Back in my room after the last end-sem exam. It was on my global elective - 'human resource management'. I shall remember the day - 12 may '09 - as the last day I sat in a classroom, and its gonna remain so for a long time - atleast a year or a couple.
This is perhaps the first time I'm not so excited after writing the last of an exam series. Now the only work remaining here is to get 'no dues' certificates from different departments, hostels, and labs. I hate standing in long queues!
So that's all you've got to do to become an engineer?! ;)
PS: did you know that the 'zoozoos' in the latest vodaphone ads shown during ipl, are not animated but real human beings dressed in suits?!! Dont trust me?? Google it! I too didn't believe it first when kavi sent me a mail about it.
Its over! am an engineer now!!! ;)
Ragam '09 - Snapshots
Ragam, this year, exceeded all expectations and was the best so far!
Here are a few pics taken during RAGAM, courtesy Bharath. He btw won the photography competition during ragam!
It all begins here.
Rajpath.
Yadu, Philip and I, judging dumb charades.
Vegetable carving.
The OAT was so crowded that people had to climbadjacent buildings to watch the show!
NITC dance team at Choreo Nite.
Ragnarok Gaming Centre - Sponsored by Intel and Acer, and in
Western Orchestra.
Shankar Mahadevan! It was one of the best
English JAM finals.
Face painting.
Breathe - The Delicate Sound of Floyd.
Breathe - superb performance by them too!
Couture Boulevard (FS)
NITC team at Couture Boulevard.Thats the final RAGAM for us final years :( Hope next year too the Convocation is scheduled for some day close to the ragam dates.
Ragam - A Cult, A Culture
This year, Ragam, our cultural fest is going to be held from the 25th to 28th March ...and its going to be BIG! With pro-shows by Shankar Mahadevan, Darshan Doshi and Benny Dayal, its gonna be a huge crowd puller. And for the first time, a UK based band, "Breathe - The Delicate Sound of Floyd" (a Pink Floyd tribute band), is gonna perform at NITC. Three years back we had Parikrama and Silk Route perform in the OAT. In our second year, it was Shaan who set the stage on fire. And last year we had Karthik. But this year's Ragam is gonna be the best so far. You couldnt have asked for a bigger fest for your last year at college!
Will also be meeting some of my good old friends from other colleges during ragam. Then ofcourse you have lots of interesting competitions good cash prizes. You can also have a great time at the Ragam Informals stage. I will be spending a lot of time there. So you know where to be during the last weekend this month! Go book your tickets! ;)
PS: 2nd sessionals starting from tomorrow! Looking at the bright side... These are the last sessionals at NITC! :D
PPS: Some snapshots of ragam 09
Links:
Ragam Website.
Breathe The Delicate Sound of Floyd
Benny Dayal
Academia.edu
I came across this site a few days back. The site shows academics around the world structured in a 'tree' format, displayed according to their departmental and institutional affiliations. It also enables academics to see news on the latest research in their area - the latest people, papers and talks.
Academics are joining the tree rapidly. More than 24,000 academics have added themselves in the last four months. Some professors on the site include:
- Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking
- Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/
- Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman
- Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/
- Steven Pinker - http://harvard.academia.edu/
Independent researchers can add themselves at another portion of the tree.
Very soon all the colleges will be included in the tree and that is going to be very helpful for many.
PS: Slumdog Millionaire won 8 oscars today, Rahman 2!
