Pragyan ‘08 is finally here
Posted by Anshu Prateek as NITT, Personal
Well, it was day 1 of Pragyan 08.Dr. Amir Shapiro was simply fantastic. So was Dr. Prahlad. Well no point hiding my bias for robotics :) And my event is on last day. Working for it. CSG work is mostly done except for a couple of small minor glitches that just turn up at the […]
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Addicted :(
Posted by manas as Personal, Uncategorized
I came back late from office today - after 11 pm - had an unusually busy day.
I reached home and turned on my computer.
I launched Internet Explorer and prayed - Oh God! I don’t want my internet connection to work tonight.
It was working.
And here I am, at 1 a.m., dead tired, swollen eyes, but glued […]
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My Travelogue
Posted by as Uncategorized
It all started when I got admitted into NIT,Trichy back in 2003. Being mom’s kid I found it very difficult to settle myself in hostel. Even my choice of this college was heavily influenced by the fact that it was just 3.5 hours away from my sweet home. Remiss in my studies or any event […]
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Rollicking Pragyan ‘08!
Posted by Jithin K.Rajeev as Diary
I am loving it!
The first festival, I am attending in my college and it’s simply great! Wonderfull programs indeed! Thought most programs, I attended, had some technical problems (Pragyan is the official TechFest of NIT-Trichy ) and got delayed by an hour or so, yet they were worth the time I spent.
First there was […]
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CWS Theme wins cube decoration contest!!
Posted by Sundar Rajan G S as cube decoration contest, cws theme
Hi All,We had a cube decoration contest at Google. My Cube had the theme.. “Coffee With Sundar”.. I took part in the individual category.. We(Me and all you readers) won the “Cube Decoration Contest” for individual category..I will upload photos and videos by monday.. Thank you all for your support..Special thanks to mahesh, who helped me design the posters!
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The year that was (2007)
Posted by a fan as Uncategorized
Typed the post in Dec, but posting now as things are concluded for the year :)——————————————————————————One thing which ought to be mentioned is, i have started posting a bit regularly in this blog in the year 2007.Last year this time, i was applying for Singapore Visa. Mid - Jan : Went to Singapore for a week for project work. Met a few good people. Met my friend Riyas and his spouse after 6 years.. Had quite an interesting Thai/ Chinese dinners. Roamed in the botanical garden of Singapore and in Orchard road… Missed visiting the Orchid garden by few minutes. Roamed so much that i was literally exhausted while boarding the flight back to India.End - Jan : Took a week off to go home. Realized that it’s time to move to a new job in life.1st week of Feb : Started updating my resume. It was last updated in August 2004.End - Feb : Applied to TCS. Well, plan was to join either a startup or a service industry. A strict no for MNCs.March : Uploaded the CV in Naukri.March-Apr : Every weekend was spent in attending interviews… There were worse interviews, great interviews, junk interviews and very predictable interviews… Overall, had an amazing experience. The whole experience was quite an eye opener for me. It made me realize a few harsh facts. Got a few offers. Finalized on one offer. Took a vacation of 1 week.1st week of May : Informed my manager about the decision. Got June 8th as last day.June : Joined the new company. Things are normal.July - August: work is fine, few new learnings. Realized that it’s time to give GMAT. Joined the Princeton class.September - Oct : Weekends were spent in classes. Mocks were pathetic in the beginning. Got to a decent score in the last week of Oct.Nov 7 : Was on leave in the first week of Nov. Gave 2 Mocks and ended up with good score. D day was on Nov 7th. Atlast ended with a decent 700. Went home for diwali and back to work.Nov 14 : Applied for ISB, Round 2.Dec 19 : Got the Interview call.Jan 24 : Attended the Interview. Screwed it up due to several reasons with main reason being procrastination.This ends all the pending activities from 2007.New activities have already begun for 2008 ;)
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KDE 4 @Pengufest - A Curtain “Raiser”
Posted by Sathya Narayanan as Computers, General
The day finally came when pegufest gt rolling with its first guest lecture..The guy who came as such was looking like some fresh graduate(we had a sort of nice cook up early in the morning whenwe missed out to recieve him in the railway station)… so i thought he wud make the guestlecture interesting […]
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Coins
Posted by manas as Uncategorized, arbit
Remember the time when coins were such a hard thing to find? No shopkeeper seemed to have coins, and everyone resorted to shelling out those toffees for 50p or 1 Re. (I bet the smart ones still do)
I’ve been facing the opposite problem for the last few months. I don’t carry coins in with me, […]
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Coffee With Hemalatha Thiagarajan! - A Professor
Posted by Sundar Rajan G S as Professor, coffee with experts, hemalatha thiagarajan
Hi Folks,Its my pleasure to welcome Hemalatha Thiagarajan, Professor from the Mathematics department of NIT Trichy. She handles maths courses in various departments and also a few computer science courses. She is one of the best faculty members of NIT Trichy.Its a great honour to have Hemalatha Thiagarajan maam on my blog!====================================================================================Coffee With Hemalatha Thiagarajan! - A Professor!Me: Sundar Rajan G SHT: Hemalatha Thiagarajan!Me: Hello Maam, Welcome to Coffee With Sundar! When did you start you career as a teacher? What are the subjects that you teach?HT: I started way back in 1979 in Loyola College teaching Math to Undergrads. In arts and Science Colleges I have taught mainly “pure” Math like topology, Analysis. In REC/NIT, I have taught a various courses in Math as well as Computer Science. But I really enjoyed teaching courses like probability, Real Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra and a course on Mathematical Thinking (The last two courses were offered through the IEEE chapter in NIT)and when these are well received by the students( which is only 50% of the time) I am immensely satisfied. On the computer side I have taught data structures, Algorithms, Theory of Formal Languages and Automata. Somehow these are better received by the students than the Math courses.Me: Maam, you have been at various positions like HOD, Associate Dean etc? How does these roles affect your teaching process?HT: If you take up admin positions your teaching does get hit. During this time I started using the black board less and relied on pre-prepared lecture material more. I was not happy doing it. These responsibilities do have their compensations though. You are more in touch with the students and get get a lot of feed back from the students. You are also in a position to implement some of your ideas at least.Me: Some teachers feel that they should reach out to each and every student in the class.. Others feel that they need not wait for everyone to understand? What (and why) is your stance on this topic, which has a wide spectrum of opinions.HT: I differ in this respect. I had a discussion with a co-teacher once, who said we have to go down to the level of the last student in the class! What about the bright students then? The answer was they can learn on their own. I disagree with this view. Each institute gets students of a specific standard, and the courses must be taught at that level. Further, I have noticed that if the expectation of the teacher is on the higher side, the students put in extra effort and reach at least 50% of that.I used to be very upset about the fact that students do not put their heart into learning. But after some courses that I attended, I realized that while I can give 100% to what I do, I am in no way responsible if the student does not give his 100% to learning. I am at peace now and I accept the fact that students may have differentpriorities.Me: Do you think teachers should have industrial exposure? Do this help?HT: In the applied fields like engineering it is a tremendous input. You can easily relate what you teach with what goes on in the industry. In mathematics, in some applied courses like Operations Research, Statistics it is a great help. But the math teachers do not have such an opportunity in India.Me: What is the most satisfying thing for a teacher? In your opinion, What makes a teacher really happy.. ?HT: The most satisfying thing is to be remembered by your students, who get in touch with you after a long gap and help you in your activities.Me: What are your other interests. What do you do in your spare time.HT: I teach High school students. I am a part of the RMO training group in Chennai. I help disadvantaged students in choosing the right career.Me: Finally maam, what would you like to say to people who want to take up teaching as a profession?HT: I don’t find students taking teaching as a profession. It is a last resort if they do not get placed. Whatever be the case, you have to first learn what you are going to teach. Go very well prepared for your classes. If you do not know something accept it and invite the students to get the answers. You can learn from your students no harm.We see the lack of good teachers affecting the high school students learning process. In no time this will spread to institutes of higher learning.Sundar, time you took teaching as a good career option seriously.===================================================================================Thank you so much for sparing your time for this interview Maam. I surely will become a prof. 3650 days down the line.. :-) I hope we have more and more good teachers like you.Readers, hope you enjoyed this episode of Coffee With Experts. This episode is the first one from academia. I hope to bring in people from different walks of life, have a chat with them & share the conversation/email over the blog.
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Pen Pencil and Eraser.
Posted by as Memories.
This is not the story of the pen pencil and Eraser who fought while walking on the Thuvakudi road where pencil met with an accident and Pen was crying. Ok chill, I heard a complex quote and just googled to find the right one. “Life is […]
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