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excerpt: "WO! had the opportunity to interview the newly elected Director, Professor K. K. Pant on 8th February 2023." excerpt: "WO! had the opportunity to interview the newly elected Director, Professor K. K. Pant on 8th February 2023."
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WO! Had the opportunity to interview the newly elected Director, Professor K K Pant on 8th February 2023. You can watch the full recording using the embed above. The interview in the text form is available below. WO! Had the opportunity to interview the newly elected Director, Professor K K Pant on 8th February 2023. You can watch the full recording using the embed above. The interview in the text form is available below.
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Director: Unicorn will take time. I want that IIT-R alumni should be capable enough to donate the amount the institute needs. That’s why we started with start-up activities. Presently there are 2 unicorns from IIT-R. IIT-D has 20 unicorns. So, I would like to see something similar from here. Our vision and mindset are important. Director: Unicorn will take time. I want that IIT-R alumni should be capable enough to donate the amount the institute needs. That’s why we started with start-up activities. Presently there are 2 unicorns from IIT-R. IIT-D has 20 unicorns. So, I would like to see something similar from here. Our vision and mindset are important.
Audience: Sir I don’t understand why the 75% attendance rule is given so much importance. I run my own business and I would rather spend my time designing rather than attending lectures which are not coherent with my goals. I would not gain anything out of attending lectures I didn’t even opt for myself. I didn’t choose my branch, my JEE rank did. But I do get to choose my passion and goals. The attendance rule is a hindrance to that. Audience: Sir I don’t understand why the 75% attendance rule is given so much importance. I run my own business and I would rather spend my time designing rather than attending lectures which are not coherent with my goals. I would not gain anything out of attending lectures I didn’t even opt for myself. I didn’t choose my branch, my JEE rank did. But I do get to choose my passion and goals. The attendance rule is a hindrance to that.
Director: Since you are registered in IIT Roorkee as a student, you are registered in a particular department, so your responsibility first is to fulfill your responsibilities for the department and then if you find time then you can do the rest of the work on weekends. If your business is a good one then you can hire a person who can do rest of the jobs for you.After classes in the evening, you are free to do whatever but the classes are very important hence this 75% rule is necessary. This is our responsibility to make you functional, attend classes and get the degree.For getting a degree, attending the classes, passing your course and maintaining a good CGPA is also important. Director: Since you are registered in IIT Roorkee as a student, you are registered in a particular department, so your responsibility first is to fulfill your responsibilities for the department and then if you find time then you can do the rest of the work on weekends. If your business is a good one then you can hire a person who can do rest of the jobs for you.After classes in the evening, you are free to do whatever but the classes are very important hence this 75% rule is necessary. This is our responsibility to make you functional, attend classes and get the degree.For getting a degree, attending the classes, passing your course and maintaining a good CGPA is also important.