Power Cuts!!!

As you already know, because of the frequent and unscheduled power-cuts in the state, many problems arise. One among them is the lab sessions getting affected in our coll. So the working days were changed and this news also hit the newspapers. Due to the power-cuts, even water availability has come. The college has 5 diesel generators using which power is generated and is circulated among the various places of the college. Amidst these a three day holiday is just around the corner for Ganesh Chaturthi. Because of the power and water shortage, the college has announced these three days as an open permission despite the fact that exams start on 8th. Many students have planned to go wherever they can to get some water and electricity! Hope the power crisis ends soon.
 
Harish.R.

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MECASSO Quiz..

so along with the symposium's preparation , other activities have also kicked off in MECASSO..
yesterday we had the MECASSO quiz scheduled at the audi,it was a general quiz.. it had 40 questions to be completed in 30 minutes n very challenging too.
around 50 teams participated.. along with the quiz,the registrations for MECASSO cricket cup have also began..plans for the robotics n theatrical clubs r also finalised n r going to be launched soon..
so its good to see lot of activities happening at VKJ..

Exam and Carpe Dates Changed

Due to the change in working days and power cuts, the second mid semester exams scheduled on 8, 9 and 10 of September have been rescheduled to 6, 7 and 8 September. Also, Carpediem has been postponed to September 12, 13 and 14 along with Colosseum. Rumours say that even these dates for Carpe may be changed. Meanwhile, the TShirts for Carpe have arrived and we can expect them to be on sale anytime soon.

Change in Working Days

Due to the power shortage across the state power cuts are scheduled everywhere and Tuesday and Thursday are the slots of the week for our college area :-) Because of this many lab classes are affected in the University. So for the next three weeks starting from today Tuesdays and Thursdays will be holidays and Saturdays and Sundays will function with the corresponding time tables. Atleast now the students can work in the labs peacefully without power cuts :-P

Telugu Lits!!!!

So after the English, Hindi n tamil lits now the telugu people of SASTRA have started it all. the new telugu lits was inagurated recently.. it has many activities scheduled like quiz,dramatics,debate,etc.. posters were put around the campus sayin FIRST TIME IN SASTRA and some stuff in telugu n abt the inagural etc..it was started by some fourth years and huge crowd gathered for the inagural session.they are planning to make it to kuruksastra too..
so hope the club has a very smooth functioning and follow the tag which says ragging strictly prohibited :p...
so all the very best.

Here they are!!!

It's that time of the year when major companies like IBM, Sun, Microsoft, GOOGLE etc. announce student contests. With the craze for the certificates offered by these IT majors students have started to form teams for the contests. The first in the line is 'The Great Mind Challenge' by IBM. With blue coloured posters and a high traffic site, TGMC is a hit this year with more number of participants and better scenarios. It focusses on many web technologies like XML, Ajax, DB2 etc. Many discussions and special seminars are arranged everywhere in the campus for this. Also many of the two million clubs in the college proclaim to teach the students some of the technologies which are to be used in TGMC this year. Interstingly many second years are also trying to compete for the gold.  The next up is 'Code for Freedom' from Sun Microsystems. It started on the I-Day and runs on till April 2009. Like TGMC, many Sastrites have started forming teams for Code for Freedom also. Only time can tell how many winners come out from our university. All the best for every participant!!!

Carpe fever has started!!!

First of all, I wish everyone a happy independence day!!! Lets move to the heading mentioned above shall we? (As if you have an option of telling no ;-P). Carpe' diem, the intra college cul fest is to be held on Aug 22, 23 and 24 and the preparations for it has started already with the college walls being fully covered by green Carpe posters and the list of various events. The registrations for various events will be starting from the coming Monday. An orientation for the first years for the fest was done recently in Vidyut audi. The audi was so full that we can hardly find a place to stand!!! It was a combined orientation for Daksh and Carpe and the Daksh 09 website was also launched during the event. All the best to all the participants of Carpe. 

SAKSHAMA '08

SAKSHAMA is the mechanical n mechatronics department's national level technical symposium to be held on september 27. it is a sanskrit word which means realise your potential.
it has many written,robotic,on the spot n exciting events..
posters will be put soon n details will be uploaded on the sastra site soon.its open for all departments n hope there is a huge turn out..
a brochure had been designed recently for the sponsorship purposes n its gives a broad idea about the event to the sponsors..more soon..so please look out here or the sastra notice boards.
a few pics for cneek peek...
please do feel free to comment about it.

A FEMALE INMATE IN THE MEGA HOSTEL!!!

We were near the water cooler in the ground floor at around 10:30 pm when suddenly there was a commotion nearby. Voices that sounded "Hey guys,come out we have somebody here!" were loud and clear! We rushed up to see what the hue was all about. When we went there, we froze to the ground seeing what it was all about!! And lo! We could see a shivering body with fear and insecurity written all over her face. This was the very same fear that one would have if one got caught in a place which was drastically alien. All the guys surrounded the place within a matter of minutes with all devilish smiles which reflected the evil in their minds. The pitiable condition worsened and the fear that gripped those shivering legs made her make a desperate attempt to escape from the place but only to find that all efforts were in vain and there was no way out. The security was no where in vicinity and neither was the warden. The guys went about their business. The very reason for their presence at the scene was about to be satisfied! But all that fear and desperation in that small face reached out to the hearts of many. Those lame legs tried its level best to make a dash for the doorway. But all that it could do was, make her limp pathetically. All our good hearts prayed for her very survival and escape. As an answer to all our prayers, the wings opened up and the peahen started flying!!! But she was so badly wounded that she didn't have the needed energy to fly. Finally the security was summoned. He came to her rescue.. approached her slowly and lifted the shivering bird tenderly and placed her in the courtyard where she could be safe. Let us all bring out the true humanity in us and protect the peahen, proving that men always have a respect for womankind!!

  Long live compassion!!

This incident was witnessed and blogged by Ashwath, Abilash and Harish.

New Hostels and the Mess Meet

On top of the Mega and AV mess, a new boys hostel is coming up. Rooms for some 30 AIEEE first years have already been allotted in these SPS styled 4 in 1 room hostel. Hostels on top of the mess is a good idea. It clearly shows that we have occupied all the space that is available for SASTRA and we seek more. Rumours say that the college has booked all the rooms in all the private hostels around the college for the next one year. Also, there is one more hostel coming up for boys behind RLV. Amidst all these construction works, the mess meet was held recently and it seems that many decisions regarding the caterers were taken and also a few changes in the permissions for girls. A new menu has been formed (well, its actually a modified verison of the existing one) for the Mega mess and it will be in practice from 18th August 2008. That's it for now guys! Ba Bye!!

Accident near GNV

VRecently, near GNV, an ambassador car and SASTRA buses collided. No one was injured badly and the issue was resolved amicably. However, the car is still kept in the college premisis. Here are some pics of the car. Sorry about the orientation of the pics, they were taken and uploaded in a hurry. :-)

Popups Is Back!!!

Yep! The good old Popups is back!!! And that too with a bang!!! Yesterday, Popups was inaugrated by its team Harshas, Amarnath, Vaishnavi, Vivekanand, Komal, Sandhya, Ashwath, Harish and yours truly :-). The crowd was amazing. TIFAC Core Conference Hall couldn't accomodate us, a strength of more than 200!!! People were sitting everywhere, on the usual seats, some 25 extra chairs, the stairs in the middle, steps to the dias, the dias, on the chief guest area both sitting and standing, standing at the back and still people were coming! The session was a complete entertainer with both the Harshas for both the sessions (one for ITC groups and the other for the rest of the groups). The usual routine of distributing registration forms and selecting the class representatives was done. Even I had a chance to go to the stage and entertain the crowd for some minutes by telling about my experience in Popups last year. We even had some people to sing on the stage. After the session was over seeing the crowd sitting in their seats not willing to move and demanding for more was a sight which will be remembered by all of us forever. Then the first years approached us everywhere till we returned to the hostels addressing us as sir (makes me feel like I m a senior when they do that :-)) complimenting us and asking for help. The day was simply sensational for everyone.