The literary section or as it is popularly called 'Lit Sec' is the primary associate in the campus for conducting all literary events. The literary section, which has a total membership of 50 people, conducts a plethora of events like quizzes, debates, word games and crosswords. The Literary Section conducts a total of around 20 events throughout the calender year. Unlike other sections the events organised by the Literary Section are open to all the students on the campus.
The literary section organizes a variety of quizzes under different banners:
- Fresher’s Quiz: The quiz that sets the ball rolling for the academic year. A chance for the first year students to prove their quizzing prowess and lay their claim for a spot in the Literary Section.
- Thomason Quiz: The only lone-wolf quiz in the IITR quizzing calendar. The students compete individually for the Swami Dial Sesquicentennial award and the coveted title of ‘Best individual quizzer of the institute”.
- Ashesh Memorial Quiz: It is the annual quiz organized in collaboration with the mathematics colloquium where teams representing their respective academic departments fight it out for the lucrative cash prize and rolling trophy.
- Cognizance, Technical Fest of IITR: Quizzes are organized under the banner of Quizzotica. The event sees enthusiastic participation from not just students but professional quizzers as well.
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Old Monks Quiz: A series of quizzes spanning 1 week, organized by the passing-out batch of Literary Section. It is a chance for one last week of quizzing before they join the corporate world.
| Staff advisor | Dr. P Jha |
| Secretary | Vinayak Dinesh (IV P&I) |
| Additional Secretary | Harris Mateen (IV Chem) |
