In the second episode of our ongoing PostScript Series, we engage in conversation with Akhil and Sharthak, graduating members of one of the most energetic cultural clubs at Insti, Choreo Club AKA FreakWen(u)C.

Dive into the episode to know more about the team, the secret to their ultra-tight bond, their experience of winning Saarang’20 Choreo Nite and most importantly, for lesser-known, amusing deets about the crew. 

As an added bonus to this episode, check out the Dead Student Society’s segment on Free Will to find out if you choosing to listen to this episode is really in your hands.

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Timestamps

Who, What, Where - 00:18

Choreo Club in 3 words - 04:56

Enviable team traditions - 06:08

Unforgettable competitions - 06:33

Favorite performances - 13:09

Academics and Dance - 15:56

Rapid Fire Round - 19:43

For the Juniors - 23:25

Dead Students Society: Free Will - 24:04

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Introducing PostScript, a series where we invite some of the graduating members of Insti's teams to talk about their experiences, learnings and failures.

For the first episode we have with us Raftar, Insti's celebrated formula racing team.

They talk to us about their team, building a racing car, (not?) balancing acads along with it, going to Germany and winning Formula Bharat 2020. Listen till the end for the fun rapid fire, fundaes and of course, the bloopers.

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We are back, after quite a long hiatus. Well, who am I kidding, we all needed a break.

This time, more unsolicited fundaes, debatable thoughts, nutsy stories, piquant news, legendary cups and putting peace.

In Insti, About Insti, Of Insti. Keep listening to 2021-22's Vox Populi Vox Insti, T5E's very own podcast.

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In the third part in our series titled "Offbeat", we speak to Pranjal Mehta, an alumnus of the 2019 batch of our institute and co-founder of the E-plane company. We ask him about what different parts of his institute life that influenced the start up, and he also talks about how his time at insti shaped this venture, in the tenth and final episode of the first season of the T5E Podcast.

In this episode, as a part of our Offbeat series, we speak to Sreenath Srikrishnan, an alumnus of the 2020 batch from the Department of Biotechnology. We speak to him about his time in insti, and his experience founding IBLoT, a non profit to improve the Biotech space in India and bring together like minded people.

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In the first episode after our winter hiatus, we kickstart a new series entitled "Offbeat" where we speak to people across the institute who have tried out unconventional things during their time in institute and beyond. For this first episode in the series, we speak to Zarin Shihab, a alumna of the HS department and a professional actor. We speak to her about her career in the film industry, how insti shaped her experience, and some fun stories from her time here. We hope you enjoy the conversation, and we'd like to thank her for coming on!

In this special episode, the T5E Podcast team welcomes IITM's new batch of 2020, and tells them what they should not do when IITM reopens.

One of the important "not-to-do's" is to not take anything your seniors say very seriously. Tune into listen as a bunch of seniors reminisce about their time in the institute, and for an additional segment of light bulb jokes. 

The T5E's Freshie Toolkit can be found at https://www.t5eiitm.org/freshie-toolkit-2020/

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In this episode, we talk about how the modified evaluation methods of the semester have been impacting student's lives. 

Finally, we speak with Prof. Jithin John Varghese, a faculty of the Chemical Engineering Department, and speak to him about how he has had to change how courses work this semester.

In the concluding part of V for Virtual, we first breakdown the mildly interesting news for the week and bid farewell to the graduating batch of 2020, who have now received, or are going to receive their degrees in the mail. We give them tips to follow the institute guidelines for shooting the graduation video. Find our very own sample at https://t5epod.in/convo2020

Finally, we speak with Ayush, the E Cell head, and Breasha, the institute sports secretary, about their vertical's respective ideas for the coming semester. This concludes this series, and we will be back again in a fortnight with a brand new episode.

Interviews have been edited for clarity and brevity. Views expressed are those of the interviewees.

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In the second part of our series ‘V for Virtual’, where we explore how spaces in insti are adapting to virtual mode, we are joined by Tejas, the CFI head, and Mukund, the Co-Curricular Affairs Secretary, and we talk about how CFI and Shaastra are adapting and their plans for the academic year.

Timestamps:

1:42 - Tejas' Interview

17:00 - Mukund's Interview

Interviews have been edited for clarity and brevity. Views expressed are those of the interviewees. 

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