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is a two day conference on 22-23rd Janu-ary, 2008 under the World Bank assistedTechnical Education Quality Improve-ment Program (TEQIP). The YRC offersenormous opportunities in a number oftechnologically important areas. Thetwo day conference will provide a na-tional platform for young researchers toexchange their ideas and explore theemerging directions. Research workpertaining to various streams like Basicsciences, Biotechnology, Chemical (Bio-chemical and Petrochemical) Engineer-ing, Chemical Technology,Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technol-ogy will be presented. It also aims atnetworking the research in academicinstitutes and research labs among thecountry. The conference focuses on re-search work of experimental, modeling& simulation nature. The conferencewould be dedicated to all fields of sci-

ence and technology with an extensiveinteraction among the young re-searchers.

is the competition that offers op-portunity for undergraduate students tosolve real life technical problems in astipulated time period. Teams of younginnovative students from Chemical En-gineering, Chemical Technology,Biotechnology and Pharmacy are par-ticipating in the competition. There areattractive prizes for the successful con-testants. The team will select a problemon first day of ICT YouthFest (January18, 2008). The team will get 72 hours tocome up with a paper solution. Theywill be provided with library and inter-net facilities in the Institute campus.On January 21, 2008, they will presenttheir solutions in front of the respectiveindustry’s executives.

Schedule for YICC

18 January 20089-10 a.m.: Problem selection by the teams

18-20 January 2008 Problem Solving

21 January 20089 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Presentations of solutions5-6 p.m.: Valedictory Function

Schedule of YRC

22 January 20089-10 a.m.: Inaugural Function10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Oral presentations5:30 -6:30 p.m.: Poster presentation

23 January 20089 a.m. -5:30 p.m.: Oral Presentations5:30 – 6:30 p.m.: Valedictory Function

Which is the luckiestcreature on earth?

Fish, as it dies YOUNG:)

The UD Cult(Street Photography)

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Parinaz: There are factors other than your GRE scorewhich determine your entry to a good university. A goodresume/statement of purpose is one major factor. Every-one can be good in academics and can get a good GRE score.For one to stand out, a publication and any sort of researchexperience really helps. Also correspond with the profes-sors there to get an idea about the environment there.

Senthil: Give GRE only if you are really interested in study-ing abroad. Prioritize a field first, one which really inter-ests you and then choose your university accordingly.Contact your seniors in the University for Help. Also don’tlimit your options to USA, there are many good universi-ties elsewhere also like UK.

Sudhir: Further studies should be preferred as it opens newavenues and does justice to the word education. The knowl-edge you gain is immense, the environment simulatesthought and the amenities provided here really polish yourpersonality and outlook. But study abroad only for the sakeof further education, not because you want to flaunt a goodresume or look better or matrimonial sites :).

Sujit: The diverse topics which I studied during my time inICT were very helpful in my first semester. Almost 50-60% ofthe material given was familiar to me. But on the negativeside, I had to learn MATLAB (a software used for computa-tions) from scratch. I wish professors could include an intro-duction to MATLAB in the present curriculum. Siddhesh: Since I am doing a major in chemistry, the funda-mentals I learnt in the first year were very helpful. Duringthe final year, the project and seminar taught me how to goabout a literature survey and gave me insights into what ac-tual research means.Avani: The courses did give me a good base. But, studyingabroad requires a totally different approach than what is fol-lowed back home. I definitely feel we needed more exposure toresearch and practical work.

Avani: For GRE, six months of study is sufficient. Trygiving it during the start of the seventh semester or ear-lier if possible so that it doesn’t interfere with your semi-nars and you get enough time to get your applicationsready.

Sujit: We prepared for GRE during the sixth semester. ButI personally feel that the third semester is the ideal timefor it, as you have less course load then.

Parinaz: There is no “ideal” time to give GRE/TOEFL.But you should give anywhere around 5-10 months forpreparations. During the last few months, practice by giv-ing a lot of online tests and time is a major factor in thisexam.

Parinaz: The experience was great and adjustingdidn’t take a lot of time. One should take it as alearning experience. Where else can you meet somany students of different nationalities!?

Avani: Its not very difficult adjusting. Initially itdid feel a bit strange as the system here is totallydifferent. Everything from paying fees to choosingyour course is done online. But one soon gets ahang of things. Also the people here are very help-ful, so settling down shouldn’t be a concern

Sudhir: It is usually easier to adjust to the univer-sity culture than the outside culture; since most ofthe international students stay in and around thecampus. The surrounding areas are peaceful,sparsely populated, and non polluted and extremelywell organized. It is nothing like what it is backhome. You are not breathing toxic gases nor are youstanding on the footboard in local trains.

Siddhesh, Senthil: My plans aren’t decided asyet. I am still prioritizing my options.

Avani: I wish to do a job for a year here in thestates and then return to India

Parinaz: I want to do research in my field, ei-ther in the industry or in academia

Sujit: I hope to join a process engineeringfirm but later on I would like to see myself inacademia

Sudhir: I plan to do a job here and an MBAthree years down the line.

life on theother side..

Siddhesh The exam system is totally different thanwhat was there in UD. You are given regular assign-ments which are graded. There are no Xerox ma-chines, so one does everything on his own. Also,copying an assignment is a bad habit here, youcould be prevented from graduating if you arecaught doing so. All this requires studying on a dayto day basis.

Senthil: The final grade depends on the assign-ments, presentations, mid terms and final exams.Assignments have to be submitted within a time pe-riod. The problems given as part of assignment en-hance independent thinking; there is no fixedsolution, it’s based on your assumptions.

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The team of The SPIRIT

EDITORIAL

Dear EditorEven in this day and age..when women are

considered on par with men...it's very dis-heartening to know that we still have peoplewho think that it's really hilarious whenwomen attempt to drive...atleast there havenever been been cases where u see womenbeing arrested for rash driving...or worse still...drunken driving...just because women tendto be careful and actually think before theydo something...doesn't mean that you treat itlike some big joke. :X

Dear Student,all the articles published in this newsletterare meant to be taken in the right spirit withno intention to hurt anybody's feelings...ourmain objective is to encourage people to ex-press themselves and encourage UD to giveit's opinion on any random subject...no mat-ter how trivial...we would welcome an articleto counter his beliefs...so just put your mus-ings together and send them to thespiritofict@gmail.com

Letters to the Editor

January 2008

The UD I thought of and the UD that is! taare Zameen Par

Book Review by Amey Puranik

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Movie Review by Sneha Kar keyan- by Shweta Karwa

January 2008

Book: NextAuthor: Michael CrichtonPubliher:HarperCollins

Swastik Nigam, B. Chem. Eng. 2005, is cur-rently pursuing his post graduation in businessmanagement from the Indian Institute of Man-

agement, Ahmedabad

Who is the creator of wealth? What is thestimulus behind the wealth that is gener-

ated?Which is more important – the spirit ofenterprise or the knowledge behind it? Thesewere questions which were brought forth in mymind during the interaction with Final yearChemical Engineering students in December,2007. I’d been breeding the question in somedeep recesses of my mind for the last few yearsand I thought I should finally address it for per-sonal satisfaction, if not for any greater mes-sage.The scientist or the engineer (or thetechnologist, keeping sensitivities of the read-ers in mind), creates and invents with a largercanvas, the horizons are broader, the risks offailure low. His innovation lies in the cradle ofthe laboratory, in academic dialogue and oftenserves little greater purpose than an extra linein a growing list of credentials. Notwithstand-ing, the thought in the creation may be solitarilyunique, the expression of the thought may havetranscended into a device unparalleled and thedevice itself could have the potential to deliver

on visions which have been promised for cen-turies. Yet the transmogrification of the innova-tion into daily life is not through the hands ofits creator– even though it is he who is greatestincentivized to see it to the light of day. It is nothis forte, and the risk associated with it is too

high for his appetite. Yet theworld would not have beenthe same place without theWatsons and Cricks, theJames Watts, the WrightBrothers, the AlexanderFlemings and the like. With-out their inventions, this

world would have been a very different place, ir-respective of whoever leveraged their cre-ations, the most to provide the greatest valueto society. Turning the coin, reflecting upon theentrepreneur who brings forth creation to themasses, it seems that the creation of wealth isin greater measure his contribution rather thanthat of the technological creator himself. How-ever, his motivations in the creation of wealthare not necessarily visionary or generous. Theymaybe purely and very pragmatically businessminded – for the realization of profits. However,as the channel for the delivery of the technol-ogy to the masses which is the direct measure

of the wealth created, his place remains un-challenged. He is noted often as the true cre-ator of wealth. The industrialists of alldeveloped nations are the ‘grand deliverers’ formany. They are the ones who have also how-ever appropriated a large section of the wealthgenerated. The entrepreneurs in our nation arethe richest of all segments. Yet their conglom-erates would be no more than the castles ofdust if it were not for the inventors of the tech-nologies on which these conglomerates arebased. The argument lies unsatisfied. Undoubt-edly, the one who marries the two is definitelyone which is the greatest creator of wealth.Whether it was Edison who lay the foundationof General Electric in Menlo Park or Steve Jobswho assembled the first prototype of the Macin a garage, the individuals who married theirinvention to their enterprise are decidedly thegreatest creators of wealth. Thus, indisputablythe convenient marriage of the two allows bothsides of the coin to share the profits, createwealth and thus share the spoils in equalmeasure. In such marriage alone will theswords between the two get sheathed and intheir symphony will the magic of wealth-cre-ation last.

The Creation of Wealth

January 2008

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by Bhusan Gachke

January 2008

How to....keep new year resolutions

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Happy New Year!!! …ok so I’m just a littlelate but the point of this ‘how to’ article is not about theNew Year per se but those little promises we make toour selves at the beginning of every year only to forgetabout them 3 weeks later…our wonderfully ambitious,over the top new year’s resolutions. But this year willbe different folks, the breaking of resolutions will stophere, there shall be no more regret, no more emptywords no more, “but I reaaaaaaallllllllyyyyyyy did try”.The wonderful people of ‘ SPIRIT’ have heard yourcry for help and have provided you, our most faithfulreader, with suggestions on how to keep those resolu-tions. The following are the top 5 most unsuccessfullykept new years resolutions as suggested by the NewYork Times. To lose weight – Ok people, be realistic, you are notgoing to lose 10Kgs in 2 weeks, and most certainly not ifyou spend every spare minute of your day in the canteen!Oh yes, we’ve seen you, you order the bun omelet, fol-lowed by a Mirinda, then two friends join you so you de-cide to keep them company and have some schezwannoodles, then your usual sev puri, dhai puri and the rela-tively recent addition- the dabeli. And Thursdays, whocould miss you on a Thursday? You wait for Thursdayevenings like its going out of fashion, sabudana wada arefor people who are fasting, not for dieters and especiallynot 4 at a time…dude running back and forth with yourorders is what’s kept Ram and Satish in shape!To become more organized – go buy one of thosecute little planners, you know the ones that make youseem like you’ve got people to meet and places to go, sowhat if you’ll never use it, at least people will THINKyou’re important. To resolve a conflict with a loved one/friend –credit for this one goes to Sanju bhai , you could try theclassic ‘jadu ki jappi” or our personal favorite, send thema note saying “its ok that you’re mean, rude, obnoxiousand this fight is all your fault and I’m as innocent as alamb and have done nothing wrong what so ever, I stilldon’t hold it against you, love always XYZ.” P.S. don’tforget to send a huge bouquet of flowers and get all yourfriends to do the same. P.P.S.- the bill for the flowersshould also be addressed to the same loved one/ friend.If your sugar sweet note doesn’t melt their heart, theridiculous bill will most certainly melt their wallets andin no time everyone will be one big happy family. To do something new/ exciting – sky diving withouta parachute onto a trampoline, I guarantee its new andno ones tried it and what could be more exciting thenfalling a couple hundred meters from a moving plane ontoa trampoline? Ok, ok, ok if that’s a little racy for you,try swimming in a reef with sharks…we hear Australia isgreat for this kind of thing, and hey only 9-12 fatalshark attacks a year!!! Pretty good odds if you ask us.

To start a family - ummm…get going?

It was outrageous indeed when yet another article hoarded theheadlines of the newspaper about how some women were gropedand eve-teased while they were out there innocently having funon new years eve all set to ring in the new year!!! India has al-ways been perceived as a progressive and tolerant country butironically neither independence nor India inc nor a woman pres-ident has changed much when it comes to uphold a woman's dig-nity. The Juhu molestation case was yet another incident that showedthe country's apathy towards the fairer sex! They say preventionis better than cure and sadly since our country simply thinksthat protection of women takes a backseat in the scheme ofthings as could be seen when it was learnt that the police didn'tact until another 38 hours had elapsed it would be indeed bewise if the women took the matter of their safety in their ownhands. Owing to the lack of safety which can be almost consid-ered a norm by now, it would indeed be advisable if the young

[OPPORTUNITIES SHINING!!

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-Nithya Hariharan, F.Y.Chem.Engg.

January

generation were more aware about the dangers and risks in-volved in hanging out late at night. As can be observed the com-mon factor behind all these incidents was that the victims wereout late in the night thus posing an invitation to all the hooli-gans at night. Be it any place on earth, it is always unsafe to stay out of yournest at unearthly hours. Hence late night outs should be as far aspossible avoided. Similarly why dig up your own grave by wearing provocativeand revealing outfits? It is sad that women might have to resortto suppressing their freedom of choice to wear whatever theywant and restrict their enjoyment for the sake of their safetywhich is something they shouldn't be worrying about in the firstplace since the constitution of our country grants them this. Butthen this is what they might be required to do at least until ourcountry and its 'men ' come to terms with respecting women andtreating them as equals in the true sense of the word!

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Most India v/s Australia cricket matches have earned themaximum viewership for controversies but Sydney testcertainly takes the cake. From umpiring to the ban onHarbhajan Singh this test series finds news channels ateach others’ throats for coverage and latest updates. Weask our campus junta on their views about the SydneyTest match.

What happened was good in onesense. For too long people have had a weak impressionabout us. This shows that we don’t take things lying downand that we too carry clout. It is not that we are arrogantbut the threat of pulling out of the tour has really worked.

Overall this test will be known for badumpiring. It might not have been biased. Definitely theAustralian team’s spirit was missing. Apart from that itwas a good test match.

It was blatant cheating.There was blind desperation to break the record of 16 un-beaten test matches. We had a very good chance to winbut they robbed us of it. We still have a good chance tobeat them as the tour is on but our morale is down. Aus-tralia spoiled the spirit of the game, while Kumble han-dled the situation very well. This shows the contrastbetween the nature of the two captains.

I feel India shouldnow play, win and thus blacken the faces of Aussies. Theentire world has watched the means to which Australia re-sorted to and this displayed its illiteracy on the topic ofgame spirit. However it was good that our team fought forlifting the ban off Bhajji and for throwing out Bucknor.

“Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.”

-by Ra Bhagwat

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Is it possible to go beyond the currentbuzzwords like India Shining or not shin-ing, nine percent growth with or withoutequity, high profile acquisitions by an In-dian company,60 years of this, that andthe other while writing, reflecting anddescribing India, Indians, Indianness andthe general Indian experience? The shortanswer is yes. The long answer perhapscannot be contained in words and afterencountering what mostpeople refer to as writer’sblock I have finally broughtmyself to write on my ‘In-dian Story’.To me India representscolor, mingled with thechiming of the temple bell,the temple being situated atthe junction of four roads,interspersed by the blaring of the carhorn sitting behind the wheel of which isan understandably frustrated middleaged man returning from office, stoppingshort of a nervous breakdown owing toheavy debatable office politics, who de-spite all this and the heavy traffic man-ages to find momentary peace of mindwhile unconsciously folding his handsfervently in the direction of the temple, ahabit inculcated in his childhood andwhich over the years has become secondnature to him. It is perhaps only in India that a friend-ship can blossom so quickly, wherewithin a few seconds you can establish animmediate, deep and intuitive rapport

with someone you have never met before,having been captivated by that radiant,guileless smile, which comes from deepwithin the soul and lights up the eyes –an‘Indian smile’ best described by GregoryDavid Roberts author of the bestsellingbook ‘Shantaram’ on his encounter withan Indian taxi driver with a smile thatbonded them into a lifetime of friendship.And then again where else will you find

two overenthusiasticteenagers deeply engrossedin a heated discussion onwhether Modi will win theGujarat elections on the‘Hindutva’ wave or whetherthe Sonia’s provocative re-marks will finally give theCongress the much neededvictory and hence a breath

of partial relief !! All of this done in themiddle of a crowded bus meant for 22standees where 44 becomes the new 22, allthe time trying to brush someone’s handoff or trying not to step on someone’s footand struggling to cough up the requisite‘chutta’ for conductor kaka whoadamantly refuses to accept your tenrupee note for a four rupee fifty paiseticket for reasons best known to him andhis maker, his God!!!. Trust me Indiansand multitasking are synonymous witheach other.Call this an exaggeration or the objectiveobservations of a ludicrous freak butthen these are some accounts of my In-dian story.

In my next life I want to life my life backwards, because techni-cally aging simply means the chronological passing of time

whereas senescence means deterioration ie. biological entropywith the passing of time, thus one could presumably age fromdeath to birth right? Hmmm seems much better then the otherway around at least…here’s why1.You should start out dead, get it out of the way. You wake up in a retirement home, feeling better every day. 2.You get kicked out for being too healthy, then go collect your pension, and when you start work you get a gold watch on yourfirst day. 3.You work 40 years until you’re young enough to enjoy your re-tirement You drink alcohol, you party, you’re generally promiscu-ous (hey, you’ve only got a few years left, what’s the big deal?and you get ready for High School.)4.Then you go to primary school, you become a kid, you play,you have no responsibilities, 5.And, finally, you become a baby, with lots of attention andeveryonefussing over you and waiting on you hand and foot. 6.The last step, you spend your last 9 months floating peace-fully withluxuries like central heating, spa, room service on tap, larger quarters everyday… I rest my case

-Compiled by Puja Shanghavi

Our Achievers

•Sukhda Dhone, Smita Honade and Pavika Singh won the sec-ond prize in Car-modellingcompetition - "ART IN MOTION" •Sukhda Dhone, Pavika Singh and Sneha Chede won the firstprize in NATURAL ARTS competition •ICT bagged first prize in UV Light Dancing competition,"INTHE SHADOWS" •Pratik Pednekar, FYCE came 1st in Solo Impromptu DanceEvent. His team also won a showdown against St. Xavier's col-lege in the Street Dance event.

•Sukhada Dhone, TYCE, won first prize in recycle bin modeland Logo designing.•Abhay Dhumal and Santosh Suryavanshi of SYBPharma won2nd prize in Marathi Debate competition.•Divya Dias and Yogesh Barot, came first in English Debate.•Yogesh Barot, SYBPharm won 1st prize in PC and made it totop 25 of Channel V's Campus Star!!

•Santosh Suryavanshi and Preshita Desai of SYBPharm wonfirst prize in Poster Presentation.•Swapnil Ghodge and Radhika Gokhale TYBTech won consola-tion prize in the same.

My India Story.

January 2008

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by Sonal Sapale

Everday chaos at Wadala Station

SPIRITThe 12

January 2008

by Akshat Rathi and Priyanka Dhar

SPIRITThe 13

The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do abunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.

Beware of turnips

Today you will find that you can make an incred-ibly silly sound, and will spend the entire daymaking it, and then laughing.

An aging beautician will challenge you to an armwrestle following a moment of unintended rude-ness during work on your cuticles. Go for thequick slam to start with, in the hope that thewoman is a late starter.

Do not kiss an elephant today

All Virgos are extremely friendly and intelligent - except for you

If I were you, I'd lock my doors and windows andnever never never never never leave my houseagain

An aging beautician will challenge you to an armwrestle following a moment of unintended rude-ness during work on your cuticles. Go for thequick slam to start with, in the hope that thewoman is a late starter.

Static electricity will cause you to have one of theworst hair days on the 20th

Unbeknownst to thee, thou art over-fond of ar-chaic terms. Prithee, wouldst thou kindly desist?

Aquarius are confused, unpredictable and gener-ally blurry. So is their future

As a public service, you will start a new companyin your spare time, to help people who have beenin accidents. All you will do is send official-look-ing letters off to their mothers, claiming that thecondition of their underwear was "excellent" atthe time of the accident, as determined by quali-fied emergency medical professionals. As youknow, mothers are often quite worried about un-derwear.

""will you be my partner for mixeddoubles"...says one girl toanother...yes...thats exactly how weencourage sports for girls in UD.

"mixed singles bhi hota haikya?"...asks the other girl after answer-ing the above question in the affirma-tive...

"I learnt France long time back.." saidby a student who knows his languagesvery well

1 hour before the maths paper a frus-trated student sitting in the classroomtells his friend" ab mukti milane keliye sirf 4 ghante baki hai!." \

A student asking the debate co ordi-nator "Arey debate elims impromptuhain ya on the spot???',,...dude surelyhas a way with words!!!!

“Don’t play passing the parcel in theclass”- A Prof. exclaimed

“As a punishment, take 5 rounds ofour ground or take 1 round of FiveGardens”

“Merko apne pairon pe STANDhona hai”- says the determined un-quotable king.

We hope you take this column in theright spirit. No offense is meant to anyone whatsoever.

Horrorscopes

5 N! RNKUD! SGHR! OTYYKD

What kind of person can pass and fail at thesame time?

1. Knock out any picture whose name isalso the name of an animal.2. Knock out any picture whose name be-gins and ends with the same letter.3. Knock out any picture of an object thathas strings.4. Knock out any picture whose namesounds like a day of the week.5. Knock out any two pictures whosenames rhyme with each other.6. Knock out any picture of an object thathas a shell.

Identify our very own

January 2008

The beginning of the New Year marksthe beginning of our last semester incollege. And while on one side I amfeeling a sense of nostalgia, the enthu-siasm and excitement of the upcomingICT Youth Fest almost completelydrowns that feeling. Like every year, inthe month of January, the students ofFinal year Chemical Engineering bringto you Prodigy, the Inter-College Tech-nical Festival, and well folks, its thattime of again!!Prodigy 2008 which is being held onthe 18th,19th and 20th of January,promises to be everything that it hasbeen over the last few years and muchmore. With a host of technical events, itis the perfect platform for our youngminds to express ourselves. Alongwiththe popular events like Affichem andDexters’s Lab, wherein we experience awhole lot of innovation and creativity,this time around, we also bring to younewer events like Operation Zero gravityand the Industry Defined Problem. Andwhile last year we had students exhibit-

ing their designing skills to design anExtractor, lets see how good they are atmaking soap…yes that’s right…in ourmodel-making event!As always, we are not letting down thehopes of all those students who wannahave some fun, and not use too much oftheir brains!..This year, we are proud tore-introduce one of the most popularevents of Prodigy…..the one we weremost excited about when we were in ourfirst year at college….The AmazingRace…which promises you an innovativetreasure hunt, through the by-lanes ofMumbai. And with other events likeBulls ‘n’ Bears, ICT MUN and thetechnical debate, there is absolutely nospace for you to get bored!!So get ready…prepare yourself…andcome to experience and celebrate thespirit and exuberance of today’s youth.A cordial invitation to all the studentsand faculty of UICT….Prodigy 2008-be a part of it. (Visit us at www.prodigyict.org formore information about the events)

APINNACLE-08

'Aakanksha', a student activity forum founded bythe Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Tech-nology symbolizes hopes, aspirations and desireto excel. It provides a unique opportunity to honethe skills of students through a variety of activi-ties such as seminars and workshops.This year Aakanksha and Youthfest present'APINNACLE-08', an inter-collegiate event heldfrom 19th – 20th January, 2008, to pool the talent ofthe entire country on a single platform. The entirefestival comprises of a number of events likePaper and Poster Presentation, Crime Scene In-vestigation, Vitamin M, Brand Vision – Ad FilmMaking event. These events will together help indeveloping one’s communication, analytical, andcreative skills and stimulate interaction amongstthe students.‘APPINNACLE–08’ promises an exciting, fun-filledand enriching experience for everyone.

Schedule

Poster Presentation 8am-9amPaper Presentation 9.30am- 1.00pmCrime Scene Investigation 1.00pm – 5.30pm(Elims)

Brand Vision 10.00am-12.30pmCrime Scene Investigation 10.00am- 1.00pm(Finals) Vitamin M 2.30pm-5.00p.mClosing Ceremony 5.00pm-6.00pm

SPIRITThe 14

January 2008