'Era' - as defined in dictionary as ' a period of history' but for me the era which i am talking about ,the era which i am blogging down is ' Era ' - "brief but most significant period of my history/life. 'Era' - my 5 year stay at IIT Bombay.
It all begins with sense of pride and arrogance when you qualify JEE and enter into the iits .But no sooner the academic calender starts, the vicious circle of classes and labs begin the cursing and cribbing begins ,still whenever one is outside the campus which in junior years are really rare occasions the arrogance resurfaces. This is what is constant throught the 4 years and 5 years if you opted for dual degree.
Rather 5 years stay at IITB for dual degree students can be divided into two phases. First 1st year to 4th year and second 5th year or popularly known as DD year ,this is more or less synonymous to 'vanvas' and 'agyatvas' suffered by pandavas.As stated the period upto 4th year are spent by constantly complaining regarding hectic lab and lecture schedule and heavy workload of studies and ironically the second phase i.e. DD year is spent complaining about absence of any substantial work to do. Boredom and inactivity sets in to such an extend that people ofen engage in heated discussions on foolish and insignificant topics. Though discussions in corridors ,at canteen or coffee shack has been story of our stay at IIT but the topics & arguments given for/against the topis discussed during the DD year distinguishly stand out alone. I would have loved to quote these topics and it would even help add humour to blog but i what to say I feel rather too embarrased about these stupidities now.
Initial period of DD year is filled with anxiety about the impending placements though there spurts of activities in between like trekking, hockey & cricket matches and treats ofcourse but overall bearing these spurts it was rather dull affair. While Dual Degree project which is rather primary responsibity is put on hold, now this is because its not on priority list uptil the placements are done with. But this is only half story, Dual Degree project is still not on priority list even after the placemnets are over because euphoria and frenzy for celebrations and treats takes over. This is the time when one realizes that dawn on student life is near and peolpe begin to think more professionally about there careers and future plans.
Thats it this is how much i could write while attending my TFC (technical foundation course) training program for new joinees at Relaince ,which in turn rather turn out to be fruitful as i could blog down my 'end of an era'
-Sumit
It all begins with sense of pride and arrogance when you qualify JEE and enter into the iits .But no sooner the academic calender starts, the vicious circle of classes and labs begin the cursing and cribbing begins ,still whenever one is outside the campus which in junior years are really rare occasions the arrogance resurfaces. This is what is constant throught the 4 years and 5 years if you opted for dual degree.
Rather 5 years stay at IITB for dual degree students can be divided into two phases. First 1st year to 4th year and second 5th year or popularly known as DD year ,this is more or less synonymous to 'vanvas' and 'agyatvas' suffered by pandavas.As stated the period upto 4th year are spent by constantly complaining regarding hectic lab and lecture schedule and heavy workload of studies and ironically the second phase i.e. DD year is spent complaining about absence of any substantial work to do. Boredom and inactivity sets in to such an extend that people ofen engage in heated discussions on foolish and insignificant topics. Though discussions in corridors ,at canteen or coffee shack has been story of our stay at IIT but the topics & arguments given for/against the topis discussed during the DD year distinguishly stand out alone. I would have loved to quote these topics and it would even help add humour to blog but i what to say I feel rather too embarrased about these stupidities now.
Initial period of DD year is filled with anxiety about the impending placements though there spurts of activities in between like trekking, hockey & cricket matches and treats ofcourse but overall bearing these spurts it was rather dull affair. While Dual Degree project which is rather primary responsibity is put on hold, now this is because its not on priority list uptil the placements are done with. But this is only half story, Dual Degree project is still not on priority list even after the placemnets are over because euphoria and frenzy for celebrations and treats takes over. This is the time when one realizes that dawn on student life is near and peolpe begin to think more professionally about there careers and future plans.
Thats it this is how much i could write while attending my TFC (technical foundation course) training program for new joinees at Relaince ,which in turn rather turn out to be fruitful as i could blog down my 'end of an era'
-Sumit
