cmpny[]="RAVE"; for(i=0;cmpny[i]!="IndiaBulls";i++) ;

Today's headline may seems a trifle technical-cum-enigmatic for you,but if you are from Engineering background,then your agility should help you to understand(and you are expected to be Au fait with this C language statement).No need to worry i will explain you and i suggest you to keep reading(This blog may be long but it will not be prolix and quotidian).

I am writing this blog after a long gap and in this blog i will try to paraphrase the whole week's placement scenario in our college(NITK).Let me first introduce the meaning and definition of the title:-

Here i defined a char array cmpny,which contains name of the companies visited in this week and last element "IndiaBulls",is the company which is scheduled to visit at the starting of the next week i.e on 22nd.

In this week(from Monday to Saturady) 7 companies were scheduled to visit(List consisted:- IOCL, Mecon, RAVE tech, Whirlpool, ZS associates, Mobicules and Compro).On the very

1st day IOCL visited(details are in previous blog:-recruited 6 students) and the on 15th,Mecon visited and recruited 5 students(2-civil,3-Mech).Our college got good response form this company.

As the Headline shows that 1st element of that array is RAVE , because for IT and computer guys journey started with this company.If we talk about IT and Computer(Till Now No difference between IT and Computer),Week started from 15th because RAVE tech was scheduled to visit.The Process Started at 10:30 A.M with the written test(Conducted not directly by company,but with the help of Nicco-venture).Test wasn't so tough and I and Anshul cleared the test and selected for GD.Next round i.e GD started after lunch and we both were in the same group(Group-1) and our topic was :- "India's Foreign Policy:-Success or Failure". We had a long debate over the topic and next day result was announced;we both were selected for next round(Still left with 4 more rounds)which is to be held probably on 5th oct(out of station).

Next Day Whirlpool(Very Well Known Brand in home appliances:- "Ise Sab Kuch Pata Hai") was scheduled to visit in campus (Company had planned to recruit for GIS system,that is why they allowed only IT and computer guys). After a long argument they allowed ECE students(Obviously reduced our probability). PPT was scheduled to start at 9:30A.M but started at 12:30 P.M, followed by written test(Consisted Technical,aptitude and Managerial questions) where we 4 guys sit in a group and divided the whole paper into some parts. After solving the whole paper, finally we ticked the options in answer sheet (which was Zerox copy of one another). After 1 and 1/2 hr wait result was out for GD and we all 4 weren't selected(Harrowing result,but now feeling lucky).After GD they selected 6 student for interview and after 4 days(Don't know why they take so much time to decide) result was out and finally they recruited only 1 student(and she is from ECE,how shocking na...).

17th Sep was a special day for everyone(I mean for every branch)because ZS associate (Financial and Business Management company) was scheduled to visit and this company allowed all the branches and Shortlisted 225 candidates (Surfeit of candidates were there because the Package was 7.1 lac).PPT started at 3:00P.M(Given by a foreigner employee) followed by written test which wasn't easy and also consisted of some behavioral questions.Out of 225 they selected around 24 for GD(Which started at 11:00 P.M) and further selected around 12 students for Case Study which was followed by Personal Interview.On the Same Day means on 18th they declared the result and recruited 7 students(2 were from IT)that was more than expectation.

On 19th two software companies(Compro and Mobicules)were scheduled(hey wait... Don't be elated by the number of companies). In the Morning, Compro started its PPT(Tedious and was given by 5 members),followed by Written test of 1hr.Test consisted of all type of questions like apti and technical.Total 24 students were selected (I and Siddharth was also in list) for Personal interview.I have already inquired about the company from seniors and had an idea that they will recruit at most 2 students, so the chances were very less.Interview started at 3:00P.M and my turn came at 3:40P.M.In the Interview they asked some conundrums(Solved most of them), technical questions (able to answer some of them but not satisfactory) and some HR questions.Whole process was over at around 7:30P.M.Finally they recruited 1 guy from Electrical.

On the Same day,Mobicules started its PPT at around 8:30P.M(Means After Dinner).I have already registered my name,so i have to go for written(I was reluctant for that job).But After the PPT(Which showed that company have total 22 employees and started 16 months back),they announced that "those who are not interested,they may leave" so without thinking even for a minute i left.They conducted written test (consist of 2 programming questions) which was followed by Interaction(where they asked some puzzles and a program).They Finally selected 4 students(all were from Computer,Here Computer won the race),which was again more than expectation.

Here I would like to share a incidence of mobicules. One of my friend,who was at home( In delhi,enjoying weekend)wasn't aware that Someone is giving his written test and even selected for interview.Immediately in the night he rode on the bus to kurukshetra for interview and he was reluctant for that job(even decided to refuse to join the company),but finally he got selected in the job without putting much efforts and even trying to be rejected.(This is Called LUCK BY CHANCE).

So at the end of this blog,i am explaining the purpose of this blog.I would like to mention that the companies,from which we had a long expectation,breached our expectation whilst other becomes the cause of grin on our face. In 5 companies in this week where IT and Computer guys were allowed,only 7 got placed.(Hope for better in the future)

Thought of the Day : -- "Never give up;Keep trying;one day must have come for you also";

NOTE:-Please Don't go over syntax error or something missing(Like declaration)but "Bhavnao ko samjho"

Good Night

Hitendra Kr Gupta

IOCL day but in damp squib

For Someone Day starts with 12:00a.m whilst for others it starts with dawn.If i believe in former than,my day kicked off with "Vita Khokha" albeit it seems awkward to listen but it is true because we went to khokha at 12:30 a.m to enjoy the "tea and Maggi gossip" with friends. Khokha was on the verge of shutting down but anyhow we convinced him and maggi was prepared within 15min (Kato,gholo,ubalo aur khalo).After that we came back to our nest.Everyone Nestled in their room.

I and sankalp started discussion and were toggling between topics because we had surfeit of current issues with some nostalgic talks(In short farrago of topics was there).This discussion lasted at 5:15a.m(When the day starts for latter) and i went to sleep.

At around 8:00 a.m. someone(keep reading for intro) knocked the door.When i opened the door,a nervous guy but attired with tie and formals was standing,asked me to check his portfolio(I think now you can guess at least,why and where he was going).Now introduce this guy,He is Gurpeep singh,My balcony mate(although i reside on ground floor), going for IOCL interview.I went through with all the documents and wished him(Even prayed for him)and again went to sleep(you know,for a sound and healthy mind 6hr sleep is vital),but now i felt into a deep sleep.I awoke at 11:15a.m(Missed the breakfast) and started my lappy(ya obviously after activities)to check new mails.

At 1:30 p.m we went for lunch(Prayed not to have Rajma,but...).After having lunch, go through some headlines of newspaper.Amid all these some juniors came to room for bicycle(they had some assignment and mission to persuade their senior for party).At around 2:30p.m again i went for siesta(rest after lunch) and got up at 4:30 p.m but now i have to wash some clothes.Gurdeep was back from interview, so i inquired about interview.For some things i am stick and follow them compulsorily,like khokha visit for banana shake,but today we showed aberration and had pineapple juice.When we were at khokha.,it came to know that IOCL result will be out within 5min so moved to TPO(Training and placement office) with lot of excitement for result.After waiting there for 10min,list was out and we don't know where our excitement disappeared because Gurdeep couldn't be selected(He deserves but all other factors also matters)and this didn't stop here, Madhuri(His strong competitor from SC category) also didn't select(Otherwise Gurdeep would get a chance to sit in Mecon).IOCL recruited 6 students(1-civil,2-electrical,3-mechanical)

But to keep invigorate or resuscitate Gurdeep we came back to hostel with some planning and a good news that NTPC is visiting our campus on 29th sep(So can hope for that).We planned to go khokha again(Because dinner was great)but after sometime.Amid all these we discussed about ZS(had some information about its paper).Finally we went to "kaloo khokha(GT Khokha)" at 11:00 p.m where we had a long gossip with Pratap(Khokha owner) over seniors,juniors and yearmates.

After returning from khokha we had a ephemeral gossip over some behavioral question of interview and also tried to intimidate Kumar Anshul to mimic of A.P.J Abdul Kalam.Then I completed the pending movie(FOX).

Now already another day has started,but today i writing blog(many friends forced me to write).This blog i writing after a long gap but i will try to include in my routine(I suppose that you have read this blog with some attention,so you can understand why i am telling this).But Now i have to stop now because we have a company(RAVE Tech) in the morning(I dont want to start to write on this because mind is pregnant with lot of feelings).....

Thought of the Day---"Never Break four things in your life-Trust,Promise,Relation and Heart because when they break they don't make noise but pains a lot."

Good Night ....

Hitendra Kr Gupta

CAT'09 Registration made me Crotchety!!!

A college student has aversion to getting up early and to attend boring lectures.I am not an exception ,but Now a days i am getting up early with lots of plan in my mind to complete.(but due to lack of proper management, fails daily)

It was a nice weather in the morning because it was raining so now it was easy to bunk the classe(if there a trifle plan to attend).

First lecture was of OE(Open Elective) which i didn't attend, at least after the 1st mid term exam(even attended 1 class before) so did the same thing(It was raining also).Next lecture was of DE(department elective) in which we have to submit an assignment(2 page assignment waiting to go in Chuhiya's hand from monday) but this time it was bunked from teachers side.

Finally we have decided to attend the "Minor Project" at 10:40a.m,which we bunked from last 4 weeks.So this time we had to go but we were sure of diatribe against our group(Even she has criticized us over our performance in 5th sem).We reached there at 10:45a.m and wished the teacher by "Good Morning Mam" (Initial stage of buttering) and then asked the teacher to suggest something on topic(" GridSim Implementation") and she also put some questions like "Kya Pad Kar Aaye ho?"(Expected question like "Tell me about yourself?" in interview) so we were prepared with the answer and started to speak in harmony and could managed to convince her that we are preparing but couldn't able to solve that ,so she asked us to discuss with 2 other computer guys(Introduced them by their color and native place) and asked us to meet her on saturday.This whole process didn't take more than 15min.We were free at 11:00a.m.But now we had to complete some formalities for CAT'09 registration(Scanning of photos and signature in CCN) which we completed in 15min.

Today we planned to register for CAT'09(at least planning to appear) as soon as possible because our end sem dates are colliding with CAT'09(28th Nov-7th Dec).All 6 folks had a long debate on dates(we were comfortable with sundays only).We had to keep in minds several facts like Paper Pattern,difficulty level,Exams or Practical but finally we decided to keep 6th dec as our 1st preference.We had had Voucher No with us (Costs 1400/-) by which you have to create a account and than register for exam.We started the procedure but all was in vain because an Error incapacitated the registration.We tried for whole day but couldn't be succeeded(some could managed the registration from their friends in other college,but i was unlucky).After trying many times i failed that made me crotchety and i lost temper(what happened after that was really painful).

Amid all these i heard the sound of "dhol" which was the celebration of Hazarika(Placed in Telcon),inspired me.After sometime we wished Ayush(Placed in Telcon) with bumps.

But at around 7:00p.m,when i opened the Orkut to see any helping hand.A green light in front of a name "Lokesh Agrawal" resuscitated me.I started the chatting with "Hello" and without any formality i asked him to help me and open a site "catiim.in".I have sent him my all necessary information by mail.Site was taking time to open so he assured me to do in the night.So i went for the dinner(A hostel student will never miss a special diet).When i came back to my room,a message was appearing on my mobile displayed "you have 4 missed calls " out of 3 were known(daddy's no) but 1 was unknown,so i called on that unknown number and that was of Lokesh who informed me that i have completed your registration and gave me my user name and password.Then i again tried on my lappy with these user name and password but failed. Then again i contacted with another guy who was online at that time "Deepak Gupta"(was Junior in my school) and asked him to complete.He tried but he also coultn't.Then i again contacted to Lokesh to complete the rest formalities(for date and test center).This time he completed all the formalities.I booked the slot on 6th dec in chandigarh so finally i had a chance to last laugh but the day wasn't easy for me.Day ended with gossip with some juniors NPG and Bairatia(Hindauni junior) over classes and with some Zehar(Bairatia and Anshul had a strong compition).

Thought of the Day:--

"Life indeed would be dull if there were no such difficulties"

How i can overhaul weekend?

There are different ubiquitous views on weekend.These views broadly can be categorized in three groups.First, weekend can be supposed for relaxation or to live a day willy-nilly.Second,for workaholic persons it is an opportunity to do more work and Third,to use this opportunity to complete their pending works.I am in dilemma about, i abide by which category.Now try to judge and reply me accordingly.

I woke up at 10:15a.m(Thanks to Gurdeep,otherwise have been missed breakfast).Before going to breakfast, checked mailbox(Very Optimistic for companies) and found that a long debate was going on over NITK v/s NSIT. Group Supporting NITK was leading (supporting each other without strong points) while another group was trying to persuade(Himanshu supported with statistics)that NSIT is much better than NITK. After having breakfast,had a look on newspaper and switched to boondoggle like "Sach ka samna" with Kamal which lasted in 2hrs and then had a bath.After having lunch,tried to start for project preparation but penchant for rest ,incapacitated me and finally i went to sleep.

Now i got up at 5:30p.m and started to prepare again but this time penchant for Banana Shake(I have to abide by the routine) thwarted me and procrastinate the preparation.Today we went to "Vita Khokha" and ordered for 1 jug.There we had a argument over quality(Finicky trio was there) and payment also(Bcoz we have taken price amiss) and paid Rs. 30 instead of Rs.50/-.Finally i decided to prepare and ya this time succeeded to start but had to stop soon.After having dinner,we started to complete the CG assignment(means started to copy from others),which we have to submit on monday in 1st lecture.when i was writing,a message appeared stated "Kal 1st lecture nahi h,sabhi ko bata dena" but i continued to completed the assignment and in parallel was talking with 2nd year junior(NPG).So i can condone that i should have completed my task(didn't take the lesson from yesterday's defeat) and now again my heart and mind are pregnant with lot of plans but lets see what will happen.

Thought of the day--"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself"

Good Night

Chequered Day

When we arise in the morning we have a lot of thoughts means planning of do's and don'ts.We have a clear picture in our mind that we have planned to do(but fail to do).Today i arose at 7:30am because i had to attend the ppt of ProcessMap,visited our campus. I reached at Senate at sharp 8:00am and presentation just started. PPT was tedious,completed in 30min. After that we had a written exam which contained technical as well as aptitude.Paper contained 50 question,out of which 30q were from technical(DBMS-21,CN-3,C-4,C++ - 2) and 20 q were from apti(10-maths,10-english)..but i marked all the question from tech without pondering while gave some amount of time for apti part.

I came to room without expecting to be selected bcoz i wasn't interested in that company and watching "Sach Ka Samna". Around at 12:10 i got a message and mail also that i have selected for GD that was completely unexpected news for me but anyhow i went there.My group was 2nd and we were 5 students(2-IT,3-MCA) in the group.This time i wasn't nervous bcoz i was reluctant for that job and i have faced 1 GD which raised my confidence.We were assigned 2 topics and we have to select 1 out of these 2topics and the topics were :-"Is the decision of removing 10th board is a right decision" and "Non-violence can be used to stop terrorism" and we selected former.We started the discussion and increasingly group divided into 2 factions(against and in favour) but i remained staunch to the topic and suggest some alternatives also.After 10min we were asked to conclude the topic and we received a +ve comment that we had a very healthy discussion on it.

Again i was looking for result with some apprehensions but again i got a message that i have selected for interview but still i was reluctant for that job.We have to report at Guest House at 3:00pm.Now i changed my mind,at least not reluctant now,but i haven't prepared anything for interview.I started preparing at 2:30pm with Anshul and siddarth(B'Day Boy) for DBMS.Finally I,sid and Bairagi left for guest house(having Best of luck from Naveen,Dhabas,Anshul,Sandip etc,so thanks for them).In the Guest House,PAC members told us to bring my project or report of the project(If i did) so we came back to Hostel and took project report.After Reaching there i got to know that i am on 4th position for interview(out of 8) and were waiting for my turn.Duration of interview was much greater than expected,they took around 50-55min time for each candidate so after waiting for more than 3 1/2 hr my turn came.(Bairagi and Siddarth were sill with me,thanks for such a nice support)I entered in the room and the 1st question was "tell us about yourself" , i gave the answer but when they came on 2nd question that was about Strength,i answered with some strong supporting points but when i talked about "convincing power",they started to ask very irrelevant question like convince them on "Sun rises from West" and also gave some other critical conditions where i gave some fundaas but couldn't convince them.Then they came to technical part,I made a great mistake and then they asked me about my favorite subject,i told "Software Engineering" where i gave almost 80% answers and then they asked data Structure. I wasn't serious for that job and couldn't convince them(in short couldn't performed well) so my interview finished within 25min.I was sure that i can't be selected and that came true when they declared result.They selected 4 students(1-IT,2-COM,1-MCA) so congratulation for them.

At last i would like to thank all friends(Anshul,Sid,Naveen,Bairagi,Dhabas,Sandip,Gurdeep etc) who supported me.

Thought of the day:--

"Life is full of surprises and it is getting unexpected thing and missing expected things"

Soul to intimate Friends

Generally a college student gets up early in the morning iff he has something important to do but today i woke up at dawn and decided to attend 1st lecture of DE(dept elective) in which i have attended only 2 classes from july. I performed my ablution and went for the breakfast where everyone was dithering over todays holiday(thanks to Freshers party in college) .I decided to attend the class but when i was leaving one of my classmate, Harish told me that its a mass bunk and no one is attending the class so i came to room.

As usual started lappy and started to surf Internet which is merely Orkut,Gmail(for companies info) and some other social networking sites and ya last but not least chatting.Amid all these someone knocked the door and he was Sandip who was leaving for home after getting placed in energy Infratech and we went to see off him with salute.After sometime it came to my notice that my bicycle isn't in my hostel which latter i found in Department which was parked there 24hrs before.Then we heard a news that AP CM, YS Reddy has been died in chopper crash with 4 others(Why these 4 weren't the politician) and we got the holiday.

In the evening we went for snacks(not for banana shake today bcoz it raining today) and after that we had some gossips in Naveen's room where i faced fusillades of questions about my previous blog, status lines and some unrevealed and unanswered question,pending since last sem but today i gave all the answers and really in all the matters they backed me.

After having dinner i inquired about a company which has visited in another college and probably will visit our college in next 15 days.One of my classmate came to my room to convince me to join their yes+ course but he failed but also tried to motivate me where he succeed.And of the day we had a long chat with senior Dheer Singh(Currently in NTPC) and also talked to him on phone.

At last thought of the day:-- "there is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day"

Peculiar day(02/09/09)

This is my first blog and i am not writing any philosophy or not advising to be prim.I will try to paraphrase of the whole day and hopefully i will continue in future also..

Today it was must to go to college at 8:30 because i had a OE(open elective,different from branch) exam in the 1st lecture. So i woke up at 7:40a.m and as usual i had a lot of plans to do but with some apprehension. I appeared for exam and questions were same as dictated by teacher so attempted all question which i generally don't do. And 2nd class was the last class of the day.

Rest of the day has to spend in front my Hp business laptop,busy in chatting with mates,old friends and with some seniors also but the topic was same for all and that is Placement ,a long discussion over companies,placement status in other college and discuss with seniors whether i should apply or not(Currently i'm confused over ProcessMap which is visiting our college on 5th because Money Matters)....Amid all this we got a great news that our brethren Harlal Dhabas was selected as a secy for AVA club of the college..and ya obviously we were waiting for the results of Naggaro (Fighting the battle even i have lost..)

But when i initiated a chat with one of my senior i got to know that how much it is easy to loose your stature which you have created after a lot of effort. That news was excruciating for me and pushed me in precarious condition and i was dithering over what to do. But after this chat i got the answers of all question whose answer i tried to find but failed..

Somehow i tried to forget what had happened because today as my zodiac sign showed that, Rather than letting superficial concerns bother you,look at what is important. so i tried to come back on track but it wasn't so easy.

But after at last of the day means in night there was a good news for IT students that Whirlpool is visiting our campus and only IT and Computer branches are allowed so this was a ray of hope for IT students but on the other side DRDO rejected to even shortlist IT students for interview..

I don't know what to say about this day because it brought lot of good news with some shocking news for me....

So at last i am going to sleep but dithering over the tomorrow's holiday...