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Just Friends! It got something !!
Aug 6th
If you’re wondering what it is, ‘Just Friends‘ is a novel by an Indian writer. I think it is his debut novel, but don’t take my word on this. You need to google (or bing, for Bing fans) it to be sure. By ‘It got something’, I don’t mean to say, its an awesome book. I wouldn’t even say its a good book, its just another book (add some 18+ masala content to the recipe) . What impressed me in the book are the quotes (quoted by the author himself, I believe) in it. They are not inspirational or something, but I liked them (not that I like only inspirational, in general). So, I decided to put my favorites here and share with you.
- Sleep is deadly and love is lethal. The combination is so powerful that it leaves you helpless, forcing you to sleep later.
- A sleepless night is a lover’s right
- Restless nights, drowsy mornings, confused afternoons, lonely evenings…
- Eyes are like prostitutes – they reveal more than they can conceal.
- I laughed, she laughed. Problem solved.
- I smiled, she smiled. All problems could wait.
- You pose a great competition to sugar for its characteristics of deadly sweetness and mixing quickly and easily in unknown waters.
- I wasn’t superstitious. It was just… love.
In case they don’t make sense to you, you need to read the novel then coz they all are situational, though you can identify the situations from the statements itself for many of them.
Until next post, have a peaceful life (great would be great, though)…
Got the ‘App’titude Challenge from Google, India
Aug 27th
Google India and Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi has come forward with “Got the ‘App’titude Challenge”. This unique, first time effort is looking for student, faculty and alumni leaders to implement Google Apps within their respective campuses, with the objective of providing access to powerful communication methods, and improving collaboration capabilities through tools like Gmail, shareable calendars, online spreadsheets and online documents.
In addition to the challenge being unique learning opportunity for students, it will also show them to exercise and hone their research, communication and negotiation skills in a real time situation, since they will be required to develop and execute a product positioning and marketing plan for a targeted audience in order to implement Google Apps at your campus.
In order to participate in the challenge, students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to form teams and follow the guidelines mentioned below:
- Sign up for the challenge by September 15, 2008.
- Get approval from the college’s administration to implement Google Apps by October 15, 2008.
- Work with the college IT department to implement Google Apps by December 15, 2008.
- Achieve the highest level of Google Apps usage among all participating colleges by January 31, 2009 to be declared the challenge winner!
In case of any queries please visit the Got the “App”titude website or feel free to write into the team at admin@GotTheAptitude.com.
Regards,
Sai Prasad Ch
saiprasad.ch@gmail.com
http://csprasad.blogspot.com
Things to Remember for IBM ISL Intern
Apr 9th
Today, a senior shares his experience about experience at IBM ISL for intern last summer.. Some suggestions from him about the IBM ISL Intern I’m about to take in this summer :
- Do the documentation on regular basis on par with the coding.
- Also, include “Problems Faced By Me” during development in documentation
- Listen to technical seminars well…. They have to form base for you final year project.
- Interact with the team for seminars. Also, get contact details if possible and stay in touch with them
- Have a good relationship with your technical mentor.
- Don’t return to college without Pre Placement Offer (PPO).
Microsoft India calls for Interns
Jan 29th
Microsoft Corporation, India is calling for internships for students persuing third year engineering in B.Tech computer science or information Technology. Only students in VI semester can apply. Of course, the opportunity is off campus a.k.a. you need not worry about your institute’s placement section rules. Internship is to be done between 6th and 7th Semester term break.Microsoft would pay you a stipend of Rs 25000 per month.
The selection process is: Aptitude test and Technical test on 17th Feb’08 Technical interviews during subsequent weeks.
You would be tested on the below given topics during Microsoft intern selection process
- Knowledge of C / C++ programming
- Knowledge of Algorithms, data structures, Pointers, arrays, linked lists, recursion, Tree
- Debugging of a code snippet
For more details, visit this site : http://www.merittrac.net/microsoft
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in Technozion ’08
Jan 28th
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam visited our Campus NIT, Warangal (http://www.nitw.ac.in) on Jan 26th, 2008 on account of Technozion ’08 the technical fest of NIT, Warangal. Eventhough His stay did not last for much time, that 1:30 hr stay changed alot in NIT, Warangal.
The students who have attended his addressing are all mesmerized for His excellent, inspiring and thought-provoking speech. All the brains of those students started working in the right direction following his speech. Students started studying seriously instead of playing AOE, CS and watching moivies. They all are enlightened by His words. Hope this enlightment stays longer…
The glimpses of His speech can be found here.
HIs Excellency, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam also interacted with the faculty members of the College. His topic was VISION OF NIT, WARANGAL. He also gave glimpses of INDIA VISION 2020 and the way NITW could drive its students towards that.
I’d like to quote a statement from his speech which really inspired me – “The most important part of the education is to imbibe the confidence among the students is the spirit of “we can do it”.”
His Speech on ‘Interaction with the Faculty of National Institute of Technology, Warangal’ can be found here.
Hope to see more Kalams’ in the future…
Good Day,
Sai Prasad
