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>Wrote this last sunday in the train to jaipur.

Started off at 6:10AM from the New delhi station. Was quite an exciting night.
Reached delhi, the same old trusted New Delhi (a total misnomer! Nothing is new about it, except probably the new deluxe toilets) at around 10:30. Stocked my suitcase in the cloakroom, and headed off to the bank of baroda ATM outside the sation – This is where Nisha meets me. Just two weeks earlier, one week before the dreaded end terms I dared to venture out on a holiday to del. The thoughts reminisced in my mind. What wonderful weekend that was.

Nisha, as usual, reaches before me, and has already done all the logistical arrangements. The auto heads straight to PVR Saket – our planned destination for the night. A late night show out there. But, as they say, one needs to plan for the expected; as well as for the unexpected!! As my luck would go – No tickets available for the late night show of “welcome”. Now what do we do? It is just 11:30PM and my train is at 6:10 tomorrow in the morning. A full 6 hrs to pass.

We just stroll around in the mall, walking aimlessly, with not even a smoke allowed by the lady( God! Its been near to 10hrs!). We contemplate going to Comesum, walking into a disco, or just hang around. Lots of arguments, and deliberation, we walk into a Café coffee day outlet – our home for the next two hrs. Pretty good place it was. Calm, yet noisy. Crowded, yet isolated. Perfect for a romantic mood. We spend long uneventful, but memorable (hey! Me getting into the coffee day mood!) time.

Now this was getting too much. My body could take no more coffee after two full mugs of Black coffee! We walk out of the café (the place is still bustling with people – who said there are no places for a night eatery in Delhi?), and start our aimless walk in the mall again. We then decide to go to Comesum, as nisha has never seen it. Negotiate with an Auto rickshaw guy, off to hazrat Nizamuddin station( Comesum is located there), and my purse gets lighter by a hundred more rupees.( Aah! When will I get a chauffeur driven car?)

Reach Comesum at around 2:30PM, and spend around an hour in the restaurant without even having a glass of water. Then with the plan to walk out we just wonder aimlessly ( song in the mind : Bheegi from Ek challis ki last local). We enter in the restaurant inside the station, and have light snacks and I even try to dabble in Macro Economics trying to teach nisha( Daddu.. has mat!). She had even brought the Operations research text, but please.. me just out from the end term exams.( She exploiting an IIM guy!!  )

At about 4, Nisha decides I would get late for the train. Have to drop Nisha at her place and then go to the station. One more round of negotiations with the rickshaw guy, and am light by 200 rupees more (Aah! Me now seriously missing my bike!!).

After dropping Nisha at Ashok Vihar, I head to the station having a smoke (long break I say!). Even treated the driver to a smoke, and there he opens up( Ciggie is the perfect ice breaker for networking!!), telling me about his experience, places to visit( and not to visit) on Christmas and new years, and various other things about Delhi. He even suggests a good tea shop near the station for quick refreshment. Interesting guy!

Waiting some time at the station, and buying a book – Everything You Desire”, I board on the train, enroute to Jaipur.

Now am back to campus. Was an awesome week, had a complete trip of rajasthan.
Lucknow > Delhi > Jaipur > Udaipur > Jodhpur > Jaisalmer > Jaipur > Delhi > Lucknow

More about that later, with pics!!

n btw, A very happy new year!!!

>On a lazy evening, a few days back, got a scrap from one of my juniors!

They are planning to come out with a magazine in GITAM, and she asked if i could contribute something( credibility, good writing skills or jus bein gud??)…
whateva, after agreeing to the offer and pondering over what would be apt as a person who has just passed from the college, i zeroed in on the drawbacks that GITAM had.

Something i always wanted to say, and actually did say, but could not get the right medium. So i thought this would be the right platform to catch the eyes of people who matter.

Here is the article

Industry Interaction

Is there any such thing in place in GITAM University?? Unfortunately NO!
This is a big lag on the part of the educational institute recently recognised as the best private college in Andhra Pradesh.

No knowledge is complete without hands down experience on the shop floor – the actual place of action. Now, A sachin cannot be born just by reading manuals on cricket. Vizag is a booming market and one of the fastest growing cities in the world, and this could be leveraged to the complete advantage of the insti. One other advantage of frequent industry interaction is the relation building exercise with industry, which would be beneficial to build a brand image of the insti and act in favour of the placement scenario.

Here, as recent alumni of the college, and having seen the model work quite well here in my insti – IIML would like to highlight the ways in which interaction could be fostered in GITAM.

• Many labs, like VHDL, MicroProcessor( being from ECE I am more versed with these terms) could have projects sponsored by the industry on problems they are currently facing. These could act as live projects, and could be headed by a Prof. and a group of interested students. With the coming of private MNC’s in India this model would go a long way in giving live exposure to the student community.

• External registration programmes for research where an industry guy could be working together with the college profs, taking advantage of the infrastructure and the high relevance and modernity of the approach. This could also help in getting grants from the industry to develop and modernise the lab infrastructure, and GITAM being in the city vicinity would be an added advantage for these industry professionals.

• An extension of the above model is the collaboration work, where the prof works as an external consultant, and this way is updated of the latest happenings in the industry. Consultation also is an excellent source of revenue to the insti.

• Industry visits: I would suggest to take these more seriously, rather than just picnics, and should be held more frequently. I remember we had a visit to 4 industries in 4 days, and it was more or less like just one more hangout for all of us. Instead if we had one per fortnight in a particular semester and actually had a presentation or submission (improving soft skills), it would be a lot more beneficial.

• Internship: These should never be taken lightly as the students actually work, for the first time in their life, as a part of an organisation. The college could as well have a placement week, or a similar mechanism for summer internship placements. Having two internships – one after 2nd year and one after third would add value, and give more exposure. The exam timetable in GITAM is perfect for such a setting, giving it an advantage over other private enginnering colleges.

• Courses offered by Industry: this prepares the students for the real world like nothing else. These could be evening voluntary classes or maybe a complete credit course. This would set a relationship with the particular company( setup of IT park near GITAM is an advantage to be leveraged for this) and also re-administer in the students mind the present needs of the industry.

• Incubation center : This is already present in GITAM, and should be given more importance. In the present boom time, lots of angel investors would love to provide seed funds to promising plans.

• Workshops, Seminars, talks, etc..: Industry people love getting back to college and try to gauge the student community. This also acts as a good HR practice for the companies, and this helps the students to hear from a person who hahs already been there, done that. This would also give a lot of contacts, and show the right direction for the upcoming ventures.

• Finally, leveraging on its vast, diverse, spread alumni is one thing that GITAM completely lacks on. The alumni could be the best resource in such initiatives, including funding. Gurudakshina still holds relevance, and especially for collaborating with the industry, the alumni would be more than eager to help out.

In this direction, I suggest the initial step should be to first form an INDUSTRY INTERACTION COMMITTEE and an ALUMNI COMMITTEE comprising a group of dedicated students working completely in this endeavour. Industry interaction could be the one differentiating factor in favour of GITAM, and would help building a strong brand value for the college, taking it to higher pedestals.

(The author BHARAT JHURANI passed out of the Electronics and Communications Enginnering department of GITAM COE in 2007, and is presently a first year student at IIM, Lucknow>

now just hope that some of the suggestions get implemented.

>7Am. and m still awake. Woke up so early??.. Nah!, din sleep the whole night. Thanks to Prof. Sahay, and his unrealistic assignments.

It was quite an eventful night. Woke up at 12 on a call, and headed straight to the common room for the INDEX work, albeit after a trip to the mess. It was fun out there, with each one of us coming with stupid, idiotic funny ideas for the fair. A thermocol cow, which needed to be milked, a layout for the tent, with a inlet but no outlet!! n loads of other things! Secret right now! )

Later Dua was kind enough to lend me his Santro keys to drop the girls back to their hostel! Two beautiful girls with a hot guy in a Santro! – Perfect for a ride! Well, yea it could have been the perfect ride had the driver known how to drive well, but for a person who has got his license after the inspector could buy a new mobile for his wife, we don’t expect much! Do we? So, after many bumps, some breaks, and me trying to move the car with the handbrake on, I finally managed to drop the girls and return back safe!

n after finishing the final touches of todays work, returned back to room for a night not yet over!

now lets get back in time a little. IIML had the bi-annual show, called placements last week. Quite a funny process all together. one day you sit completely free, and the next day you keep jumping from one GD to interview, not even knowing which interview you are sitting for.

yours truly has manged to get into CADBURY, and will be spending two good months in the financial capial of India – Mumbai, during Summers! April and May! So now you know who to please for free chocolates!

One more exciting situation occured the other day night on the way to the railway station to drop a friend. More about that later.. keep Waiting!!!

p.s. : Well, by the way, W.I.N. is the name of my Index team( Acronym for ” WHATS IN a NAME?”

>ECO mid term in 2 hrs.. n i hav not studied anythin!!!

n well, i am totally new to macro economics. Y?? kept delain it, tht i would do it in the end.. n there in the end!! I SLEEP IN ALL GLORY!!! right from 12 to 4!!! wow! 4 hrs of sleep before xams!! not warranted..

Neways, now tht i grapple wit Macro.. tryin 2 put in pieces 2gether.. read on my article tht appeared on rediff 2day..

http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2007/oct/30cat1.htm

On CAT n all.. the global GYAN tht i keep dolin out!!!

Pray 4 me!

>nothing important about that date!!

Nothing. it is not sept 11, it is not Bharat Jhurani’s bday.
and before you assume, no! I am not getting married on that date!!

What will you be doing at 3:11 on 3rd november?.. Well, that exactly is the relevance of that no.!!

Metblog

An interesting initiative by Chennai metblogs, ever wondered what is the world, atleast the city doing at any particular thing??.. That exactly is the concept. Waiting to see the different pics.

Thnx to Govar
for making me aware of this!!