02 and 03 if awarded, carry 6 credits and are assigned a letter grade of AA thereby improving one's CPI. URA01, if awarded, is assigned a PP grade. URA02 is awarded exclusively to students doing a BTP while URA03 is only for students enrolled in a Dual Degree course who are doing their DDP. Refer to the rule book for further details. 24 
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+PLAGIARISM As a student (and throughout your professional life), it is imperative that you understand what constitutes plagiarism and refrain from committing it. Turning in someone else's work as your own, even with modifications, or reproducing any content without due citation or even failing to put quotation marks when needed can count as plagiarism. There’s also self-plagiarism, which means that you shouldn’t even submit your own pre-published work to a separate forum. HOW TO PREVENT INADVERTENT PLAGIARISM? Paraphrase the information you take (and also cite the source), and don’t copy verbatim as it is. If copying extracts from a source, then it should be copied as it is without any modification within block quotes and should be properly cited. The citing here is usually the addition of page number or paragraph number in case of a web content If some of the material you are using for your research paper was used by you in your current class, a previous one, or anywhere else you must cite yourself. Treat the text the same as you would if someone else wrote it. If you’re writing a research paper you must include the references page or page of works cited. This information is very specific and includes the author(s), date of publication, title, and source. Follow the directions for this page carefully. Referencing a material incorrectly is also defined as plagiarism. You must explicitly request for permission to reproduce a figure in a journal. It should say "reproduced from ABC with permission from XYZ" where XYZ is a copyright holder and ABC is the reference. You may typically reuse published data by resorting to extracting the data from the figure/table. 25 
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+WHAT PUNISHMENT IS GIVEN FOR THE ACT OF PLAGIARISM? Penalties for reproducing material in seminar reports without proper citation range from a warning (in case the mistake was unintentional) to loss of two grades in the Seminar. For project reports, the minimum penalty is loss of one grade and the maximum penalty is an FR grade. In more serious cases, like deliberately claiming false results on experiments, falsely claiming original content in an M.Tech/M.Phil/PhD thesis, the case should be referred to the ADAC and the minimum penalty is suspension for a period of one year. In exceptional cases, the matter is referred to the Apex Committee and the registration may be terminated, with or without an exit degree depending on the severity of the act. For further info: http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/punishments201521July.pdf HOW TO CHECK FOR PLAGIARISM? There are many softwares that can be used to assess the similarity index of a report (in % terms). One such system is the ' Turnitin ' system. This cross-checks your work against the world wide web, databases of published material, as well as content previously submitted by other users. It highlights sections of text that are duplicated in other sources. Markers look at the Turnitin results to check whether such duplication is a possible case of plagiarism. The Similarity Index generated is a pointer of how original is the submission. This is then used by the instructor to determine whether the submission is acceptable. For details on how to activate your Turnitin account, refer to the Online Resources section. In the end, there’s far too much to lose by committing plagiarism, and if you do need help on paper, contact your instructor or ask a fellow student for a hand. 26 
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+COURSE ERA NPTEL NPTEL is an online website designed to deliver Massive Online Open Courses (aka MOOCs) from the field of engineering and physical sciences at UG and PG level for free, with curriculum designed as per Indian institutes.. You can access courses from various institutes in the country, for example any IIT/NITs etc. They also provide online certification. All courses are completely free to enrol and learn from (unlike Coursera :p). The certification exam is optional and comes at a fee of Rs 1000 per course exam. IITBOMBAYX CDEEP CDEEP aims to provide high quality education in engineering and science in distance mode to a large number of participants throughout the country and abroad. Live courses are transmitted through the internet. Students may login through their LDAP IDs to access all the available lectures. IITBombayX is a massive open online course (MOOC) provider. It hosts online courses in a wide range of disciplines to a varied audience of students, professionals and teachers among many others. The courses done online are on a paid basis, offer online interaction with the faculty in charge of the course and finally provide the required certification. 
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+ONLINE RESOURCES TURNITIN PLAGIARISM CHECKER IIIT Bombay provides students with the facility to use Turnitin account to assess the similarity index in their reports. To create and activate your Turnitin account, write an email to journals@iitb.ac.in requesting the same. The mail should contain your First Name, Last name, Roll Number, and IITB email ID. Within a day or two, the library creates and activates your account and replies with your Turnitin user ID (IITB email ID) and password. Then you can simply log in and access the tool. Refer to the section on Plagiarism to see how you can avoid it in the first place! GRAMMARLY An initiative that the library started last year was to provide premium Grammarly access to students with an unlimited number of subscriptions, to meet with its increasing demand. Students can start their own Grammarly account by using their LDAP email ID and password! BIGHOME Computer Center, IITB provides server space for creating home pages for students. You can host your personal homepage on institute servers free of cost. For details, visit https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/page/personalwebpage 28 
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+IITB MONASH ACADEMY Established in 2008, the IITB-Monash Research Academy is a major Australian-Indian research collaboration formed between India’s top-ranked Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and Monash University. Geared towards PhD training on a sizable scale, the academy brings a solutions- driven approach to addressing global problems. Monash University is Australia’s largest university with a global reputation for making an impact and challenging the status quo. Monash was ranked in the world’s top one percent of universities by Time Higher Education 2016- 2017 and operates at a scale unrivalled by any other Australian-Indian collaboration: with close to 200 PhD students, 400 researchers and 400 research projects to date. Joint PhD program The PhD program at IITB-Monash Research Academy allows graduate students from India to work with both IITB and Monash supervisors, as well as industry partners. A typical scholarship for a student in the program is as follows: Rs 4,20,000 per annum scholarship for the first two years Rs 4,68,000 per annum after first two years A grant of up to A$29,000 per annum in Australia A minimum of one year in Australia working with his/her Monash University co-supervisor (some projects may require the student to be in Australia for a longer period of time or undertake more than one trip) and a waiver of international student tuition fees at Monash University is also included. The seven research themes under this program are: Advanced computational engineering, Simulation and Manufacture, Infrastructure Engineering, Clean Energy, Water, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Stem Cell Research and Humanities and Social sciences 29 
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+KARUNA VEERAMANI A REVIEW OF THE PHD PROGRAM. READ ON TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER RESEARCH, HOW THE MONASH PROGRAM IS LIKE NO OTHER, AND A FEW TIPS FOR HER JUNIORS. How did you find out about IITB-Monash Academy, and what led you to choose it for your research? I found out about the IITB-Monash Research Academy through the internet when I was conducting random searches for PhD opportunities after my Masters. The point that most captivated me was that students were already provided with a research title - within the purview of which the overall research would be conducted; unlike scenarios where students, only after getting into a PhD into a broad discipline, have to zero in upon a suitable research topic. The advantages of this are many - your literature survey prospects are much higher, your work is more streamlined right from the start, you choose the field only if you are genuinely interested which makes it even more of a responsible decision. Could you explain briefly what your research is about? My research deals with the synthesis and applications of heterogeneous catalysts through continuous flow chemistry. Continuous flow chemistry is a lucrative but recently developed field that allows chemical reactions to happen faster, safer, and in a more efficient fashion while heterogeneous catalysts are highly important materials that assist in the formation and progress of various chemical processes. My research aims to combine these two together and thus result in the development of materials that not only could be produced in a quick and efficient manner but further allow faster and safer progress of chemical processes. What was your experience like in the PhD program? A PhD is one of the best things one can do in life. It is a mixture of everything - happiness and sadness, enthusiasm and frustration, pride and shame, courage and fear, and much more. It teaches you a lot - not just professionally. A PhD is a holistic form of development - both mentally and psychologically. "No matter what you have and you don’t, just never leave your passion for research at any point. No matter what you are doing - be it a PhD or not, be it in the Monash programme or not, be it any time, any position - show zeal in work. At the end of the day, more than a degree, it is the mental satisfaction that is important. " How is the research under Monash’s program different from say, research under any IITB prof? Research under the Monash program is mainly different in the way that you get to research under a foreign guide and conduct research for a minimum of 3 months in a foreign land (Monash University, Australia). This is an excellent clause in itself - which is the basis for why this program is extremely productive. You get international exposure during your PhD, you learn the working culture abroad, you get to interact with a lot of people from all over the globe, your horizons widen both in terms of hard and soft skills, you understand how to carry out not just doing research - but also the thinking behind it; you get the opinions from not just one but two supervisors in your research, you get to know the perspectives of many people, etc. It is a lifetime opportunity; and one that is certainly something to be experienced. 30 
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+SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL A scholarship portal has been developed by UGAC for the students of the Institute which contains the list of scholarships available based on your interests like higher studies, exchange programs, research, internships. financial aid and much more... The portal gives the option of "filtering the results" (based on various criteria such as merit, higher education etc.) so as to provide user-specific results. In addition to this, there is also a website (maintained by the institute) which contains the list of scholarships that can be availed while in the Institute. Refer to the following links for the same: Click here to open the Scholarship portal Click here to view the Institute scholarships 31 
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+PURSUING ENTREPRENEURSHIP Shikhar Agrawal and Aditya Makkar, students of the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design Center respectively, both dropped a couple semesters to work on their start up ideas. Read ahead to know about their experience, where they've answered a few questions regarding their journey. What are you working on? How did you both meet? We are running an organization HelpNow which is building India's most reliable ambulance service by reducing arrival times from 50 minutes to 10 minutes. We have created the largest network of private ambulances in Mumbai and operate our own fleet of HelpNow ambulances. The solution gained popularity during COVID when Mumbai Police, Municipality Corporations, Govt. hospitals partnered with us. We met in the first month of freshie year, where we worked together in a team for XLR8 and then worked together to create an autonomous suitcase for ITSP in summers. Venkatesh Amrutwar, 2017 IIT-B graduate and former Overall Coordinator of E-Cell left his job last year to join us full time for this initiative. Which sems did you drop, and how did you/ are planning to cope up? We dropped two semesters after our sophomore year, that is, our 5th and 6th semesters to focus on entrepreneurship. We plan on getting back to our courses that we missed, and continue this sem that's happening online, from August. How did you make the decision between dropping an year and pursuing your interests or to continue your acads normally? We got funded by YCombinator and some of the reputed Silicon Valley startup founders and investors who are well-known for their experienced advice. There is no set process for dropping a semester. Seeing the merit of the case, the director and dean approved our drop request. Managing academics along with HelpNow was quite difficult being operationally heavy and round-the-clock service. 35 
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+ACROSS THE INFINITY CORRIDOR Rishi Venukuru pursued a BTECH in CIVIL ENGINEERING from IIT Bombay, before opting for a MASTERS in DESIGN at IDC. Read the review to know more about his unconventional experience, and how it changed him for the better. Q.1 When did you decide to pursue a degree in Design? What were the main factors that led you to taking this decision? I’d been into some amount of Art and Design during my years at school, and while most of that took a backseat through JEE prep, coming to IITB meant that I was able to start taking courses at IDC through the minor program.The first course I took - Basics of Visual Communication by Prof. Raja Mohanty - was one that I personally quite liked, and over the next six semesters I ended up taking up one IDC course per semester, along with a couple projects. The ‘decision’ to formally pursue design was perhaps taken at the end of third year.I attempted to work on a music + design related project that summer. The M.Des program is a lot more about working on real, and socially relevant design and research projects. I’ve personally engaged a lot more with what could broadly be termed as HCI (Human Computer Interaction) research. "The manner in which I approached applying for Design" graduate programs was similar to how my peers were going about their own applications for science and engineering programs, so I was able to get feedback from them along the way." 37 
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+UG RESEARCH 101 THE BEGINNING Your guide to UG Research at IIT Bombay Articles by seniors, a professor and even a scientist who are from IIT Bombay 
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+CONTENTS 003 Contributors 004 Preface 005 Foreword 006 Article by an alumnus professor 011 Article by alumni scientist/ professor 018 Article by a senior with an MIT admit 025 Articles by seniors who did university internships 032 ASPIRE - The IIT Bombay Research Park 034 What we do 038 Department wise activities 043 Council Note Professor Deepak Marla tells us about UG research during his BTech at IIT Bombay and has some 06 valuable tips! Raj Lakhani, a third year Arjav, a fourth year UG student tells how he UG in the Mechanical pursued research and Engineering department eventually got that elusive talks about his univeristy 18 call from MIT internship experience at - 25 CU Boulder, USA Ansh Khurana, a third year UG in the CSE department talks about his univeristy internship 30 experience at NUS, - 32 Singapore Ex. professor of the Aerospace department and now a senior scientist at TCS Research, Paranjape sir has some valuable tips to share with us all 11 The IIT Bombay Research Park tells us about themselves , what their aim is within the campus and their clients 
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+CONTRIBUTORS UG ACADEMIC COUNCIL 2019-20 Varshit Kumar (GSAA UG) Team EnPoWER Ameya Mittal (ISAA, EnPoWER) EnPoWER coordinators Amrutha Lakshmi Vadladi Bhavini Jeloka Pratik Solapurwala Mayank Gupta Department Research Coordinators Mrigi Munjal (MEMS) Raj Lakhani (Mechanical Engineering) Ashutosh Nehete (Chemical Engineering) Neilabh Banzal (Aerospace Engineering) Samarth Siddhartha (Energy Science and Engineering) Satvik Mashkaria (Computer Science and Engineering) Aditya Khanna (Electrical Engineering) Komal Gaware (Civil Engineering) PS. A lot of inspiration for this booklet has also come from the Research Newsletter published last year (Link : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y- ledpUJxmHJ55gY7x8Dg6gOjuwZ868c/view?usp=sharing ) CONTRIBUTORS | PAGE 3 
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+"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." ~ Zora Neale Hurston PREFACE T his quote by Researcher Zora, sums up what drives research and what should drive you as well. Many students in the institute asked us - What exactly is research? How do I know if I should do research? And many more questions that left us wondering too so as to how we can answer the questions. H ence, this Research 101 booklet! Professor Milind Atrey, the Dean Research and Development answers questions related to research, articles by professors who have graduated from the IIT system itself tell us their story and articles from the senior undergraduate students who have some research experience, tell us what research is all about. A lso in the booklet are the things that we, the Academic Council, do to promote research within the institute! Events like Enthuse, ResearchX, Open Days and Virtual Quizzes are some things off the top of our list. We also run programs like SURP which is the Summer Undergraduate Research Program for all the undergraduates. We cover events like these in the booklet too, which give a perspective and guiding path that could guide you on your research journey!Wishing you a great stay at IIT Bombay and a bright future! B est wishes, Team EnPoWER and Department Research Coordinators 
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+FOREWORD Dear students, I am excited to share with you the very first edition of the Research 101 booklet. The Undergraduate Student Academic Council has compiled this booklet; it contains articles by both students / alumni and faculty of our Institute, highlighting their experience related to research opportunities at the institute, and outside, as well as sharing their motivation for choosing research as a career. I n a world increasingly propelled by technology, university research is the foundation of any nation's knowledge and economic growth. IIT Bombay is committed to both basic and applied long-term research in frontier areas, to working towards research and development that make a difference both for national needs and for global impact. W e make continuous and concerted efforts to encourage and motivate our young, energetic and highly intelligent student force to undertake research from an early stage, offering various opportunities and faculty mentorship / guidance. T he institute has ongoing academic and research collaborations with many national and international universities, governments and industries, to keep pace with expanding the frontiers of knowledge and global developments. These present a plethora of research areas and problems to our young researchers to be engaged in. T he institute prides itself in having facilitating policies, processes and mechanisms to promote high impact R&D endeavors by faculty, students and staff, spanning across interdisciplinary borders. Supporting and incentivizing researchers, creating an innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and enhancing industry collaboration through various schemes and programmes are some of the benefits that the institute provides for an active research and development ambience. I t is heartening to see that our students have brought out this booklet despite the challenging times of COVID-19. Kudos to the team. I look forward to more issues on a regular basis to motivate our young minds towards a research career. P rof Milind Atrey Dean(R&D),IIT Bombay Prof. Milind Atrey, Dean R&D, IIT Bombay “IN A WORLD INCREASINGLY PROPELLED BY TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IS THE FOUNDATION OF ANY NATION'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. IIT BOMBAY IS COMMITTED TO BASIC LONG-TERM RESEARCH IN FRONTIER AREAS.” FOREWORD | PAGE 5 
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+ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNUS PROFESSOR In the article, Professor Deepak Marla tells us about his research experience during his undergrad years at IIT Bombay, how times have changed and has some valuable tips for all of us ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNUS PROFESSOR | PAGE 6 
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+Professor Deepak Marla Mechanical Engineering Department B.Tech. (2003-07) IIT Bombay Ph.D. (2008-13) IIT Bombay How do you compare the research opportunities during your time with the present? The academic course structure during my study (2003-07) was slightly different from what it is today. Perhaps the number of credits was higher, and there were no minors and honors. In Mechanical Engineering, we had a seminar (4 credits) in the 6th semester, followed by a compulsory industrial or research internship (PP/NP) in the summer. In the final year, along with BTP (16 credits), we had an Engineering Design Project (EDP) for six credits in the 7th semester. Other departments also had more or less similar course structure. The Seminar "MANY PROFESSORS helped us to get started with reading research LOVE TO TALK TO articles, technical writing, and presentation. EDP gave us a flavor of engineering, wherein STUDENTS ABOUT we had to design or develop a THEIR RESEARCH AND process/product/machine, and BTP gave us exposure to scientific research. Besides, there WANT TO SEE THEM was an undergraduate research opportunities GETTING INVOLVED. program (UROP) to encourage students to THERE ARE PLENTY OF pursue research at an early stage. Although research training is not a compulsory part of OPPORTUNITIES FOR the curriculum currently, UG Research Awards RESEARCH AT THE (URA) is an excellent initiative to expose UNDERGRADUATE undergraduate students to research voluntarily. Over the last decade, the institute LEVEL." has grown by leaps and bounds in terms of research activities. We have a wide range of cutting-edge research facilities that are at par with the best in the world. Many professors ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNUS PROFESSOR | PAGE 7 
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+love to talk to students about their research and want to see them getting "EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE involved. There are plenty of UP YOUR MIND TO HAVE A opportunities for research at the RESEARCH CAREER, I WOULD undergraduate level. Therefore, the students should try to take advantage HIGHLY RECOMMEND GETTING of these opportunities to make the most of their undergraduate RESEARCH PROJECT." INVOLVED IN A experience. Don't sit around and assume the opportunities are scarce. What are the benefits of How did you make the decision that undergraduate research? Even if you have not made up your mind to have a research career, I would highly recommend getting involved in a you wanted to take up a career in research? It was not until the end of the 7th semester that I decided to pursue a research project. It helps you learn career in research. I had completely some necessary skills and work ethic that apply to all your work later. Your different plans. It was BTP and EDP that rekindled my passion for science. Both learning experience in a research these projects involved applying the project may be more valuable than anything you do in a classroom. It can make you an independent thinker. You will be able to learn problem-solving knowledge gained through courses and pushed me to explore and learn new things. BTP was undoubtedly the most important and rewarding component of skills, communication skills, critical my undergraduate education. I got my thinking,, project management and first peer-reviewed journal article teamwork. Undergraduate research published from my BTP work, and it gave experience can be an incredibly me immense satisfaction. BTP helped educational and transformative me realize where my passion lies and experience. made it easy to choose my career path. ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNUS PROFESSOR | PAGE 8 
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+GYAAN CORNER Could you give some useful tips to the undergraduates who are thinking of getting into research or exploring it as a career? 1 DISCUSS WITH 3 PROJECTS HELP THE PROFESSORS WITH STUDIES Do not wait for the faculty members I f you do not find the course work to float some research projects. You exciting or if you are demotivated need to glance through their with your performance in the websites, find out which areas courses, it is a good reason to take fascinate you and approach the up a research project and professors to discuss the topics. experience the joy of learning by Note that not many professors float doing. A research project may also research projects for the make you realise the importance of undergraduates, but they would be course work and could contribute to willing to give you a project if you improving your CPI. are interested. 2 NARROW DOWN TO A PROJECT I find that a lot of students are doing multiple research projects for a short period. It is alright to work on multiple projects during the initial years to know where your interests lie. However, it is essential to narrow down to a single project, especially in the final year, and focus all your time and energy. It is crucial to spend adequate time on your research project to produce good quality output. Merely dabbling with different projects won't give you a satisfying experience. 4 BE PERSISTENT Research is never a smooth ride. You are going to make mistakes, you are going to fail. Don't get discouraged when something doesn't work. Mistakes should be embraced as an opportunity to learn, and you should stop harboring a fear of failure. There will be a stage when you get stuck. It is essential to understand that being persistent is the only way out, and it will pay off in the end. It's a part of the learning curve. ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNUS PROFESSOR | PAGE 9 
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+Did your expectations from a research career fail to meet/meet/exceed expectations that you had as an undergraduate? As an undergraduate, I had very little idea about life in an academic career. As a faculty, I enjoy a lot of academic freedom and work on something that I really like. I get to select which projects to work on and how to work. I can choose to work on sponsored research projects and, at the same time, take up industrial consultancy projects. I can also get to choose the people to collaborate with and work on multi-disciplinary problems. Besides, the work hours are very flexible. It's rare for a job to offer such freedom. Further, research and teaching ensure that I continuously learn and engage in stimulating problems. The process of mentoring students in research and classroom teaching is indeed a gratifying experience. A research career may not be a lucrative option. Still, it has been a very satisfying job and exceeded my expectations. Given that the job involves diverse tasks such as teaching, mentoring, research, writing proposals and articles, setting up and maintaining laboratory, and administration, it has been both exhilarating and exhausting at times. A CAREER IN ACADEMIA ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNUS PROFESSOR | PAGE 10 
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+ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNI SCIENTIST In the article, Ex. Professor Aditya Paranjape remembers his research experience during his undergrad years at IIT Bombay, how he became a scientist and finally some good advice for us ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNI SCIENTIST | PAGE 11 
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+About me I was a dual degree student at IIT Bombay from 2002 – 07 in Aerospace Engineering. I subsequently got a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work at TCS Research in Pune as a Senior Scientist. Before joining TCS Research, I held tenure-track faculty positions at McGill University, IIT Bombay and Imperial College London. How I got into research as an undergrad and how it helped me Watching my five-year old go about his business, I am reminded of my early years as an undergrad at IIT Bombay. I wanted to learn all I could about atmospheric and space flight, and I would constantly seek a professor to talk to. I found most professors patient enough and willing to have a conversation with a bumbling newbie. These encouraging conversations gave way to small projects – initially during summer and then gradually during the regular semesters. In the first two years, I worked almost exclusively on short projects to get my hands dirty – fabricating a composite wing, determining the moments of inertia of small aircraft experimentally, and even writing assembly-level code for an electronic lock. By the start of year-3, I was working on what ended up being relatively long-term research projects in the areas of flight mechanics and Mr. Aditya Paranjape Senior Scientist, TCS Research Ex. Professor, Aerospace Department Dual Degree (2002-07) IIT Bombay "I WANTED TO LEARN ALL I COULD ABOUT ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE FLIGHT, AND I WOULD CONSTANTLY SEEK A PROFESSOR TO TALK TO." ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNI SCIENTIST | PAGE 12 
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+control: in fact, these projects continued pretty much for the remainder of my stay at IITB. I got a fairly good grasp of the subject area thanks to this work, and I had even authored a few research papers in top-tier international conferences and a respectable Indian journal by the time I graduated from IITB. It happens very often with research that its impact is felt in real terms only after a few years. This is especially true when one considers the impact on one’s technical maturity and temperament. In my case, the research problems from my undergrad days had a significant impact on my PhD as well as on my research program during my early days as an academic. For instance, I started working on the application of bifurcation analysis to flight dynamics towards the end of my sophomore year, but continued working on related problems through my PhD, post-doc and the first couple of years as an academic. It was also largely thanks to one of the papers that I wrote on this subject as an undergrad that I was introduced a few years later to the exciting field of systems biology by one of my collaborators. "IN MY CASE, THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS FROM MY UNDERGRAD DAYS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MY PHD AS WELL AS ON MY RESEARCH PROGRAM" ARTICLE BY AN ALUMNI SCIENTIST | PAGE 13 
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+Having determined not to let this opportunity slip away, I was sure of devoting most of my time for the next one month for the interview. On the interview day, when I met my fellow interviewees, I felt so privileged to have made it there. Everyone was so good and (almost) perfect! They had done things I had never heard of. After a decent interview, I was relieved but told myself not to expect much since the competition was so fierce, and statistically, the chances were slim. People would say that if one clears this round, then they’re no less than a Rhodes Scholar, irrespective of the final results. With so much pressure and stress induced by waiting for ONE email, the struggle to maintain my sanity was real! Finally, after a seemingly interminable wait, I got ‘that’ email inviting me to the reception and final interview in Delhi! I could not believe it. I swear I couldn’t! I checked the email at least ten times to ensure that it was the right one! Turns out it was. This meant that I could not start my application to the universities in the US until November! I devoted even more time to prepare for this one now. I met with a lot of faculty, professionals and friends who were of great help and support to me. Fast forward to the day before the final interview in Delhi when the high-tea reception was hosted by the chairman – Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Former diplomat, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi). I can’t really express how it felt to sit side-by-side with Mr. Gandhi, other renowned panellists and of course, my fellow finalists, 16 in all, including myself! All the other fifteen finalists were so exceptional and had done things I could never imagine doing! They were at the top of everything they did and yet so grounded. It was a humbling experience – to say the least. I already felt like a winner just for having made it there. The final interview for me didn’t go as I would have liked, and so were the final results. The five most deserving candidates were declared as the ‘Rhodes Scholars’, but I didn’t return with any regrets of not making it to the top-5. It has been, by far, the best experience I have had in my life. By this time, it was mid-November, and it was time to completely change gears and shift my focus on PhD applications to the universities in the US and wrap up my B.Tech. Project (BTP)! My BTP advisor has been very supportive and guided me to sail through both - BTP and applications. I had taken the GRE and TOEFL exams sometime in October – so did not have to worry about that ‘often-hyped’ part of the application. Thanks to a senior who calmed me down while I was fretting out on being underprepared for these tests! "THE CHALLENGE NOW WAS TO FINALISE A LIST OF UNIVERSITIES I WOULD APPLY TO FROM A TENTATIVE LIST AND GET STARTED ON MY STATEMENT OF PURPOSE – SOP AS IT IS CALLED." Takeaway points #4 1. Importance and benefits of interaction with professors 2. Going out of comfort zone and reaching out for help 3. Importance of peers and seniors who provide support at each stage THE STUDENT WHO GOT AN MIT ADMIT | PAGE 21 
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+I ambitiously applied to 10 programs in all, 4 of which were dream schools (MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Harvard) I could hardly imagine getting into! Majority of the application deadlines ranged from Dec 1 to Dec 16 - a period of excessive outflow of money (applications are an expensive affair, but after all an investment!). Amidst all this, I could not forget that I had to prepare for an upcoming conference presentation in San Francisco, which would mean that I’d be away from Dec 5 to Dec 18. Working on the SoP was a blissful experience! I would keep mulling over each line for hours, send it for review to a great bunch of people who would always be there for me. It'd undergo edits until as late as a few minutes before the submission deadline! I learnt so much about my interests and further understood my reasons for going to grad school! There was always an irrational doubt while I submitted each application if I was good enough for that school or will I soon hear of rejection from them. I vividly remember how I spent all my days working on "NEVER IN MY the application right until Dec 16. I would even take time-off at the LIFE DID I GET SO conference and go back to the hotel to work on my pending applications! STUCK TO MY This brings an end to the long, tiring, fretful yet exciting days of applications and marks the beginning of even more stressful and anxious waiting days. EMAILS AND Never in my life did I get so stuck to my emails and check them so CHECK THEM SO frequently. I would be more excited by the notification of an email more FREQUENTLY.I than anything else. I got into a habit of checking Gmail more frequently than any other apps! There are online forums that do a great job of adding to the WOULD BE MORE levels of anxiety – one can get to know the updates on the applications EXCITED BY THE other students around the world would post there. Just when I thought that NOTIFICATION OF I’d be able to spend the remainder of the year at peace and not worry about anything until mid-Jan, I got an email from a faculty at UC Berkeley to set up AN EMAIL MORE a time for an interview! It was a great sign for me as the year came to a close THAN ANYTHING and the interview, which was more of a cordial discussion and getting to ELSE." know my interests better, went well. While universities would typically start sending acceptances after around mid-Jan, I got two early acceptances – one of them being UC Berkeley, which happens to be one of the four dream applications I made. All right, so - one down, three more to go! Now I was pretty relieved. However, I became a little more restless. I got into an absurd habit of checking emails in the middle of the night (which is when most of the acceptances would be sent – thanks to the time difference!). Almost for a month, this went on. After I gradually got more acceptances, I took a step further and started setting up calls with students and faculty whom I’d be interested in working with at those schools. Almost daily, my time after lectures in the evenings would be occupied with these calls. I heard back from a potential advisor at Stanford University about my case being recommended for admission on one such evening. This was totally unanticipated. THE STUDENT WHO GOT AN MIT ADMIT | PAGE 22 
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+He added that I should expect to hear back from the admissions committee in a couple of weeks. Just two days after this note, I was shocked to hear of my acceptance so soon! That is one of the best memories I can think of. As time progressed, I also heard of rejections from Princeton and Harvard! It, of course, felt terrible but I told myself that ‘it’s okay!’ and be satisfied with what I had. I was still waiting to hear from the most ambitious program I’d applied to – PhD + MBA at MIT… Towards the end of Feb, I began to believe that this was all and I’d soon hear back of rejections from the remaining schools. A few universities wanted to know about the attendance to their visits! ‘Visit weekend’ – as it is popularly called, is an opportunity for the prospective students to visit the university in person and learn more about the life and culture there, apart from research and facilities. I remembered seniors telling me that they are a lot of fun and totally worth attending! You’re pampered (for the first and the last time), and the schools try their best to impress you and, as a result – convince you to accept their offer of admission. If you’re wondering, these visits are usually partially funded, and in some cases – completely funded (yes!). One such visit I was fortunate to attend (before the COVID-19 took over everything) was to UC Berkeley in mid-Feb! It was indeed a great experience - a fascinating, overwhelming one! The place, weather and most importantly, its people – were just the type I would love to be with! I had almost made up my mind on attending this school once I got back (just two days before the midsems). But maybe life had other plans! Some time amidst the mid-semester exams, an interview invite was sent by MIT Sloan. I was thrilled! I replied immediately (read: desperately), confirming my availability for the same. It was the first time I was faced with a B-School interview, and there’s a world of difference between a PhD interview and this one! I had to optimize my time between this one and studying for two, rather very difficult, exams on the days to follow. A trade-off had to be made, and I chose to sacrifice my sleep for a couple of days! Thankfully it worked out well! The interview was focused on behavioural questions and discussing my experiences. I was happy with the way I handled the questions, and it was a privilege, at the least to have interviewed! Early in the morning on Holi, I get the email of my dreams. Couldn’t have been a better day to get an admit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Naturally, everyone was elated, and it took me a few days to believe this and gradually sink into the feeling! This also meant immense confusion and added difficulty in making a choice. I was never ready for such a difficult problem but at the same time understood that it was a good decision to have to make! With my supervisor in Australia (Prof. D. Rhodri Davies) THE STUDENT WHO GOT AN MIT ADMIT | PAGE 23 
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+I would abstain from venturing into the process of decision making since it’s a huge problem and another story in itself – shall leave it for another day! As I come to the end of this ‘monologue’, I think it’s important to stress a bit over a couple of things I have learnt through my way. PhD is a long commitment! The next 5-6 years of your life would be spent on ‘a’ problem – going deep into the subject while learning skills that’d make you a better researcher. So if the problem is not something you genuinely care about, then five years can seem to be a very long time! Hence, it is vital to find the right reasons and motivation to attend grad school. There is nothing very sacrosanct about doing research or pursuing your interests, as it might look like at the outset of it. In my opinion, it is just about our willingness and taking that one extra step to do something. For me, research is more about the process of learning and inquiry while working towards a scientific breakthrough. (Mind you, I say this before I have started grad school – hope to share similar but more refined views even after). Venturing into different domains of creativity and intellectual thinking is exciting. If I were to give one advice – it’d be ‘Do not hesitate to ask for help and reciprocate when the time comes. People are very kind and compassionate. It is important to be one of them. It is also important to explore as many things as possible before you shut some door for yourself!’ Finally, for the applications, the key point to remember is that no one part of your application is a singular deciding factor. You can easily make up deficits in one area with a stellar performance in another! Let me sign off by expressing my heartfelt gratitude to each individual whom I have come across since I have been shaped by learning from those interactions and experiences. It would be very hard to overstate how indebted I am to my family, teachers & mentors, and friends & peers! I hope this was an enjoyable read. Wishing everyone the best of health and hope we are able to sail through these testing times very soon. Yours truly, Arjav THE STUDENT WHO GOT AN MIT ADMIT | PAGE 24 
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+ARTICLE BY SENIORS Raj Lakhani and Ansh WHO about Khurana their tell us WENT ON univeristy internship A FOREIGN experiences, how it had some and UNIVERSITY exciting things in INTERNSHIP store for them... THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 25 
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+Hello there! I am Raj Lakhani, a 3rd-year B.Tech. undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering. I am writing this piece to share my internship experience at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Starting from the third semester, I was really intrigued by the concepts involved in Fluid Mechanics and a plethora of applications that require its understanding. I also had a soft corner for Aerospace science and began to explore it through Raj Lakhani Mechanical Engineering Department Batch of 2021 IIT Bombay University Internship at CU Boulder, USA minor courses and MOOCs (during freshie year summer). I was determined to take up a research activity to channelize my curiosity and get something out of it by a “hands-on” approach. At such points, seniors can be really helpful to give you a direction; in my case, it was Rahul Agrawal! With some experience in ANSYS and a couple of technical projects catalyzed by my zeal to take up a research project, I started to draft a cover letter and resume "THE APPING by the start of December and started sending out emails to professors of top US universities. This PROCESS CAN BE process is colloquially called apping at IIT Bombay. REALLY The apping process can be really frustrating; you have to overcome an enormous amount of inertia to FRUSTRATING; YOU get started and arduously write emails only to find HAVE TO OVERCOME your inbox inundated with rejections. You have to look out for the perfect professor based on your AN ENORMOUS research interests and caliber; one who can devote AMOUNT OF INERTIA sufficient time so that the experience is engaging TO GET STARTED AND and productive. ARDUOUSLY WRITE I received my first confirmation mail from CU Boulder around the start of February but the final EMAILS ONLY TO FIND confirmation was delayed until the end of March as YOUR INBOX my professor was busy with graduate school applications. This period of delay made me INUNDATED WITH extremely restless and I started thinking of other REJECTIONS." options for summer but it worked out at the end. I received all the necessary immigration documents and an offer letter with a decent stipend by the start of April. I believed nothing could go wrong now. THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 26 
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+Spoke too soon! The US embassy put an administrative hold on my application as the project was in the Aerospace Department and came under “Technology Alert List”. After exactly a month, I got the J1 on my passport. This hold pushed my internship joining date to mid-June before which I “Worked from Home”. Yeah! I did that before it was cool. I was allowed to remotely access CU Boulder’s computers and work on them using VNC (Virtual Network Computing). Prof. Jansen was quite considerate of the situation and kept me engaged with goals via regular Slack meets. I finally flew to the US on 12th June, all set for my internship. Let’s talk about the work I did! The name of the project assigned to me was ‘NASA Wing-Body Junction’. So the background goes like this. NASA identified a region of separation through its studies on a German Aircraft DLR with F-6 wing configuration through experiments. Separation of flow occurs when there is an adverse pressure gradient meaning pressure opposite to the direction of flow. Of course, this is only one reason for separation. The separation that occurred in the trailing edge region of this aircraft was detrimental for the lift of the aircraft and hence the motivation to study it. Although the experimental results of this study are well established by NASA, it wanted my professor’s research group to do a computational study of it. My work was to use RANS (Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes) to model the problem. My work typically involved extracting velocity fields and pressure coefficient plots for various locations on the wing and the fuselage. The problem with RANS is that it does not accurately predict regions of separation and vortices even distantly because of the “averaging” and modeling that it does for every scale in the domain. Large Eddy Simulation (LES), on the other hand, models the very small scales of turbulence but resolves the larger scales. A Hybrid model, one which is documented in our paper, uses RANS to deal with regions where the flow is simple and LES otherwise. Direct Numerical Simulation is one that resolves all scales but is computationally intensive and may require a supercomputer to deal with seemingly simple domains. My professor and Ph.Ds under him were really cordial and helped me whenever some buggy codes stymied my work. We would have biweekly meets where we have to report our progress and discuss any issues or anomalies. I also had regular personal meets with the professor to understand the fundamental concepts behind any modus operandi during the course of the project. A short 20 minutes meeting too would be productive and enlightening. "MY PROFESSOR AND PHD. STUDENTS UNDER HIM WERE REALLY CORDIAL AND HELPED ME WHENEVER SOME BUGGY CODES STYMIED MY WORK." THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 27 
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+Chautauqua Trail, Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park I could attach pictures of the lab I worked in but it would show nothing else than cubicles and huge monitors! During my stay in Boulder, I lived in a shared apartment. My roommate was from UC Berkeley and he was interning at Google. Outside working hours, I spent most of my time playing ping-pong, pinball or billiards at Google’s head office with my roommate. My evenings would be accompanied by cooking (cause vegetarian, duh), video calling friends and family or playing with a pet dog ‘Willow’. Weekend mornings would mean stepping out to bike towards Chautauqua trail or Boulder reservoir or the Boulder Museum. I also exploited my “Research Scholar” ID card to go for an occasional swim or a special Hawaiian pool party. Bowling there too was discounted for university employees and it sure was fun. I also visited ISKCON temples in Denver, Dallas and Austin with my cousin Dharmik. Temple visits were really energizing and enriching. There was prasadam, kirtan, reading of The Bhagavad Gita and dance too. I was lucky to have spent the July 4 long weekend in Colorado with my cousin. We went around to see Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells and the Aspen Meadows. July 4 fireworks in the football field of CU left me spellbound. The entire sky was lit, quite literally. CU Boulder is ranked as one of the most beautiful campuses in America. I was elated when I first took a tour of the campus. It has an aesthetic backdrop of Rocky Mountain National Park and almost all campus centers have sandstone walls and red tile roofs - all in a romantic Italianate style. Words are just not enough to describe its beauty! Boulder, unlike the metros like New York or LA, has a rustic feel to it and is filled with outdoor- oriented residents. People here are fitness freaks; every now and then you will encounter a couple running or biking. My guide too cycled all his way to the campus every day from his apartment which was 8 miles away; that is a 40-minute bike ride (just to clarify, bicycles are bikes in the US). Boulder is also one of the safest cities in the US. You are more likely to get your bike (or its spare parts) stolen from the parking than getting mugged in late hours. THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 28 
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+Until this January, I was in constant touch with the professor and his research circle, especially in the winters as we were working on the paper which was presented in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Expo, 2020.I am grateful for this research engagement with CU Boulder; the whole process had been a roller-coaster. It was much more to me than tjust an internship though. To travel alone, to cook my own meals, to manage expenses, to meet deadlines, etc. helped me to become more responsible as an individual and better as a person. Research is difficult and it takes a lot to produce substantial results but when you do achieve it, it will be worth it! It is important that freshmen and sophomores of insti explore what research has in store for them. Most professors at IIT Bombay are happy to offer projects. What they expect in return is your sincerity and persistence in work. So go for it! THE OUTCOME. A CONFERENCE PAPER. THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 29 
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+Ansh Khurana, Computer science depatrment, Batch of 2021 IIT Bombay Univeristy Internship at NUS, Singapore "I got to work on real research problems which helped develop critical thinking skills and benchmarking that is behind every “novel” idea in current Deep Learning papers." UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP AT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Hi, I am Ansh Khurana, Third Year Undergraduate student in Computer Science and Engineering. I was interested in research in Machine Learning and I was grateful that I got an opportunity to work on a research internship at the National University of Singapore. I developed an interest in Computer Vision techniques and their applications quite early in my time here at IIT Bombay. I tried to cover the basics on Coursera and gained hands-on experience through my ITSP project. Since most of the Computer Science internships from PT cell for second-year undergraduates are based on Algorithms/Networking/Cryptography, I tried to get an internship through apping. The apping process requires a lot of patience. You might secure your dream internship in your first 5 emails or in some cases it might take 100s of emails. I tried to work on projects in the third semester and the winter vacation that followed to build up my resume and sent out emails to professors with matching research interests. In the end, my patience was rewarded after 6 weeks of apping when I was offered an excellent research opportunity in Computer Vision at NUS. I worked there on interactive instance segmentation techniques. For example, when you need to select an object of interest in a picture in a software like Photoshop, you input some clicks on the object of interest such that it is segmented out of the background. THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 30 
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+I worked on this problem using Fully Convolutional Networks with the objective to improve the segmentation accuracy by improving the way in which human guidance is incorporated into the network. Further, I got to hang out at a lot of fun places in Singapore. Covering almost all of the famous tourist spots like Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Merlion, Universal Studios, Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer. Staying in a foreign nation also helped improve my social skills when I got to interact with students from different countries like Switzerland, China and Egypt at the research lab. Being a vegetarian, I also had a go at cooking. Overall, the internship experience was very enriching. It was my first introduction to many different aspects of life and helped me gain invaluable experience. I got to work on real research problems which helped develop critical thinking skills and benchmarking that is behind every “novel” idea in current Deep Learning papers. The experience helped in opening further opportunities and strengthened my interest in research. I feel taking up research problems in any field is the best way to explore the subject which is ideal for identifying interests during the bachelors’ programme. THE STUDENT WHO WENT ON A UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP | PAGE 31 
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+ASPIRE - The IIT Bombay Research Park IIT Bombay is setting up a Research Park, ASPIRE - Applied Science Park for Innovation Research & Entrepreneurship, on its campus. The main objective of this initiative is to foster academia-industry collaboration by starting R&D centres in the institute. The Research Park aims to facilitate interaction between IITB students and professors on one side, and industry and national R&D organisations on the other, through various modes of engagement. The flexibility and benefits offered by this park have already attracted Eleven companies on-board. ASPIRE is registered as “IITB Research Park Foundation” a Section 8 not for profit company. Clients of ASPIRE 1. Tata Power SED Co., Ltd. 2. Applied Materials, Inc. 3. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 4. Bharat Forge Limited 5. Nanosniff Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 6. Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. 7. Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. 8. Suzlon Energy Ltd. 9. ideaForge Technology Pvt. Ltd. 10.NCIIPC 11.DRDO For more details, please get in touch with Ms. Kameshwari Mangalampalli,Chief Operating Officer, by sending an email to coo@iitbresearchpark.com or call at 022 2576 5923. IIT BOMBAY RESEARCH PARK | PAGE 32 
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+WHAT WE DO (ENPOWER AND THE DRCS) WHAT WE DO | PAGE 34 
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+About EnPoWER EnPoWER (Engineering Oriented Promotion of Work Experience and Research) being the Research wing of the institute aims to bring research opportunities closer to the Undergraduate students with a mission to promote research among the student community. It is devoted to increasing the participation of Undergraduate students of IIT Bombay in research & development of engineering-based solutions of industry problems by providing them opportunities, recognition and raising awareness. WHAT WE DO | PAGE 35 
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+UGs can benefit from several events conducted such as: ResearchX Curious Community The Research Exposition of IIT Bombay is conducted every year where students get an opportunity to showcase research work done by them, along with that panel discussions, talks, and Discussions A community where several students of same research interest can come together and discuss about a specific topic. These has been created to bridge the gap several other events are between juniors and experienced conducted to so that you can get a flavor about research. Apping Session Conducted along with Career Cell where students get to know about the process of applying for internship, several senior students come and share their experience of applying for internships. You can check the slides shared by seniors regarding apping here: https://www.facebook.com/600356023391739/pos ts/2391533804273943/?app=fbl seniors associated. SURP (Summer Undergraduate Research Program) and iSURP (in Semester Undergraduate Research Program) Portals launched for the benefits of students where you can take up projects collected from several departments and aggregated on a common portal, to facilitate the process of taking up projects (interdisciplinary too). It is a golden opportunity for students in their first- year summer to take explore research and find their research interest. Shruti Gupta continued her SURP project further and then she filled a patent for that, check her experience SURP: https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/new_research/index.php/2019/04/16/surp-exp-1-0-shrutigupta-jellow- communicator/ Given below is the link to Bhavesh Patil’s experience of SURP during his first-year summer: https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~ugacademics/new_research/index.php/2019/08/31/surp-experience-2-0-bhavesh-patil- biomedical-image-segmentation-model/ WHAT WE DO | PAGE 36 
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+Department Research Coordinators (DRCs) For each undergraduate department (department with undergraduate strength), one Department Research Coordinator is allocated. The primary role of the DRCs is to bolster the undergraduate research culture in the departments and in the institute at large through various initiatives and sessions. They bridge the gap between professors and students. Benefits to undergraduates: Guide you to explore your research interest, as well as provide you with opportunities to Ideate various pursue it with due Work in collaboration research-oriented compassion. with department events, talks specific to their departments to provide students councils to conduct to department level events to increase with an opportunity DRC department level to pursue their core bonding and research interest. awareness among students. Publicize several Department Lab applications for Visits/Open Days are scholarships, also conducted by them where students can get to know about labs and research facilities present in several departments. fellowships, and available in-semester research projects from the department so that students can benefit from them. WHAT WE DO | PAGE 37 
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+AEROSPACE ENGINEERING In the Aerospace Engineering Department, one of the best ways to explore your area of interest with your favourite professor is through a Supervised Learning Project (SLP). These can be done twice, starting from your 3rd semester, till the 8th semester, and counts towards the Department Electives. Another way is to interact with the senior students and the professor, they are approachable and knowledgeable in their chosen fields. The Department conducts multiple seminars and workshops each month on diverse topics spanning Swarm Robotics to Analysis of Advanced Composite Materials to Autonomous and Cyber Physical Systems. Watch out for information on these on the Department mailing list. The Department Council promotes research in the form of Lab visits where you get to visit each and every lab in the department, Know Your Department sessions, where seniors talk about their chosen field of interest within the department and Apping sessions, where seniors talk about their apping experience for higher studies in Aerospace Engineering. Feel free to contact the Department Research Coordinator if you are motivated to take up a research engagement but don’t know which professor or lab to approach. - Banzal, Aerospace Engg. DRC CIVIL ENGINEERING The Civil Engineering Department council organizes various events throughout the year like ‘Know your Department’ in which faculties introduce the students about their specializations, their research and also encourage them to take up projects. Then there are Career Counseling sessions and sessions on a Semester Exchange as well. The Civil Engineering Department has introduced a SUPERVISED LEARNING PROJECT (SLP) for UG students of the Department. This project is similar to the BTP but the only difference is that it can be taken by any 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year students, while BTPs are only allowed for the 4th year students. The SLP runs under a course code of ‘CE 695: R&D Project’. Also, this year onwards credit-based summer internships have been started. The course code for the same is 'CE346' in which 3rd- year students doing a minimum of 2 months’ summer Core-internship, can tag it as a Department Elective. We have extended this credit- based internship to University Internships as well. - Komal Gaware, Civil Engg. DRC DEPARTMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES | PAGE 39 
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+CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Many professors in the Chemical Engineering Department work on interdiscipslinary and exciting projects. The Department publishes its research activities in a well-documented booklet. There are Grad School Apping sessions too to help out students who intend to apply to graduate schools for higher studies. You can find an Apping Guide written by Jyot (now an alumnus) and the other important resources here.Don't miss out on the variety of seminars ranging from typical reaction engineering to something such as evolutionary biology hosted by esteemed professors from reputed Universities. Keep yourself notified by subscribing to the mailing list of seminar_che@che.iitb.ac.in The Department hosts a Student Industry Meet where esteemed professionals from several firms interact with the students. Also, make sure you experience the one day Student Industry Visit. The main highlight of the Department, is a 6-credit department elective called 'Course on Wheels,' which is organized by Prof. Mahajani in the winter vacations. Students go on an educational tour and visit industries from various sectors such as oil and gas, base chemicals, petrochemicals, fine and specialty chemicals, etc. While a simulation project of a real-life plant is an added benefit, this is a fantastic opportunity for the 3rd year or senior students to see the real-life applications of their textbook learning. - Ashutosh Nehete, Chemical Engg. DRC COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING The Computer Science and Engineering department has a lot of active Special Reading Groups (SRGs) which are generally managed by professors and postgraduate students. Also, the department conducts a lot of interesting and informative talks, almost on a monthly basis, on a variety of topics spanning from algorithms to artificial intelligence. You can find the details of such talks on departement website. Department hosts the Faculty Unplugged Seminar Series (FUSS) which includes various workshops, seminars and talks regularly. CSE department is rich in terms of the quality and quantity of research projects going on in the departement so if you are really interested and motivated in a particular topic you should interact with the seniors or professors working with it. Department has many labs working on intriguing subjects, like CFILT (Center for Indian Language Technology) and ViGiL (Vision, Graphics and Imaging Laboratory). At last, you can always contact the Department Research Coordinator if you want to know more about the research projects and the professors or seniors working with it. - Satvik Mashkaria, CSE DRC DEPARTMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES | PAGE 40 
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+ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING The Electrical Engineering department is actively involved in research with many specialisations offered in the department. With the introduction of 4 new Specialisations last year, the department offers students the flexibility to choose their ideal path. The six specialisations are Communications and Signal Processing, Control and Computing, Power Engineering and Power systems, Solid State devices, Microelectronics and Electronic Systems. The department has many student-friendly labs with multiple facilities. The department also hosts a number of SRGs or Student Reading Groups which have participants from all over the department. With the compulsory EDL lab, you get to understand the vast area of research in Electrical Engineering and get to work on a project of your choice during the semester. The department has courses such as R&D projects which can be tagged as department electives and SRE or Student Research Exposition which is compulsory for the Dual Degree students. BTP 1 is a compulsory core course which also promotes preliminary research by every student. An industry day is organized by the department where there is collaboration with the industries to see new equipment and latest research as well. - Khanna, Electrical Engg. DRC ENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING The main highlight of the department is the symposium called Energy Day, where people from the industry come and visit the department and also see the DDP projects of students. The department being one that offers a dual degree only, every student does a DDP and hence has a good research exposure by the time they graduate. There have been many students who have pursued higher studies in the discipline as well. The department also has many industrial visits that are conducted during the semester. The DIC of the department is also a great practical exposure for all the students and you may learn to make a solar cooker too! Energy being an upcoming department, the professors focus on the practical experience for the students. Two labs in the fourth year, namely Energy Innovation Lab and the Energy Design Lab give a very good practical experience to all the student. - Siddhartha, DESE DRC DEPARTMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES | PAGE 41 
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+MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The best way to know more about what research has in store for mechanical undergraduates and how to go about it is by interacting with seniors and professors. The Mechanical Engineering Department council organizes various events throughout the year to facilitate this. ‘Know the Research’ is one such session. KTR is aimed at educating the students about various research going in the department and about how to pursue research while in the institute. This year, Prof. Parag Tandaiya delivered a talk followed by students like Rahul Agrawal, Nakul Ghate, Baksh Mangat and Hemant Kumawat talking about their fields of research and their journey. We also have Lab visits in the spring semester for you to acknowledge the different research facilities in the department and their vast application. Feel free to contact the Department Research Coordinator if you are motivated to take up a research engagement but don’t know which professor or lab to approach. You can also have a look at the Department Newsletter (available on the department’s website) to know more about our department! - Raj Lakhani, Mechanical Engg. DRC METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE There are a number of ways for immersion into what the blue and white building entails. The Department conducts multiple seminars and workshops each month on diverse topics spanning Machine Learning to predict material properties and salvaging metals from Li-ion batteries. Watch out for information on these on the Department mailing list, Department notice boards as well as institute mailing lists that you can opt to subscribe to like seminar@iitb.ac.in and events@iitb.ac.in. The Department’s students also regularly organize Industrial Visits, lab tours and sessions. Information about these is made available to students when the visit approaches. You can also reach out to the Department Research Co-ordinator and Department Council to find out more about the next thing that’s coming up. The Department Newsletter, Dhatuki, also provides a whole host of what the Department has to offer with articles from undergraduates, postgraduates as well as Professors! - Mrigi Munjal, MEMS DRC DEPARTMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES | PAGE 42 
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+COUNCIL NOTE As a team that promotes research among the undergraduates and motivates you to take up research, we would like to suggest something. While you try out other things in the institute and look up to seniors, let yourself also give an honest shot at research! Research is not the easiest of options to pursue and it may take several attempts to get things right but trust us the joy in finding something novel, contributing to the world’s knowledge of things and the sheer feeling of accomplishment upon getting results is inexplicable.We strive to help you out in this journey and we wish you the very best in all your endeavours! COUNCIL NOTE | PAGE 43 
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+DOCUMENTATION Debugging the LAN problems Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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+(Sept 2019)
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+1 Objective and important information - 3
+2 Terms and definitions used in the document - 3
+3 Debugging - 4
+- Check for power - 4
+- Check for data connectivity - 5
+4 Note for Hostel System Administrators - 6
+5 Queries - 6
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+1. Objective and important information This document has been developed by ISA’s for the sole purpose of reducing the number of LAN problems which can be sorted out by an individual himself and not waste his time waiting for a vendor visit by Computer Centre(CC).
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+Refer to this document to debug for internet issues on LAN in the hostel area. Please do not mail CC regarding the internet issues directly as it will lead you nowhere. Following the steps will help get your issues get sorted as soon as possible.
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+2. Terms and definitions used in the document
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+For the purpose of this documentation, unless there is something repugnant in the context, the following expressions shall have the meaning attached thereto:
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+- Institute' or I.I.T. means Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076
+- CC is the Computer Center, IIT Bombay
+- ISA refers to Institute System Administrator, IIT Bombay
+- LAN is working fine means intranet & internet works after https://internet.iitb.ac.in/ login
+- GSec refers to General Secretary of the hostel
+- System administrator or sysad means Hostel System Administrator
+- Vendor means the authorized vendors sent by CC on a pre-decided date and time to fix LAN issues in hostels
+- LAN port/ ethernet port and RJ45 Jack are used interchangeably and refer to this:
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+3. Debugging A LAN connection needs 2 working components for the internet to work - power and data.
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+3.1 Check for power:
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+1. Check for LAN symbol in the taskbar. Note that there might be driver issues in your laptop too. To verify, check the note.
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+NOTE: Check for driver issues on your laptop . For this, simply test your laptop on a port where LAN is working fine (Your friend’s room?). If you can access the internet without any issues, go to step 2. Else check the drivers for your laptop and troubleshoot your laptop hardware.
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+2. Check for light in laptops/PC's ethernet port to (not every pc gives out this feature, perhaps you can borrow someone’s with this feature included.)
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+3. If both tests fail, call in the hostel system administrator and mention about the possible power failure in LAN port.
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+1. If you see something like the image below, try switching to Static IP instead of DHCP. If you’re already using Static IP, check if you have configured your laptop correctly according to the IP allocation at https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/ .
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+Note: For setting static IP on your laptop, check out these instructions. Use an IP address from the DHCP IP Pool. Try visiting https://internet.iitb.ac.in . If the IP doesn’t work, try using another IP address as the IP might already be in use. In case of any queries with IP allocation, contact the hostel system administrator.
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+- Windows: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-x p-vista-or-windows-7/
+- Linux: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-configure-static-ip-address-on-ubuntu-18-04/#co nfiguring-static-ip-address-on-ubuntu-desktop
+- MAC: http://www.macinstruct.com/node/550 If even Static IP doesn’t work, try pinging the hops giving on the same page and contact the hostel system administrator. Mention him the extent of IP hops you can ping up to.
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+2. If even Static IP doesn’t work, try pinging the hops giving on the same page and contact the hostel system administrator. Mention him the extent of IP hops you can ping up to.
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+FAQ: How do I ping to a HOP?
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+4. Note for Hostel System Administrators
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+- In case of a power failure of LAN port, check if the wing switch has a proper electricity supply.
+- If the wing switch itself is not receiving power, report to Hall manager and ensure the electric supply is functioning correctly.
+- If the entire wing switch is down, check if the optic cable connecting the wing switch is working correctly.
+- If the entire hostel LAN is not working, contact ISA.
+- If a vendor visit is scheduled, please be available for getting your LAN ports repaired. Do not ask the vendor to configure the static IP for your device as vendor doesn’t know the IP’s allocated inside the institute and outside his scope of work.
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+5. Queries In case of any general queries: Please fill out this form at http://bit.ly/lanqueries . Do not fill complains in the form. Complaints are managed by the hostel system administrators.
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+In case the hostel sysad or the web secy has not been made yet, please reach out to the hostel GSec. In case GSec also isn’t appointed, contact the Hall Manager to appoint a council as CC isn’t sending vendors without appointing hostel council.
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+If you find any problem or have any recommendations in context with this documentation, contact Nautatava Navlakha at nautatva@iitb.ac.in or nnautatva@gmail.com
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+Course Re-Tagging
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+Re-tagging provision of courses will be provided to the following students through Online Application Form.
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+1. Final year students from B.Tech., B.S., 5 Year Integrated M.Sc. programmes.
+2. Final year Dual Degree Programmes’ Students (B.Tech.+ M.Tech., B.S.+ M.Sc., B. Des.+ M.Des.) of category II and above.
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+The dates for opening and closing of online re-tagging form will be announced soon through students’ notices. Students are advised to read the following guidelines carefully before applying for re-tagging.
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+ONCE APPLIED, NO FURTHER RETAGGING REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED:
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+Case I:Following "Re-tagging" requests will be executed immediately on submission of the application form on the online portal. No additional approval will be required.
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+Tag	Description	Changeable to (No approval is required)	
+C	Core Course	{H} $	
+D	Departmental Elective	{O,T,E}	
+E	Honours Elective	{D,O,T}	
+H	Humanities Elective	{T}	
+I	Institute Elective	{T}	
+M	Minor Course	{I,T}	
+O	Honors Course	{D,E,T}	
+T	Additional Learning	{D,E,I,O}	
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+Tag	Description	*Changeable to (Approval of HOD is required in which student is doing minor)	Changeable to (Approval of HOD of parent department is required)	
+C	Core Course	----	{D, I}**	
+D	Departmental Elective	{M}	{C}***	
+H	Humanities Elective	{M}	{D, I, ,C***}	
+I	Institute Elective	{M}	{C}***	
+M	Minor Course	------	{D}	
+T	Additional Learning	{M}	{C}***	
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+Case III: For the following "Re-Tagging requests", students are required to email to the Head of his/ her Academic Unit.
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+1. to apply for an equivalent core course,
+2. "Re-tagging" from core course to any other course except allowed in (a) Case I above [i.e. Core tag to H tag for HS3xx level courses, if currently tagged as "C"], and
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+Fee structure for UG New Entrants B.Tech., Dual Degree (B.Tech. + M. Tech.), B.S. and B. Des. programmes (Autumn Semester 2021-22)
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+Sr. No.	Particulars	Fee payable (Rs.)		
+		Indian Nationals	Foreign Nationals (including OCI / PIO Card holders)	
+(A)	(One Time) - At the time of Admission			
+	1. Admission fee 2. Graduation Transcript Fees 3. Medical Examination 4. Provisional Certificate 5. Student Welfare Fund 6. Modernization & Upgradation 7. Identity Card	2200 500 400 500 1000 2500 500	2200 500 400 500 1000 2500 500	
+	Total (A)	7600	7600	
+(B) Per Semester Fees				
+	1. Tuition Fee - Statutory fees 2. Examination Fee 3. Registration Fee 4. Gymkhana Fee 5. Student Benevolent Fund *6. Medical Fee *7. Hostel Rent *8. Elect. & Water Charges # 9. Hostel Establishment Charges # 10. Mess Establishment Charges 11. Student Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF)	100000 1000 750 500 500 1500 2000 3000 3000 1550 200	300000 1000 750 500 500 1500 2000 3000 3000 1550 200	
+	Total (B)	114000	314000	
+(C)	Refundable Deposits (To be paid at the time of admission)			
+	1. Institute Security Deposits 2. Library Security Deposits 3. Mess Security Deposits	1000 1000 1000	1000 1000 1000	
+	Total (C)	3000	3000	
+	Grand Total (A+B+C)	124600	324600	
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+INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY ACADEMIC CALENDER 2022 - 2023 (UG New Entrants)
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+(A) SCHEDULE OF AUTUMN SEMESTER (1 st Semester)
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+Students	Reporting & Orientation	Semester Registration	Instruction begins	
+UG New Entrants (2022 Batch)	27.10.2022 (Thursday) – 29.10.2022 (Saturday)	27.10.2022 (Thursday)- 29.10.2022 (Saturday)	31.10.2022 (Monday)	
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+Last date for entry of Faculty Advisor by Academic units	15.10.2022 (Saturday)	
+Confirmation of bulletin/ Time Table by the Head of Academic Units	20.10.2022 (Thursday)	
+Last date for late registration (With Fine)	07.11.2022 (Monday)	
+Last date for course adjustment	08.11.2022 (Tuesday)	
+Last date for approving course registration by Faculty Advisor	10.11.2022 (Thursday)	
+Last date for dropping the course without “W” grade	14.11.2022 (Monday)	
+Last date for dropping of first half-semester courses with “W” grade	21.11.2022 (Monday)	
+Mid-term Course Feedback for all courses (for first half and full semester courses)	22.11.2022 (Tuesday) -25.11.2022 (Fridy)	
+Award of DX grades for first half-semester courses	05.12.2022 (Monday) – 06.12.2022 (Tuesday)	
+Final Course Feedback for first half-semester courses	07.12.2022 (Wednesday) – 13.12.2022 (Tuesday)	
+Mid-semester exam for full-semester courses and End-semester exam for first half-semester courses	14.12.2022 (Wednesday) – 20.12.2022 (Tuesday)	
+Instruction begins for second half semester courses	21.12.2022 (Wednesday)	
+Last date for showing evaluated answer scripts / in-sem performance of first half semester courses	26.12.2022 (Monday)	
+Last date for dropping the course without “W” grade for second half semester	27.12.2022 (Tuesday)	
+On-line submission of grades for first half-semester courses	14.12.2022 (Wednesday) – 27.12.2022 (Tuesday)	
+Late grading request for first half semester courses by instructor through ASC grading interface	25.12.2022 (Sunday) – 28.12.2022 (Wednesday)	
+Last date for dropping of Second half and full-semester courses with “W” grade	02.01.2023 (Monday)	
+Online submission of late grades for first half semester courses by instructor	28.12.2022 (Wednesday) – 05.01.2023 (Thursday)	
+Re-Exam and online grading for first half semester courses (Re-exam to be conducted by concerned Academic units)	28.12.2022 (Wednesday) – 05.01.2023 (Thursday)	
+Online correction of grades for first half semester courses by instructor	28.12.2022 (Wednesday) – 05.01.2023 (Thursday)	
+Payment of Spring semester 2022-2023 fees	02.01.2023 (Monday) – 28.02.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Payment of Spring semester 2022-2023 fees (with fine)	01.03.2023 (Wednesday) – 12.03.2023 (Sunday)	
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+Mid-term Course Feedback for second half-semester courses	11.01.2023 (Wednesday)– 15.01.2023 (Sunday)	
+Award of DX grades for full-semester and second half-semester courses	25.01.2023 (Wednesday) – 27.01.2023 (Friday)	
+Final Course Feedback for full-semester and second half-semester courses	29.01.2023 (Sunday) – 02.02.2023 (Thursday)	
+Last date of instruction	03/02/2023 (Friday)	
+End-semester examination	06.02.2023 (Monday) – 12.02.2023 (Sunday)	
+Last date for showing evaluated answer scripts / in-sem performance	18.02.2023 (Saturday)	
+On-line submission of grades for full-sem & second half-semester courses	06.02.2023 (Monday) – 19.02.2023 (Sunday)	
+Late grading request for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor through ASC grading interface	17.02.2023 (Friday) – 20.02.2023 (Monday)	
+Online submission of late grades for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor	21.02.2023 (Tuesday)– 27.02.2023 (Monday)	
+Re­Exam and online grading for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor (Re­exam to be conducted by concerned Academic units)	21.02.2023 (Tuesday)– 27.02.2023 (Monday)	
+Online correction of grades for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor	21.02.2023 (Tuesday)– 27.02.2023 (Monday)	
+WINTER VACATION (for students)	Students may leave Institute for vacation after end sem examination, if they do not any Academic commitments thereafter.	
+Date for auto conversion of “FF” and “II” grade to “FR”	28.02.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Last date for end of academic activities for Spring Semester	28.02.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Calculation of SPI/ CPI	28.02.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Last date for transfer to Academic Rehabilitation Program (ARP) / Academic Probation (AP)	28.02.2023 (Tuesday)	
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+Students	Semester Registration	Instruction begins	
+UG New Entrants (2022 Batch)	01/03/2023 (Wednesday) – 03/03/2023 (Friday)	06/03/2023 (Monday)	
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+Last date for entry of Faculty Advisor by Academic units	15.02.2023 (Wednesday)	
+Confirmation of bulletin/ Time Table by the Head of Academic Units	20.02.2023 (Monday)	
+Last date for late registration (With Fine)	12.03.2023 (Sunday)	
+Last date for course adjustment	13.03.2023 (Monday)	
+Last date for approving course registration by Faculty Advisor	14.03.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Last date for dropping the course without “W” grade	20.03.2023 (Monday)	
+Last date for dropping of first half-semester courses with “W” grade	27.03.2023 (Monday)	
+Mid-term Course Feedback for all courses (for first half and full semester courses)	27.03.2023 (Monday) – 30.03.2023 (Thursday)	
+Award of DX grades for first half-semester courses	02.04.2023 (Sunday) - 04.04.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Final Course Feedback for first half-semester courses	06.04.2023 (Thursday) – 11.04.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Mid-semester exam for full-semester courses and End-semester exam for first half-semester courses	12.04.2023 (Wednesday) – 18.04.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Instruction begins for second half semester courses	19.04.2023 (Wednesday)	
+Last date for showing evaluated answer scripts / in-sem performance of first half semester courses	24.04.2023 (Monday)	
+Last date for dropping the course without “W” grade for second half semester	25.04.2023 (Tuesday)	
+On-line submission of grades for first half-semester courses	12.04.2023 (Wednesday) – 25.04.2023 (Tuesday)	
+Late grading request for first half semester courses by instructor through ASC grading interface	23.04.2023 (Sunday) – 26.04.2023 (Wednesday)	
+Last date for dropping of second half and full-semester courses with “W” grade	01.05.2023 (Monday)	
+Online submission of late grades for first half semester courses by instructor	26.04.2023 (Wednesday) – 04.05.2023 (Thursday)	
+Re-Exam and online grading for first half semester courses (Re-exam to be conducted by concern Academic units)	26.04.2023 (Wednesday) – 04.05.2023 (Thursday)	
+Online correction of grades for first half semester courses by instructor	26.04.2023 (Wednesday)– 04.05.2023 (Thursday)	
+Mid-term Course Feedback for second half-semester courses	10.05.2023 (Wednesday) -13.05.2023 (Saturday)	
+Award of DX grades for full-semester and second half-semester courses	31-05.2023 (Wednesday) - 02.06.2023 (Friday)	
+Final Course Feedback for full-semester and second half-semester courses	04.06.2023 (Sunday)- 08.06.2023 (Thursday)	
+Last date of instruction	09.06.2023 (Friday)	
+End-semester examination	12.06.2023 (Monday) – 19.06.2023 (Monday)	
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+Payment of Autumn semester 2023-2024 fees	01.05.2023 (Monday)- 21.07.2023 (Friday) (Tentative)	
+Payment of Autumn semester 2023-2024 fees (with fine)	22.07.2023 (Saturday) – 02.08.2023 (Wednesday) (Tentative)	
+Last date for showing evaluated answer scripts / in-sem performance	24.06.2023 (Saturday)	
+On-line submission of grades for full-sem and second half-semester courses	12.06.2023 (Monday) – 25.06.2023 (Sunday)	
+Late grading request for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor through ASC grading interface	23.06.2023 (Friday) – 25.06.2023 (Sunday)	
+Online submission of late grades for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor	26.06.2023 (Monday) – 30.06.2023 (Frdiay)	
+Re-Exam and online grading for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor (Re-exam to be conducted by concern Academic units)	26.06.2023 (Monday) – 30.06.2023 (Frdiay)	
+Online correction of grades for second half semester courses and full semester courses by instructor	26.06.2023 (Monday) – 30.06.2023 (Frdiay)	
+Summer Vacation (for students)	02.07.2023 (Sunday) – 16.07.2023 (Sunday) (Tentative)	
+Date for auto conversion of “FF” and “II” grade to “FR”	01.07.2023 (Saturday)	
+Last date for end of academic activities for Spring Semester	01.07.2023 (Saturday)	
+Calculation of SPI/ CPI	01.07.2023 (Saturday)	
+Last date for transfer to Academic Rehabilitation Program (ARP) / Academic Probation (AP)	01.07.2023 (Saturday)	
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+Notes pertaining to academic activities
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+1.	Registration for second half­semester courses should also be completed at the beginning of the semester.	
+2.	A flat amount of Rs.1000/­ will be charged for late payment of fees and for late registration till last date of late registration	
+3.	Scheduled classes cancelled due to public holidays/ exigency situations may be adjusted during(Previous/Post) Saturday/ Sunday with approval from Dean (Academic Programme)	
+4.	Saturdays are included in both Mid­semester and End­semester dates.	
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+SPECIAL ACADEMIC EVENTS
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+National Education day	11.11.2022 (Friday)	
+Alumni day (4 th Sunday of December)	25.12.2022 (Sunday)	
+Interim session of 61 st Convocation	25.02.2023 (Saturday)	
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+Facilities of Free Messing All SC/ST students are exempted from the payment of tuition fees. The facilities of free messing will be granted to eligible SC/ST students of B.Tech., Dual Degee (B.Tech. + M.Tech.), B.S. and B.Des. Programme as detailed below. For Dual Degee students, it is available only upto 4th year.
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+Income limit	SC/ST Category students		
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+Income up to Rs. 5 Lakh	• Exemption from payment of ••Tuition fee. Free messing facility (basic menu). Pocket allowance @Rs. 500/­per month. • Exemption from payment of hostel room rent. • Women Merit Scholarship of Rs. 10,000/­ per year.	• Exemption from payment of Tuition• •fee. Free messing facility (basic menu). Pocket allowance @Rs. 500/­ per month • Exemption from payment of hostel room rent.	
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+The parental income is the basis for the means criterion of the scholarship. At present, students whose parents’ annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/ are eligible to apply for the above facilities. When a student applies for the scholarship, copy of Income Certificate issued by the Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar or the Income Tax Return (ITR) of parents for preceding year is required to be submitted with application for the scholarship every year.
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+The student who avails such facilities cannot accept any other scholarship from Govt., Semi­Govt. or private sources.
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+The benefits are available for the standard duration of the program on registration. Women Merit Scholarship is a special provision for female students of UG programmes only. Pocket allowance is payable for 10 months only in every academic year .
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+Mapping of grades for exchange students
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+(Approved in 233 rd meeting of the Senate held on 25/04/2018).
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+IITB uses letter grades on a 4­10 scale. The following proposal outlines a scheme to map grades from other numeric or letter grades to the IITB scale.
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+Mapping from a numeric range:
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+Suppose a University provides a numeric range [L, H] where L is the lowest passing mark and H is the highest passing mark. Compute constants a and b such that aL+b = 4 and aH + b = 10. That is a = 6/(H­L). And b = (4H­10L)/(H­L). For any numeric score x, the numeric grade in the IITB system is computed as floor{ax+b}.
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+Comparison with the earlier UGPC ruling:
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+The earlier UGPC document only gives a formula for the ranges [1,4] and [1,5]. For the [1,5] scale, this proposal coincides with the earlier ruling. However for the [1,4] scale the earlier UGPC ruling proposed floor{ax+b+0.5}. Note that even in this case, the result is the same for integral and half­integral values of x,like 1,1.5,2,2.5 etc.
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+Mapping for letter grades.
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+If the University does not provide a numeric grade and only provides letter grades then the following map be considered. We first map letter grades as given below to a numeric range and then use this numeric range to compute the grades. The lowest letter grade is mapped to the number 1. The next is mapped to 1.5. Every letter grade is mapped to 0.5 plus the number mapped by the previous letter grade. Note that if the University provides both letter grades and numeric equivalents, the numeric equivalent will be used.
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+Like most of the engineering colleges IIT Bombay also follows Grade Point system here which is known as CPI system (Cumulative Performance Index). For every course taken by the students, he/she is assigned a letter grade on his/her combined performance in all the assessments. These grades are described by the following letters and corresponding grade points.
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+AP	10	FR **	0/Fail (Repeat the course)	
+AA	10	DX ***	Fail due to lack of attendance	
+AB	9	II #	Incomplete	
+BB	8	DR	Dropped	
+BC	7	PP	Passed	
+CC	6	NP	Not Passed	
+CD	5	AU ##	Audit	
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+Minimum passing grade in a course is DD.
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+The letter grades FF and FR shall be treated as failure grades. FR grade will be awarded in cases where in the opinion of the instructor, the student hasn't had adequate academic exposure to the course and should therefore repeat the course. FR grade may also be awarded in cases of minor malpractice in examinations/assessments. A student, whose in-semester performance is very poor, may be awarded the ‘FR' grade by the instructors, even if he/she had missed the end-semester examination due to any reasons. If a student either does not submit his seminar report by the prescribed date or he/she is absent for presentation on the scheduled date he/she shall be awarded FF grade unless he/she is given extension by the coordinator under exceptional circumstances. Re-examination may be permitted for a course if he/she obtains FF grade. After such re-examination if the student passes in that course, he/she will be awarded the maximum grade of DD in that course. If a student does not take or fails in the re-examination, he/she will be awarded the grade FR. A student getting a FR grade has to re-register for the same course if it is a core subject. If this course is an elective course, he/she may register for an alternative course as prescribed by the DPGC/ IDPC/SPGC, without this being counted as an additional courses.
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+The grade DX in a course is awarded if a student does not maintain the attendance requirement in the Lecture/Tutorial classes. The DX grades may also be awarded to the students having bad or incomplete in-semester records on non-medical reasons. The DX grade will be declared in the first week of November for the Autumn Semester Courses and in the first week of April for Spring Semester Courses (in general one week before the semester end exams). A student with DX grade in a given course is not permitted to take
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+# Incomplete Grade (II)
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+Grade 'II' is awarded in a lecture/lab course if a student has satisfactory in-semester performance, but has not appeared for the end-semester examination on medical grounds. The student is entitled for 50 marks re-examination given at the end of the particular semester. ‘II' grade will be converted into a performance grade (depending on the overall performance in the course) after the re-examination.
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+##Audit Grade (AU)
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+The student registered for a course as audit shall be awarded the grade AU if they fulfill the requirement of minimum of 80% attendance and duly satisfactory in-semester performance as prescribed by the Instructor. The Instructor shall include such AU grades in the final grade report for that course. If the student does not qualify for the grade AU, it will be assumed that the course has been dropped by that student.
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+Dropping of course(s)
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+If any student finds his course load to be too heavy then he can drop one or more of his courses within a stipulated time. Even the core courses can also be dropped in condition of that he she/he will complete the dropped course(s) within his degree tenure. In case of electives the student need not to take the same courses, she/he can select any other elective(s) as well. Such courses will appear in the transcripts and final grade card with a 'W' grade (withdrawn grade). These courses will have no impact on SPI/CPI. The last date for dropping a course by the student will be two weeks after the midsemester examination for the semester-long courses and one week after the mid-semester examination for the half-semester courses. The last date for course drop will be included in the Academic Calendar.
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+1. A student in a PG Programme, where minimum CPI for coursework is 6.0, will be eligible for repeating a course for grade improvement if he/ she has a CPI less than 6.0 and has been permitted by PGAPEC to continue in the Programme on Academic Probation.
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+2. For Grade improvement, a student has to re-register in the course in a subsequent semester if the course is offered. The grade obtained in the re-registered course will supersede the earlier grade and the same will be reflected in the Semester Grade Card and in the Final Transcript.
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+Application Process for Inter-Disciplinary-Dual-Degree (IDDD) Programme
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+Under IDDDProgramme, a student admitted in B.Tech. / B.S. / Dual-Degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech.) programme in an Academic Unit A (e.g. "home") can pursue M.Tech./ MBA in a specialization in another academic unit B (e.g. "host") . The application has to be made at the end of the sixth semester and before the beginning of the seventh semester.
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+Following will be the flow of approval processes.
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+a Fill up the form on AMS, use SAVE button to store the filled-up form, and sign it digitally [ procedure for signature is given below].
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+b Send the signed document to your faculty-adviser. You have to type the mail-id of the faculty-advisor or search the same in "search LDAP" and using the button “REQUEST SIGNATURE”. Students may use the Personal Message area if they want to add some remarks or some information to faculty adviser.
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+Once a request is generated by a student, the faculty-adviser will receive a link in their e-mail and by clicking on the same, the requested page will open directly. The faculty-advisor must log in to perform any further action. Faculty-adviser (home) will examine the form in details, in particular, the current academic standing and proposed plan of the student to complete the remaining part of the B.Tech. / B.S. curriculum, and forward the same with comments (if any, in the message box) with digital signature to the Convener, DUGC (home). [procedure for signature is given below] Please type the mail-id of Convener, DUGC and use “SEND DOCUMENT” button. Faculty adviser can also DISCARD the request in case the filled-up form is found incomplete or deficient by clicking on “DISCARD REQUEST” button. The student will then receive an email as “denied signature” by the Faculty- adviser, along with any added comments. Once this process is completed successfully, the Convener, DUGC (home) will receive a link in their email.
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+Convener, DUGC ( home ): The Convener, DUGC (home) can b.i reject the application by using “DISCARD REQUEST” button – an email goes to the student along with any comments.
+b.ii or, recommend the application, sign it digitally and forward to the Convener, DUGC / DPGC ( host) of the academic unit, where the student desires to pursue M.Tech./MBA for the IDDDProgramme, by using “SEND DOCUMENT” button [procedure for signature is given below] The Convener, DUGC (home) can add any remark using the “ANNOTATE” button. Once this process completed the Convener DUGC / DPGC (host) will receive a link in his/her email.
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+i reject the application by using “DISCARD REQUEST” button - an email will be sent to the student along with any comments. If a clarification is to be sent to the Convener DUGC (home), the “SEND EMAIL” box at the top of the document (just below the “CLICK HERE TO SIGN” button) can be used to email to the selected people among those, who have signed the document.
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+ii or, recommend the application, digitally sign, and forward to (aracad4@iitb.ac.in) by using the “SEND DOCUMENT” button. Any remarks by the convener must be added to the document using the “ANNOTATE” button. Once this process is completed the AR (Academics-4) will receive a link in their Web mail.
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+AR (Academics-4) will forward the form to the designated staff, who will check / validate student's CPI and other required academic requirement for eligibility, and save a softcopy in the format: (rollno_home_host.pdf e.g. 1730xxxxx_ME_EE.pdf)
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+After the expiry of the last date of application, the designated staff(s) would check the applications and prepare the list of eligible students in the order of their CPI for each host, and make the allotment. Please refer to Annex I for eligibility criteria set by certain departments. For other departments only two seats will be allowed for each DD/M.Tech. specialization of an academic unit.
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+The list of allotment is prepared and send to A/Dean, AP for approval.
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+Post approval, AR (Academics-4) confirms the allotment. This can be done by opening the respective document in AMS, and then using the “Send Email” section at the top of the document to send a mail confirmation to all selected email IDs. The confirmation must be sent to Convener DUGC (home), Convener DUGC/DPGC (host), Dean SA, Associate Dean SA, UGAPEC Convener, Head CC, and aracad4.
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+Note: if the list of emails in the “Send Email” section does not display an email address, the document must be sent to that LDAP ID using the “SEND DOCUMENT” button first.
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+Some important guidelines how to use AMS:
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+1 Digital signature of a document
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+A document can be digitally signed by using the “CLICK HERE TO SIGN” button. After clicking on it a green rectangle will appear. Please move it using the mouse cursor, place at the appropriate place, and click to sign the document there.
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+2.i REQUEST SIGNATURE : User may request someone else to sign the document by using this button. 2.ii SEND DOCUMENT : User may request someone else to refer to the document by using this button. A document can be sent to one user only once. 2.iiiANNOTATE : Concerned user may add remarks to the document by using this. It is equivalent to “writing” on the form (similar to paper).
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+2.iv DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT : Document can be download by the user in the .pdf format. 2.v ARCHIVE : User can archive by using this. 2.vi ADD ATTACHMENT : User can attach document for reference.
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+Guidelines for Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programme (IDDDP)
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+1 Minimum Eligibility Criteria:
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+1.a Undergraduate (UG) students admitted to B.S., B.Tech. and DD (B.Tech. + M.Tech.) programmes can apply for IDDDP at the end of sixth semester. 1.bAt the end of sixth semester, students must have CPI >= 7.5 and should not have any FR/DR/DX/W grade in mandatory courses including NSO/NSS/NCC. 1.cThrough IDDDProgramme, students can apply for all the specializations of Dual Degree (DD) and M.Tech./ MBA programmes approved by the Academic Senate of IIT Bombay. 1.d Over and above minimum eligibility criteria [a-c], a DUGC/ DPGC may enforce additional eligibility and selection criteria [through Academic Senate of IIT Bombay]. 1.eStudents admitted to B.S. programme through Maths Olympiad are not eligible. 1.fRefer Annex I for additional details with regard to eligibility criteria by certain Academic units.
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+2.a Interested and eligible UG students from B.S., B.Tech. and DD (B.Tech. + M.Tech.) programmes should apply using the form (as attached) directly to their respective parent departments at the end of sixth semester and before 15th July of that Calendar year. 2.b The application must clearly state the course plans to finish the B.S. / B.Tech. programme by the 8 th semester and the intended IDDD specialization by the 10th semester. No additional time will be provided for either one. 2.c The completed application of the student must be examined and approved first by the DUGC of the parent academic unit, followed by the DUGC / DPGC [as applicable] by the destination academic unit. 2.d The list of the short-listed candidates will be forwarded to Dean, AP by the Convener, DUGC / DPGC of the admitting [destination] departments. An academic unit can also provide a waiting list based on the merit. 2.e The final list of selected candidates will be conveyed to the Convener, DUGC of the respecti e parent academic units and the Convener, DUGC / DPGC of the destination academic units. The final list will also be conveyed to Associate/ Dean, SA for adjustment in hostel accommodation.
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+3.a IDDDP is only for the movement of students from one academic unit to another. 3.b A DD specialization / M.Tech. program usually requires the completion of 8 to 9 courses of 6 credits and a DD/M.Tech. project (DDP/MTP) of 74 - 92 credits. 3.c IDDDP should also be treated as (b). However, considering (a), IDDDP also allows the completion of only 4 PG level courses (as specified by the concerned academic unit) and the DDP/MTP project to earn a "Dual Degree in xxx Specialization WITHOUT HONORS". 3.d An admitting academic unit can prescribe additional courses over and above that required for IDDDP, (with/without HONORS) which may differ depending on the parent academic unit of the incoming student to facilitate introduction considering (a). 3.e The DUGC/DPGC of the admitting academic unit must prescribe beforehand and certify the completion of the HONORS requirement. 3.f An academic unit can admit at most 2 UG students in each DD/ M.Tech. specialization. 3.g The selection and entry of all candidates in IDDDP will remain provisional till the successful completion of B.S./B.Tech. curriculum by the end of 8 th semester. The payment of TAship to the selected candidates will remain subject to terms and conditions as applicable to usual DD programs and other rules as applicable from time to time. 3.h The roll no. of the selected list of candidates will remain the same.
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+Annex I Following additional criteria are specified by some departments for IDDDP
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+Department	Elgibility Crieteria	
+SJMSOM	B.Tech/B.S. and Dual Degree (B.Tech+M.Tech) students.1 Students with CPI of 7.0 at the end of their sixth semester and with no backlog in their UG courses can apply for the programme. 2 The CPI criteria would be a benchmark and interviews will be conducted as per specialization applied for. 3 The fees applicable to IDDDP students will be the same as that applied for the students in 2 nd year MBA programme. 4 On completion of programme, the students would get B.Tech Degree in parent department and MBA degree in given specialization. 5 The students would not be eligible for Minor in Management (SJMSOM)	
+Environmental Science and Engineering Department	A maximum of two students would be permitted to leave the Department for joining IDDDP programmes.	
+SystemsEngineeringand Control	1 The candidate must satisfy the minimum eligibility criteria stipulated by the Academic section. 2 A SysCon core faculty member must agree to guide the candidate. 3 In any year, a core faculty member can agree to guide (i.e. recommend) at most one candidate applying for the SysCon IDDDP. 4 The candidate must have completed any two courses from our list of minor courses within the first six semesters of the B.Tech program and have an average score of at least 7.5 in these two courses. This requirement can be waived if the student has credited some equivalent courses in other departments which in their entirety cover the topics covered in any two SysCon minor courses. The average grade requirement for the equivalent courses is 7.5. The decision about granting the waiver will be taken by the IDPC.In case more than two candidates satisfying all the above requirements apply for the SysCon IDDDP, then the two candidates with the highest CPIs will be recommended for admission.	
+CMinds	Any IITB BTechs with CPI > 8.0 can opt for the program in their sixth and seventh semester with the approval of the DUGC of the BTech department and DPGC of the M.Tech. department.Dual degree students can be admitted via usual rules of a branch change. He/she must have completed at least two AI and Data Science minor courses (including the soft core or equivalent courses. A DDP guide who is a faculty member associated with the Centre for MI&DS must be identified, and give his/her approval as part of the application process. The final decision will be based on CPI, consent from an associated faculty who agrees to serve as advisor, statement-of-purpose, and/or interviews. The center will make the admission decisions before the start of placements in the seventh semester. A student who chooses to convert to IDDDP in AI and Data Science and thus receives a Masters in AI and Data Science, will not be eligible for a minor in AI and Data Science.Number admitted: In its first year of operation we propose to admit eight* students in the institute TA category and 22 additional students in the RA category. Students in the TA category will support the minor courses offered by the Centre. The students in the RA category will be funded by projects of the faculty with whom the student engages in the year- long project.Curriculum Structure The master’s degree requires:	
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+Centre for Digital Health	Under-graduate students pursuing a B.Tech. / B.S. / DD (B.Tech. / B.S. + M.Tech. / M.S.) degree in an academic unit at IIT Bombay with CPI > 7.5 at the end of sixth semester can apply. The applications would be screened first at the DUGC of the home academic unit of the applicants and subsequently, by a select academic committee of CDH.The applicant is also required to identify through mutual discussion a faculty member associated with CDH as a supervisor for the dual degree project (DDP). Prior consent from the concerned faculty member is essential for the IDDD application.The final decision will be based on CPI, consent from an associated faculty who agrees to serve as the DDP supervisor, statement-of-purpose, and/or interviews. The center will make the admission decisions before the start of placements in the seventh semester.A student, selected for IDDD in CDH for a masters in "Healthcare Informatics", will not be eligible for a minor degree in Healthcare Informatics.Under-graduate students pursuing a B.Tech. / B.S. / DD (B.Tech. / B.S. + M.Tech. / M.S.) degree at IIT Bombay can purse additional one year of PG-level courses and a year-long project in the area of Healthcare Informatics to earn a masters' degree in "Healthcare Informatics" along with their B.Tech. / B.S. degree in dual degree mode.Number of students to be admitted : For the AY 2021-22, it is proposed to admit 8 students in the institute TA category and 22 students in the RA category. The students in the RA category will be funded by the research projects of the concerned faculty member with whom the student would engage in the year-long project.	
+Climate Studies	The Minimum eligibility criteria, Application procedure, Rules & Regulations will remain the same as provided in the UG Rule Book. The department can have a maximum intake of 5 students in an academic year.	
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+INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY Application for Conversion of Academic Programme from B.Tech./ B.S./ Dual Degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech.) in admitted department to M.Tech/ MBA in other than admitted department Personal Details:
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+Name of student: ____________________________________________________________________________
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+Roll No .: Department :
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+Number of semesters completed in this programme: Email ID
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+_____ Current CPI: _______ ___ Mobile No ______
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+Proposed Department for M.Tech/ MBA with specialization (in order of preference) 1) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) _____________________________________________________________________________________
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+Name(s) of the Proposed Supervisor(s) for the Dual Degree Project (in order of preference) (Note: Not applicable for MBA)
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+I, undertake to abide by the decision of the authorities for granting me change of programme. The programme allotted to me shall be acceptable & binding on me. I will not ask for any further reconsideration under any circumstances.
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+Merit­ cum­ Means (MCM) Scholarship Merit­cum­Means scholarship is awarded to a maximum of 25% of sanctioned Intake of undergraduate students. For Dual Degee, it is available only upto the 4th year. For these scholarships, academic merit as well as means will be taken into account to determine eligibility
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+Income limit	Women	Others	
+Income up to Rs. 1 Lakh	Exemption from payment of Tuition fee.•• Scholarship of Rs. 40,000/­ per year.• Women Merit Scholarship of Rs. 10,000/­ per year.	• Exemption from payment of Tuition fee.Scholarship of Rs. 40,000/­ per year.•	
+Income aboveRs. 1 Lakh up to 3 Lakhs	••Exemption from payment of Tuition feeScholarship of Rs. 30,000/­ per year.• Women Merit Scholarship of Rs. 10,000/­ per year.	• Exemption from payment of Tuition feeScholarship of Rs. 30,000/­ per year.•	
+Income aboveRs. 3 Lakhs up to 5 Lakhs	••Exemption from payment of Tuition feeScholarship of 20,000/­per year.• Women Merit Scholarship of Rs. 10,000/­ per year.	• Exemption from payment of Tuition feeScholarship of Rs. 20,000/­ per year.•	
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+Means Criterion: The parental income is the basis for the ‘means' criterion of the scholarship. At present students whose parents annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/ , are eligible to apply for Merit­cum­Means Scholarship. When a student applies for the scholarship, copy of Income Certificate issued by the Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar or the Income Tax Return (ITR) of parents for preceding year is required to be submitted with application for the scholarship every year.
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+#### Getting Started: Faculty, Staff and Students 
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+**Introduction**   Computer Centre IIT Bombay provides various IT services and facilities to Students, Staff, and Faculty Members. sThe services include Email, Web Browsing, File Storage, High-performance computing (HPC), VPN, etc. Most of the services are based on your **LDAP-ID and password**. _It is suggested to use these facilities responsibly for your and IITB's security._     
+The following information will be useful to you for accessing LDAP login and password:     
+**LDAP Details** 
+  * Your initial password is your date of birth in DDMMYYYY format. For example if your birth-date is January 30, 1996 your password will be 30011996.   * If for some reason your initial password does not work, your Department Sysad will help you fix it. 
+**Change your initial LDAP password:**   It is mandatory to change your initial LDAP password. To change your initial LDAP password, kindly visit the following URLs and log in with your initial credentials, and then you will get an option to change the password.     
+<http://camp.iitb.ac.in/cgi-bin/index.cgi> _(if you are on campus internet)_   <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/camp/> _(from the internet)_ 
+**Read and Accept IT Access Policy:**   The next step is to carefully read the IT services usage policy before accepting/rejecting it. If you choose to REJECT or VIOLATED the policy, you will be BARRED from all LDAP/SSO-based services. Please visit the following URL to accept/reject the IT policy.   <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/page/itaccesspolicy> 
+**Registration for Two Factor Authentication for SSO login(2FA):**   Two Factor Authentication is mandatory for all Single Sign-on (SSO) based services. To avoid getting locked/barred from the SSO-based services, it is recommended to register for at least 2 methods of 2FA. 
+  
+
+  1. **Time-based OTP (TOTP)** Kindly refer to the following video tutorial for TOTP registration. TOTP doesn�t require GSM/CDMA/Internet connectivity to get an OTP. The only requirement is the correct date and time. So before following the following steps, please make sure the data and time of your Smartphone is correct and the automatic date time setting is enabled. [TOTP registration using Desktop/Laptop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm9VOlHNgI0)   [TOTP registration using Smartphone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4NP2c8bV4)     
+
+  2. **SMS-based OTP** You can register your mobile number for SMS-based OTP. This service is mainly for recovery purposes. Whenever you don�t have any access to Time-based OTP (Google / Microsoft Authenticator apps) because of any reason like a lost phone/hardware failure etc., SMS-based OTP can be used to de-register your device. Please note that you will get only 30 SMS-based OTP per month. Kindly refer to the following URL for step-by-step instructions. [Registration for SMS-based OTP](https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/attachments/sso/SSO_Mobile_SMS.pdf) 
+  
+You can also refer to the below URL for the details step by step how to�s for all available 2FA methods   <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/page/sso-guide >     
+
+**Updating LDAP DEtails**   After registration, it is recommended that you visit<http://camp.iitb.ac.in/cgi-bin/index.cgi> and do the following: 
+  * Important: Change your password _regularly ay every six months_   * Choose a new LDAP ID after a month of your registration. You will be able to send/receive mails at **LDAP_ID[at]iitb.ac.in**. You can change your ID only _once_   * If you forget your LDAP password then contact your respective Department Sysad 
+**Web Browsing and Email Account Access** 
+  1. A detailed procedure for connecting to IITB network is mentioned below.      * Using [Wired Network](/page/n-wired)     * Using [Wireless](/page/n-wireless)   2. For browsing non-IITB websites you need to setup your Proxy:      * In the network options of your web browser you need to provide the follwing path in Auto Configuration field: **"[autoproxy.pac](/attachments/netmon/autoproxy.pac "Auto Proxy Configuration")"**(recommended method)     * Alternatively, you could either configure proxy manually - **netmon.iitb.ac.in on port 80**. Do NOT use Proxy for internal sites **(*.iitb.ac.in, 10.0.0.0/8)**. The syntax may be different in different browsers.     * Now try to access any external site and you will be prompted by netmon.iitb.ac.in to enter your LDAP-ID and password. 
+Don't forget to read the [Essential FAQs](/page/essentialfaqs) 
+Following are a few specific details for 
+  * Faculty & Staff   * Student 
+**Faculty& Staff** 
+  * LDAP login credentials will be given to you by the department sysad. Once you receive your user-id and password you can change the user-id. Please choose it carefully as it can be changed only once. You can send and receive emails using your email account LDAP_ID[at]iitb.ac.in.   * Residential Network connection information is available in [RESNET](/page/ip_residence) Pages.   * To subscribe to Discuss Faculty/Staff Mailing list refer following [link](/page/subscibe-discusslist) 
+**Student:** 
+  * For details of Hostel IP Allocation read the article:[Hostel IP allocation](/page/ip_hostel) or ask your hostel sysad. 
+Static IP Allocation on Windows/Ubuntu OS - [Link](/page/configurelan) 

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+#### Accessing Internet Without GUI 
+  
+
+Use the below PDF for accessing the internet without using the Graphical Interface 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Internet Access Without GUI -- PDF](/attachments/sso/InternetAccess_WithoutGUI.pdf)   
+
+
+#### Two Factor Authentication (2FA) for SSO 
+  
+
+SSO has become mandatory for all the network users at IITB. 
+Before starting to use new SSO based services, everyone needs to register their smartphones for two-factor authentication. Please note this is a one- time activity. 
+Those who are using two accounts, i.e., one personal and another functional/institutional (e.g., username@iitb.ac.in and stores.department@iitb.ac.in) accounts, you need to register for both the accounts. 
+  
+
+**Methods for SSO 2FA registration:** 
+Computer Centre recommends registering for at least two methods of Two Factor Authentication. So that in case of unavailability of the primary 2FA method, you can use the alternate registered method and will not get locked or barred from using SSO based services. 
+For example, along with the authenticator app or TOTP based OTP, users can register their mobile number using the same SSO interface for SMS based OTP. This SMS based OTP could be used to login to SSO in case if you lost your phone or facing any software/hardware issue with the smartphone and to repeat the TOTP registration process with a new device. 
+Computer Centre strongly recommend all users to follow all the instructions given below and in video tutorials. Please do not skip any steps. 
+#####  Register your Smartphone for Time Based OTP (TOTP) - **Highly recommended** ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+Please do not uninstall the Authenticator app from your smartphone. The Authenticator app is very much essential and will provide you OTP while accessing SSO based services. Authenticator apps do not require a Mobile (GSM/CDMA) network or Data connectivity, and even it will work when your device is in Airplane mode. 
+Computer Centre recommends using TOTP Authenticator app-based OTP. Users are free to use any app which supports the TOTP protocol. Apps like Duo Mobile, Google Authenticator, and Microsoft Authenticator are suitable and recommended options. 
+By this Computer Centre is not promoting the use of smart devices or not promoting apps from any specific organization or any particular developer. TOTP is a new and secure standard of OTP. Our recommendations of apps or TOTP is only based on ease of use, security, the number of updates pushed by developers, and compatibility with older versions of Android/IOS. 
+Note: With “Duo Mobile” and “Microsoft Authenticator, users can backup the device registration to their personal Gmail or Microsoft/outlook account. Users can restore the device registration quickly from the cloud in case of an issue with your smartphone. 
+**Registration of a smartphone using Desktop or Laptop:**     
+
+[![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Video Tutorial for Registration of a smartphone using Google Authenticator app on your Desktop or Laptop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm9VOlHNgI0) 
+**OR** 
+Follow the instructions 
+  1. Open Play Store or App Store on your smartphone and install Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator app.   2. Open a web browser (Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Edge) and visit <https://sso.iitb.ac.in> on your Desktop/Laptop.   3. Login with your LDAP credentials and CAPTCHA.   4. Go to **Manage Account.**   5. Click on the **Configure button** under the "Two Factor Authentication" title.   6. Click on the **Register** button under the "Time-based OTP" title.   7. Enter your LDAP password again.   8. Now, take your smartphone and open Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator App.   9. If you are using Google Authenticator| If you are using Duo Mobile Authenticator| If you are using Microsoft Authenticator   ---|---|---     
+If you are using Google Authenticator 
+| 
+If you are using Duo Mobile Authenticator 
+| 
+If you are using Microsoft Authenticator     
+---|---|---   A) Tap on the "+" icon at the right bottom of your phone.   B) Select the "Scan a QR code" option.  |  Tap on the "Get Started" option.  | A) Tap on three dots at the top right corner of your phone.   B) Select "Add Account"   C) Select "Other Accounts"     
+  10. Now scan the QR code, which is displayed on the web browser window.   11. The app Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator is now ready to link with SSO and start displaying a 6 digit code on your smartphone.   12. Enter this 6 digit OTP from Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator app in the text box located below QR-code.   13. Click on the **Register** button to complete the process.   14. DO NOT uninstall the authenticator app 
+**Registration of a smartphone using smartphone itself**     
+
+[![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Video Tutorial for Registration of a smartphone using Google Authenticator app on the smartphone itself](https://youtu.be/MX4NP2c8bV4) 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Download PDF Version](/attachments/sso/SSO_Mobile_Guide.pdf) 
+**OR** 
+Follow the instructions 
+  1. Open Play Store or App Store on your smartphone and install Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator app.   2. Open a web browser (Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Edge) and visit <https://sso.iitb.ac.in> on your smartphone.   3. Login with your LDAP credentials and CAPTCHA.   4. Go to **Manage Account**.   5. Click on the Configure button under the "Two Factor Authentication" title.   6. Click on the **Register** button under the “Time-based OTP” title.   7. Enter your LDAP password again.   8. Now scroll down on the page. You will be able to see a link in "If you are registering using your phone … click here."   9. Tap on the "here" link.   10. It will automatically open Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator app, and your device will be ready to link with SSO.   11. The app Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator will start displaying 6 digit code on your smartphone.   12. Enter this 6 digit OTP from Duo Mobile / Google Authenticator / Microsoft Authenticator App in the text box located below QR-code.   13. Click on the **Register** button to complete the process.   14. DO NOT uninstall the authenticator app 
+#####  Register your mobile number for SMS based OTP ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+You can register your mobile number for SMS based OTP. This service is mainly for recovery purposes. Whenever you don’t have any access to Time-based OTP (Google / Microsoft Authenticator apps) because of any reason like lost phone/hardware failure etc, SMS based OTP can be used to de-register your device. Computer Centre does not recommend using SMS based OTP as your Primary 2FA service. 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Download PDF Version](/attachments/sso/SSO_Mobile_SMS.pdf) 
+Please note each user can avail a maximum of 30 SMS per month for OTP. 
+  1. Login to <https://sso.iitb.ac.in>   2. Click on "Manage Accounts"   3. Click on the "Configure" button under the title Two-factor authentication.   4. Click on the "Manage" button under the title SMS recovery.   5. Enter your LDAP password.   6. Now enter your mobile number on which you want to receive the OTP and click on the "Continue" button.   7. You will get an SMS with OTP.   8. Put the received OTP to complete the registration process.   9. Now you will see the confirmation message.   10. If you have not registered for TOTP, you can click on the **Use for 2FA** button if and only if you want to use it as a primary 2FA method; otherwise, you **should ignore this step**. 
+#####  Passwordless Authentication: (only available for Android and iOS Devices)  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+Passwordless Authentication is a new standard and can be used where you don’t want to put your LDAP password (i.e., shared or non-trusted computer) or with a shared account. The requirement of this is the user must have registered either for Time-based OTP or SMS based OTP and an active internet connection on his/her smartphone. 
+[![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Passwordless Authentication](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwsFGIs1yF0) 
+**OR** 
+Please follow the below steps for using this service. 
+  1. Install the **IITB SSO** app on your smartphone from the Play Store or App Store.   2. Open the IITB SSO app and login with your LDAP credentials and OTP.   3. Now you are ready to use passwordless authentication. 
+Now suppose you are sitting in front of a shared/non-trusted computer/Laptop and need to use some services where your LDAP credentials are required. 
+  1. Any IITB service will redirect you to sso.iitb for authentication.   2. You just need to put your IITB LDAP username.   3. The SSO will display a 6 digit code below the OTP field.   4. You just need to enter this 6 digit number on your IITB SSO App under the "authenticator" field.   5. This will automatically authenticate your desktop without putting your actual LDAP password. 
+#####  Hardware-based 2-Factor Authentication  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+Registering a Security Key for Multi-Factor Authentication (For Linux, MAC, Windows) 
+CC'S SSO 2FA now supports the use of security keys. SSO uses the WebAuthn authentication standards to interact with your security keys. You may also see WebAuthn referred to as "FIDO2". To use a security key with SSO, you must use the following: 
+  * A supported browser (Chrome 70, Firefox 60, Safari 13 or Microsoft Edge 79 or later).   * An available USB port and supported USB security key. 
+Support for authentication is limited to web applications that use CC'S Single Sign-On (SSO). If you want to buy a new key or already have a security key that makes sure it supports FIDO2 standards. 
+**Registering the security key for 2FA in CC’s SSO** 
+  1. Login to <https://sso.iitb.ac.in>   2. Authenticate using the **other 2FA** option on the new phone.   3. Go to **Manage Account**.   4. Click on the **Configure button** under the Two Factor Authentication title.   5. Click on the **Manage** button.   6. Then click on the **Register** button.   7. Inset the security key to the available USB port.   8. When prompted for the type of device select Security Key and select Continue.   9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the registration. 
+Registering Touch ID for Multi-Factor Authentication (For MAC users) 
+CC'S SSO 2FA now supports the use of Touch ID. We use WebAuthn authentication standards to interact with Touch ID on your Mac. To use Touch ID with SSO, you must use the following: 
+  * A MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with a Touch ID button.   * A fingerprint enrolled in Touch ID (see how to do this at the [Apple Support site](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207054)).   * Chrome 70 or later. Safari and other browsers on macOS are not currently supported. 
+**Registering Touch ID for 2FA in CC’s SSO** 
+  1. Login to <https://sso.iitb.ac.in>   2. Authenticate using the **other 2FA** option on the new phone.   3. Go to **Manage Account**.   4. Click on the **Configure button** under the Two Factor Authentication title.   5. Click on the **Manage** button.   6. Then click on the **Register** button.   7. When prompted for the type of device select **Touch ID** and select  **Continue**.   8. When enrolling in Touch ID, you'll be prompted to tap to enroll in Touch ID. You may also be asked if you want to allow SSO.iitb to access information about Touch ID (click  **Allow**  if prompted). Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the registration. 
+  
+
+**SSO & Two Factor Authentication (2FA) related FAQ's** 
+#####  SSO & 2FA related FAQ's  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. **What is 2FA?** 
+Two/Multi-Factor Authentication (2/MFA) combines two or more independent credentials to gain access to a system. These credentials include something the user knows (e.g., password), something the user has (e.g., token device/smart card/smartphone) or something the user is (e.g., biometric verification). 
+The goal of 2FA is to create a multi-layered approach that makes it difficult for any unauthorized person to gain access to a system. If one factor is compromised, such as a password, the attacker will still need the other factor, for example, a smartphone in order to gain access to the system. 
+  2. **Do I need to enroll or register in 2FA for accessing IT Services?** 
+All IITB faculty, staff, students, workers, and others with an active appointment at and with a valid LDAP ID need to enroll in CC'S SSO 2FA. 
+  3. **What if I don't enroll in 2FA?** 
+You will not be able to access any web applications using your LDAP Login ID until you've enrolled. To learn how to register in 2FA now, refer the above registration tab 
+  4. **What if I uninstalled the Google/Microsoft Authenticator Mobile app?** 
+If you have registered an alternate 2FA method then, you can authorize your logins using those methods and after login you can deregister the old device. 
+If the smartphone is the only option, then kindly contact CC's helpdesk. We will help you out with the deregistration of your old device. Also, soon we will provide a dedicated interface on CC's website for this. 
+  5. **What if I am already using the Google/Microsoft Authenticator Mobile app for another account?** 
+Suppose you are already using Google/Microsoft authenticator app to access other third-party services like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc. You can still use the same app to receive OTP related to your Login. 
+  6. **Help, I've Lost or Broken My Phone, and Now I Can't log in?** 
+If you have registered an alternate 2FA method then, you can authorize your logins using those methods. If you do not have access to your alternative method, and your only 2FA device was lost, broken, stolen, etc., please contact the CC's Helpdesk either by raising a ticket on <https://help- cc.iitb.ac.in> or by calling our helpdesk number 2677. 
+  7. **How does changing my SIM card, phone, and/or phone number affect the Google/Microsoft Authenticator Mobile app?** 
+**Changing the SIM Card** : If you change your SIM card and do not change your phone number, the Google / Microsoft authenticator Mobile app, IITB SSO app, and SMS options should continue to remain functional for your phone. No action should be required on your part. 
+**Changing Phone** : If you change your phone but keep the same phone number, you will need to do the following to activate the Google / Microsoft Authenticator app on the new phone:   In case if you have registered for an alternate 2FA method. 
+    1. Login at <https://sso.iitb.ac.in>     2. Authenticate using the **other 2FA** option on the new phone.     3. Go to **Manage Account.**     4. Click on the **Configure button** under the Two Factor Authentication title.     5. Click on the **Deregister** button to deregister your old phone.     6. Then register your new device again.   
+
+If the smartphone is the only option, then kindly contact CC's helpdesk. We will help you out with the deregistration of your old device. Also, soon we will provide a dedicated interface on CC's website for this. 
+**Changing Phone Number** : If you have opted for SMS based OTP and you have changed your phone number, then you need to contact CC Helpdesk. We will help you out with this change. 
+  8. **Invalid OTP Issue** 
+For two factor authentication (2FA) registration, the main requirement is the correct date and time. So we kindly request you to check the date and time setting of your mobile device. 
+**Update Date & Time on iOS device** 
+    1. From your home screen navigate to Settings     2. Tap **General**     3. Tap **Date & Time**     4. Make sure that the option **Set Automatically** is turned on     5. If this option is turned off, check that the correct Date, Time and Time Zone are selected   
+**Update Date & Time on Android device** 
+    1. Tap on **Settings**     2. Tap **System**     3. Tap **Date & Time**     4. Tap on **use network provided time** and **use network provided time zone**     5. If above option is turned off, check that the correct Date, Time and Time Zone are selected 
+  9. **What if I don't have/want to use my smartphone?** 
+If you prefer not to use your smartphone, or you don't own a compatible device, don't worry: There are alternatives. You can choose to enroll and receive a text message on your cell phone. But please note that you will not be able to Login in case of unavailability of GSM/CDMA network and in a matter of unavailability of SMS API Service. 
+Currently, there is an upper limit on number of SMS used for OTP by per user per month. (30SMS/user/month) 
+  10. **What if I changed my user ID from roll/employee number to something else?** 
+We have already taken care of all the things necessary to handle this change. Any kind of additional action is not required from user side. Even there is no need to new registration for Time-based OTP (authenticator app). 
+Every 6 hours (00, 06, 12, 18 hours), this change will also getting pushed to G Suite and Office365. So users may face temporary unavailability of G Suite or Office365 services between this period after change of his/her user id. 
+  11. **What is the session / logout period.** 
+SSO doesn’t control or enforce other session timeout for application. Each application is having its own timeout period. For e.g. internet.iitb is having timeout of 30 minutes. G Suite or Office365 has timeout period of more than a year. 
+SSO’s itself having its own timeout of 15 minutes if you have not checked the check box called “Remember me”. If you have checked this “remember me” check box then the timeout of SSO will be of 15 days. During this period SSO will not ask your credentials and OTP. 
+  12. **Use of multiple accounts with IITB SSO.** 
+SSO support simultaneous login with multiple accounts. But it also depend on each and every application. All applications doesn’t support multi-sessions login or some application only works on IP address level like internet.iitb. 
+Applications like Google Drive, Google Meet, Microsoft One Drive support multiple logins in a same browser. You just need to switch the account from that application. But applications like webmail who doesn’t support multiple logins, you just need to click on logout button/link then our SSO will provide you the option to switch the account. 
+  13. **Help! I have registerd for SMS based authentication but not receiving SMS** 
+Please note each user can avail a maximum of 30 SMS per month for OTP. Computer Centre does not recommend using SMS based OTP as your Primary 2FA service. 
+If you have registered an alternate 2FA method then, you can authorize your logins using those methods. 
+If SMS based OTP is the only option, then kindly contact CC's helpdesk. We will help you out with the deregistration of your old device. Also, soon we will provide a dedicated interface on CC's website for this. 
+  14. **Use of a shared account with SSO** 
+There are some functionary or institutional accounts that might need to be used by more than one person. In such cases doing 2-factor authentications is a bit challenging. At the same time, 2FA is compulsory for all the SSO based services. The 2FA methods like Time-based and SMS based OTP do not support sharing. As of now, there are two solutions for this, as given below. 
+    * **The use of hardware-based 2FA method:** To do a hardware-based 2FA, you require a USB security key that the user/department/section/centers need to purchase. Security keys can be purchased online or through any computer/IT products vendor. While buying these keys, Please make sure that the key should be webauthn/FIDO2 certified. 
+Each user needs to register his/her security key with the shared account using the SSO interface. The detailed step-wise how-to for this is available on this page under the title "Hardware-based 2-Factor Authentication". 
+    * **The use of Password-less authentication:** To use this method, the primary owner of the shared account must have registered for Time based or SMS based OTP. Rest all user needs to install the “IITB SSO” app on their smartphone. The detailed step-wise how-to for this is available on this page under the title "Passwordless Authentication." 
+
+
+#### ONLINE / INTERACTIVE MEETINGS 
+  
+
+In wake of closure of the IITB classroom based teaching, Computer Centre has received numerous inquiries regularly for online / interactive meetings platforms. This page puts together some resources for online / interactive meetings. 
+  * **Google for Education** (can support up to 100 meeting participants) : This is a free service. More details can be accessed from the following tutorial (support for Google Teach From Home and Google Hangouts will not be provided by CC).     
+
+    * Recording feature is enabled   
+
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Google Teach From Home.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/TeachFromHome.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Google Hangouts Guide.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/tutorials.pdf)   
+  
+
+  * **Cisco Webex (Knowledge worker's Licenses) for educational institutes to conduct online teaching:** IIT Bombay has purchased Webex Meetings licenses (valid up to Aug 17, 2021) and along with Cisco Webex Teams and Cisco Webex Teams Free Meetings licenses for the registered students during the semester. 
+    * The Webex Meeting licenses provisioned through the Computer Centre for the faculty (Knowledge Worker) on a request during the provisioning period.     * Additional licenses, if required, may be provisioned on a case by case basis only through the Head of the department. CC deserves the full right to approve/disapprove the request to comply with the service provider and OEM agreement.   
+
+CC cannot guarantee the quality of the meeting as it is a cloud service. 
+However, users must ensure the service provider's guidelines to have a smooth experience of the facility. For issues, the first point of contact will be the respective department systems administrator(s). If the department systems administrator(s) could not resolve the reported issue(s), they may contact CC's help desk with full details to arrive at an appropriate resolution. 
+Link to the video of the [user training program.](https://bighome.iitb.ac.in/index.php/s/C29Q7PQfwTJa4aP) 
+  * **Cisco Webex (Web conferencing and collaboration solution)** : Available number of users license is 4 (plus 1 site admin). 1000 participants can join the conference in a single user license. Faculty members are required to contact the Computer Centre help desk.     
+_CC Helpdesk Contact Information_   Email Id: helpdesk[at]iitb.ac.in   Ext No: 2677     
+
+  * **CDEEP :** Please visit CDEEP's website [(cdeep.iitb.ac.in)](https://www.cdeep.iitb.ac.in) for additional resources including Skype.     
+
+  * **YouTube Live :** This is a free service. More details can be accessed from the following link (support for YouTube Live will not be provided by CC)     
+[Live stream on YouTube](https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/9257891?hl=en&ref_topic=9257610)     
+
+  * **BlueJeans VC :** This can be used for elective classes with strength less than 25. For log in credentials, faculty can write to jyoti[at]iitb.ac.in. A total of 10 BlueJeans license are available and each license can accomodate 25 participants. For instructions on how to use BlueJeans application, refer following guide.     
+ **** Our Alumnus, Mr. Dhananjay Saheba, B.Tech EE, 1977 batch, is one of the partners of the firm and has generously made these licenses available to IITB free of charge     
+** 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Instructions on using BlueJeans.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/bluejeans.pdf)     
+
+BlueJeans Datasheets 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)BlueJeans Meetings Datasheet.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/bluejeansmeetings.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Smart Meetings Datasheet.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/bluejeanssmart.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)BlueJeans Command Centre Datasheet.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/bluejeanscommand.pdf)   
+  * **Microsoft Teams :** It uses Microsoft Teams app for scheduling online meetings. Meetings can be recorded and shared later on as Mircosoft Stream Link. Participants need to have a valid LDAP ID and has to be registered with Microsoft. Guest members from outside IITB domain can also join the meeting. Meeting organizer has to manually add guest members where as IITB LDAP participants need to enter the Team code shared by the organizer to join the meeting. To register LDAP with microsoft and access Microsoft Team's app go through the following tutorials.     
+
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Registering LDAP with Microsoft.pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/RegisteringLDAP.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)How to Use Microsoft Teams Meeting (MTM).pdf](/attachments/onlinemeetings/howto_use_mtm.pdf)     
+
+More features can be explored at following URL. 
+[ Microsoft Teams Overview](https://docs.microsoft.com/en- us/microsoftteams/teams-overview) 
+  
+
+  * **ZOOM :** 20 simultaneous sessions with capacity of 300 Meetings (attendee) purchased by the Computer Centre. The facility can be used by faculty. For using these licenses, the department head should email **head.cc[at]iitb.ac.in** mentioning the licenses required. (The licenses may be used in a shared mode among various departments). CC cannot guarantee the quality of the meeting as it is a cloud service.      
+
+Zoom tutorials by Prof. Amit Sethi   [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Recommended Zoom settings for live classes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pjQDrI4HbE)   [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Zoom actions during a live class.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r2AcaEe9Po)     
+
+  
+
+
+
+#### Video Tutorials 
+  
+
+  * SSO Video Tutorials      * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Registration of a smartphone using Desktop or Laptop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm9VOlHNgI0)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Registration of smartphone using smartphone itself](https://youtu.be/MX4NP2c8bV4)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Passwordless Authentication (only for Android devices)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwsFGIs1yF0)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)How to login on internet-sso.iitb.ac.in for Home Accounts](https://youtu.be/EOIoUOFamkY)   * Thunderbird Video Tutorials      * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Configure Thunderbird](https://youtu.be/KQxu_I5fBSo)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Mail Backup](https://youtu.be/ExxfNyzE7BQ)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)Recovery/Restore Emails from backup in Thunderbird](https://youtu.be/db9XXe2rG6A)   * Webmail Video Tutorials      * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)How to Compose a Mail in Webmail](https://youtu.be/Nn5Twfrg0oY)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)How to filter Mails in Webmail](https://youtu.be/OR6OOsiwNuQ)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)How to create custome singnature in Webmail](https://youtu.be/YvqN0R-4c0U)     * [![](/assets/icons/Video.svg)How to setup Auto Reply mail in Webmail](https://youtu.be/X7TNK6PCdzE) 
+
+
+#### Essential FAQ's 
+  
+
+1\. Where can I find most of the softwares? - [FTP Server](http://ftp.iitb.ac.in/) 
+2\. What is the IP of My Room PC? - [Hostel IP Allocation](/page/ip_hostel)   Contact your Hostel Sysads for help with hostel issues. 
+3\. How to look for faculty/students' email address? - [LDAP Search](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/) 
+4\. How to change your personal details, verify any misprints, add new information, or update password or Ldap password? - [LDAP Login](https://camp.iitb.ac.in/cgi-bin/index.cgi) 
+5\. How to Check my emails? ([Webmail SSO](https://webmail- sso.iitb.ac.in)|[Webmail](https://webmail.iitb.ac.in/)) 
+6\. Does IITB Have any news groups or mailing lists? - Yes, See [Mailing List](https://lists.iitb.ac.in/mailman/listinfo) 
+7\. My question is not answered here, what do I do? Skim through **How To's** 
+8\. Still need help? [Ask a question? or Register Problems/Issues](https://help-cc.iitb.ac.in/) 
+9\. FYI - [Complaint Poilicies](/page/complaintpolicy) 
+
+
+#### Webmail FAQ's 
+  
+
+#####  Composing new mails  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on envelope icon with a plus(+) sign (see the red arrow)   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image1.png) 
+  2. Fill to, cc, bcc fields as per need and compose your mail   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image2.png) 
+#####  Creating Filters  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on gear icon after you login to webmail.iitb.ac.in (indicated by red arrow)   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image3.png) 
+  2. Click on Filters on the left-most list of settings categories   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image4.png) 
+  3. Click on plus(+) icon in the Filters category, choose appropriate folder to save mail into from the drop-down menu   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image5.png) 
+#####  Creating Folders  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on gear icon after you login to webmail.iitb.ac.in   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image6.png) 
+  2. Click on Folders on the left-most list of settings categories   3. Click on plus(+) icon, then , choose appropriate name and parent folder. Click the save button   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image7.png) 
+#####  Re-creating Custom Signature on Webmail  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on gear icon after you login to webmail.iitb.ac.in    ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image8.png) 
+  2. Click on Identities on the left-most list of settings categories and add details for your signatures.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image9.png) 
+  3. Check the html checkbox to add customized html signatures   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image10.png) 
+#####  Setting Auto-reply  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on gear icon after you login to webmail.iitb.ac.in (indicated by red arrow)   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image11.png) 
+  2. Click on Filters on the left-most list of settings categories   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image12.png) 
+  3. Click on plus(+) icon in the Filters category      * Choose the all message     * From drop down menu choose “Reply with messages     * Fill the Message body, Message subject etc     * Click on save button   
+![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image13.png) 
+#####  Enabling Filters in Webmail  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on gear icon after you login to webmail.iitb.ac.in (indicated by red arrow)   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image14.png) 
+  2. Click on Filters on the left-most list of settings categories    ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image15.png) 
+  3. Click on settings icon on the bottom(indicated by red arrow) and click “Enable/Disable”   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image16.png) 
+#####  Sorting Mails (eg. Arrival Date)  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+  1. Click on the Gear/Settings icon indicated by the red arrow   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image28.png) 
+  2. Do the following      * Select "Arrivate Date" (indicated by red arrow no. 1)     * Select Descending (indicated by red arrow no. 2)     * Click on Save button   
+![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image29.png) 
+  3. NOTE: You now have all the mails sorted by arrival mails in you inbox 
+#####  Multirow display of address while composing mail ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+Get List 
+  1. Click on compose button after you login in webmail.iitb.ac.in   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image30.png) 
+  2. Click on search button in left side.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image31.png) 
+  3. Type name of receiver to whom you want to sent mail and press enter.   4. You will get email addresses of matching names listed in multiple rows.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image32.png) 
+  5. Double click on the name of person you want to send mail.   6. You will get the name and mail listed in 'To' field.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image33.png) 
+Get Suggestions 
+  1. Click on ‘To’ field in compose page and type name or mail address.   2. You will get suggested names and mail address listed in single row.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image34.png) 
+  3. You can select one you want from them.   4. You will see the name and mail listed in 'To' field.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image35.png) 
+#####  Line spacing issue  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+The line spacing when composing mail is very big by default. 
+  
+![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image36.png)     
+
+To solve this problem follow following steps. 
+  1. Select compose button.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image37.png) 
+  2. Click on 'Editor type'. You will see two options.   3. Select Plain text. And click enter.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image38.png) 
+  4. Now you will see space is reduced.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image39.png) 
+Permanently change 'Editor type' to 'Plain text' 
+  1. Click on gear icon after you login to webmail.iitb.ac.in   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image40.png) 
+  2. Click on Composing Messages you will see following page.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image41.png) 
+  3. In the field 'Compose HTML messages' select never.   4. Click on 'save' button.   ![](/attachments/webmailfaqs/image42.png) 
+  5. Now you can compose main as plain text. 
+
+
+#### Configuring IITB-Wireless 
+  
+
+#####  Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Android  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Android** 
+  1. Enable WiFi   2. Click on IITB-Wireless and enter the settings given below   3. No proxy settings are required 
+**Settings** 
+Field | Values   ---|---   Network Name -- SSID | IITB-Wireless   Security Type | WPA2 Enterprise   Username | [ ldapusername ]   Password | [ ldappassword ]   EAP Method | PEAP   Phase 2 authentication | MSCHAPV2   Encryption type | AES   ca-certificate | unspecified or none   user-certificate | unspecified or none     
+
+**Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Android 11** 
+  1. Download [Self-Signed CA Certificate](attachments/wireless/radius-CA.pem) to your phone.    2. Open Settings --> Security --> Encryption & Credentials --> Install a Certificate --> Wi-Fi Certificate. [ reference](https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/2844832?hl=en)   3. Once that is complete, go to Settings --> Network & Internet --> Wi-Fi.    4. Select the SSID, IITBWireless    5. Enter your LDAP Credentials    6. Select installed CA Certificate    7. In place of 'Online Certificate Status' select 'do not validate' or 'request status' ![](/attachments/wireless/1.png)   8. Enter Domain name as 'iitb.ac.in'    ![](/attachments/wireless/2.png) ![](/attachments/wireless/3.jpg)   
+**Settings** 
+Field | Values   ---|---   Network Name -- SSID | IITB-Wireless   Security Type | WPA2 Enterprise   Username | [ ldapusername ]   Password | [ ldappassword ]   EAP Method | PEAP   Phase 2 authentication | MSCHAPV2   Ca-certificate | Use system certificate (Select the certificate you just uploaded)     
+
+  9. Save at the bottom.    10. Now connect to the SSID.  
+#####  Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Linux  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Android** 
+  1. Enable WiFi   2. Click on Wireless icon and select IITB-Wireless   3. No proxy settings are required 
+**Settings** 
+Field | Values   ---|---   Network Name -- SSID | IITB-Wireless   Security Type | WPA2 Enterprise   Username | [ ldapusername ]   Password | [ ldappassword ]   Authentication | PEAP   PEAP version | automatic   Inner Authentication | MSCHAPV2   ca-certificate | none     
+
+**Note: For Ubuntu 14.04 users-** 
+The ca-certificate settings has to be changed to false. This may be done in the following way: 
+Open the file in an editor of your choice: /etc/NetworkManagers/system- connections/IITB-Wireless 
+Search for the line: "system-ca-certs=true" 
+Change this line to: "system-ca-certs=false" 
+#####  Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Windows  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- Windows** 
+  
+
+**One click configuration for Windows 7, 8, and 10 :** 
+  1. This installation is by a simple execution of an EXE file compiled by CC for your convenience.   2. Download [EXE file](/attachments/wifi/WiFi_Windows_7_8_10_Setup.exe) (This will work for Windows 7, 8, and 10)   3. Execute the file (by double clicking). Accept it as a trusted source. This will automatically setup your IITB-Wireless profile.   4. Enter your credentials in the pop-up box.   5. In case the pop-up box does not appear, click on the wireless icon and select IITB-Wireless 
+  
+
+**Deleting existing profile:** 
+  1. In case you are unable to connect after the above, it may be because an incorrect profile stored earlier.   2. Search --> "Wi-Fi settings"   3. Select "Change Wi-Fi Settings"   4. Manage Wi-Fi settings --> Manage known networks   5. Select "IITB-Wireless" --> Forget 
+**Manual Configuration of Profile** 
+A set of instruction applicable to most operating systems is given below for doing the same 
+  1. Open "Network and Sharing Center"   2. Select "Manage Wireless Network"   3. Select "Manually create profile"   4. Enter the details given below   5. Network name: "IITB-Wireless"  (case sensitive)   6. Security type: "WPA2-Enterprise"   7. Encryption type: "AES"   8. Security key: keep this empty   9. Click "Next"   10. Select "Change connection settings"   11. Select "Security Tab"   12. Network Authentication method:  Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP)   13. Click on the "Settings" tab besides the above option   14. Remove "Validate Server Certificate" check box   15. Click on "Configure" for EAP-MSCHAP option   16. Uncheck the "automatically use my Windows logon name..." option   17. Click on "Advanced Settings"   18. Select "Specify authentication mode"   19. Select "User or computer"   20. Click "OK "   21. And we are done ! 
+Note: Proxy settings are not required 
+#####  Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- MacOS  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+**Connecting to IITB-Wireless -- MacOS** 
+  1. Enable WiFi   2. Click on Wireless icon and select IITB-Wireless   3. Enter the Credentials   4. Connect to the network   5. Proxy settings are not required 
+  
+
+Select the Wi-Fi Icon on right corner of the screen. Turn Wi-Fi On. 
+![](/attachments/wifi/macos1.png)     
+
+Select “IITB-Wireless” from the Wifi lists. 
+![](/attachments/wifi/macos2.png)     
+
+Enter LDAP-ID and password to log in. 
+![](/attachments/wifi/macos3.png)     
+
+**To Manually Connect to IITB-Wireless network** 
+  1. Turn On the Wifi   2. Select “Find and Join the Wi-Fi network”   3. Enter the details given below:    4. Network name: IITB-Wireless   5. Security : WPA-Enterprise   6. Mode : Automatic   7. Encryption type: AES   8. Username : [ LDAP-ID ]   9. Password : [ password ]   10. Click “Join” 
+![](/attachments/wifi/macos4.png) 
+
+
+#### Configuring Static IP Manually 
+  
+
+Please use below pdf's to configure static IP on Windows/Ubuntu OS. 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Static IP - Windows.pdf](/attachments/staticip/windows.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Static IP - Ubuntu.pdf](/attachments/staticip/ubuntu.pdf)   
+
+
+Mail Forwarding Address Form for passing-out students 
+* * * 
+LDAP Username If your email id is [ldap_id]@iitb.ac.in enter only [ldap_id] 
+LDAP Password 
+Forwarding Email Address Choose a Forwarding Email Address which is NOT an IIT address. 
+In case of Problems raise an issue at [help-cc.iitb.ac.in](https://help- cc.iitb.ac.in) 
+##### Mail Forwarding 
+× 
+... 
+
+
+#### Server Configuration settings for IMAP/POP 
+  
+
+##### **IMAP Settings** 
+  
+
+| Incoming Settings| Outgoing Settings   ---|---|---     
+| 
+Incoming Settings 
+| 
+Outgoing Settings     
+---|---|---   **Field** | **Value** | **Value**   Username | LDAP_ID | LDAP_ID   Password | LDAP_Password | LDAP_Password   Server | imap.iitb.ac.in | smtp-auth.iitb.ac.in   Port | 993 | 587   Security Type | SSL/TLS | STARTTLS     
+  
+
+##### **POP Settings** 
+  
+
+| Incoming Settings| Outgoing Settings   ---|---|---     
+| 
+Incoming Settings 
+| 
+Outgoing Settings     
+---|---|---   **Field** | **Value** | **Value**   Username | LDAP_ID | LDAP_ID   Password | LDAP_Password | LDAP_Password   Server | pop.iitb.ac.in | smtp-auth.iitb.ac.in   Port | 995 | 587   Security Type | SSL/TLS | STARTTLS 
+  
+  
+Loading... 
+
+
+#### Configuring Netmon Proxy 
+  
+
+Below attachments helps to configure netmon proxy on different operating systems 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)1\. Netmon Windows](/attachments/netmon/Netmon_Windows.pdf)   
+
+
+#### Accessing IIT servers from Outside IIT 
+  
+
+  * Facility is provided to connect to IIT servers (one per department) from outside IIT using telnet and ssh. This facility is implemented by server **login.iitb.ac.in**   * To access any dept. server, one has to use the port allocated for that dept. For each server there are two ports allocated; one for telnet and one for ssh.   * e.g. To access cse dept server using telnet the following command is used **telnet login.iitb.ac.in 5023**   * e.g. To access cse dept server using ssh the following command is used **ssh -p 5022 login.iitb.ac.in** 
+NOTE: Though each server can be accessed using telnet and ssh, it is recommended that you use ssh, so that your passwords are not sent in cleartext on the network. The windows clients for secure shell and secure copy can be downloaded from here. 
+[PuTTy - 32 Bit](attachments/ssh/putty-0.70-installer.msi) | [PuTTy - 64 Bit](attachments/ssh/putty-64bit-0.70-installer.msi) | **PSCP**     
+
+Department| Server Name| Telnet Port| SSH port   ---|---|---|---     
+Department 
+| 
+Server Name 
+| 
+Telnet Port 
+| 
+SSH port     
+---|---|---|---   ACRE | brahma.acre | 9823 | 9822   Aerospace | vayu.aero | 1023 | 1022   BTC | helix.btc | 24023 | 24022   CASDE | casde.casde | 1021 | 1020   CC | pawan.cc | 10623 | 10622   CC - PARAM | ??.cc | 11323 | 11322   CFDVS | banyan.cfdvs | 14423 | 14422   Chemistry | ether.chem | 2023 | 2022   Chemical | cupid.che | 3023 | 3022   Civil | gemini.civil | 4023 | 4022   CSE | surya.cse | 5023 | 5022   CSRE | disha.csre | 10523 | 10522   Earth Sciences | pearl.geos | 6023 | 6022   Electrical | bhairav.ee | 7023 | 7022   HSS | manashi.hss | 8023 | 8022   IDC | pragati.idc | 13023 | 13022   IRCC | rnd.ircc | 9123 | 9122   KRESIT | akash.it | 29023 | 29022   Mathematics | ganit.math | 9023 | 9022   Mechanical | epsilon.me | 10023 | 10022   Metallurgy | ispat.met | 11023 | 11022   Physics | niharika.phy | 12023 | 12022   SOM | chanakya.som | 27023 | 27022   SysCon | niyantrak.sc | 12323 | 12322 
+  
+  
+#### How to create hompage on homepages.iitb.ac.in 
+  
+
+Computer Centre, IITB provides server space for creating home pages for students and faculty members alike. These pages are accessible to everyone. Please take care to provide proper information on these pages. 
+**How to create hompage on homepages.iitb.ac.in OR home.iitb.ac.in ?** 
+  1. For creating home pages, you have to first login to below given url with your LdapID and password.   <https://bighome.iitb.ac.in>   You can also use Owncloud’s desktop synchronization folder for the same. 
+  2. After successful login create a 'public_html' folder in your home directory.   3. Copy all web pages (*.html files) in public_html.   4. Please make sure an “index.html” file must be present among the web pages.   5. The URL for your homepage is: - **“http://homepages.iitb.ac.in/~LDAPID”**. 
+Note:- 
+Please do not put any copy righted information without permission from the corresponding authors, do not put any objectionable material, any election related propaganda, any commercial material or announcements, etc. 
+Computer Centre is not responsible for any damages caused due to fake information or improper usage of the provided service. 
+The user of the account will be held responsible in such cases and will have to face disciplinary actions. 
+
+
+#### Subscribing to discuss faculty/staff mailing list 
+  
+
+**For Faculty** 
+  * Faculty can subscribe to discuss faculty mailing list using the following [link](https://lists.iitb.ac.in/discuss-faculty/)   * Once subscribed you will receive a confirmation email on the given email ID   * You need to accept the confirmation (by visiting the url given in confirmation mail) within 24 hours.   * Post acceptance you will be subscribed to discuss faculty mailing list 
+  
+
+**For Staff** 
+  * Staff can subscribe to discuss staff mailing list using the following [link](https://lists.iitb.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/discuss-staff)   * Once subscribed you will receive a confirmation email on the given email ID   * You need to accept the confirmation (by visiting the url given in confirmation mail) within 24 hours.   * Post acceptance you will be subscribed to discuss staff mailing list 
+
+
+Loading... 
+
+
+#### The ownCloud file hosting facility 
+  
+
+The attachments are brief tutorials for managing your ownCloud account, setting up synchronisation and using the Android app for the same. 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 1.The ownCloud Web Interface doc.pdf](/attachments/bighome/1.The ownCloud Web Interface doc.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 2.Setting Your Preferences.pdf](/attachments/bighome/2.Setting Your Preferences.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 3.Managing Deleted Files.pdf](/attachments/bighome/3.Managing Deleted Files.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 4.Installing the Desktop Synchronization Client.pdf](/attachments/bighome/4.Installing the Desktop Synchronization Client.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 5.Using the Synchronization Client.pdf](/attachments/bighome/5.Using the Synchronization Client.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 6.Using the ownCloud Android App.pdf](/attachments/bighome/6.Using the ownCloud Android App.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 7.Using the ownCloud iOS App.pdf](/attachments/bighome/7.Using the ownCloud iOS App.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 8.Collaborative Document Editing.pdf](/attachments/bighome/8.Collaborative Document Editing.pdf)   [![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg) 9.File Sharing.pdf](/attachments/bighome/9.File Sharing.pdf)   
+
+
+#### Methodology of Getting mailing list password 
+  
+
+Procedure for Retriving Password to Access Attachments is shown in below pdf 
+[![](/assets/icons/PDF.svg)Getting Mailing List Password.pdf](/attachments/mailinglistpassword/howto_lists_passwd.pdf) 
+
+
+#### Spoken Tutorials 
+  
+
+An initiative of National Mission on Education through ICT, Government of India, to promote IT literacy through Open Source Software. To know more about this free service using audio-video tutorials please visit the site. 
+Please click [here](https://spoken-tutorial.org/) 
+
+
+#### Creating Subnets 
+  
+
+**To have two subnets in each department one for windows OS and other for non- windows OS** 
+1) There will be two subnets : 
+* * * 
+(a) Windows OS Subnet : Which contains all the windows machines where the     
+IP range : 10.xx.128.0 - 10.xx.255.0   gateway : 10.xx.250.1   subnet Mask : 255.255.128.0, where xx is the dept. id.   
+Ex : A windows machine in CSE dept will have     
+IP - 10.105.206.1   gateway : 10.105.250.1   mask : 255.255.128.0   
+* * * 
+(b) The other subnet will be non-windows which will include unix, Linux, HP, Solaris, Mac OS machines     
+IP range : 10.xx.0.0 - 10.xx.127.0   gateway : 10.xx.1.250   subnet Mask : 255.255.128.0, where xx is the dept. id.     
+****Please note that this is the same "xx" which you used to use earlier.   
+Ex : A linux machine is CSE dept will have     
+IP - 10.105.106.1   gateway : 10.105.1.250   mask : 255.255.128.0   
+* * * 
+  
+
+2) Faculty machines will be allocated with the IP addresses in the range 
+linux : 10.xx.5.0 - 10.xx.5.255   Windows : 10.xx.5+128.0 - 10.xx.5+128.255 
+  
+
+3) All the labs/computer rooms are allocated with the IP addresses in the range 
+Linux : 10.xx.11.0 - 10.xx.30.255   Windows : 10.xx.11+128.0 - 10.xx.30+128.255 
+  
+
+4) In case of servers : 
+It has been observed that most of the servers are non windows based servers but in case if there are any windows based servers you need to change the IP address of the server according to the information above. 
+For example : 
+Valid IP address for non-windows based server : 10.102.2.1   Valid IP address for windows based server : 10.102.220.1 
+* * * 
+  
+
+In any case gateway and subnet mask need to be changed according to the information above. 
+Please note that there is no change in DNS entry so DNS will remain same , DNS : 10.200.1.11 
+Please note that when the IP's (machines/servers) which are listed in the DNS, are changed we also need to change the entries in the DNS correspondingly. So we request you to provide us the consolidated information of the changed IP's. 
+  
+
+**How to change the IP's in different operating systems :** 
+  
+
+* * * 
+**Windows** 
+  1. Go to "Contro Panel"   2. Go to "Network & Internet --> View Network Status & Tasks"   3. Click on the respective connection   4. Go to "Properties"   5. Select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"   6. Click on Properties   7. Select "Use the following Ip address" option   8. And fill all the fields. 
+To check whether you have entered the correct values or not 
+(a) Go to command prompt   (b) Type ipconfig/all, which will display all the values.   (c) finally reboot the machine for the changes to take place. 
+* * * 
+**Linux** 
+(a) Login as a root   (b) go to **/usr/sbin/setup**   (c) Select the "Network configuration" option   (d) Type the respective IP,gateway and subnet mask   (e) Finally reboot the machine for the changes to take place. 
+Note:   (a) In case even after rebooting if the linux machines are unable to connect then you will probably need to change the IP address in the file **/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 or ifcfg-eth1,eth2** depending upon the type of device.     
+**Please add the subnet mask and the IP address in the above files. Please donot add the gateway in these files.**     
+(b) Gateway should be added only in **/etc/sysconfig/network.**     
+(c) To check whether all the values are entered correctly or not, type **/sbin/ifconfig** for the confirmation where you would see the IP address and subnet mask. 
+* * * 
+**Solaris** 
+(a) On solaris, update **/etc/hosts, /etc/defaultrouter, /etc/defaultdomain**.   (b) To setup the subnet mask in solaris go the following file **/etc/netmasks** 
+* * * 
+**Mac** 
+  1. Go to "Macintosh HD" icon which will be there by default on the desktop   2. Click on "Application" option   3. Go to "System Preferences" and then click on "Network" option and enter the values.   4. Reboot the system for the changes to take place.   5. To ensure that you have entered the correct values   Open a console and type **/sbin/ifconfig** or   Go to "Application" option and then click on "utilities" and then "Network Utilities" 
+  
+
+* * * 
+  
+
+**Please note that you need to reboot the system after changing the IP's for the changes to take place.** 
+
+
+#### Information on APT & YUM 
+  
+
+#####  APT Command  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT library. apt(Advanced Package Tool) 
+Overview of apt commands 
+apt-get update | Download package lists. Packages change several times daily, so do this often.   ---|---   apt-get dist-upgrade | Update all packages.   apt-get install | Install/upgrade specific package(s) (and its dependencies, if missing any).   apt-get mirror-select | Choose repositories and mirrors for use with apt (fedora.us specific extension).   apt-cache search | Search all known packages entries (descriptions etc) for word.   apt-cache show | Show basic information about a package.     
+
+See man apt-get and man apt-cache for more details. 
+**Note:** The apt tools will only work if you have clean dependencies in your rpm package database, if you have installed or removed rpms with either --nodeps or --force, chances are you will have unmet dependencies (ie: package "a" needs package ``b'' to be able to work, but package ``b'' is not installed). ``apt-get'' will warn you of any conflicts or unmet dependencies, and you will have to fix them before trying to install packages with apt-get. 
+#####  YUM Command  ![](/assets/icons/Plus.svg) 
+yum is an interactive, automated update program which can be used for maintaining systems using rpm.To use yum with fedora you must have yum installed. On Fedora Core yum is included in the distribution. 
+Overview of yum commands 
+yum list | List all available packages.   ---|---   yum check-update / yum list updates | See if there are updated packages available.   yum update | Update all installed packages that have a newer version available.   yum install | Install specific packages and their dependencies.   yum search | Search all known packages entries (descriptions etc) for word.   yum info | Show basic information about a package.     
+
+All of the above commands can take shell-style wildcards (*,?) instead of a package name. Check the yum man page for more details. 
+
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+
+#### Skype on Linux 
+  
+
+**Instruction to Install Skype on Linux** 
+This document describes how to use Skype under a linux Desktop (Fedora Release 10). The procedure is for networks within IIT Bombay Campus. 
+It is required that you have a skype id and the skype software is installed in your computer. (Visit [www.skype.com](https://www.skype.com/en/) for more info.) 
+Start skype by issuing the command skype at a terminal window in a desktop or from the dektop Applications menu -> Internet -> Skype. 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype.png) 
+Accept the Skype end User License Agreement dialogue box will appear 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype2.png) 
+The Skype Welcome window will be seen. Cick on the small icon at the left hand corner of the Skype Welcome window and select Options or Press (Ctrl + O) to configure the proxy settings. 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype3.png) 
+The Options windows will appear. Click on the Automatic Proxy Detection selector bar and select HTTPS Proxy 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype4.png) 
+Enter the proxy server netmon.iitb.ac.in in the Host field and port field as 80, followed by the User and the Password for the proxy server (i.e., netmon.iitb.ac.in). 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype5.png) 
+Apply these settings by clicking on the Apply button. 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype6.png) 
+Click on Close to close the Options Dialogue box. 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype7.png) 
+Close the Skype application. 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype8.png) 
+Now your skype application is configured for use. Please note that the above steps need not have to be repeated next time onwards. Start Skype application. 
+In the Welcome to Skype provide your **Skype Name** that you have obtained while registering yourself at the site [www.skype.com](https://www.skype.com/en) and the corresponding **password** in the Password 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype9.png) 
+Now Click on Sign in 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype10.png) 
+Now you will get connected 
+![](/attachments/skype/skype11.png) 
+Unknown Error has occured !!! 

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+Welcome to the website of Student Mentor Program, IIT Bombay!     
+Finally comes the time when you’re done with all your exams and have to make the tough decision of choosing an institute to spend the next four or five years in. The main aim of this website is to acquaint you with the different aspects which you might want to explore before making that hard choice and to help you get to know the culture at IIT Bombay from a student’s perspective!     
+Student Mentor Programme (SMP), is a programme within IIT Bombay, with the primary objective of enabling constructive and positive interaction, guidance and mentorship of junior students by senior students. We aim at providing a reliable and comprehensive support system to the student community to motivate them to excel in both academic and non-academic fields, and to make the most of their life at IIT Bombay.     
+This website has a lot of information that you might find important, and we understand it might be overwhelming for you to go through so much at once. However, we have carefully curated all that you’ll need and hope you find it easy to navigate.     
+Firstly, we urge you to visit the official website of IIT Bombay to explore what all information it has for prospective students: [Information for Prospective Students | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay](https://www.iitb.ac.in/en/students/information-prospective-students)     
+Secondly, in case of any doubts or concerns, our team is always there to assist you for the same and you can visit [this page](https://smp.gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/about_us.php#team) to access our contact information. If you need to connect with us for any further queries, please feel free to use the [Query Portal](https://smp.gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/queries.php) and we will reply to you as soon as possible.     
+Happy exploring!     
+Warm Regards     
+
+**Aarushi Chaudhary | Aum Jain | Lokesh Pawar   Overall Coordinators, Student Mentor Program, IIT Bombay** 
+  
+
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+[
+
+This page mentions the absolute essentials that you need to bring/or do once onboarded.     
+
+Orientations 
+All students would assemble in the Convocation Hall for an orientation programme aimed at introducing them to IIT Bombay. All institute functionaries would be present there to greet you and welcome you to the campus!     
+
+Registration 
+On day 1, students are supposed to bring documents specified on their admission letter. Once the document verification is done on the first day, registration for courses is done in different slots. Students are segregated according to their department and the process of online registration is carried out.     
+
+Fee Payment 
+As far as fee payment is concerned, incoming students are advised to open a bank account in either SBI or Canara Bank, Powai. The fee can be paid online using net banking.     
+
+Shifting to your room 
+There would be a notice board with some lists to inform you where you need to shift with your roommate’s name mentioned. Usually, female students are allotted Hostel 15 and male students are allotted Hostel 16. However, this might be subject to change and you will be informed of exact details upon arrival.     
+
+IIT Bombay Hospital 
+All students are entitled to free treatment at the IITB Hospital. The students are first supposed to submit a few documents containing their previous medical record and their vaccination record. If one hasn't been administered with the specified vaccinations, the institute has regular vaccination drives where one can get this done. On submission of the documents, students will get a file which they can use whenever they need to access treatment at the Hospital.     
+
+Meeting Your Institute Student Mentor 
+At IIT Bombay, we have a well-established and helpful mechanism of respected and accomplished senior students in their fourth or fifth-year of study guiding the first-year students through their formative years here. Together they constitute the ISMP (Institute Student Mentor Program) team and the mentors help the first-year students make a smooth transition from life at home to life at the Institute. It is highly advised for you to meet the mentor assigned to you when you arrive on campus for the orientation. They will help clear all queries that you and your parents might have and would be there to assist you throughout your first-year!     
+
+Cell Phone Connections 
+There will be multiple temporary stalls inside the institute for the first few days of the session, otherwise, Airtel and Vodafone connections are easily available at the Main Gate. Reliance has a store in Hiranandani as well. Vodafone has a store near the Delphi Building. For more information on recharge etc, please visit in and around campus.     
+
+Exploring the Institute 
+There are many places to go around the insti, including the Boathouse, Sameer Hill, Lakeside, etc. We don’t want to give away too many of these here for curiosity’s sake. We hope you explore the beautiful campus yourself or ask your mentor to help with a tour! :)     
+
+] 

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+[
+
+Calculation of SPI and CPI 
+Suppose in a given semester a student has taken four courses having credits C1, C2, C3 and C4 and grade points in those courses are G1, G2, G3 and G4 respectively. Then,     
+SPI = (C1 x G1 + C2 x G2 + C3 x G3 + C4 x G4) / (C1 + C2 + C3 + C4) CPI = (SPI1 x Credits in semester1 + SPI2 x Credits in semester2 + ...) / (Total credits)     
+For example, if in a given semester a student has taken four courses having credits 6, 6, 8, and 6 and grade points in those courses are 10, 9, 8, 6 respectively. Then, SPI = (6 x 10 + 6 x 9 + 8 x 8 + 8 x 6) / (6 + 6 + 8 + 6) = 7.62     
+If the student has an SPI of 7.62 in the 1st semester worth (say) 32 credits and 8.2 in the next semester worth 36 credits, CPI (at the end of 2nd semester) = (7.62 x 32 + 8.2 x 36) / (32 + 36) = 7.93     
+Do note that all semesters have more or less equal credit weightage, so it is important to do well throughout, and not just in final exams, in order to maintain a good CPI.     
+
+Grading 
+The system of grading here, in most courses, is relative. The highest grade (worth 10 points) is set according to the highest score obtained in the class, and proportionately, grades are allotted to all students. Grading, in integral values out of 10 is done based on the student’s performance throughout the semester and goes from 10 to 4 (AA-10, AB-9, BB-8, BC-7, CC-6, CD-5, DD-4).     
+Detailed rules can be found in the ‘Rules and Regulations’ booklet which you will receive subsequently. Parents and students are requested to go through and understand it carefully. 
+] 

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+Students are eligible to apply for a change of branch/programme after completing the first two semesters and before the start of the third semester.   
+  1. The Eligibility Criteria for applying for a change of branch / programme are:    
+    1. Completion of the prescribed course credits in the first two semesters      2. No backlog at the end of the first year    2.     1. Before beginning the allocation, additional seats are made available in each branch, limited to a maximum of 10% of its sanctioned strength      2. While students are allotted seats of general and reserved type during admission, this data is not used during branch change. Each available seat may be occupied by students of any category.    3. An eligible student's request for a shift from branch A to branch B will be considered valid if any one of the following two sets of criteria are satisfied.    Set 1 
+    1. The CPI of the student is at least 9      2. There is a seat available in Branch B  Set 2 
+    1. There is a seat available in Branch B      2. The strength in branch A, from which a change is being sought, does not fall below its sanctioned strength by more than 25%.      3. There is no student with higher CPI who is currently being denied a change of branch to “B” due to rule (ii) Procedure Among all valid requests, a student with the highest CPI is chosen and a shift performed. If a student with CPI x is shifted from branch A to branch B then every student with CPI x with a request for branch B will be shifted to branch B, even if their request violates (ii) above. If necessary, extra seats will be created to accommodate them. Shifts as above are performed as long as there are valid requests. Note that even though a student may have been allotted a seat of lower preference earlier due to unavailability of a seat of higher preference, his/her request for the higher preference seat may become valid later because of availability of seats.    4. All branch transfers can be effected only once at the beginning of the second academic year. No application for change of branch during the subsequent academic years will be entertained.    5. Students may be permitted to change from B.Tech. to Dual Degree Programme in the same department at the end of third and fourth semesters subject to the department’s recommendations.  
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+IIT Bombay offers an interesting opportunity under the Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programme. Students interested in pursuing a Masters in a department different from their undergraduate parent department can avail the option of doing so towards the end of their 3rd year.     
+All BS, Btech or Dual Degree students can convert from their 4-year undergraduate degree into a 5-year Undergraduate + Masters degree. IDDDP is offered in several departments including Data Science and Management (under Shailesh Mehta School of Management) to name a few. The CPI cutoffs for the coveted IDDDP programmes are usually high ; this truly goes to show the importance of CPI in your institute life. For further details regarding the program, it’s eligibility criteria and application process, you can visit the following links -   <https://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/GuidelinesDDDprg.pdf> <https://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/IDDDPProcessGuidelines.pdf> 
+] 

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+‘Just clear the JEE once, you’ll have fun forever’ might be a little exaggerated but if marvelling at the Eiffel Tower or basking in the breath- taking exuberance of Times Square in New York or just lying on the ground watching the Northern Lights is your idea of fun, you can surely do that here.     
+IIT Bombay provides you with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study abroad at universities across the globe while you’re still a student here. The institute has partnerships with a multitude of universities as part of which you can spend up to two semesters there taking up courses which you would otherwise have to finish at IIT Bombay. Another advantage? You don’t need to pay the humongous tuition fees at the foreign university!     
+Semester exchanges are often a life changing experience, and the perfect way to immerse yourself into a completely different culture. You get to live as a local in a new country for four months and party like you’ve never done before. Besides this, the fact that you now have friends all over the world who introduce you to their own cultures is one of the major reasons students opt to go for exchanges.     
+For more information you can contact:     
+**Siddhesh Biyani**   **Institute Secretary | International Relations**   **IIT Bombay**   **Email:[isecir@iitb.ac.in](mailto:isecir@iitb.ac.in)**   **Blog :<https://exchangeblogiitb.wordpress.com>** 
+] 

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+So once you come to IITB, your address will read something like this:     
+Room # ___, Hostel __   IIT Bombay, Powai   Mumbai — 400076     
+Hostel life at IIT Bombay is quite an integral part of your stay here. Although for some of you, it might seem a little difficult to adjust to at first, you will soon fall in love with your new home. You can find some more information in the section on Hostels.     
+As the hostels are within the campus, your entire life will be usually contained in the campus itself with the occasional outings in search of good food or for treats. Consequently, the campus is well fitted to address all of your needs, be it your daily necessities or your health. We also have a couple of guesthouses which you can avail of (probably) in case you have someone coming over to visit.     
+We hope these pages answer some of your questions and give you a basic picture of the hostel life. We look forward to having you amongst us and hope that you look forward to it too.     
+For more information, you can contact:     
+**Kartik Bachhav**   **General Secretary, Hostel Affairs (GSHA)**   **Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay**   **[gsecha@iitb.ac.in](mailto:gsecha@iitb.ac.in)**     
+Here is a video showing the beautiful campus of our Institute   
+, 
+Throughout your course here in IITB you might need various stuff from everyday items like toothpaste and soap to books for subjects. Oftentimes you would also want to detach yourself from your hectic schedule and go visit a restaurant or watch a movie. It is therefore a good idea to familiarize yourself with the various shops and places within the campus and outside it.     
+
+Stationery and Xerox 
+Every Hostel has a xerox shop which is normally well equipped to handle basic stationery needs. If you don’t find something in your own hostel, you should most probably find it in the neighbouring hostel. Hostel 12 shop is the best stocked, in that regard. Most hostel xerox shops start at around 10 am and close by 9 pm. Hostel 5 shop is open till a little later (10 pm). If you are closer to the academic area, you can visit the shop in the Main Building on the ground floor, right opposite the library for notebooks, lab coats, bags, lab files, xerox, print out, and most other stationery items. During midsems and endsems, xerox shop timings for some hostels are extended.     
+
+Books 
+For buying books, we have a shop called Book World on campus on the ground floor of the Gulmohar Building where you can get discounts on course-related books. Alternatively, you could go to “Popular Book Store” at YP Gate. You can also buy second-hand books from the Jay Ambe bookshop in the lane right opposite Main Gate, next to Mahavir. He also accepts books back at the end of the semester at half the price at which they were bought.     
+
+Daily needs 
+For the most basic of amenities such as toothpaste, toothbrush, pens, soaps, and other such items (which one should use daily), one can go to the hostel Xerox shop itself. Another alternative would be the Hostel 12 shop which stocks almost everything one would need and more- from slippers to stationery to biscuits and towels, with servings of Computer RAM and MP3 Players on the side. One can also go to Haiko or D-Mart in the Hiranandani Complex for these. Alternatively, the shopping complex at the Y-Point Gate can also take care of most of your needs. The YP market has a post office, a dry cleaner and a tailor as well, just in case.     
+
+Cellphone connections and credit 
+Sim card stalls of different operators are set up in the campus during the first week of the academic year. It is also a good idea to check out all the schemes available for different connections before settling on a cellphone service provider. Otherwise Airtel and Vodafone connections are easily available at Main Gate. Reliance has a store in Hiranandani near Subway. Vodafone has a store near the Delphi Building (next to the Cafe Coffee Day outlet). In case of prepaid connections, you need to submit a photo ID card and documents to prove that your address is what you have written in the form. If you do not do it within 2-3 days of buying the SIM, it will be disconnected. If you need passport sized photos for any forms (you should always keep some handy) you can go to the Navrang Photo Studio (Galleria) or the one right opposite Main Gate and get them clicked. For recharging your cell phone credit account you can visit your hostel shop. H3, H8 and H12 in particular have shops where you can get almost all kinds of top-ups or recharge cards. Alternatively, if you have a debit card, you could also recharge your account online.     
+
+Banks and ATMs 
+Two major banks operate inside IITB: Canara Bank and SBI. The Canara bank branch is located on the first floor of the Gulmohar building. There are two Canara bank ATMs inside the campus. One is located on the ground floor of the Gulmohar building, while the other is located opposite hostel 7. There are two SBI ATMs as well. One is located between Hostel 5 and Tansa, while the other is right outside the main gate. On the orientation day, both banks set up temporary stalls in the lecture hall complex to ensure a smooth and hassle- free opening of accounts. Debit cards are provided on the spot as well.     
+
+Restaurants and Eateries 
+  1. Hostel Canteens: Every hostel has its own canteen, which is for most people, the go-to place for inexpensive food. Whether for a quick meal, a refreshing soft drink or a coffee when you’re up studying late, hostel canteens are the way to go! Hostel 12 offers a night canteen, with some excellent food.    2. Eateries within the institute:      1. Brews and Bites: Located in Hostel-8, it is popular for its pizzas, frappes and pastries among other things. Campus Hub (022-6490 9044) and Brewberrys (022-64642090) also offer hostel delivery.      2. Gulmohar Restaurant and Café: Tasty food, reasonable prices and right-next-door!      3. Academic area: The KReSIT canteen is popular for a quick samosa-chai. Besides this, several departments have canteens of their own, like the Electrical, Civil and Chemical Engineering Buildings. There is also a staff canteen located next to the library.      4. Laxmi: Vegetarian restaurant right outside the Main Gate.    3. Hiranandani: The posh neighborhood of Hiranandani located just down the road from IIT-B offers a plethora of options for eating out. When on a budget, head to the Galleria food court. KFC, MOD, Subway, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Starbucks – you name it, it’s here. Several fine-dining restaurants are also there for you to explore. Head over to Naturals, Baskin Robbins, Theobroma, Cocoberry or Haagen Dazs for dessert.  
+Mumbai offers plenty to the enthusiastic foodie, there are several great places to eat out. Best explored on your own, though we’ll get you started with some names: Barbeque Nation, Café Madras, Pizza By the Bay and Bademiya are well worth visiting.     
+
+Doorstep Delivery 
+Square Pizza : 022-3312 6250   Subway : 022-25700034   Laxmi : 022-25770171   Monginis : 022-25788257   Faaso's : 022-30932023     
+For almost anything else, you always have Justdial! Just call 08888888888 and state your request. Feel free to explore Zomato and NearFox for recommendations for food and travel!     
+
+Entertainment 
+  1. Cinema: Want to catch a movie on the big screen? There are several cinema halls nearby like PVR(Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund), Cinepolis(Neptune Magnet Mall, Bhandup), Inox(R-City Mall, Ghatkopar) and Carnival Huma(Kanjurmarg).    2. Sports: Catch the spectacle Indian Cricket Team or Mumbai Indians playing at the Wankhede. Besides cricket, almost every sport has a regional team in Mumbai, including football, hockey, kho-kho and volleyball. Head to the stadium to catch the action live!    3. Theatre and Music: Mumbai has a vibrant theatre and music culture. For plays, Prithvi is the place to be, and it offers discounts for students on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Keep your eyes and ears open for the next big event, and you may just be able to catch the next Coldplay concert.    4. Theme Parks: In Mumbai, there are a number of good amusement and water parks such as Water Kingdom, Snow World and Essel World. Adlabs Imagica and AquaMagica may be a little further away and more expensive than the others, but they rank among the best theme parks in the country.    5. Gaming Arcades: Several malls have arcade gaming zones and bowling like the R-City Mall, Ghatkopar. Hakone(Hiranandani) offers opportunities for Go-Karting and Paintball.    6. Shopping: There are a number of malls in Mumbai, big and small, where you can buy just about any brands you may want. Dadar, CST and Bandra are great places for some value-for-money shopping.    7. Trekking and Nature: Join a trek with the Adventure Club! For relaxing in nature, check out the Karnala bird sanctuary (beyond Panvel) and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park(Borivali)    8. Sightseeing in Mumbai: Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Haji Ali, Elephanta Caves – just a few of the many things to see in Mumbai. Otherwise you can take the evening off, and watch the sunset at the beach while sipping naariyal paani.  
+A certain obscure site called BookMyShow sells tickets to just about any event you may want to attend.     
+
+Public Transport @ IITB 
+  1. Cycling: One may say that they are a popular mode of transportation considering the number of cycles parked outside the hostels. However, their frequency of use often decays exponentially. But it is entirely up to you! Cycling is a quick, eco-friendly and fun way to get from point to point in the institute. Remember that maintenance of your cycle is crucial, especially in Mumbai’s rainy weather. There are two cycle repair shops on campus, one at the Market Gate and the other next to H5. A sturdy lock is also a good investment.    2. Walking: Alumni often reminisce about the good times they had walking to the lecture halls, amongst good company and pristine greenery. It may not always be possible, but when you have the luxury of time, make the most of it!    3. Auto-rickshaws: Auto-rickshaws are fairly common in the institute and are used for traveling both within and outside the institute. There have been issues of rickshaws refusing to go to destinations outside, though there have been measures taken to curb this.    4. Taxis: Whether while traveling in a group, or when needing a drop to the airport, Uber and Ola have made traveling in comfort easy and economical.  
+, 
+Hostel Allocation 
+Room allotment for first year students are done in following manner :     
+For Boys - They will be allotted 2 wings of hostel 15 and a wing in hostel 16. On each floor, there are three subsections (also called wings!) - each wing has 6 rooms, each of which will be shared by 2 students.   For Girls - A separate wing of Hostel 15 (Hostel 15 C) is allotted to girls, again on a twin sharing basis.     
+You get the room right when you reach IIT Bombay (on the day of registrations i.e. July 26, 2019), as well as in the hostel warden’s office.     
+
+Basic Amenities 
+Each room has a pair of beds, tables, chairs, ceiling fans, tube lights, cupboards and are equipped with 24x7 high speed internet connectivity. There are 2 washrooms per 6 rooms with 24x7 running water (both hot and cold). Each Hostel has a mess (dining hall), a computer room, a gym, a TV, sports grounds and indoor games like Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess, the equipment for which can be availed against your ID Card. Also, stationery and xerox shops are present in Hostel 15 and 16 for fulfilling basic requirements.     
+
+Hostel/Room Change 
+The procedure of shifting rooms basically goes through the warden of the hostel through a written application citing the reasons for the change. It will be a great experience to have a new guy as a roommate which will eventually help you in making new friends which you'll cherish for your life. Though, definitely if both of you agree, it will make things easier.     
+
+Rules for visitors 
+Parents are not allowed to stay in the hostels without prior permission from the Hostel Coordinating Unit. Till 10 PM, female visitors to boys hostels and boys wings in Hostel 15 and male visitors to girls hostel and girls wing in Hostel 15 are allowed after entering details in a register kept with the security at the hostel entrance and after depositing the host's I-Card. After 10PM, entry is restricted only to the common areas — Mess, Lounge and Canteen.     
+
+Hostel Activities 
+There are a plethora of activities that go around in the hostel which makes life fun. Lot of intra hostel events and competitions (among your hostel inmates) or practice for inter hostel (with other hostels) competitions in sports and cultural activities take place all year round. Also, a variety of festivals like Lohri, Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Janmashtami, Dussehra, Diwali etc. are celebrated in the hostels, along with flag hoisting on Republic Day and Independence Day, keeping the atmosphere in the hostels vibrant and full of life all year round. Do participate in whatever interests you, of course after having devoted enough time to academics. It helps in breaking the ice and socializing with your batchmates and seniors.     
+
+Hostel Council 
+The hostel council is divided into Cultural (Cult), Maintenance (Maint), Mess and Sports. Each of these councils is headed by Hostel Councillors (or Cos - generally third year students or thirdies) with Hostel Secretaries (Secys - second year students or sophies) assisting them in the administration of the hostels. All cultural programs and activities are the responsibility of the Cult Council; likewise all sports events are managed by the Sports Council. The Mess Council looks after mess and canteen while the Maint Council ensures proper working of the common areas and the hostel maintenance. All the councils are supervised by the Hostel General Secretary (GSec - a fourthie or fifthie = big daddies). To oversee hostel funds and the Student Council, every hostel has a Hall Manager and a Warden and to assist them, there are Warden Nominees. Every hostel also has an Alumni Secretary to maintain cordial relations with the hostel alumni. Computer Secretary (Comp Secy) takes care of the Computer Room and Internet connection problems while Technical Secretary (Tech Secy) manages the Technical Events at hostel and institute level. More details on the specific functions of each council member would be conveyed to you once you reach here     
+
+Hostel Spirit and Wing Culture 
+This is perhaps the best part of the whole deal. With time, all inmates become the part of one big family. For nothing else but the sense of belonging, you are expected to support and cheer for your hostel and other inmates in inter hostel events (this includes hooting for your hostel during the freshman orientation programmes for various clubs, of which you will come to know in due time :P). Blocks of some 10-15 rooms constitute a wing in each hostel and your wingmates (wingies) will be your immediate support group in more ways than one. We cherish the time we have spent with our wingies and we hope you do so too. Your wingies might be people from very diverse backgrounds but do not let that hinder interaction in any way. In fact, use it to your advantage. You would go with your wingies on intra hostel volley and cricket matches, treats (birthdays, crack acads, mentor's placement et al), treks, tours, hang- outs etc all the time. At the same time, socialize with other hostelers - batchmates and seniors alike - all the time. Also, ragging, simply, is a strict no no! Strict actions (expulsion from IITB) are taken against those found guilty 
+, 
+We at IIT Bombay like to do things differently and we even have small language “Mods” called the IITB Lingo. Here is a list (albeit not an exhaustive one) of the slanguage used at IITB, that would help you to get started and not feel alienated in the campus. With time though, this language would seem very natural     
+Arbit \- /ar-bit/ - adj - Short for arbitrary. Something you say when you can’t think of anything else to say.   Bandi \- /bun-dee/ noun - A word used for all girls, which is generally a rare species in IITB   Chamka \- chum-ka/ - verb - Used to specify understanding anything be it a new word, a joke or any abstract concept   Craxxxx \- /craks-ks-ks-ks-ks-ks/ - verb - Any achievement (Big or Small) is the activity of “Craxx”. In text, the number of suffix x’s denote the level of achievement   DAC \- /dack/ - noun - Disciplinary Action Committee. Something that you don’t want, it’s a committee to decide the punishment for a person who breaks the rules.   Dadda \- /dudd-AA/ - noun - Dual Degree students   Ditch \- /d-ich/ - excl. – Like the literal meaning, it signifies dropping the old plan (and starting to work on a new one!)   DoSA \- /dosa/ - noun - Dean of Student Affairs. (Almost) Everything under the sun comes under his discretion.   enthu \- /enthu/ - verb - One of the Most famous words of IITB Lingo - Enthusiastic. Eg "Kaun hai enthu"   Farra \- /fu’r-rah/ - noun. – FR. A grade you totally, desperately, insanely want to avoid   Fight \- /fite/ - verb, also noun - Inspired from its literal sense - To try very hard for something. Eg "Bahut fight hai" "Fight maar. Give up mat maar."   Freshie \- /fresh-ee/ - noun - First Year student.   Funda(e) \- /fund-aa OR fund-ay/ - noun -Very important tricks of the trade, usually passed on from the seniors to the juniors   God \- /gawd/ - adj. - as in Tu God hai (meaning, you are awesome, or you are The One)   Infi \- /in-fee/ - adjective - This word is used INFI (Okay, this is meta now :P) - Short for infinite. An overused prefix. e.g. infidayamax. (See infinite, daya, -max)   insti \- /in-stee/ - noun – Our Beloved Institute <3 . Yes, this one.   junta \- /jun-taa/ - noun - You want to address a group of people and don’t know how? No issues - call them junta (Fun Fact - Even some profs do :P )   Kat \- /cut/ - verb - Lose out (esp. sarcastic usage). E.g. "Kat raha hai be" "Kat le!"   Lukkha \- /look-kha/ - verb – To do some time-pass that takes you somewhere. Anywhere. On second thoughts, even nowhere. Especially Nowhere!   Macha \- /Much-AA/ - excla. - often followed by any number of x’s (as in “MACHAXX!”, “MACHAXXXX!”, “MACHAXXXXXXXXX!”) – to infinitely crack something (See infinite. See craxx)   Matka \- /mutt-kaa/ - noun - MTech student (also, matki) or for any generaal PG (see Generaal). Not to be confused with dadda or daddi (See dadda)   Max \- /maex/ - adj. - suff. - also, maxx or maxxxx, superlative degree of anything, as in "CRACKMAXX!"   mug \- /mug/ - verb – To study or to pretend to study :P   nightout \- /nie-tout/ - noun – A very intuitive word - avoiding sleep throughout a night in a bid to mug, watch a movie, or for nothing in particular. Lukkha is often cited as both the cause and effect of nightouts   PAF \- /pahf/ - noun - Short for Performing Arts Festival - A festival where all students put in huge amounts of effort for enacting plays (including making the sets themselves). Very widely known as “PAF GOD Hota hai” (See God)   Pain \- /payn/ - noun - Anything bad (Literally anything) - Something that makes you give-up (See give-up)   Polt \- /polt/ - noun - Politics. Also, poltu.   RG \- /ar-jee/ - noun - Short for ‘One who tries to improve his grades, taking unjust advantage of ‘Relative Grading’   SAC \- /sack/ - noun - Student Activity Center   Scope \- /sko-p/ - excl. - A very counter intuitive word (No one knows how it got adopted in the lingo) - No chance in hell!   Sophie \- /so-fee/ - noun - Sophomore or Second Year student.   Sorry rahega \- jury still out on it being a verb or noun, it means something will not get done. Used stand alone or in conjunction with "nahi ho payega"   Valfi \- /val-fee/ - noun - Valedictory Function. A time in April when the beans are spilled on each and everyone passing out.   YP \- /why-pee/ - noun - Nothing to do with calls of nature. It’s actually short for the Y-Point gate. Your one-stop solution for everything from stationery, books, bicycles to hair-cuts 
+, 
+**“There’s life without the Internet? Really? Send me the link.”**     
+The Internet is one of the first things you want to get sorted out once you are on campus, be it to upload your stories on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram, or to get your lecture notes and books, and get down to studying. So how and where can I access the Internet? Hostel LAN Access The most preferred option. All hostel rooms have a LAN Port which you can use to connect to the IIT Bombay network and to the Internet, provided you have a computer. Just hook your computer up to the LAN port with a cable, and you should be connected to the network. Once that’s done, there are two ways to access the Internet.     
+
+Proxyless Access(recommended) 
+Go to <https://internet.iitb.ac.in>, log in your LDAP ID(roll number) and password, and you're good to go.   For more details, please visit <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/>     
+
+Other Hostel Facilities 
+You can use the Hostel Computer Room for accessing the Internet. The Hostel Xerox shop owner also sometimes lets you surf the Internet for a small fee. Check with the respective shopkeeper for details.     
+
+OSL (Old Software Lab) 
+The CS101 course labs will be held here. Apart from the few hours per week that you get as part of your lab timings, this lab is not accessible. It also closes after the last running lab course and is not accessible 24x7. Your lab timings would be just enough for you to finish your lab assignments. You will rarely have time to do anything apart from your CS assignment in the OSL.     
+
+Department Software Labs 
+Depending on which department you're in, you may have access to a mediocre to excellent computer lab facility. The NSL (New Software Lab) is the department lab of the Department of CSE. It is accessible 24X7 and is WiFi enabled. The Department of Mechanical Engineering also has a Software Lab that is accessible to all its students any time of the day or night. The Department labs are very good places to study as they are air-conditioned and quiet. Depending on your department, you may or may not have a WiFi network accessible to students. Some departments either have too few computers or irregular lab timings. So this option may not work for you if you happen to be among the unlucky ones. This option also has the disadvantage of being far away from campus     
+
+Library 
+The entire library complex is WiFi enabled. There are also a few PCs distributed across the library. These are, however, intended to be used to look for books and you should refrain from using them for other purposes.     
+
+WiFi Access 
+The Library, and the classrooms in the Lecture Hall Complex(LHs, LCs and LTs) are wifi enabled. Just turn on your WiFi and connect to IITB-Wireless or eduroam with your LDAP ID and password. Your device may also have an anonymous identity field while connecting, which can be left blank. The IITB-Guest WiFi is meant for short term visitors, and will also require LDAP authentication through a separate portal.     
+For Configuration Settings, follow this link : <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/engipallocations/engwirelessaccessoncampus/14-wireless> 
+, 
+![support available](assets/img/campus_life/support-available.png) 
+  
+
+Faculty Advisor 
+Faculty Advisors (FacAd), as the name suggests, are professors from your respective departments, who will help you out in making academic decisions. FacAds keep track of your progress and will guide you properly. Each semester, the courses you take will be finalized only with the consent of the FacAds. Changes in the program, such as dropping of courses, withdrawal from a semester on medical advice etc., can be affected only with the consent of the FacAd. As you grow older in the IIT system, you might have to make some tough decisions regarding coursework and programs in order to choose a career path suitable to your interests. If you intend to change your branch/specialization after the 1st year, your FacAd is the right person to approach. You may also have to seek the FacAd's permission to participate in inter-collegiate competitions. FacAd is an important link between you and your department. Do not hesitate to talk to them regarding any academic issues.     
+
+Medical 
+Worried about what to do if you get sick while you’re in IIT-B? You don’t need to at all. The great thing about IIT-B is that it has a hospital inside the campus which will take care of almost all common medical problems you might face. To understand more about how the healthcare works at IIT, click here:     
+**How do I enroll for medical facilities?**   You are eligible for medical facilities as soon as you are admitted to IIT-B. As you get admitted, you are required to fill in your medical details in a booklet and get yourself vaccinated against certain diseases (I’ll mention about these later). The IIT-B hospital (or “hospi” as we call it here) maintains a medical file for each student to document all of their consultations, prescriptions and medical history. Every time you visit the hospital, you will need this file. In case you choose to keep it with you at your room (which is alright too) don't forget to bring it along.     
+**What to do if I fall sick or have a medical emergency?**   There is a 24/7 ambulance facility available for all students. For calling an ambulance you can call 1110 from any internal phone. One is placed at the security guard’s desk in every hostel. If you are not in an emergency, you will be required to visit a GP based on a token system or through appointments. Based on their medical evaluation you will be recommended to a specialist if need be.     
+**How expensive is the treatment?**   All of the medical facilities including prescription medicines are free for IIT students, covered by the annual insurance that you pay with the fees in the odd (Autumn) semester. This insurance also covers you for an amount of close to Rs 50,000 in medical expenses in case you need to be referred to an outside hospital. Even the cost of medicines purchased from a chemist and charges for lab tests can be reimbursed when prescribed by a doctor from the IIT hospital (or from a hospital recognised by IIT - the list of which can be found at <http://www.iitb.ac.in/hospital/index.php>)     
+**What facilities are available at the hospital?** 
+  1. OPD in the hospital that runs from 8 am to 6 pm on weekdays and till 1 pm on weekends    2. The Emergency Ward handles medical cases outside these hours.    3. Pathology and X-Ray facilities    4. There is also a facility for Physiotherapy to deal with fractures and other such ailments.  
+If an MRI or CT scan is required, the IIT hospital refers you to the nearby Hiranandani Hospital (HN) which is less than a kilometer away. Specialist doctors from HN hospital visit the IIT hospital on an appointment basis. For cases that the IIT hospital is not equipped cannot handle, patients are transferred to the HN hospital.     
+**What if I lose classes or exams because I am sick?**   If you fall sick and are advised to rest by the doctor and hence cannot attend lectures or write examinations, the doctor will give you a "pink slip". This slip is the only trusted proof that you were sick and advised rest. In case you missed an end semester exam, you will be given an II grade. This means that you are eligible for a re-examination. Presenting the pink slip to your professor will let him allow you to take the exam again. This system is unremittingly strict and a recommendation from any other doctor or hospital will simply not do.     
+**What vaccinations do I need?**   There are 4 vaccines which you need to be administered with during your stay here. These are : 
+  1. MMR   2. Typhoid   3. Hepatitis A   4. Chicken Pox 
+You can either get them administered from your local doctor in your hometown. In this case you need to show a certificate of vaccination of the same when you fill the medical booklet. If you were unable to get the vaccines, the IITB Hospital arranges a vaccination camp once every month in the Autumn ( Odd ) semester (July - November) where you can get yourself vaccinated. These vaccine costs are not covered in your medical treatment costs. Important Links:     
+If the above information was unable to clear your doubts and you still have queries you can visit the links below for more information:     
+IIT-B Hospital website can be found [here](http://www1.iitb.ac.in/facilities/hospital.php)   Hospital Guidebook can be found [here](https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~hostels/Hospital_Guidebook.pdf)     
+Hospital Contact Card:     
+**IIT Hospital,   IIT Bombay,   Powai, Mumbai,   Pincode - 400076,   Tel : 25767051 / 53 **     
+To know more about Hospital, visit <https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/hostels/hospital>.     
+
+QRT 
+The Quick Response Team deals with issues where students feel that immediate/urgent intervention is needed or the involvement of additional security is required. If you encounter such a situation then you can reach out to QRT using the following helpline numbers: 9167398598, 9167398599     
+To know more about the security guidelines at IIT Bombay or contact QRT, visit <https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/hostels/security>.     
+
+SWC 
+Being away from home and taking on new responsibilities can sometimes be overwhelming. It is at such times that we require someone to guide us. The Student Wellness Centre consists of counselors who provide one-on-one meetings to students. Students are helped to explore and express feelings, reflect on patterns of behavior, and work toward making healthier changes.     
+For more details, visit <http://www.iitb.ac.in/swc/en>.     
+
+SC/ST Cell 
+The SC/ST Students Cell addresses academic and non-academic issues and complaints received from students in reserved categories. The institute strives to maintain an environment where all communities can participate in academic and research activities without any sort of discrimination with respect to caste or creed. In order to maintain such an atmosphere, the SC/ST students cell is responsible for sensitizing the campus community about the importance of having diversity.     
+Student-victims are free to write to this email: [scstcell@iitb.ac.in](mailto:scstcell@iitb.ac.in). In addition to by email, one can also consider filing an anonymous complaint at the website: <https://goo.gl/forms/F3BKMxkdGu28OGRz2>     
+
+Gender Cell 
+The Gender Cell works proactively towards developing a safe and secure environment for employees, and to ensure that all students may gain their education without fear of prejudice, gender bias, hostility or sexual harassment. The IIT Bombay Gender Cell (GC) inquires into complaints of sexual harassment through its Internal Complaints Committee (GC-ICC).     
+Find more details [here](women.php).     
+
+Saathi 
+With the onset of puberty, one grows more conscious of the changes happening in their own body as well as their feelings towards others. Unlike others, some of us may not feel comfortable with the gender assigned to us at birth. Similarly, not everyone is attracted only to people of the opposite sex.     
+Some labels commonly used by people to describe themselves are lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, intersex, and queer. Collectively, people who lie outside the typical gender identity and sexuality are known as the LGBTQ+ community. Being a minority, they feel alone, confused and excluded from the mainstream. They may also face discrimination and bullying on revealing their preferences. At IIT Bombay, however, no student needs to feel alone.     
+Saathi (‘companion’) at IIT Bombay is an LGBTQ+ support and resource group. We are committed to providing a community for LGBTQ+ individuals on campus. We organize events all through the year such as workshops, awareness days, movie screenings and informal meetups. Most of these events are open to all, irrespective of gender identity or sexual orientation. Even if you identify as straight (as many of our members do), these events will be a great place to know more about the community and learn how to be great allies and support your LGBTQ+ friends.     
+All our events are safe spaces wherein we even do not ask anyone their sexuality or gender identity. However, we understand that you may be apprehensive of your identity being disclosed outside the group. You can still get in touch with us via e-mail or Facebook. To remain up-to-date with our events and other information, join our Google group, look up ‘Saathi, IIT Bombay’ on Google Groups or send an email at [saathi- iitb+subscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:saathi- iitb+subscribe@googlegroups.com). If required, you can also contact us on +91-7738452988, with your anonymity completely assured.     
+We invite you to be a part of Saathi, irrespective of your gender or orientation. We hope that your stay at IIT Bombay will be as bright and vibrant as the colours of the rainbow!   <http://www.facebook.com/saathi.iitb>   [saathi.iitbombay@gmail.com](mailto:saathi.iitbombay@gmail.com) 
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+So once you come to IITB, your address will read something like this:     
+Room # ___, Hostel __   IIT Bombay, Powai   Mumbai — 400076     
+Hostel life at IIT Bombay is quite an integral part of your stay here. Although for some of you, it might seem a little difficult to adjust to at first, you will soon fall in love with your new home. You can find some more information in the section on Hostels.     
+As the hostels are within the campus, your entire life will be usually contained in the campus itself with the occasional outings in search of good food or for treats. Consequently, the campus is well fitted to address all of your needs, be it your daily necessities or your health. We also have a couple of guesthouses which you can avail of (probably) in case you have someone coming over to visit.     
+We hope these pages answer some of your questions and give you a basic picture of the hostel life. We look forward to having you amongst us and hope that you look forward to it too.     
+For more information, you can contact:     
+**Kartik Bachhav**   **General Secretary, Hostel Affairs (GSHA)**   **Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay**   **[gsecha@iitb.ac.in](mailto:gsecha@iitb.ac.in)**     
+Here is a video showing the beautiful campus of our Institute   
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+Throughout your course here in IITB you might need various stuff from everyday items like toothpaste and soap to books for subjects. Oftentimes you would also want to detach yourself from your hectic schedule and go visit a restaurant or watch a movie. It is therefore a good idea to familiarize yourself with the various shops and places within the campus and outside it.     
+
+Stationery and Xerox 
+Every Hostel has a xerox shop which is normally well equipped to handle basic stationery needs. If you don’t find something in your own hostel, you should most probably find it in the neighbouring hostel. Hostel 12 shop is the best stocked, in that regard. Most hostel xerox shops start at around 10 am and close by 9 pm. Hostel 5 shop is open till a little later (10 pm). If you are closer to the academic area, you can visit the shop in the Main Building on the ground floor, right opposite the library for notebooks, lab coats, bags, lab files, xerox, print out, and most other stationery items. During midsems and endsems, xerox shop timings for some hostels are extended.     
+
+Books 
+For buying books, we have a shop called Book World on campus on the ground floor of the Gulmohar Building where you can get discounts on course-related books. Alternatively, you could go to “Popular Book Store” at YP Gate. You can also buy second-hand books from the Jay Ambe bookshop in the lane right opposite Main Gate, next to Mahavir. He also accepts books back at the end of the semester at half the price at which they were bought.     
+
+Daily needs 
+For the most basic of amenities such as toothpaste, toothbrush, pens, soaps, and other such items (which one should use daily), one can go to the hostel Xerox shop itself. Another alternative would be the Hostel 12/18 shops which stock almost everything one would need and more- from slippers to stationery to biscuits and towels. One can also go to Haiko or D-Mart in the Hiranandani Complex for these. Alternatively, the shopping complex at the Y-Point Gate can also take care of most of your needs. The YP market has a post office, a dry cleaner and a tailor and a barber as well, just in case.     
+
+Banks and ATMs 
+Two major banks operate inside IITB: Canara Bank and SBI. The Canara bank branch is located on the first floor of the Gulmohar building. There are two Canara bank ATMs inside the campus. One is located on the ground floor of the Gulmohar building, while the other is located opposite hostel 7. There are two SBI ATMs as well. One is located between Hostel 5 and Tansa, while the other is right outside the main gate. On the orientation day, both banks set up temporary stalls in the lecture hall complex to ensure a smooth and hassle- free opening of accounts. Debit cards are provided on the spot as well.     
+
+Restaurants and Eateries 
+  1. Hostel Canteens: Every hostel has its own canteen, which is for most people, the go-to place for inexpensive food. Whether for a quick meal, a refreshing soft drink or a coffee when you’re up studying late, hostel canteens are the way to go! Most hostels have night canteens, with some excellent food.    2. Eateries within the institute:      1. Gulmohar Restaurant and Café: Tasty food, reasonable prices and right-next-door!      2. Academic area: The KReSIT canteen is popular for a quick samosa-chai. Besides this, several departments have canteens of their own, like the Electrical, Civil and Chemical Engineering Buildings. There is also a staff canteen located next to the library.      3. Cafe 92: A go to place for some quick bites and tasty fast food servings. Perfectly situated on the lane connecting the academic area to the Main building, the store is always bustling with energy as students head out here after classes.      4. Laxmi: Vegetarian restaurant right outside the Main Gate.    3. Hiranandani: The posh neighborhood of Hiranandani located just down the road from IIT-B offers a plethora of options for eating out. When on a budget, head to the Galleria food court. KFC, MOD, Subway, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Starbucks – you name it, it’s here. Several fine-dining restaurants are also there for you to explore. Head over to Naturals, Baskin Robbins, Theobroma, Cocoberry or Haagen Dazs for dessert.  
+Mumbai offers plenty to the enthusiastic foodie, there are several great places to eat out. Best explored on your own, though we’ll get you started with some names: Barbeque Nation, Café Madras, Pizza By the Bay and Bademiya are well worth visiting.     
+
+Doorstep Delivery 
+Square Pizza : 022-3312 6250   Subway : 022-25700034   Laxmi : 022-25770171   Monginis : 022-25788257   Faaso's : 022-30932023     
+For almost anything else, you always have Justdial! Just call 08888888888 and state your request. Feel free to explore Zomato and NearFox for recommendations for food and travel!     
+
+Entertainment 
+  1. Cinema: Want to catch a movie on the big screen? There are several cinema halls nearby like PVR(Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund), Cinepolis(Neptune Magnet Mall, Bhandup), Inox(R-City Mall, Ghatkopar) and Carnival Huma(Kanjurmarg).    2. Sports: Catch the spectacle Indian Cricket Team or Mumbai Indians playing at the Wankhede. Besides cricket, almost every sport has a regional team in Mumbai, including football, hockey, kho-kho and volleyball. Head to the stadium to catch the action live!    3. Theatre and Music: Mumbai has a vibrant theatre and music culture. For plays, Prithvi is the place to be, and it offers discounts for students on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Keep your eyes and ears open for the next big event, and you may just be able to catch the next Coldplay concert.    4. Theme Parks: In Mumbai, there are a number of good amusement and water parks such as Water Kingdom, Snow World and Essel World. Adlabs Imagica and AquaMagica may be a little further away and more expensive than the others, but they rank among the best theme parks in the country.    5. Gaming Arcades: Several malls have arcade gaming zones and bowling like the R-City Mall, Ghatkopar. Hakone(Hiranandani) offers opportunities for Go-Karting and Paintball.    6. Shopping: There are a number of malls in Mumbai, big and small, where you can buy just about any brands you may want. Dadar, CST and Bandra are great places for some value-for-money shopping.    7. Trekking and Nature: Join a trek with the Adventure Club! For relaxing in nature, check out the Karnala bird sanctuary (beyond Panvel) and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park(Borivali)    8. Sightseeing in Mumbai: Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Haji Ali, Elephanta Caves – just a few of the many things to see in Mumbai. Otherwise you can take the evening off, and watch the sunset at the beach while sipping naariyal paani.  
+A certain obscure site called BookMyShow sells tickets to just about any event you may want to attend.     
+
+Public Transport @ IITB 
+  1. Cycling: One may say that they are a popular mode of transportation considering the number of cycles parked outside the hostels. However, their frequency of use often decays exponentially. But it is entirely up to you! Cycling is a quick, eco-friendly and fun way to get from point to point in the institute. Remember that maintenance of your cycle is crucial, especially in Mumbai’s rainy weather. There are two cycle repair shops on campus, one at the Market Gate and the other next to H5. A sturdy lock is also a good investment.    2. Walking: Alumni often reminisce about the good times they had walking to the lecture halls, amongst good company and pristine greenery. It may not always be possible, but when you have the luxury of time, make the most of it!    3. Auto-rickshaws: Auto-rickshaws are fairly common in the institute and are used for traveling both within and outside the institute. There have been issues of rickshaws refusing to go to destinations outside, though there have been measures taken to curb this.    4. E-Shuttle: With a seating capacity of nearly 10-12 students, E-shuttles are a popular choice for most students as they run the entire distance between the residential and academic area, charging a nominal fee of INR 10 per ride.    5. Taxis: Whether while traveling in a group, or when needing a drop to the airport, Uber and Ola have made traveling in comfort easy and economical.  
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+IIT Bombay’s Women's Cell has been in existence since 2002. With the enactment of the Institute's policy on sexual harassment, the Cell has been renamed the Gender Cell (GC). In recognition of the Institute’s belief that its employees and students have a right to be treated with dignity and respect, the Cell works proactively towards developing a safe and secure environment for employees, and to ensure that all students may gain their education without fear of prejudice, gender bias, hostility or sexual harassment. The IIT Bombay Gender Cell (GC) inquires into complaints of sexual harassment through its Internal Complaints Committee (GC-ICC). The GC and GC-ICC strive to work towards an egalitarian environment where men and women are afforded equitable treatment and equality of opportunity conducive to their professional growth. 
+, 
+All prospective women students can click [here](http://www.iitb.ac.in/womenstudents/en) to know more details. 
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+Hostel Allocation 
+Room allotment for first year students are done in following manner :     
+For Boys - They will be allotted 2 wings of hostel 15 and a wing in hostel 16. On each floor, there are three subsections (also called wings!) - each wing has 6 rooms, each of which will be shared by 2 students.   For Girls - A separate wing of Hostel 15 (Hostel 15 C) is allotted to girls, again on a twin sharing basis.     
+You get the room right when you reach IIT Bombay (on the day of registrations i.e. July 26, 2019), as well as in the hostel warden’s office.     
+
+Basic Amenities 
+Each room has a pair of beds, tables, chairs, ceiling fans, tube lights, cupboards and are equipped with 24x7 high speed internet connectivity. There are 2 washrooms per 6 rooms with 24x7 running water (both hot and cold). Each Hostel has a mess (dining hall), a computer room, a gym, a TV, sports grounds and indoor games like Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess, the equipment for which can be availed against your ID Card. Also, stationery and xerox shops are present in Hostel 15 and 16 for fulfilling basic requirements.     
+
+Hostel/Room Change 
+The procedure of shifting rooms basically goes through the warden of the hostel through a written application citing the reasons for the change. It will be a great experience to have a new guy as a roommate which will eventually help you in making new friends which you'll cherish for your life. Though, definitely if both of you agree, it will make things easier.     
+
+Rules for visitors 
+Parents are not allowed to stay in the hostels without prior permission from the Hostel Coordinating Unit. Till 10 PM, female visitors to boys hostels and boys wings in Hostel 15 and male visitors to girls hostel and girls wing in Hostel 15 are allowed after entering details in a register kept with the security at the hostel entrance and after depositing the host's I-Card. After 10PM, entry is restricted only to the common areas — Mess, Lounge and Canteen.     
+
+Hostel Activities 
+There are a plethora of activities that go around in the hostel which makes life fun. Lot of intra hostel events and competitions (among your hostel inmates) or practice for inter hostel (with other hostels) competitions in sports and cultural activities take place all year round. Also, a variety of festivals like Lohri, Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Janmashtami, Dussehra, Diwali etc. are celebrated in the hostels, along with flag hoisting on Republic Day and Independence Day, keeping the atmosphere in the hostels vibrant and full of life all year round. Do participate in whatever interests you, of course after having devoted enough time to academics. It helps in breaking the ice and socializing with your batchmates and seniors.     
+
+Hostel Council 
+The hostel council is divided into Cultural (Cult), Maintenance (Maint), Mess and Sports. Each of these councils is headed by Hostel Councillors (or Cos - generally third year students or thirdies) with Hostel Secretaries (Secys - second year students or sophies) assisting them in the administration of the hostels. All cultural programs and activities are the responsibility of the Cult Council; likewise all sports events are managed by the Sports Council. The Mess Council looks after mess and canteen while the Maint Council ensures proper working of the common areas and the hostel maintenance. All the councils are supervised by the Hostel General Secretary (GSec - a fourthie or fifthie = big daddies). To oversee hostel funds and the Student Council, every hostel has a Hall Manager and a Warden and to assist them, there are Warden Nominees. Every hostel also has an Alumni Secretary to maintain cordial relations with the hostel alumni. Computer Secretary (Comp Secy) takes care of the Computer Room and Internet connection problems while Technical Secretary (Tech Secy) manages the Technical Events at hostel and institute level. More details on the specific functions of each council member would be conveyed to you once you reach here     
+
+Hostel Spirit and Wing Culture 
+This is the best part of the whole year. With time, all hostel residents become part of one big family. For nothing else but the sense of belonging, you are expected to support and cheer for your hostel and other residents in inter hostel events (this includes hooting for your hostel during the freshman orientation programmes for various clubs, of which you will come to know in due time :P). Blocks of some 10-15 rooms constitute a wing in each hostel and your wingmates (wingies) will be your immediate support group in more ways than one. We cherish the time we have spent with our wingies and we hope you do so too. Your wingies might be people from very diverse backgrounds but do not let that hinder interaction in any way. In fact, use it to your advantage. You would go with your wingies on intra hostel volley and cricket matches, treats (birthdays, crack acads, mentor's placement et al), treks, tours, hang- outs etc all the time. At the same time, socialize with other hostelers - batchmates and seniors alike - all the time. Also, ragging, simply, is a strict no no! Strict actions (expulsion from IITB) are taken against those found guilty. 
+, 
+We at IIT Bombay like to do things differently and we even have small language “Mods” called the IITB Lingo. Here is a list (albeit not an exhaustive one) of the slanguage used at IITB, that would help you to get started and not feel alienated in the campus. With time though, this language would seem very natural     
+Arbit \- /ar-bit/ - adj - Short for arbitrary. Something you say when you can’t think of anything else to say.   Bandi \- /bun-dee/ noun - A word used for all girls, which is generally a rare species in IITB   Chamka \- chum-ka/ - verb - Used to specify understanding anything be it a new word, a joke or any abstract concept   Craxxxx \- /craks-ks-ks-ks-ks-ks/ - verb - Any achievement (Big or Small) is the activity of “Craxx”. In text, the number of suffix x’s denote the level of achievement   DAC \- /dack/ - noun - Disciplinary Action Committee. Something that you don’t want, it’s a committee to decide the punishment for a person who breaks the rules.   Dadda \- /dudd-AA/ - noun - Dual Degree students   Ditch \- /d-ich/ - excl. – Like the literal meaning, it signifies dropping the old plan (and starting to work on a new one!)   DoSA \- /dosa/ - noun - Dean of Student Affairs. (Almost) Everything under the sun comes under his discretion.   enthu \- /enthu/ - verb - One of the Most famous words of IITB Lingo - Enthusiastic. Eg "Kaun hai enthu"   Farra \- /fu’r-rah/ - noun. – FR. A grade you totally, desperately, insanely want to avoid   Fight \- /fite/ - verb, also noun - Inspired from its literal sense - To try very hard for something. Eg "Bahut fight hai" "Fight maar. Give up mat maar."   Freshie \- /fresh-ee/ - noun - First Year student.   Funda(e) \- /fund-aa OR fund-ay/ - noun -Very important tricks of the trade, usually passed on from the seniors to the juniors   God \- /gawd/ - adj. - as in Tu God hai (meaning, you are awesome, or you are The One)   Infi \- /in-fee/ - adjective - This word is used INFI (Okay, this is meta now :P) - Short for infinite. An overused prefix. e.g. infidayamax. (See infinite, daya, -max)   insti \- /in-stee/ - noun – Our Beloved Institute <3 . Yes, this one.   junta \- /jun-taa/ - noun - You want to address a group of people and don’t know how? No issues - call them junta (Fun Fact - Even some profs do :P )   Kat \- /cut/ - verb - Lose out (esp. sarcastic usage). E.g. "Kat raha hai be" "Kat le!"   Lukkha \- /look-kha/ - verb – To do some time-pass that takes you somewhere. Anywhere. On second thoughts, even nowhere. Especially Nowhere!   Macha \- /Much-AA/ - excla. - often followed by any number of x’s (as in “MACHAXX!”, “MACHAXXXX!”, “MACHAXXXXXXXXX!”) – to infinitely crack something (See infinite. See craxx)   Matka \- /mutt-kaa/ - noun - MTech student (also, matki) or for any generaal PG (see Generaal). Not to be confused with dadda or daddi (See dadda)   Max \- /maex/ - adj. - suff. - also, maxx or maxxxx, superlative degree of anything, as in "CRACKMAXX!"   mug \- /mug/ - verb – To study or to pretend to study :P   nightout \- /nie-tout/ - noun – A very intuitive word - avoiding sleep throughout a night in a bid to mug, watch a movie, or for nothing in particular. Lukkha is often cited as both the cause and effect of nightouts   PAF \- /pahf/ - noun - Short for Performing Arts Festival - A festival where all students put in huge amounts of effort for enacting plays (including making the sets themselves). Very widely known as “PAF GOD Hota hai” (See God)   Pain \- /payn/ - noun - Anything bad (Literally anything) - Something that makes you give-up (See give-up)   Polt \- /polt/ - noun - Politics. Also, poltu.   RG \- /ar-jee/ - noun - Short for ‘One who tries to improve his grades, taking unjust advantage of ‘Relative Grading’   SAC \- /sack/ - noun - Student Activity Center   Scope \- /sko-p/ - excl. - A very counter intuitive word (No one knows how it got adopted in the lingo) - No chance in hell!   Sophie \- /so-fee/ - noun - Sophomore or Second Year student.   Sorry rahega \- jury still out on it being a verb or noun, it means something will not get done. Used stand alone or in conjunction with "nahi ho payega"   Valfi \- /val-fee/ - noun - Valedictory Function. A time in April when the beans are spilled on each and everyone passing out.   YP \- /why-pee/ - noun - Nothing to do with calls of nature. It’s actually short for the Y-Point gate. Your one-stop solution for everything from stationery, books, bicycles to hair-cuts 
+, 
+**“There’s life without the Internet? Really? Send me the link.”**     
+The Internet is one of the first things you want to get sorted out once you are on campus, be it to upload your stories on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram, or to get your lecture notes and books, and get down to studying. So how and where can I access the Internet? Hostel LAN Access The most preferred option. All hostel rooms have a LAN Port which you can use to connect to the IIT Bombay network and to the Internet, provided you have a computer. Just hook your computer up to the LAN port with a cable, and you should be connected to the network. Once that’s done, there are two ways to access the Internet.     
+
+Proxyless Access(recommended) 
+Go to <https://internet.iitb.ac.in>, log in your LDAP ID(roll number) and password, and you're good to go.   For more details, please visit <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/>     
+
+Other Hostel Facilities 
+You can use the Hostel Computer Room for accessing the Internet. The Hostel Xerox shop owner also sometimes lets you surf the Internet for a small fee. Check with the respective shopkeeper for details.     
+
+OSL (Old Software Lab) 
+The CS101 course labs will be held here. Apart from the few hours per week that you get as part of your lab timings, this lab is not accessible. It also closes after the last running lab course and is not accessible 24x7. Your lab timings would be just enough for you to finish your lab assignments. You will rarely have time to do anything apart from your CS assignment in the OSL.     
+
+Department Software Labs 
+Depending on which department you're in, you may have access to a mediocre to excellent computer lab facility. The NSL (New Software Lab) is the department lab of the Department of CSE. It is accessible 24X7 and is WiFi enabled. The Department of Mechanical Engineering also has a Software Lab that is accessible to all its students any time of the day or night. The Department labs are very good places to study as they are air-conditioned and quiet. Depending on your department, you may or may not have a WiFi network accessible to students. Some departments either have too few computers or irregular lab timings. So this option may not work for you if you happen to be among the unlucky ones. This option also has the disadvantage of being far away from campus     
+
+Library 
+The entire library complex is WiFi enabled. There are also a few PCs distributed across the library. These are, however, intended to be used to look for books and you should refrain from using them for other purposes.     
+
+WiFi Access 
+The Library, and the classrooms in the Lecture Hall Complex(LHs, LCs and LTs) are wifi enabled. Just turn on your WiFi and connect to IITB-Wireless or eduroam with your LDAP ID and password. Your device may also have an anonymous identity field while connecting, which can be left blank. The IITB-Guest WiFi is meant for short term visitors, and will also require LDAP authentication through a separate portal.     
+For Configuration Settings, follow this link : <https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/engipallocations/engwirelessaccessoncampus/14-wireless> 
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+The student community at IITB is an active and thriving one. The development and management of all student activities comes under the purview of Students' Gymkhana. It is instrumental in identifying student issues and promoting discussion on them. It functions as the office for all elections and nominations of students for gymkhana activities. There are several student bodies that work under the aegis of the Gymkhana. 
+, 
+So you thought it was all about academics? Wrong! IITB is privileged to have one of the best cultural (or 'cult') scenes among engineering colleges in India. Apart from hosting Mood Indigo, India's biggest college cultural festival, we have a very active intra-college scene, with genre specific clubs and plenty of hostel and insti-level events all year round. The scene is basically split into 10 genres: Music, Photography & Fine Arts, Speaking/Debating, Literary Arts, Photography & Fine Arts, Dance, Dramatics, Film & Media, Design and Lifestyle.     
+Follow all the updates here   Webpage: [gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~cultural](https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~cultural)   Facebook Page : [facebook.com/IITBCult](https://facebook.com/IITBCult)     
+
+Structure 
+At the Institute level, the scene is governed by the Institute Cultural Council, headed by the General Secretary of Cultural Affairs. Working with him are 8 Institute Secretaries, for the aforementioned 10 genres. Each secretary is the head of the club(s) under his/her domain. Also, at the hostel level, each hostel has a Cultural Councilor along with a secretary for each of the genres. The incoming freshers are pre allocated to the hostels they are going into the next year and they represent their senior hostels throughout the year.     
+**Freshizza**   The most important cultural event of your first semester here is Freshiezza, the inter-hostel freshmen cultural competition. Usually held in 2 phases over the first semester, Freshiezza is where you battle it out for hostel glory in a host of events from all areas of the cult sphere and explore what insti ‘cult’ has to offer for you. Do participate, if you can, or else at least come and cheer your hostel on. Stay back that weekend, we guarantee you won't regret it.     
+
+Cultural Clubs 
+**Literary Arts: Literati**   Quizzes, Creative writing, Rebuses, Blogs and Word Games all fall under the reign of Literati. GC Event: General quiz, Mixed Bag GC, Word Games GC, Wolf Pack GC   Connect to Literati: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/IITBLitzkrieg)[__](https://www.instagram.com/literati_iitb/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/literati) 
+  
+  
+**Dramatics: Fourth Wall**   Comedy plays, street plays and mono-acting are the strengths of the club. The spotlight is grabbed by the Annual Theatre Festival and Sophie Production. GC event: Dramatics Main Championship   Connect to Fourth Wall: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/IITBombay.fourthwall/)[__](https://fourthwalliitb.wordpress.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/fourthwall) 
+  
+  
+**Music: Staccato and Saaz**   The clubs for western and Indian music respectively. They conduct large scale musical events and workshops. Watch out for Saaz's Surbahar and Swar Sandhya, and Staccato's Acoustic Dusk and Unplugged. GC event: Goonj   Connect to Staccato: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/164746973612850/) 
+  
+Connect to Saaz: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/297282286951897) 
+  
+  
+**Film and Media: Silverscreen**   The youngest club on the campus, Silverscreen has already scaled great heights with the introduction of the IIT Bombay Film Festival, showcasing student-made films along with celebrated international movies. We have had the likes of Aamir Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Shekhar Kapoor, Nandita Das and many others who have graced IITB Filmfest. GC Event: Film Making   Connect to Silverscreen: 
+[__](https://www.instagram.com/silverscreen_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/user/silverscreeniitb)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/silverscreen) 
+  
+  
+**Dance: In Sync**   Classical, hip-hop, folk or contemporary, In Sync has it all. The Annual Insync Dance Show (AIDS) held in January is a must watch. Probably the largest cultural club of IIT Bombay. GC Event: Gyrations   Connect to In Sync: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/insynciitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/insync_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0-MwKqWJgJNY81nwLrW0w)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/insync) 
+  
+  
+**Debating: We-Speak and Vaani**   Speak your mind! Panel debates, JAMs, extempore, radioplays... you name it. Host to the IIT Bombay National Debate. GC Event: Debate GC, Jam GC, KavyaSandhya   Connect to We-Speak: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/wespeak.iitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/wespeakiitb/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/we- speak) 
+  
+Connect to Vaani: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/vaani.iitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/vaani_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/c/VaaniIITBombay)[__](https://vaani380.wordpress.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/vaani) 
+  
+  
+**Photography and Fine Arts - Rang and Pixels**   Rang is the Fine Arts Club and Pixels, the photography club conduct competitions and workshops for everything from sponge modelling to comic strip writing to Adobe Photoshop. They showcase the institute talent in the the annual exhibition Kaladarshan. GC Event: Photography GC, Fine Arts GC, Wall Painting GC etc   Connect to Rang: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/RANG.IITB/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/rang_iitb/)[__](https://rang- iitb.blogspot.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/rang) 
+  
+Connect to Pixels: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/PixelsIITB/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/pixels_iitb/)[__](https://www.pixelsiitbombay.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/pixels) 
+  
+  
+**Design Club**   When creativity meets passion, design happens. Design is thoughts given shape; to put together the pieces of a puzzle, not knowing of what would unfold. Have an idea? Give it shape and bring it into existence; scribble it out or express yourself digitally. The Design team came into existence in 2014, with the motive of creating a culture of design in the institute, bringing together aspects from all genres of art. The amazing response we got has encouraged us to go further and expand across the genres, to have infrastructure set aside for enthusiastic people. Designers showcase their talent in Vision, the institute's annual design festival. GC Event: Design GC   Connect to Design Club: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/thedesignclubiitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT- H_0-ai4YaReSqboTiXPA)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/the- design-club) 
+  
+  
+**Classical & Folk Arts - Roots**   So, ‘Roots’ -The Classical and Folk Arts Club of IIT Bombay , as its name suggests, aims to replenish the art form- Classical and Folk arts that had taken birth decades before. A place where dance , music and arts can be enjoyed together in a traditional way! Roots provides you all the sugar candies that’ll simply tempt you to evolve the classical artist within, be it learning , expressing or listening and viewing the maestros! Roots conducts the biggest classical concerts in insti in the event- Virasat.   Connect to Roots: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/RootsIITB/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/roots_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOtCVjIqR9_PoulDX_3goQ)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/roots) 
+  
+  
+**Fashion Club – Style Up**   Lifestyle Club, IIT Bombay is an initiative of the Institute Cultural Council of IIT Bombay. This club caters to various 'topics' related to 'Lifestyle' of people in IIT Bombay. Everyone from IIT Bombay can be a part of this club as a member, moderator or active follower, without any bar of knowledge, credentials and skills. This is a club of people who want to explore more. Presently the club has Fashion as its major sub-genre, Cuisine and Spirituality would be launched shortly this year. The club gives you an opportunity to be a part of workshops of walking the ramp, photoshoots, designing costumes and also the club would be coming up with Halloween Party for the institute this year.     
+So, now you have a good idea about the different clubs and the different genres. Too much information? No worries, there will be an orientation (with a fundae session) for each club separately too. Just make it a habit to have a look at the notice-boards daily. For details visit the Cult Homepage.   Connect to Style Up: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/styleup.iitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/styleup_iitb/?hl=en)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB_Gh4fQQohPGdw- G- Bavg)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/lifestyle- club) 
+  
+  
+**Intra College events**   Intra-hostel General Championship (GC) events that are held throughout the year decide your hostel's position in the Cultural GC, winning which is very prestigious. Recently, even freshies have been allowed to represent their senior year hostels in GCs. In addition, the cultural council organizes a huge number of open events spread across the year. These events have no restrictions; some, on the contrary, have freshmen reservations.     
+**Inter college events**   Every December, IITB hosts India's biggest cult fest, Mood Indigo. MI is a 4 day long cultural extravaganza that sees participation by thousands of students from all over the country. Apart from formal and informal competitions and workshops, it also organizes concerts and performances by international artistes. IITB students attend numerous college cult fests but we only send official contingents to two, St. Xavier's Malhar (around 15th Aug) in Mumbai and IIM-B's Unmaad (around 29th Jan). Freshies generally attend Unmaad in large numbers.     
+**Performing Arts Festival (PAF)**   PAF is also known as the 'Baap of all cultural events’. Typically, three or four hostels (out of fourteen) are grouped together to battle against one another. From script to dance, music to dram, every damn thing is handled by the students. PAF is renowned for its 'Prod work' which involves the making of sets and backdrops. A tremendous mixture of art and cultural skills combined with life sized sets, is what makes PAF an event to remember.     
+By that time, you will be allotted your 'permanent' hostels and hence will be a good time to make new friends and get acquainted with the hostel culture.     
+At the end of the academic year, the institute hands out awards to those who have excelled in cultural activities, along with the inter-hostel GC and PAF trophies.     
+So there you have it. Cult at IITB is truly in a league of its own, so please do grab every opportunity to be a part of it. And remember, never be hesitant to join a club or attend a meeting just because you feel you're not good enough - most of us knew nothing about our current cult interests/passions when we first started out, back in our first years. The institute clubs welcome students of all levels, from noobs to pros.     
+A mandatory word of caution though: do not sacrifice your academics for the sake of extra- curricular activities; prioritize your interests and allocate your time wisely. That being said, we do hope you enjoy every bit of your 4/5 years here, and hopefully the cultural scene would be a major part of your college lives.     
+**InterIIT Cult**   Each and every IIT is different from the other in most of the aspects from the academic valuation to various clubs and their activities.To bridge this gap among all IITs and to enable knowledge sharing and cultural distribution Inter IIT cultural meet was started in 2016 with IIT Bombay organising it for the first time.     
+IIT Bombay won the overall championship in 2016 and were 1st runner up in 2017. All the club secretaries and club people look forward to participating and competing in this ultimate cultural championship. It is an honor to get a chance to represent IIT Bombay and selections are based on the various auditions conducted across different genres.     
+The 4th edition of Inter IIT Cultural Meet will be held in December 2019 and it will include competitions covering all the cultural genres. 
+, 
+The Institute has a very active media scene in terms of Newsletters, Magazines, Video coverage and IITB Radio. While Insight, the media body of IIT Bombay, releases newsletters specifically for freshmen, amongst others, several departments and institute bodies also put out their own newsletters. IIT BBC pioneers the video content scene in the campus, and to cater to those who enjoy radio, we also have the IITB radio.     
+
+Newsletters and Magazines 
+Insight is currently the only active media body in the institute run voluntarily by students. Aawaaz was the media body for Hindi but is now dissolved.     
+
+Insight 
+If you like writing, have a flair for journalism and you want to work on high impact pieces that usher changes in the institute or simply want to publish a few leisure pieces for light reading and humour you would like to work with the student media body Insight. Insight publishes online content on their website along with offline newsletters which are delivered door to door. Watch out for their Freshmen specific newsletter, started from 2013, which you will be receiving in August!     
+
+IIT Bombay Broadcasting Channel 
+IITBBC is a specific wing of Insight focussing on video coverage of events happening in the institute. If you are interested in real time coverage of news in the institute and working on video editing you should definitely work with IITBBC.     
+
+EnSpace 
+E-Cell publishes a magazine EnSpace which aims to promote entrepreneurial awareness through an interesting mix of articles, interviews and informative pieces. You can find the EnSpace publications [here](https://ecell.in/enspace). 
+, 
+Introduction 
+Excellence in sports is a direct index of the stature and intellectual maturity of an institute. IIT Bombay has always aimed to set a precedent for other institutions by laying utmost emphasis on the multifaceted development of its students and pushing them to raise the bar by striving to be ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’. With a deeply ingrained sports culture and the ‘Right of Sports for all’ as a cornerstone of its Sports policy, the institute has, over the years, channelized its resources towards the development of a state of the art sporting complex that caters to over fourteen sports. All the facilities are helmed by seasoned training staff so that even beginners have a beautiful chance to learn the craft and their more experienced counterparts can receive the requisite guidance.     
+
+Facilities 
+IITB offers its students sports facilities of an international level with fully-furnished courts and high-quality equipment.     
+AQUATICS | ATHLETICS   ---|---   BADMINToN | BASKETBALL   BOARD GAMES | CRICKET   FOOTBALL | HOCKEY   KHO KHO | LAWN TENNIS   SQUASH | TABLE TENNIS   VOLLEYBALL | WEIGHTLIFTING   ADVENTURE SPORTS | DARK KNIGHT (CHESS)   Besides, every hostel has dedicated volleyball, badminton and basketball courts, cricket pitches and football fields, snooker, table tennis and foosball tables and is completely decked with various equipments which can be issued by students.     
+
+Sports for everyone 
+A passion for sports has always been a part of the very fabric of the institute. To ensure a healthy continuity of this tradition the Sports Council organises a multitude of sports and fitness camps that vary in the degree of professionalism (amateur, intermediate or advanced) as well as the rigour of instruction.     
+Moreover, to keep with dynamically evolving exercise regimens, workshops on modern forms like Zumba, Mixed Martial Arts and AquaYoga and target specific weight loss camps are conducted. And to satisfy the cravings of the adventure streak in all of us, there are regular excursions to the Himalayas, daunting treks and adrenaline pumping sports like rafting, rock climbing and mountaineering, with scuba diving plans in the pipeline.     
+The Government of India, through the National Sports Organisation, mandates that all incoming freshmen must undergo a structured training in a sport of their choice. At IIT Bombay, NSO forms an integral part of the curriculum and classes are offered in sports with biweekly instruction.     
+
+Aavhan 
+Aavhan is a three day extravaganza that brought together participants to combine the thrill of competition with the joy of sports. The state-of- the- art facilities at the institute played host to over three thousand sportspersons representing universities, clubs and organizations across the nation. Tough battles were waged across courts, fields and the pool in a bid to bring home the glittering trophies that were at stake in thirteen different sports.     
+The inaugural edition of Aavhan, IIT Bombay’s sports festival, which was held from 24 th May 2017 to 26 th May 2017,The fever that had engulfed the campus was tangible as all events witnessed large spectator turnout. Despite there being some of the finest talent from across the country for display, the IIT Bombay contingent refused to give any quarter and ensured that all their opponents had to toil and prove their mettle to emerge champions.     
+The extensive planning and relentless work that was put in by the Sports Council, the support staff and other authorities to get the sponsors on board and translate this long standing dream into a reality was evident from the flawless execution of the event. The grand success of the festival can be attributed to the way it managed to capture the passion to conquer and the quest for glory- the very essence of all sporting activity. Now that Aavhan is set to be an annual fixture, it only promises to get bigger, better and more entertaining and we couldn’t be more excited!     
+
+The Council 
+The responsibility for the efficient management of all issues pertaining to sports at the institute level rests with the Sports Council, an annually elected body. Helmed by the General Secretary, the council comprises 4 nominees, 14 sport-specific secretaries, 1 Technical Head, 1 Creatives Head and a Conveners.     
+
+Championships 
+At the institute level itself, a steady string of competitive events is organised throughout the year with tournaments on conventional sports, upcoming games as well as their modern improvisations. The General Championships are keenly contested as they bring budding talent into the spotlight besides resting on a traditional yet healthy inter-hostel rivalry as its bedrock. The ever increasing participation among girls has prompted the advent of a separate Girls GC which is now a permanent fixture. Outside of the mainstream GC framework, leagues and events are also organised periodically to allow players to hone and display their skills and to instil a sporting ethic among all students. For fostering a spirit of fraternity in the hostels, the Hostel Council holds multiple events to promote interaction across batches and departments.     
+
+Inter IIT Championships 
+Touted as the ‘Holy Grail’ amongst all the sports events, representing IITB at the Inter IIT Sports meet is the ultimate honour for any student at the institute. Each year, one of the seven older IITs plays host to contingents from the other campuses, with players in their quest for glory competing fiercely to lift the coveted trophy.     
+Moreover, considering the level at which the competition operates and the fact that it is the highest stature that can be associated with a sportsperson at the institute, getting to represent IITB at this event in the first year itself ought to be a matter of great honour and pride for any freshman.     
+In recent years, IITB won the Overall General Championships for 3 consecutive years 2007- 2009, and then again in 2012. The 50 th Inter IIT Sport Meet was hosted rather magnificently by the institute. That there have been several instances of individuals being crowned champions at the meet in sports they learnt only after joining the institute speaks volumes of how IIT Bombay provides ample opportunities to cultivate talent and nurture it.     
+The championship is held in December every year, with a separate aquatics meet in October. For the main meet, selection trials commence in October. Those selected become a part of the Inter IIT Training Camp which begins from 1 st December, continuing until the date of departure.     
+To know more about Sports at IIT Bombay, visit <https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~sports/>. 
+, 
+Broken that toy to see how that spring worked? Unscrewed that FM receiver trying to make sense of how it works? Remember the sense of elation reading 'Hello World' on the screen? You are not alone. From circuit benders to stargazers, we have them all!     
+Technical Activities (or Tech) will provide you with an opportunity to put the theoretical knowledge gained in classrooms into practical use. Tech@IITB will enthrall and excite, and enthuse you to build, to create something of your own. After all, isn’t that why most of you are here?     
+
+The Tech Scene 
+The current scene at the institute provides a world of opportunity to excel in wide range of activities, ranging from funded personal projects to collaborative projects with premier institutions like the ISRO. Tech at the institute also involves a more exciting, competitive side including not only the Institute Tech GC but also winning participation in various Inter Collegiate Technical Festivals including our very own Techfest.     
+Events to look out for in freshman year:   
+  * **XLR8** : This is your first hand at tinkering and building something on your own. You get your hands dirty to make a bluetooth operated robotic car for a competition with attractive prizes which is held late in August. But we warn you - the feeling you get in seeing something that you have made actually work is enthralling as hell!    * **Scratch Day** : Dive head first into programming with a fun game building competition held among all freshmen. Scratch is a visual programming language that provides an easy way to start coding even if you haven’t done any before. Watch out for pizzas and prizes to be won!    * **Mathathon** : Show off your mathematical prowess; level up as you pass through multiple stages of difficulty in this marathon math problem solving contest. This is the ultimate showdown for all you math lovers.    * **Bazinga** : Go beyond usual problems in physics and maths and put your thinking abilities to test as you answer interesting conceptual questions in this team based quiz contest. If you are a fan of pure thought and imagination, this event is for you.    * **Line Following Bot competition** : Held in the first week of January, it will introduce you to more advance electronics stuff like control algorithms, microcontrollers and sensors. It is not only a platform to automate but to innovate as well.    * **Web Designing** : Be ready to unleash your creativity and your coding prowess to design awesome websites. Get a chance to feature on the WnCC website zone this October with your website design.    * **RC Plane Competition** : Held in September and October, this competition involves designing, building and flying a radio-controlled airplane. You will be introduced to the basics of what makes an airplane fly (hint: not magic), including Aerodynamics and Flight Dynamics.    * **Trip to Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)** : Watching the night sky and the stars slowly changing position as the earth revolves is a wondrous experience and observing this at GMRT, Pune is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We will be taking more than 10 telescopes so all of you can learn to handle a telescope and enjoy the night sky. Also, you might get an opportunity to attend lectures of great astrophysicists at NCRA, Pune.    * **General Astronomy Quiz (August)** : An open institute quiz where all the astro enthusiasts gather and showcase their ‘dexterity’ in the fields of Observational, Theoretical Astronomy. Usually takes place in the first month of the Odd semester, the General Astronomy Quiz comprises of fun, tricky, puzzling questions which require rather simple concepts in Astronomy, Physics but indeed a lot of common sense. Loads of interesting prizes at stake!    * **Tech Weekend** : In the beginning of February, be prepared for some heavy Tech action as a slew of workshops and competitions over a weekend put you in a state of Tech nirvana.    * **Institute Technical Summer Projects** : Over the summers, several freshmen and seniors alike stay back in the Institute for some heavy-duty tech action. It is a platform for you to test your tech mettle and build uber-cool stuff you have always thought should exist. The Technical Council gives you everything you need to give wings to your dream ideas be it a Humanoid Robot or a Quadcoptor like in movie 3 Idiots. Anythings is possible!    * **Summer of Science** : SoS is an initiative to help you explore those fields in science that you always wanted to learn, but couldn't, due to lack of proper guidance or resources.    If you have an idea; anything ranging from particles to galaxies, from algebra to geometry, we’ll find you a mentor, with sufficient experience on the topic, to guide you on your quest, for the whole duration of summer. At the end of the summer, you can share your knowledge, via a report with the entire scientific community at IITB to learn from.   As with most things MnP, curiosity and enthusiasm are the only pre-requisites. 
+  * **Crime Scene Investigation** : The Crime scene where you become the detectives. Show away your investigating skills in the forensics. This is your first encounter with biotechnological application!  
+  
+Apart from these major events, several others keep going on throughout the year under the different technical clubs mentioned below. The clubs listed below come under the umbrella of the Institute Technical Council (ITC) called Students’ Technical Activities Body (STAB) earlier.     
+
+Aeromodelling Club 
+The Aeromodelling Club is a vibrant Community of aerospace enthusiasts who wish to incite a passion for flying and the science of flying in institute junta, and celebrate more than a century of mankind’s advances into the third dimension. By organising a plethora of events ranging from lectures to Workshops and Flying competitions, we hope to see more people understanding, and fascinated by, the wonders of flight.     
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+Biotech Club 
+The BioTech Club is a student organisation which through its events, workshops, talks and group discussion strives to increase in students the level of enthusiasm and knowledge for Biotechnology and bioengineering and therefore making a Community of bio-enthusiasts. We Aim to establish a link between Biology and Engineering, so that engineers could enjoy biology and contribute towards it.     
+  
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+Electronics and Robotics Club 
+We are a student club of IIT-B who introduce all the new minds and beginners in IIT to the amazing world of Electronics and Robotics. We also provide a knowledge and resource sharing platform for enthusiastic student Community. If you have an idea and are not worried about getting your hands dirty, come to us. We provide whatever you need to help you fuel your imagination. It ain’t about what you know but about your will and guts to learn something new.     
+  
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+Energy Club 
+Energy is all around us, it’s everywhere, Ever wondered how your phone is powered all day? or what is it that makes electric cars so efficient? Ever wondered how you can manage your house power consumption, why there are so many types of batteries, how solar cells work, what are green buildings, how the energy policies affect us and the environment?     
+If you are an energy enthusiast or environment lover or just a curious being, the Energy club welcomes you. We discuss everything from climate to cars, from batteries to economics, from power to policies to possibilities. We conduct lectures, workshops, documentary screening and informal discussions on non- conventional technologies. Come, join us, the future is counting on you.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <https://enclub.github.io/home/>.     
+
+Krittika - The Astronomy Club 
+IIT Bombay’s focal point for amateur astronomers and stargazers, Krittika (ASTRONOMY CLUB, IIT BOMBAY), organizes weekly lectures on various domains of Astronomy, Astrophysics along with observation sessions, organizes observational trips to Observational sites and Planetariums which prove to be a once in a lifetime experience for many. The club boasts of a few telescopes which are used during the observations like comet sightings, messier marathons, etc.     
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+Math & Physics Club 
+The Maths and Physics Club of IIT Bombay, is a Community to celebrate the sciences we revere in their purest of forms, undiluted and in all their grandeur. We cater to stimulate your brains with the best intellectual events, quizzes, symposiums, lectures & to keep the streak of curiosity level with knowledge by introducing you to labs in and off the campus with exquisite research work and setting you off to build your own experimental setups, funded by us. The best fodder to develop oneself is a perseverant thought process, our fortnightly group discussion sessions (popularly abbreviated to GDs) and exclusive documentary screenings leave you with ancillary knowledge and questions to let in those science loving bees in your bonnet. And for those dulled by methodical cakewalk problems, we have a purely conceptual flagship quiz event, Bazinga!, followed by our very own Mathematics Olympiad and Logic General Championship to the delight of connoisseurs of pure reason.     
+All in all, we are a self-sustaining Community of intellectuals, students & professors, across ages and departments, who enjoy sharing knowledge through platforms provided by our club and if you talk Physics and Maths, there is no better place for you than the Maths and Physics Club, IIT Bombay.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <http://mnp-club.github.io/>.     
+
+WnCC - Web and Coding Club 
+Web and Coding Club is one of the biggest clubs of IIT Bombay. As a part of the Institute Technical Council, we aim to provide a gateway for the people in our institute to join the coding Community. We create a platform which allows students to gain assistance and mentorship to enhance their coding ability. Our aim is to propagate the enthusiasm for coding in the institute and especially amongst freshmen. We believe that every student here at IITB should have an opportunity to learn how to code and develop a passion for it. The secret of getting ahead is getting started and we aim to provide every student with the right start.     
+We conduct sessions and workshops, hold lectures and talks, and even host coding competitions and hackathons. There is something for everyone. Whether you want to learn, participate in hackathons and win big prizes, or prepare for the ACM-ICPC and GSoC, you can do it all here. We have a list of events planned up for the coming year. Keep watching this space to know more.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <http://www.wncc-iitb.org/>.     
+We also have an educational wiki, meant to help beginners get started with programming. It’s got a large number of tutorials, on various programming topics. All tutorials are hand-tailored by students of IIT Bombay. However, unlike conventional programming tutorials, these take a slightly different approach. Rather than reinventing the wheel, Grundy aims at bringing together a number of online tutorials and resources along with a set of pre-requisites and motivation to learn a programming skill. We also have exhaustive lists of our community resources, projects and GSoC recommendations.     
+Here’s a detailed summary about how the wiki was built.Check it out here   <https://wncc-iitb.org/wiki>     
+
+Tinkerers’ Lab 
+A tinkerer is one who enjoys experimenting with machines. If you are a tinkerer who loves to work, who wants limitless hands-on experience or is turned on by machines and technology, this lab is just the right place for you. Tinkerers’ Lab was established with the vision to provide hands on experience to help students become innovators so that creative ideas get converted into actual engineering products. It has been equipped with the latest workstations of electrical and mechanical tools including power mechanical machines, electronic test instruments, 3D modelling software,several basic electronic equipment etc. This Lab is open to all students of the Institute, irrespective of their discipline, and is accessible 24×7.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <https://tinkerers-lab.org/>.     
+
+Technovation 
+Technovation is a unique Innovation Program at IIT Bombay. The term innovation derives from the Latin innovatio, "to renew or change" from (in- "into" + novus"new"). The program aims at providing you the platform to work on fascinating engineering projects, fully funded and mentored by senior students. It’s a unique opportunity for every innovative person out there to leave his mark on the technical scene. Have you ever wondered whether your school could have its own Marauder’s Map or have you felt the need for your very own Remembrall? Well we think it is indeed possible and we are working to make that possible. Technovation offers a wide range of challenging and innovation driven projects.Some of the past successful projects are Book Keeping Robot, Parinat (Humanoid).     
+
+Exo-Fly 
+Exofly is a group of specialized students from multiple disciplines working together as a technical team. ExoFly means Exoskeleton for flight. The team aims to foster the development of a safe, quiet, ultra-compact, near VToL personal flying device, which is capable of flying 20 miles in one go. The device is designed to fly at an altitude of ~200 meters from the ground with a cruising speed of ~70 kmph, to accommodate a single person and function safely to fly at all locations all over the globe. The device ought to be lightweight and maneuverable enough with the goal that anybody can fly it around and quiet enough for user and the general population.     
+
+UMIC 
+Unmesh Mashruwala Innovation Cell is a student run team comprised of tech enthusiasts who believe that innovation can help make the world a better place. UMIC is the only team in the insti to work on multiple fronts, from autonomous drones and driverless cars to robowars bots and all terrain vehicles.     
+UMIC represents IIT Bombay in various national and international competitions. In the past, we have won the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (USA, 2016), ASME Student Design Competition-World Finals (USA, 2017). We also won the best paper award in IARC (2018, China) and secured first position in ASME- SDC Asia-Pacific recently in 2019.     
+Currently, we have focused our attention on one of the most glittering topic of technological innovation i.e. using artificial intelligence for making fully autonomous car and drones! We are among the 11 top teams out of the original 256 to have received a Mahindra E2O car for Mahindra Rise Driverless Car Challenge. Apart from Rise, we are working on self flying drones for participating in Mission 8 of International Aerial Robotics Competition(IARC).     
+We look forward to having enthusiastic and smart working people in the team! The only prerequisite is the thirst for doing something that has never been done before!   Please visit our website <http://www.umiciitb.com> for more information.     
+
+Advitiy - The IIT Bombay Student Satellite (Previously, known as Pratham) 
+IIT Bombay can now boast of the rare privilege of being one of the very few universities world wide to have successfully launched its own satellite. Christened Pratham, being IIT Bombay's first foray into space technology, the satellite's payload was to produce data on the total electron count in the atmosphere, used for applications like GPS correction. Planned, designed, built and tested exclusively by the students, with guidance from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and IITB faculty, the completely autonomous satellite Pratham took IIT Bombay into the elite space club on 26th September 2016, when it was launched by ISRO on board the PSLV C-35. The team has now begun the next chapter in the Student Satellite Project of IITB and work has begun on Advitiy, the second satellite. The team has also built an autonomous groundstation at IIT Bombay for tracking and communicating with satellites. With groundstation workshops, HAM Club and various other related activities, the Project also aims to involve other universities across India and spread the knowledge accumulated by the team over the years as a part of the social goal. The current teams looks forward to having curious, industrious and enthusiastic freshmen from the new batch join in the efforts on both Advitiy and the other satellites to be developed at the institute and also help achieve the social goal of the Project.     
+
+IIT Bombay Racing 
+The IIT Bombay Racing Team builds electric race cars that are the entries of the institute in international student competitions like Formula Student, a breeding ground for future race-car engineers, designers and managers. The event is held at the legendary Silverstone Formula 1 race circuit in the UK.The car they have built is not a beast, it's 400 V of sheer elegance, that goes 0-100 before you can finish saying 3.47 seconds. But do you have what it takes to make one which can make every previous car look like an old jalopy, to build an engineering marvel, a piece of art. Your dream to build a true engineer's car awaits you at IIT Bombay Racing!     
+You will get to learn technical skills with practical experience to boost your knowledge, in addition to that skills in marketing, sales and project management.   To know more about us, visit our website <http://www.iitbracing.org>!     
+
+Team Shunya 
+The team comprises of students from various disciplines like Energy, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Architecture with a vision to sustainably meet the growing demand and need for urban housing in India. The team participates in the Solar Decathlon competition, an international student competition that takes place every two years. The Solar Decathlon challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production.     
+You can find more details at <http://teamshunya.in/home.php>     
+
+IIT-B Mars Rover Team 
+The IITB Mars Rover Team, a part of the Mars Society India (MSI), is a team of space enthusiasts looking to build space grade technologies for future manned missions to Mars. Our primary goal is to build a robust, all terrain and remotely operated rover for Martian exploration. We are a relatively young tech team, and have been working on rover prototypes for participation into URC (University Rover Challenge), an annual competition held in Utah, USA, since 2014. We are currently building a rover prototype (pic shown below) to perform all the necessary tasks on a Mars mission such as terrain traversing, astronaut assistance, autonomous navigation and soil sampling & analysis. Apart from this, our rover can have many earthly applications such as in agriculture and defence for unmanned surveillance.     
+Have a look at <https://iitbmartian.github.io> for further information and latest updates about the team.     
+
+Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 
+The team works towards participating at AUVSI Robosub Competition, which is held annually in July at San Diego, California. The competition is a platform for students to display their skills in underwater robotics and build a connection with industries working along similar verticals. The competition demands designing and manufacturing of an unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle that can perform predefined tasks. This draws upon expertise of the areas of engineering provided by multifaceted team.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <http://www.auv-iitb.org>.     
+
+Inter College Festivals 
+There are a lot of local college festivals which are very accessible to freshman teams from the Institute. More details on these will be available through their specific website and through the STAB website. IIT Bombay also has a strong tradition of winning participation at Techfest. Some problem statements at Techfest are again very accessible to freshman. More details about these are available on the Techfest website and through various sessions held at both the hostel and institute level.     
+
+Where to Begin 
+Apart from Technical Orientation at the start of the year, most clubs and teams will have their individual orientations and beginner level events. Keep an eye out for posters on the Hostel Notice Boards. In addition all the clubs have dedicated web-pages, facebook pages and online discussion boards where activities are discussed in great detail. It would be a great idea to sign up for these. In addition feel free to contact the individual club conveners to help you out with your queries.     
+Most hostels also have Tech Rooms which are accessible through contact with Technical Secretary. Finally, some of the Institute labs may be made accessible for personal use after contacting the person in-charge.     
+Another great idea to stay in touch with Tech is to engage yourself in one of the various projects running through the Institute. Apart from these one can also float personal projects which can be coordinated with either UMIC or one of the hobby clubs depending upon the exact idea in question.     
+**Note** : Most of the newsgroups are Google groups and it would be a nice idea to sign up for a Google account if you don't have one yet. Here we have barely scratched the surface of the scope of Tech at IITB. More detailed information is readily available on the club web pages and newsgroups. 
+, 
+NSS 
+  
+**NSS IIT Bombay**   How many times have you thought that you wish to give something back to society and country? How many times have you thought that I will surely start when the right time comes? Well, as they say, the best time to start was yesterday and the next best time is now! NSS IIT Bombay gives you an opportunity of contributing to Community service while the time you invest also contributes towards fulfilling your academic requirements.     
+**What is NSS?**   As part of NOCS01 and NOCS02 (Compulsory courses for passing out of IIT Bombay), you can opt for NSS, NSO or NCC. Thus NSS (National Service Scheme) becomes part of your curriculum during your first year where you invest your time for the betterment of society around you. NSS IIT Bombay is the largest volunteer group inside campus working in the field of Community service and has been working in various fields. Education of underprivileged kids, improving their lifestyle, maintaining the biodiversity, using engineering knowledge to improve the innovations by uneducated, sustainable development are a few of the areas.     
+NSS organises sessions on daily basis. First year students have the responsibilities like teaching school subjects and other extra curricular activities to the children, planting tree saplings for specific purposes and maintaining them, innovating different activities like how can we reuse the trash, making something useful from trash, surveying and suggesting improvements in innovations by grassroot innovators, meeting underprivileged people like construction workers, understanding their problems and working towards solving them, creating content for NSS YouTube channels (Open Learning Initiative -an initiative to make educational content available in regional language and Voice for Purpose - an initiative for making audiobooks available for visually challenged). These are just a few activities among the many activities you can participate.     
+First year students, when selected in NSS, are allotted a department inside NSS according to their preferences and the team guides them regarding all the activities. If you have never experienced the joy of giving and want to explore the ecstasy of doing something selflessly, this is the right place to invest your time in!     
+For more details, you may visit [NSS IIT Bombay website](https://nss.iitb.ac.in/home/) or facebook page.     
+
+SARC 
+What distinguishes this college from many others & makes it renowned all over the world? It is our alumni who have achieved great heights in myriad fields and made a mark for themselves in this super-competitive world. But how do we effectively utilize this wealth of knowledge, success and fame that our alumni have achieved? That is where SARC comes in.     
+Student Alumni Relations Cell (SARC) is an organization run by the students of IIT Bombay. Unlike other student bodies, it is an Institute Body (which means that it is officially supported and formed by the college) which works with the Dean ACR Office & IITB Alumni Association. It is dedicated to strengthening the bond between students and alumni. SARC has been able to gather donations from our alumni for the last many years, which include scholarships, funds for construction and research, allowances for workers, and many other programmes!     
+SARC conducts several initiatives in its flagship event, Alumination, like Mock Interviews, Group Discussions, Speed Mentoring, Workshops, etc. which help students to interact with alumni in person & get both career & general life guidance. SARC has also launched Alumni Student Mentorship Program (ASMP), whose aim is to allot alumni mentors to students to help them make crucial life-changing decisions. Phonathon allows students to have one-on-one telephonic conversations with alumni. We conduct Reunions as well, where alumni revisit old memories and cherish their everlasting bonds. Anyone involved with SARC gets the golden chance of duologues with eminent and distinguished alumni like Nandan Nilekani, Jairam Ramesh, Pranav Mistry, Bhavish Aggarwal and several others. By executing alumni-driven initiatives for the benefit of students and enabling a mutually fruitful relationship between students and alumni, SARC volunteers get an insider’s view into the alumni’s world. Everyone is encouraged to be a member of the SARC family and get the invaluable experience of fraternizing with alumni and learning from them!     
+To know more visit us at:   [www.sarc-iitb.org/](https://www.sarc-iitb.org/)   [www.facebook.com/SARC.IITB/](https://www.facebook.com/SARC.IITB/)     
+
+Saathi 
+With the onset of puberty, one grows more conscious of the changes happening in their own body as well as their feelings towards others. Unlike others, some of us may not feel comfortable with the gender assigned to us at birth. Similarly, not everyone is attracted only to people of the opposite sex. Some labels commonly used by people to describe themselves are lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, intersex, and queer. Collectively, people who lie outside the typical gender identity and sexuality are known as the LGBTQ+ community. Being a minority, they feel alone, confused and excluded from the mainstream. They may also face discrimination and bullying on revealing their preferences. At IIT Bombay, however, no student needs to feel alone.     
+Saathi (‘companion’) at IIT Bombay is an LGBTQ+ support and resource group. We are committed to providing a community for LGBTQ+ individuals on campus. We organize events all through the year such as workshops, awareness days, movie screenings and informal meetups. Most of these events are open to all, irrespective of gender identity or sexual orientation. Even if you identify as straight (as many of our members do), these events will be a great place to know more about the community and learn how to be great allies and support your LGBTQ+ friends.     
+All our events are safe spaces wherein we even do not ask anyone their sexuality or gender identity. However, we understand that you may be apprehensive of your identity being disclosed outside the group. You can still get in touch with us via e-mail or Facebook. To remain up-to-date with our events and other information, join our Google group, look up ‘Saathi, IIT Bombay’ on Google Groups or send an email at [saathi- iitb+subscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:saathi- iitb+subscribe@googlegroups.com). If required, you can also contact us on +91-7738452988, with your anonymity completely assured.     
+We invite you to be a part of Saathi, irrespective of your gender or orientation. We hope that your stay at IIT Bombay will be as bright and vibrant as the colours of the rainbow!   <http://www.facebook.com/saathi.iitb>   [saathi.iitbombay@gmail.com](mailto:saathi.iitbombay@gmail.com)     
+
+NCC 
+NCC IIT Bombay intends at developing patriotism, brotherhood and discipline in the cadets, thereby creating dynamic and visionary leaders of future India.   NCC IIT Bombay strives to fulfil the following aims: 
+  * **Leadership qualities**    Create a human resource of organized, trained and motivated youth, to provide leadership in all walks of life and be always available for the service of the nation. 
+  * **Personality development**    Develop character, comradeship, discipline, leadership, secular outlook, the spirit of adventure, and ideals of selfless service amongst the youth of the country. 
+  * **Motivation**    Provide a suitable environment to motivate the youth to take up a career in the armed forces. 
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+
+Mood Indigo 
+One of the many things that makes IIT Bombay stand out from other colleges across India is the scale of its cultural festival. Held in December every year, with a footfall of over 1.2 Lakh pouring in for more than 200 events- Mood Indigo or Mood I (as we lovingly call it) has become the largest college cultural festival in Asia! The ideology is to bring the entire world to one place, providing opportunities to all enthusiasts and making the 4 days the best days of the year for the audience and workforce alike! Mood I caters to the most talented students from 1600 colleges across the world through magnificent competitions and provides exposure to an unending list of international artists like Mike Portnoy, Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, Sander Van Doorn and Indian legends and Bollywood heartthrobs like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Aamir Khan, Asha Bhosle, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Jagjit Singh etc. At Mood Indigo, you will see your ideas come to life, live the dream of handling professional artists, organize entire events and make the best friends for life- A must for your freshie year!     
+To know more about mood indigo please visit <https://moodi.org/>     
+
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+
+Techfest 
+Techfest welcomes you all to IIT Bombay! Techfest is Asia's largest annual science and technology festival. Started in 1998, with the motto of promoting science and technology, Techfest has surpassed 23 golden years of creating an unmatched aura of a science and technology spectacle year after year.     
+Attracting a footfall of more than 1,75,000 and with a reach of over 2500 national and 500 international colleges, Techfest provides an international platform to the youth to showcase their talents and expertise in fierce competitions, display cutting edge technology and research from all over the globe, as well as interact with world-renowned personalities like Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Jimmy Wales, Amartya Sen. The grandeur of the international night shows, along with its fun setups keep the spirit of the festive feel alive throughout the 3 days, and this is what makes it so different, so mighty.     
+Techfest also takes up numerous social initiatives throughout the year, which have been supported by the likes of Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Taapsee Pannu, Yami Gautam, and many others.     
+Techfest is all about the concept of “One Team ”. You don’t need to be a tech enthusiast to be a part of the Techfest. Come and be a part of the integral Techfest family and, in the process, meet your idols, have fun, get your ideas implemented, create a global social impact, and make new lifelong friends.     
+To know more visit us at:   [www.techfest.org](https://www.techfest.org)   [www.facebook.com/techfest.iitb](https://www.facebook.com/techfest.iitb)     
+
+Abhyuday 
+We can do no great things; only small things with great love. Rooted in the belief that, in a gentle way you can shake the world, Abhyuday is an initiative taken by the socially conscious students of IIT Bombay, looking to sensitize the youth regarding the problems plaguing our society. With our endeavours we aim to provide sustainable and practically feasible solutions to such challenges. Working for a social cause does not require an expertise or experience, it just requires a true intention to bring a change, and surprisingly though , for that you do not need to go out of your way, you can do your bit, by doing what you are best at. Our initiatives enable the volunteers to interact with various sections of the society and feel their problems, only to come back with a fire to change the way it is. Our two day Social-Festival, the largest organized by any student body in the country, focuses on fostering leadership and social impact. We organize a plethora of activities to bring the entire 360 degree view of the problem on the table. We, then move on to building solutions by connecting to various NGOs and enterprises. Apart from this, Abhyuday also works on building collaborations with like-minded organizations such as Satyamev Jayate & The Gates Foundation. At Abhyuday, IIT Bombay you can see your ideas to change the society get a platform. An opportunity to interact one on one with the leaders of today, who have brought a change upon us, will help you develop all the necessary skills a future leader needs to have. Anyone can join Abhyuday, IIT Bombay - only pre-requisite is the passion to bring about a positive change in our society!     
+To know more about Abhyuday, do visit <https://www.facebook.com/abhyuday.iitb/> 
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+It is true that the guest houses at IIT Bombay are extremely pocket-friendly and are known for their cozy atmosphere, but booking needs to be done quite in advance as they are rarely available and the procedure for the same is also pretty long!     
+There are quite a few options for guest accommodation in and around IIT Bombay:     
+
+### **IIT Bombay Guest House** 
+If you are planning to book someone for an overnight stay at IIT, here's what you should know:     
+IIT Bombay has 2 Guest Houses :   1) Jal Vihar (the Old Guest House)   2) Van Vihar (the New Guest House)     
+The rooms in both are equally luxurious with AC rooms, a TV, Internet Connection, attached Toilets et al. Rooms are for two but unless there is a rush, can be booked for one.     
+Please visit this website to access all information regarding the same: <http://guesthouse.iitb.ac.in/index.html>     
+
+### **Hostel Room Booking** 
+Since the Guest Houses have limited capacity and IIT Bombay hosts many dignitaries from time to time, rooms can also be booked in Hostels. However, in hostel rooms, you have to make arrangements for mattresses and other basic things on your own. Mattresses might be available for rent with the Hall Manager. We suggest you look around in your wing and you might find someone who can lend you extra mattresses if you plan on hosting someone here.     
+
+###### **Charges** 
+The charges for the room (without mattress) per night for parents are Rs. 100/- while for other guests are Rs. 300/-     
+
+###### **Booking** 
+For booking, forms are available with the Hostel Coordinating Unit (HCU) in the Main Building (MB) or you may email hcu.office@iitb.ac.in . Take the copy of the approved form from the HCU to the Hall Manager of the allotted hostel and you are done. You may later collect the key from the Hall Manager office a day prior to the arrival of guests. In emergency situations also, guests can stay in the hostel rooms after entry in the Guest Register kept with the security at hostel entrance. The formalities can be completed on the next working day.     
+
+###### **Note:** 
+The HCU or Hall Manager office is open from 9am to 5pm (with lunch break from 12-2pm) except on weekends and holidays. On Saturdays, the office is usually open in the first half. Plan accordingly. During the orientation period, neither of these might be available due to rush. It is advisable to make alternate arrangements.     
+
+### **Hotels near the campus** 
+If you fail to book a room at the guest house and don’t want to make your guest crash at a hostel room, here’s a coveted list of hotels around the institute that are known for their good service and student-friendly rates. Check them out:     
+New Ram Niwas Lodging House   Imperial Guest House   Hotel Raj Jog   Ganesh Palace Pvt. Ltd.   Jasneel Hotels Pvt Ltd   Pravasi   Neo Lodge   New Haven Guest House   Hotel Subhash   Platinum Bhagat Singh Apartment   Hotel Sahar International   Hotel Imperial Palace   
+] 

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+[
+
+The student community at IITB is an active and thriving one. The development and management of all student activities comes under the purview of Students' Gymkhana. It is instrumental in identifying student issues and promoting discussion on them. It functions as the office for all elections and nominations of students for gymkhana activities. There are several student bodies that work under the aegis of the Gymkhana. 
+, 
+Introduction 
+Excellence in sports is a direct index of the stature and intellectual maturity of an institute. IIT Bombay has always aimed to set a precedent for other institutions by laying utmost emphasis on the multifaceted development of its students and pushing them to raise the bar by striving to be ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’. With a deeply ingrained sports culture and the ‘Right of Sports for all’ as a cornerstone of its Sports policy, the institute has, over the years, channelized its resources towards the development of a state of the art sporting complex that caters to over fourteen sports. All the facilities are helmed by seasoned training staff so that even beginners have a beautiful chance to learn the craft and their more experienced counterparts can receive the requisite guidance.     
+
+Facilities 
+IITB offers its students sports facilities of an international level with fully-furnished courts and high-quality equipment.     
+AQUATICS | ATHLETICS   ---|---   BADMINToN | BASKETBALL   BOARD GAMES | CRICKET   FOOTBALL | HOCKEY   KHO KHO | LAWN TENNIS   SQUASH | TABLE TENNIS   VOLLEYBALL | WEIGHTLIFTING   ADVENTURE SPORTS | DARK KNIGHT (CHESS)   Besides, every hostel has dedicated volleyball, badminton and basketball courts, cricket pitches and football fields, snooker, table tennis and foosball tables and is completely decked with various equipments which can be issued by students.     
+
+Sports for everyone 
+A passion for sports has always been a part of the very fabric of the institute. To ensure a healthy continuity of this tradition the Sports Council organises a multitude of sports and fitness camps that vary in the degree of professionalism (amateur, intermediate or advanced) as well as the rigour of instruction.     
+Moreover, to keep with dynamically evolving exercise regimens, workshops on modern forms like Zumba, Mixed Martial Arts and AquaYoga and target specific weight loss camps are conducted. And to satisfy the cravings of the adventure streak in all of us, there are regular excursions to the Himalayas, daunting treks and adrenaline pumping sports like rafting, rock climbing and mountaineering, with scuba diving plans in the pipeline.     
+The Government of India, through the National Sports Organisation, mandates that all incoming freshmen must undergo a structured training in a sport of their choice. At IIT Bombay, NSO forms an integral part of the curriculum and classes are offered in sports with biweekly instruction.     
+
+Aavhan 
+Aavhan is a three day extravaganza that brought together participants to combine the thrill of competition with the joy of sports. The state-of- the- art facilities at the institute played host to over three thousand sportspersons representing universities, clubs and organizations across the nation. Tough battles were waged across courts, fields and the pool in a bid to bring home the glittering trophies that were at stake in thirteen different sports.     
+The inaugural edition of Aavhan, IIT Bombay’s sports festival, which was held from 24 th May 2017 to 26 th May 2017,The fever that had engulfed the campus was tangible as all events witnessed large spectator turnout. Despite there being some of the finest talent from across the country for display, the IIT Bombay contingent refused to give any quarter and ensured that all their opponents had to toil and prove their mettle to emerge champions.     
+The extensive planning and relentless work that was put in by the Sports Council, the support staff and other authorities to get the sponsors on board and translate this long standing dream into a reality was evident from the flawless execution of the event. The grand success of the festival can be attributed to the way it managed to capture the passion to conquer and the quest for glory- the very essence of all sporting activity. Now that Aavhan is set to be an annual fixture, it only promises to get bigger, better and more entertaining and we couldn’t be more excited!     
+
+The Council 
+The responsibility for the efficient management of all issues pertaining to sports at the institute level rests with the Sports Council, an annually elected body. Helmed by the General Secretary, the council comprises 4 nominees, 14 sport-specific secretaries, 1 Technical Head, 1 Creatives Head and a Conveners.     
+
+Championships 
+At the institute level itself, a steady string of competitive events is organised throughout the year with tournaments on conventional sports, upcoming games as well as their modern improvisations. The General Championships are keenly contested as they bring budding talent into the spotlight besides resting on a traditional yet healthy inter-hostel rivalry as its bedrock. The ever increasing participation among girls has prompted the advent of a separate Girls GC which is now a permanent fixture. Outside of the mainstream GC framework, leagues and events are also organised periodically to allow players to hone and display their skills and to instil a sporting ethic among all students. For fostering a spirit of fraternity in the hostels, the Hostel Council holds multiple events to promote interaction across batches and departments.     
+
+Inter IIT Championships 
+Touted as the ‘Holy Grail’ amongst all the sports events, representing IITB at the Inter IIT Sports meet is the ultimate honour for any student at the institute. Each year, one of the seven older IITs plays host to contingents from the other campuses, with players in their quest for glory competing fiercely to lift the coveted trophy.     
+Moreover, considering the level at which the competition operates and the fact that it is the highest stature that can be associated with a sportsperson at the institute, getting to represent IITB at this event in the first year itself ought to be a matter of great honour and pride for any freshman.     
+In recent years, IITB won the Overall General Championships for 3 consecutive years 2007- 2009, and then again in 2012. The 50 th Inter IIT Sport Meet was hosted rather magnificently by the institute. That there have been several instances of individuals being crowned champions at the meet in sports they learnt only after joining the institute speaks volumes of how IIT Bombay provides ample opportunities to cultivate talent and nurture it.     
+The championship is held in December every year, with a separate aquatics meet in October. For the main meet, selection trials commence in October. Those selected become a part of the Inter IIT Training Camp which begins from 1 st December, continuing until the date of departure.     
+To know more about Sports at IIT Bombay, visit <https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~sports/>. 
+] 

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+[
+
+So you thought it was all about academics? Wrong! IITB is privileged to have one of the best cultural (or 'cult') scenes among engineering colleges in India. Apart from hosting Mood Indigo, India's biggest college cultural festival, we have a very active intra-college scene, with genre specific clubs and plenty of hostel and insti-level events all year round. The scene is basically split into 10 genres: Music, Photography & Fine Arts, Speaking/Debating, Literary Arts, Photography & Fine Arts, Dance, Dramatics, Film & Media, Design and Lifestyle.     
+Follow all the updates here   Webpage: [gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~cultural](https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~cultural)   Facebook Page : [facebook.com/IITBCult](https://facebook.com/IITBCult)     
+
+Structure 
+At the Institute level, the scene is governed by the Institute Cultural Council, headed by the General Secretary of Cultural Affairs. Working with him are 8 Institute Secretaries, for the aforementioned 10 genres. Each secretary is the head of the club(s) under his/her domain. Also, at the hostel level, each hostel has a Cultural Councilor along with a secretary for each of the genres. The incoming freshers are pre allocated to the hostels they are going into the next year and they represent their senior hostels throughout the year.     
+**Freshizza**   The most important cultural event of your first semester here is Freshiezza, the inter-hostel freshmen cultural competition. Usually held in 2 phases over the first semester, Freshiezza is where you battle it out for hostel glory in a host of events from all areas of the cult sphere and explore what insti ‘cult’ has to offer for you. Do participate, if you can, or else at least come and cheer your hostel on. Stay back that weekend, we guarantee you won't regret it.     
+
+Cultural Clubs 
+**Literary Arts: Literati**   Quizzes, Creative writing, Rebuses, Blogs and Word Games all fall under the reign of Literati. GC Event: General quiz, Mixed Bag GC, Word Games GC, Wolf Pack GC   Connect to Literati: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/IITBLitzkrieg)[__](https://www.instagram.com/literati_iitb/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/literati) 
+  
+  
+**Dramatics: Fourth Wall**   Comedy plays, street plays and mono-acting are the strengths of the club. The spotlight is grabbed by the Annual Theatre Festival and Sophie Production. GC event: Dramatics Main Championship   Connect to Fourth Wall: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/IITBombay.fourthwall/)[__](https://fourthwalliitb.wordpress.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/fourthwall) 
+  
+  
+**Music: Staccato and Saaz**   The clubs for western and Indian music respectively. They conduct large scale musical events and workshops. Watch out for Saaz's Surbahar and Swar Sandhya, and Staccato's Acoustic Dusk and Unplugged. GC event: Goonj   Connect to Staccato: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/164746973612850/) 
+  
+Connect to Saaz: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/297282286951897) 
+  
+  
+**Film and Media: Silverscreen**   The youngest club on the campus, Silverscreen has already scaled great heights with the introduction of the IIT Bombay Film Festival, showcasing student-made films along with celebrated international movies. We have had the likes of Aamir Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Shekhar Kapoor, Nandita Das and many others who have graced IITB Filmfest. GC Event: Film Making   Connect to Silverscreen: 
+[__](https://www.instagram.com/silverscreen_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/user/silverscreeniitb)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/silverscreen) 
+  
+  
+**Dance: In Sync**   Classical, hip-hop, folk or contemporary, In Sync has it all. The Annual Insync Dance Show (AIDS) held in January is a must watch. Probably the largest cultural club of IIT Bombay. GC Event: Gyrations   Connect to In Sync: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/insynciitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/insync_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0-MwKqWJgJNY81nwLrW0w)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/insync) 
+  
+  
+**Debating: We-Speak and Vaani**   Speak your mind! Panel debates, JAMs, extempore, radioplays... you name it. Host to the IIT Bombay National Debate. GC Event: Debate GC, Jam GC, KavyaSandhya   Connect to We-Speak: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/wespeak.iitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/wespeakiitb/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/we- speak) 
+  
+Connect to Vaani: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/vaani.iitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/vaani_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/c/VaaniIITBombay)[__](https://vaani380.wordpress.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/vaani) 
+  
+  
+**Photography and Fine Arts - Rang and Pixels**   Rang is the Fine Arts Club and Pixels, the photography club conduct competitions and workshops for everything from sponge modelling to comic strip writing to Adobe Photoshop. They showcase the institute talent in the the annual exhibition Kaladarshan. GC Event: Photography GC, Fine Arts GC, Wall Painting GC etc   Connect to Rang: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/RANG.IITB/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/rang_iitb/)[__](https://rang- iitb.blogspot.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/rang) 
+  
+Connect to Pixels: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/PixelsIITB/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/pixels_iitb/)[__](https://www.pixelsiitbombay.com/)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/pixels) 
+  
+  
+**Design Club**   When creativity meets passion, design happens. Design is thoughts given shape; to put together the pieces of a puzzle, not knowing of what would unfold. Have an idea? Give it shape and bring it into existence; scribble it out or express yourself digitally. The Design team came into existence in 2014, with the motive of creating a culture of design in the institute, bringing together aspects from all genres of art. The amazing response we got has encouraged us to go further and expand across the genres, to have infrastructure set aside for enthusiastic people. Designers showcase their talent in Vision, the institute's annual design festival. GC Event: Design GC   Connect to Design Club: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/thedesignclubiitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT- H_0-ai4YaReSqboTiXPA)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/the- design-club) 
+  
+  
+**Classical & Folk Arts - Roots**   So, ‘Roots’ -The Classical and Folk Arts Club of IIT Bombay , as its name suggests, aims to replenish the art form- Classical and Folk arts that had taken birth decades before. A place where dance , music and arts can be enjoyed together in a traditional way! Roots provides you all the sugar candies that’ll simply tempt you to evolve the classical artist within, be it learning , expressing or listening and viewing the maestros! Roots conducts the biggest classical concerts in insti in the event- Virasat.   Connect to Roots: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/groups/RootsIITB/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/roots_iitb/)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOtCVjIqR9_PoulDX_3goQ)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/roots) 
+  
+  
+**Fashion Club – Style Up**   Lifestyle Club, IIT Bombay is an initiative of the Institute Cultural Council of IIT Bombay. This club caters to various 'topics' related to 'Lifestyle' of people in IIT Bombay. Everyone from IIT Bombay can be a part of this club as a member, moderator or active follower, without any bar of knowledge, credentials and skills. This is a club of people who want to explore more. Presently the club has Fashion as its major sub-genre, Cuisine and Spirituality would be launched shortly this year. The club gives you an opportunity to be a part of workshops of walking the ramp, photoshoots, designing costumes and also the club would be coming up with Halloween Party for the institute this year.     
+So, now you have a good idea about the different clubs and the different genres. Too much information? No worries, there will be an orientation (with a fundae session) for each club separately too. Just make it a habit to have a look at the notice-boards daily. For details visit the Cult Homepage.   Connect to Style Up: 
+[__](https://www.facebook.com/styleup.iitb/)[__](https://www.instagram.com/styleup_iitb/?hl=en)[__](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB_Gh4fQQohPGdw- G- Bavg)[![](assets/img/extra_curricular/favicon-32x32.png)](https://www.insti.app/org/lifestyle- club) 
+  
+  
+**Intra College events**   Intra-hostel General Championship (GC) events that are held throughout the year decide your hostel's position in the Cultural GC, winning which is very prestigious. Recently, even freshies have been allowed to represent their senior year hostels in GCs. In addition, the cultural council organizes a huge number of open events spread across the year. These events have no restrictions; some, on the contrary, have freshmen reservations.     
+**Inter college events**   Every December, IITB hosts India's biggest cult fest, Mood Indigo. MI is a 4 day long cultural extravaganza that sees participation by thousands of students from all over the country. Apart from formal and informal competitions and workshops, it also organizes concerts and performances by international artistes. IITB students attend numerous college cult fests but we only send official contingents to two, St. Xavier's Malhar (around 15th Aug) in Mumbai and IIM-B's Unmaad (around 29th Jan). Freshies generally attend Unmaad in large numbers.     
+**Performing Arts Festival (PAF)**   PAF is also known as the 'Baap of all cultural events’. Typically, three or four hostels (out of fourteen) are grouped together to battle against one another. From script to dance, music to dram, every damn thing is handled by the students. PAF is renowned for its 'Prod work' which involves the making of sets and backdrops. A tremendous mixture of art and cultural skills combined with life sized sets, is what makes PAF an event to remember.     
+By that time, you will be allotted your 'permanent' hostels and hence will be a good time to make new friends and get acquainted with the hostel culture.     
+At the end of the academic year, the institute hands out awards to those who have excelled in cultural activities, along with the inter-hostel GC and PAF trophies.     
+So there you have it. Cult at IITB is truly in a league of its own, so please do grab every opportunity to be a part of it. And remember, never be hesitant to join a club or attend a meeting just because you feel you're not good enough - most of us knew nothing about our current cult interests/passions when we first started out, back in our first years. The institute clubs welcome students of all levels, from noobs to pros.     
+A mandatory word of caution though: do not sacrifice your academics for the sake of extra- curricular activities; prioritize your interests and allocate your time wisely. That being said, we do hope you enjoy every bit of your 4/5 years here, and hopefully the cultural scene would be a major part of your college lives.     
+**InterIIT Cult**   Each and every IIT is different from the other in most of the aspects from the academic valuation to various clubs and their activities.To bridge this gap among all IITs and to enable knowledge sharing and cultural distribution Inter IIT cultural meet was started in 2016 with IIT Bombay organising it for the first time.     
+IIT Bombay won the overall championship in 2016 and were 1st runner up in 2017. All the club secretaries and club people look forward to participating and competing in this ultimate cultural championship. It is an honor to get a chance to represent IIT Bombay and selections are based on the various auditions conducted across different genres.     
+The 4th edition of Inter IIT Cultural Meet will be held in December 2019 and it will include competitions covering all the cultural genres. 
+] 

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+[
+
+The Institute has a very active media scene in terms of Newsletters, Magazines, Video coverage and IITB Radio. While Insight, the media body of IIT Bombay, releases newsletters specifically for freshmen, amongst others, several departments and institute bodies also put out their own newsletters. IIT BBC pioneers the video content scene in the campus, and to cater to those who enjoy radio, we also have the IITB radio.     
+
+Newsletters and Magazines 
+Insight is currently the only active media body in the institute run voluntarily by students. Aawaaz was the media body for Hindi but is now dissolved.     
+
+Insight 
+If you like writing, have a flair for journalism and you want to work on high impact pieces that usher changes in the institute or simply want to publish a few leisure pieces for light reading and humour you would like to work with the student media body Insight. Insight publishes online content on their website along with offline newsletters which are delivered door to door. Watch out for their Freshmen specific newsletter, started from 2013, which you will be receiving in August!     
+
+IIT Bombay Broadcasting Channel 
+IITBBC is a specific wing of Insight focussing on video coverage of events happening in the institute. If you are interested in real time coverage of news in the institute and working on video editing you should definitely work with IITBBC.     
+
+EnSpace 
+E-Cell publishes a magazine EnSpace which aims to promote entrepreneurial awareness through an interesting mix of articles, interviews and informative pieces. You can find the EnSpace publications [here](https://ecell.in/enspace). 
+] 

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+[
+
+The student community at IITB is an active and thriving one. The development and management of all student activities comes under the purview of Students' Gymkhana. It is instrumental in identifying student issues and promoting discussion on them. It functions as the office for all elections and nominations of students for gymkhana activities. There are several student bodies that work under the aegis of the Gymkhana. 
+, 
+Introduction 
+Excellence in sports is a direct index of the stature and intellectual maturity of an institute. IIT Bombay has always aimed to set a precedent for other institutions by laying utmost emphasis on the multifaceted development of its students and pushing them to raise the bar by striving to be ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’. With a deeply ingrained sports culture and the ‘Right of Sports for all’ as a cornerstone of its Sports policy, the institute has, over the years, channelized its resources towards the development of a state of the art sporting complex that caters to over fourteen sports. All the facilities are helmed by seasoned training staff so that even beginners have a beautiful chance to learn the craft and their more experienced counterparts can receive the requisite guidance.     
+
+Facilities 
+IITB offers its students sports facilities of an international level with fully-furnished courts and high-quality equipment.     
+AQUATICS | ATHLETICS   ---|---   BADMINToN | BASKETBALL   BOARD GAMES | CRICKET   FOOTBALL | HOCKEY   KHO KHO | LAWN TENNIS   SQUASH | TABLE TENNIS   VOLLEYBALL | WEIGHTLIFTING   ADVENTURE SPORTS | DARK KNIGHT (CHESS)   Besides, every hostel has dedicated volleyball, badminton and basketball courts, cricket pitches and football fields, snooker, table tennis and foosball tables and is completely decked with various equipments which can be issued by students.     
+
+Sports for everyone 
+A passion for sports has always been a part of the very fabric of the institute. To ensure a healthy continuity of this tradition the Sports Council organises a multitude of sports and fitness camps that vary in the degree of professionalism (amateur, intermediate or advanced) as well as the rigour of instruction.     
+Moreover, to keep with dynamically evolving exercise regimens, workshops on modern forms like Zumba, Mixed Martial Arts and AquaYoga and target specific weight loss camps are conducted. And to satisfy the cravings of the adventure streak in all of us, there are regular excursions to the Himalayas, daunting treks and adrenaline pumping sports like rafting, rock climbing and mountaineering, with scuba diving plans in the pipeline.     
+The Government of India, through the National Sports Organisation, mandates that all incoming freshmen must undergo a structured training in a sport of their choice. At IIT Bombay, NSO forms an integral part of the curriculum and classes are offered in sports with biweekly instruction.     
+
+Aavhan 
+Aavhan is a three day extravaganza that brought together participants to combine the thrill of competition with the joy of sports. The state-of- the- art facilities at the institute played host to over three thousand sportspersons representing universities, clubs and organizations across the nation. Tough battles were waged across courts, fields and the pool in a bid to bring home the glittering trophies that were at stake in thirteen different sports.     
+The inaugural edition of Aavhan, IIT Bombay’s sports festival, which was held from 24 th May 2017 to 26 th May 2017,The fever that had engulfed the campus was tangible as all events witnessed large spectator turnout. Despite there being some of the finest talent from across the country for display, the IIT Bombay contingent refused to give any quarter and ensured that all their opponents had to toil and prove their mettle to emerge champions.     
+The extensive planning and relentless work that was put in by the Sports Council, the support staff and other authorities to get the sponsors on board and translate this long standing dream into a reality was evident from the flawless execution of the event. The grand success of the festival can be attributed to the way it managed to capture the passion to conquer and the quest for glory- the very essence of all sporting activity. Now that Aavhan is set to be an annual fixture, it only promises to get bigger, better and more entertaining and we couldn’t be more excited!     
+
+The Council 
+The responsibility for the efficient management of all issues pertaining to sports at the institute level rests with the Sports Council, an annually elected body. Helmed by the General Secretary, the council comprises 4 nominees, 14 sport-specific secretaries, 1 Technical Head, 1 Creatives Head and a Conveners.     
+
+Championships 
+At the institute level itself, a steady string of competitive events is organised throughout the year with tournaments on conventional sports, upcoming games as well as their modern improvisations. The General Championships are keenly contested as they bring budding talent into the spotlight besides resting on a traditional yet healthy inter-hostel rivalry as its bedrock. The ever increasing participation among girls has prompted the advent of a separate Girls GC which is now a permanent fixture. Outside of the mainstream GC framework, leagues and events are also organised periodically to allow players to hone and display their skills and to instil a sporting ethic among all students. For fostering a spirit of fraternity in the hostels, the Hostel Council holds multiple events to promote interaction across batches and departments.     
+
+Inter IIT Championships 
+Touted as the ‘Holy Grail’ amongst all the sports events, representing IITB at the Inter IIT Sports meet is the ultimate honour for any student at the institute. Each year, one of the seven older IITs plays host to contingents from the other campuses, with players in their quest for glory competing fiercely to lift the coveted trophy.     
+Moreover, considering the level at which the competition operates and the fact that it is the highest stature that can be associated with a sportsperson at the institute, getting to represent IITB at this event in the first year itself ought to be a matter of great honour and pride for any freshman.     
+In recent years, IITB won the Overall General Championships for 3 consecutive years 2007- 2009, and then again in 2012. The 50 th Inter IIT Sport Meet was hosted rather magnificently by the institute. That there have been several instances of individuals being crowned champions at the meet in sports they learnt only after joining the institute speaks volumes of how IIT Bombay provides ample opportunities to cultivate talent and nurture it.     
+The championship is held in December every year, with a separate aquatics meet in October. For the main meet, selection trials commence in October. Those selected become a part of the Inter IIT Training Camp which begins from 1 st December, continuing until the date of departure.     
+To know more about Sports at IIT Bombay, visit <https://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~sports/>. 
+] 

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+[
+
+Broken that toy to see how that spring worked? Unscrewed that FM receiver trying to make sense of how it works? Remember the sense of elation reading 'Hello World' on the screen? You are not alone. From circuit benders to stargazers, we have them all!     
+Technical Activities (or Tech) will provide you with an opportunity to put the theoretical knowledge gained in classrooms into practical use. Tech@IITB will enthrall and excite, and enthuse you to build, to create something of your own. After all, isn’t that why most of you are here?     
+
+The Tech Scene 
+The current scene at the institute provides a world of opportunity to excel in wide range of activities, ranging from funded personal projects to collaborative projects with premier institutions like the ISRO. Tech at the institute also involves a more exciting, competitive side including not only the Institute Tech GC but also winning participation in various Inter Collegiate Technical Festivals including our very own Techfest.     
+Events to look out for in freshman year:   
+  * **XLR8** : This is your first hand at tinkering and building something on your own. You get your hands dirty to make a bluetooth operated robotic car for a competition with attractive prizes which is held late in August. But we warn you - the feeling you get in seeing something that you have made actually work is enthralling as hell!    * **Scratch Day** : Dive head first into programming with a fun game building competition held among all freshmen. Scratch is a visual programming language that provides an easy way to start coding even if you haven’t done any before. Watch out for pizzas and prizes to be won!    * **Mathathon** : Show off your mathematical prowess; level up as you pass through multiple stages of difficulty in this marathon math problem solving contest. This is the ultimate showdown for all you math lovers.    * **Bazinga** : Go beyond usual problems in physics and maths and put your thinking abilities to test as you answer interesting conceptual questions in this team based quiz contest. If you are a fan of pure thought and imagination, this event is for you.    * **Line Following Bot competition** : Held in the first week of January, it will introduce you to more advance electronics stuff like control algorithms, microcontrollers and sensors. It is not only a platform to automate but to innovate as well.    * **Web Designing** : Be ready to unleash your creativity and your coding prowess to design awesome websites. Get a chance to feature on the WnCC website zone this October with your website design.    * **RC Plane Competition** : Held in September and October, this competition involves designing, building and flying a radio-controlled airplane. You will be introduced to the basics of what makes an airplane fly (hint: not magic), including Aerodynamics and Flight Dynamics.    * **Trip to Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)** : Watching the night sky and the stars slowly changing position as the earth revolves is a wondrous experience and observing this at GMRT, Pune is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We will be taking more than 10 telescopes so all of you can learn to handle a telescope and enjoy the night sky. Also, you might get an opportunity to attend lectures of great astrophysicists at NCRA, Pune.    * **General Astronomy Quiz (August)** : An open institute quiz where all the astro enthusiasts gather and showcase their ‘dexterity’ in the fields of Observational, Theoretical Astronomy. Usually takes place in the first month of the Odd semester, the General Astronomy Quiz comprises of fun, tricky, puzzling questions which require rather simple concepts in Astronomy, Physics but indeed a lot of common sense. Loads of interesting prizes at stake!    * **Tech Weekend** : In the beginning of February, be prepared for some heavy Tech action as a slew of workshops and competitions over a weekend put you in a state of Tech nirvana.    * **Institute Technical Summer Projects** : Over the summers, several freshmen and seniors alike stay back in the Institute for some heavy-duty tech action. It is a platform for you to test your tech mettle and build uber-cool stuff you have always thought should exist. The Technical Council gives you everything you need to give wings to your dream ideas be it a Humanoid Robot or a Quadcoptor like in movie 3 Idiots. Anythings is possible!    * **Summer of Science** : SoS is an initiative to help you explore those fields in science that you always wanted to learn, but couldn't, due to lack of proper guidance or resources.    If you have an idea; anything ranging from particles to galaxies, from algebra to geometry, we’ll find you a mentor, with sufficient experience on the topic, to guide you on your quest, for the whole duration of summer. At the end of the summer, you can share your knowledge, via a report with the entire scientific community at IITB to learn from.   As with most things MnP, curiosity and enthusiasm are the only pre-requisites. 
+  * **Crime Scene Investigation** : The Crime scene where you become the detectives. Show away your investigating skills in the forensics. This is your first encounter with biotechnological application!  
+  
+Apart from these major events, several others keep going on throughout the year under the different technical clubs mentioned below. The clubs listed below come under the umbrella of the Institute Technical Council (ITC) called Students’ Technical Activities Body (STAB) earlier.     
+
+Aeromodelling Club 
+The Aeromodelling Club is a vibrant Community of aerospace enthusiasts who wish to incite a passion for flying and the science of flying in institute junta, and celebrate more than a century of mankind’s advances into the third dimension. By organising a plethora of events ranging from lectures to Workshops and Flying competitions, we hope to see more people understanding, and fascinated by, the wonders of flight.     
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+Biotech Club 
+The BioTech Club is a student organisation which through its events, workshops, talks and group discussion strives to increase in students the level of enthusiasm and knowledge for Biotechnology and bioengineering and therefore making a Community of bio-enthusiasts. We Aim to establish a link between Biology and Engineering, so that engineers could enjoy biology and contribute towards it.     
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+Electronics and Robotics Club 
+We are a student club of IIT-B who introduce all the new minds and beginners in IIT to the amazing world of Electronics and Robotics. We also provide a knowledge and resource sharing platform for enthusiastic student Community. If you have an idea and are not worried about getting your hands dirty, come to us. We provide whatever you need to help you fuel your imagination. It ain’t about what you know but about your will and guts to learn something new.     
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+Energy Club 
+Energy is all around us, it’s everywhere, Ever wondered how your phone is powered all day? or what is it that makes electric cars so efficient? Ever wondered how you can manage your house power consumption, why there are so many types of batteries, how solar cells work, what are green buildings, how the energy policies affect us and the environment?     
+If you are an energy enthusiast or environment lover or just a curious being, the Energy club welcomes you. We discuss everything from climate to cars, from batteries to economics, from power to policies to possibilities. We conduct lectures, workshops, documentary screening and informal discussions on non- conventional technologies. Come, join us, the future is counting on you.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <https://enclub.github.io/home/>.     
+
+Krittika - The Astronomy Club 
+IIT Bombay’s focal point for amateur astronomers and stargazers, Krittika (ASTRONOMY CLUB, IIT BOMBAY), organizes weekly lectures on various domains of Astronomy, Astrophysics along with observation sessions, organizes observational trips to Observational sites and Planetariums which prove to be a once in a lifetime experience for many. The club boasts of a few telescopes which are used during the observations like comet sightings, messier marathons, etc.     
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+Math & Physics Club 
+The Maths and Physics Club of IIT Bombay, is a Community to celebrate the sciences we revere in their purest of forms, undiluted and in all their grandeur. We cater to stimulate your brains with the best intellectual events, quizzes, symposiums, lectures & to keep the streak of curiosity level with knowledge by introducing you to labs in and off the campus with exquisite research work and setting you off to build your own experimental setups, funded by us. The best fodder to develop oneself is a perseverant thought process, our fortnightly group discussion sessions (popularly abbreviated to GDs) and exclusive documentary screenings leave you with ancillary knowledge and questions to let in those science loving bees in your bonnet. And for those dulled by methodical cakewalk problems, we have a purely conceptual flagship quiz event, Bazinga!, followed by our very own Mathematics Olympiad and Logic General Championship to the delight of connoisseurs of pure reason.     
+All in all, we are a self-sustaining Community of intellectuals, students & professors, across ages and departments, who enjoy sharing knowledge through platforms provided by our club and if you talk Physics and Maths, there is no better place for you than the Maths and Physics Club, IIT Bombay.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <http://mnp-club.github.io/>.     
+
+WnCC - Web and Coding Club 
+Web and Coding Club is one of the biggest clubs of IIT Bombay. As a part of the Institute Technical Council, we aim to provide a gateway for the people in our institute to join the coding Community. We create a platform which allows students to gain assistance and mentorship to enhance their coding ability. Our aim is to propagate the enthusiasm for coding in the institute and especially amongst freshmen. We believe that every student here at IITB should have an opportunity to learn how to code and develop a passion for it. The secret of getting ahead is getting started and we aim to provide every student with the right start.     
+We conduct sessions and workshops, hold lectures and talks, and even host coding competitions and hackathons. There is something for everyone. Whether you want to learn, participate in hackathons and win big prizes, or prepare for the ACM-ICPC and GSoC, you can do it all here. We have a list of events planned up for the coming year. Keep watching this space to know more.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <http://www.wncc-iitb.org/>.     
+We also have an educational wiki, meant to help beginners get started with programming. It’s got a large number of tutorials, on various programming topics. All tutorials are hand-tailored by students of IIT Bombay. However, unlike conventional programming tutorials, these take a slightly different approach. Rather than reinventing the wheel, Grundy aims at bringing together a number of online tutorials and resources along with a set of pre-requisites and motivation to learn a programming skill. We also have exhaustive lists of our community resources, projects and GSoC recommendations.     
+Here’s a detailed summary about how the wiki was built.Check it out here   <https://wncc-iitb.org/wiki>     
+
+Tinkerers’ Lab 
+A tinkerer is one who enjoys experimenting with machines. If you are a tinkerer who loves to work, who wants limitless hands-on experience or is turned on by machines and technology, this lab is just the right place for you. Tinkerers’ Lab was established with the vision to provide hands on experience to help students become innovators so that creative ideas get converted into actual engineering products. It has been equipped with the latest workstations of electrical and mechanical tools including power mechanical machines, electronic test instruments, 3D modelling software,several basic electronic equipment etc. This Lab is open to all students of the Institute, irrespective of their discipline, and is accessible 24×7.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <https://tinkerers-lab.org/>.     
+
+Technovation 
+Technovation is a unique Innovation Program at IIT Bombay. The term innovation derives from the Latin innovatio, "to renew or change" from (in- "into" + novus"new"). The program aims at providing you the platform to work on fascinating engineering projects, fully funded and mentored by senior students. It’s a unique opportunity for every innovative person out there to leave his mark on the technical scene. Have you ever wondered whether your school could have its own Marauder’s Map or have you felt the need for your very own Remembrall? Well we think it is indeed possible and we are working to make that possible. Technovation offers a wide range of challenging and innovation driven projects.Some of the past successful projects are Book Keeping Robot, Parinat (Humanoid).     
+
+Exo-Fly 
+Exofly is a group of specialized students from multiple disciplines working together as a technical team. ExoFly means Exoskeleton for flight. The team aims to foster the development of a safe, quiet, ultra-compact, near VToL personal flying device, which is capable of flying 20 miles in one go. The device is designed to fly at an altitude of ~200 meters from the ground with a cruising speed of ~70 kmph, to accommodate a single person and function safely to fly at all locations all over the globe. The device ought to be lightweight and maneuverable enough with the goal that anybody can fly it around and quiet enough for user and the general population.     
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+UMIC 
+Unmesh Mashruwala Innovation Cell is a student run team comprised of tech enthusiasts who believe that innovation can help make the world a better place. UMIC is the only team in the insti to work on multiple fronts, from autonomous drones and driverless cars to robowars bots and all terrain vehicles.     
+UMIC represents IIT Bombay in various national and international competitions. In the past, we have won the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (USA, 2016), ASME Student Design Competition-World Finals (USA, 2017). We also won the best paper award in IARC (2018, China) and secured first position in ASME- SDC Asia-Pacific recently in 2019.     
+Currently, we have focused our attention on one of the most glittering topic of technological innovation i.e. using artificial intelligence for making fully autonomous car and drones! We are among the 11 top teams out of the original 256 to have received a Mahindra E2O car for Mahindra Rise Driverless Car Challenge. Apart from Rise, we are working on self flying drones for participating in Mission 8 of International Aerial Robotics Competition(IARC).     
+We look forward to having enthusiastic and smart working people in the team! The only prerequisite is the thirst for doing something that has never been done before!   Please visit our website <http://www.umiciitb.com> for more information.     
+
+Advitiy - The IIT Bombay Student Satellite (Previously, known as Pratham) 
+IIT Bombay can now boast of the rare privilege of being one of the very few universities world wide to have successfully launched its own satellite. Christened Pratham, being IIT Bombay's first foray into space technology, the satellite's payload was to produce data on the total electron count in the atmosphere, used for applications like GPS correction. Planned, designed, built and tested exclusively by the students, with guidance from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and IITB faculty, the completely autonomous satellite Pratham took IIT Bombay into the elite space club on 26th September 2016, when it was launched by ISRO on board the PSLV C-35. The team has now begun the next chapter in the Student Satellite Project of IITB and work has begun on Advitiy, the second satellite. The team has also built an autonomous groundstation at IIT Bombay for tracking and communicating with satellites. With groundstation workshops, HAM Club and various other related activities, the Project also aims to involve other universities across India and spread the knowledge accumulated by the team over the years as a part of the social goal. The current teams looks forward to having curious, industrious and enthusiastic freshmen from the new batch join in the efforts on both Advitiy and the other satellites to be developed at the institute and also help achieve the social goal of the Project.     
+
+IIT Bombay Racing 
+The IIT Bombay Racing Team builds electric race cars that are the entries of the institute in international student competitions like Formula Student, a breeding ground for future race-car engineers, designers and managers. The event is held at the legendary Silverstone Formula 1 race circuit in the UK.The car they have built is not a beast, it's 400 V of sheer elegance, that goes 0-100 before you can finish saying 3.47 seconds. But do you have what it takes to make one which can make every previous car look like an old jalopy, to build an engineering marvel, a piece of art. Your dream to build a true engineer's car awaits you at IIT Bombay Racing!     
+You will get to learn technical skills with practical experience to boost your knowledge, in addition to that skills in marketing, sales and project management.   To know more about us, visit our website <http://www.iitbracing.org>!     
+
+Team Shunya 
+The team comprises of students from various disciplines like Energy, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Architecture with a vision to sustainably meet the growing demand and need for urban housing in India. The team participates in the Solar Decathlon competition, an international student competition that takes place every two years. The Solar Decathlon challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production.     
+You can find more details at <http://teamshunya.in/home.php>     
+
+IIT-B Mars Rover Team 
+The IITB Mars Rover Team, a part of the Mars Society India (MSI), is a team of space enthusiasts looking to build space grade technologies for future manned missions to Mars. Our primary goal is to build a robust, all terrain and remotely operated rover for Martian exploration. We are a relatively young tech team, and have been working on rover prototypes for participation into URC (University Rover Challenge), an annual competition held in Utah, USA, since 2014. We are currently building a rover prototype (pic shown below) to perform all the necessary tasks on a Mars mission such as terrain traversing, astronaut assistance, autonomous navigation and soil sampling & analysis. Apart from this, our rover can have many earthly applications such as in agriculture and defence for unmanned surveillance.     
+Have a look at <https://iitbmartian.github.io> for further information and latest updates about the team.     
+
+Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 
+The team works towards participating at AUVSI Robosub Competition, which is held annually in July at San Diego, California. The competition is a platform for students to display their skills in underwater robotics and build a connection with industries working along similar verticals. The competition demands designing and manufacturing of an unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle that can perform predefined tasks. This draws upon expertise of the areas of engineering provided by multifaceted team.     
+To know more about us, visit our website <http://www.auv-iitb.org>.     
+
+Inter College Festivals 
+There are a lot of local college festivals which are very accessible to freshman teams from the Institute. More details on these will be available through their specific website and through the STAB website. IIT Bombay also has a strong tradition of winning participation at Techfest. Some problem statements at Techfest are again very accessible to freshman. More details about these are available on the Techfest website and through various sessions held at both the hostel and institute level.     
+
+Where to Begin 
+Apart from Technical Orientation at the start of the year, most clubs and teams will have their individual orientations and beginner level events. Keep an eye out for posters on the Hostel Notice Boards. In addition all the clubs have dedicated web-pages, facebook pages and online discussion boards where activities are discussed in great detail. It would be a great idea to sign up for these. In addition feel free to contact the individual club conveners to help you out with your queries.     
+Most hostels also have Tech Rooms which are accessible through contact with Technical Secretary. Finally, some of the Institute labs may be made accessible for personal use after contacting the person in-charge.     
+Another great idea to stay in touch with Tech is to engage yourself in one of the various projects running through the Institute. Apart from these one can also float personal projects which can be coordinated with either UMIC or one of the hobby clubs depending upon the exact idea in question.     
+**Note** : Most of the newsgroups are Google groups and it would be a nice idea to sign up for a Google account if you don't have one yet. Here we have barely scratched the surface of the scope of Tech at IITB. More detailed information is readily available on the club web pages and newsgroups. 
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+**NSS IIT Bombay**   How many times have you thought that you wish to give something back to society and country? How many times have you thought that I will surely start when the right time comes? Well, as they say, the best time to start was yesterday and the next best time is now! NSS IIT Bombay gives you an opportunity of contributing to Community service while the time you invest also contributes towards fulfilling your academic requirements.     
+**What is NSS?**   As part of NOCS01 and NOCS02 (Compulsory courses for passing out of IIT Bombay), you can opt for NSS, NSO or NCC. Thus NSS (National Service Scheme) becomes part of your curriculum during your first year where you invest your time for the betterment of society around you. NSS IIT Bombay is the largest volunteer group inside campus working in the field of Community service and has been working in various fields. Education of underprivileged kids, improving their lifestyle, maintaining the biodiversity, using engineering knowledge to improve the innovations by uneducated, sustainable development are a few of the areas.     
+NSS organises sessions on daily basis. First year students have the responsibilities like teaching school subjects and other extra curricular activities to the children, planting tree saplings for specific purposes and maintaining them, innovating different activities like how can we reuse the trash, making something useful from trash, surveying and suggesting improvements in innovations by grassroot innovators, meeting underprivileged people like construction workers, understanding their problems and working towards solving them, creating content for NSS YouTube channels (Open Learning Initiative -an initiative to make educational content available in regional language and Voice for Purpose - an initiative for making audiobooks available for visually challenged). These are just a few activities among the many activities you can participate.     
+First year students, when selected in NSS, are allotted a department inside NSS according to their preferences and the team guides them regarding all the activities. If you have never experienced the joy of giving and want to explore the ecstasy of doing something selflessly, this is the right place to invest your time in!     
+For more details, you may visit [NSS IIT Bombay website](https://nss.iitb.ac.in/home/) or facebook page.     
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+SARC 
+What distinguishes this college from many others & makes it renowned all over the world? It is our alumni who have achieved great heights in myriad fields and made a mark for themselves in this super-competitive world. But how do we effectively utilize this wealth of knowledge, success and fame that our alumni have achieved? That is where SARC comes in.     
+Student Alumni Relations Cell (SARC) is an organization run by the students of IIT Bombay. Unlike other student bodies, it is an Institute Body (which means that it is officially supported and formed by the college) which works with the Dean ACR Office & IITB Alumni Association. It is dedicated to strengthening the bond between students and alumni. SARC has been able to gather donations from our alumni for the last many years, which include scholarships, funds for construction and research, allowances for workers, and many other programmes!     
+SARC conducts several initiatives in its flagship event, Alumination, like Mock Interviews, Group Discussions, Speed Mentoring, Workshops, etc. which help students to interact with alumni in person & get both career & general life guidance. SARC has also launched Alumni Student Mentorship Program (ASMP), whose aim is to allot alumni mentors to students to help them make crucial life-changing decisions. Phonathon allows students to have one-on-one telephonic conversations with alumni. We conduct Reunions as well, where alumni revisit old memories and cherish their everlasting bonds. Anyone involved with SARC gets the golden chance of duologues with eminent and distinguished alumni like Nandan Nilekani, Jairam Ramesh, Pranav Mistry, Bhavish Aggarwal and several others. By executing alumni-driven initiatives for the benefit of students and enabling a mutually fruitful relationship between students and alumni, SARC volunteers get an insider’s view into the alumni’s world. Everyone is encouraged to be a member of the SARC family and get the invaluable experience of fraternizing with alumni and learning from them!     
+To know more visit us at:   [www.sarc-iitb.org/](https://www.sarc-iitb.org/)   [www.facebook.com/SARC.IITB/](https://www.facebook.com/SARC.IITB/)     
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+Saathi 
+With the onset of puberty, one grows more conscious of the changes happening in their own body as well as their feelings towards others. Unlike others, some of us may not feel comfortable with the gender assigned to us at birth. Similarly, not everyone is attracted only to people of the opposite sex. Some labels commonly used by people to describe themselves are lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, intersex, and queer. Collectively, people who lie outside the typical gender identity and sexuality are known as the LGBTQ+ community. Being a minority, they feel alone, confused and excluded from the mainstream. They may also face discrimination and bullying on revealing their preferences. At IIT Bombay, however, no student needs to feel alone.     
+Saathi (‘companion’) at IIT Bombay is an LGBTQ+ support and resource group. We are committed to providing a community for LGBTQ+ individuals on campus. We organize events all through the year such as workshops, awareness days, movie screenings and informal meetups. Most of these events are open to all, irrespective of gender identity or sexual orientation. Even if you identify as straight (as many of our members do), these events will be a great place to know more about the community and learn how to be great allies and support your LGBTQ+ friends.     
+All our events are safe spaces wherein we even do not ask anyone their sexuality or gender identity. However, we understand that you may be apprehensive of your identity being disclosed outside the group. You can still get in touch with us via e-mail or Facebook. To remain up-to-date with our events and other information, join our Google group, look up ‘Saathi, IIT Bombay’ on Google Groups or send an email at [saathi- iitb+subscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:saathi- iitb+subscribe@googlegroups.com). If required, you can also contact us on +91-7738452988, with your anonymity completely assured.     
+We invite you to be a part of Saathi, irrespective of your gender or orientation. We hope that your stay at IIT Bombay will be as bright and vibrant as the colours of the rainbow!   <http://www.facebook.com/saathi.iitb>   [saathi.iitbombay@gmail.com](mailto:saathi.iitbombay@gmail.com)     
+
+NCC 
+NCC IIT Bombay intends at developing patriotism, brotherhood and discipline in the cadets, thereby creating dynamic and visionary leaders of future India.   NCC IIT Bombay strives to fulfil the following aims: 
+  * **Leadership qualities**    Create a human resource of organized, trained and motivated youth, to provide leadership in all walks of life and be always available for the service of the nation. 
+  * **Personality development**    Develop character, comradeship, discipline, leadership, secular outlook, the spirit of adventure, and ideals of selfless service amongst the youth of the country. 
+  * **Motivation**    Provide a suitable environment to motivate the youth to take up a career in the armed forces. 
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+E-Cell 
+IIT Bombay is the Institute which not only creates Best Engineers but also contributes predominantly in the creation of India’s Silicon Valley. E-Cell has been consistently working in enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem both inside and outside IIT Bombay. They aim at encouraging students to rise above the job-centric culture and become frontline entrepreneurs, thereby also help the motivated ones by giving them most of the resources they need. E-Cell's main initiatives include Eureka! and E-Summit which has been glorified by the presence of Nandan Nilekani, Sachin Bansal, Travis Kalanick, Kiran Shaw, Aman Gupta, and many more successful entrepreneurs and leaders from across the globe. At E-Cell, you will not only see your ideas come to life but will also be empowered to make those ideas seen by the best and get rewarded.     
+To know more about ongoing events please visit [Click Here!](https://www.instagram.com/iitbombay_ecell/)     
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+Mood Indigo 
+One of the many things that makes IIT Bombay stand out from other colleges across India is the scale of its cultural festival. Held in December every year, with a footfall of over 1.2 Lakh pouring in for more than 200 events- Mood Indigo or Mood I (as we lovingly call it) has become the largest college cultural festival in Asia! The ideology is to bring the entire world to one place, providing opportunities to all enthusiasts and making the 4 days the best days of the year for the audience and workforce alike! Mood I caters to the most talented students from 1600 colleges across the world through magnificent competitions and provides exposure to an unending list of international artists like Mike Portnoy, Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, Sander Van Doorn and Indian legends and Bollywood heartthrobs like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Aamir Khan, Asha Bhosle, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Jagjit Singh etc. At Mood Indigo, you will see your ideas come to life, live the dream of handling professional artists, organize entire events and make the best friends for life- A must for your freshie year!     
+To know more about mood indigo please visit <https://moodi.org/>     
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+Techfest 
+Techfest welcomes you all to IIT Bombay! Techfest is Asia's largest annual science and technology festival. Started in 1998, with the motto of promoting science and technology, Techfest has surpassed 23 golden years of creating an unmatched aura of a science and technology spectacle year after year.     
+Attracting a footfall of more than 1,75,000 and with a reach of over 2500 national and 500 international colleges, Techfest provides an international platform to the youth to showcase their talents and expertise in fierce competitions, display cutting edge technology and research from all over the globe, as well as interact with world-renowned personalities like Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Jimmy Wales, Amartya Sen. The grandeur of the international night shows, along with its fun setups keep the spirit of the festive feel alive throughout the 3 days, and this is what makes it so different, so mighty.     
+Techfest also takes up numerous social initiatives throughout the year, which have been supported by the likes of Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Taapsee Pannu, Yami Gautam, and many others.     
+Techfest is all about the concept of “One Team ”. You don’t need to be a tech enthusiast to be a part of the Techfest. Come and be a part of the integral Techfest family and, in the process, meet your idols, have fun, get your ideas implemented, create a global social impact, and make new lifelong friends.     
+To know more visit us at:   [www.techfest.org](https://www.techfest.org)   [www.facebook.com/techfest.iitb](https://www.facebook.com/techfest.iitb)     
+
+Abhyuday 
+We can do no great things; only small things with great love. Rooted in the belief that, in a gentle way you can shake the world, Abhyuday is an initiative taken by the socially conscious students of IIT Bombay, looking to sensitize the youth regarding the problems plaguing our society. With our endeavours we aim to provide sustainable and practically feasible solutions to such challenges. Working for a social cause does not require an expertise or experience, it just requires a true intention to bring a change, and surprisingly though , for that you do not need to go out of your way, you can do your bit, by doing what you are best at. Our initiatives enable the volunteers to interact with various sections of the society and feel their problems, only to come back with a fire to change the way it is. Our two day Social-Festival, the largest organized by any student body in the country, focuses on fostering leadership and social impact. We organize a plethora of activities to bring the entire 360 degree view of the problem on the table. We, then move on to building solutions by connecting to various NGOs and enterprises. Apart from this, Abhyuday also works on building collaborations with like-minded organizations such as Satyamev Jayate & The Gates Foundation. At Abhyuday, IIT Bombay you can see your ideas to change the society get a platform. An opportunity to interact one on one with the leaders of today, who have brought a change upon us, will help you develop all the necessary skills a future leader needs to have. Anyone can join Abhyuday, IIT Bombay - only pre-requisite is the passion to bring about a positive change in our society!     
+To know more about Abhyuday, do visit <https://www.facebook.com/abhyuday.iitb/> 
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+Means-Cum-Means Scholarship (MCM) 
+  1. The parental income is the basis for the ‘means' criterion of the scholarship. At present students whose parents annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/ , are eligible to apply for Merit-­cum­-Means Scholarship.    2. The student with a CPI of 6.00 and above only are eligible to apply for Merits-cum Means Scholarship (MCM)  
+Facilities of Free messing (For SC/ST students only) 
+  1. All SC/ST students are exempted from the payment of tuition fees. The facilities of free messing will be granted to eligible SC/ST students of B.Tech., Dual Degee (B.Tech. + M.Tech.), B.S. and B.Des. Programme as detailed below. For Dual Degee students, it is available only upto 4th year.    2. The parental income is the basis for the means criterion of the scholarship. At present, students whose parents’ annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000 are eligible to apply for the above facilities.  
+Remission of Fees 
+  1. Remission of fees will be granted to eligible students of B.Tech, Dual Degee (B.Tech + M.Tech), B.S. and B.Des from 2016 Batch onwards.    2. The students whose Gross Income of parents for the previous Financial year is not more than Rs. 5,00,000/­ per annum (without any standard deduction) are eligible to apply for Remission of fees.    3. The economically backward students are eligible for remission of tuition fee as follows:      * Those with a parental income less than Rs. 1 Lakh per annum shall get full remission of the tuition fees     * Those with a parental income between Rs.1 Lakh and Rs. 5 Lakhs per annum shall get remission of 2/3rd of the tuition fees. 
+Scholarship Given 
+  
+Income Limit |  | SC / ST Category Students   ---|---|---   | Women | Others | Women | Others   Income Upto Rs. 1L |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees MCM Rs. 40,000 per year Women merit scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per year  |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees MCM Rs. 40,000 per year.  |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees Women merit scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per year 
+  1. Free messing   2. Pocket allowance @ 500 p.m   3. Exception of payment hostel rent 
+|  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees 
+  1. Free messing   2. Pocket allowance @ 500 p.m   3. Exception of payment hostel rent 
+  
+Income above Rs. 1L to 3L |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees MCM Rs. 30,000 per year Women merit scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per year  |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees MCM Rs. 30,000 per year.  |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees Women merit scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per year 
+  1. Free messing   2. Pocket allowance @ 500 p.m   3. Exception of payment hostel rent 
+|  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees 
+  1. Free messing   2. Pocket allowance @ 500 p.m   3. Exception of payment hostel rent 
+  
+Income above Rs. 3L upto 5L |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees MCM Rs. 20,000 per year Women merit scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per year  |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees MCM Rs.20,000 per year.  |  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees Women merit scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per year 
+  1. Free messing   2. Pocket allowance @ 500 p.m   3. Exception of payment hostel rent 
+|  Exemption from payment. of tuition fees 
+  1. Free messing   2. Pocket allowance @ 500 p.m   3. Exception of payment hostel rent 
+  
+**Please Note** :   
+  1. The benefits are available for the standard duration of the program on the registration and satisfactory progress. It will be limited to 25% of the admitted students in each batch.    2. Pocket allowance is only for 10 months only in each academic year.    3. Tuition fee is waived off for SC/ST/PD category students.  
+**In case of any query or clarification, contact person in-charge of UG Scholarships in Academic Office   (2nd floor, main Building) **     
+
+Named Scholarship Portal 
+Named Scholarships­ Office of the Dean Alumni & Corporate Relations manages the Named scholarship endowed by the alumni of the Institute and other wellwishers. These Scholarships are awarded based on the following eligibility criteria :­ 
+  * Merit Criterion: For new entrants of B.Tech., Dual Degee (B.Tech. + M.Tech.), B.S. their JEE AIR and for B.Des. their UCEED Rank, will be the criterion. In subsequent years, the criterion will be their academic performance during the preceding academic year.    * Means Criterion: The parental income is the basis for the ‘means' criterion of the scholarship. At present students whose parents annual gross income from all sources for the previous Financial year does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/ , are eligible to apply for Merit­cum­Means Scholarship.  
+For complete information about the scholarships available, please visit [this page](https://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/scholar.jsp).   For FAQs about scholarships, Please click [here](https://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/faqScholar.jsp)   In case of any queries, please send email on [acrscholarship@iitb.ac.in](mailto:acrscholarship@iitb.ac.in).     
+  
+
+IT Support Scholarship 
+The Director, IIT Bombay in collaboration with the generous alumni of IIT Bombay and Dean ACR office has come up with a financial support scheme for the economically weak students. This particular financial scheme finances the students to buy a laptop/personal computer and also provides students with a monthly data pack charge. For further details, please refer to [this letter](documents/Scholarship-letter-for-1st-year-amended.docx) to students from institute.     
+
+Loans available 
+**Scholar's loan (by SBI)** 
+  1. Does not require mortgage or security    2. Loan can be in the name of the student or jointly with parents    3. The interest rate will probably be 6.65% this year.  
+All the information for SBI Loan can be found [here](http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/sbiindex.jsp)     
+**Vidyalaxmi loans** 
+  1. Family income should be less than 9 lpa    2. The interest rate can be expected to be about 8.5% pa and sophies can also apply from this year at about 9.24%    3. Only the interest on the tuition fee, i.e 1 lakh per semester, is paid by IIT-B up till graduation. If he/she doesn't get placed after graduation, the student gets a year grace period. The loan has to be taken jointly with parents names    4. Income papers are to be submitted to the academic office in the Main building.    5. 13 people applied last year and the reimbursement of money is still pending.  
+**SBF (Student Benevolent Fund)** 
+  1. Family income certificate is required, and mostly given to the students in the second semester (since no CPI can be associated with students in the first semester)    2. While exceptional cases may be approved, family income should be lesser than 6.5 lpa. (This particular point is only for information, not to be published)    3. Tuition and the rest of the fees, along with mess advance, included.    4. Bad performance of a student may lead the Dean to cancel the scholarship    5. 4% interest rate (which might be increased)    6. If the student has signed an agreement to repay after he/she gets placed; but later opts for more time, he/she has to inform the office.  
+**AP (by IITB-AA)** 
+  1. Financial Aid Programme* - 0% interest rate - By Tata Motors    2. For UGs and PGs whose annual family income falls below 6.5 lpa, given the student has a cpi > 6    3. The student can contact the Alumni office through an online portal where they would be given the appropriate link to apply.    4. Documents required for application - 12th Marksheets, JEE advanced results, Family income certificate, Parents Residential proof, Parents ID proof    5. This is followed by an interview with the FAP committee ( IIT-B Alumni )    6. Various kinds of assistance provided include - Tuition and mess fee; Purchasing a laptop; Internship expenses    7. The repayment is done after placement, with a grace period of 6 months    8. The above can be done by the PGs from their stipends    9. For further information: Contact IIT Bombay Alumni Association Alumni Centre, 1st Floor Gulmohar Building, IIT Bombay e-mail: [rama.iitbaa@gmail.com](mailto:rama.iitbaa@gmail.com) Tel: 022-25767086/7019  
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+Click [here](https://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/FeesStructure.jsp) is the website with links to all relevant fee structures. We will be updating the fee structure of the incoming UG new entrants 2022 as soon as it is available. For reference, Click [here](https://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/FeeStructure2021-22.pdf) for the fee structure of the UG new entrants 2021. 
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+Dear Parent/Guardian,     
+Congratulations! The Institute Student Mentorship Program (ISMP) would like to welcome you and your ward to one of the most prestigious institutes in the country, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). As you may know, this institute is the alma-mater to some of the most distinguished personalities, globally. The institute aims, and strives to produce citizens who shall serve for the betterment of the society, country and above all, mankind.     
+We believe that, as well-informed parents, you should become familiar with both the academic and extra-curricular lifestyle of the students on this campus, and get an idea about the opportunities that your ward will have here, as well as the underlying responsibilities that would be expected of him/her.     
+
+Institute Student Mentor Programme (ISMP) 
+In the Institute, we have a group of credible senior students motivated to help guide the first year students with respect to all aspects of college life. The Institute Student Mentor Programme, aims at providing guidance and help to all the first-year students. The mentors help the new entrants make a smooth transition from their life at home to life on campus. It would be advisable for you to talk to the mentors on the day of the orientation. Moreover, it would be beneficial if you could also stay in touch with mentors during the course of the semester.     
+
+Academic Structure 
+A typical academic year at IIT Bombay is divided into two semesters – Autumn Semester (July-November) and Spring Semester (January-May). The curriculum at IIT Bombay is based on the credit system. Each course is allotted credits based on the number of lectures, tutorials and lab hours per week.     
+There is a continuous evaluation by means of quizzes, assignments, mid- semester, end-semester examinations and lab work throughout the semester. At the end of each semester, the student gets an SPI (Semester Performance Index) which is an average of the grades in each of the courses he/she had registered for in that semester, weighted with the credits of those courses respectively. CPI (Cumulative Performance Index) is a weighted average of all the SPIs (till date) weighted on the number of total credits each semester.     
+It is advised that students do not miss classes due to trips home or otherwise. Also, it is important for all students to attend classes during the first week of each semester, except for genuine medical reasons. When medical problems arise, the student is advised to inform the mentor and the professors concerned if he/she is missing classes. Professors might require medical certificates issued or authenticated by the IITB Hospital or other supporting documents in such cases.     
+Students who enter this institute every year are some of the best students in the country. Due to the competitive environment here, we have often seen students, who have until now always topped their class, find it difficult to obtain grades that meet their expectations. This has often led to students experiencing excessive pressure or students adopting an indifferent attitude which further reduces their academic performance. We hope that you would encourage your ward to put his/ her best foot forward - put in the best effort from his/her side.     
+
+Hostel Life 
+At this institute, we believe in the overall development of our students. The general lifestyle of students includes a lot of extracurricular activities in the fields of sports, cultural and technical activities, at intra-hostel, inter-hostel and inter-college events. The environment here is very conducive to growth and our institute has some of the best facilities across all other colleges/institutes in India. So, we encourage students to take up whatever interests them, and we request you to support them in their choices. There is enough time in a normal IIT student’s day to fit in both academics and extracurricular activities without much stress. But, at the same time, it is advised that care must be taken to ensure proper time management such that academics are not neglected because of such activities.     
+Hostels are an integral part of every IIT students’ life. The hostels are well equipped with the necessary infrastructure and mess facilities. First-year students stay in double-sharing hostel rooms with their batchmates.     
+The transition of your ward, from your loving and caring hands to a completely new and competitive environment of IIT, could occasionally cause adjustment problems in the initial period of their stay. Many students find it difficult getting used to a roommate and hostel life for the first time. Sometimes, cultural, social and language differences further delay the settling in process. As mentors, we help the freshmen have a smooth transition so that this settling-in process is as short as possible and your ward feels comfortable in this new setting quickly.     
+
+Financial Help 
+In case you are worried about the financial expenses, please note that help is available. Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship, Facility for Free Messing, Named Scholarships and Remission of Fee are some of the ways through which the students in need can be provided with financial help. The details are available at the following link: http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/scholar.jsp   Information related to scholarships is available here.     
+
+Language Help 
+English is used for all official purposes and is the medium of instruction during classes. We understand that learning to speak and grasping english might prove to be a challenge for some students. We try to fulfil this need via our British Council program where trained professionals come and teach students the language from its very basics. Apart from that, students enthusiastic to learn english, can also benefit from student-run ELIT Classes which can help your wards improve their English language.     
+
+Some important issues 
+Ragging in any form is strictly banned in the campus. The student should report any such untoward incident to his/her mentor immediately. We assure you that it will be dealt with confidentiality and with the highest priority. We believe that you will be reassured by the steps that have been taken by the Institute to prevent ragging. Interaction of the freshmen with seniors (other than the appointed mentors) is also regulated during their initial stay, so they get time to adjust. Strict penalties are very much in place, and mentors are always available to resolve any situations promptly. Rest assured, ragging has vanished from the IIT-Bombay campus.     
+However, it is expected that the freshmen also develop a healthy rapport with their seniors who are amongst the brightest in the country and excel in various activities. In fact, a healthy senior junior interaction has been the hallmark of this institute and we would like to maintain it in that way.     
+It is important to note, IIT Bombay considers the health of its students to be of ultimate importance. Considering the current pandemic, IIT Bombay is trying to make sure the onboarding is done smoothly.   IIT Bombay is committed to provide appropriate support to all students in need. We also want to assure you that students will be called to the institute by the administration only when the institute is deemed safe to return.     
+We hope that this gives you a fair idea about the life here on campus. This institute offers a wide range of opportunities and we hope that your ward shall have a productive and memorable time in the institute. In case you have any doubts or need to know more about any aspect of the life of a student at IITB, feel free to reach out to us using the information provided on the official Student Mentorship Program (SMP) website or via our official facebook page and we will be happy to answer all your questions.     
+Best Wishes,   Student Mentorship Program 
+, 
+**पप्रिय माता-पिता / अभिभावक,**     
+हमें आपको और आपके वार्ड को आईआईटीजेईई एडवांस्ड 2020 में अनुकरणीय सफलता के लिए बधाई देने में बहुत खुशी हो रही है | इंस्टीट्यूट छात्र मंथन कार्यक्रम (आईएसएमपी ) आपका और आपके वार्ड का स्वागत भारत में सबसे प्रतिष्ठित संस्थानों में से एक, आईआईटी बॉम्बे (आईआईटीबी ) में करता है । जैसा कि आप जानते हैं, यह संस्थान वैश्विक मानचित्र के कुछ विशिष्ट व्यक्तियों का गढ़ रहा है। हम ऐसे दिमागों को विकसित करने की आशा करते हैं जो हमारे समाज, हमारे देश और सम्पूर्ण मानव जाति के उन्नयन के लिए काम करेंगे।     
+हम मानते हैं कि, अच्छी तरह से ज्ञात माता-पिता के रूप में, आपको इस संस्थान में छात्रों के शैक्षिक और अतिरिक्त पाठ्यचर्या दोनों की जीवन शैली के साथ परिचित होना चाहिए और अपने बच्चे के साथ-साथ अंतर्निहित जिम्मेदारियों के विभिन्न अवसरों के बारे में जानकारी होनी चाहिए ।   इस संसथान के अध्यापक यह सुनिश्चित करने में कड़ी मेहनत करते है की यहाँ पढ़ रहे हर विद्यार्थी की अकादमिक जरूरतों और शैक्षणिक आवश्यकताओं का अच्छे से ध्यान रखा जाये और उसका यहाँ का समय लाभदायक बने । हालांकि, कई बार हो सकता है जब छात्रों को मदद, अकादमिक या अन्यथा की आवश्यकता होती है, और हम, आईएसएमपी में यह सुनिश्चित करते है की यह जरूरतें समय पर और सबसे अच्छी तरह पूरी हो रही है । हम आपको यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए अपनी सहायता का विस्तार करना चाहते हैं कि आप इस संस्थान के बारे में कुछ चीजें जानते हैं, यहां सामान्य ज्ञान प्राप्त करने के लिए कि कैसे चीजें यहाँ काम करती हैं यह पत्र आपको उसी को समझने में मदद करने के उद्देश्य से लिखा गया है |     
+
+इंस्टीट्यूट छात्र मंथन कार्यक्रम (आईएसएमपी ) 
+इस संस्थान में सभी प्रथम वर्ष के छात्रों के परामर्शदाता (मेंटर) के रूप में सम्मानीय और वरिष्ठ चौथे / पाँचवे वर्ष में पढ़ रहे छात्र हैं। इन सलाहकारों ने एक साथ छात्र परामर्शदाता (मेंटर) कार्यक्रम का गठन किया है जिसका उद्देश्य प्रथम वर्ष के छात्रों को मार्गदर्शन और सहायता प्रदान करना है। यह मेंटर पहले साल के छात्रों का घर से कॉलेज के एक कष्टरहित संक्रमण बनाने में और अपने रास्ते में बाधाओं को दूर करने में मदद करते हैं। जब आप अपने वार्ड के साथ अभिविन्यास के लिए कॉलेज परिसर आयेंगे हैं तो आपका मेंटर्स से मिलना उचित रहेगा। यदि आप सेमेस्टर के दौरान मेंटर्स के साथ संपर्क में रहें तो यह फायदेमंद रहेगा।     
+शैक्षणिक संरचना   आईआईटी बॉम्बे में एक शैक्षणिक वर्ष दो सेमेस्टर में विभाजित है - शरद ऋतु सेमेस्टर (जुलाई-नवंबर) और वसंत सेमेस्टर (जनवरी-अप्रैल)। आईआईटी मुंबई में पाठ्यक्रम क्रेडिट प्रणाली पर आधारित है। हर कोर्स में प्रति सप्ताह व्याख्यान, ट्यूटोरियल और प्रयोगशाला घंटे की संख्या के आधार पर क्रेडिट आवंटित किया जाता है।   क्विज़, असाइनमेंट, मिड सेमेस्टर, एंड-सेमेस्टर परीक्षाओं और प्रयोगशाला सेमेस्टर के माध्यम से छात्रों का निरंतर मूल्यांकन किया जाता है। प्रत्येक सेमेस्टर के अंत में, छात्र एक एसपीआई (सेमेस्टर परफॉर्मेंस इंडेक्स) प्राप्त करता है, जो उस सेमेस्टर पाठ्यक्रमों के क्रेडिट के साथ क्रमशः प्रत्येक पाठ्यक्रम में ग्रेड की औसत है। सीपीआई (संचयी प्रदर्शन सूचकांक) सभी एसपीआई के एक भारित औसत (आज तक) कुल क्रेडिट की संख्या पर प्रत्येक सेमेस्टर भारित है।     
+कक्षाओं में एक ���्थिर उपस्थिति बनाए रखने के महत्व को कम नहीं आँका जा सकता है। यह सलाह दी जाती है कि छात्र घर की यात्राएं या अन्यथा के कारण कक्षाएं ना छोड़े। इसके अलावा, सभी छात्रों के लिए प्रत्येक सेमेस्टर के पहले सप्ताह के दौरान कक्षाओं में उपस्थित होना अनिवार्य है, समुचित चिकित्सा कारणों को छोड़कर। अगर चिकित्सकीय समस्याएं पैदा होती हैं, तो छात्र को सलाह दी जाती है कि वह मेंटर और प्रोफेसरों को सूचित करे कि क्या वह कक्षाएं में अनुपस्थित रह रहा है। प्रोफेसरों को ऐसे मामलों में आईआईटीबी अस्पताल या अन्य सहायक दस्तावेजों द्वारा जारी या प्रमाणित मेडिकल प्रमाण पत्रों की आवश्यकता हो सकती है।   हर साल इस संस्थान में प्रवेश करने वाले छात्र देश के कुछ बेहतरीन दिमाग वाले होते है । यहां प्रतिस्पर्धी माहौल के कारण, हम अक्सर ऐसे मामलों का अनुभव करते हैं, जहां छात्रों ने हमेशा विद्यालय में अपनी कक्षा में प्रथम स्थान प्राप्त किया था, और यहाँ उन्हें अपनी उम्मीदों से अनुसार ग्रेड प्राप्त करना मुश्किल हो गया। यह अक्सर दो चरम सीमाओं में से एक की तरफ चले जाता है: कुछ छात्र अत्यधिक माता-पिता के दबाव का सामना करते हैं, जबकि अन्य केवल एक उदासीन रवैया अपनाते हैं जो आगे उनके शैक्षणिक प्रदर्शन को कम करता है। हम आशा करते हैं कि आप अपने वार्ड को अपने सर्वश्रेष्ठ कदम को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करेंगे - परिणामों के बजाय, उद्देश्य के रूप में अपनी ओर से सर्वोत्तम प्रयास का इलाज करें।     
+
+छात्रावास जीवन 
+इस संस्थान में हम अपने छात्रों के समग्र विकास में विश्वास करते हैं। विद्यार्थियों की सामान्य जीवन शैली में खेल-कूद, सांस्कृतिक और तकनीकी गतिविधियों के क्षेत्रों में इंट्रा हॉस्टल, इंटर होस्टेल और इंटर कॉलेज कार्यक्रमों में बहुत से गतिविधियों को शामिल किया गया है। पर्यावरण विकास के लिए बहुत अनुकूल है और हमारे संस्थान में देश भर में कुछ बेहतरीन सुविधाएं हैं। इसलिए, हम विद्यार्थियों को उन हितों को उठाने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करते हैं जो उन्हें पसंद हैं और आपसे अनुरोध करते हैं कि आप उनके विकल्पों में सहायता करें। एक सामान्य आईआईटी छात्र के जीवनशैली में एक दिन में पर्याप्त शिक्षा के साथ साथ पाठ्येतर गतिविधियों के लिए पर्याप्त समय होता है। लेकिन, साथ में यह सलाह भी दी जाती है कि उचित ���मय प्रबंधन सुनिश्चित करने के लिए देखभाल की जानी चाहिए ताकि ऐसी गतिविधियों के कारण शैक्षणिक कामों की उपेक्षा न हो।     
+हॉस्टल प्रत्येक आईआईटी छात्रों के जीवन का अभिन्न अंग बनाते हैं। हॉस्टल अच्छी तरह से आवश्यक बुनियादी सुविधाओं और मैस सुविधाओं से लैस हैं | प्रथम वर्ष के छात्र अपने बैचसमेट्स के साथ दो - साझा कमरों में रहते हैं।   आईआईटी के पूरी तरह से नए प्रतिस्पर्धी माहौल में अपने प्रेम और देखभाल वाले हाथों से आपके वार्ड का संक्रमण, कभी-कभी अपने प्रवास के शुरुआती दौर में समायोजन समस्याओं का कारण हो सकता है। कई छात्रों को यह पता चलता है कि पहली बार रूममेट और हॉस्टल जीवन मुश्किल हो रहा है। कभी-कभी, सांस्कृतिक, सामाजिक और भाषा मतभेद छात्र को संस्थान के माहौल से अनुकूलित होने की प्रक्रिया में देरी करते हैं। मेंटर्स के रूप में, हम नए लोगों को एक कष्टरहित संक्रमण करने में मदद करते हैं ताकि यह प्रक्रिया का समय जितना कम हो सके उतना हो और आपके वार्ड इस नए वातावरण में आसानी से सहज महसूस करें।     
+
+वित्तीय सहायता 
+अगर आप अपने वार्ड को कॉलेज में रखने के लिए चिंतित है की वह कितना महंगा हो, तो आप चिंतित न हो। आईआईटीबी में उन लोगों को सहायता दी जाती है जिनके लिए इसकी आवश्यकता होती है, चाहे वह शैक्षिक, वित्तीय या किसी अन्य प्रकार का हो। मेरिट कम अर्थ के रूप में छात्रवृत्ति और निशुल्क मेसिंग पात्र छात्रों को प्रदान की जाती है जो ट्यूशन फीस और मेस फीस को क्रमशः छूट देते हैं। आप इन के बारे में अधिक जानकारी छात्रवृत्ति पर दी गई पुस्तिका में देख सकते हैं जो आपको शीघ्र ही मिलेगी या अपने वार्ड के मेंटर से पूछें।     
+
+कुछ महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दे 
+  
+**किसी भी रूप में रैगिंग को कैंपस में प्रतिबंधित किया गया है। विद्यार्थी को सलाह है कि उसे तुरंत इस तरह के अप्रिय घटना को अपने / उसके मेंटर को रिपोर्ट करना चाहिए। हम आपको आश्वस्त करते हैं कि इसे गोपनीयता और उच्चतम प्राथमिकता के साथ पेश किया जाएगा। हम मानते हैं कि आपको रैगिंग को रोकने के लिए संस्थान द्वारा उठाए गए कदमों के लिए आश्वस्त किया जाएगा। वरिष्ठों (नियुक्त सलाहकारों के अलावा) के साथ नए विद्यार्थियों का इंटरेक्शन पहले महीने के दौरान कड़ी निगरानी में रक्षा जाता है, इसलिए उन्हें समायोजित होने का समय मिलता है। सख्त दंड का नियम हैं, और मेंटर हमेशा किसी भी स्थिति को तुरंत हल करने के लिए उपलब्ध हैं। आश्वस्त रहें, आईआईटी-बॉम्बे परिसर में रैगिंग गायब हो गई है।**     
+हालांकि, उम्मीद की जाती है कि नए विद्यार्थी वरिष्ठ विद्यार्थियों के साथ स्वस्थ तालमेल विकसित करेंगे क्योंकि वे खुद देश में प्रतिभाशाली और विभिन्न गतिविधियों में उत्कृष्टता रखते हैं। वास्तव में, एक स्वस्थ सीनियर जूनियर इंटरैक्शन इस संस्थान की पहचान है और हम उसे बनाए रखना चाहते हैं। आपके साथ उपर्युक्त समस्याओं को साझा करने का हमारा उद्देश्य आपको उन्हें अवगत करना है। माता-पिता के रूप में, आपको चिंता की जरूरत नहीं है, लेकिन मानसिक तैयारी और एहतियाती उपाय निश्चित रूप से मदद करेंगे।     
+यह ध्यान देने वाली बात है कि आईआईटीबी अपने छात्रों के स्वास्थ को सबसे उच्च महत्व देता है। अभी चल रही महामारी को मद्देनजर रखते हुए, संस्थान के बिना किसी अड़चन के छात्रों को बुलाने की प्रक्रिया जारी है। आइआइटीबी सभी जरूरतमंद छात्रों को उचित सहायता देने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है और आपको आश्वासन देता है कि छात्रों को तभी बुलाया जाएगा जब कैंपस लौटने के लिए सुरक्षित होगा।   आपको संदेह है या आपको आईआईटीबी के किसी भी पहलू के बारे में अधिक जानने की आवश्यकता है, तो कृपया अपने फेसबुक अकाउंट का इस्तेमाल करके नीचे टिप्पणी करें और हम आपके सवालों के जवाब देने में प्रसन्न होंगे। हमें उम्मीद है कि यह जानकारी आपको अगले कुछ वर्षों में अपने वार्ड के जीवन के बारे में एक उचित विचार देती है। यह संस्थान सभी के लिए अवसरों की एक विस्तृत श्रृंखला प्रदान करती है जो जीवन के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में सीखना चाहते हैं और हमें उम्मीद है कि संस्थान में उन्हें एक उत्पादक और यादगार समय होगा।     
+**शुभकामनाएँ सहित** ,   **विद्यार्थी परामर्शदाता कार्यक्रम** 
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+There is a high probability that you have spent the last two or three years appreciating the beauty of physics, chemistry and math and toiling over a hoard of problems meant to drive concepts in. Your entry to IIT Bombay marks a paradigm shift in the way you view academics. Academics form a central aspect of your life at IIT Bombay. Here, you are provided with a basic structure to understand your major and you get to mould your curriculum and churn the maximum out of it. You could choose to explore a breadth of courses from various streams and provide a unique perspective to your major, or you can dive to the depth of the field and become the authority in it. You can contribute to the vast body of theoretical knowledge or bridge the chasm between theory and real world applications.The faculty members here strive to expose you to the latest technological developments in the world and engage in tackling all kinds of problems. While they are going to grade you on courses, they are also open to any projects you initiate and will always be willing to discuss your ideas. The experience of studying with the best minds of the country, steps up the challenge a notch.It is all about how you use the resources innovatively and carve a niche for yourself.     
+For more information you can contact:     
+**Ayush Dahale**   **General Secretary Academic Affairs (GSAA)**   **IIT Bombay**   **Email:[gsecaaug@iitb.ac.in](mailto:gsecaaug@iitb.ac.in)** 
+, 
+The undergraduate curriculum at IIT Bombay is modelled after the curricula of the best universities in the world, and is truly one of the most exciting and versatile in India. It blends flexibility with academic rigor, allowing students to take up some courses of their own choice, both within and outside their departments, apart from completing a certain minimum requirement of “core” courses.     
+Here at IITB, the academic year is divided into two semesters, each lasting about 16 weeks. Each semester, you have to complete a certain number of credits/courses. Based on your performance, you are assigned a grade at the end of each course. The weighted average of your grade points for all the courses in a particular semester gives your Semester Performance Index (SPI). The weighted average of these SPIs gives your Cumulative Performance Index (CPI). CPI gives an overall impression of your academic performance and plays an important role in course/project allotment in later semesters, not to mention internships and placements.     
+A word of caution: The institute expects a minimum attendance requirement from the students (80%) for the courses. If a student does not meet this specific requirement, the professor is fully within their rights to award them an ‘DX’ grade, in which case one will have to repeat the course. So do make it a point to be regular in all courses. In case a student is unable to achieve the minimum cut-off marks in a particular course they fail and receive an FR grade.     
+Exceptional performance in a course can even earn you the highly valued AP grade in that course. Awarded rarely to less than 1% of the class strength, it is a feather in a cap worth striving for.     
+The most exciting part of the system, for any student interested in exploring interests outside their department, is the concept of Minors & Honors. Starting from third semester, you will be allowed to take up courses in any discipline that you might happen to be interested in (say, Electrical Engineering or Biology). You can earn a Minor in specific discipline by doing a certain number of extra courses in that discipline. Be warned that registration for Minor courses, particularly in ‘popular’ departments, is very competitive, with a seat-cap on all courses. If you are serious about your Minor ambitions, then be on your toes and maintain a good CPI right through your degree programme!     
+The B.Tech students have the option of completing a certain number of these elective courses in their own department and earn a ‘B.Tech. with Honors’ degree. Honor courses give a better idea about your subject and discipline. Finally, if you happen to have any backlog(s), you will have to repeat (and this time around, hopefully pass) the course(s). 
+, 
+_A short introduction to various departments, Department Activities and Alumni_     
+This site is meant for you, the future entrants into the IITs, to get an idea of what the different branches actually do and what engineering/sciences really involve. We, the students of IIT Bombay, have prepared this material describing the programmes offered at IIT Bombay based on our experience here. The description of each programme is focused on how it is structured at IIT Bombay and the nature of similar programmes offered at other colleges might be different. To get an in-depth description of all the departments and programmes, do check out the individual websites of each IIT.     
+Please note that this information is NOT officially endorsed by IIT Bombay and merely represents the opinions of the students who have contributed to it.     
+**If you have any doubts, please feel free to post your questions at the bottom of the respective department pages. If you have any other general questions you can post them here.**     
+**Humble Appeal** : Countless students have fallen bait to the practice of blindly following the cutoffs of the previous years and ended up hating the branch that they choose. We hope YOU, the future IITian will make judicious use of this initiative and make an informed choice.     
+
+[![aerospace engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Aero.svg)](aerospace_engineering.php) 
+Aerospace Engineering 
+[![chemical engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Chemical.svg)](chemical_engineering.php) 
+Chemical Engineering 
+[![chemistry](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Chemistry.svg)](chemistry.php) 
+Chemistry 
+[![civil engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/civil.svg)](civil_engineering.php) 
+Civil Engineering 
+[![computer science and engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/CSE.svg)](cse.php) 
+Computer Science and Engineering 
+[![economics](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Eco.svg)](economics.php) 
+Economics 
+[![electrical engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Elec.svg)](electrical_engineering.php) 
+Electrical Engineering 
+[![energy science and engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Energy.svg)](energy_science_and_engineering.php) 
+Energy Science and Engineering 
+[![engineering physics](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Ep.svg)](engineering_physics.php) 
+Engineering Physics 
+[![environmental sciences](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Envior.svg)](environmental_sciences.php) 
+Environmental Sciences 
+[![industrial design centre](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/IDC.svg)](idc.php) 
+Industrial Design Centre 
+[![mathematics](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Maths.svg)](mathematics.php) 
+Mathematics 
+[![mechanical engineering](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Mech.svg)](mechanical_engineering.php) 
+Mechanical Engineering 
+[![metallurgical engineering and materials science](assets/img/academics/departments/icons/Meta.svg)](mems.php) 
+Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science 
+, 
+Students are eligible to apply for a change of branch/programme after completing the first two semesters and before the start of the third semester.   
+  1. The Eligibility Criteria for applying for a change of branch / programme are:    
+    1. Completion of the prescribed course credits in the first two semesters      2. No backlog at the end of the first year    2.     1. Before beginning the allocation, additional seats are made available in each branch, limited to a maximum of 10% of its sanctioned strength      2. While students are allotted seats of general and reserved type during admission, this data is not used during branch change. Each available seat may be occupied by students of any category.    3. An eligible student's request for a shift from branch A to branch B will be considered valid if any one of the following two sets of criteria are satisfied.    Set 1 
+    1. The CPI of the student is at least 9      2. There is a seat available in Branch B  Set 2 
+    1. There is a seat available in Branch B      2. The strength in branch A, from which a change is being sought, does not fall below its sanctioned strength by more than 25%.      3. There is no student with higher CPI who is currently being denied a change of branch to “B” due to rule (ii) Procedure Among all valid requests, a student with the highest CPI is chosen and a shift performed. If a student with CPI x is shifted from branch A to branch B then every student with CPI x with a request for branch B will be shifted to branch B, even if their request violates (ii) above. If necessary, extra seats will be created to accommodate them. Shifts as above are performed as long as there are valid requests. Note that even though a student may have been allotted a seat of lower preference earlier due to unavailability of a seat of higher preference, his/her request for the higher preference seat may become valid later because of availability of seats.    4. All branch transfers can be effected only once at the beginning of the second academic year. No application for change of branch during the subsequent academic years will be entertained.    5. Students may be permitted to change from B.Tech. to Dual Degree Programme in the same department at the end of third and fourth semesters subject to the department’s recommendations.  
+, 
+‘Just clear the JEE once, you’ll have fun forever’ might be a little exaggerated but if marvelling at the Eiffel Tower or basking in the breath- taking exuberance of Times Square in New York or just lying on the ground watching the Northern Lights is your idea of fun, you can surely do that here.     
+IIT Bombay provides you with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study abroad at universities across the globe while you’re still a student here. The institute has partnerships with a multitude of universities as part of which you can spend up to two semesters there taking up courses which you would otherwise have to finish at IIT Bombay. Another advantage? You don’t need to pay the humongous tuition fees at the foreign university!     
+Semester exchanges are often a life changing experience, and the perfect way to immerse yourself into a completely different culture. You get to live as a local in a new country for four months and party like you’ve never done before. Besides this, the fact that you now have friends all over the world who introduce you to their own cultures is one of the major reasons students opt to go for exchanges.     
+For more information you can contact:     
+**Siddhesh Biyani**   **Institute Secretary | International Relations**   **IIT Bombay**   **Email:[isecir@iitb.ac.in](mailto:isecir@iitb.ac.in)**   **Blog :<https://exchangeblogiitb.wordpress.com>** 
+, 
+Calculation of SPI and CPI 
+Suppose in a given semester a student has taken four courses having credits C1, C2, C3 and C4 and grade points in those courses are G1, G2, G3 and G4 respectively. Then,     
+SPI = (C1 x G1 + C2 x G2 + C3 x G3 + C4 x G4) / (C1 + C2 + C3 + C4) CPI = (SPI1 x Credits in semester1 + SPI2 x Credits in semester2 + ...) / (Total credits)     
+For example, if in a given semester a student has taken four courses having credits 6, 6, 8, and 6 and grade points in those courses are 10, 9, 8, 6 respectively. Then, SPI = (6 x 10 + 6 x 9 + 8 x 8 + 8 x 6) / (6 + 6 + 8 + 6) = 7.62     
+If the student has an SPI of 7.62 in the 1st semester worth (say) 32 credits and 8.2 in the next semester worth 36 credits, CPI (at the end of 2nd semester) = (7.62 x 32 + 8.2 x 36) / (32 + 36) = 7.93     
+Do note that all semesters have more or less equal credit weightage, so it is important to do well throughout, and not just in final exams, in order to maintain a good CPI.     
+
+Grading 
+The system of grading here, in most courses, is relative. The highest grade (worth 10 points) is set according to the highest score obtained in the class, and proportionately, grades are allotted to all students. Grading, in integral values out of 10 is done based on the student’s performance throughout the semester and goes from 10 to 4 (AA-10, AB-9, BB-8, BC-7, CC-6, CD-5, DD-4).     
+Detailed rules can be found in the ‘Rules and Regulations’ booklet which you will receive subsequently. Parents and students are requested to go through and understand it carefully. 
+]