ACM-ICPC : The Mega event has reached its ending...

4th Oct 2009,

ABV-IIITM Gwalior

The atmosphere of the arena was full of tension and excitement. Each contestant was giving a nervous expression, their minds boggling with codes and only codes. Everyone trying their level best to keep on submitting answers and fix their position in the race. The race to reach the finals of ACM.......

The event, for which everyone was keenly waiting for started at 9:30 sharp and ended till 2:00 pm afternoon. All the contestants were well prepared to show their talent and spirit. It was a big challenge for them for which they prepared a lot. Their coaches were on their toes all the time, encouraging their students. On and all, 55 teams i.e. approx 200 students from different colleges of India took part in this contest. Some of the colleges are ABV-IIITM Gwalior, BITS Pilani Goa Campus, BIT Mesra, IIIT Allahabad, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, NIT Rourkela, NIT Trichy, NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Surat, NSIT Delhi, IIITDM Jabalpur and many more. 

ACM-ICPC : The Stage is all set

3rd Oct, 2009,
ABV-IIITM Gwalior.

The mini auditorium of IIITM was again witnessing a mega event in the history of Gwalior academia. It witnessed the congregation of some of the most intelligent minds of India for a sole purpose. The ACM-ICPC kick started in its full fervor with a promise of knowledge and skill of contestants on display.

Inauguration of the exhibition cell

Inauguration by Mr.Praveen Napate

Alumni meet '09 Photo Album

Interview with Dr. Sajal Kabiraj:Study days @ IIITM Gwalior : A jaunty Journey …

Name: Dr. Sajal Kabiraj
Batch: PhD
Location:Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

First of all i would like to congrats you on being first PhD alumni to volunteer for interview .Your Intro ? (the first question for every IIITMite in so called intro )

Sajal:

Thank you for your nice words and for inviting me for the IIITM Alumni meet during August 29- 30, 2009.

Sajal is presently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. King Saud University is the no. 1 ranked premier university in the Middle East and is ranked 197th in the world. Sajal has an adjunct faculty position at the University of Applied Sciences, St. Polten, Austria and teaches during the summer semester every year to Executive MBA students.

Dr. Sajal Kabiraj is a PhD (Information Technology & Management), MS (International Logistics and Supply Chain Management) from JIBS, Sweden - IIM Ahmedabad, India and a MBA with specialization in Marketing & Operations Management and a Chemical Engineer (BE, Chemical Engg.) with specialization in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engg. Sajal also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade from the World Trade Institute and has pursued advanced courses in Statistical Methods and Business Process Re-engineering.

PPC updates:Academic Scorecard: a Balance scorecard (BSC) implication in educational perspectives

3rd Sept, 2009,
IIITM Gwalior.

An extensive session of alumni, two days after the meet, meeting above the expectation of SH2 syndrome, supposed to be a peroration but ended with rhyme of changing note.

Two alumni with two hundred audiences of eleven batches were bringing ray of satisfaction in both needy eyes of mentors and director. The number on steps were providing a healthy competition to the number on chairs.

A Blogmark :IIITM Blog Statistics(18Jul - 7Sep)...

IIITM has set a Blogmark(landmark :O) within 3 months of it's Re-inception.
6694 pageviews, 3784 page visits , average 100 page visits around the globe, within two months(18Jul-7 Sep)...

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A walk down memory lane :Dr Mahim Sagar: A memoir of an Alumni

IIITM Gwalior is amazing place and as I go back to my memory, I came to this institute to join the PhD programme .The selection was through entrance test and nearly 100 candidates gave the exam for the PhD. out of which only 5 were selected, this was a rare example where a very young institute in its starting year started a very successful and ambitious PhD Programme. The institute was taking the shape of a world class institute of excellence under the mentorship of Prof. D.P.Agrawal Sir , I remember those days when the team of dedicated faculty like Dr Deepali Singh madam and Dr R Sahu were developing the institute under the mentorship of Prof D.P. Agrawal. The institute was new and full of activity. The IIITM Gwalior at that point was in the make shift campus at MITS and the campus was being constructed at the present site. We used to see the tremendous Hard work of the faculty and also the inherent zeal to build the Indian Institute form the scratch . In this hectic activity the academic was of prime importance I remember Prof Agrawal sir used to visit the research scholar room daily and used to motivate us to do a new and world class Research. , As research scholar we were lucky to have a bunch of very good batch mates like I remember Saji who is now with TAPMI , Sujoy who is now joining IIT Kharagapur , Durgesh Ji who is now at IIM Shilong and Sandeep who is now at J.P, Shweta is now a consultant in USA and Sajal is now faculty at various institutes abroad.

Is your boss HARI SADU?: A session by Alumni during Alumni meet'09

It all began from a simple line of one Naukri.com advertisement, “Is your boss HARI SADU?” these were the words reminded by our esteemed alumni Mr. Veer Narayan Kulkarni in the alumni meet 2009. Mr. Veer Narayan Kulkarni is a 2002 passout from IIITM and has 7 years of work experience in Wipro.

For all who don’t know about “Hari Sadu” can watch this commercial of Naukri.com:-

Alumni Meet'09: Promotion and Publication Cell(PPC) Press Release

30th August 09
ABV-IIITM Gwalior

It is a proud privileged for ABV-IIITM Gwalior to organize alumni meet for the second time in its most prestigious campus. Such meets provide an opportunity to the Alumni, the Institute, and generation of current students, to bond the relation with “Alma Mater”, with trustworthy and long lasting.

In its 2 day event, 29th and 30th August 2009, during Alumni meet, there were many events organized by the students, faculty, with all support from the institute, under the great leadership under Dr. S.G. Deshmukh, Director, IIITM-Gwalior.

Interview with Shreyas Shrivastava: Study Days @ IIITM Gwalior : A jaunty Journey …

Shreyas Shrivastava:Why do we need to fill this section again and again ...
better leave it blank for the time ...
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Thank you sir ..for moments ...

Sidhi Baat (The Interview):


Name: AShreyas Shrivastava
Batch: IPG2001-06 MTech
Location: Gurgaon
Organization: Vichara Technologies

Q.1. Your Intro ? (the first question for every IIITMite in so called intro :))
Arun:
I am IPG MTech 2006 pass-out currently working as Technical Leader at Vichara Technologies. My work is primarily related to software product development in the area of FIS (Fixed Income Securities) Analytics.

Q. 2. Define IIITM in your word?
Arun:
Its a place which made the most of what I am today.

Q. 3.The most memorable moment @ IIITM ?
Arun:
Apart from all the fun moments & numerous nights spent in playing badminton, t.t. or snooker, the one thing that I cherish the most was the lectures by Mr. Davesh Singh. The course taken by him was the only one in which i had nearly full attendance. They were the most technically enlighntening lectures during the entire five years and the learnings and overviews gained during them have helped me in a long way.


Q. 4.Technology and Management in your words, how it become more special when it comes for IIITM ?
Arun:
The amalgam of management and technical subjects allowed us (IPG MTech) to develop an insight into how business works. In a normal five year course offered at other colleges, this much exposure to management subjects is definitely missing. Apart from the exposure being provided at curricular level,the phenomenon of having a mix of MBAs and MTechs as batch mates and dorm mates allows both to pick up more insight into each other's stream thereby enabling a true confluence of managment and technology.

Q. 5.Your experience and strategy @ your work place: how did you develop your skills from null to pointer, please give us a biographical detail .
Arun:
Be curious, remain open to learning and keep churning ideas in your head (both the right and wrong kinds ;) )

Q. 6. A message to your all juniors, (something you aspired most @ IIITM and want the same in your juniors) …
Arun:
Our college is unique in the sense that it allows us (IPG) to follow numerous career paths, given the option to chose mba or mtech and the availability of five years at a stretch. At my time, we were the second batch, so when we were in first or second year we didn't have much idea about what it would be like to be in the final or pre-final year, but now you have all your senior batches studying with you and multiple batches of alumni in the industry. My advice is that you should keep interacting with your seniors and try to form an idea of what all ways you can direct your progression at IIITM and later on. Also, one thing that I advise to everybody is that try to keep yourself well read. It really pays out in ways unbeknownst to you now.

Q. 7. IIITM on lighter note: eg: IIITM is getting more greener with times, what do you think ???
Arun:
Seeing the latest photos, I must say that there have been a good lot of developments taking place. During my five years, I have always longed for campus internet in hostel and the tennis court. I am told they are in place now, so its nice to see these things coming to fruition. The plethora of alumni initiatives being taken these days is also worth appreciating. Just hope that the rate of such developments keeps climbing up!

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Interview with Ved Prakash Lal: Study Days @ IIITM Gwalior : A jaunty Journey …

Ved Prakash Lal: No intro Plz …

Batch: IPG2001-06-M.Tech

Location: Bangalore

Organization: IBM (an IIITM & IIM B alumni)

Your Intro
Senior se intro mangte ho!!! Ab tak seekhe nahi ho kaise baat karni chahiye... Chalo tab bhi kucch bol hi deta hun.
I am from IPG course, known more by my nickname than the full name, somehow fallen into IIITM from Bihar in the search of future, friends, fortune and fame. “Fallen” is the most suitable word because when I arrived, there was only one and half hostels were there majestically standing over a barren land. I am a (day) dreamer, rebellious and try to live at my own terms.


Define IIITM in your word
I saw IIITM through its developing phase from having one and half hostel into a full fledged green campus, so the word means differently for different time. But at all times it was a place of fun and freedom.

The most memorable moment @ IIITM
It is very difficult to single out the most memorable moment. There are many which still bring smile. I describe one of them.
In the beginning there was not a well-established system and so we had to resort to creativity and courage for even some essential works to get done. One of them is get food! In 2001 there existed only one considerably completed hostel (present day girls hostel) (say hostel no 1) and a half built one (present day Sindhu Hall) (say hostel no 2). In H. N.1 senior PG students were staying and in H.N. 2 IPG-2001, our senior IPG-2000 and some PG first year people were there. Mess was run only in H.N.-1. There was no good connectivity between them and during rains the campus around used to become muddy. Most of the students go to mess from HN-2 by bus to avoid mud. One day there was huge downpour and the campus became so flooded and muddy that even bus was not able to reach to the H.N.2. It was lunch time and HN 2 residents were hungry, but no way to reach to HN1 for lunch. Proudly I say that, then only I and my dear friend Mukesh Kumar 'Danda' had the courage to discover a path and tread to HN1. We braved our way into the flooded campus through huge mud and hidden ditches for lunch. It was very adventurous!

Technology and Management in IIITM perspective
The concept is good, but I think good amount of publicity and branding are still needed to get the industry aware of these things. Integrated MTech is well known, but not the integrated MBA.
2-year MBA students too face lot of problems if they do specialization in traditional areas like marketing, finance etc. It is difficult to attract and convince industry in these areas for placement. The location only aggravates the problem. I know many engg/mgmt colleges in Bangalore/Mumbai etc which are substandard to IIITM, but get better placement because of their location advantage.

Your experience and strategy @ your work place
Owing to the course structure, engg colleges give lot of free time to students to do things as they wish. IIITM is one step ahead, gives much more time :)). I think it follows St Rabindra Nath Tagore's principle to give freedom to students to learn what they want. This system leads to development of leadership in the students. It also promotes team building. The frequent presentations improve communication and speech delivery skills. Communication of knowledge is as important as the knowledge itself. And here IIITM has advantage due its culture of presentations which no engg college in India has.
Since beginning of my stay at IIITM I used interact a lot in class. It improved knowledge as well as communication. 'Class Interaction' is the key to my performance there.

A message to your all juniors
Do never feel having low morale. Develop desire to succeed. Believe me, intelligence is secondary to desire for success ( I do not mean that IIITMites are less intelligent, my intention is to emphasize the importance of desire). It does not matter whether you are intelligent or not, what matters most is an intense desire to do something, to succeed. Spiritual people say, if you want something intensely other forces in the universe come forward to fulfill them without your conscious knowledge.

IIITM on lighter note
Greener, hehe, in which sense please clarify!!!

IIITM Academic Roll of Honour

In current changing IIITM, sign boards, dirction boards etc. are first to notice. Currently many larger piece of art are being installed in different halls/ locations.

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