GITAM UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD: Mids,Ganesh Nimarjanam,New canteen,Sports selection : DAY:13/09/2010

There are very few days which have witnessed such kind of activity in the history of GITAM University Hyderabad campus,and this days will be one of those ,for the sheer thrill and excitement and also a miniscule part of disappointment at the loss of a fully functioning mobile.,why does this concern us ?

We will deal with it later.

ACTIVITY:

Today was supposed to be another boring Monday for many students ,but it wasn’t as the juniors got to face their first full fledged exams,with various seating arrangements, but an exciting thing to face their first exams,with special crafted to perfection seating arrangements :p.

New canteen
Wi-Fi trial runs
MIds
Ganesh Nimarjanam

NEW CANTEEN:

Is it new any more ?

I mean every gitamite and his uncle probably knows about the canteen,and the umpteenth number of times the re-opening date has been jumping around ,but this time,the date didn’t jump,neither did the time.

The new canteen was expected to be opened amongst much fanfare,but the mids which are currently torturing the students of GITAM University Hyderabad ,played spoilsport,since most of the students shied away from the canteens in general,be it the old one or the new one.

Quality:

The quality of food has been pretty good,and the pricing for FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) like soft drinks etc,was similar to that of the old canteen,while the others in the food menu were pretty exceptional,like the Manchuria ,and veg noodles which was true value for money,it was the same in the last canteen too.

Quality in both the canteens is more or less the same,but only time will decided who will win the battle out right ,and the basic wining point will be quality,the other prime factor would be variety of food,with the opening of the Subway(Oh ,yes it is coming,maybe next decade or so.. :-P),and the heritage parlour(this will take a month,not a decade),both the canteens will be hard pressed to get students to spend more time and money with them.

Variety:

Variety of food will be even more crucial,since Rudraram is pretty far away from the heart of “civilization”(Hyderabad!!),and getting junk food like pizzas,burgers and what not is pretty difficult as of now,and even if you try you will probably end up with something like cabbage curry placed in between two buns,and call it a burger!

And the old canteen has a good edge over the new one,since,it continues to server awesome chat street menu in the evening,while the new canteens forte would probably be,breakfast and lunch,A quick bite won’t be an option since it is relatively farther than the old canteen.

TRIVIA:

Did you know,the first people to “inaugurate” the new canteen aren’t the director of GITAM University Hyderabad campus(Dr.Ch Sanjay) ,and Verma sir(Resident director GITAM University Hyderabad Campus),but a bunch of seniors,who got there first,they will remain the first persons to have used the new canteen,the faculty/management has to take the second place.
The new canteen can seat 152 students,and extendable to ~180 students.
Dr.Sanjay apparently announced in a couple of junior classrooms that the canteen will be of 450 capacity.

SPORTS SELECETION:

The various campus teams selections for the CBIT fest this weekend are on a roll,and as usual the tussle for slots be it in cricket or football continue among the juniors and the seniors,the game in general surely hasn’t taken a back seat,but this doesn’t hold true for cricket

CRICKET:

Basically,a campus team needs to be selected after public announcement but due regard must be paid to the fact that due to shortage of time many regular procedures had to be over looked,but this doesn't imply foul play(as many juniors claim) by seniors or any one else is called for,Mind you the PT sir is awesome,and does his job well,but more often than not(being a new faculty member),might (the keyword being Might!),be mislead.

Various students have been trying desperately to tap into this loop hole in the current selection system,and use it as a leverage to showcase their influence,this time you might get away with it people but next time,it will be our turn.

The problem gets even more muddier ,due to the mid exams going on right now,and very few juniors are taking the plunge .

Football:

The beautiful game seems to be better off when it comes to team selections,compared to cricket.

The procedure was more or less similar to the cricket process,but more transparent,and lesser domination of the seniors ensured that,the selection were relatively fair.

But,the juniors who didn't get a chance(getting a chance is different from not getting selected) to have a go in the selection process,cried foul,and they duly did,even in spite of the extra tight time constrains,it isn’t but difficult to make the process more functional.

Others:

Other sports like TT and volleyball,aren't far behind,each one showcasing exceptional talent and each one has its own story of college politics and students who got in due to either “rep”(reputation),or due to sheer manipulation of the process in the slightest way possible to get the most desired outcome :)

Wi-Fi:

Here we go again,with one of the most sought of facility is the Wi-Fi,nd this time we get to see the accesses points in flesh courtesy(Cisco!!),and we are assured of the full campus Wi-Fi once the trial runs are complete.

Q.How long will it take ?

A.A couple of days more(We bet atleast a week more).

Q.When is it coming to the hostels ?

A.It will be activated about a week after it comes on campus.

Q.Can we access Facebook /orkut/youtube ?

A.No!!

MIDS:

Every jr was very tensed and excited about their first mids. I was shocked to see my mates studying in the bus(c’mon guys we’re not in high school anymore). As you all know, monday marked the beginning of a very special kinda exams. They’re special because of the perfectly disastrous seating arrangement. We, jr’s have never seen such a weird setup ever before. It was almost 10 o’clock(half an hr before the start of the first exam), two guys walk into the class and pasted two papers depicting the seating arrangement and when they left, we went over there to take a look at the papers and every single face was having a big ? mark. It took about ten minutes for us to clearly understand the two bloody papers and finally everyone looked at each other and said “holy shit” :-p. Uff… not a single junior saw such a kinda seating arrangement, every class had only 6 students from a single class in a row and your benchmate was obviously from some other section. Each class contained all the 8 branches students,six from each section.

And later on, the ultimate shock was that there were different sets of papers(wtf!!!) and they were organised in such an ugly way that your class people get the same set. In our boards, any person sitting around you used to get a different set and was difficult to copy, but now these guys employed a new method i.e two sections get the same set (w.r,t their MUTUAL lecturer). Finally, the first exam finishes and every one came out with a grin on their face. Everyone got a 2hr break, wait a minute, it is stupid to call it a break,coz every one was busy studying “C” and some people even skipped their lunch.

The day went on well and in the evening at around 6 o’clock RUMOURS started spreading that Civil-A students got an hand over the next days maths paper, and ECE-A and MECH-A students came out with some important questions for the chemistry exam. Anyways, nobody knows whether its true or not, but the hostel corridors were a bit messy, everyone was hopping from room to room in search of CIVIL and IT guys .

GANESH NIMARJANAM:

The spot light of today ganesh nimarjanam ,wasn’t the whole process of nimarjanamn,but the serious consequences.

Close to 15 odd phones,were drenched and hence rendered useless,as the students who went into the pond to perform the nimarjanam forgot to remove their mobiles from their pockets while going into the water.

The result:Extreme shortage of spare phones.