What to do ???

What to do ???

I'm always left wondering as to what the companies look for in the students coz in most of the cases the deserved candidates dont get what they really deserve and the underdogs walk away with a plump share of the placements.

Do i need to work hard and see that I've a very good CGPA ?? Do i need to give more presentations ?? Do i need to do more projects ?? Will these ensure decent placements or do i need to do anything more ?? Well in marketing terms ...How i do create product differentiation for myself among other products(my classmates) in the consumer.

And incidentally our class alumni committee arranged an "Alumni Speaks" event which was basically aimed at dealing with the queries of our seniors who've their placements. It was great ...the best part of the event was the food :D .

Jokes apart there were people who passed out 3-4 years back who were doing good in their respective industries and had lots of gyaan to share with us who were gearing up for the big day. I expected lot of my above queries to be addressed and they were did. Now the inputs i got from them left me even more confused but somehow on more personal interactions with them gave me the clear picture. I've understood what really matters and what doesnt. But that aint as easy as it seems to achieve.

Right now have some plans but then like all other plans they hardly seem to materialise. Hope I get enough perseverance and guidance to achieve them.

Almost forgot...We got our much-awaited (donno why) Visiting Cards today...pretty decent and nothing flashy about it. But now that I've my visiting cards, I'm finding it hard to find reasons and people to whom i can flash my visiting card :D ( you may ask then why have it in the first place??...Well to be frank even I share the same view but then you never know when you need to flash it out )
So, i thought my blog should be the first recipient of the honour and so ...here it is :D

Food for Thought...

SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Change Your Point of View

Imagine you're in London's Heathrow Airport. While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally you find a seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out
your box of shortbread cookies.

As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it! You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.

Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's got some nerve?! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected. He breaks it in half, and gives half to you. After he's finished with his half he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.

You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies -- still unopened.

Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag, and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake.

Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view.

Is it time to change your point of view?

Now, think of this story as it relates to your life . Seeing things from a new point of view can be very enlightening. Think outside the box. Don'tsettle for the status quo. Be open to suggestions.

Things may not be what they seem

Back from break ...

Back from the dussehra break. Was in hyd during the break and that should explain the break in my blogging activity.

Life in Hyd and the people are really laid-back and this strikes you blatantly when you're coming from a city like Delhi. Really missing hyderabad. I hope i get placed in Hyderabad after my MBA or atleast i get settled there later.

Time really flies like an arrow, specially when you're back home after a span of a long time.

Had loads of fun by catching up with my friends, hanging out with them in the "Eat Street" and the usual sessions of exchanging pleasantries. Went to a movie ( Bhagiratha ) which wasn't that great and can be avoided when you've movies like Athadu and Chatrapathi ( yet to watch both of these). What else ?? Nothing much ...couldnt get time to spend time with parents as I was freaking out most of the day. My plans to do some work for my MBA went for a toss with the lovely weather and the rain.

Haan... rain ..got it....it was the best part of my stay @ hyd. The showery weather, the rarely-seen-greenery, my idle accent were so tempting that even my fever and cough couldnt prevent me from freaking out ... and result ?? i end up driving almost 250Km in the 4days i spent there. This should give you an idea of how much I love this kinda weather. Its not only the weather everytime ...a lot depends on the company you're freaking out with. And to talk more about it ...I can hardly wait to get back to hyd :D.

Had some amazing experiences ... which I never seem to get tired of.

And finally like all good things come to an end. I had to come back to Delhi as some company was visiting for summers. Didnt feel like leaving hyd but if i'd stayed back my parents would've definitely kicked me out.

And I arrived here just to know that I wasnt shortlisted. That worsened issues. Chalo ..agreed that I never expected to get selected but then not even getting shortlisted is something i didnt deserve. But then life's like that... who said that one will always get what he deserves....felt bad for the entire day ... swore that i'll work harder and just like everything....it didnt last long enough...

Thats it for now...got some work to catch up for the BII.

Near to Death Experience...

Ok...its not as horrifying as the title sounds but nonetheless it could have been worse.
Today earthquake shook most part of North India and Delhi in particular. This was my first experience of witnessing an earthquake and was an amazing experience .

Slept at 3:30 am in the morning and was in no mood to wake up before 11am but then nature decided to gimme a rude wakeup call. Roughly about at 9:30 am in the morning I woke up when I felt like I was travelling in a train. My bed was shaking and so where the table and the windows. I could hear voices screaming " Hostel khaali kharo " ( Vacate the Hostel ) and when i glanced out of my window, I could see hordes of guys gathered in the open lawn shouting and screaming.

I soon came to my senses and was busy contemplating ...
>>whether to jump from the 3rd floor or to take the stairs
>>which one would hurt the most ??
>>do i have time to brush and run ??
>>should i carry my lappy ??
>>what about my guitar ( though i never play it )??

I tried to wake up my friend who was still sleeping and dreaming of a perfect score in the minors... and as I've already mentioned in the earlier post ..sleep has become such a precious commodity nowadays that my friend went back to sleep saying that he had no intentions of spoiling his sleep for some stupid earthquake. Poor soul...

In a couple of minutes the tremors calmed down and so did my stupid thoughts. But what if this would've been worse than this ?? How should I've reacted or responded in such situations ??For novices like me...Here's a short list of do's ( Source : Yogi )

In case of an earthquake
>> Rush to an open groundspace
>> If you're stuck in a building and cant go out make sure you stand beneath a pillar (coz thats the last thing thats gonna come down)
>> If you want more ... call the fire dept. :D

Minors are Back!!!

Minors are back and back with a vengeance... Minors are no "minor issue" and that means sleepless nights follow without any doubt.

Suddenly sleeping becomes the most precious and scarce commodity.

And neither am I able to think anything other than minors. So its better to sign off with the line...

"Minors are here - Will be back soon !!!"

PS: For the uninitiated, Minors are mid-semester exams in IIT. Wish me goodluck

IT Rostrum rocks !!!

The much awaited IT Rostrum finally happened and rocked without any glitches and hiccups amidst lot of speculations and last-minute preparations. A lot of credit goes to us (Rostrum organising team) who somehow managed to get the things right just-in-time.

Things were in a big mess and no one was sure if this much taunted event would happen. The seniors took their own sweet time in finalising the speakers and the whole preparation for the event started just 2 days before the event. Right from the poster designing to organising food...and that meant a hell lot of action for the organising team specially for the first year students.

We had as many as 8 speakers from the IT industry who were experts in their own domain to give various perspectives to the topic. Organising events though many a times could be a thankless job, it is always a great learning experience. You cant get a better opportunity to test your organising capabilities. And the feedback of the event was so good that we can hardly wait to organise the next seminar

And finally a BIG Thanks to all those who were directly or indirectly involved in making this a success....

For more details about the proceedings of the seminar click here .