The Two rankings, one by India Today and another by DQ has brought out the hidden debaters in all of us. It's good to debate but introspection is also something we need to do after reading such rankings. India today ranked us the lower so lets see it's criterion and what it means for us.
Reputation: We rank 15 when comes to the reputation of the college. This is a weird and ambiguous parameter. So i'm not really bothered about this.
Curriculum: We rank 14 when it comes to curriculum. Honestly this is a bit harsh. However we do have some issues with the curriculum. HSSM's though necessary are not being conducted well. And some of the open electives are in my opinion totally abstract. Form this year forth PCO's will not be available either. Our curriculum was designed to be flexible to encourage maximum learning. But sadly course selection is driven by grades and not by learning or interests. So people end up skipping a lot of good courses in their B.Tech.
Faculty: We rank 14th in Faculty. Ok, now the India today guys must have been smoking crack when they thought of this one! For the sake of being critical the ECE faculty on the whole is not as good as the CSE faculty. As for CSE we still lack good faculty for certain core courses like OS and SE. But that apart i think we have some of the best faculty in the country.
Student care: We rank 13. Now this parameter is slightly ambiguous. I really dont understand what it means. Im guessing it roughly means campus life. Well to be honest campus life has been improving on certain fronts but seems to be going down on others. We seem to have more frequent events like carnivals and this years felicity had better student participation then previous editions. But I dont think inter batch relations are as good as they were when i joined the college.
Admission Procedure: We rank 14th which is really absolutely amazing! If I ever meet anybody form India Today i'll give him or for that matter anybody a 1000 bucks if he/she can justify this ranking. How can IIIT-A which takes people from the same exam and starts admission when we are about to close be ranked above us by 5 places! This is the joke of the century
Infrastructure: We rank 13th here. This is one place where I tend to agree with our ranking to some extent. Leave aside our WLAN and lets compare ourselves with other colleges. Just some time ago I read a post by somebody with pics of lizards/rats/insects etc. First and second year people live two in a room which i think is really too much by any stretch of imagination. The mess is too expensive and the food is generally not upto the mark. The canteen is ok but you cant eat there for any extended period of time. To be honest apart from the gym and the TT tables there isint a single piece of remotely decent sporting infrastructure in the campus. Considering this is a residential college that is really bad. And this has been the case for a decade now. As for computers, the institute can surely provide us with better and more computers. However by making laptops compulsory they have solved this problem and created another. The LAN both wired and wireless need a serious overhaul. This can go on and on..
Placement: We rank 15 th when it comes to placements. DQ rates us 5th. I was rather shocked when i read GAG Jaydev's mail which said somthing that despite placement not being a priority for the college we are still 5th. @Dr.Sanghal Dear sir, people aren't coming here attracted to research prospects. They come here because the placements have been decent up untill now. For a 12th class kid going to join a B.tech program research is a meaningless word. The sooner the administration comes to terms with this fact of life the better for all concerned!
The rankings were done in two parts. The data for all the above parameters was collected independently(75% weightage) and from the college as well(25% weightage) The data collected form the colleges directly was called factual data. If collages were to ranked based on what data they provided to India today IIIT would be ranked 24th among the top 25 collages listed. This means that Mr.Placement officer/Brand Manager royally screwed up. When I first saw that statistic I felt like venting my anger at him by torturing him like a prisoner of war only to later realise that it's useless to expect something from him.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Hostel Swyamsevak
I have a few questions....
Who is "Hostel Swyamsevak" ? At first i thought ...hmmmmm the hostel wing of the RSS, I then remembered that we aren't supposed to be affiliated to any political body(For those who say RSS is not political oh phaleeeez)
I saw Piyush Jain putting up the "Save Electricity" posters. So is he the only "Hostel Swayamsevak" right now?? Whatever be the case it's a good initiative.
I don't think the OBH has a higher elec. bill because we dont swith off our lights/fans etc.Here's my logic.
1.OBH has more geysers then NBH/BHEB/GH put together
2.There more heaters(to make Maggi :D ) in the OBH as compared to the rest.
3. There are definately more coolers in the OBH
4.Majority of people staying in the NBH/GHEB are 1 year and PG students. They dont stay in their rooms most of the day unlike the 3rd/4th years of the OBH who laze around in their rooms all day long.
5. Most people in the OBH have desktops that stay on longer and consume more power as compared to the laptop users (1st Year/2nd Year/pg) of the NBH/GHEB
While I appreciate the initiative taken by the "Hostel Swayamsevaks" to encourage power savings I just hope that we dont have paranoid Swayamsevaks in the future who go from room to room trying to find out who's wasting power, and then report them to the authorities :D
PS1. Was murdered in the SE presentation by some M.Tech girl in Shishir's group. Grrrrrrrr
PS2.I heard some girl walked out after watching some of the "special Fx" in 300. Too bad for her :D
PS3. The canteen guy is an asshole.
PS4.It's hot on the 3rd floor need to buy a cooler
Who is "Hostel Swyamsevak" ? At first i thought ...hmmmmm the hostel wing of the RSS, I then remembered that we aren't supposed to be affiliated to any political body(For those who say RSS is not political oh phaleeeez)
I saw Piyush Jain putting up the "Save Electricity" posters. So is he the only "Hostel Swayamsevak" right now?? Whatever be the case it's a good initiative.
I don't think the OBH has a higher elec. bill because we dont swith off our lights/fans etc.Here's my logic.
1.OBH has more geysers then NBH/BHEB/GH put together
2.There more heaters(to make Maggi :D ) in the OBH as compared to the rest.
3. There are definately more coolers in the OBH
4.Majority of people staying in the NBH/GHEB are 1 year and PG students. They dont stay in their rooms most of the day unlike the 3rd/4th years of the OBH who laze around in their rooms all day long.
5. Most people in the OBH have desktops that stay on longer and consume more power as compared to the laptop users (1st Year/2nd Year/pg) of the NBH/GHEB
While I appreciate the initiative taken by the "Hostel Swayamsevaks" to encourage power savings I just hope that we dont have paranoid Swayamsevaks in the future who go from room to room trying to find out who's wasting power, and then report them to the authorities :D
PS1. Was murdered in the SE presentation by some M.Tech girl in Shishir's group. Grrrrrrrr
PS2.I heard some girl walked out after watching some of the "special Fx" in 300. Too bad for her :D
PS3. The canteen guy is an asshole.
PS4.It's hot on the 3rd floor need to buy a cooler
Saturday, February 24, 2007
The end of The O.C.
From what I can understand The O.C. has come to an end with episode 416. I'm sad coz the oc was the first drama series I ever watched and it's brilliance inspired me to watch more stuff. It had a really good cast, good story lines and perhaps the best music ever heard on television. Admittedly season 4 wasn't as good as previous seasons and cut-throat competition for ratings in the US have forced the show to shut down. I will miss hearing the familiar Tu ru ru ru - Tu ru ru ru ....Tu ru ru tu ru ru california here we come......right back where we started from........
PS: Day one of Felicity was really good. Congratulations to everybody involved for a lovely fun day. Looking forward to day two :)
PS: Day one of Felicity was really good. Congratulations to everybody involved for a lovely fun day. Looking forward to day two :)
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
unReal MAD-rid
This is a football related post. For the uninformed Real Madrid has not won a single trophy for the last 3 and a half years. Sunday night I watched Madrid Vs Levante and after that osasuna Vs Barca. The difference in class between Madrid & Barca was just too evident. And no matter how many coaches Madrid hire and fire they always seem to be struggling. The reason is pretty simple. Look at two starting lineups of madrid. One is sundays game and the other is a champions league quarterfinal game with ManU at old trafford almost exactly 4 years ago.
The most interesting thing is that the lineup for last sundays game is madrid's first choice lineup. Comparing the teams on the left and the right the difference in class is sooooo obvious. The midfield of Zidane,Figo,McManaman and makelele won madrid 2 champions leagues,2 spanish leagues and a a uefa super cup. In this period madrid were so good that even they way barca play today with ronaldinho, messi, deco, giuly etc...they would have most probably been murdered.I know people will disagree with that statement but people who would have watched madrid's matches during that time would agree with me.
Madrid kept selling good players or players retired or they became too old and they never replaced them. No replacement was found for either Hierro(retired)or carlos or helguera or salgado who are all 33+. No replacement was found for makelele or zidane or figo or McManaman. Morientes and Eto were also sold. Madrid's last decent signing was Michael Owen who did really well to score 18 goals from about 30 apperances. Apparently that wasn't good enough and he was also sold!
But the biggest mistake was to sack Vicente Del Bosque. In 4 years incharge at real madrid he won 2 champions leagues and reached the semi-final twice,won 3 Spanish leagues,2 Spanish cups , 2 super cups and the world club cup. And he was fired because the then president thought that del Bosque wasn't good enough for the future!!
I feel kind of sad because I used to enjoy the brand of football Madrid used to play. No team plays like that anymore. All teams now depend on one or two individuals to provide creativity. With the old madrid you never knew who the threat was. Even defenders like carlos and Hierro were regular scorers. It think it was pretty much the "Total Football" of the modern era.
The most interesting thing is that the lineup for last sundays game is madrid's first choice lineup. Comparing the teams on the left and the right the difference in class is sooooo obvious. The midfield of Zidane,Figo,McManaman and makelele won madrid 2 champions leagues,2 spanish leagues and a a uefa super cup. In this period madrid were so good that even they way barca play today with ronaldinho, messi, deco, giuly etc...they would have most probably been murdered.I know people will disagree with that statement but people who would have watched madrid's matches during that time would agree with me.
Madrid kept selling good players or players retired or they became too old and they never replaced them. No replacement was found for either Hierro(retired)or carlos or helguera or salgado who are all 33+. No replacement was found for makelele or zidane or figo or McManaman. Morientes and Eto were also sold. Madrid's last decent signing was Michael Owen who did really well to score 18 goals from about 30 apperances. Apparently that wasn't good enough and he was also sold!
But the biggest mistake was to sack Vicente Del Bosque. In 4 years incharge at real madrid he won 2 champions leagues and reached the semi-final twice,won 3 Spanish leagues,2 Spanish cups , 2 super cups and the world club cup. And he was fired because the then president thought that del Bosque wasn't good enough for the future!!
I feel kind of sad because I used to enjoy the brand of football Madrid used to play. No team plays like that anymore. All teams now depend on one or two individuals to provide creativity. With the old madrid you never knew who the threat was. Even defenders like carlos and Hierro were regular scorers. It think it was pretty much the "Total Football" of the modern era.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
My Vista Experience
I Installed Vista on my system.(Thank you FireFox for the assistance :D)
Pros: 1. Vista definately looks better
2. I Somehow have shared video memory (only with vista :D) Now I have 512 MB of video Memory
3.Booting is faster(unexpected surprise)
4.Ram Boost really works but you need a flash drive 4 times the size of your ram to make it work properly. With 1GB ram and a 4gb flash rive i got a performance equivalent to 2 Gb ram
5.Media player 11 is reasonable
6.System tools are much better organized and powerfull(read as linux like :P)
Cons: 1.Vista is a resource hog. Minimum requiremnts are too high
2.Degraded gaming performance. Now this might be down to the drivers but i have the latest nVidia drivers for vista. Generally there was a 10%-20% drop in FPS for most games I tried(q4,fear,nfs-c,bf2). You can expect this problem to go away as better drivers come out
3.OS occupies too much disc space. Xp took about 1.5 Gb. Vista takes 7.5 Gb !
4.Indexing is crap. It occupies a lot of space(2 gb), memory (about 20 mb) and is totally unintelligent.
My Verdict- Most of us don't have systems that can run vista properly. By properly i mean avoiding long delays to do simple stuff. If you want to run vista properly make sure you have
1. DVD Rom(for installation :D)
2. Atleast 1 GB ram
3.GeForce 6/7/8 or ati X1000 (integrated graphics suk big time)
4. Vista Drivers for your Hardware(although vista does support a lotta stuff better to have drivers supplied by your manufacturer)
5. And yes of course the crack :P
Please leave your vista experiences/questions as comments :)
Pros: 1. Vista definately looks better
2. I Somehow have shared video memory (only with vista :D) Now I have 512 MB of video Memory
3.Booting is faster(unexpected surprise)
4.Ram Boost really works but you need a flash drive 4 times the size of your ram to make it work properly. With 1GB ram and a 4gb flash rive i got a performance equivalent to 2 Gb ram
5.Media player 11 is reasonable
6.System tools are much better organized and powerfull(read as linux like :P)
Cons: 1.Vista is a resource hog. Minimum requiremnts are too high
2.Degraded gaming performance. Now this might be down to the drivers but i have the latest nVidia drivers for vista. Generally there was a 10%-20% drop in FPS for most games I tried(q4,fear,nfs-c,bf2). You can expect this problem to go away as better drivers come out
3.OS occupies too much disc space. Xp took about 1.5 Gb. Vista takes 7.5 Gb !
4.Indexing is crap. It occupies a lot of space(2 gb), memory (about 20 mb) and is totally unintelligent.
My Verdict- Most of us don't have systems that can run vista properly. By properly i mean avoiding long delays to do simple stuff. If you want to run vista properly make sure you have
1. DVD Rom(for installation :D)
2. Atleast 1 GB ram
3.GeForce 6/7/8 or ati X1000 (integrated graphics suk big time)
4. Vista Drivers for your Hardware(although vista does support a lotta stuff better to have drivers supplied by your manufacturer)
5. And yes of course the crack :P
Please leave your vista experiences/questions as comments :)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Readboard wars!
The following portion of the readboard(the relevent posts have been put together) has created quite a stir....enjoy
Saini @ 10:43:06 24:01 : Vivah Making of Movie and Music added in movies/vivah folder..
poiuytrewq1 @ 12:01:45 24:01 : @saini are u fucking retarded ??
sid1 @ 12:07:20 24:01 : @saini what the fuck man ?
Saini @ 12:18:44 24:01 : ..Fine that is my last addition then..
matrix1211 @ 12:28:07 24:01 : @saini if you are going to download such shit , then Thank GOD ur going to stop wasting bandwidth
KhanBhai @ 23:07:49 24:01 : @sid1 and matrix1211 ..... assholes...who ya think you r...if somestuff is being download
KhanBhai @ 23:08:28 24:01 : add2board thn is it a pain in your ass...if fuckers you r so much worried abt the bandwid
KhanBhai @ 23:09:13 24:01 : then ya don't you fuckers take up the responsibility and lets see for how long you ppl get
sid1 @ 23:34:37 24:01 : @khanbhai there's a limit to what nonsense you can download ..
sid1 @ 23:36:53 24:01 : what ppl are downloading now is more like shit piling up all over the place ..
Saini @ 23:47:15 24:01 : @sid1 who r you to define the limits..
Yippeeee_:) @ 23:54:54 24:01 : ppl plzz calm down :) ...... let ppl download wat they want to
Saini1 @ 00:02:16 25:01 : @yippieee thanks dude but it's his fault who started all this ..he must have controlled h
Saini1 @ 00:03:00 25:01 : Yaa fir shuru se ghar walon yehi language sikhayi hai usko..
15.26 @ 01:04:08 25:01 : if u download shit keep it to urself and shut the FUCK up
15.26 @ 01:04:54 25:01 : if you stop downloading garbage then someone else will start downloading
15.26 @ 01:05:12 25:01 : so pls STFU and stop and i will start downloading stuff
Here is iv's response(i think it was iv's response. correct me if i'm wrong):With all due respect to the downloaders ... such situations (read the board for more details) rarely used to come up a few years ago. While I may not speak for the majority, it'd be very nice if YOU chaps (people who download - Saini, maskedmeance, firefox etc) could atleast discuss amongst yourself before downloading anything and everything that you find. DF on 14.6 was initially started for this purpose (and for BC :D).
Question 1: Why would anybody for the love of humanity download "The making of vivah" and then post it on the readboard??
Question2:Cant we remove stuff from the readboard
Question3:How can we decide what to download and what not to??
PS1. I lost in a badminton tournament again :(
PS2. I have a really bad throat
Ps3. I have decided to attend a jivan vidya shivir sometime before i pass out. Lets find out what all the commotion is about :)
Saini @ 10:43:06 24:01 : Vivah Making of Movie and Music added in movies/vivah folder..
poiuytrewq1 @ 12:01:45 24:01 : @saini are u fucking retarded ??
sid1 @ 12:07:20 24:01 : @saini what the fuck man ?
Saini @ 12:18:44 24:01 : ..Fine that is my last addition then..
matrix1211 @ 12:28:07 24:01 : @saini if you are going to download such shit , then Thank GOD ur going to stop wasting bandwidth
KhanBhai @ 23:07:49 24:01 : @sid1 and matrix1211 ..... assholes...who ya think you r...if somestuff is being download
KhanBhai @ 23:08:28 24:01 : add2board thn is it a pain in your ass...if fuckers you r so much worried abt the bandwid
KhanBhai @ 23:09:13 24:01 : then ya don't you fuckers take up the responsibility and lets see for how long you ppl get
sid1 @ 23:34:37 24:01 : @khanbhai there's a limit to what nonsense you can download ..
sid1 @ 23:36:53 24:01 : what ppl are downloading now is more like shit piling up all over the place ..
Saini @ 23:47:15 24:01 : @sid1 who r you to define the limits..
Yippeeee_:) @ 23:54:54 24:01 : ppl plzz calm down :) ...... let ppl download wat they want to
Saini1 @ 00:02:16 25:01 : @yippieee thanks dude but it's his fault who started all this ..he must have controlled h
Saini1 @ 00:03:00 25:01 : Yaa fir shuru se ghar walon yehi language sikhayi hai usko..
15.26 @ 01:04:08 25:01 : if u download shit keep it to urself and shut the FUCK up
15.26 @ 01:04:54 25:01 : if you stop downloading garbage then someone else will start downloading
15.26 @ 01:05:12 25:01 : so pls STFU and stop and i will start downloading stuff
Here is iv's response(i think it was iv's response. correct me if i'm wrong):With all due respect to the downloaders ... such situations (read the board for more details) rarely used to come up a few years ago. While I may not speak for the majority, it'd be very nice if YOU chaps (people who download - Saini, maskedmeance, firefox etc) could atleast discuss amongst yourself before downloading anything and everything that you find. DF on 14.6 was initially started for this purpose (and for BC :D).
Question 1: Why would anybody for the love of humanity download "The making of vivah" and then post it on the readboard??
Question2:Cant we remove stuff from the readboard
Question3:How can we decide what to download and what not to??
PS1. I lost in a badminton tournament again :(
PS2. I have a really bad throat
Ps3. I have decided to attend a jivan vidya shivir sometime before i pass out. Lets find out what all the commotion is about :)
Monday, January 22, 2007
A post long due
I last blogged on 17th oct 2006. Now that was a long time ago. I didn't post because i thought there was too much to pos about and if i started i would never end.
Finally liverpool kicked chelski's ass :) :) Manure lost to gooners and it kinda works out well for liverpool(Yes i belive they still have a chance!!)
Holidays were very hectic. Did a lot of travelling in almost freezing weather. Was playing qukae the rest of the times. I've put on weight but some people claim that i have thinned down :)
I have decided to play basketball and football everyday. Basketball is not nice. Some guy landed with his elbow on my head(ouch) and its really irritating to watch dhruvan and rathi bickering on the court. However it does give me a decent workout.
And now for the tragedy of the day.....I love ommlettes. The NBH was supposed to serve omlettes for breakfast today. I changed my registration two days ago went to bed on time yesterday and got up on time today, went to the NBH and FUCK no omlettes !!! reason..... there is a shortage of eggs!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!! a shortage of eggs !! thats the most absurd thing i have ever heard. All this waking up in time and no omlettes. :( Bastards :((
PS1. After watching Notting hill,Love actually and i think bridget jones diary rathi doesnt know who Hugh grant is :0
PS2.Somebody stole my goal keeping gloves! I have no idea what anybody would want with them ...
PS3.Had a cheese burst pizza It is heavenly :D
PS4.Rathi told me abt a place in hitech called Nihals. It is pretty good and cheap.
Finally liverpool kicked chelski's ass :) :) Manure lost to gooners and it kinda works out well for liverpool(Yes i belive they still have a chance!!)
Holidays were very hectic. Did a lot of travelling in almost freezing weather. Was playing qukae the rest of the times. I've put on weight but some people claim that i have thinned down :)
I have decided to play basketball and football everyday. Basketball is not nice. Some guy landed with his elbow on my head(ouch) and its really irritating to watch dhruvan and rathi bickering on the court. However it does give me a decent workout.
And now for the tragedy of the day.....I love ommlettes. The NBH was supposed to serve omlettes for breakfast today. I changed my registration two days ago went to bed on time yesterday and got up on time today, went to the NBH and FUCK no omlettes !!! reason..... there is a shortage of eggs!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!! a shortage of eggs !! thats the most absurd thing i have ever heard. All this waking up in time and no omlettes. :( Bastards :((
PS1. After watching Notting hill,Love actually and i think bridget jones diary rathi doesnt know who Hugh grant is :0
PS2.Somebody stole my goal keeping gloves! I have no idea what anybody would want with them ...
PS3.Had a cheese burst pizza It is heavenly :D
PS4.Rathi told me abt a place in hitech called Nihals. It is pretty good and cheap.
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