Sentinel 1.1

psc@iitg.ernet.in · November 2012 · Issue 1.1

p2 Techniche - Perfection pixelated
Magical Manthan p3 The new mess'y' system
Decree 215 p4 New Internship Policy
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He opens the door to find a senior who has never

p3 PSC brings you special
insight on institutes LAN.
Everything you need to
Ragging: Reality Check
or many years now, the students of IIT-G have
been very keen on developing the personality of
ragging at IIT Guwahati Is a menace at all!
interacted with him before. Not a minute has passed
before he dials the number of the warden/faculty
member/dean/director. In the matter of hours, the senior
is being asked to appear before a disco and is soon

know about your network
form where do you get to
F every new batch of freshmen students ever since
they set foot on the campus. Over the years, it
has escalated to such a scale that it has unofficially
Often, ragging is mentioned in a very hushed-up form in
many households across the country. In fact, this you-
know-who of college life can put Lord Voldemort to
made to pack his bags and sent to hostels Dibang or
Brahmaputra. (In the administrations eyes, these hostel
are equivalent to prisons at our college and despite the
issuance of an official apology in this regard, it will be a
discussion on issues related are been dubbed as the Personality Development Program
(PDP). A few of our more experienced seniors (and
shame! Before their arrival at our campus, the students
do a lot of 'underworld' research and familiarize
long time before the sentiments of these hostel-dwellers
change.) Take a look at the scenario from the senior's
covered. We wish to bring you freshers!) will undoubtedly scoff at this term. In their themselves with the worst forms of ragging. Needless point of view. Never mind the fact that he knocked on a
opinion, PDP is nothing but a high-class society term to say, there are a lot of colleges in our country where
such insights further. Please let us for the more lowly 'ragging'. students probably stay up at nights hoping to be able to
fresher's door at an unearthly hour. The fact remains
that he is being made to leave his home and friends is
know topic on which you would In the pursuit of a well thought of definition, ragging' has
fill bottles to escape from the other vile acts planned by
their seniors. Eventually, the freshers carry forward this
being forced to live in shame in a land that is very new
to him. His crime: knocking on a door. This incident
like us to dig out. been defined as the doing of any act which causes, or
is likely to cause any physical, psychological or
paranoia with them while entering our campus. During appears so lame that it's laughable. Sadly, however,
certain seniors have actually been subjected to this
physiological harm or apprehension or shame or form of humiliation. This brings us back to our
Society and the government of the nation has
Merry freshia embarrassment to a student, and includes–
(a) Teasing or abusing of playing practical made certain rules regarding the issue framing
definition of ragging. Harassment of a student in
any form is unacceptable. And that ought to include
joke on, or causing hurt to any student. what is right and what is wrong. What may the harassment of a senior student. Many of the
t has been more than two years and I still remember (b) Asking any student to do any act, or senior students fear the very idea of walking along
perform any act, which he/she would not, in the seem right to us is not exactly right according
I the exact moment when I saw the campus for the
first time through the window of typical local auto
rickshaw passing by KV gate. I was not just carrying my
ordinary course, be willing to do or perform.”
Though the government has India has laid down
clear legislations for curbing the menace of
to society and we must oblige to it. Students
argue that what is wrong in a casual interaction
some of the corridors in their hostel. The amount of
power that the first-yearites have is quite
unimaginable, and this sets a very bad precedent.
luggage but also loads of excitement for the most With power comes great responsibility; however,
memorable time I would be spending here. Gymkhana ragging, none of the laws are university specific. and PDP's, instead they are beneficial to the first yearites are surely not responsible enough!
understands what this moment means in life of an This article will focus particularly on the scenario at freshers. But it must be understood that even
IITian and thus had taken every care to make it most IIT Guwahati (because that's obviously what you that small interaction is serious offence nce again we are in a position to ask
cherishing moment for freshers. want to read!).

IIT-Guwahati welcomed all the freshers with great ver the last few years, (or at least since the
according to the rules framed by government
and is punishable.
O ourselves if the laws pertaining to ragging
are valid and necessary in our campus.
Every society has laws which upon which its
warmth and delight. PSC made fresher's guide and
sent it to all the freshmen even before they reached the
campus to get them acquainted with the environment.
O author's arrival at the campus 4 years ago)
all physical forms of ragging have been
non-existent. That's not to say that ragging can -Gautam Barua, Director, IITG.
foundations are built. The first year students need
to be provided with a comfortable and friendly
atmosphere upon their arrival at their campus.
On the day of arrival stalls were set up at railway station only be performed via physical means. Mental Nothing hinders creativity like fear, and a traumatic
and airport to receive and escort parents and students harassment is perhaps the biggest issue faced by the the official orientation sessionthe fos, cus is on experience during ones first semester can go a long
to campus. Buses were arranged at regular intervals freshmen students following their arrival at the campus. providing the students and parents with a million way in disrupting the student's mental framework. Many
after taking note of the train and flight timings. Name-Calling, Intro sessions, the infamous 'muski', the telephone numbers that they can dial in the event of senior students argue that ragging is the only means of
filling up of a few water bottles, night-outs during ragging. Though this is undoubtedly very essential, it bringing a first year student out of his shell. This is
Freshers week in IIT-Guwahati has been exhilarating in Manthan, the usage of a large amount of IIT Guwahati also elevates their paranoia and this is the very root of extremely far from the truth as a friendly and
the truest sense. An event a day was held for the first slang and the loaning of ones cycle to the seniors; the problem. The first-yearites who have interacted with collaborative environment can also lead to a fresher's
week to make them feel home and interact with seniors these acts constitute 95% (unofficial stats) of the acts of siblings and friends who study at any of the IITs are quick adjustment to campus life. In reality, ragging is
along with fellow freshmen. Scavenger hunt, Mr and ragging that freshmen students are 'required' to already aware of the worst that can happen to them and merely an excuse for senior students to employ their
Mrs fresher, Movie screening witnessed heavy perform. Take a second look at the aforementioned know that it's a far cry from the beatings that students sadistic desire to torment those weaker and smaller to
participation and enthusiasm from everyone. acts. Are they really so bad? In response, (as one at certain NITs receive. The other more naïve students them and our institute can very well do without these
Soon after the freshers week, freshers were clouded freshman student conveniently pointed out) one need however, are not this fortunate. All said and done, the anti-social elements.
with all sort orientations which included institute only look at the definition of ragging which forbids fact remains that we, as IITians, are among the higher Nothing on this planet is purely good or evil. Anything in
orientation, departmental orientations, gymkhana asking any student to do any act, or perform any act, section of society (we like to think of ourselves that the right amount of moderation can be termed as
orientation, individual boards orientation, hostel which he/she would not, in the ordinary course, be way) and are very different from the animals that exist 'acceptable'. The absence of the laws framed against
orentations, coffee out sessions and what not. Cultural willing to do or perform. However, the fact remains that in other local colleges and are much more civilized than ragging will only lead to the escalation of the number of
board had single orientation for all its clubs as there is never a compulsion to indulge in the whims of what the administration often makes us out to be. more 'vile' acts. However, there is certainly a pressing
compared to individual orientations last year. the seniors and the freshmen are always given a choice need to review the nature of the laws, especially in the
to leave at their convenience. Ultimately the bigger icture this. Its 2 a.m. and our protagonist, a context of IIT Guwahati in particular.
Freshers were also warmly welcomed by senior
students. Although there have been minor cases of
ragging, overall environment was healthy and friendly
picture merely looks like an informal interaction
between soon-to-be friends one begins to wonder why P particularly paranoid first yearite is attempting to
fall asleep when he hears knocks on the door.

as usual. Welfare board came up with student can be taken to increase the quality. who would be joining the campus as a result of which
mentorship program which allotted each group of 8
freshers with one mentor from third year who will clarify Director’s talk show Q. Is there a proper justification or calculation as to
many married scholars are waiting for their chance to
live in quarters. As of much construction work is being
countless doubts and guide them on leading life at IITG. how much the price of mess has been increased done already for new SAC, new girls hostel, boys hostel
Each mentor was carefully chosen. After an interaction n 7th Nov Interaction club under the welfare from past few years? and other things. So it is little difficult to make new
It is calculated on the inflation rate of the market prices
session students responded that many of their queries
on CPI, classes etc. were beautifully explained. O board organized a talk show with Director and
Deans to address the issues students have
been facing and discuss on possible solutions if any.
of goods. The increase in the 5 Rs. Last month was due
to the removal of government subsidy on gas.
constructions immediately. Next financial year care will
be taken to extend the quarters.

A Facebook page was also created for freshers to This is the second of its kind show after the first show Q. We are not given a fair chance to present our
interact with junta of IITG. The page on one side was on changing JEE format. As addressed by the Dean of Q. Why don't we encourage foreign placements? views about the accusations. Under such
delivering the expected performance but was also filled Student Affairs the roots for this kind of show were The government is investing a lot of money on students circumstances, whom are we supposed to look up
with lots of fun. Senior boys trying to make new originated from faculty student cricket tournament held and also being Indians it is our duty to serve the nation. to? This can even lead to the toiling of an innocent
girlfriends, girls calling out boys for playing tennis, last year to increase the interaction between students The institute allows all the foreign companies that have life.
complaints of room sharing in subansiri followed by and faculty. Soon everyone realized that we need a a presence in India. Since only few foreign companies The question was about a specific case where some
condolences from seniors etc. added masala to the better way to address the students and encourage would be interested to come to Guwahati for placement students of Subansiri were accused of ragging.
page. Thankfully the page was successful in restricting discussions. it is not a very major issue to be concerned about. Students mentioned that even though there was no
vulgarity. Interaction club gathered and compiled some of the Already measures have been taken to calculate the fault form their side they were held guilty. It was replied
important queries that needed answers y students. number of placements we are losing by restricting the that the students were only asked to write the
PG Freshia, a fresher's night for the post graduates of Here is the brief on some of the major issues foreign companies and if it seems that we need to allow happenings of the incident on the piece of paper and
IITG was held on 25th of august. It was a four hour discussed. them they they will be surely allowed for recruitment. leave. They were not anguished in any way and the
event filled with vibrant and charismatic performances Q. Is there any prescribed list of brands that mess enquiry on the matter is yet to complete. The question
by the PG freshers. The event was specially conducted caterers need to use as the quality of the food in Q. We all know that the institute administration is then dropped down to as why the administrators should
for interaction of PG freshers with their seniors and also mess keeps changing day to day? taking strict measures to prevent ragging and make make students to stand for more than an hour for
to involve them in cultural activities which they rarely The proposal has already been kept in gymkhana and the stay of first years comfortable. This is written submission just based on some on some
do. This year PG freshia witnessed UG participation, a will most probably be implemented from next semester appreciated But what if the first years take this as deceptive complaint. Director answered that the issue
testimony to the fact that the UG and PG barrier is an advantage and start troubling the seniors? of ragging is so serious that students have to be guilty
completely absent when it comes to the cultural events. Q. What can be done to increase the quality of the Government states that raging in form is strictly till proven innocent rather than innocent till proven
The effort put in by Ankit Dave and the organizing mess? unacceptable and immediate FIR must be registered on guilty.
team was truly commendable. All their toils were The issue of mess is very perplexed that everything is the student in case of any complaint. So the rules are
complemented by the overwhelming participation by the not in the control of administrators. As everyone is not framed by institute but are a just a reflection of Apart from these specific issues related to bus timings,
PGs and the huge turnout of students at the Manas working hard to bring in a better system no one should government's decision. It is sarcastic to hear that exam timings, permission for participating in
Community Hall. The instrumental music, band show, be blamed. It so happens that very strict measures seniors are being raged by freshers but in that case competitions etc. were discussed. It is very sad that
drama, dance and vocal music performances had really cannot be taken against caterers as they will not be seniors always have the freedom to approach the after repeated mails only a few were present at the
surpassed the usual standards of IITG and have made willing to cater anymore. Very much care is being taken administration. auditorium to participate in the discussion. We always
the night very memorable for the new comers. to improve quality and students must be co-operative in grouch upon the administration and when they come to
this respect. We need to assess the caterers based on Q. Why is the authority not showing any interest answer us with all their modesty it is our duty to listen to
daily feedback instead of monthly and if the caterer regarding the extension of married scholars' hostel them. It must be understood that if we do not participate
PSC congratulates all the students and administration
makes the same mistake or provides lower quality food to increase the numbers? in such discussions we lose the right to speak against
for making freshers time so memorable.
for more than twice for consecutive weeks then action It was a mistake from institute's side as institute was any issue in the campus.
wrong in estimating the number of married scholars

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various interesting topics and queries as well are
Techniche - Perfection Pixelated discussed with the students at IIT by means of the
forum and data on various technological advancements
Evoking the 'SPIRIT'
entrepreneurship in young minds. Blue Chips and its occurring across the globe is posted.
rom fierce competitions to wonderful exhibitions hat one moment when you dive in the air to stop
to inspiring lectures to soothing Nites, the annual online version, the Virtual Stock Market had immense
F techno management festival of IIT Guwahati,
Techniche 2012, (August 30th to September 2nd)
participation till the very end and were good hits among
the participants. Though not as expected, the Startup
The Guwahati Half Marathon
he Marathon's tag line for 2012 was, 'Run to
T a game turning goal, that one moment when your
field of vision reduces to exactly the distance
between your hockey ball and goal post, that one
was indeed a huge success! Techniche organized a
multitude of events ranging from Robotics to Business
Plan Modeling, to Aeromodelling, to Computer Coding
Showcase which was conducted for the very first time
in Techniche this year also made its mark. We had
entries from all parts of the countries, with more than 5
entries from down south, we can proudly say that
T show your Unity Guwahati!' With Papon (of
'Jeeyein Kyun' fame), the event served as a step
in our endeavour to inculcate the urgency and
moment when
you are just
milliseconds
related events. We are sure that none of you could importance of unity in today's youth. It kicked off on behind the lead
make it to all the events that were conducted in Techniche is indeed expanding its wings! August 26th, 2012 at 6:30 A.M. It had two categories, swimmer, that
Techniche this year, so PSC would the Glory Run (21km) run for one moment
like to help you reminiscing the professionals and the Spirit Run when the
captivating memories of (6km) run for people who just want basketball is
Techniche'12 -Pixelating Perfection. to have fun! Participants were rolling on the
Certifiied by the Assam Athletic net and you are
Association!
Lecture Series waiting for it to
fall into the
e have eminent
INITIATIVES basket, that is the moment when you can hear the
W personalities giving
lectures on exotic topics
which will open the avenues to the
T echniche in its 14th edition
aimed to touch every sphere
of society with its initiatives
sound of your heart beat and world becomes stationary
and that is the moment just before you win.
world of knowledge, the world of
Healing hands, Social 360, Minus SPIRIT 2012, the inter college sports championship
Lecture Series. This year, we had
One Project and Lighting a Billion was held by sports board at IITG to bring all those
Mr. Walter Bender from MIT media
Lives. cherishing moments into the busy lives of students.
labs, Dr. R. Chidambaram form
SPIRIT has been growing exponentially ever since its
BARC, Mr. Sameul Chand a global
leadership guru, Ms. Rashmi Exhibitions inception and is perfecting itself every time. The three
Bansal a writer, entrepreneur and a youth expert, Mr.
Robotics umismatic Society of Calcutta, Delhi philately,
day extravaganza was held on 5th, 6th and 7th of
his year, we were successful in reaching out to October although basketball was held a week before
Lars Hoogweg, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of
Nimbuzz, George Kourounis, a resident of Toronto, is a
world renowned explorer, adventurer, and storm chaser
best known for his television series, “Angry Planet”.
T all the robotic enthusiasts in the nation. Robotics
went national with an event called Escalade
which was conducted in 11 major cities across the
N Indian Air Force, Indian Railways, Indian
Meteorological Society, MetalMate, Indian
Institute of Robotics, CID West Bengal and EMVEE
that due to the National Basketball Meet clashing with
our dates. Also aquatics were held on 26th of
September and our team drubbed the local teams.
showcased themselves. Due to lack of awareness, the The event was inaugurated by Director, Dean of student
nation! Besides Escalade, the module conducted 7
workshops did not receive their share of popularity. Affairs and Chairman of Sports Board. The inaugural
other events like Angry Birds, Segregare, Aeroshot,
Industrial Conclave Libraria, Pacman, Robocalypse and Shadow. speech was followed by torch relay with Ratholu
Despite the disturbances in city Techniche managed to Mou(Weight lifting), Neha Tadichetty(Basketball), Vasu
t is an initiative of the student community through the
pixelate perfection , the standard of a few events scaled
Predefined
I platform of Techniche to strengthen the relationships
with the industry people and eminent personalities,
and also benefit the industry by keeping them abreast
ith enough time given to research, discuss
up pretty high when compared to last year. Many new
events were initiated this Techniche which managed to
goyal(Hockey), Neeraj Mishra(Atletics and Javelin
throw) carrying the torch respectively. Then Neeraj
Mishra, eneral secretary of Sports board took oath on
of the latest research works and developments. This
interface and interaction between experts from varied
fields of the industry and budding enthusiastic talent of
W and come up with the best solutions, this
module let's you have your own experience in
cherishing the process to reaching the best possible
carve a niche for themselves even among the pre-
existing successful events. On the whole, Techniche'12
was a resonating success.
behalf of all he playes and the championship was
commenced.
solution. The major events being- Archcraft,a practical
the nation will help encourage innovative initiatives and This year SPIRIT witnessed participation from around
ideas. A total of 140 participants registered for three day
approach for designing constructions of daily use;
Techscribe, the paper presentation contest; App
Nites - PSC Rating 30 colleges along with many other spot clubs. Some of
conclave. Intresting and diversed business magnates the famous teams clubs were Sports Authority of
Development which was conducted in association with
were present to deliver lectures. Mr. Ajay Chaturvedi, DAY 0 India(SAI), SVCC(a well-known volley ball club), Assam
Nimbuzz; Impulsus and finally MegaPixels, an online
the founder of Harva, Mr. Satish Jha the founder Mind blowing performance from Paradigm shift. Weight Lifting Association. The national level players of
photography competition which received immense
chairman of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) India badminton and Seed 1 players of Assam in TT also
participation. Almost everyone danced to roja song in
Foundation, Amit Ranjan, the Cofounder and COO of participated in the championship heightening the glory
auditorium of SPIRIT. There was a spectacular participation from
SLIDESHARE, Mr. V Raghunathan, the CEO of GMR
Varalakshmi Foundation of the GMR Group, K V Other events girls side too. Especially in Athletics, badminton and
Sridhar a Legend in the Field Of Advertising known as ush Hour the on-the-spot events spread across Day 1 basketball the participation outgrew enormously. The
The Ebru Art i.e., the art of painting in water.
the 'Ad Guru Of The Indian ad Industry', Mr. Rajesh
Sawhney the President of BIG Reliance Entertainment
and a key member of the Reliance ADAG leadership
R the campus included Twenty19.com Internship
competition which aimed to identify students for
different paid-internship positions in companies across
Due to the dull music and lack of interaction, it
did not strike a chord with the audience.
participation was not just from Assam but was from
surrounding states too making it a north eastern sports
championshi
team delivered their experiences. From COO of world the nation, Cryptophobia, Twist to win, the rubik cube
famous website to founder of most innovative social challenge, Quiz on the Move, Code wars, SUDOKU, Day 2 Amidst all the competition IITG performed very well in
startup conclave had just the right mix of people. CSI, Genesis, Easel and Sci-Fi Éclat. Spin the Web the almost every sport. In almost every sport we were
Laser Show managed to pull in a lot of crowd
entireley online module of Techniche, it has a galaxy of among top three. In fact in many sports we held more
but many of us have seen it last to last year than one position in top three. SAI gave a good
Corporate Module mind boggling questions, intriguing puzzles and
complex codes, it's the perfect place to hang out with competition to us performing almost in the same level.
ith innovation oozing out of every entry which Day 3
your talent.Have lots of fun while you learn! In funniche Overall, the event was held successfully outpacing the
W left the veteran judging panel in awe, the
Corporate Module put up a remarkably good
show! The Corporate Module, Techniche'12
this year had Tug of War, Experiments, Extreme
Gaming and Live CS.
The best of all nites, the Vilas Nayak nite. A
young free spirited fast painter from Karnataka.
As the music reaches it's cresendo so do the
previous SPIRIT and establishing a dignity of its own. It
is only a reflection of hard work and effort that sports
board put into to make it such a marvel. The trailer that
successfully conducted 'Product Launch' , which had 9
entries from every field of technology. 'Brain Child', the TECHNOTHLON brush strokes and before you blink there's a was made for first time is extremely inspiring. Neeraj
canvas of colours before your eyes! And then Mishra says that unlike last year more sports were
annual business plan writing competition, besides really eedless to mention the most worked event of
included in SPIRIT and every detail of the event has
good quality ideas, it had immense participation of 22
entries in the presentation round held at IIT Guwahati,
and 'Stratagem', the marketing strategy writing event,
N Techniche. This year, the prelims were
conducted in over 200 cities and 350 centres
across the nation. Technopedia, an online module of
we had the sky lantern ceremony which lit up
the sky so beautifully and marked an end to
Techniche'12.
been properly recorded for future reference. It is very
clear from the event too that more emphasis was given
to make the event more consummate.
which was successful in its goal of promoting Technothlon, where quizzes are posted monthly,

reasons. The first reason is the journey that we go Change and Biodiversity'. The concluding speech was
Magical Manthan through two weeks before manthan to make it a
worthwhile memory because we know what it means to
IESAS 2012 by Ms. Pamposh Bhat, the Chairperson of Jwala –an
NGO based at New Delhi, elucidating the theme of
each and every one of us. I remember watching a 'Energising India in a sustainable way'. This was
o mornings, no evenings, no nights… Rather we senior cry after proclaiming that this would be their final IT Guwahati Environmental and Social Awareness followed by a plantation drive to create a lush of
never knew what time it was! Mornings turned Summit 2012 was organized by Prakriti - the
N to nights, coffee of Tea turned into mountain
dew and the moon became our new sun, our
bedrooms became the prop rooms and the places
manthan and I swear after watching him and the others
weep with him, it exhilarated and instigated me to work
even more and more, watching my senior's undying
I Environmental Club & Social's Club in association
with National Service Scheme (NSS), IIT Guwahati
from the 5th to 7th of October, 2012. The 4th Edition of
greenery not just to be a feast to the eye but also to
provide shade to pedestrians.
The Day 2 started off with the event 'Eco-Socio
concept' in which '3 Eco-socio concepts' were sought
effort and hard work and not giving into sleep and two
where we involved ourselves … when word reached minute breather honestly touched me. The other reason IESAS also harped on instilling a sense of that could make IIT Guwahati an Eco-Socio responsible
our ears that “Manthan” was near! and the most vital reason of all is environmental and social awareness among the people institute by making it pollution free, less dependent on
There was no such thing called that manthan brought all the around us like its previous conventional energy and
sleep for the first years or faccha's seniors and first years to the same editions. A wide spectrum establishing harmony with
(as they say) nor for our second, level and composed this spirit of of events like guest nature. An open house
third and most importantly our brotherhood and it created this lectures, plantation, theatrical panel discussion
fourth years, mainly because it sense of bonding between our cleanliness drive, was the limelight of this
was their last nerve clenching, seniors and first years, which felt captivating competitions year's summit as a panel
hysterical and an emotional nothing more than pure love. I will and a newly introduced of eminent professors
Manthan. and I know that every first year will panel discussion gave the discussed the applicability
Every time someone woke up it not be able to find this level of summit a hue of its own. of the theme to our own
would be only after a friend bonding anytime else in any year The summit was lightened campus. Facts pertaining
banging at his or her door and but except during manthan. up into a glaring start by to existing environmental
when they'd look into their Manthan truly is a spiritualistic, the Chairmen of Technical and social aspects were
watches and find that they slept miraculous, extraordinary and Board and Welfare Board in the presence of Dean of revealed by the NSS group leaders in 'Reveal the Fact'.
only for half an hour or an hour, magical event and is 'a must' Students' Affairs, NSS Co-ordinators, dignitaries and A T-shirt designing competition based on the theme of
they knew for sure that duty called experience event which no first participants on Day 0 in the institute Auditorium at 6pm. sending a message to mend the present state of
at the prop room or another yearite should miss! A movie related to the theme of the summit was environmental destruction, an Online Nature
activity which they got themselves We know we will never forget all screened on the starting day itself giving the events a Photography based on snaps from the campus, an
into. You only see tension and the sweat scorching the effort and hard work we put in and whether or not head-start. Article writing competition on the environmental and
through your friends faces, the canteens and the juice we win Manthan, we will never forget the bonding we The Cleanliness drive marked the start of Day 1 in social aspects of our life in the IIT G campus, a Happy
shops were not forgiven either , and by god they were had with each and everyone, we will not forget the early which the campus was made beatific – greener and New Year 2013 Card Designing competition based on
bombarded with orders after every one or two hour morning 'chai' breaks, the experience, the fiesta, the healthier. Usage of proper hygiene, gloves and sticks natural beauty and an Eco-Socio Quiz were the other
break. Noise from the music room, shouts from the emotions, the drama, the politics, that vibe, and the love helped a strong participation in the event. This was enticing events of IESAS 2012.
drama practice area and shadow play zone and orders we felt during manthan. That will forever be embedded followed by guest lectures. Mr. S.B. Medhi, the IESAS 2012 concluded with a Valedictory Ceremony
and commands from the prop rooms and all this for in our memories and will forever remain that one true President of Assam Institute of Sustainable and Prize distribution in which the winners of various
what, was it all for winning a cup? Was it all so that we event which brought and will continue to bring the entire Development spoke on 'Legal measures for events were felicitated. With the note of planning a
would show it to the other hostel's faces saying “we hostel together for those three enchanted nights for that Environment Protection and Sustainable Development.' grander IESAS 2013, the scintillating summit came to a
won, HAHA!”? Was it for the so called 'Bondappa'? I magical manthan. Mr. Simanta Kalita, the Chairman of North East Centre, close and every IIT student was touched by the
believe not. I believe that it was for two very beautiful Centre for Environmental Education, spoke on 'Climate profound implications the summit provided.



students are 19 ,20,22,80 with equal amount of the load There are certain problems which them upmost joy and

Know your LAN on the network .Networking authorities have taken
intense care while designing the network architecture in
are not a child's play even for the
CC team to rectify in short span of
All LAN users as one large family and
sneaking in their personal matters isn't a
they get a huge
amount of data shared
each hostel . Thereby connecting each room and on time. Afterall some or other small which they can flaunt
each floor with same of hoops from a router. Therefore good sign of a family member as per CC in front of others .We
here has been a controversial debate on the issues always arise in such a hue
internet and LAN speed from a long time .This student on ground and a student on 3rd floor enjoy the network. And many of them
.Whatever we do on intranet and within the must understand that
T issue is so seriously diversified in views among
students and CC authorities that PSC had to take
a step to acknowledge the
same internet speed.
Facilities
include which we create on our
own changing router connection.
One such problem happened in
domain of the institute LAN CC is least

to keep trace of it .But when we are using
whatever we are doing
concerned about it and they even don't want chokes the network
lines and there by
C also provides us to
junta. Many a times kameng B-2 lobby where a resident the internet the textual record of our internet affects the internet
students have to suffer from
low speed internet
connections which
“The internet facility in each room is
something that i had never expected .The
C have computations
on super computer
PARAM PADMA placed at
tried to change the hub LAN
connections but accidently resulted
in looping the hub which took CC
access is maintained as per rules of the
Government of India due to various security extent .
speed to a large

We always beg for
restriction on torrents was shocking but Bangalore. Many professors reasons .
germinates the seed of DC++ healed my wounds. The restriction on from mechanical and technicians time to detect and more and more but
anger in their minds for the chemical department and rectify it . before doing this we
the usage of internet up to 5 improved to be
computer centre authorities research students avail this should try to learn
the most disappointing news. At last i would about the proper utilization of the available
.But are the CC authorities facility .The data that has to
really and solely responsible like to say the internet facilities here in IITG resources. Try using all genuine software as most of
be operated is sent to CC We don't get 100 Mps connection!!!!
for this ???? are better than i could have ever thought of.” the required software are provided by institute and
officials and they forward it to
-Bharat narayan gupta, Fresher super computer and the try optimizing your downloads. If we do that small
If you think they are then FresherFresher scholars get the required bit of work we will definitely see drastic increase in
this article is for you to result just by sitting back in the net speed.
understand that they are not their chairs
the ones to blamed. In fact
you are partially responsible for your problems. Before
reaching any conclusion and deciding whom should we
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blame we should first understand the basic structure of part from the countless facilities they provide us
the LAN in our campus.

Where do you get your net from?
A they are a team that works with full dedication
and enthusiasm to keep the internet facilities
running in a proper way. All the networks components A
home far away from home! IITG is the only
IIT which makes you feel at ease just like
your home, be it your personal room,
are kept in suitable conditions and they are 24X7 nagging siblings, some lousy neighbors, local
he internet facility here in IITG is hoisted on
monitored for faults and mal-functioning and if parks, lakes, rivers and so on. Except for the food
T highly efficient servers and of course a dedicated
and talented team working in CC. The IITG
something goes wrong whole team works tirelessly to
restore the normal condition. Last semester one of the t is a huge misconception that we don't get 100
which is definitely not Ambrosia, this would certainly
qualify as heaven on earth or the earthly Mount
internet runs on 100 Mbps and 21Mbps lines provided
from the leading ISP's in today's internet world like
BSNL, AIRTEL, ERNET, RAILTEL. Many of these
routers of umiam hostel stopped functioning
considering the fact that the students had an exam the
very next day webmaster himself along with his team
I Mbps speed. Well that is not the case. The adjacent
graph shows that we have been given a 100 mbps of
connection of which whole 100 mbps is in continuous
Olympus. All heavens come at a price. After all we
have to filter suitable mortals and pass judgment as
to whether they fit to this place or hell. Lord Zeus
connections are 3 hoops connection meaning i.e., a use and there is hardly any time of the day where this
changed that faulty router around at 1 am. Even on has passed a decree regarding all immortals on
direct connection is given to us from Bangalore data usage attains a minima below 60mbps. Now you
holidays Webmaster himself makes couple of visits to heaven to confine themselves to their chambers by
headquarters .These Bangalore headquarters are might ask that why don't we have a 1000Mbps
cc to make sure everything is in order .The CC the stroke of midnight. Also entry to heaven on
connected to Delhi and from Delhi to their international connection? Well that is totally another topic to be
technicians respond honestly to solve our LAN related personal motorized chariots is restricted to 21:00
offices all via a single connection line .The IITG campus discussed.
problems and they often visit us after 5 p.m. even hours. Not many enlightened souls dare to question
internet is also facilitated with the national knowledge
though there job ends at 5 in the evening . the wisdom of their lord. But the Titans refused to
network under which it has the connection from the
What can you do to increase LAN speed? bow down to Zeus's new decree. The Titans
ISPS like
Issues and problems t is often found that students enjoyed their night time adventures. They felt as if
BSNL and
their entire existence in Olympus was defined by
RAILTEL
.On the
BSNL I
n spite of the various attempts
of the CC team to keep internet
running in the proper condition
The most visited site I don't use genuine operating
systems and usually they are
The adjacent image shows the list of not in a habit to update their anti-
the most visited sites in IITG. It won't viruses which causes a severe
their night life.

Well away from the metaphorical description this is
network there had been various issues
connection where CC appears helpless. One be shock for anyone if Facebook threat to institute LAN. These about the notice that restricts the movements of
the faculty of such issue is the failure of the .com tops this list. Atleast 1600 of kinds of systems keep on hostel boarders during night time. This created a lot
quarter network links form the ISP side the residents have logged in on the broadcasting packets and of disturbance in the student community that
and staff .These problems are beyond the site at any time of the day .Google viruses on network. The other institute has been imposing very strict and useless
quarter control of CC. They can only call and Youtube are the other favourite problem is the excessive of dc++ rules. But students must understand that these
proxies and request ISPs to restore the sites that appear in the list .people are in a habit of keeping rules are just a reflection of our deeds and institute
links in proper condition as soon their laptops on 24*7 and they takes very much care to introduce any new rule.
are
as possible and if it is a weekend it keep on downloading files from The important point here is that no one is following
hoisted.
often gets worse .Due to the lack of staff on weekends dc. This puts excessive pressure on networking the rule and no one is being named guilty for
iitg.ac.in
and availability of district informatics officers these devices. The story doesn't ends here there exists a crossing the rule. If so why does the rule have to be
proxies are hoisted on AIRTEL network whereas
problems do take a lot of time to get rectified. The group of students among us who continuously implemented at all? This might have a very bad
iitg.ernet.in ,institute webmail, web and DNS are
internet problems that arose on 25 of August and lasted downloads of data in the form of torrents in spite of the consequence on rules to be implemented further.
hoisted on ERNET network .
for next 2-3 days was the outcome of failure of BSNL fact that the torrents are blocked in IITG. People often One will not take any such notice seriously. So the
gymkhana must rethink on this issue and answer
Hostel LAN Architecture link .The ISP offices even lack the basic things required download large amount of data in form of torrents which
the discontented students.
to keep the servers and other networking components also a major reason for slow internet. Using fake
he image shows how the internet connection
in a proper condition due to which we have to suffer for proxies to use internet and downloading large amount
T reaches your room. The internet connection line
from ISP is connected to a router( placed in cc)
which is later on connected to the core switch of the cc
hours and sometimes even for a couple of days.
Due to the several unexpected reasons networking
components do get damaged and need replacement.
of data fills us with some sort of pride and a sense of
victory over the institute rules but actually we are
putting our LAN speed at stake .The adjacent graph
Many times in history the Titans have joined forces
to fight Zeus and always Zeus's wisdom has stood
the test of faith and time as the all-powerful
and from there it is connected to the Academic guardian of Mt Olympus. It is the unwavering
But here too because of the various issues CC doesn't shows a list of the data downloaded by a user in a
Complex .From there 100 mbps lines connect cc to support and prayers from the lesser gods and other
stock them in large numbers .Thus if the component is single day. 27GB a day sounds shocking but have you
your hostel and in the later stages of this connection immortals to Zeus that keeps him all powerful and
available in stock it gets replaced in short span of time have thought what makes them do so ?the question is
process the LAN port of your is connected to the as long as it remains that way, there will be no room
but if it is not if may take several days depending on quite easy to answer they do this just for the sake of
routers in your hostel .The proxies allotted to the for chaos in Mt Olympus.
the type of the component. downloading them and sharing them at dc which fills

Why not Pay per meal? 1500 students per caterer in other IITs. So in such a system has undoubtedly increased with the recent

The New Mess’y’ System lthough pay per meal system would be the best situation if such a system would have been
implemented then it would have been a serious threat
amendment in the mess rules, i.e. the hostel boarders
can subscribe to any of the three meals a day

ed up of the boring and monotonous meal of your
A ever mess system in the history of IITG. But as
per the prevailing conditions our campus is not
ready to hold this system. In a talk with HAB secretary
to the caterers as wastage of food for even 100
students out of the total 500 students would be a huge
loss. HAB was unaware of the statistics that might arise
separately for a month. Most of the boarders have been
observed subscribing breakfast and dinner leaving
behind the lunch for the minors. It may be because it
F mess? Does the weekly menu of your friend's
mess lure you more? Well, the HAB of 2012 has
executed an appreciable solution to this problem which
of 2012 Abhishek Sayana, he briefly explained a few
major obstacles in its implementation.
The major problem is the time to take the coupon for
after the implementation of the new system. So it had
no choice to implement it slowly instead of all the
flexibility at once. However, remedies have been taken
doesn’t fit their daily schedule. Whatever be the reason
for this, but one thing is certain that this has sparked off
a clear competition between the two food factories of
was proposed initially by the HAB of 2011– the monthly the meal. It is absolutely not possible to take the
subscription of the mess. The new mess system of coupon for the meal instantaneously since it would lead by the HAB to increase the security of the caterers prior IITG- Mess v/s Canteen!! Good news for the canteen
monthly subscription has undoubtedly increased the to uncertainty in the quantity of the food to be prepared to implementation. The caterers have been reduced owners!! Along with this, the prevailing conditions have
flexibility of the boarders of this campus especially of and thus will increase the probability of the wastage or from 8 to 5 thus increasing the students per caterer forced the mess caterers to improve their food quality
those who do not resonate well with the mess time unavailability of food. Even if the coupon is taken a from 500 or 300 to 800. It can be clearly observed now and indeed they have started working upon it. They too
table or even with the menu. So if canteen serves you a meal before it is not practically feasible, keeping in mind that the wastage is reduced even if 150/800 is the ratio in competition have started to provide some special
better meal and most importantly at the right time to fit the location of our campus, the vegetables and all stuffs of the wastage and thus the security is increased. items available on pay. Kamneg and Manas caterer has
your daily schedule then now you can save your 2550/- for the gone a little far to provide Chicken Dum biryani for Rs.
bucks per month that you give as the mess fees. meal Now this 90 on particular days. It is evident that the competition
PSC takes pleasure to enlighten you with some of the which is can be has diverse effects and the forecasting of the persisting
frequently asked questions about this new mess not
“The new mess system is just a beta version for seen as situation is tough.
system. easily yet more flexible pay per meal system to come” an initial
availabl step in
Drawbacks
No Flexibility for Subansiri? e. Anubahv jeff | Abhishek sayana | Jaspreet sing | Vishnu Chauhan the way of owever there are still some unanswered but not
(G Sec HAB’11) (G Sec HAB’12) ( MMC-Manas) (Vice President) bringing

T
he first being why girl boarders of this campus
are unfortunately not benefited by the new
system? In a talk with the present VP of
pay per
meal
system
H unthought-of questions in this system of
monthly mess subscription too. Let it be raining
since whole day, being hungry would it be feasible for a
gymkhana regarding the mess system, he justified this boarder of KAMENG to go KAPILI for the dinner as per
into
decision of the HAB for a couple of reasons. The first his subscription. Or let it be the morning of the
and the foremost is the SECURITY ISSUE of the only But it is there in other IITs? action. So we are up with a midway solution that can at
midsems, its 10 min left for the exam to start, would it
one hand give the caterer the required time to manage
girls hostel Subansiri. If the new system is extended to t is always wrong to compare us in many issues with be again feasible for the boarder of siang to come to
the raw materials for proper mess management and at
Subansiri the mess will be open to the boys boarders
too, which will of course be a threat to the security.
Although the girls might be allowed to subscribe
I other IITs. Understanding the geographical,
economical, demographical conditions along with
campus history and structure the simple answer is we
the other hand can instill the essence of the coupon
system that can provide some flexibility to the boarders.
UMIAM for the breakfast as per the subscription. Well
this has been understood by students and that's why
hardly anyone is subscribing to another mess. Finally
another mess but this one way outflow will not be are not some other IIT but we are IIT Guwahati and the hard work has paid off and the standard of each
feasible for the mess caterer of Subansiri due to the every IIT has its limitations.Speaking in this contextthe Mess Vs Canteen mess after giving this flexibility has increased even.
uneconomical condition that might prevail after that big problem in the implementation of the 'Pay per meal he growing prices worldwide have its clear Treating the new system of monthly subscription as a
For such unavoidable reasons Subansiri has to
continue with the previous system until the authority
gets another solution to this issue..
system' is the insecurity of the caterers. Previously
there were total eight caterers bearing the load of 500
students each for Barak, Umiam and Kameng and 300
T consequences on the mess fees that have been
continuously increasing throughout the semester.
And finally it has marked a further increase of 85/- per
beta version of highly awaited pay per meal system, we
must appreciate it and bear the errors if any, as it is
expected to be removed in subsequent days.
each for Dihing, Kapili and Siang comparing with load day this semester. However the flexibility with the mess wever there are still some unanswered but not
unthought-of questions in this system of monthly mess
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subscription too. Let it be raining since whole day, being
hungry would it be feasible for a boarder of KAMENG to 03


New Internship Policy Manas Premier league & Dihing premier league
hile some are sending hundreds of mails to routed through institute must not be allowed second ike every other fraternity, the IIT GUWAHATI junta PL conducted during 24-26th August witnessed

W universities abroad most of the students are
just waiting for some fancy company to come
and pick them up for
NOC for either an internship routed through institute or
applied by himself. Even in case of an internship
obtained by him, student is
L too has its share of sports fanatics who amidst
their jam-packed schedules have ample room for
sports to percolate into their daily routines filling in the
D
summer internship. Internship is ineligible for a second NOC. Also voids. Events such as the Inter-IIT sports meet and
one of the significant factor hat The PPOs received from the once short listed by a company Spardha stand testimony to this but the most trivial
substantially differentiates us as various companies are as for internship procedure student manifestation of their spirit lies in the Inter/Intra hostel
IIT's. The eight weeks industrial follows (with more must not opt out in case and while tournaments organized in the hostel lawns. Recently
experience makes us understand in the process of obtaining two such tournaments, MPL (Manas Premier League)
the intricacies of industrial expected): internship and student is ineligible and DPL (DihingPremier League),in Cricket and
application of engineering studies. Microsoft: 4 for applying NOC until the results Football were held respectively.
For many the two months period is Directi: 1 are out. But a student can be
the deciding factor of their life as to allowed for second internship on MPL, the intra-hostel cricket tournament saw
which field they are going to Qualcomm: 2 the discretion of the respective participation from six teams comprising of seven
pursue as their career in life and Schlumberger: 3 department only after certain members each. The event was held in the same
for some it is their chance to skip Goldman Sachs: 3 percentage of the students from fashion as most watched IPL. After an interesting
through the placement season the department obtains an league phase and a couple of nail-biting playoffs, Black
after obtaining Pre Placement Reliance India Ltd: 3 internship. The percentage is to be Titans (Manager-Akshay Rathore, Captain-Anikesh
Offer. Although the campus has Tata Steel: 1 decided by respective department Kumar) and Antiquity Blues (Manager-Dheer Sameer,
made certain provisions for Mahindra and Mahindra: 1 itself. Captain-Dinesh Reddy) were the ones who eventually
companies to select interns The companies that hire interns made it to the finals. Antiquity blues won the toss participation from 28 teams with all sort of funny team
through campus visits by HR's only ITC: 2 from IIT Guwahati are Microsoft, putting in the opponent to bat and with a fine bowling names. Some of them were le derps, teri keh ke lunga,
a few are getting selected every Google, Directi, Amazon, DE performance from Divyakant restricted the Black Titans R.I.P, asli darindey, bondoos etc. The final match was
year leaving others to hunt on their Shaw, Yahoo, Schlumberger, ITC, to a score of 89 in 10 overs. When it came to the chase, held between 'Old Monk 7' with Patton as captain and
own. NetApp, Cisco, Qualcomm, Antiquitof 3 overs but then a maiden bowled by Amit 'R.I.P' headed by Kshitij Swaroop. Finally Old Monk 7
The internship status for this Goldman Sachs, Capital IQ, Tata binny changed the course of the game and Black Titans consisting of 7 Ph.D. players took away the pride.
From this year onwards placement year is as follows (With Steel, Mahindra and Mahindra, emerged victorious in the end. Not to forget the Winners were presented 750 Rs. while runners got 500
cell has taken the responsibility of more companies yet to Reliance India Ltd,. Samsung amazing crowd who were cheering all throughout the Rs.
organizing internee recruitment SISO, Samsung SISC,CD Adapco, matches.
process making it more formal.
come): Sigma Aldrich, Finisar among
Microsoft: 10
Some guidelines for the process
have been proposed and Amazon: 8
others. This year no new
companies have approached until Trekking Inter IIT Aquatics meet
discussed in the student senate now except for Altair. It is very
meeting and the rules have been
Schlumberger: 7 clear that most of the companies o savour those wonderful moments after hectic he 48th Inter IIT aquatics meet was held from 2nd
finalized after the consent of all the ITC: 5 are for computer science and mid-sems some of the students went for trekking to 5th of October in IIT Roorkee. Except IIT
senate members. Care has been
taken to restrict one intern per
student allowing more students to
Qualcomm: 9
NetApp: 1
engineering department. We hope
that in subsequent years this
scenario changes giving more
T at Amchang Wildlife Reserve forest. The camp
was organized by Sai Vatsalya, Secretary of
Mountaineering and Trekking club in association with
T Hyderabad all 14 IITs were present at the
aquatics meet. 11 boys and two girls along with 2
coaches went for the championship to prove their mettle
avail the benefit. opportunity for other departments Global Adventure Association, a NGO that conducts among other IITs. There were around twenty events
too. such camps for civilians. Every year the club takes covering various lengths of freestyle, breast stroke,
According to the new policy students to Gharbhanga forest. Due to floods the forest butterfly, back swim and relays apart from water polo.
student with one internship offer was closed for visitors temporarily and so the club had The preparation for the meet was fairly good and didn't
to alter its plans. face many problems. But the team itself was weak as
most the experienced players were passed out and they

Fresher’s Column: Excited to buy a new laptop? On 28th of September 84 students consisting of both
UG and PG started their journey early in the morning at
were left with mostly first and second yearites. Even
some of the current 4th yearites, who have already
around 5'o clock. They travelled a 45 km distance for participated previously did not wish to go this time.
two and half hours to reach the reserve. From there
oon will be the time of end semester exams and On the down side, however, laptops can really prove to they took over road and started their trekking. It was a

S then the most awaited time at least for freshmen
– 'the winter holidays'. By this time most of you
have understood the non-academic life at IITG and
counter effective if used excessively for unproductive
work. The first year for undergraduate student is very
special. The college is brimming with activities and
16km route that passed through Pobitora wildlife
sanctuary. Ironically even though it was a wildlife
reserve trekkers did not discover any animals except a
many of you have already started following western events for freshers. It is the best time to get noticed and few birds and an elephant. But they fortunately
timings. At this juncture of time, freshers are often prove yourself to be the next leaders at campus. As encountered tea gardens in journey. Trekking with
puzzled by one plebeian issue: 'whether or not to bring such, if you are stuck in your room, glued all day to friends, recreational games during intervals, thick huge
a laptop in the second semester'. Although this is a computer screen, then you miss out all the fun, friends trees, ponds, local tribes and some birds were the
debatable topic which has varied perspectives, PSC and the opportunities, no kidding. You see, the basic attractions of the day. Guides and security were
brings you with certain insights to enlighten you the outline of your life here at IIT-G is decided by what you
scenario of having or not having a laptop. do in the first year. It is always beneficial to avoid
internet or game addiction and explore exciting hobbies
So, let us critically analyze the issue. To start with the that you can pursue in the institute in the first year.
pros, laptops are de facto part of college life. They are Internet can be addictive if you are seeing it for the first
needed almost everywhere : from lecture slides, time at IIT-G. If you've already been a heavy internet
presentations, club forms and posters, webmails, user – then this point doesn't concern you, as you've
programming, simulation, to the casual late night probably outgrown the initial hype now. As such,
Facebooking, movies, soaps and serials, LAN gaming, generally speaking, if you don't indulge in campus
file sharing etc. And of course, the DC! Laptops activities in the first year, with time you become a loner,
guarantee portability- so you don't have to be carrying your personality degrades to an all time low ! This, trust
printed books, notes etc all around. You can access us, pinches you hard, four years down the line or
journals, e-lectures and even enrol in courses from the whenever you introspect about what have you've learnt
world over and read at your own will. from your college life. Aquatics club secretary, Sameer says that their
performance at the competition even after having such a
o, akin to all the damned-world-debates, the raw team was overwhelming.

PSC Team S choice is yours to make. Some people are cool
with laptops in the very first year of the four
golden years of life, while others strongly oppose the
provided by the Global Adventure association while
food was covered in the participant fee of 350 Rs.The
For the first time in IITG's history girls participated in
relay events. Surabhi Bhargav of first year, EEE
department won four silver medals in 50m freestyle,

Chief Editor
idea. PSC generally do not dole out advices, but as the trip was also eco-friendly. The did not use any sort 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly
seniors, we would say that the best time for a laptop of plastic bags etc. and even the brought by some bringing IITG to 3rd position in girls. Overall our players
Rahul Vinod Upputuri would be the second year unless you want to-be a students unknowingly were properly collected and stood in 6th position compared to 5th last year after
branch changer or would-be loner :P. However, the best thrown in dustbins outside the reserve. Good to see Kharagpur, Roorkee, Bombay, Kanpur and Gandhi
general advice would be to carefully weigh your needs the environmental awareness among the students. No Nagar. PSC hopes that aquatics team ripens by next
and expectations and decide accordingly. good moments last long and so the . Trekkers reached year and bring many more medals in 49th aquatics meet
Designers PSC Wishes you success, for the once-in-a-lifetime
the campus at around 7'o clock in the evening. They
were very much tired due to long walk with paining legs
to be held in home campus itself.We are also expecting
lot more medals in Inter IIT sports meet too to be held
Suchita Pandey but were totally excited to have such an amazing and this December. The teams had very great practice
Anuparthy Chayapathi bachelor's college life. memorable day. PSC wishes Mountaineering and sesssions are all ready for the championship.
Trekking club to organize more such trips for the junta.

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muthyam, Angshuman Kashyap, Anikesh Kumar, Bhrigu SC is very delighted to present you the first of its kind newsletter at IITG, THE G-SENTINEL. Over the past 8 years PSC has grown immensely to become the print
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Sourabh, Siddarth Khandelwal, Siddarth Nambiar,
varun gollapalli P media of IITG. The new name and the new design with vibrant colors is a result of excogitation of requirement for a sound newsletter to bring you all the insights of
issues and events happening around you.Each page is a section of newspaper that conveys certain kind of information. The Page 1 looks after the most interesting and
most awaited articles. Page 2 brings you detail insights of all the major events happening around. Page 3 brings you the info of major issues that concern and affect almost
every one of us living here in the campus. Page 4 along with all other news consists of Shout Back section to resonate your voice for change or requirement of any new policy in
Special Thanks to the campus. Do send your article for the shout back section to frame it in the next newsletter. The PSC website launched last year is being redesigned to make it official online
Vishnu Chauhan, Mr. Pallav Kumar Dutta(CC Technical media of IITG student community. I would like to thank all those whose effort made this newsletter possible. With all your support and love PSC wishes to pace forward its
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sameer, Kartik Devarkonda, Pavani Sattuluri, Surbhit PSC is 'Taking’
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