Insight, IIT Bombay

Name

Insight, IIT Bombay

Legal name

InSight, IIT Bombay

Website

https://insightiitb.netlify.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Media & Campus Journalism

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Information & Media Literacy (Evaluate Sources, Misinformation) (EDAAAAAI)

Keywords

• Student media body
• Campus journalism
• College news platform
• Student magazine
• Internship experience blog

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

InSight IIT Bombay is the official student media body of IIT Bombay, publishing campus journalism through a website and blog platform. It covers institute news, student elections, academic policies, placement stories, interviews with scientists and alumni, and student internship experiences via dedicated blog series (Sophie Blog and Summer Blog). The organization also produces a periodic physical magazine and runs the Institute Journalism Awards.

Product overview

InSight IIT Bombay is a student media body website that operates as a single unified platform publishing blog posts, articles, and news content about the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The website features Sophie Blog and Summer Blog sections showcasing student internship experiences, topical articles on science, policy, and campus events, and links to MBA Mini Guide microsites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• InSight IIT Bombay Website & Blog Platform The official student media body website of IIT Bombay that publishes articles, op-eds, reports, features, and blog posts covering campus news, student elections, academic policies, placements, interviews with scientists and alumni (e.g., Chandrayaan 3 ISRO scientists, Nandan Nilekani), and student internship experiences. Targeted at the IIT Bombay student community and broader institute audience.
• InSight Physical Magazine Edition A periodic physical magazine published by InSight IIT Bombay, with editions such as the Post Pandemic Special, distributed to the campus community and featuring longer-form journalism, interviews, and features.
• Institute Journalism Awards An annual recognition program administered by InSight IIT Bombay that awards the Institute Journalism Colour and Institute Journalism Special Mentions to students for exemplary contributions to journalism at IIT Bombay.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Tech (MIT): The Tech is MIT's oldest and largest student newspaper, covering science, campus news, and opinion — closely mirrors InSight's mix of institute-specific news and science/policy coverage (e.g., Chandrayaan 3, India@75).
• The Stanford Daily: The Stanford Daily is the official student-run newspaper of Stanford University, producing campus news, Op-Eds, features, and a print edition — directly comparable to InSight's role as the official student media body of IIT Bombay.
• Yale Daily News: Yale Daily News is a daily student-run newspaper serving Yale University, comparable to InSight as a campus-focused student media body producing news, features, and editorials.
• The Eye (IIT Delhi student magazine): The Eye is a well-known student publication at IIT Delhi, producing campus journalism, Op-Eds, and features — a direct cross-IIT peer to InSight in scope, format, and target audience.
• The Harvard Crimson: The Harvard Crimson is Harvard's daily student newspaper covering campus news, editorials, and features; analogous to InSight's multi-format coverage of IIT Bombay campus life, events, and policy.
• The Daily Princetonian: The Daily Princetonian is Princeton's student newspaper, providing news, opinion, and magazine content — a direct functional analogue to InSight's student media operations at IIT Bombay.
• Voxant (IIT Madras student body): Student media and content bodies at other IITs (e.g., IIT Madras) operate student-run news, interviews, and editorial coverage analogous to InSight — representative of the inter-IIT student-media peer set.

Emerging players

• CollegeDunia: CollegeDunia is an Indian higher-education information and student-content platform with news, reviews, and articles about Indian colleges including IITs — adjacent peer to InSight's coverage of Indian higher-ed student life.
• InsideIIM: InsideIIM is an Indian student-media and content platform focused on IIMs and business-school students, producing campus news, interviews, and career content — a thematic peer addressing a different but adjacent Indian elite-institute audience.
• Pagalguy: Pagalguy is an Indian education community and content platform covering IITs, IIMs, and other Indian institutions — comparable to InSight in providing news, experiences, and student-voice content for the Indian technical-institute ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/insight-iitb

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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