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AUGUST,2014 | VOLUME 2
Life @ NITK Through the eyes of a raindrop>>
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
After a successful promo
edition, we present you the
second edition of Shoutbox – ‘a
magpaper’ to bring you the
latest happenings in and around
NITK. Before we begin, we
would like to thank all our
readers for the success of our
first edition. When you're
reading this, you're probably
strolling under an umbrella
gandering intently at your
smartphone or sitting in front of
a "smart" device in your room
because it is too teeming to go
outside. Yes, it is monsoon
season and that is the theme of
our magazine for this edition.
Celebrating the 68th anniversary
of Indian Independence, we start
with an article in Hindi - a
sequel to the one in our promo
edition . In the subsequent
articles, we attempt to display
the grumbles and exuberance of
NITKians. This edition also
marks the start of Loud Speaker,
the paper part of the magpaper
to report the news in and around
NITK along with an interview
with a personality in college.
We would like to dedicate this
article to Shashank Srivastav,
BTech(Civil), Batch of 2013
who was unfortunately claimed
by the sea last semester.
TEAM SHOUTBOX
abhilash akash amrit
anjana akshay
bhaskar gagan
harshith kishan
madhusudhan nithin
parameshwar rishyashring
sanjay sarthak
saurabh shravya
shubham tejdeep
ujwal varsha
vishwas vishakha
yashas yuvraj
प्रस्तुत लखे हमारी खले-श ृंखला की दूसरी ककश्त ह-ै
ह ां-तोह भ ई स हब--कुछ समय के लिए अपन 'प्र इम फोकस' 'इांडिय -इांग्िेंि' के बीच खेि ज ने व िी क्रिकेट
सीरीस को हट कर कुछ ज़रूरी चीज़े ज नने में िग त ेहै.
तो आइए शरुुवत करत ेहै.
ज़र एक नज़र तो ि िी ज ए की आख़िर हम रे देश में क्रिकेट चित कैस ेहै..?
आख़िर बीसीसीआई क म कैसे करती है..?
क्य यह सही मनेै में हम री र ष्ट्रीय टीम है..?
म न की इस टीम को अांतरर ष्ट्रीय स्तर पर भ रत क प्रतततनधित्व करने की अनमुतत दी है , ह ि ांक्रक यह टीम परूी तरह से एक़ तनजी सोस यटी (भ रतीय क्रिकेट कां रोि बोिड) बीसीसीआई द्व र चि ई ज ती है.
बीसीसीआई जजसे ज नक र 'बेहद जजद्दी' बिु त े है, अभी भी कें द्रीय खेि मांत्र िय से जुड़ने के लिए मन कर रह है ह ि की उसक दतयत्व इसके ववपरीत है.
ह ि ही में उसने वह एक तनजी सांस्थ होने के मदु् दे को आग े (सचून क अधिक र अधितनयम)
आरटीआई के तहत आने से इनक र क्रकय है.
क्रफिह ि कोई क़ ननू य कोई र स्त नहीां की जजसके तहेत सरक र बीसीसीय ई के म मिो में बबन रोक टोक हस्तक्षेप कर सके. (बज य यह भी बीसीसीआई के म मि ेमें छोटी से छोटी ज ांच शरुू करने के लिए भी सरक री ज च सांस्थ को मद्र स उच्च न्य य िय की एक ववशषे अनमुतत की आवश्यकत होगी.)
अांत यह है की स म न्य िोग बीसीसीय ई एक नीज़ी सांस्थ होने के क रण उसके क मक ज में प रदशडकत की कोई उम्मदे नही रख सकत.े ह ि ही में स मने आए 'आईपीअि' स्पॉट क्रफजक्सांग के म मिो ने इस सांभ वन को जस्थर रूप से स्थ वपत कर ददय है.
आईपीअि के इस मौसम को छोड़ दे तो अन्य मौसमो क ह ि कुछ ऐस रह थ - क फी कम कपड़ो में अत्यांत रोचक और सभ्य सांस्कृतत जजसे तन ांदनीय कहे ऐसी म दक अद ए पशे करने व िी धचयर िीिसड , बड़ ेबड़ ेउद्योगपततयो क त त , नेत ओां, अलभनेतयो और अन्य 'सेिेबिटी' से िेस-- देर र त तक की प दटडयों, नश ेक 'ह ई फ ई' ब ज र इत्य दद. एक प्रक र से मेग 'इवेंट' की जस्थतत प्र प्त होती थी.
ज नकरो के आरोप रहे है की चयन सलमतत भी बोिड के आक ओां की पसांद के सदस्यों के श लमि हैं .
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बोिड के अध्यक्ष तो म नो 'अमर' ही हो. उन्हे उनके पद से हट न ेकी प्रक्रिय क फी जदटि स बबत होती है क्रफर च हे उनके अपने द म द पर मॅच क्रफजक्सांग के भ री आरोप क्यो न हो.
व स्तववक रूप से बोिड पर र जनेत ओ क हुकुम चिने िग है. क्रिकेट खेि को सपने में न खेि सके-
ऐसे िोग बोिड के अध्यक्ष के रूप में ववर जे है.
कें दद्रय कृवष मांत्री रह चुके शरद पव र क तो अनोख वविम है. वे एक ही समय 'कृवष प्रि न' भ रत वषड के कृवष मांत्री और आईसीसी के अध्यक्ष के पद को सांभ ि रहे थे. ऐस करत ेसमय कृवष मांत्री क अमलू्य समय और ध्य न ववचलित न हुव हो यह असांभव है.
जगमोहन ि िलमय , एन श्रीतनव सन और अन्य िोगो की द स्त न भी कुछ अिग नही. इन सब क एक सम न लसद्ि ांत है-पसै प नी की तरह है-और बीसीसीय ई में उस प नी क कुव है .
सब लमिकर खखछो!
मेरे समझ में तो यह नही आत की जजस टीम को हम ददि से सर हत े है--उस े हुांसे इसतरह क्यो तोड़ ज त है ?
हम श न से 'इांडिय -इांडिय ' जब धचल्ि त े है...तब हम इस मह न देश की र ष रीय क्रिकेट टीम को हवषडत करन च हत ेहै...क्रकसी 'बीसीसीय ई' नमक तनजी सांस्थ के तनजी टीम को नही. इस खेि पर हमने खचड की हुई प ई प ई पर देश क अधिक र होन च दहए...क्रकसी तनजी सांस्थ क नही. क्यो न क्रिकेट में जो पसै हम देशप्रेम के न म पर य अपने तनजी मनोरांजन के लिए खचड ंांकरत ेहै-उस ेसरक र देश की वदृ्धि के लिए इस्तमे ि करे ?
क्यो न बीसीसीय ई के मनम नी क मक ज को िग म िग कर एक तरह क लशष्ट्ट च र ि य ज ए ?
क्रिकेट पर हम रे इस बेिुन्द प्य र क बखूबी से फ यद हम दसूरे खेिो की भ रत में जस्थतत सिु रने के लिए इस्तमे ि करे ?
मैं म नत हू की ऐस न करके हम ेअांिेरे में रखकर हम रे भ वन ओ के आि र पर स्वयांपतूत ड क िरोहर खड़ करन न लसफड िोक है...बजल्क र ष्ट्रद्रोह भी है.
आज एक शपथ िेत.े
हम री भ वन ए जुड़ ेइस खिे को सही म यने में हम आज़ द करके रहेंगे.
स थ ही में देश को अन्य खेिो को भी प्रोत्स दहत करके ववश्व की एक खेि-मह शजक्त के अपने नये अवत र क आग ज़ करके रहेंग.े
क्य आप इसलिए प्रततबध्ह है ?
(िमश:)
(पेशकश- श उट-बॉक्स टीम)
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NITK, the premier college for students who succeeded in JEE main/flunked in
JEE Advanced, is a hub brimming with “cool nerds”, swimming in the ocean of
knowledge. Oops! I mean H2O.
Yuvraj Singh
I came to NITK in the fall of 2013, though it wasn’t as much of a fall as a
downpour. For some unknown reasons, the skies are very generous here in
Mangalore. God works in mysterious ways, they say. Indeed why god would
leave agri-regions dry and flood cities is a mystery to me! Anyway, the
torrential monsoon here does make life a rough sea. Those delicious snacks that
one’s mother packs for the semester turn soggy; clothes don’t dry giving further
motivation to the students to not bathe and plans to hang out get ruined.
Oh, that’s not all the water we have here. Why, NITK is the only college in
India with a so-called “private” beach. Actually speaking it’s just a strip of sand
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Yes, we all have been told
that the earth is three
quarters water, but one only
realizes this after joining
NITK. College life here is
indeed a drenching
experience.
beyond which lies the sea, which you certainly don’t want to go in. It’s the sea
of despair, with uncertain tidal patterns and a dark history of fatalities.
Well, if NITK beach isn’t the fun hotspot you’re looking for, don't worry. There
is a horde of beaches here; Panambur, Ullal, Malpe…the list just goes on. To
take a rest from the usual CGPA race that goes on in the college, NITKians
often plan trips to these sands.
Where else did I… ah! The AF trip to Coorg! Believe me, this is the place to be.
Lying in a mountainous terrain, this place is no stranger to water bodies. Five
awesome waterfalls adorn the place. I remember touching a rainbow in the Abbi
falls during the trip (yeah, it was freaking awesome!)
College life in NITK can be a slippery experience. There is water everywhere!
Even semesters are a whole different story, but I’ll just let the mystery unfold
for the freshers.But you will always need your most precious possession
“umbrella”, be it odd sem (torrential rain)or even sem (scorching heat).
Oh wait, I’m feeling thirsty. Let’s go get some aech-oh-aech! Pushes the tap on
the cooler. Oh yeah, I forgot! The only place in here where you won’t find
water.
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(DISCLAIMER: This magpaper is
aiming for a U rating and therefore stop
hoping for dirty stuff, you pervert!)
You can never be completely dry in
NITK. At any point of time, you are
either wet because you forgot your
(most stolen gadget) umbrella in the
room during monsoon or because of the
water-spraying kind of drizzle that no
anti-rain material can protect you from
or because you’covered head to toe in
stinky salt water due to excessive
perspiration. And of course, there’s our
awesome beach!
Here we present to you, the fluids of
NITK.
Unfortunately water-boarding stupid
idiotic people is illegal, else it might
have topped this list
The “Potable” water: There was once a thirsty crow that
found very little water at the bottom of
a narrow pot that it couldn’t reach and
therefore used the Archimedes
principle to throw stones into it and
drank it.
And then it died of E-Coli infection
In NITK, we need to fill water from
the filters every five minutes to battle
dehydration. But before that one needs
to check whether the filter is really
connected to the cooler or whether the
cooler is the home to any pest. Though
the college management makes a
sincere effort to fight against this,
Mother Nature being a female canine
always wins against the careless man.
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Fluids in nitk The horned sage
Messy liquids: Water is abundant, water is cheap and
water is fit for human consumption. So,
sometimes the mess serves us a lot of
water in different colours and call it
fancy names like dal and rasam. Yes,
sometimes it might taste good, but
when you see the mess guy pour a
gallon of water into the dal during the
middle of lunch and not even bother to
stir it completely, you never trust your
tongue again. I stopped commenting on
my mother’s food after that.
Sweat: Yes, NITK is stressful (you’re
competing against the top creamy layer
of the country, duh!) and Surathkal is
extremely hot. Anything you do makes
you more salt-water filled than the
rocks on the beach. But when it is
because of frustrating reasons like
having to haul you behind with eight
humungous bags up six floors at the
beginning of the semester because the
“branded” lifts don’t work after two
months of holidays, or when water
supply stops form 6 to 9 in the morning
making you rely on a few drops of
scented alcohol to cover the stench of
yesterday’s toil, you really feel the
need to cover all skin pores with super
glue.
Even Fogg use karne se farak nahi
padta hai!
Rain: Imagining Surathkal without rain is like
imagining the place where Gollum
threw the one ring at the end of LOTR.
Rain is what brings us hope during
every even semester that “Achche din
aa rahe hai” during odd semester.
Though it presents the threat of water-
borne infections and fever, it also
leaves guys scrambling; searching for
dark jackets hoping for an Aashiqui-2
scene.
Sun raha hai na tu,
Bheeg raha hoon main!
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Sea:
Beach in the college is the only thing
why I came to this college leaving all
the comforts of home. One look at the
sea sitting on the beach of NITK would
calm anyone’s mind. Beach of NITK is
like the F5 button of Internet Explorer;
refreshing.
Beach refreshes you faster than
Internet explorer opens.
On a serious note, the sea is very
dangerous; therefore it is not advisable
to get into the water .
Some liquids are necessary, some are
loathsome (gases are fluids too, but the
stench of week-long unwashed “wash”-
rooms of boys hostel is too disgusting
to write about), some are just too
frustrating; but they sure are
unavoidable.
Damn it you single extra drop of
Acid!! That’s why I dumped
chemistry after 12th
std.
The fluids in NITK,
weaving themselves
into every part of our
day, truly define life
here in college.
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
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We’ve all learnt about the usual way of how a rain drop is formed; evaporation and
condensation. Let’s look at a “fun” way about the life of a rain drop, from the perspective
of a rain drop.
LIFE OF AN NITK rainDROP
Sanjay Holla
"I am a mixture of water and polluted air. I could feel myself being formed into the world
dominated by humans of which I knew nothing about. I was as excited as a NITKian
coming back to college after a long vacation. I could see other members of the drop
species being formed alongside me. It was then that I could feel the air turning pink, it
smelled like summer. That was the first time I saw her, being shaped next to me (and yes,
there are genders in rain drops too). I could see that she was made out of water and rose
fragrance. I was nervous to talk to her.
I steeled myself and said, ’Hey! I’m Kai. And you are?’
She replied,” I am Paanee. Where are we?”
“We’re in NITK. That’s what it says on the board which I can see on top of that
building”, I said pointing to a long building with a board on top.
“It’s the main building. And this is a college for humans”
I turned around to see a bunch of rain drops of various shapes and sizes. An old looking
drop was the one who spoke.
“I’m Varuna. I know that because I’ve been formed for some time and I also carry
memories of my previous experiences here. It’s a rare thing to happen but not unheard of.
Only a few gifted ones can do so.”
As he said that, I saw images flashing in front of my eyes. I might have looked faint
because Paanee asked, “Are you alright? You don’t look so good.”
I was happy that she was concerned for me. But before I could answer, I felt a heavy
blow on my head. I looked back to see a buffed up rain drop. I realised that he was trying
to impress Paanee (who wouldn't kill for her merest glance) by showing his so-called
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male dominance. “Hey! I’m Avinash. You should stop hanging out with these losers
and join us instead”, he said to Paanee, pointing towards himself and his gang of 4
similar looking drops.
She looked nervous and scared. I couldn’t bear to see her like that. I steeled myself,
stood up to him and said, “Stop bothering her. Pick someone your own size.”
Avinash snickered and said, “Or else what?”
I looked back at Varuna for support. He nodded. I turned back to Avinash and said, “Or
else you’ll have to deal with us”, pointing towards Varuna and the other drops of various
shapes who were now gathered around the wise old Varuna. We were quite a number;
they were just 4 scared bullies now.
Avinash looked around and summoned his friends for support. They looked around and
realized that they were no match for us. Slowly, they backed away. Avinash went red in
the face, turned towards me and said 'it’s not over yet, kid!’ Just then, a strong gust of
wind caught him and he was carried away from us.
Paanee looked at me and said, “That was very brave of you. I can’t thank you enough.”
I was exhilarated. Before I could
reply, another strong windswept us
away from the main building and
towards a cluster of huge coloured
towers (aka mega towers). As we
approached the towers, the wind
brought with it a pungent odour. It
was only later that we realised that it’s
the nasty smell of the unclean
bathrooms. And the droplets formed
near the towers were misshapen and
ugly, owing to the “clean” water of the
“clean” water coolers in the towers.
I caught myself staring at Paanee. I knocked myself back to my senses and looked at the
others. Everyone except the old drop was gawking at the various buildings. One of the
buildings caught my attention.
“What is that building?”Paanee asked Varuna, motioning towards the same building that
had caught my attention.
“That’s the place where many humans eat. I think it’s called the mega mess”, said
Varuna. He continued, “In my previous experience here, I saw many people sprinting
towards bathrooms after eating there. I wonder why.”
I glanced again at Paanee, she was just breath taking. God! I wanted to get close to her,
talk to her, and hold her hands (rain drops version of hands). As I moved towards her,
09 LIFE OF AN NITK RAINDROP
another strong wind blew in our direction. I realised that it was going to separate her
from the rest of us. I saw the terror in her eyes when it dawned upon her. I made a grab
for her hands and barely caught them as she was getting blown away. We somehow held
on and in that moment, I felt an indescribable connection towards her. From the
expression on her face, I could tell that she felt the same way. Both of us awkwardly
looked away and re-joined the others.
Time passed but I couldn’t get her out of my mind. I acknowledged the fact that I had to
confess my feelings towards her. For some strange reason, I felt that we were moving
faster. I brushed the thought aside and once again made my way towards her. This time
she saw me coming and I think she was expectant too. The all-knowing Varuna
encouraged me. I finally faced her. I could feel the tension in the air.
I said, “Um, I wanted to say something.”
She just nodded. I continued, “I, um, I think I love…”
And that was when it happened. She landed on a black surface with a pointy end
(umbrella for us humans) and splattered into a thousand pieces. She... She was gone. I
couldn’t believe my eyes. I looked around to see that the other droplets were also falling
to their doom. I was terrified and a wave of emotions, rushed over me - none of them
good. I just realized that Paanee was gone... forever. I turned to Varuna for some
explanation. But what I saw was Varuna falling to his death on the road mixed with the
mud. I realised that the strange feeling I had, was us falling faster towards our doom. This
was the fate of every rain drop. I slowly looked down and my life just flashed before my
eyes - just as I described.
I see the place where I am going soon. I am falling faster and faster towards it. I think I
feel tears (if rain drops can cry) trickling down my cheek. The dull gray suddenly turns
black. My vision is failing me. The world around me is blacking out. I...' SPLAT!!!
PS: Don’t feel too sad. Kai can still remember his past memories and his feelings towards
Paanee. Damn! That’s worse.
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Monsoon & I Anjana Thimmaiah One does not simply say that there are only two seasons at NITK - summer and
monsoon. Gone are the days when we as kids learnt of spring, summer, monsoon,
autumn and winter as the seasons of the year.
Being born in one of the monsoon
months, the rain has always been a
deterrent to my birthday plans, so
naturally I’d grown to hate the rains.
Besides no one would want to wake up
on a cloudy, damp morning and leave for
classes, it being a herculean task to pay
attention to the professors when the
weather makes you lethargic. But for the
people of NITK, monsoons are a respite from the sultry and blistering heat of
summer. The irritability of the monsoons becomes acceptable as a trade-off with
summer.
To be more general, the odds of the seasons exist throughout the year and the fact
that most of us use umbrellas all year long seconds it. It’s just how we choose to
adapt. Of course, the monsoons back home were memorable to me as a kid. Be it
sailing paper boats in the puddle or even coming home to a nice hot water shower
and slipping into snuggly clothes, alongside reading a novel by my lamp with a
steaming cup of coffee and watching the torrents outside; are a few magical
moments that I’d love to relive. Having moved into hostel, it’s certain that all of us
have been deprived of these little ways in which we’d enjoy the season. Even those
who otherwise have fun getting drenched in the rain would think twice here,
because of having to do their own laundry and to face the bane of moist, smelly
clothes that don’t dry that easily.
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Let’s get a little technical here. If any of you take time to go through the weather
forecast column of the newspapers, you would find the relative humidity to be well
above eighty most of the times and it occasionally spikes up to ninety percent as
well, and this saturation of air with vapours, represses the ability to throw out that
extra sweat or maybe moisture from your clothes, which makes it terribly uneasy.
All the more, newspapers aren’t delivered timely on most days because of the rain.
. Most of us here are cut off from the outer world quite literally. I’d like to say
NITK is a world within the world, without the world. The television rooms also are
monopolised most of the time and the only things that air are the serials on zee.
Blame the bad network in my room, my dongle has to battle it out to fetch that
strand of the signal.
So basically being at NITK in the midst of heavy rains and equipped with many
excuses to stay cut-off from the beep of your phones is such a blissful getaway.
Another spectacle during the rains that we all must witness here is the lightning.
It’s so powerful and intense as though ripping the sky apart and making its way to
the ground it could easily make your rooms light up for a split-second. I once
found my torch, which I’d been groping around for, in the darkness of my room
because of this flash bomb in the sky. I half thought somebody walked past the
corridor with an emergency lamp!
Of course the most irritating thing here is to have the taps in one’s washrooms run
dry while there is a heavy downpour outside. I’m sure this has been enlightening in
its own way because I realized the worth of every drop that went down the drain
unutilized. Everyone talks about rainwater harvesting but you feel that they’re just
talking nonsense until you find yourself in a situation like this.
Irrespective of how much I groaned about such things initially, it was only much
later I realized there’s ways to go girl! Nothing happens without a reason.
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all this is good
But where’s the “paper” in
magpaper? Ohh yeah! Presenting
CLUB RECRUITMENTS;CLEARING THE AIR
This year, after a lot of debate and discussion, club recruitments for the Technical clubs:
ISTE, IEEE, IE and CSI are finally happening. Starting with the pre-recruitment talks on
19th and 20th August, Tuesday and Wednesday, the interviews/tests for recruitments into
the Technical clubs of NITK would start on
25TH August, 2014. This also marks the time
when the second years call and perpetually
pester any and every third/ final year they
know, demanding some news and insights to
get a shortcut into these clubs. The clubs, on
the other hand, assure that the recruitment
procedure would be very transparent and very
fair this time. We wish luck to all candidates
and may the most deserving ones get into their favourite clubs. This year, some of the
clubs have made sure that all applicants who submit their resume get at least one round of
interviews to give everyone an equal chance.
COLLEGE DIGEST ELECTIONS
What? Elections? Now? In the beginning
of the semester? We just got rid of the
tension of the April elections and we
needed three months of summer at home
for that, say the third and final years. But,
these elections are for Reading Room and
Recreation Committee which is
responsible for the Sports activities in
college and of course, Crrescendo.
HOSTEL COUNCIL
Some sources say that along with the
student council, the college
administration is planning to have one
more council for the welfare of the
students in the hostel, which we would
like to call the Hostel Council. Each wing
would have a representative, headed by
one for each floor perhaps and then a
representative for each block and then…
Well, you get the point. The first question
that our editors asked was: “If we’re
living two/three in a room, do we have a
room representative?” But the more
important question that the readers must
ask is “Do we finally get to bypass the
bureaucracy of the hostel offices and
bring upon a change for the better?”
01 LOUD SPEAKER | IN THE CAMPUS AUGUST,2014
houtbox – a Magpaper is by the students, for the students. For our first
interview in the interview series, we thought we would start with a very
accomplished student in NITK, one who has truly lived college life as it
should be – learn a lot but enjoy life to its fullest. Oshim Jain, a final year in
Department of ECE, one of the toppers of his branch (his minimum SGPA was 9.6 in
Year I), Chief Technical Coordinator of ISTE , a convenor of Technites and a DAAD
scholar i.e. he did his research intern at Technical University Of Braunschweig in
IDAMC Integrated Dependable Architecture for Many Cores (IDAMC)
SB: How did your German Safari begin?
OJ: My fifth semester was a tough time for
me. I hadn't received internship in any
company. Dejected, I was mailing my resume
and Statement of Purpose to professors of
German Varsities. One of them finally
agreed. And then it all began-with the
completion of some hectic formalities in
DAAD office and finally a flight to the New
World! You may want to know the complete
procedure; a session will soon be conducted
by us in the college to cover the detailed
procedure for applying for a DAAD/
MITACS program.
SB: A choice between roaming in an exotic
continent and a very interesting research
topic in a prestigious institute there. Did
you have to give up one to explore the
other?
OJ: It was not a tight schedule. German
Universities are quite flexible. While working
on a research project- you can report to the
lab anytime, work for any amount of time;all
with no dress code, no
formalities and no hierarchy. The best part
is you can take a break whenever you want
to! But, when you work-you have to work
seriously, they want perfection. Indian
engineering is basically a course in
‘JUGAAD’, which is never an option there.
Germans follow strict five-days-a-week
culture .Working was strictly banned during
weekends (they were meant only to have
fun)
SB: As a guy from MP, Surathkal which
is just down south must seem very
different. In a completely new country
there, how was your experience?
OJ: It’s a totally different culture. People are
quite friendly. It is regarded as the safest
country in Europe and I testify to the same. I
already mentioned the
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flexibility of the working atmosphere.
Germans love celebrating. For any and
every small reason they go out and
celebrate! And beer is the most essential
ingredient of all celebration! (You enter a
party, you hear “Beer”; it is not a word, it’s
a question and the answer is always
YES!")Crime rates are very low- the
German Police used just 80 bullets for the
whole year of 2013-14. Veggies, like me,
face a tough time-and will have to cook for
themselves. Everything is more organized
there. I travelled a lot using their cheap, yet
fast and efficient transport facilities -
visiting many new places, meeting many
new people.
SB: Let’s move closer back home. Here,
your pointer is a legendary one, 9.7 to be
exact; yet people say they hardly find you
studying. What is the secret behind this
performance?
OJ: (Laughs...!)I have very good friends.
Usually, the day before my exam I go to
them and they tell me everything that is
important. Plus, most things are logical in
ECE, and yeah, the professors are very
good.
SB: Now that you’re in your final year,
you must have seen a lot in in the college,
must have made great friends, have had
exhilarating moments with them. Overall,
how was your experience in college?
OJ: In one word-Great. During my first
year I actually studied a lot. I had very few
friends then and all I did was to continue the
12th standard’s josh in studies.
In my second year, I was introduced to
ISTE and Technites. Till then, I had very
little knowledge about my branch. It was the
first time I heard about microcontrollers like
arduino. It was a very good stage for me to
showcase my talents. I have always had a
liking for DIY projects. Back then ISTE did
very little on electronics. Backed by my
convener, I began such projects in ISTE.
Then came TECHNITES! It was just
amazing. I got to know so many things that
time, a deep insight into the bowels of
electronics. I just realized we actually do
cool stuff in college!
My third year was a similar story; ISTE and
Technites had evolved into a family for me.
We recruited some more deserving and
knowledgeable people and then developed
the club to what it is today."
SB: Last question, what plans do you
have for the future? Do you have
anything to say to our readers?
OJ: It is placement time ("CS students are
nailing it, leaving us behind!"). But, I want
to work in a core company. I don’t want to
do higher studies, but I have to see where it
all goes. For the readers, all I have to say is
that you only live college life once – enjoy
it to its fullest but make sure that you take
back something knowledgeable when you
leave.
03 SPECIAL FEATURE AUGUST,2014
FROM GERMANY, WITH LOVE
OSHIM HAS BEEN PLACED IN SANDISK! TEAM SHOUTBOX CONGRATULATES HIM!
NITK to host first NIT Conclave,bringing all NITs under one umbrella
Report – Team Shoutbox
NIT Conclave is an annual gathering of students from all NITs. This is hosted on the moving torch pattern
and each year an NIT organizes the event. It is a student initiative and organized by students with the help
of the notable alumni. Every year, an agenda is decided on which a group of students from each NIT
presents its' views and hence a comprehensive deliberation takes place. After which a resolution is made
on which collective work is undertaken throughout the year.
As a matter of pride- NITK, Surathkal is going to host
the first NIT-CONCLAVE. It will be scheduled
around the end of this month-August 2014.The topic
for this year's conclave is 'Stress Management'.
Prominent NIT alumni will deliver guest lectures
thereby providing students a great opportunity for
interaction with these esteemed personalities.
Bridge NIT is one more such effort to develop a great
NIT-ecosystem. It’s basically an online forum of
NITians; where all type of information related to NITs
and NITians is accessible. It basically aims at
strengthen the network among NITians. You can get in touch with many influential alumni who can help
you in getting intern or even settling you in professional environment.
IT’S $HOWTIME Every college student has certain expectations; light academics, loads of masti with millions of
friends, and ahh! The last one -a nice placement to make it all count. With one obvious caution - none
of these expectations can be assured!
At NITK, the placement season has begun. It will continue almost for entire year. During this initial
period campus is mostly visited by major IT firms and some core companies for circuit branches.
Likes of Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Nvidia, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, Code-Nation, Intuit, Bajaj
Auto, HUL, Qualcomm, Sandisk, Myntra have already visited the
campus. So far the season is advancing on a positive note. Some
highlights are-Microsoft (3), Goldman Sachs(2), Code Nation(3), Bajaj
Auto(3), Intuit(5), Citrix R&D, Myntra, HUL and Nvidia(4 each) and
TI(4).
The Pre Placement Offer (PPO) trend has also made its presence feel
this year.
Software major Samsung R&D and Intuit India offered PPO to sixteen
and six of their interns respectively, Goldman Sachs too retained 5 of
its interns as employees while TI and Adobe offered the same to two
interns each. Other firms offering PPO include Flipkart, Citi Corp, Arc
Embedded etc.
Possibility of getting a PPO establishes a good amount of importance of landing in a good internship.
Some companies do visit the campus to hire third year students as interns for the next summer. This
year Microsoft took three students as interns while Amazon India and DE Shaw hired nine and two
students respectively as interns.
Many more private firms and PSU companies are expected to visit the campus in coming period.
(For further updates stay tuned!)
04 LOUD SPEAKER | COLLEGE MATTERS AUGUST,2014
DIVIDED BY STATES;UNITED BY CONCLAVE
BOLLYWOOD
Here at home, we have a movie that is very aptly titled – KICK. They just forgot
the subtitle – to your face. Kick is a perfect example that Indian audiences are so
used to Salman Khan’s nonsensical and mindless romantic-comedy-action movies
that are twice remade from other languages that this one was surprisingly well
received by audiences.
HOLLYWOOD A very similar trend is observed 2000 miles away in LA. In the early 1980s
Arnold Schwarzenegger brought a legendary warrior called Conan to life with his
steel like robotic monotonic expression. Aptly nick-named the Rock, Dwayne
Johnson has thought the same technique would work trying to pull off
HERCULES with exactly one expression- looking like a Rock. When
Hollywood tries to portray people of all ethnicity as white Americans, they got
Dwayne Johnson to play a legendary “Greek” warrior! Perhaps The Rock’s bulky
body, his roguish charm and scenes grandly staged by the director Brett Ratner
got the movie its share of positive reviews.
For the female audience, LUCY is a perfect example of how sometimes the silliness of
the movie may actually be the only reason for its positive reviews. For the guys who
want to watch this movie just for Scarlett Johansson, Don Jon is a much better
alternative.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STARS!
It is rarely the case where a movie can bring all the feelings of its
parent novel. And when the book is as depressingly awesome as
‘THE FAULT IN OUR STARS’ by John Green which can even
make Chuck Norris curl up in his bed and cry after reading it, it is
difficult to make a movie that matches the book. However, the
director and the actors of ‘The fault in our stars’ have done a
wonderful job and yes, the movie does make your lips curl up in a
smile and your eyes water at the same time.
Chetan Bhagat is proving to be a true engineer and is still
continuing his obsession of naming his novels with a number.
However, having run out of prominent integers perhaps, he has
moved on to fractions. ‘1/2 GIRLFIREND’ has people around India
awaiting expectantly, and when the paper-back is available for pre-
order at just INR 169 (Free delivery) at Flipkart, this book may
break all records and also melt our minds with the typical CB
nonsense plots.
05 LOUD SPEAKER | ENTERTAINMENT AUGUST,2014
The most effective form of mass communication is movies, and here we hope to bring you
some insights to some of the movies that hit the theatres this week.
06 LOUD SPEAKER | ENTERTAINMENT AUGUST,2014
College Life (a photo comic)
Life changes a lot when we move from home to
hostel. Here are 4 things that change considerably!
Think you can write?
Or draw?
Or capture stunning snaps?
Then contact us!
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