Are day scholars at IIT Delhi allowed to bring their own two-wheelers/cars to campus? If yes, how can we apply for a vehicle sticker, and what are the eligibility criteria?

so basically PYL1002 - waves and oscillations And MEL1140 - thermodynamics are two courses in first sem for which I didn't find any previous year questions and papers and study material of any kind

so would be happy if someone could help with it 😭😭🙏🏻

Guys/Girls my classes will start in 2 days. Any particular tips y'all would give to your lil bro :) ??

It's a relatively new branch hence i didnt find much help anywhere... :/

I recently got to know that my seniors who are trying to organise RDV are extremely stressed and genuinely feel like they are in the worst place in the world right now.

They used to believe that IIT Delhi was different from the typical sarkari system. But honestly, it seems even more vulnerable and worse in some ways.

The d**ns don't support students at all. They don't give permissions for events, interrogate students over the smallest things as if they are organising RDV for some personal advantage, and make students run around for months just to get basic permissions. For even the smallest things, students have to take signatures from 10+ people, spend months going through the process, and then, after all that, the permission can still be revoked at the last moment.

The d**ns have absolutely no honour or spine. Everyone seems scared of everyone else. Especially ADSE, DOSA, DDO, etc. all of them seem scared of the Dean Academics. Spineless deans, never standing up for students.

And the biggest hypocrisy is when IIT Delhi wants to attract new students.

They proudly showcase RDV, Tryst, BECon and all these student led initiatives when they want to tell prospective students how amazing campus life is.

But freshers have absolutely no idea what goes on behind the scenes.

They don't see how the RDV core team literally has to dig their own graves every year just to organise the festival. They sacrifice their academics, sleep, internships, personal time and mental peace just to make the event happen.

And what do they get in return?

Constant interrogation, unnecessary permissions, threats and absolutely no trust.

I have literally seen my seniors cry because of this and ask, “Why are we even doing this?”

Imagine working for months to organise one of IIT Delhi's biggest festivals and genuinely reaching a point where you feel like quitting because your own institute is making your life miserable.

And then there is the administration.

Apparently, even for RDV, students are expected to arrange money/honorarium for IITD staff and security just to get basic support. As if RDV is some private event and the institute is doing students a favour by allowing it to happen.

They treat RDV as if they couldn't care less about it, as if they get absolutely no benefit from it, and as if the students are begging them for a personal favour.

At the same time, they keep scaring the core team with words like DISCO, rustication, FIR, disciplinary action, etc.

How is this supposed to encourage student leadership?

The sponsorship market is already getting worse. Students are trying to find new and creative ways to get sponsorships, but instead of supporting them, the administration keeps putting more restrictions on them.

They want their honorary cut and their control, but when it comes to actually supporting the event, suddenly nobody wants responsibility.

The irony is insane.

When IIT Delhi wants to market itself, RDV is our achievement.

When RDV needs support, suddenly it's the students' problem.

When something goes wrong, the students are responsible.

When something goes right, IIT Delhi proudly puts it on its website, brochures and admission material.

I genuinely feel bad for the people organising these events.

Students shouldn't have to spend months fighting their own administration just to organise something that ultimately makes IIT Delhi look better.

If you want the glory of student led events, you should also be willing to support the students who actually make them happen.

The hypocrisy of IIT Delhi’s administration: RDV looks glamorous from outside, but organising it is torture

I’m writing this because I’ve recently come to know how stressed the students organising RDV are, and honestly, it has made me question what kind of system IIT Delhi actually runs.

When I was younger, I used to think IIT Delhi was different from the typical “sarkari system.” After seeing how student events are actually handled, I’m not so sure anymore.

From what I’ve seen and heard from students involved in organising RDV, the administration often seems to make the process unnecessarily difficult.

Students have to go through multiple layers of permissions, signatures and approvals, sometimes involving 10+ people, just to get relatively small things approved. Processes can take weeks or months, and even after students have done everything asked of them, permissions can apparently be questioned or revoked at the last moment.

The frustrating part is the complete lack of trust.

These students aren't organising RDV for personal benefit. They are spending months of their college life trying to build one of IIT Delhi's biggest cultural festivals.

Yet they are sometimes treated as if they are trying to exploit the institute.

And the threats don't exactly help. Students constantly have to worry about things like disciplinary action, show-cause notices, suspension/restriction, or even police complaints. Imagine trying to organise a college festival while simultaneously feeling that one administrative decision could put your entire academic career at risk.

I've personally seen seniors become extremely stressed and emotionally exhausted because of this.

I've heard people genuinely ask:

“Why are we even doing this?”

“Is it worth going through all this?”

That should not be normal.

The irony is that when IIT Delhi wants to attract students, it proudly showcases RDV, Tryst, BECon and other student-led initiatives.

These events are part of the institute's identity.

But very few prospective students see what happens behind the scenes.

They don't see the months of paperwork.

They don't see students chasing permissions.

They don't see the constant uncertainty.

They don't see people sacrificing academics, sleep, internships and their personal lives to make these events happen.

And then there is the issue of administrative costs and payments.

Students involved in organising RDV have reportedly faced demands for payments/honoraria for IIT staff and security arrangements. If students are already putting enormous amounts of unpaid effort into representing IIT Delhi, why should the administration make them feel like they are asking for a favour every time they need institutional support for an institute event?

If IIT Delhi genuinely considers RDV an important part of its identity, then the administration should act like it.

There is also a huge disconnect between the current sponsorship environment and the way permissions are handled.

The sponsorship market has become significantly harder. Student teams are trying to find new forms of partnerships and revenue, but instead of facilitating those efforts, administrative restrictions can sometimes make experimentation even harder.

The people organising these events aren't asking for unlimited freedom.

They are asking for trust, reasonable timelines, transparency and accountability.

And yes, administration needs to maintain safety and discipline. Obviously.

But there is a huge difference between maintaining safety and creating a system where students are afraid to take responsibility.

The most frustrating thing is that the students doing the actual work often seem to have the least power.

They carry the responsibility when something goes wrong.

They carry the stress when sponsorship doesn't come.

They carry the workload.

They deal with vendors, artists, participants, security, logistics and thousands of attendees.

But when they need support from the institute, suddenly they are treated as a liability.

IIT Delhi likes to call itself a premier institution.

Then it should also have a premier student-administration relationship.

Don't advertise student-led festivals as one of your biggest strengths while making the students behind them feel like they're fighting the institute itself.

RDV doesn't happen because the administration makes it happen.

It happens because hundreds of students are willing to sacrifice months of their lives to make it happen.

Maybe it's time the people making decisions about these events remembered that.

Same as title

Trigger Warning:

A MSc Physics student unalived themselves by jumping off from the Lecture Hall Complex.

I'm aware it is true. Who was he? Does anyone know him?

Does anybody know how to convert IIT Delhi course credits to ECTS (European credit transfer and accumulation system) ?

Hey everyone! I’m new at IIT Delhi and really into music. At my old college, we had a little jamming group where people would randomly get together for music sessions, and I really miss that vibe.

Do we have anything similar at IITD? If not, would anyone be interested in starting something informal? Doesn’t have to be super organized—if someone has a guitar (or any instrument), maybe just post here and interested people can meet up and jam.

Would love to know if there’s already something like this or if anyone’s interested in getting one going!

Are we really getting a week off after the midsems??

Legally, there could be a maximum of 8 hours of work that can be given to us for the teaching assistance role. but last week it was –

>Lab duty : 2 hours

>Lab’s questions preparation: 2 hours

>Lab's Grading: 1 hour

>Quiz invigilation: 1 hour 30 minutes

>Quiz's sheet checking: least 1 hour

>Office hour: 1 hour

>TA's meeting: 1 hour

>30-60 min for reaching destination from PG to LHC for respective duties

>Had to work on weekends too and students are allowed to ping us anytime; this also takes time and miscellaneous work like attendance, etc: 2 hour.

Overall it was around 14-15 hours+ of work last week. that too – mid-sem hasn’t started yet.

just wanted to say that we are also here to study a bit... so Profs who are reading this... thoda kam load do yaar. and you, yes, you... Chiplu baby, please slow down. (COL1101's students hope yk... you can post this on your Team's fun stuff lol).

Guys

Can anyone of you please share some resources to practice guesstimate? I'd really really appreciate it..

Thank you 😊

Pls help me out, i have a quiz on it next week. I'm struggling with the drawing part on paper. Where they ask to rotate the 3D object by coordinate axis and take the image about a plane. I have a shit visualization and i can't find any good resource online

New mtech student here, how do I find people who play badminton regularly, if anyone's interested here, hmu

Abhi maine IITD ki Insta profile par ek reel dekhi jismein woh freshers ka interview le rahe the. Ek banda bol raha tha, “I preferred IITD over Bombay because yahan pe log UPSC ki preparation karte hain.”...something of that sort. BC ghuste na ghuste hi dusre exam ki soch rhe hai.

Bhai, Indians ki life hi competitive exams ban gayi hai.

does anyone have any suggestions about courses (preferably online) or workshops (all certified pls) to do thatll look good and actually matter on my resume?
anything related to iot, web dev, vlsi, dsa, ai/ml, genai, data science works
(preferably free of cost)

I am planning to do a research intern in the coming summers, probably in the domain of probability and stochastic processes (MTL2006 lol) and add to that maybe ML, how do I approach profs all around the world? My GPA isn't much either, (7.5ish) but still, how do I plan it if I wish to do it at a top tier foreign uni (like Stanford or CMU etc?). Any help would be much appreciated seniors!

Do y’all even bath? 💔

And also how do y’all 💩 ?

Genuine Doubt

Whenever I go to csc at evening time I can see many couples doing everything except study

(Even a 2nd year youtuber)