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ragging at IIT Guwahati Is a menace at all!
Often, ragging is mentioned in a very hushed-up form in
many households across the country. In fact, this you-
know-who of college life can put Lord Voldemort to
shame! Before their arrival at our campus, the students
do a lot of 'underworld' research and familiarize
themselves with the worst forms of ragging. Needless
to say, there are a lot of colleges in our country where
students probably stay up at nights hoping to be able to
fill bottles to escape from the other vile acts planned by
their seniors. Eventually, the freshers carry forward this
paranoia with them while entering our campus. During
the official orientation sessionthe fos, cus is on
providing the students and parents with a million
telephone numbers that they can dial in the event of
ragging. Though this is undoubtedly very essential, it
also elevates their paranoia and this is the very root of
the problem. The first-yearites who have interacted with
siblings and friends who study at any of the IITs are
already aware of the worst that can happen to them and
know that it's a far cry from the beatings that students
at certain NITs receive. The other more naïve students
however, are not this fortunate. All said and done, the
fact remains that we, as IITians, are among the higher
section of society (we like to think of ourselves that
way) and are very different from the animals that exist
in other local colleges and are much more civilized than
what the administration often makes us out to be.
icture this. Its 2 a.m. and our protagonist, a
particularly paranoid first yearite is attempting to
Pfall asleep when he hears knocks on the door.
Society and the government of the nation has
made certain rules regarding the issue framing
what is right and what is wrong. What may
seem right to us is not exactly right according
to society and we must oblige to it. Students
argue that what is wrong in a casual interaction
and PDP's, instead they are beneficial to
freshers. But it must be understood that even
that small interaction is serious offence
according to the rules framed by government
and is punishable.
-Gautam Barua, Director, IITG.
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t has been more than two years and I still remember
the exact moment when I saw the campus for the
Ifirst time through the window of typical local auto
rickshaw passing by KV gate. I was not just carrying my
luggage but also loads of excitement for the most
memorable time I would be spending here. Gymkhana
understands what this moment means in life of an
IITian and thus had taken every care to make it most
cherishing moment for freshers.
IIT-Guwahati welcomed all the freshers with great
warmth and delight. PSC made fresher's guide and
sent it to all the freshmen even before they reached the
campus to get them acquainted with the environment.
On the day of arrival stalls were set up at railway station
and airport to receive and escort parents and students
to campus. Buses were arranged at regular intervals
after taking note of the train and flight timings.
Freshers week in IIT-Guwahati has been exhilarating in
the truest sense. An event a day was held for the first
week to make them feel home and interact with seniors
along with fellow freshmen. Scavenger hunt, Mr and
Mrs fresher, Movie screening witnessed heavy
participation and enthusiasm from everyone.
Soon after the freshers week, freshers were clouded
with all sort orientations which included institute
orientation, departmental orientations, gymkhana
orientation, individual boards orientation, hostel
orentations, coffee out sessions and what not. Cultural
board had single orientation for all its clubs as
compared to individual orientations last year.
Freshers were also warmly welcomed by senior
students. Although there have been minor cases of
ragging, overall environment was healthy and friendly
as usual. Welfare board came up with student
mentorship program which allotted each group of 8
freshers with one mentor from third year who will clarify
countless doubts and guide them on leading life at IITG.
Each mentor was carefully chosen. After an interaction
session students responded that many of their queries
on CPI, classes etc. were beautifully explained.
A Facebook page was also created for freshers to
interact with junta of IITG. The page on one side was
delivering the expected performance but was also filled
with lots of fun. Senior boys trying to make new
girlfriends, girls calling out boys for playing tennis,
complaints of room sharing in subansiri followed by
condolences from seniors etc. added masala to the
page. Thankfully the page was successful in restricting
vulgarity.
PG Freshia, a fresher's night for the post graduates of
IITG was held on 25th of august. It was a four hour
event filled with vibrant and charismatic performances
by the PG freshers. The event was specially conducted
for interaction of PG freshers with their seniors and also
to involve them in cultural activities which they rarely
do. This year PG freshia witnessed UG participation, a
testimony to the fact that the UG and PG barrier is
completely absent when it comes to the cultural events.
The effort put in by Ankit Dave and the organizing
team was truly commendable. All their toils were
complemented by the overwhelming participation by the
PGs and the huge turnout of students at the Manas
Community Hall. The instrumental music, band show,
drama, dance and vocal music performances had really
surpassed the usual standards of IITG and have made
the night very memorable for the new comers.
PSC congratulates all the students and administration
for making freshers time so memorable.
thegsentinel | November 2012 | Issue 1.1 01
[email protected] · November 2012 · Issue 1.1
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Ragging: Reality Check
or many years now, the students of IIT-G have
been very keen on developing the personality of
every new batch of freshmen students ever since Fthey set foot on the campus. Over the years, it
has escalated to such a scale that it has unofficially
been dubbed as the Personality Development Program
(PDP). A few of our more experienced seniors (and
freshers!) will undoubtedly scoff at this term. In their
opinion, PDP is nothing but a high-class society term
for the more lowly 'ragging'.
In the pursuit of a well thought of definition, ragging' has
been defined as the doing of any act which causes, or
is likely to cause any physical, psychological or
physiological harm or apprehension or shame or
embarrassment to a student, and includes–
(a) Teasing or abusing of playing practical
joke on, or causing hurt to any student.
(b) Asking any student to do any act, or
perform any act, which he/she would not, in the
ordinary course, be willing to do or perform.”
Though the government has India has laid down
clear legislations for curbing the menace of
ragging, none of the laws are university specific.
This article will focus particularly on the scenario at
IIT Guwahati (because that's obviously what you
want to read!).
ver the last few years, (or at least since the
author's arrival at the campus 4 years ago)
Oall physical forms of ragging have been
non-existent. That's not to say that ragging can
only be performed via physical means. Mental
harassment is perhaps the biggest issue faced by the
freshmen students following their arrival at the campus.
Name-Calling, Intro sessions, the infamous 'muski', the
filling up of a few water bottles, night-outs during
Manthan, the usage of a large amount of IIT Guwahati
slang and the loaning of ones cycle to the seniors;
these acts constitute 95% (unofficial stats) of the acts of
ragging that freshmen students are 'required' to
perform. Take a second look at the aforementioned
acts. Are they really so bad? In response, (as one
freshman student conveniently pointed out) one need
only look at the definition of ragging which forbids
asking any student to do any act, or perform any act,
which he/she would not, in the ordinary course, be
willing to do or perform. However, the fact remains that
there is never a compulsion to indulge in the whims of
the seniors and the freshmen are always given a choice
to leave at their convenience. Ultimately the bigger
picture merely looks like an informal interaction
between soon-to-be friends one begins to wonder why
He opens the door to find a senior who has never
interacted with him before. Not a minute has passed
before he dials the number of the warden/faculty
member/dean/director. In the matter of hours, the senior
is being asked to appear before a disco and is soon
made to pack his bags and sent to hostels Dibang or
Brahmaputra. (In the administrations eyes, these hostel
are equivalent to prisons at our college and despite the
issuance of an official apology in this regard, it will be a
long time before the sentiments of these hostel-dwellers
change.) Take a look at the scenario from the senior's
point of view. Never mind the fact that he knocked on a
fresher's door at an unearthly hour. The fact remains
that he is being made to leave his home and friends is
being forced to live in shame in a land that is very new
to him. His crime: knocking on a door. This incident
appears so lame that it's laughable. Sadly, however,
certain seniors have actually been subjected to this
form of humiliation. This brings us back to our
definition of ragging. Harassment of a student in
any form is unacceptable. And that ought to include
the harassment of a senior student. Many of the
senior students fear the very idea of walking along
some of the corridors in their hostel. The amount of
power that the first-yearites have is quite
unimaginable, and this sets a very bad precedent.
With power comes great responsibility; however,
the first yearites are surely not responsible enough!
nce again we are in a position to ask
ourselves if the laws pertaining to ragging
Oare valid and necessary in our campus.
Every society has laws which upon which its
foundations are built. The first year students need
to be provided with a comfortable and friendly
atmosphere upon their arrival at their campus.
Nothing hinders creativity like fear, and a traumatic
experience during ones first semester can go a long
way in disrupting the student's mental framework. Many
senior students argue that ragging is the only means of
bringing a first year student out of his shell. This is
extremely far from the truth as a friendly and
collaborative environment can also lead to a fresher's
quick adjustment to campus life. In reality, ragging is
merely an excuse for senior students to employ their
sadistic desire to torment those weaker and smaller to
them and our institute can very well do without these
anti-social elements.
Nothing on this planet is purely good or evil. Anything in
the right amount of moderation can be termed as
'acceptable'. The absence of the laws framed against
ragging will only lead to the escalation of the number of
more 'vile' acts. However, there is certainly a pressing
need to review the nature of the laws, especially in the
context of IIT Guwahati in particular.
who would be joining the campus as a result of which
many married scholars are waiting for their chance to
live in quarters. As of much construction work is being
done already for new SAC, new girls hostel, boys hostel
and other things. So it is little difficult to make new
constructions immediately. Next financial year care will
be taken to extend the quarters.
Q. We are not given a fair chance to present our views about the accusations. Under such circumstances, whom are we supposed to look up to? This can even lead to the toiling of an innocent life.The question was about a specific case where some
students of Subansiri were accused of ragging.
Students mentioned that even though there was no
fault form their side they were held guilty. It was replied
that the students were only asked to write the
happenings of the incident on the piece of paper and
leave. They were not anguished in any way and the
enquiry on the matter is yet to complete. The question
then dropped down to as why the administrators should
make students to stand for more than an hour for
written submission just based on some on some
deceptive complaint. Director answered that the issue
of ragging is so serious that students have to be guilty
till proven innocent rather than innocent till proven
guilty.
Apart from these specific issues related to bus timings,
exam timings, permission for participating in
competitions etc. were discussed. It is very sad that
after repeated mails only a few were present at the
auditorium to participate in the discussion. We always
grouch upon the administration and when they come to
answer us with all their modesty it is our duty to listen to
them. It must be understood that if we do not participate
in such discussions we lose the right to speak against
any issue in the campus.
n 7th Nov Interaction club under the welfare
board organized a talk show with Director and
ODeans to address the issues students have
been facing and discuss on possible solutions if any.
This is the second of its kind show after the first show
on changing JEE format. As addressed by the Dean of
Student Affairs the roots for this kind of show were
originated from faculty student cricket tournament held
last year to increase the interaction between students
and faculty. Soon everyone realized that we need a
better way to address the students and encourage
discussions.
Interaction club gathered and compiled some of the
important queries that needed answers y students.
Here is the brief on some of the major issues
discussed.
Q. Is there any prescribed list of brands that mess caterers need to use as the quality of the food in mess keeps changing day to day? The proposal has already been kept in gymkhana and
will most probably be implemented from next semester
Q. What can be done to increase the quality of the mess?The issue of mess is very perplexed that everything is
not in the control of administrators. As everyone is
working hard to bring in a better system no one should
be blamed. It so happens that very strict measures
cannot be taken against caterers as they will not be
willing to cater anymore. Very much care is being taken
to improve quality and students must be co-operative in
this respect. We need to assess the caterers based on
daily feedback instead of monthly and if the caterer
makes the same mistake or provides lower quality food
for more than twice for consecutive weeks then action
can be taken to increase the quality.
Q. Is there a proper justification or calculation as to how much the price of mess has been increased from past few years?It is calculated on the inflation rate of the market prices
of goods. The increase in the 5 Rs. Last month was due
to the removal of government subsidy on gas.
Q. Why don't we encourage foreign placements? The government is investing a lot of money on students
and also being Indians it is our duty to serve the nation.
The institute allows all the foreign companies that have
a presence in India. Since only few foreign companies
would be interested to come to Guwahati for placement
it is not a very major issue to be concerned about.
Already measures have been taken to calculate the
number of placements we are losing by restricting the
foreign companies and if it seems that we need to allow
them they they will be surely allowed for recruitment.
Q. We all know that the institute administration is taking strict measures to prevent ragging and make the stay of first years comfortable. This is appreciated But what if the first years take this as an advantage and start troubling the seniors?Government states that raging in form is strictly
unacceptable and immediate FIR must be registered on
the student in case of any complaint. So the rules are
not framed by institute but are a just a reflection of
government's decision. It is sarcastic to hear that
seniors are being raged by freshers but in that case
seniors always have the freedom to approach the
administration.
Q. Why is the authority not showing any interest regarding the extension of married scholars' hostel to increase the numbers?It was a mistake from institute's side as institute was
wrong in estimating the number of married scholars
Director’s talk show
Merry freshia
p3
reasons. The first reason is the journey that we go
through two weeks before manthan to make it a
worthwhile memory because we know what it means to
each and every one of us. I remember watching a
senior cry after proclaiming that this would be their final
manthan and I swear after watching him and the others
weep with him, it exhilarated and instigated me to work
even more and more, watching my senior's undying
effort and hard work and not giving into sleep and two
minute breather honestly touched me. The other reason
and the most vital reason of all is
that manthan brought all the
seniors and first years to the same
level and composed this spirit of
brotherhood and it created this
sense of bonding between our
seniors and first years, which felt
nothing more than pure love. I will
and I know that every first year will
not be able to find this level of
bonding anytime else in any year
but except during manthan.
Manthan truly is a spiritualistic,
miraculous, extraordinary and
magical event and is 'a must'
experience event which no first
yearite should miss!
We know we will never forget all
the effort and hard work we put in and whether or not
we win Manthan, we will never forget the bonding we
had with each and everyone, we will not forget the early
morning 'chai' breaks, the experience, the fiesta, the
emotions, the drama, the politics, that vibe, and the love
we felt during manthan. That will forever be embedded
in our memories and will forever remain that one true
event which brought and will continue to bring the entire
hostel together for those three enchanted nights for that
magical manthan.
rom fierce competitions to wonderful exhibitions
to inspiring lectures to soothing Nites, the annual
techno management festival of IIT Guwahati, FTechniche 2012, (August 30th to September 2nd)
was indeed a huge success! Techniche organized a
multitude of events ranging from Robotics to Business
Plan Modeling, to Aeromodelling, to Computer Coding
related events. We are sure that none of you could
make it to all the events that were conducted in
Techniche this year, so PSC would
like to help you reminiscing the
captivating memories of
Techniche'12 -Pixelating Perfection.
Lecture Seriese have eminent
personalities giving
Wlectures on exotic topics
which will open the avenues to the
world of knowledge, the world of
Lecture Series. This year, we had
Mr. Walter Bender from MIT media
labs, Dr. R. Chidambaram form
BARC, Mr. Sameul Chand a global
leadership guru, Ms. Rashmi
Bansal a writer, entrepreneur and a youth expert, Mr.
Lars Hoogweg, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of
Nimbuzz, George Kourounis, a resident of Toronto, is a
world renowned explorer, adventurer, and storm chaser
best known for his television series, “Angry Planet”.
Industrial Conclavet is an initiative of the student community through the
platform of Techniche to strengthen the relationships
Iwith the industry people and eminent personalities,
and also benefit the industry by keeping them abreast
of the latest research works and developments. This
interface and interaction between experts from varied
fields of the industry and budding enthusiastic talent of
the nation will help encourage innovative initiatives and
ideas. A total of 140 participants registered for three day
conclave. Intresting and diversed business magnates
were present to deliver lectures. Mr. Ajay Chaturvedi,
the founder of Harva, Mr. Satish Jha the founder
chairman of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) India
Foundation, Amit Ranjan, the Cofounder and COO of
SLIDESHARE, Mr. V Raghunathan, the CEO of GMR
Varalakshmi Foundation of the GMR Group, K V
Sridhar a Legend in the Field Of Advertising known as
the 'Ad Guru Of The Indian ad Industry', Mr. Rajesh
Sawhney the President of BIG Reliance Entertainment
and a key member of the Reliance ADAG leadership
team delivered their experiences. From COO of world
famous website to founder of most innovative social
startup conclave had just the right mix of people.
Corporate Module
ith innovation oozing out of every entry which
left the veteran judging panel in awe, the
WCorporate Module put up a remarkably good
show! The Corporate Module, Techniche'12
successfully conducted 'Product Launch' , which had 9
entries from every field of technology. 'Brain Child', the
annual business plan writing competition, besides really
good quality ideas, it had immense participation of 22
entries in the presentation round held at IIT Guwahati,
and 'Stratagem', the marketing strategy writing event,
which was successful in its goal of promoting
Techniche - Perfection Pixelatedentrepreneurship in young minds. Blue Chips and its
online version, the Virtual Stock Market had immense
participation till the very end and were good hits among
the participants. Though not as expected, the Startup
Showcase which was conducted for the very first time
in Techniche this year also made its mark. We had
entries from all parts of the countries, with more than 5
entries from down south, we can proudly say that
Techniche is indeed expanding its wings!
Roboticshis year, we were successful in reaching out to
all the robotic enthusiasts in the nation. Robotics
Twent national with an event called Escalade
which was conducted in 11 major cities across the
nation! Besides Escalade, the module conducted 7
other events like Angry Birds, Segregare, Aeroshot,
Libraria, Pacman, Robocalypse and Shadow.
Predefinedith enough time given to research, discuss
and come up with the best solutions, this
Wmodule let's you have your own experience in
cherishing the process to reaching the best possible
solution. The major events being- Archcraft,a practical
approach for designing constructions of daily use;
Techscribe, the paper presentation contest; App
Development which was conducted in association with
Nimbuzz; Impulsus and finally MegaPixels, an online
photography competition which received immense
participation.
Other eventsush Hour the on-the-spot events spread across
the campus included Twenty19.com Internship
Rcompetition which aimed to identify students for
different paid-internship positions in companies across
the nation, Cryptophobia, Twist to win, the rubik cube
challenge, Quiz on the Move, Code wars, SUDOKU,
CSI, Genesis, Easel and Sci-Fi Éclat. Spin the Web the
entireley online module of Techniche, it has a galaxy of
mind boggling questions, intriguing puzzles and
complex codes, it's the perfect place to hang out with
your talent.Have lots of fun while you learn! In funniche
this year had Tug of War, Experiments, Extreme
Gaming and Live CS.
TECHNOTHLONeedless to mention the most worked event of
Techniche. This year, the prelims were
Nconducted in over 200 cities and 350 centres
across the nation. Technopedia, an online module of
Technothlon, where quizzes are posted monthly,
various interesting topics and queries as well are
discussed with the students at IIT by means of the
forum and data on various technological advancements
occurring across the globe is posted.
The Guwahati Half Marathonhe Marathon's tag line for 2012 was, 'Run to
show your Unity Guwahati!' With Papon (of
T'Jeeyein Kyun' fame), the event served as a step
in our endeavour to inculcate the urgency and
importance of unity in today's youth. It kicked off on
August 26th, 2012 at 6:30 A.M. It had two categories,
the Glory Run (21km) run for
professionals and the Spirit Run
(6km) run for people who just want
to have fun! Participants were
Certifiied by the Assam Athletic
Association!
INITIATIVESechniche in its 14th edition
aimed to touch every sphere
Tof society with its initiatives
Healing hands, Social 360, Minus
One Project and Lighting a Billion
Lives.
Exhibitionsumismatic Society of Calcutta, Delhi philately,
Indian Air Force, Indian Railways, Indian
NMeteorological Society, MetalMate, Indian
Institute of Robotics, CID West Bengal and EMVEE
showcased themselves. Due to lack of awareness, the
workshops did not receive their share of popularity.
Despite the disturbances in city Techniche managed to
pixelate perfection , the standard of a few events scaled
up pretty high when compared to last year. Many new
events were initiated this Techniche which managed to
carve a niche for themselves even among the pre-
existing successful events. On the whole, Techniche'12
was a resonating success.
hat one moment when you dive in the air to stop
a game turning goal, that one moment when your
field of vision reduces to exactly the distance Tbetween your hockey ball and goal post, that one
moment when
you are just
milliseconds
behind the lead
swimmer, that
one moment
when the
basketball is
rolling on the
net and you are
waiting for it to
fall into the
basket, that is the moment when you can hear the
sound of your heart beat and world becomes stationary
and that is the moment just before you win.
SPIRIT 2012, the inter college sports championship
was held by sports board at IITG to bring all those
cherishing moments into the busy lives of students.
SPIRIT has been growing exponentially ever since its
inception and is perfecting itself every time. The three
day extravaganza was held on 5th, 6th and 7th of
October although basketball was held a week before
that due to the National Basketball Meet clashing with
our dates. Also aquatics were held on 26th of
September and our team drubbed the local teams.
The event was inaugurated by Director, Dean of student
Affairs and Chairman of Sports Board. The inaugural
speech was followed by torch relay with Ratholu
Mou(Weight lifting), Neha Tadichetty(Basketball), Vasu
goyal(Hockey), Neeraj Mishra(Atletics and Javelin
throw) carrying the torch respectively. Then Neeraj
Mishra, eneral secretary of Sports board took oath on
behalf of all he playes and the championship was
commenced.
This year SPIRIT witnessed participation from around
30 colleges along with many other spot clubs. Some of
the famous teams clubs were Sports Authority of
India(SAI), SVCC(a well-known volley ball club), Assam
Weight Lifting Association. The national level players of
badminton and Seed 1 players of Assam in TT also
participated in the championship heightening the glory
of SPIRIT. There was a spectacular participation from
girls side too. Especially in Athletics, badminton and
basketball the participation outgrew enormously. The
participation was not just from Assam but was from
surrounding states too making it a north eastern sports
championshi
Amidst all the competition IITG performed very well in
almost every sport. In almost every sport we were
among top three. In fact in many sports we held more
than one position in top three. SAI gave a good
competition to us performing almost in the same level.
Overall, the event was held successfully outpacing the
previous SPIRIT and establishing a dignity of its own. It
is only a reflection of hard work and effort that sports
board put into to make it such a marvel. The trailer that
was made for first time is extremely inspiring. Neeraj
Mishra says that unlike last year more sports were
included in SPIRIT and every detail of the event has
been properly recorded for future reference. It is very
clear from the event too that more emphasis was given
to make the event more consummate.
Change and Biodiversity'. The concluding speech was
by Ms. Pamposh Bhat, the Chairperson of Jwala –an
NGO based at New Delhi, elucidating the theme of
'Energising India in a sustainable way'. This was
followed by a plantation drive to create a lush of
greenery not just to be a feast to the eye but also to
provide shade to pedestrians.
The Day 2 started off with the event 'Eco-Socio
concept' in which '3 Eco-socio concepts' were sought
that could make IIT Guwahati an Eco-Socio responsible
institute by making it pollution free, less dependent on
conventional energy and
establishing harmony with
nature. An open house
theatrical panel discussion
was the limelight of this
year's summit as a panel
of eminent professors
discussed the applicability
of the theme to our own
campus. Facts pertaining
to existing environmental
and social aspects were
revealed by the NSS group leaders in 'Reveal the Fact'.
A T-shirt designing competition based on the theme of
sending a message to mend the present state of
environmental destruction, an Online Nature
Photography based on snaps from the campus, an
Article writing competition on the environmental and
social aspects of our life in the IIT G campus, a Happy
New Year 2013 Card Designing competition based on
natural beauty and an Eco-Socio Quiz were the other
enticing events of IESAS 2012.
IESAS 2012 concluded with a Valedictory Ceremony
and Prize distribution in which the winners of various
events were felicitated. With the note of planning a
grander IESAS 2013, the scintillating summit came to a
close and every IIT student was touched by the
profound implications the summit provided.
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Evoking the 'SPIRIT'
o mornings, no evenings, no nights… Rather we
never knew what time it was! Mornings turned
to nights, coffee of Tea turned into mountain Ndew and the moon became our new sun, our
bedrooms became the prop rooms and the places
where we involved ourselves … when word reached
our ears that “Manthan” was near!
There was no such thing called
sleep for the first years or faccha's
(as they say) nor for our second,
third and most importantly our
fourth years, mainly because it
was their last nerve clenching,
hysterical and an emotional
Manthan.
Every time someone woke up it
would be only after a friend
banging at his or her door and
when they'd look into their
watches and find that they slept
only for half an hour or an hour,
they knew for sure that duty called
at the prop room or another
activity which they got themselves
into. You only see tension and the sweat scorching
through your friends faces, the canteens and the juice
shops were not forgiven either , and by god they were
bombarded with orders after every one or two hour
break. Noise from the music room, shouts from the
drama practice area and shadow play zone and orders
and commands from the prop rooms and all this for
what, was it all for winning a cup? Was it all so that we
would show it to the other hostel's faces saying “we
won, HAHA!”? Was it for the so called 'Bondappa'? I
believe not. I believe that it was for two very beautiful
IT Guwahati Environmental and Social Awareness
Summit 2012 was organized by Prakriti - the
Environmental Club & Social's Club in association Iwith National Service Scheme (NSS), IIT Guwahati
from the 5th to 7th of October, 2012. The 4th Edition of
IESAS also harped on instilling a sense of
environmental and social awareness among the people
around us like its previous
editions. A wide spectrum
of events like guest
lectures, plantation,
cleanliness drive,
captivating competitions
and a newly introduced
panel discussion gave the
summit a hue of its own.
The summit was lightened
up into a glaring start by
the Chairmen of Technical
Board and Welfare Board in the presence of Dean of
Students' Affairs, NSS Co-ordinators, dignitaries and
participants on Day 0 in the institute Auditorium at 6pm.
A movie related to the theme of the summit was
screened on the starting day itself giving the events a
head-start.
The Cleanliness drive marked the start of Day 1 in
which the campus was made beatific – greener and
healthier. Usage of proper hygiene, gloves and sticks
helped a strong participation in the event. This was
followed by guest lectures. Mr. S.B. Medhi, the
President of Assam Institute of Sustainable
Development spoke on 'Legal measures for
Environment Protection and Sustainable Development.'
Mr. Simanta Kalita, the Chairman of North East Centre,
Centre for Environmental Education, spoke on 'Climate
IESAS 2012Magical Manthan
Nites - PSC Rating
DAY 0
Mind blowing performance from Paradigm shift.
Almost everyone danced to roja song in
auditorium
Day 1
The Ebru Art i.e., the art of painting in water.
Due to the dull music and lack of interaction, it
did not strike a chord with the audience.
Day 2
Laser Show managed to pull in a lot of crowd
but many of us have seen it last to last year
Day 3
The best of all nites, the Vilas Nayak nite. A
young free spirited fast painter from Karnataka.
As the music reaches it's cresendo so do the
brush strokes and before you blink there's a
canvas of colours before your eyes! And then
we had the sky lantern ceremony which lit up
the sky so beautifully and marked an end to
Techniche'12.
here has been a controversial debate on the
internet and LAN speed from a long time .This
issue is so seriously diversified in views among Tstudents and CC authorities that PSC had to take
a step to acknowledge the
junta. Many a times
students have to suffer from
low speed internet
connections which
germinates the seed of
anger in their minds for the
computer centre authorities
.But are the CC authorities
really and solely responsible
for this ????
If you think they are then
this article is for you to
understand that they are not
the ones to blamed. In fact
you are partially responsible for your problems. Before
reaching any conclusion and deciding whom should we
blame we should first understand the basic structure of
the LAN in our campus.
he internet facility here in IITG is hoisted on
highly efficient servers and of course a dedicated
Tand talented team working in CC. The IITG
internet runs on 100 Mbps and 21Mbps lines provided
from the leading ISP's in today's internet world like
BSNL, AIRTEL, ERNET, RAILTEL. Many of these
connections are 3 hoops connection meaning i.e., a
direct connection is given to us from Bangalore
headquarters .These Bangalore headquarters are
connected to Delhi and from Delhi to their international
offices all via a single connection line .The IITG campus
internet is also facilitated with the national knowledge
network under which it has the connection from the
ISPS like
BSNL and
RAILTEL
.On the
BSNL
network
connection
the faculty
quarter
and staff
quarter
proxies
are
hoisted.
iitg.ac.in
proxies are hoisted on AIRTEL network whereas
iitg.ernet.in ,institute webmail, web and DNS are
hoisted on ERNET network .
he image shows how the internet connection
reaches your room. The internet connection line
Tfrom ISP is connected to a router( placed in cc)
which is later on connected to the core switch of the cc
and from there it is connected to the Academic
Complex .From there 100 mbps lines connect cc to
your hostel and in the later stages of this connection
process the LAN port of your is connected to the
routers in your hostel .The proxies allotted to the
Where do you get your net from?
Hostel LAN Architecture
ed up of the boring and monotonous meal of your
mess? Does the weekly menu of your friend's
Fmess lure you more? Well, the HAB of 2012 has
executed an appreciable solution to this problem which
was proposed initially by the HAB of 2011– the monthly
subscription of the mess. The new mess system of
monthly subscription has undoubtedly increased the
flexibility of the boarders of this campus especially of
those who do not resonate well with the mess time
table or even with the menu. So if canteen serves you a
better meal and most importantly at the right time to fit
your daily schedule then now you can save your 2550/-
bucks per month that you give as the mess fees.
PSC takes pleasure to enlighten you with some of the
frequently asked questions about this new mess
system.
No Flexibility for Subansiri?he first being why girl boarders of this campus
are unfortunately not benefited by the new
Tsystem? In a talk with the present VP of
gymkhana regarding the mess system, he justified this
decision of the HAB for a couple of reasons. The first
and the foremost is the SECURITY ISSUE of the only
girls hostel Subansiri. If the new system is extended to
Subansiri the mess will be open to the boys boarders
too, which will of course be a threat to the security.
Although the girls might be allowed to subscribe
another mess but this one way outflow will not be
feasible for the mess caterer of Subansiri due to the
uneconomical condition that might prevail after that
For such unavoidable reasons Subansiri has to
continue with the previous system until the authority
gets another solution to this issue..
Why not Pay per meal?lthough pay per meal system would be the best
ever mess system in the history of IITG. But as
Aper the prevailing conditions our campus is not
ready to hold this system. In a talk with HAB secretary
of 2012 Abhishek Sayana, he briefly explained a few
major obstacles in its implementation.
The major problem is the time to take the coupon for
the meal. It is absolutely not possible to take the
coupon for the meal instantaneously since it would lead
to uncertainty in the quantity of the food to be prepared
and thus will increase the probability of the wastage or
unavailability of food. Even if the coupon is taken a
meal before it is not practically feasible, keeping in mind
the location of our campus, the vegetables and all stuffs
for the
meal
which is
not
easily
availabl
e.
But it is there in other IITs?t is always wrong to compare us in many issues with
other IITs. Understanding the geographical,
Ieconomical, demographical conditions along with
campus history and structure the simple answer is we
are not some other IIT but we are IIT Guwahati and
every IIT has its limitations.Speaking in this contextthe
big problem in the implementation of the 'Pay per meal
system' is the insecurity of the caterers. Previously
there were total eight caterers bearing the load of 500
students each for Barak, Umiam and Kameng and 300
each for Dihing, Kapili and Siang comparing with load
“The new mess system is just a beta version for
yet more flexible pay per meal system to come”
Know your LANstudents are 19 ,20,22,80 with equal amount of the load
on the network .Networking authorities have taken
intense care while designing the network architecture in
each hostel . Thereby connecting each room and on
each floor with same of hoops from a router. Therefore
student on ground and a student on 3rd floor enjoy the
same internet speed.
Facilities
C also provides us to
have computations
Con super computer
PARAM PADMA placed at
Bangalore. Many professors
from mechanical and
chemical department and
research students avail this
facility .The data that has to
be operated is sent to CC
officials and they forward it to
super computer and the
scholars get the required
result just by sitting back in
their chairs
CARE
part from the countless facilities they provide us
they are a team that works with full dedication
Aand enthusiasm to keep the internet facilities
running in a proper way. All the networks components
are kept in suitable conditions and they are 24X7
monitored for faults and mal-functioning and if
something goes wrong whole team works tirelessly to
restore the normal condition. Last semester one of the
routers of umiam hostel stopped functioning
considering the fact that the students had an exam the
very next day webmaster himself along with his team
changed that faulty router around at 1 am. Even on
holidays Webmaster himself makes couple of visits to
cc to make sure everything is in order .The CC
technicians respond honestly to solve our LAN related
problems and they often visit us after 5 p.m. even
though there job ends at 5 in the evening .
Issues and problems
n spite of the various attempts
of the CC team to keep internet
Irunning in the proper condition
there had been various issues
where CC appears helpless. One
of such issue is the failure of the
network links form the ISP side
.These problems are beyond the
control of CC. They can only call
and request ISPs to restore the
links in proper condition as soon
as possible and if it is a weekend it
often gets worse .Due to the lack of staff on weekends
and availability of district informatics officers these
problems do take a lot of time to get rectified. The
internet problems that arose on 25 of August and lasted
for next 2-3 days was the outcome of failure of BSNL
link .The ISP offices even lack the basic things required
to keep the servers and other networking components
in a proper condition due to which we have to suffer for
hours and sometimes even for a couple of days.
Due to the several unexpected reasons networking
components do get damaged and need replacement.
But here too because of the various issues CC doesn't
stock them in large numbers .Thus if the component is
available in stock it gets replaced in short span of time
but if it is not if may take several days depending on
the type of the component.
There are certain problems which
are not a child's play even for the
CC team to rectify in short span of
time. Afterall some or other small
issues always arise in such a hue
network. And many of them
include which we create on our
own changing router connection.
One such problem happened in
kameng B-2 lobby where a resident
tried to change the hub LAN
connections but accidently resulted
in looping the hub which took CC
technicians time to detect and
rectify it .
We don't get 100 Mps connection!!!!
t is a huge misconception that we don't get 100
Mbps speed. Well that is not the case. The adjacent Igraph shows that we have been given a 100 mbps of
connection of which whole 100 mbps is in continuous
use and there is hardly any time of the day where this
data usage attains a minima below 60mbps. Now you
might ask that why don't we have a 1000Mbps
connection? Well that is totally another topic to be
discussed.
What can you do to increase LAN speed?
t is often found that students
don't use genuine operating
Isystems and usually they are
not in a habit to update their anti-
viruses which causes a severe
threat to institute LAN. These
kinds of systems keep on
broadcasting packets and
viruses on network. The other
problem is the excessive of dc++
.people are in a habit of keeping
their laptops on 24*7 and they
keep on downloading files from
dc. This puts excessive pressure on networking
devices. The story doesn't ends here there exists a
group of students among us who continuously
downloads of data in the form of torrents in spite of the
fact that the torrents are blocked in IITG. People often
download large amount of data in form of torrents which
also a major reason for slow internet. Using fake
proxies to use internet and downloading large amount
of data fills us with some sort of pride and a sense of
victory over the institute rules but actually we are
putting our LAN speed at stake .The adjacent graph
shows a list of the data downloaded by a user in a
single day. 27GB a day sounds shocking but have you
have thought what makes them do so ?the question is
quite easy to answer they do this just for the sake of
downloading them and sharing them at dc which fills
them upmost joy and
they get a huge
amount of data shared
which they can flaunt
in front of others .We
must understand that
whatever we are doing
chokes the network
lines and there by
affects the internet
speed to a large
extent .
We always beg for
more and more but
before doing this we
should try to learn
about the proper utilization of the available
resources. Try using all genuine software as most of
the required software are provided by institute and
try optimizing your downloads. If we do that small
bit of work we will definitely see drastic increase in
the net speed.
system has undoubtedly increased with the recent
amendment in the mess rules, i.e. the hostel boarders
can subscribe to any of the three meals a day
separately for a month. Most of the boarders have been
observed subscribing breakfast and dinner leaving
behind the lunch for the minors. It may be because it
doesn’t fit their daily schedule. Whatever be the reason
for this, but one thing is certain that this has sparked off
a clear competition between the two food factories of
IITG- Mess v/s Canteen!! Good news for the canteen
owners!! Along with this, the prevailing conditions have
forced the mess caterers to improve their food quality
and indeed they have started working upon it. They too
in competition have started to provide some special
items available on pay. Kamneg and Manas caterer has
gone a little far to provide Chicken Dum biryani for Rs.
90 on particular days. It is evident that the competition
has diverse effects and the forecasting of the persisting
situation is tough.
Drawbacksowever there are still some unanswered but not
unthought-of questions in this system of
Hmonthly mess subscription too. Let it be raining
since whole day, being hungry would it be feasible for a
boarder of KAMENG to go KAPILI for the dinner as per
his subscription. Or let it be the morning of the
midsems, its 10 min left for the exam to start, would it
be again feasible for the boarder of siang to come to
UMIAM for the breakfast as per the subscription. Well
this has been understood by students and that's why
hardly anyone is subscribing to another mess. Finally
the hard work has paid off and the standard of each
mess after giving this flexibility has increased even.
Treating the new system of monthly subscription as a
beta version of highly awaited pay per meal system, we
must appreciate it and bear the errors if any, as it is
expected to be removed in subsequent days.
wever there are still some unanswered but not
unthought-of questions in this system of monthly mess
subscription too. Let it be raining since whole day, being
hungry would it be feasible for a boarder of KAMENG to
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1500 students per caterer in other IITs. So in such a
situation if such a system would have been
implemented then it would have been a serious threat
to the caterers as wastage of food for even 100
students out of the total 500 students would be a huge
loss. HAB was unaware of the statistics that might arise
after the implementation of the new system. So it had
no choice to implement it slowly instead of all the
flexibility at once. However, remedies have been taken
by the HAB to increase the security of the caterers prior
to implementation. The caterers have been reduced
from 8 to 5 thus increasing the students per caterer
from 500 or 300 to 800. It can be clearly observed now
that the wastage is reduced even if 150/800 is the ratio
of the wastage and thus the security is increased.
Now this
can be
seen as
an initial
step in
the way of
bringing
pay per
meal
system
into
action. So we are up with a midway solution that can at
one hand give the caterer the required time to manage
the raw materials for proper mess management and at
the other hand can instill the essence of the coupon
system that can provide some flexibility to the boarders.
Mess Vs Canteenhe growing prices worldwide have its clear
consequences on the mess fees that have been
Tcontinuously increasing throughout the semester.
And finally it has marked a further increase of 85/- per
day this semester. However the flexibility with the mess
The New Mess’ ’ Systemy
Anubahv jeff | Abhishek sayana | Jaspreet sing | Vishnu Chauhan
(G Sec HAB’11) (G Sec HAB’12) ( MMC-Manas) (Vice President)
home far away from home! IITG is the only
IIT which makes you feel at ease just like
Ayour home, be it your personal room,
nagging siblings, some lousy neighbors, local
parks, lakes, rivers and so on. Except for the food
which is definitely not Ambrosia, this would certainly
qualify as heaven on earth or the earthly Mount
Olympus. All heavens come at a price. After all we
have to filter suitable mortals and pass judgment as
to whether they fit to this place or hell. Lord Zeus
has passed a decree regarding all immortals on
heaven to confine themselves to their chambers by
the stroke of midnight. Also entry to heaven on
personal motorized chariots is restricted to 21:00
hours. Not many enlightened souls dare to question
the wisdom of their lord. But the Titans refused to
bow down to Zeus's new decree. The Titans
enjoyed their night time adventures. They felt as if
their entire existence in Olympus was defined by
their night life.
Well away from the metaphorical description this is
about the notice that restricts the movements of
hostel boarders during night time. This created a lot
of disturbance in the student community that
institute has been imposing very strict and useless
rules. But students must understand that these
rules are just a reflection of our deeds and institute
takes very much care to introduce any new rule.
The important point here is that no one is following
the rule and no one is being named guilty for
crossing the rule. If so why does the rule have to be
implemented at all? This might have a very bad
consequence on rules to be implemented further.
One will not take any such notice seriously. So the
gymkhana must rethink on this issue and answer
the discontented students.
Many times in history the Titans have joined forces
to fight Zeus and always Zeus's wisdom has stood
the test of faith and time as the all-powerful
guardian of Mt Olympus. It is the unwavering
support and prayers from the lesser gods and other
immortals to Zeus that keeps him all powerful and
as long as it remains that way, there will be no room
for chaos in Mt Olympus.
DECREE: 215
“The internet facility in each room is
something that i had never expected .The
restriction on torrents was shocking but
DC++ healed my wounds. The restriction on
the usage of internet up to 5 improved to be
the most disappointing news. At last i would
like to say the internet facilities here in IITG
are better than i could have ever thought of.”
-Bharat narayan gupta, Fresher
FresherFresher
All LAN users as one large family and
sneaking in their personal matters isn't a
good sign of a family member as per CC
.Whatever we do on intranet and within the
domain of the institute LAN CC is least
concerned about it and they even don't want
to keep trace of it .But when we are using
the internet the textual record of our internet
access is maintained as per rules of the
Government of India due to various security
reasons .
The most visited siteThe adjacent image shows the list of the most visited sites in IITG. It won't
be shock for anyone if Facebook .com tops this list. Atleast 1600 of
the residents have logged in on the site at any time of the day .Google and Youtube are the other favourite
sites that appear in the list
PL conducted during 24-26th August witnessed
D
participation from 28 teams with all sort of funny team
names. Some of them were le derps, teri keh ke lunga,
R.I.P, asli darindey, bondoos etc. The final match was
held between 'Old Monk 7' with Patton as captain and
'R.I.P' headed by Kshitij Swaroop. Finally Old Monk 7
consisting of 7 Ph.D. players took away the pride.
Winners were presented 750 Rs. while runners got 500
Rs.
o savour those wonderful moments after hectic
mid-sems some of the students went for trekking
at Amchang Wildlife Reserve forest. The camp Twas organized by Sai Vatsalya, Secretary of
Mountaineering and Trekking club in association with
Global Adventure Association, a NGO that conducts
such camps for civilians. Every year the club takes
students to Gharbhanga forest. Due to floods the forest
was closed for visitors temporarily and so the club had
to alter its plans.
On 28th of September 84 students consisting of both
UG and PG started their journey early in the morning at
around 5'o clock. They travelled a 45 km distance for
two and half hours to reach the reserve. From there
they took over road and started their trekking. It was a
16km route that passed through Pobitora wildlife
sanctuary. Ironically even though it was a wildlife
reserve trekkers did not discover any animals except a
few birds and an elephant. But they fortunately
encountered tea gardens in journey. Trekking with
friends, recreational games during intervals, thick huge
trees, ponds, local tribes and some birds were the
attractions of the day. Guides and security were
provided by the Global Adventure association while
food was covered in the participant fee of 350 Rs.The
the trip was also eco-friendly. The did not use any sort
of plastic bags etc. and even the brought by some
students unknowingly were properly collected and
thrown in dustbins outside the reserve. Good to see
the environmental awareness among the students. No
good moments last long and so the . Trekkers reached
the campus at around 7'o clock in the evening. They
were very much tired due to long walk with paining legs
but were totally excited to have such an amazing and
memorable day. PSC wishes Mountaineering and
Trekking club to organize more such trips for the junta.
oon will be the time of end semester exams and
then the most awaited time at least for freshmen
S– 'the winter holidays'. By this time most of you
have understood the non-academic life at IITG and
many of you have already started following western
timings. At this juncture of time, freshers are often
puzzled by one plebeian issue: 'whether or not to bring
a laptop in the second semester'. Although this is a
debatable topic which has varied perspectives, PSC
brings you with certain insights to enlighten you the
scenario of having or not having a laptop.
So, let us critically analyze the issue. To start with the
pros, laptops are de facto part of college life. They are
needed almost everywhere : from lecture slides,
presentations, club forms and posters, webmails,
programming, simulation, to the casual late night
Facebooking, movies, soaps and serials, LAN gaming,
file sharing etc. And of course, the DC! Laptops
guarantee portability- so you don't have to be carrying
printed books, notes etc all around. You can access
journals, e-lectures and even enrol in courses from the
world over and read at your own will.
ike every other fraternity, the IIT GUWAHATI junta
too has its share of sports fanatics who amidst
Ltheir jam-packed schedules have ample room for
sports to percolate into their daily routines filling in the
voids. Events such as the Inter-IIT sports meet and
Spardha stand testimony to this but the most trivial
manifestation of their spirit lies in the Inter/Intra hostel
tournaments organized in the hostel lawns. Recently
two such tournaments, MPL (Manas Premier League)
and DPL (DihingPremier League),in Cricket and
Football were held respectively.
MPL, the intra-hostel cricket tournament saw
participation from six teams comprising of seven
members each. The event was held in the same
fashion as most watched IPL. After an interesting
league phase and a couple of nail-biting playoffs, Black
Titans (Manager-Akshay Rathore, Captain-Anikesh
Kumar) and Antiquity Blues (Manager-Dheer Sameer,
Captain-Dinesh Reddy) were the ones who eventually
made it to the finals. Antiquity blues won the toss
putting in the opponent to bat and with a fine bowling
performance from Divyakant restricted the Black Titans
to a score of 89 in 10 overs. When it came to the chase,
Antiquitof 3 overs but then a maiden bowled by Amit
binny changed the course of the game and Black Titans
emerged victorious in the end. Not to forget the
amazing crowd who were cheering all throughout the
matches.
SC is very delighted to present you the first of its kind newsletter at IITG, THE G-SENTINEL. Over the past 8 years PSC has grown immensely to become the print
media of IITG. The new name and the new design with vibrant colors is a result of excogitation of requirement for a sound newsletter to bring you all the insights of
Pissues and events happening around you.Each page is a section of newspaper that conveys certain kind of information. The Page 1 looks after the most interesting and
most awaited articles. Page 2 brings you detail insights of all the major events happening around. Page 3 brings you the info of major issues that concern and affect almost
every one of us living here in the campus. Page 4 along with all other news consists of Shout Back section to resonate your voice for change or requirement of any new policy in
the campus. Do send your article for the shout back section to frame it in the next newsletter. The PSC website launched last year is being redesigned to make it official online
media of IITG student community. I would like to thank all those whose effort made this newsletter possible. With all your support and love PSC wishes to pace forward its
journey.
PSC is 'Taking’To move forward in the awaited journey PSC is gathering in enthusiastic writers, editors, designers and coders (for website). Only a couple of hours a month and your name
might be in the next newsletter. To join the team, mail us with a subject 'PSC team'.
“We need your review”. Mail us to share your opinions and appraisals.
Editor speaks...
Inter IIT Aquatics meet
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Chief EditorRahul Vinod Upputuri
DesignersSuchita PandeyAnuparthy Chayapathi
Editorial BoardAashish Krishnantre, Abhay Pratap Singh,Alekhya muthyam, Angshuman Kashyap, Anikesh Kumar, Bhrigu Ranjan Borthakur, Rahul Sanal, Rohitashva Singh Sourabh, Siddarth Khandelwal, Siddarth Nambiar, varun gollapalli
Special Thanks toVishnu Chauhan, Mr. Pallav Kumar Dutta(CC Technical officer), Srijan Maulick, Sai Vatsalya mokka, dheer sameer, Kartik Devarkonda, Pavani Sattuluri, Surbhit varma, Viswajit Anand, Neeraj Mishra.
PSC Team
New Internship Policy Manas Premier league & Dihing premier league
Trekking
On the down side, however, laptops can really prove to
counter effective if used excessively for unproductive
work. The first year for undergraduate student is very
special. The college is brimming with activities and
events for freshers. It is the best time to get noticed and
prove yourself to be the next leaders at campus. As
such, if you are stuck in your room, glued all day to
computer screen, then you miss out all the fun, friends
and the opportunities, no kidding. You see, the basic
outline of your life here at IIT-G is decided by what you
do in the first year. It is always beneficial to avoid
internet or game addiction and explore exciting hobbies
that you can pursue in the institute in the first year.
Internet can be addictive if you are seeing it for the first
time at IIT-G. If you've already been a heavy internet
user – then this point doesn't concern you, as you've
probably outgrown the initial hype now. As such,
generally speaking, if you don't indulge in campus
activities in the first year, with time you become a loner,
your personality degrades to an all time low ! This, trust
us, pinches you hard, four years down the line or
whenever you introspect about what have you've learnt
from your college life.
o, akin to all the damned-world-debates, the
choice is yours to make. Some people are cool
Swith laptops in the very first year of the four
golden years of life, while others strongly oppose the
idea. PSC generally do not dole out advices, but as
seniors, we would say that the best time for a laptop
would be the second year unless you want to-be a
branch changer or would-be loner :P. However, the best
general advice would be to carefully weigh your needs
and expectations and decide accordingly.
PSC Wishes you success, for the once-in-a-lifetime
bachelor's college life.
Fresher’s Column: Excited to buy a new laptop?
he 48th Inter IIT aquatics meet was held from 2nd
to 5th of October in IIT Roorkee. Except IIT
Hyderabad all 14 IITs were present at the Taquatics meet. 11 boys and two girls along with 2
coaches went for the championship to prove their mettle
among other IITs. There were around twenty events
covering various lengths of freestyle, breast stroke,
butterfly, back swim and relays apart from water polo.
The preparation for the meet was fairly good and didn't
face many problems. But the team itself was weak as
most the experienced players were passed out and they
were left with mostly first and second yearites. Even
some of the current 4th yearites, who have already
participated previously did not wish to go this time.
Aquatics club secretary, Sameer says that their
performance at the competition even after having such a
raw team was overwhelming.
For the first time in IITG's history girls participated in
relay events. Surabhi Bhargav of first year, EEE
department won four silver medals in 50m freestyle,
100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly
bringing IITG to 3rd position in girls. Overall our players
stood in 6th position compared to 5th last year after
Kharagpur, Roorkee, Bombay, Kanpur and Gandhi
Nagar. PSC hopes that aquatics team ripens by next
year and bring many more medals in 49th aquatics meet
to be held in home campus itself.We are also expecting
lot more medals in Inter IIT sports meet too to be held
this December. The teams had very great practice
sesssions are all ready for the championship.
hile some are sending hundreds of mails to
universities abroad most of the students are
just waiting for some fancy company to come Wand pick them up for
summer internship. Internship is
one of the significant factor hat
substantially differentiates us as
IIT's. The eight weeks industrial
experience makes us understand
the intricacies of industrial
application of engineering studies.
For many the two months period is
the deciding factor of their life as to
which field they are going to
pursue as their career in life and
for some it is their chance to skip
through the placement season
after obtaining Pre Placement
Offer. Although the campus has
made certain provisions for
companies to select interns
through campus visits by HR's only
a few are getting selected every
year leaving others to hunt on their
own.
From this year onwards placement
cell has taken the responsibility of
organizing internee recruitment
process making it more formal.
Some guidelines for the process
have been proposed and
discussed in the student senate
meeting and the rules have been
finalized after the consent of all the
senate members. Care has been
taken to restrict one intern per
student allowing more students to
avail the benefit.
According to the new policy
student with one internship offer
routed through institute must not be allowed second
NOC for either an internship routed through institute or
applied by himself. Even in case of an internship
obtained by him, student is
ineligible for a second NOC. Also
the once short listed by a company
for internship procedure student
must not opt out in case and while
in the process of obtaining
internship and student is ineligible
for applying NOC until the results
are out. But a student can be
allowed for second internship on
the discretion of the respective
department only after certain
percentage of the students from
the department obtains an
internship. The percentage is to be
decided by respective department
itself.
The companies that hire interns
from IIT Guwahati are Microsoft,
Google, Directi, Amazon, DE
Shaw, Yahoo, Schlumberger, ITC,
NetApp, Cisco, Qualcomm,
Goldman Sachs, Capital IQ, Tata
Steel, Mahindra and Mahindra,
Reliance India Ltd,. Samsung
SISO, Samsung SISC,CD Adapco,
Sigma Aldrich, Finisar among
others. This year no new
companies have approached until
now except for Altair. It is very
clear that most of the companies
are for computer science and
engineering department. We hope
that in subsequent years this
scenario changes giving more
opportunity for other departments
too.
The internship status for this
year is as follows (With
more companies yet to
come):
Microsoft: 10
Amazon: 8
Schlumberger: 7
ITC: 5
Qualcomm: 9
NetApp: 1
The PPOs received from
various companies are as
follows (with more
expected):
Microsoft: 4
Directi: 1
Qualcomm: 2
Schlumberger: 3
Goldman Sachs: 3
Reliance India Ltd: 3
Tata Steel: 1
Mahindra and Mahindra: 1
ITC: 2