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Here is the 9th Edition of Doodlers- Youth Parliament MCET's venture into the E-world! Flip through the thoughts spilt on Ink!TRANSCRIPT
JUNE 2015
Edition 9
● T H O U G H T S S P I L T O N I N K ●
Youth Parliament MCET’s venture into the E-world
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The Editor’s Thoughts
Z Khalidha Banu
Dear Reader,
It’s a privilege in presenting the next edition of Doodlers. This would have never seen
the light of the day without the proper mentoring, teamwork, and encouragement for
which I thank the Team and our Faculty Advisor Mr.NM Mohan Kumar. I would like to
thank Mr.Anand Kumar K and MR. Vignessh DK for all the valuable comments and
suggestions for improvement.
For quite a few days, some thoughts had been swimming their way into my mind. I just
stopped for a moment and pondered on it. Just like Paulo Coelho says, “Your thoughts
are more powerful than you are.If you want to get rid of them, accept them.” I
accepted my thoughts and let them grow. It all started when I read a quote by Michael
Ellner, the President of HEAL, a non-profit organisation.
“Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy
health, lawyers destroy justice, psychiatrists destroy minds, scientists destroy truth,
major media destroys information, religions destroy spirituality and governments
destroy freedom.”
Isn’t it true?
Isn’t it time we start to be the ‘real’ us, and isn’t it time we start setting things
right?
How often have we really spent a minute on analysing what we are actually doing and
what would be the effect of our actions on our fellow beings?
Let’s remember that thoughts are things. Thoughts have power. Let us seed a good
thought today, which would grow into a tree of great actions tomorrow.
I’m leaving my thoughts to you. And yes, Have a great reading session ahead!
The Printed
World Mr.Praveen V
SPIDER’S WEB
This is an adaption of Christie’s play
and Charles Osborne has done a decent
job.The book starts off with a house-
party consisting of three guests, the
husband, the wife and their child.
There are also servants-the butler, the
cook and the gardener. The book
includes two more polocemen too. The
entire story travels around the house
and all the characters operate within
the needs.
The book lacks Christie’s detailed
description, probably because it was
originally wriiten as a play. But my
opinion is that Osborne could have
taken some liberties with that and given
us some better descriptions of both
the setting and the characters. There
is not a lot of character development,
except for the protagonist. But it was
really fun to read about her as she
jumps from one trouble to the other.
There is a strong element of humour
running throughout the book, making it
more enjoyable.
Taped and Viewed Mr. Yogesh Balaji G
TRANSENDENCE
In his directional debut,Wally Pfister has brought an AI
(artificial intelligence) Vs Humans kind of a movie which fails
strongly in several ways. Here Johnny Depp plays the role of
the protagonist. As we know, he likes to play off beat
characters. In "Transcendence" he plays an A.I. researcher who
dies, who then has his mind put into an A.I. program and he
ultimately wants to play God. There are flashes here of
brilliance, but overall, the movie never works as it should.
Transcendence never quite succeeds at telling a story of
scientific overreach. In addition, it doesn’t really click as an
action movie either. But as a human tragedy of man and
monster, of beauty and beast, it has just enough genuine pathos
that you wish it were better. The real trouble with
Transcendence ” is that it just isn ’ t all that scary — at least
not in the way that it wants to be. The movie opens with a
prologue, set five years in the future, in which there is no more
Internet, no more Facebook, no more Google. This post -
apocalyptic vision of an unplugged tomorrow is supposed to be
horrifying, but in truth, the thought of a world that has hit the
restart button reluctantly, is actually kind of good. Ostensibly
a cautionary tale about the prospect of the Singularity – the
idea that human consciousness and technology will one day
inevitably merge to create a superior form of life — Wally
Pfister’s film tries to blend action epic, intimate drama, and
scientific thriller all into one.
lay Hard
Ms. Varsha KS
SHOTPUT
Sports and games play a vital role in the life of an
individual.Some begin us a game and end up as a
competition. Some stay widely popular, some are
layered under other popular games. One such game is
Shotput.
ORIGIN OF SHOTPUT:
Homer makes a mention of this
competition of rock throwing by
soldiers during the siege of Troy
but there is no record of any dead
weights being thrown in Greek
competitions. The first evidence
for stone or weight throwing events were in the
Scottish Highlands and date back to approximately
the first century. In the 16th century, King Henry
VII was noted for this process in court competition
of weight and hammer throwing.
The first event resembling the modern shotput likely
occurred in the middle age when soldiers held
competitions in which they hurled
cannonballs.Shotput competitions were first
recorded in early 19th century at Scotland.
HOW IS IT PLAYED?
Competitors take their throw from inside a marked
circle of 2.135m diameter with a stopboard about
10cm high at the front of the circle.The distance
thrown is measured from the inside of
thecircumference of the circle, to the nearest mark
made in the ground by the falling shot.
Upon calling the
athletes name,
they have 60 seconds to commence the throwing
motion.
The athlete may not wear gloves, but tapping of
finger is allowed.
The athlete must rest the shot close to the neck,
and keep it tight to the neck throughtout the motion.
The shot must be released above the height of the
shoulder, using only one hand.
The shot must land in the legal sector(34.92”) of the
throwing area.
Let’s encourage our peers to get involved in such not-
so-popular games and save these games from
vanishing down the lanes of history!
P
Men's records
World Randy Barnes 23.12 m (1990)
Olympic Ulf Timmermann 22.47 m (1988)
Women's records
World Natalya Lisovskaya 22.63 m (1987)
Olympic Ilona Slupianek 22.41 m (1980)
ECH- chat
R Mukesh Krishna
LG G3
Buddy: Hey! What’s up with you RMK?
RMK: Hey, buddy! This is a LG G3, with a Quad HD
display - which means a ROCKING 2560*1440
resolution.
Buddy: All right, but what’s the big deal with it?
RMK: If your not mind- blown yet, let me give you
some perspective. Let me take you a few years back
the lane when Apple released the Iphone3Gs. That
was a flagship in 2009 with a 3.5-inch display and a
resolution of 320*480 (giving it a pixel density of
165 pixels per inches). It looked pretty good and
decently sharp. A year later, Apple released its
Iphone4. One of its widely spoken speciality is its
retina display which boasted of the highest
resolution display ever build into a phone at that
period. It had about 326 pixels per inch which was
thrice the amount of pixels in its previous flagship.
Buddy: Is it the zenith in terms of pixel density?
Isn’t it enough?
RMK: You are mistaken buddy! We got 1280*720
display, then 1920*1080 displays.Now, panels of
2560*1440 resolution display is on LG g3.The display
size is increased to 5.5 inches and if you are still not
blown by its specifications, listen to this! It has a
mind blowing 516 pixels per inches.
Buddy: Oh my god! That is really high. But when we
have panels
of over 300
pixels, why
should we
be bothered
about QHD displays?
RMK:The main drawbacks of these displays is that it
affects battery life and the performance of the
phone.But apart from this, its display is rocking hot
when compared with any other flagships phones like
htcM8, Iphone5s .
The display matters a lot, as I played the same video
on all the devices simultaneously, it sure had a
difference. Its viewing angle is good. Its main
advantage of its comparator is its colour
reproduction and its sharp crystal-clear playback. It
would be a boon for the display lovers like me I
guess.
Buddy: Thanks for the review, RMK!
RMK: See u later, buddy! Ofcourse, in the next Tech-
chat!
T
5.5"1440x2560 pixels
13MP2160p
3GB
RAMSnapdragon 801
3000mAhLi-Ion
YOGA ON THE DAIS OF THE LIVING PLANET
Vaibhav M Meenakshi
Yoga is a perceptible, intellectual and spiritual
practice having originated over 6000 years ago in
India which aims in incorporating body and mind. The
initiative of celebrating International Yoga day was
put forth by our hon’ble Prime Minister Mr.
Nadendra Modi. He made a bespeak for adopting
June 21 as a International Yoga Day during his
address at UN general assembly in September 27
2014, wherein he stated:
"Yoga is an invaluable gift of India's
ancient tradition.”
It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and
action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between
man and nature; a holistic approach to health and
well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover
the sense of oneness within you, the world and the
nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating
consciousness, it can help us deal with climate
change. Let us work towards adopting an
International Yoga Day.” These most influential
words were the reason behind the mammoth Yoga
Day. The UN general assembly officially declared it
on December 11 2014. Why june21? What’s so
special? June 21 is specially a significant day which
signifies summer solstice and owns regional
importance from different parts of the world.
The day gained worldly significance wherein 170
countries with its value known celebrated the events.
People from different poles celebrated the day by
organizing activities like yoga training campus, yoga
competitions and much other stuff to educate the
benefits of yoga to common people. The day was
celebrated with an objective to know its benefit,
connecting people with nature, to meditate, diminish
the rate of challenging diseases all over the world, to
strengthen global coordination and for various
benefits. People who got its fruit are considered to
obtain the essence of life. Do meditate, do yoga to
taste the fruit of soul’s peace.
he Talk
From the Editors Desk
Every college has an IIPC cell (Industry Institute
Partnership Cell), which focuses on bridging the gap
between the Industry and the Educational
Institutes. Inspite of this, a huge valley exists,
where the Industrial requirements are on the cliff
and the existing system of skill set development is on
the ground level. Who is responsible for this
unabridged gap? Is it the Industry? Or the
Institutions? With such questions ramming our
thoughts now and then, we had an interesting session
with Dr. V Lakshmi Narayanan, HOD, Department of
EI, MCET.
In your point of view, who is to be blamed for
this scenario?
I feel both are partially responsible. From an
industrial point of view, we are well-aware about the
R&D Department of every major Industry. But the
sad fact is that not every fresh brain gets an
opportunity to present his ideas there. But, there is
always a shimmering ray of Hope in the darkness.
There are various academies/Organizations like the
ICTACT Academy, whose motto is to bridge the gap
between the Industry and Academecia. For the
people at ICTACT, Innovation is the key word. They
are a networking forum, connecting the Industry and
the Academecia. Students should make use of such
organizations to overcome the steep difference as
mentioned above.
But I wouldn’t accept that the IIPC is ineffective.
An initiative to connect two different leagues has
already been made. Recently, I was at the ICTACT
Summit 2015, where I witnessed an interesting and
an informative debate between stalwarts
representing the Corporate sector, Competitive
Exams, and Entrepreneurs. That was an eye-opener
to a spectrum of opportunities available to today’s
youngsters. As I said
earlier, there are many
such organizations
whose motto is to
reduce the so-called
gap.
When the same
question was posed to
a few student-friends, they felt that the
Industries are profit-driven and they are
responsible for this gap. Please share your views
on this.
I accept that the public & private sectors are busy in
production and individual growth. But, there are many
centers where students can get equipped to meet
the Industrial expectations. Some training centers
even offer paid internships. There are a lot of
Incubation centers where students can implement
their projects. So, the real issue lies in the lack of
awareness about such Institutes. (E.g.: HAL) In my
point of view, there are a lot many opportunities
available already. But students are losing out on them
due to the lack of proper awareness and guidance.
Why isn’t much light being shed upon the
unconventional courses post engineering?
Everyone must realize that survival is going to be a
tough task if one does not have an inter-disciplinary
knowledge. The world is a different place every
passing day. Unconventional courses are also into the
mainstream now a days.
A few words for the student masses?
The human body is a big process industry and a
beautiful control system. To keep it working, the
people should adhere to the concept of Kumpaka,
which suggests that the stomach must be filled with
1/3rd of water, 1/3rd of food, and the rest with air.
So, please pay attention to your health; boost your
health with Pranayama, Yoga and suitable physical
activities. Have a bright future. All the best!
T
rom an Alumni
Ms.Angeline Benjamin,
Student, Master of Business Administration
Mail interview byMr.Navaneet Krishna
1. What was the prime motive behind choosing MBA
after engineering?
When it comes to students and under graduation in
Tamil Nadu, we are so clichéd that we get into
engineering and then think on what we really want to
learn. I was no exception. Though engineering was all
fun, I still had an unfulfilled empty space.
Engineering was delighting but it did not provoke me
to do new things or explore new challenges. Rather, I
had less interest and found no fascination. As days
passed, I understood I can study engineering but
that was not what I really wanted to learn. After a
thorough examination of self, I found MBA to be my
cup of tea. I would say, anybody can excel without
MBA. Its only a catalyst that makes progress
quicker. But I opted MBA for the joy of learning and
exploring. A true passion, I would say that failed not
to keep me going. Brands, the making and unmaking of
those giants, markets, money and life - marketing is
my interest.
2. Everybody speak about the transition from being a
school student to an under graduate student. How
was your
transistion from
Engineering to
MBA?
Transition was
simple and easy. As
long as you are
adaptive, and quick
enough to predict, a transition from engineering to
MBA would be a cakewalk. Undoubtedly, everything
around - right from the method of classroom
teaching to credit activities will seem weird for a
couple of weeks. Then you start practising to adapt
and crack the code. You don't rely on books, you have
real time cases to solve. There's no gender - unless
you unite as humans to work, you can't do a thing
about presentations or assignments No directing, no
drawing lines to your Goal post will be done. You have
to choose and end up with success by trial and error.
Though sounding difficult, this is the best way to
learn. You know not what to do the next time and you
become tough and strong to explore horizons.
3. One person who changed your perspective of
life?
Being a person who is not so easily influenced by
people, I learnt few life lessons from a person I met
in the recent past. He was my mentor during my
internship, just a year older than I was. I insist on
the age factor here because I never expected a 24
year old to be of very clear thoughts, goals and be
so much original. I started looking at life from a
slightly altered angle from then. Crafting a better
tomorrow is important, but there's no point in
existing if I didn't live today to the fullest and
made at least a small positive dent in other's lives.
I learnt to say no to unimportant things. And most
of all, to make time to think.
F
Glimpses
Dhurya was an inter-college
literary fest organised by Youth
Parliament MCET on November
1, 2014
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With enthusaiastic
students from across the
district participating in it,
Novemebr 1, was a day to
be remembered.
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PEOPLE INVOLVED
Mr. NM Mohan Kumar
Faculty Advisor, Youth Parliament MCET
Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan,
HOD, EIE.
Ms. Angeline Benjamine,
Alumni.
Mr. Sangeeth Kumar (Doodle Designer)
Prefinal year, Mechanical Engineering
Mr. Praveen V,
Prefinal year, Mechanical Engineering,
Mr. Yogesh Balaji G,
(Lead I, YP),
Final year, Instrumentation and Control Engineering,
Ms. Varsha KS,
Prefinal year, Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Mr. Mukesh Krishna R,
Pre final year, Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Ms.Vaibhav Muthu Meenakshi,
Pre final year, Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Mr. Navaneet Krishna,
Pre final year, Electronics and Communication Engineering.