Manthan "A lifetime in three weeks"

Manthan Day-1

"Manthan" -The eweek celebration at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research,Pune started with a bang.50 feet Manthan banners dropping down the building,sponsors posters and kiosks and music had already created a platform for a big event.
Manthan was inaugurated by Mr.Dhiraj Khot,founder and CEO of August Solutions.The inaguratory speech was followed by Saraswati Vandan and lamp lighting.The SICSR startup U-Town was launched by our chief guest.
The next event on the list was "Listen and Learn".We were gratified by the presence of two emminent personalities.Mr.Anurag Agrawal,CEO - Knowledge Quest Infotech Pvt Ltd. and Mr.Pandurang Taware,Director Agro Tourism,India.All the students were motivated and inspired by the experiences shared by the guests.
A workshop called Drona was arranged where ladies learned making paper bags , so that they can start their own ventures, and a workshop was also organised to teach them the use and advantages of computers.
Meanwhile the students has set up food stalls in the campus under the event "Bhojanalya".We had pani puri,fruit salad,briyani,barbeque stalls which were cluttered with students.
ownNext we had "Nukkad Nautanki" - Street Play - The theme was "Business Opportunities ".The winning team was from SIG and SICSR.
Once the competitions were over all the volunteers came together to celebrate the eweek in a cheerful and joyful way through a series of fun games like antakshri ,on the spot games etc.

Manthan 2

A new day with renewed hopes of an exciting day . Today we had the most exciting event called El-Do-Ra-Do(Treasure Hunt) presented by Spykar. 13 teams fought for it . They had to solve difficult clues & go all around Pune to find the next one & two joint runner ups after a lot of drama. But every one right from participants, volunteers & organizers had a gala time.
In the meantime we had “Piccaso Effect” & “Make your Mark” the poster competition and logo designing was going on where the participants creative talent was tested as the theme was Business Opportunities in India .

After a long day the whole Manthan Team got together to wind down . We enjoyed musical atmosphere which was created by our committee members.

Manthan 3

The day started with participants setting up their food stalls and other shops . We had people selling fruit salads , making tattoos, and selling cosmetic jewellery .
In the afternoon all the creative minds were showcasing their documentaries in ‘Chal Chitra’ out of which 3 were screened . Then the judge announced the eventual winner .

In the meantime the participating started trading stocks for “Bulls & Bears” a virtual stock market game trying to maximize their profits, so that they can win it at the end of the week.

We started with our NEN awareness drive, where people got chocolates for answering questions on the ongoing events, this event got a tremendous response from the students
Again in the evening volunteers got together for musical chairs & we had an awesome end to the day .

Manthan 4

Day 4 started with some interesting events lined up like “Lets Click” a photography event, 4Ps a marketing game , and “Think Hatke” a case study based event .

In the photography event briefing was done for all the participants and they are supposed to submit the hardcopies tomorrow.

In “4P’s’ the teams were given a task to sell as many subscription of Youth Eye Magazine as possible .As I write this article we are expecting the articles any moment .

‘Think –Hatke” had a case-study where they were asked to give a innovative solution to a fractious problem of a company , where the company is a renowned brand in the shoe polish market , but want to enter the lipstick market.

Manthan 5

The day had one of the most important event of our fest , the B-plan contest where five teams were shortlisted from all the entries received .
They were asked to present their plans to the judges , the fellow participants and the audience dissected their presentation to the basics to test their overall understanding . Ultimately we got one winner of intense 3 hours.
Meanwhile we had two other events “Seedhi Baat” and “Its all Yours” a panel discussion on infrastructure and an event management competition respectively , both the events had overwhelming participation , which was an indicator of its success .

Looking forward to another day.

Manthan 6

Most of the events on this day were pretty unique to say the least, Guru dakshina-here the participants had to go to different schools & colleges teach the students & earn money out of it

Then we had TurnCourt for faculty members and the students-here the students had to speak for a topic for sometime and then change his stance after a certain point of time. The faculty members participated in it with lot of enthusiasm.

We also had Work in 127.0.0.1 a website building game where the participants were asked to build the Arsh website .

In the meantime the NEN enlightment quiz was a hit among the students because they were getting chocolates for answering correctly .

Manthan 7

Today we had our one of the most difficult operational event Let Them Know , where we had to coordinate with 60 students to make the citizen aware of the conservation of natural resources through asking questions of a questionnaire. This event was supported my PMC & Model Colony Parisar Sudharna Samiti .

Most of the citizen were happy to answer the questions and were appreciative of

Day @ KPO was our signature event as it has been never tried before in any completion . Here the real-time scenarios were provided to the participants and they had to convince the judge with a solution and in the second round they had to try to pitch a sales over the phone . most of the participants joined in because they wanted to experience the real-life situation in the outsourcing industry.

Manthan-8

We had scheduled another guest lecture as a part of our Listen & Learn initiative in which we had invited two distinguished entrepreneurs Mr . Prashant Pansare Managing Director of Inteliment a player in the Business Analytics field & Mr. Shri Deshpande CEO of Radiant Minds and IT consulting & training company .Mr Pansare gave an insightful presentation on entrepreneurship which I am sure would give all the audience member a better clarity towards the idea of entrepreneurship .

In the meantime Play Wild our hugely popular gaming event was being organized with professional & amateurs testing their skills against each other in four different games CS ,COD ,FIFA & NFS .

In the evening we had closing ceremony with prize distribution which was presided by our Director Mr. Lalit Katpalia & the chief guest for the evening Mr. Sanjay Saxena Vice President for India Operations SIMS is the world’s largest Metal and Electronic Recycler.

The function was punctuated by a grand display of fireworks which was enjoyed one & all .

I could have done a lot more than i did

This week a lotta promise for me with a extra stretched weekend .i got on the core committee of the NEN arsh body , which would help me get a certificate and gain some organising skill . I can just hope of it having the desired effect on my lackluster Resume . our college is organising UNIFY which is a UG managed program . I was thinking of going to bangalore but decided against as most of my friends were staying back and I have been to bangalore too many times .

I do not want to leave station as coming back is very difficult i dont like travelling back , I feel very lonely , two more off days to go lets hope things work out fine .

The D week !!!

What can i say about this week .... Started off on a very slow note with classes as usual... But on Wednesday morning while dressing up for college got a frantic call from sanjay , asking me to come asap , as the coordinator is giving away 1 st sem marksheet .I was completely taken aback with the kinda way the results were announced . My prayers achieved fever pitch , I was terrified to say the least . I just prayed for passing the exam .

A person who has gone through the agony of getting a couple of backs can relate to my situation . I just saw whether the GPA was mentioned or not , which indicated that the candidate has passed. The moment I realized that have passed it was unadulterated happiness which can be compared to person winning a Olympic gold .

After that it was back to classes again in the meantime had a heart to heart talk with mou about us our present , future together the kinda expectation we have of each other . I think these kinda things help us in our professional life as well , as you know alls well on the other end.

Got myself involved with a college event ... hopefully can get some mileage out of it.

All was fine until today when I sat for a presentation which I was not supposed to do for a course in Information security . The money is not the problem but time and my drive is....I am not sure whether I would be efficiently handle this extra topic so would be seeking advice , though personally felt that this course would provide with necessary skill set to make me a better marketable commodity to the industry.

cheers !!

This is what MBA is all about !!

The past week has given me the feel of doing a real MBA . Till now this course was like any other boring course...where people attend classes go through boring classes. In the name of MBA some silly presentations are thrown in . Is it what we really expect of a Master in Business Administration course. At least I dont.

The past week gave the experience of working in a team for a company...where staying back after college for getting the project work done, then staying up late with friends to do some more work... helping others with work. But most importantly I built upon my past experience about what group dynamics are all about. At the end we got a satisfactory response from our prof.

On a lighter note saw Pyaar Impossible , its a kinda movie which you should watch only if you have nothing else to do . But its USP was the oh so hot Priyanka Chopra with her sexy dressing and the her ultra hot legs amply visible coz of her micro minis. :P

Cheers !!

Year End Holidays-2/New Year

What a week it has been , concrete plans breaking down making new plans to make our new year's eve celebration as exciting as possible.

During the week we had classes the way i want them , mainly before the lunch....then ultimately we came up with the plan of celebrating it the way cash strapped students do , with cheap booze n food brought home with music and as I keep telling my friends going on a world tour sitting in the confines of our homes. I passed out because of heady cocktails .

We first soaked some new year's spirit after going to one of the oldest hangout places called Apache to enjoy beer and rock music.... then while walking towards our party place after packing food we came up with rave party revelers being picked up from various spots.

Dada n Rubbu gave me a pleasant surprise on different days and we had lunch together.

At the end of the week I made the waiters running around to bring the umpteenth sheeks of prawns @ Barbecue nation ...

In the meantime we were given a case study to develop a proposal for applying for a software project by our SPM professor . I got the costing work though I am helping out couple of people with some research which is required . Till next time have fun :D

Year End Holidays-1

There is something about Pune n my friends which puts me at complete ease . It seems here my life just flows without any hindrances the way I want it to be . before I sleep off reading this 1 year down the line ... Lemme the speak about the wonderful week , with all the booze flowing through our blood stream making us delirious with joy, sadness at different points of time .

I always believe little amount of alcohol consumed with friends in a private place goes a long way easing up your mind . Though I am not advertising alcoholism , but it effects put you at ease and you know most of the things you say would be forgotten as the new day dawns. This whole process unburdens your soul.

With a good amount of hangover we were looking forward to watching Aamir Khan n gang dishing it out in the movie theater "3 idiots" . Though based on a bestseller I thank god the scriptwriter made it more suitable for a movie and it was a job well done.

Lets c what up next on boxing day.....would like to plug a song with this writeup...which I believe every study lover like me would like to hear.

Death in the family...

I am no Amitabh Bacchan ,this guy amazes me with his dedication to write his blog everyday. Though he writes a diary in his blog , being Big B's diary makes it an interesting read . The whole Nov went by in a super slo mo with 8 papers and lot of practicals and vivas thrown in as the deserts.

Though the best part was thank I was not freaking out because of couple of parties and my now famous 25 th B'day celebrations.

The exams ended got a couple of gifts for Mou, Maa & Baba . Was looking forward meeting Mou, and things worked out and we met the day I reached kol. But in this all my thamma was a bit ill the most surprising thing was she did not want to eat nor drink , her condition was very bad from the time she came from Durgapur , but I had a feeling that her time was nearing from the time she was not able to recognize me . I was out when Maa called up saying its emergency and we need to admit thamma in the Hospital.

I picked her up in my hands and the only response was a weak grunt , and the n she was silent after that completely. I picked a living person who I thought was a vegetable ,was admitted to the hospital.Lot of things happened form that time to the time she died.

When we were taking her to the crematorium I had a strange feeling I thought though its natural its very surprising that just a couple of days ago I picked a living person and now I along with other brothers was picking up her dead body which had no response.

In the crematorium we had to apply ghee all over her body and during one of the rituals accidently a part of the burning stick fell over the body engulfing some parts with fire...while I was exhuming the fire I still could not come to terms with this natural process of life and death , I tried to pacify myself saying maybe because its my first time with a death in the family with which Iam so closely associated with right from the word go and it being my first visit to the crematorium.

The Electric chulla resembled the magoj dholai chamber in the famous movie "Hirok Rajar Deshe" . The most bewildering part of the whole process was the point when we were asked to give water on the ash , at that point of time I thought whoever the person at the end everyone turns into a heap of charcoal / fossil fuel .

I know this being the first time I am going through so many confused emotions. But I am now slowly but steadily readying myself to lose all my loved ones which I know cannot be avoided may be deffer ed . A day would come when I wont have any emotions left on hearing a death of a near and dear one just like Dadaie , who has seen so many deaths in his life and being to the Ghats innumerable times.

At the end I also know that I am not the first one nor the last one going through similar emotions.

Happier times are ahead with the Christmas/ New Year season coming up ...and I being very happy with my Personal life amen !!!