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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Fwd: " Mess " cleared!! DAY:31/07/2010




The act is done!!

The mess is cleared as a junior puts it all the " kanjoos " people(those who were misusing the hostel facility),and they have been shown the way out.

The faculty, management and obviously the crusaders the hostel seniors worked hand in gloves with various sets of hostel juniors to clear the fluster state of the mess during lunch times and kicked out the (selective) day-scholars who were misusing the mess facility.


The token system has been introduced and the seniors have been up till about 2:30 odd in the morning issuing the token to all the juniors.

With the seniors guarding the entrance of the mess and checking up the juniors,the selective day scholars had no chance to get into the mess.

Varma sir and Sreeram sir,also dropped by to look at the proceeding and were pleased at the current mess arrangement,and they were pretty disgusted at the fact that 157 day-scholars had the nerve to enter the mess and misuse it.

Rumors have it that  at least 3-4 day-scholars who got hold of a couple of coupons(thanks to their hostel friends *hope you get the sarcasm *),had food in the mess.
And the seniors when informed about this expressed their helplessness,but got to admit a drop of 150 students from 157 to 4 students is quite an applaud achievement,in less than 24 hrs.
The way we sane,day-scholars see it,the hostel would lie in ruins had it not been for the excellent faculty(read : warden),and responsible seniors,and I bet most sane people out there would agree with this statement of mine ,and if you don't agree for this then you are a rotten tomato like (*Fill in the blank plz*)

And too those three or four members,A simple word for you : Losers!!!

Ragging:

Saturday,the seniors get to flood the ground and they are all more or less good to the juniors,but we do know that some of you are exploiting us,and abusing us when we try to share,not use,mind you share the Cricket ground with you(seniors),We can't do a thing but we can assure you of one thing we are pretty angry ,I mean just because you are seniors it doesn't f**king imply that you can abuse us as you please(Continuing the tradition of using this particular color,to drive home the point,Hope this works :D),but it is only due to some good seniors that we are not officially reporting it,as we know pretty well that only a particular set of the seniors(probably 20-30),are a bunch of trouble makers,and we don't wanna ruin the reputation of the other Seniors who are kind to us,they rag us too,but they respect us as well,and they don't end up asking or get personal,ragging for fun is fine,but beyond that the situation gets out of control,just remember,the only reason we are not kicking the arse of these 20-30 seniors(We can if we wanna,we terribly out number them anyway,other seniors we are not referring to you,you guys are great these 20-30 are not :P) is due to the other seniors protection,had they teamed up with us,these trouble makers would have been out of the campus,While we also agree that we have a quite a bunch of trouble makers in our juniors too (:D).

PARTY:

The boys hostel,as well as the girls hostel of GITAM University Hyderabad are set to witness heavy music and loads of fun,with a party being organised by the seniors(paid  by us :P),we will be there to cover the events,but we will be a little late as hostlers don't get to access the internet easily.

As of now, rumors have it that a DJ is on the cards,While the seniors claim it to be otherwise,and we know for sure that things are cooking up,we juniors are sure that a DJ will be coming tonight.

The party in the hostels is set to go on till late in the night,and this will be followed up by an apparent special menu(Did anyone say 12 dishes ??*curses for not being a hostler *),on Sunday night.

More news on this event will follow,right from the girls hostel to the boys hostel.

SPORTS:

obvious,our good currently old(I mean older,don't get me wrong),finally get to take a day off,and practice for the sports day celebrations.

regards,
lifeatgitamhyd.

Note:
There will be a new signature line and everything from the next week,which will signify the contributor/author of that particular post.

A small example:

if an civil B person writes a post,(an article on the days/weeks event),then it will carry the signature of the Civil B student(his name or just his Section),others feature articles(you know the hi-fi ones :P) will carry the lifeatgitamhyd tag,and the second in command post will carry the LAGH chief tag or its respective derivatives :D








Mess in a "Mess":Day 30/07/2010



The Mess(Introduction):
 
The current boys mess,of GITAM University Hyderabad is simply stunning,with and the previous "avatar" of the mess is currently is a mere shadow of the present structure.
But there have been some issues ,not exclusively with the quality of food,but with the quantity of food.
it was only yesterday that the mysterious increase of students using the afternoon mess facility (Which has been a trend since the last couple of weeks),was cracked open,and the issue briefly follows,being a day-scholar,I might not be giving the exact point of view,but I have tried my best to keep it as neutral as possible.

The "Mess":

The actual reasons that the mess is totally messed up during the afternoon session is due to the fact that over 100 odd students(today 150),who are day-scholars are using the mess facility.

The total number of boys who are currently using the hostel facility is about 300,but for the past two weeks(and still increasing),there has been a sharp increase in the number of students who have been using the mess facility(lunch time),it was only yesterday that we realised that,these particular bunch of students were misusing our mess facility,under false assumptions and we took their weird reasons for granted,it was only yesterday during our interaction with the seniors that we realised how foolish we have been to not notice that,they have been making a mess in the mess,by misusing our food(duly paid for by us).

And since,there has been a Sharp rise in the number of students having lunch in the mess increased the quality has seen a proportionate decline.

ACTION:

thought we tried kicking out some specific day-scholars from our buses,(which ferry us from the campus ) ,others (who I dunno what ever you call this f**king syndrome technically,but  in normal terms we call this as cheap attitude) headed to respond.

This made us burn ,as we were not getting our due share,and we couldn't tolerate someone misusing our parents hard earned money,and this called for some serious action.

During the evening itself,we have seen some minor issues being sorted out,and since the seniors were busy with the friendship day preparations,(they are reluctant to share the information with us,at this point of time!!),and due to their separate timings,they never had the chance to observe this anomaly.

What are the further course of actions,we will not know,but as of now,we are pretty sure that the faculty,seniors and us as well wont rest till we find a solution for this,as of now the management has decided to speed up the work  of issuing separate ID cards,but an interim process will have to be arrived at.

the above issue reported,is not to be taken lightly but,the faculty and seniors assure us of immediate action,and we are under the impression that they will stand up to their word.

CAMPUS:

Coming back to the other campus news,the Volley ball knock out sessions are to take roots from tomorrow,with various high profile clashes on cards.

While the cricket and Football players will have to wait probably for eternity ,unless the rain stops lashing out the campus.

MBA Projects:

The MBA seniors who have been busy working out their projects/products are all set to showcase their virtual ventures,tomorrow in the MBA Floor,during 12:00-1:00,the B.tech students will be viewing the ventures,and casting their respective votes.

Regards,

Chief (jr.)
LAGH.




Thursday, July 29, 2010

The "Meets" are Back!! 29/07/2010

 CHIEFS SPEAK:
 
New contact ID  :chief.lagh@gmail.com
 
Lets straighten some frills,and move into all the campus news,of GITAM University (Hyderabad).
It been close to 5-10 odd days,Since we started receiving contributions from new students,read "Juniors",and we are happy to inform that,the new set of juniors who are contributing to the blog is pretty impressive.
 
 
On the other hand the fact remains,that ample amount of time,and resources are required to keep the current network running,in order to keep an eye on all the 20 odd sections,and covering each and every section is simply not feasible(atleast for now :P )
 
the kind of day to day coverage,which propelled the blog forward,will not be possible this time around,But we will strive to give constant updates,in order to keep this blog active.
 
When the right bunch of people,writers are found among each stream or at least a correct set of juniors are found,We will be willing to give them their own sub-domain,but as of now the select set of juniors (to become a Junior contributor please send a mail to lifeatgitamhyd@gmail.com ,and we will oblige ),are better of working in the background,rather than compiling mainstream articles.
 
With most of the old brigade gone,we are striving to put up some fun,up-beat articles,but this transition to the GOD form(Good Old Days),will surely take some time.
 
The Blog has been in quite some turmoil,and we are still trying to pull it back.
 
And we are confident of completing the restructuring process of the blog,by August 14th,A landmark day for GITAM University,for newbies August 14th is the day when GITAM University was formed(With respect to being declared a deemed University).
 
Chop!! chop!!
 
Enough of junkie talk,and lets roll into the most awaited period of the new year,
 
The Directors highly "acclaimed" Interaction sessions was reported to have taken place in a couple of sections today(validation needed ),and a EEE(B),junior chips in,that it was a pretty productive session,which lasted only 20-25 mins,during the library hour.
 
the minutes of this meeting(the first to be reported for thew batch of students on campus GITAM University Hyderabad),are more or less on the similar lines to the previous ones which the first batch(2009-2010),experienced in their Second semester,as from our past posts,we can safely assume that the promises remain the same,but this time around the only change is the deadline,and activity in terms of progress which is clearly visible.
  • Subway
  • New Canteen(One month): Another SCOOP featured on the blog
  • Indian bank(projected one month,We say 45 days :d),oh f**k!! We forgot to mention we ran a SCOOP!! on this article too!
SUBWAY:
 
 The blog already ran a good SCOOP!! on it :)
But,the target date moved onto ,20 days henceforth,we say end of August :D
And the location remains unchanged as of now,the room next to the stores/sports room.
 
CANTEEN:
 
A small update on this other feature article,which was reported in the stone age of the canteen.
The capacity of the new canteen is about 450 Students.
 
BANK/ATM:
 
Though the director didn't put a fine point on the date,the inputs from other sources are that the Indian bank management is waiting for the official clearance to set up the bank.
A detailed report can be found in our SCOOP!! section :)
 
HOSTEL:
 
A change for the old interaction session is the numerous complaints popping up from the boys and girls hostel,ranging for not so extensive mice/rats menace(Counter measure taken: they sent 50 rats pads).
And hot Water in the Boys hostel still remains and unsolved puzzle,as the hot water runs out exactly at about 7:15-7:30,and we presume with the weather getting cooler by the day,this issue if not solved at the soonest,will snowball and hit the management on the face.
 
TRANSPORT:
 
Campus to hostel, still remains one hell of a "kurukshetra" for most of the students,while others prefer to take the (relative) luxury of the Sharing autos,other prefer walking,and with the monsoon coming into the picture,the roads of Rudraram,are apparently the worst to be walking on,not to forget the dog menace.
 
Well,more of the hostel issues later,as of now,We don't get enough contributions via emails from the Hostels due to the lack of Internet facility.
 
SCOOP!!-SPORTS EQUIPMENT:
 
We will conclude this post,for the day with some special updates,the news just trickled in that a consignment of various sporting equipments,including footballs(*three cheers*),(We are so glad they finally made it!!)
 
And more number of throw balls,volleyballs,cricket bats,various indoor games have arrived on campus.
 
Finally,the Hyderabad campus of GITAM University,can boost of decent sports facilities :)
 
Regards,
 
Chief(jr.) LAGH.
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Sports fiesta on cards!!....DAY:27/07/2010

Good news,for all the sporting buffs out there!!
 
Dig into our "History",on the right side of the blog,and you will end up with a full fledged coverage of the Sports Day celebrations/Sports meet on the occasion of Republic Day,Which if you don't know happens to be on the 26th of January.
 
The first one,organized on the 15th of August,2009,was a low profile one,while compared to the one organized on 26th,January.
 
But,with a strength of 240 and only 60% turning up for the celebrations,it was not an occasion to write home about,But this time around things have changed,GITAM University Hyderabad now boasts of a cumulative students  strength of 1200 members,and assuming at least 60% turn up,for the (planned)Two Day Sports Meet,the campus will experience gaiety all around :)
 
Events:
 
Some of the events are listed below ,which are finalized ,while another list  which will shortly follow ,once a good number of participation is confirmed :)
 
  • Football(LAGH loves Football!!)
  • Cricket(Sri Lana is in control!)
  • Volleyball
  • Throw ball
Other athletic events also form a part of this sports bonanza.
 
The ground:
 
Impressive,the plan,schedule and the new physical director are all impressive.
But it still remains if the old GITAM university Hyderabad campus's attitude of building  in thin air(Point of reference:The brochure :D) continues,all this planing and the new students expectations will lie in ruins,if the management is not able to get the playground into shape at least 48 Hrs before the Sports Day celebrations start.
 
Confidential sources add  that the new Football Ground will be ready if the rain god chooses not to wreck havoc.(I hate these subtle things in life!)
 
Roadblocks:
 

The current state of the ground is a definitely a huge roadblock,and without clearing this the Sports meets will be in a total mess.

Two major outdoor sports will be using the main ground(Oh,yes we now need to use the word main sports ground since the new ground spanning 6.5 acres is coming up right next to the New workshop,we will cover this later :)),if the new football ground is not ready.
 
And with the number of participating teams numbered at 19-20 per each sport (Football,Cricket,Throw ball),the physical director will be in a hard spot to squeeze in all these sports into the two days schedule :)
 
Literature:
 
We have covered only the sporting events till now,and various other literature events are also on the cards,but the students haven't been informed of anything substantial on this matter as yet.
 
Conclusion:
 
One of the most awaited moments,and a big platform for the new juniors to make a mark and announce to that the new kids have arrived.
This sports meets,due to the sheer number of participants  has enough potential to get the media houses running to GITAM University Hyderabad campus,and cover the events.
 
 
Regards,
 
Lifeatgitamhyd
 
p.s.Hey hostlers,How about some updates please ?
Feel free to send them over,even though you can't access the Blog from the digital Library or the Wi-Fi set up on campus,there are scores of juniors out there are sending in inputs.
 
And a small mention of a particular meet which happened in the Boys hostel yesterday,Kudos to the seniors for that it was seriously helpful.(Yes the meet is the current rage among the juniors,they simply loved this initiative,hope it becomes a tradition )
 
 

Monday, July 26, 2010

Raagas of GITAM(Unviersity):PART I

From the Admin's Desk:

 

 We are revamping(The Blog) a little bit, and the Blog during this period of time extending from today to the 15th of August, will not be looking all that attractive or great, but we give our word of honor that, things will change only(The key word in this sentence being ONLY),for the better of this Blog (Or should I say, cluster of blogs, GITAM 360° is apparently seeing some activity J) and GITAM University :P

 

 

INTRODUCTION:
 

As part of our endeavor to deliver rich content, we have roped in various authors who are either directly or indirectly related to GITAM University, The following post is by one such gitamite(from the vizag campus).

Satya padla, can be contacted via his Blog, Click Here.

 

Raagas of GITAM are a series of posts, written by an ex-gitamite, about his personal experiences with his Alma master GITAM University.

 

·         Note: Ex-gitamites(Obviously of the Vizag Campus) ,to contribute your experiences or make a small post as an act of gratitude, you can send us your contributions to lifeatgitamhyd@gmail.com,and we will duly oblige :)

·         Our facebook Fan Page is being cleaned as I type this, Since quite some juniors have been invariably spamming it,Hope to see some activity on the fan page as soon as the cleaning process is completed J

 

So let the curtains raise, on this short write up by Satya padla.

 

 

    'Start your SD you f**king junior...'

   ' What's wrong with this Chemistry professor man?'

   ' She gave me her phone number dude..'

   ' Zero in maths' mid exam'

   ' We are now the Mighty Seniors'

   '  What an industrial tour ra...'

   ' May be.. she loves me too...'

   '  I'll never give you pass marks in my lab'

   '  ........ I .... Love.... You.....'

   ' Hurray.. finally I passed the subject...'

   ' ........ I .... Love.... You.... too.....'

   '  Campus Placements???'

   ' Tell me one good reason to select you for this job?'

   ' Do I ever get a job???'

   ' Uffff... at last.. I got a job...'

   ' Final Year.... '

   ' When was the last time we attended class?'

   ' may be.. we need to breakup...'

   ' Farewell Party'

   ' Last Exam.....'

  

 

     ' ................... Miss You All....... '

 

    

         It's been one year since I finished my engineering... One long year... I still think of those memories of GITAM...I still remember the first day I entered GITAM... I still remember the last day in GITAM.... You can never forget the moments in GITAM... 

 

        As a gratitude, I'll be posting a series of articles on my experiences in GITAM.. may be 4 or 5.. This is just an introductory post.. 

 

       Life in GITAM rocks...

 

Regards,

Satya Padla.

 

Monday, July 19, 2010

GITAM University: GAT 2010: Second Counselling

Back!!

We are back,to take this Blog forward in the right direction,till now we let it go astray for a while,but keeping in view the commencement of the second counselling of GITAM University(to be held simultaneously at Vizag and Hyderabad),We have decided to cover the Second counselling session,in spite of  the (low) availability of seats,and the number of students who are desperately looking forward to this second session being few compared to the previous session,We vow that our commitment remains the same :)

SCHEDULE:

The second counselling is set to take place from the 21st of July,2010. 

GAT 2009:

The GAT 2009,ranks are available in this post,GAT 2009.

SEAT VACANCY FOR SECOND COUNSELLING:

                     

STREAM/COURSE Vishakhapatnam Hyderabad
CSE 70/300 34/120
IT 44/300 27/120
ECE 123/300 39/120
EIE 20/120 29/120
EEE 27/120 39/120
CIVIL 15/120 36/120
MECH 34/120 31/120
IE(or IPE previously MMM) 30/120 100/120
Bio-tech 74/120 NA
ECE(dual degree) 16/60 13/60
Mech(Dual degree) 11/60 NA

PREDICTIONS:

To get the precise inputs about the previous counselling session,please read all our previous articles which were aimed at covering the GAT 2010 First counselling session.

  • Day One.
  • Day Two.
  • Day three.
  • Day Four. 

       

      DISCLAIMER:

      The following matrix is a compilation by the lifeatgitamhyd team,and shouldn't not be confused as the official seat matrix.

      The following seat matrix is not the official seat matrix of GITAM UNIVERSITY,and is put together by a group of students,the seat matrix is to be used only as a means of guidelines,and not a legal stipulation assuring the prospective students in the given rank category a seat.

       

      Course/Stream Closing (vskp) Closing(Hyd)
      CSE 8000 9000
      IT 14000(incomplete) 17000(incomplete)
      ECE 3500 4600
      EIE 9000 14,000
      EEE 8000 8200
      CIVIL 8600 ~9000
      MECH 6000 ~8000
      IPE(MMM) 10800 ~17000
      Bio-tech 13000 NA

      NOTES:

      • The order followed in this seat matrix,is in accordance with the courses order followed at www. gitam.edu.
      • NA:Not applicable.These courses were not available in the Hyderabad campus during,GAT 2009.
      • “Incomplete” implies few vacant seats still left(In convenors quota,not including the vacant seats of management quota.)
      • `~`implies projected as these courses were not available last year.
      • The Above rankings are “rounded off” to the nearest multiple of hundred.
      • The above rankings are void of  the ranks of NRI/management seats.
      • Any more queries in addition to theses will be duly answered here,Click here.

      IMPORTANT:

      During the sliding process,if a person from “EEE” opts to slide into ECE,then his/her seat will be empty,and this will be added into the kitty of the over all EEE seats.

      Complicated stuff,huh ?

      Lets un-complicate then :

      As of now,there are 123 ECE seats left,and about 27 EEE seats,If a person who already got admitted into EEE,decides to slide into ECE,then the tall of vacated seats in EEE goes up by 1,i.e,it becomes 28 seats,and this chain of actions follow :)

      So,the current set of vacant seats are only indicative,once the second counselling starts,the seats will keep increasing too.

      So you will always have a chance for close to +1,000 ranks,than the projected closing rank,given above :)

      It is kind of weird trying to explain this,but hope I could drive home the point :)

      Regards,

      lifeatgitamhyd.

    • Tuesday, July 13, 2010

      The Rising- agenda-5 day a week on campus

      I remember when the revolt of 1857 started it wasn't just due to the cartridges used ,but the growing unrest amongst the peasants.The very same (not exactly the same) happened on campus
      the peasants a.k.a students had been given enough of excuses and fake promises by the management with the popular phase "Next Monday all will be done". But today for the first time in the history of GITAM UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD CAMPUS the Seniors got united keeping aside their differences and boycotting the classes.What started with a simple issue of ragging has now evolved into the voice of students demanding for a 5 day a week on campus.The past two semesters can be excuse for the following reasons
      1st semester new batch "Labs weren't ready".
      2Nd semester Telengana issue
      3rd semester ??????????????
      We have always been compared with the vizag campus . Always about academics but never issues regarding student infrastructure. If academics are ignored and students are compared then the obvious winner is The Main campus.
      Till date management has been playing cheap tricks. This outburst was something that they should have foreseen.
      As for calling parents for discussing about the 5 day a week maximum parents willingly supporting. 100+ km on a daily avg a student travels to and fro and an extra day off will be very welcoming
      What happened today was just a small outburst today it was 240 asking for answers. tomorrow will be 1200 asking the same question.

      Regards LAGH

      Note:
      To parents,
      In case you are reading this you know how the campus is and the working infrastructure , Parents are definatelty matured than students and no parent would want their wards to suffer or the money spent down the drain if you decide or come to any conclusion about the 5 day a week then remember "There must have been enough to issues , that has led to such an step by the students,

      AWAKE-rising

      Today is a day one and all present on campus will remember. Ala the first united boycott on campus.Regardin this we will be publishing more within an hour

      Regards LAGH

      Wednesday, July 7, 2010

      Editors Note:LAGH,going offline!!(part I)

      Published on: 01/07/2010.

      In due course of time,This post will be backed up by a series of other posts,to support this move ,Hence the Part (I).

      NOTE:The blog is going offline,into hibernation,we are retiring with our heads held up high,We didn't fall ,since our other services listed below are still active :)

      I am pretty disappointed to be writing this particular post,this will come as a shocker to most of our Juniors,seniors,and quite some faculty members ,but here we are sadly but proudly, backing out from active participation on the Blog.

      This post will go further on in length,but those of you who don’t like reading extra long articles(Extra long have been My characterise feature on every Blog post I have personally complied and penned down :P )

      I will give you a short sentence neatly,comprehending the following contents of this post “henceforth the blog(zine),lifeatgitamhyd will be away from active participation of  covering the campus life of GITAM University Hyderabad,it is rendered inactive,When it might be reactivated,remains a puzzle it might be tomorrow or an year later  ”

      The following services/projects of LAGH team will still be active :

      I would suggest,you to read further to get the clear picture,and also the essential reasons which I have had to take this strong move.

      Cause:

      it is pretty simple,quite a lot has been spoken about the downfall of LAGH,once some members of the faculty starts getting pissed,and starts screwing up the contribution base of the blog(yes,the Blog pretty much survives on contributors ),and we did foresee this,once the results of internals and Externals were announced,We knew that the time has finally arrived to put the Blog at rest.

      • Results
      • Some opposition from management /Faculty.
      • Finance

      RESULTS:

      Once the final results were announced,were announced I was determined to shut the blog and be done with it for good!!

      I was on the verge of closing the blog,but yet some members kept me going,and then came the highly successful GAT 2010 admission session,thought many felt that the future of the blog looked extremely promising,I have never shared the same view.

      I am not going to make conceal facts here,since anyways the blog is going to be inactive,Why Lie at this point of time ??

      We will close the blog,with trying to solve some puzzling mysteries which surround the way the internals marks were dealt out to some suspected  (Not Proven mind you!),contributors of the blog.

      Most of my contributors marks were totally ruined in some particular subjects,during the last academic year for their internal assessment,all due to the small that,someone from the ECE section was heavily contributing to the Blog,which included quite some mistakes of some  faculty members.

      And all the Blog did was to publish them,those faculty members took offence to their actions in class being published,and since they never found,and  possibly never will find the contributor who gave those inputs(which were true ),they ultimately took a strong stand and did the only logical thing they could,Cut marks for invariably everyone in the class and more so for suspected contributors ,and the students will fall in line.

      Bang on!!!

      Even thought,this trick proved to be futile at that time,I have always carried the guilt of it,even thought their was no mistake of the contributor or me the publisher,the feeling got stronger,since I have got to know that these kind of discrimination was being showed to various suspected contributors of the blog spread mostly in the ECE and CSE departments,and also to some extent in EEE,and IT ( majority ) disowned the blog(in the past),and now even thought things have changed,the attitude of the faculty probably hasn’t.

      INTERNAL MARKS:

      With 40% of the marks,being in the hands of the faculty,I don’t want to risk this further,the game has gone to far and has evolved ,but even  after the college has reopened,the attitude of the faculty(some members),has still remained unchanged,openly declaring the apparent strong contributors(Who have gone out of active participation ages ago!!),and asking weird questions,in public,it is personally pretty humiliating for our old set of contributors who have chosen  not to be associated further with the blog(I promptly supported their move :)).

      And since,they have more at stake this year,and the pissed faculty members will continues to harass the old brigade,if the Blog still continues to be active,yes the juniors need the blog,(and they  are 1000 in number,we already have active participation from over 100 odd juniors already!,it is a excellent shield!)and I am desperate to keep it going,but I have run out of ideas to keep the contributors information confidential.

      And this is the last card on my deck,and I have chosen to call the shots this time,before giving some faculty members another chance to  cut marks,and(or) make life on campus GITAM University Hyderabad miserable,it is better to let the blog go into an inactive mode,than risk it being highly active.

      FINANCE:

      Since,we have moved from our old BlogSpot domain to our new custom domain,we have undertaken extensive on campus promotional activity,at both the vizag campus as well as the Hyderabad campus.

      And,also the SMS helpline “aadhaara”(During GAT 2010),which was purchased at a pretty high prise(it wasn’t taken on totally legitimate grounds :P),No I won’t be disclosing the price we had to shell out for  use of the particular number.

      The promotional activity,which was undertaken at both the campuses in a subtle way will keep reminding you of this popular creation called Lifeatgitamhyd ,and it will keep you people/students/Faculty coming back to the blog(in due course of time),to check if their has been any activity or just relive our past glory,our gem articles have been invariably published during the first few months of birth. :)

      Yes,finance has been an issue,but we are not in such a state,to close the blog on only financial grounds,Since we have a huge supporters base,and who will willing contribute for the well being of the Blog,if ever the time comes whole heartedly,but this isn’t the time,We will be happy to get some funds via our Donations Box on the right side of the blog,to channel it into our Students Portal project.

      SIX MONTHS:

      This particular “GIFT” of mine(For a clear understanding of this “GIFT ” theory and ownership issues,please read the blog’s personal messages from the start,my hardcore followers will understand What i am referring to,my new followers/readers,will definitely not!),to a pal based in the Hyderabad campus,was supposed to go on only for 6 months,I was supposed to have provided him and his friends a platform for active communication,but Cleary the things have changed,and Now it is a group of over 80+ (Seniors),who effectively contribute and collectively form the team of LAGH.

      And,since the time has also elapsed,and the problems,which raked up loads of controversies,the mistakes on our part were pretty minor,but mistakes never the less,and duly apologized by the Blog too!!

      But,since the problems,give a fumingly strong guilt feeling,I have decided to shed the responsibly of running this blog.

      For all those who used to say “ The person who owns the Blog isn’t a a gitamite,Why does he bother ? ”

      Only One answer ,you people probably never had great friends like,I did.

      And,the worst part is that,apart from my good pal,others are being mixed up into this controversy(When they don't even have anything to do with the ownership of the Blog!!), Since this was a Birthday gift with me at the helm of affairs for 6 months(),I have had  to keep my word,and have (I assume)run the blog effectively,but it is not only to my credit.

      And,I spoke to him,and a couple of others,they believe that the decision to stop the blog from active participation,is a good one(Since the future blue print of the Blog looks promising).

      it will be better,for these blessed souls,and others who have been responsible for the some great articles on the Blog,to remove the baggage of LAGH.

      I have had to take this extreme step,obviously you love seeing new posts,and like our Blog lashing and SCOOP!! articles,but the contributors are paying a heavy price,and   I don’t want it to be that way,I don’t want the Blog to be the cause of agony this academic year,yes the amount of contributors suffering is very low,compared to those who have a good feeling reading the blog posts,But my vote goes to removing the stress from this good lot of contributors,who have had to undergo a lot of trauma,in the past couple of months,I value them more,than GITAM University,and hence this move.

      CREDITS:

      here follows,and obviously not naming any particular members,Even thought I would love to thank everyone who has helped us personally,some sections of the faculty/management may misuse the information,and harass them further,but the past is beyond,we don’t want to give some faculty members/management the weapon to cut our own heads,those who have contributed to the blog never expected anything in return,and hence they wouldn’t mind me not naming them,and obviously since I value them I feel it is better not to name them ,And here are the credits :

      The following data is a mixture of direct and indirect contributions,the indirect contributors may not be aware of their contributions,so don’t harass them :)

      Designation Number
      Seniors(2009-2010) 140+
      Juniors(2010-2011) 100+(till 1/07/2010)
      Faculty members 4-5(Out of the old 22 members)
      Non teaching staff 10-15

      And not to forget,the strong set of readers,who have been happy to have been with us during our hard times :)

      F.A.Q.:

      I will follow up this post,with a set of other posts,in which I will be answering F.A.Q’s,about the cause and the probable future of the blog(If any),and one major question which,I will deal here now follows :

      “What happens to your  network/teams ?”

      Yes,the SCOOP!! ’s articles,and various other inputs which currently reside in my hard disk ,have been coming from an extra strong and subtle network,(I personally designed the functioning of it,thought implemented by others on campus),which has invariably ,If i am not wrong to use the word “infiltrated” the campus, the management and  the faculty,was built, with quite a lot of care.

      And,I am proud to announce that,some of our SCOOP!! ’s were not even known to some faculty members(Hyderabad),Since our sources for these articles come directly from the Vizag campus,where the essential future of the Hyderabad campus is shaped,the future of the Hyderabad campus,the blue prints of the Hyderabad campus,and all probable facilities,which might come into the Hyderabad campus,are all in the board rooms of the vizag campus,and we get them indirectly from there :P

      So,I think,i have to a end of this mysterious question.

      oh,yes the part of “What will happen to the network”,still remains unanswered,it is simple.

      The “network”,in question,which invariably refers to the various chains of contributions,etc which make a blog post on this blogzine possible,are still active and will remain to be so,We will update Our Facebook Fan page regularly,with our inputs.

       

      FUTURE:

      The blog post will go on,only difference is that we won’t be publishing it,the network and everything will be working as it is currently doing,Students will not see the blog posts being published,except that we are going to be active only via :

      We don’t want to leave our readers base inactive,We(The Blog and I ) want to keep the momentum and everything ready for action,if we see light at the end of the tunnel and are sure that it isn’t an on coming train !

      We are committed,to share our knowledge with our fellow gitamites,via the above mentioned channels.

      We will be giving regular campus updated,but these will be restricted to the facebook Fan page /twitter Account only.

      The parent of these both kids(The blog is the parent :P),will remain inactive,till what ever time.

      BE HOLD!!!

      The blog posts,will go on,We have decided to keep our SCOOP!! and Rumour mill,and blog lashing categories for active publication.

      But,our regular day to day coverage of the campus life of GITAM University Hyderabad will remain suspended from publication on the Blog, that is ,the Blog posts will be complied,but will be saved as “Drafts”.

      And once,we see the change,and the need to publish them we will publish all the drafts :))

      it may happen anytime,We will never know when,But surely after the end an year or so,they will be published :)

      Okay,over 200-300 posts might be published at one go,but the main mission of this Blog was and still is the same “To record the campus life of the the students on campus GITAM University Hyderabad”,essentially referring to the First batch of students,but we will continue to give our juniors enough space to grow and expand with the name of LAGH :)

      STUDENTS PORTAL:

      Well,it will remain the prima facia channel of communication for the students if they want it be active,We are willing to develop it further still :)

      If they don’t , then the account will be rendered inactive too :)

      CONCLUSION:

      Some day(mark my words),(people will invariably  miss us,and we will miss them to)but there will be a day,against all odds when some members of the faculty/students will strive to get their voices,herd and then they will recollect, that they had a chance,with LAGH  being active,and are now helpless and voiceless due to their bad attitude towards the apparent contributors,I ma not referring to all the faculty members,here Just some,those essential some are limited to 4-5 members,but then 3-5 people implies 3-5 subject marks,which is a fucking huge gamble ,and we are experienced enough not to take the risk :)

      students will argue,that for the sake of some pass misdeeds you cant deactivate the Blog,A correction,the Blog was dedicated and rededicated to the members(students/faculty etc) of  GITAM University Hyderabad,but pardon me IF I am rude.

      The Blog was never owned by the students of GITAM University,or the management of GITAM University,it was ,I quote the tag line of the Blog “The overseer of GITAM Hyd!!”,that is the Blog is above all,and second to one,,the “overseer” of GITAM hyd ,has chosen not to fall down to the cheap ticks used to pull down the Blog,but has gracefully accepted the fact that GITAM University Hyderabad (not as a whole),doesn’t deserve the Blog.

      No one gave a shit to our contributors or spoke up for us,when we were being haunted!!

      No one,gave a word of support when we needed it the most,no one stood up for our cause,no gave was willing to tag with us,We have had to fight with everything,and put in everything to see that the blog runs,but after today,it is clear that it is unnecessary to fight a battle ,which doesn't have a fucking significance when won.

      No one has to tell this to us,We are the sole major reason ,that the seats in Hyderabad campus filled up!!!, does the management give a fucking darn recognition to it

      Okay,We don’t want to be recognized,but at least there is something called as gratitude!!

      To Whomsoever concerned  :

      You don’t owe us anything,what we did during the counselling of GAT 2010 will be done again for GAT 2011,but it will be out of our sole interest and with a totally unbiased attitude, for the prospective students.

      And everyone on campus,be it in vizag or Hyderabad,knows that we have been the driving force behind the mad rush for the Hyderabad campus,Don’t disclaim it,we know it ,and I can call upon a horde of  juniors,who will tell us how  we helped them!

      We did it out of our own interest,and we gave up our sleep and food for close to four days during the GAT 2010 session,as we literally had to glue our eyes to the PC!

      It was hard work,and we don’t want anything in return for it,we did what we wanted to,for heavens sake don’t recognize us, we have no problem,Since we have stated on various occasions that we are unofficial,So at least let the readers/contributors/observers of LAGH rest in peace now.

      LAGH is done with!

      We will find a new home,an offline home in my hard disk(We= the blog ,me,and contributions/ors etc),But we are sure we have inspired many people to start blogging,and we retire on that single note.

      Adios dear readers ,We are extremely sorry.

      As for me ?

      I will seek other pasture,I am not done writing,i will keep publishing supplementary posts to complement this post,if the need be .

      And,I will move on into personal blogging once again,and with www.indiblogger.in with me, I have a good community to look forward too :)

      THANKS!!

      Thank you everyone for this great opportunity,and I am as unhappy with this move as anyone else,is but cheer up,some one must be celebrating at this move  of the blog.

      And remember,LAGH didn't fall,It retired,and decide to do it with its head held high up,after the success of GAT 2010,

      If I would like to give the best article ever on this blog it has got to be this : Fire Safety .  A article which was extremely difficult to compile,and pretty complicated.

      I owe that article to a good pal,And he knows how much effort went into the Fire safety article.

      At the end of the day,GITAM University has lost,some great future  articles based on the likes of Fire safety one(Not all blog posts of LAGH are high on content like the Fire Safety one,it is a marvellous post which close to my heart),and a post I regret publishing:

      Faculty review :(courtesy)  The Mob (An unknown group of students(gitamites) who run their own blog :))

      Regards,

      Paz.(aka: Prajeeth)

      p.s.See,we just published a SCOOP!! (Wi-Fi!) ,happy surfing :)

      For this ownership issues,contact our old followers/readers,or read our Blog posts from the start :)

      Close to 1000 odd hours of manpower has been put into this blog since its inception.

      that is about 40 continuous days,and only from Us(Blog and I :)),We don't know the exact number of hours spent on this blog by various contributors,observers,writers,who helped us :)

      But it will surely be a stunner,when we end up calculating it :)

      And yeah,last but not the least,I didn't know where to squeeze in this last paragraph,Welcome to the new faculty ,we are looking forward to a great experience :)

      Friday, July 2, 2010

      SCOOP!!!: Relaxation of Dress Code!

      DETAILS:

      Announcement date                  : (by) August,2010

      Probability of getting approval : High!

      Day                                        : Saturday/Friday(But since we published it,they will probably change the day of the week :P)

      THANK YOU!!

      Let me first start with thanking the juniors for their various inputs,and also the the Vizag students who pooled in their various resources to get this post ticking .And the new bunch of senior contributors thanks for joining us,Even thought we have gone offline from active participation :)

      INTRODUCTION:

      The management of GITAM University (Hyderabad) tried pretty  hard to enforce,the “Dress code”(Formal wear) in the first academic year itself,thought it was partially successful in the First semester,but that too changed once the second semester started ,and except for LAB session and the examinations,and some other selected days apart,the dress code in the Second semester was very minimal :)

      REQUEST-Unheard:

      When a group of students addressed a letter to the management (We have copies of the letter duly signed by various students supporting the move,and we will upload them in a couple of days :),We don’t have a scanner to do the job yet :(),to relax the dress code on one day of the week,but the management was reluctant to hear our please,and we had to invariably bear the burden on this ridiculous dress code,which was never defined specifically except put like “Shirts,and trousers only”(Okay A floral shirt is Formal ?? *Applause!!*,We will get back to this issue in a blog lashing article pretty soon !)

      And this plea of ours was in vain,which laid buried with various other reforms the students desperately needed(Not wanted!).

      RELAXATION:

      The students will be allowed to wear casuals on a particular day in a week,this move is aimed at getting back some part of the long last reputation of the functioning of the local management of GITAM University(the management of GITAM university Vizag is extremely efficient compared to the local one,and caries a lot of goodwill in the students circle unlike the local one!)

      Yes,students will like this idea of relaxation,but they will not forget the past mistakes of the management,and will still be curing them for not being able to provide water coolers and meets various other needs of the students.

      This move is but a small step,even thought the management might claim that this move will make way for further reforms,We at the blog beg to differ.

      And the management is not doing it out of love or affection towards the students,they are making this relaxation only because they believe that on  other 5 days of a week,the students might be willing to oblige and follow the “dress code”.

      DAY:

      this will be tricky,inside sources hint at it being finalised for Friday(According to the Juniors),but the vizag sources who have inside news on the Hyderabad campus,strongly believe that it will be on Saturday.

      And since,we at the blog have now published it,the management which is determined to get even with us will probably make an attempt at ruining at least one of our SCOOP!! articles,and put it on any of the other four days.(As of now,GITAM University Hyderabad doesn’t work on Sundays :P)

      But that doesn't matter,what does matter is that,the relaxation will come,if the things go the way they are planned,it shall be announced pretty soon.

      CONCLUSION:

      This move will be widely welcomed(But not appreciated!),but the managements dumb definition of “Formal wear” as “Shirt and trousers”(For boys),will not go down without a debate.

      During the first academic year,First semester to be precise,people never had a chance to speak up and put their plans/problems across the table,and the dress code was hardly followed in the Second semester,but with the management gearing up to enforce the dress code regulations strictly,this year,the “dress code” definition,will not die down,till we get the point across.

      And if the management thinks,that we will be contempt with this relaxation,then they are under a wrong presumption,We need a proper definition of “Dress code”,Floral Shirts , Don’t, in the name of Rudraram , come under the definition  of formal Shirt!(More on it later!)

      Regards,

      lifeatgitamhyd 

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