I CARE 2010 Bengaluru....

21st Oct 2010, i boarded an indigo flight to bengaluru..my first single research presentation was just few hours away..did'nt know how it would be..anxiety and nervousness striking together as the plane was taxing down the old runway of the Indira Gandhi International Airport...Finally hit the skies at around 3.35pm in the noon..and amidst frequent turbulences I could witness the beauty of the skies at around 37000 feet above sea level..Flying above bhopal and hyderabad, as the sun was going down, they beauty of the evening skies was clearly visible..as the plane entered b'lore skies..hovering around for a while..We hit the run way of BIAL at around 6.30 in the evening..it was just a beautiful weather waiting to welcome us at bangalore..Checking out..i boarded a bus to the city..which was around 45 km from the airport...The picture of india premier IT city can be easily visible from the Airport's Entrance as the big YAHOO! logo greets every to-fro passengers.

I reach Rishav's place at around 8.15pm in the evening..exhausted after the 3 hour flight...

Now it was the D day..22nd Oct. 2010 i was waiting for my 1st research paper presentation..as i had prepared myself for that day before hand..reached Manyata Tech Park..a huge IT park spreading acres of area..where shuttles run from its entrance gates...Alcatel Lucent, Phillips, Nokia-Siemens, and mainly IBM offices constitutes the maximum area of the Tech park..i hit the IBM floors around 9.oo am. The main co-ordinator Raj Sharma from Delhi was waiting for us, i knew him from 2009 ICARE..

After the registration was over, i went to the talk sessions, Dr. Manish Gupta Director, IBM Research, India was speaking.. After the talk i was checking out which tracks to attend as per the agenda given..

I attended Track 4 "Distributed, High-Performance, Network & Cyber-physical Systems"..it started with Dr. Amarjeet Singh talk on energy efficiency...there was another guy who was speaking more on US type of energy conversion, rather he was comparing that US prepares huge amount and in comparison India's production level is low...i personally felt that he was just praising US and trying to insult India on a public platform...i dont know where IBM says lets make a smarter planet..then its better to talk less and work more...rather than showing the disadvantages of our eco-system it was better to give solutions towards making smarter cities...because these words need to be sent and it should reach the proper authorities..where in organizing a CWG.. Rs.77,000 crores were spent..with how much money was siphoned from one corrupt official to another...the over bridge near the national stadium was built with a whooping cost of Rs 5 Cr. and it collapsed days before the event..and the later was built again by Indian Army in just Rs. 5 lakhs...so just see the difference towards making a smarter planet one need to create smarter people to rule, govern and constitute smarter cities... Where people have no civic sense..we first need to improve the roots..we need a smarter and well developed and concrete base.... So what ever may be their idea..the research should start with an Indian perspective..implement these in indian conditions and stop comparing ourselves with the west.... Improve our own conditions...

In the paper presentation Major Bharath Uday Seth won the best paper award for "Sensor Based Smart Mine Design" now Bharath should implement this in India.. It was a nice attempt made by a soldier to prevent death from hidden land mines...

As the day passed by i went on with my presentation....I interacted with lots of researchers from IBM as well as IISc B'lore, IIM B'lore..with getting both good as well as moderate remarks... As i went to propose an intelligent risk assesment model through neural networks using matlab (contd..)

My experience with Life @ IIIT

14th July 2008...i started my journey to IIIT-A...thinking of great dreams and ambitions that i can fulfill with this brand IIIT...reached BH2..with a known senior there standing to receive me and welcome me to my so called new destination for my next two years...never ever i had imagined that my next two years will change the dimension of lot of our lives...

"Kya Socha tha kya paya" true said in one of the cold drinks add "dikhawe pe na jao apni akal lagao...dikhawa hai waste...trust only taste..."

But i never knew that the taste would get such bitter by the time i will leave this place in 2010...

People with different faces (some law, some technical, some commerce etc. etc.) and different characters gathered there for changing their course of life by joining IIIT's PG course...

Thought that our next two years will be very much fruitfull enough be surrounded amidst great intellectuals of this esteemed institution...but...everyone knows what..when..how..why...

The starting was a great affair..making promises of doing this, doing that etc. etc..

I thought the start is very beautiful...end toh yaar bahut acha hoga...

We started with an orientation ceremony...with coming to know..that a CAT used to roam about in the campus...it was like a character of Sholay... was a strange thought to be given..but we gave a deaf ear...the 1st Mistake....

Then comes Foundation day..UNITY IN STRENGTH of MS fully displayed bagging 1st Prize in Play...awesome day...15th August 2008..hardly anyone could forget when the No. 3 and No. 6 team ran for the marathon race...where one of our beloved friend was'nt even able to complete the first Lap till the run was over..and his team mates were waiting for him...so that he can pass on the batton..but it was the irony of fate that made him not even able to complete the race with retiring hurt mid way..thereby dashing the hope No. 6 team's :(

Placement team was formed with the support of the class..but in that some differences raised...who should be in the team and who should not...kisne jugad lagaya hai and all types of shittt....but any how the team was formed with hell lot of confusion with few...UNITY IN STRENGTH ko pehla chota sa jhatka...

In the midst of all these the booz used to continuosly flow down the corridors...and at the end...some used to shed out their inner thoughts...Main ye kar sakta hun..mai ye kar sakta hu...maine ye kiya hai..maine woh kiya hai.....and finally "tu mera bhai hai"..was the most common..overall the enjoyment continues..with boozing up and reaching seventh heaven...

Then things went naturally well till our Mid-sems arrived when the so called UNITY IN STRENGTH went for a total toss...all the fake profile holders real curriculum Vitae was starting to get presented in front of all...with finally when we came to know how mecavity..the mystery CAT functions..the Divide and Rule Policy..was implemented and UNITY..went tossed to all corners of the institute..with some prefered to be the bell in the CATS neck... so the show was over now...sabke rang dikhne lagey the tab tak...

Then problem arised in the placement team..and that team was also broken down with hell lot of allegation shooted towards an individual...for the first time lobbying..and politics...late night meetings started..all for a change ....

Till now i have started to notice all the flukes within the batch..

Finally ends sems arrived in novemeber end...and after that was the 1st science conclave. few of our batch mates preferred to stay back as volunteers..i packed my bags and went to far North east amongst the natural beauties of India..far from the complexities in IIITA..

1st Semester Finish

After a much needed break we rejoined back for our next session..results were about to be declared..all speculations started...who might get the best grades..but when the curtains to our grades were lifted..all went for a toss...jiske jaise no. the unke grades waise nahi the...ab sab samajh mein aane laga..ki asli kya hai aur nakli kya...

Picture getting clear now...Noting was real there...every thing was just Fake...polished faces..covering shrewed mentality and thinkings...that it was hardly being able to be recognized..the truth within them...

Actual struggle begins then..the fight for a place with the best companies for summer internship..as due to this reason the Placement cell was dismantled and a new team was formed..but now by then a hell lot of chaotic situation raised..with people blaming the team for playing with the sentiments of the batchmates by only refering CV's of their friends and Kins and the one close to seniors and other head honchos of the division...it was a total messy..just a cat fight between the same batchmates..who used to strive towards UNITY IN STRENGTH...

I now used to think..by just viewing their catfights form the sidelines..that huhhhh....m not into this shitttt...Saved...jo hota hai ache ki liye hi hota hai...

The catfight and the rat race continued..a very few got thru the proper channel..where as a lot of the other tried hard and got settled some or the other way round...But that was the time some more characteristics of a few more hidden channels came into light...

I said move on..and concentrate for which you are here in...it reminds me of Sharman Joshi saying in 3 idiots.. "kuch dhang ka toh kar hi lunga apni life mein..placement college se mile ya na mile..." although the movie came in late 2009..but now i realize its value.... 

Lets complete it.... long time folks...

Politics at its best..lobbying at its best in an college of international repute... this is what the new era of education lies into ??? When you see own class mates pulling you down to climb up a ladder of success... When your success is often termed as fluke and often your good terms with the profs are termed as flattering..

Anyways days passed internships were allotted cat fight in the same.. I too faced some hickups due to the nonsense activities of my class mates...People were very experienced in making a mess of things there.. We could easily differentiate amongst the fools creating a mess and why ??

Amongst all these we used to party hard with people who shared same vision and ideologies... Life teaches us a lot and hostel life teaches us how to survive in different surroundings... Now when i look back down the memory line i thank all those idiots and fools who made me realize that if fools don't commit a mistake how can one be aware of committing such in his/her life...

More or less 2nd & 3rd Semesters went on the same rat race and cat fights.. i was just a mute spectator... Very much outstanding (from the campus actually as i used to come home quite often so outstanding from the campus) ha! ha!! hence got the reward of being outstanding with my result being with held in final semester :)

 PLACEMENT TIME !!!! Bingo (3rd Sem ends 4th Sem Starts)

A big-4 being the 1st in campus company my room mate and me both were into the final rounds but he through as i screwed up in one question.. None the less he being the first on campus recruit and me the last in another big-4.

Cats fights and rat race continued... Who why getting recruited??? Groups getting divided... One Groups not attending parties being thrown on the occasion of recruitment... Boycotting etc etc. the end of our term was not as expected as it started with a bang..

I noticed from one corner of my balcony the empty wings and corners of BH2,  thinking my arrival in IIIT when my senior coming down to receive me. Now the day is here when i was leaving this campus BH-2 bidding goodbye.. As i was the last one to get placed i have bid almost every friend goodbye from Allahabad railway station..

It was Amar & Amit Singh who came down to bid me farewell to IIIT-A thanx mates... I will owe this moment to you both.

Friends.. It was an eventful 2 important years.. but it could have ended much much better where in people would be left the campus with tears of joy not sorrow.. All's well that ends well

But the end was not good, still we are in touch with many of the guys but still those best days of our life could have been better !!!

Cya