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WARMING YOU UP
THE PERKS
Opportunity to work in a
professional environment, thus
enhancing networking contacts.
Gaining valuable experience to
secure future employment and
developing job search skills.
Through these, employers can
evaluate potential students for
full time employment.
KNOWING SIRE
As lucrative as the prospect of interning at a foreign company or university abroad seems, a lot
of personal interest is needed to grab the opporStudents keep a
check on various
universities in different
countries providing
courses of respective
interest and visit
the profiles of the
professors involved
in the corresponding
fields.
Steps to
secure a
foreign
internship
practices of the
organization and
gives a career
building
outlook.
While most students of our institute start becoming serious about internships and training at the
onset of their third year, predominantly because
of the two credits it carries in the curriculum, there
RESEARCH PAID
has been a great shift in this trend. Like all institutes of national repute, our Training and PlaceINTERNSHIPS INTERNSHIPS
ment Cell also plays an active role by sending
They have more of an Exist primarily in the
web-mails to all concerned students informing
academic bent as students private sector.
them about various internship opportunities
are required to take up a specific Constantly scrutinized on a ll
course of specialisation and fronts as future employees a nd
both within and outside India. Web-mail, ber
participate in a project related maybe paid either stipends o
ing a commodity that is seldom used by the
robability
to similar research oriented hourly wages. High p
students, most of these mails go unnoticed.
programs. of PPOs.
Similar to other institutes, Placement Co-ordinators of all branches act as links between INDUSTRIAL
INTERNSHIPS
the institute and the companies, and hence
FOR CREDIT
they are mostly responsible for inviting com- INTERNSHIPS
Involve participation of the
panies to come for internships. Foreign in- Integrate theory with practice.
employer, student and college,
ternships are not significant in number but it Introduce students to the
work culture and industrial
integrating work-experience
is encouraging to witness the upward trend.
semester, they gain sufficient knowledge for industry exposure. Hence, the senate has decided
to concern the SIRE program (Summer Internship
and Research Experience) with students of sixth
semester. It is to ensure that the student is benefitted the most.
into academiccurriculum
for credits.
Short term nature.
Include a tour through
the organization and meetings
with employees.
Generally last shorter than internships.
EXTERNSHIPS
SIRE program. It is the responsibility of the T&P Cell
to make sure that every third year student secures
an internship. We write to various companies and
try our best, but it is not an easy task to ensure the
internship of 900 students. In this scenario, when a
second year student approaches us, we dont give
him priority. If the case comes up where all 900 or
so students are hired as interns in some or the oth-
BITS Goa
BITS Pilani
IIT Roorkee
VIT Vellore
ISM Dhanbad
IIT Guwahati
th
NIT Warangal
NIT Silchar
T&P section is pro-active, solid executive body that assigns work among
coordinators of different levels and collaborates to give final output.
MM: What happens when a student does not secure an internship anywhere?
Tie-ups with National Univ of Singapore, Univ of Munich + colleges in Australia, Netherlands, NZ, USA, Beijing
Students having scores>8.5 are recommended by senior professors for overseas internships.
MM: What are your views regarding having an internship coordinator for pre-final year students?
No academic credits.
er company or institute, we can look after the second year students. We would not prefer any encroachment of opportunities available for 3rd year
students by the second year students. It is more
important for them than the second year students to complete their internship. However, we
do encourage everyone to decide whats best for
them. Interested second year students are free to
intern independently or in consultation from their
department though, it will not be included under
SIRE program.
CONCLUSION
Internships are important. The seniors know it all
and the juniors know it not. The aim of this article
was to give an overview of how the process takes
place in our institute so that it would help the students to be better prepared for internships. It will
be beneficial if the final year students advise the
first and second year students about the dos and
donts and help them in clearing up their doubts
owing to their experience.
To sum up, optimism does pay and there is always
a scope for improvement. Change happens to be
the only constant and NIT is changing dynamically and positively. NIT Rourkela has improved a
lot over the past few years. Good is now better
and our optimism, hard work and dedication can
make the better reach the best.
The EMC
cused. The injured, who was merely an acquaintance to the accused felt that he was targeted,
hence he took the incident personally. The accused was punished with one of the least possible punishment which comes under P-2, doing
Social Work during vacations. The decision was
taken in one meeting after explanation about the
incident and some interrogation.
From both the incidents, one possible inference
is that the ISDC is not quick to pass a judgement.
The accused are always cross questioned and the
students under the scanner have to provide instances of evidence or mention a witness present
at the time of the incident. The decision taken has
not affected the accused in any manner. However
the accused believes, it was a matter that could
have been solved between the two conflicting
parties and that ISDC is meant for much more serious matters.
The final case that we touched would be a rather
delicate one to talk about. This is a two year old
case of a senior who might have been a victim
of a changing time and a changed attitude of the
ISDC. The celebration of a festival later on turned
out to be one of the worst nightmares for them.
How would a celebration become a case of the
ISDCs interest? It would have only been possible
if there were any juniors involved. Well known
by most students who have been at NITR of late,
there is a certain kind of segregation into various
groups and these groups have their own tradition
and ways of interacting with juniors. Calling juniors over for Diwali celebrations and interacting
was this particular groups custom. The interaction came to a guards notice, and soon the warden and the ISDC got involved. As per the books,
juniors are not allowed in senior hostels. Since
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No member in ISDC wants to punish anybody. But at times, the situation gets so worse that we are forced to take such steps. Nobody
wants to play with the careers of the students but some situations
are just not under our control.
K.C. Pati
Dean (SW)
Assistant Registrar
Accused is summoned
by the ISDC for a
hearing.
Accused is provided
fair chance to plead
his case.
dawn of diligence :
LAs Man of steel
He has stood as a testimony to the developments in and around the NITR campus in
the past four years and has seen LA getting transformed from a two roomed building to the vast expanse it has become now. A man full of admiration and veneration
for the students, he joined NITR upon his sisters recommendation who was earlier
working in Directors office. LA only had two rooms then, LA-104 and LA-114. LA104 had a projector and both rooms needed microphones.. Four years from that
day, he rose to become the guardian of this reddish brown constitute.His goodwill extends throughout the campus, having amicably adjusted to the pressures and workload of this place. Upholding a pleasant relation with staff and students, he efficiently
handles the LA and ensures that no faculty or student encounters any trouble. Having
an assistant helps, but with no staff identity card or access to dispensary facilities and
the hostel mess, as other regular employees do, he has to find his own way of managing with his income sans the benefits.
With a couple of students knocking on the door asking for keys for their respective
club meetings in that short span which had passed since we started the talk, we ask
him about his best experience at NITR. He says -
FAST
FACTS:
Every citizen of Finland has the
Although Rourkela takes pride in hosting many renowned industries but the
meagreness of internet connectivity
with other nationally recognized institutes that share the same paradigm as
that of NITR, affects the quality of education and finally the vocation of those
who want to pursue higher studies.
Since 2002, when it was granted autonomy and functional independence
by the MHRD, NIT Rourkela has taken giant strides to become one of the
leading institutions imparting quality technical education, churning out
hundreds of technocrats every year.
With immense investments being undertaken to satiate our infrastructural
aspirations, there is a glaring lag when
it comes to our development in terms
of our networking capabilities. An increase in the influx of students every
year calls for an overhaul in our infrastructural framework.
Measuring Up to Other
Institutes:
Now, lets have a sneak peek into the
internet related facilities provided to
their students by some other prominent technical institutions of the country and how the stats compare with the
internet facilities at NITR.
While NIT Rourkela acquires a net
bandwidth of 1.06 Gbps, top ranked institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and
IIT Kharagpur have a net bandwidth of
2.7 Gbps, 3 Gbps and 1 Gbps respectively. Just like NITR uses Cyberoam as
All experiences have been good. You learn a thing or two from
everything that happens with and in and around you.
His serious demeanour masks his love for the decorations and the way the campus
is transformed into an aura of shimmering lights and glittering bulbs during fests and
other events. Though he does not frequently attend the events of the institute, he
ensures that all the arrangements are perfectly done. This superman never complains.
His laconic persona doesnt give away his love and admiration for the students. He
understands their mischief, loves their company, admires their energy and gets inspired from them. Kids are kids. Theyll pull off pranks. Thats who they are. Theyll
switch off MCBs and do all other kinds of childish stuff. But no student has ever
misbehaved with me. If it hadnt been for their cooperation, it wouldve become
very difficult for me to manage this whole place so easily.. It has been four years
since students have been a daily treat to his eyes. He points that first year students
are generally submissive and calm, final year students are usually reserved and composed, however, the sophomores and the pre-final students have the most fun. The
students enliven the entire building and that makes him more than happy to work.
This superman loves students.
His practical approach to situations and crises, is not in tandem with the online registering system, which he finds to be unuseful. The issues are left pending for a long
time and their urgency is usually shelved. He also suggests, the improvement of the
management system of NITR. Due to financial constraints, he also faces problems
while travelling to his home every day for lunch which is far from the campus. When
asked about the flexibility of the process of a leave being sanctioned, he states an incident, where he needed leave for his sisters wedding and had to find a replacement
before he left. Getting leave here is undoubtedly a rigid process, for both students
and staff. This superman paves a way for himself, no matter what.
Mr. Nityananda has great respect for the Director, his messiah at the time of utter
need. The time he was appointed in NITR was extremely crucial for him. He needed a
job and he still owes the Director for that favour.
An avid lover of travelling and photography, he considers the photographers of NITR
at par with professional photographers. Badri, of Life Science department is one of
his good friends as he considers. He gets an account of every happening in the insti-
tute from him, LA keeps him too busy to venture out during work hours. Students who
know him sometimes help him to get passes for events like celebrity night, else, hes just
happy to manage.
Like every human being, he does have some regrets though. He lives his dream of becoming an engineer by watching the students. When he had joined, he had expected to do a
hardware related technical job but things turned out differently. However, he seems satisfied. Inspite of the herculean workload, he manages it all with the help of an assistant and
never gives any scope for complaints. With one of his dream destinations being Mumbai,
he would love to visit any new place. New places teach us many life experiences. We get
to see, experience, love and live. Nothing can top that.
its network security provider, IIT Bombay has Geotrust which is a large digital certificate provider, IIT
Kgp uses Trend Micro InterScan Web Security and
IIT Kanpur has iPolicy Networks to protect its network from hacking, spamming and viruses. An important fact in the internet connectivity is that the
premier institutes provide 24x7 internet connection
to its students understanding the myriad uses and
ditional network rights to locate the infected machines and get it disinfected. This would be a great
help to the institute as we cant enter the hostels
daily looking for a computer. If we can stop the
flooding, I believe 70% of the slow internet problem
would be solved.
MM: We did a survey of the internet facilities at
other Technological institutes. We found out that
they have higher download and upload speed than
ours. Why is our institute lagging behind?
SK: Actually we have enforced a 512kbps limit on
all the student accounts. Thats the highest speed
any person can use. Its all related to Demand and
Supply. For Example: We have limited resources
and many people want to acquire it. So we divide
and distribute whatever bandwidth we get. The
other institutes may have higher download speed
because there may be no restriction. But our institute has implemented this speed limit so that no
one can get a speed of more than 512kbps under
any circumstance.
The Paradox:
Results of a survey conducted by Prof. Patra:
More than 150 people had downloaded more
than 500MB of data each. On one side students are facing problem in opening web pages,
whereas on the other end students are downloading 1 GB of data. These two cases dont go
hand in hand. If the network is slow, one cant
download so much data, and if one can download so much data then the network cannot
be slow. We have a limited bandwidth that is
equally shared among all the students.
The throttle is 1Mbps. If there are 2000 users
at peak time and if everyone tries to download
at 1Mbps, the bandwidth needed is 2Gbps.
We have a 1Gbps connection connected to the
National Knowledge Network (NKN). The NKN
has an outside connection of 150Mbps. If you
download anything from our college site or IIT
sites it doesnt go in to this 150Mbps connection, as all IITs and 800 universities across the
country come under the NKN system. But if you
download some software from a US site or US
university it goes into this 150Mbps bandwidth.
Typically, 1mbps costs 25,000 per annum. BSNL
link is government funded. Apart from that anything we buy is 25,000 per mbps.
The cost is reducing, the bandwidth is increasing, but demand for bandwidth and increase in
bandwidth are not at the same pace. Individually, the user downloads are increasing because
the applications are using more bandwidth. The
internet statistics for user have changed today.
Its matter of demand and supply.
</Conclusion>
The lives of NITians is held together by a LAN cord.
Students with varied interests, cultures and hobbies
end up at NITR and internet provides them with an
impetus to share their ideas, thoughts and feelings.
This is what diversifies students perception of the
world and improves their chances of competing at
the global level. For the majority of the populace,
internet provides a means of escape from the tight
schedules of classes and also as a tutor at the time
of examinations. With improved networking capabilities, any institute can expect growth on multiple
levels both in terms of research and extra-curriculars. A strong internet framework will definitely put
NITR on the right path towards success and would
bring our institute at sync with the fast growing
technological advancements of the world.
DAWN OF DILIGENCE:
H
the presence of juniors came to the ISDCs notice the seniors took it as their
moral responsibility to save the freshers. They straight away went to the Chief
Warden and took the blame on themselves that the freshmen had no intention
of being there and the seniors being the reason for their presence. If only nobility could have been rewarded always.
What happened next was unexpected for them. The letter taking the blame was
submitted to the ISDC and the case was turned into a ragging case. The following are the words that directly come from a victim of the case:
The punishment is in accordance with P-17, P-19 and P-21
which stand for placement debar, delay of publication of
result by a semester and UR in all courses for one semester.
Strictly speaking according to the disciplinary manual, the punish-
A Man of Family
Living with his wife, parents and two kids, one in seventh and the other in the
eleventh grade, he says his happiness lies in their happiness. Being one of
those few lucky souls who are satisfied with what they have, he thanks God
for keeping his family safe and healthy and is grateful for the amenities available to him at NITR, especially the health care facilities. It makes him happy
that the professors and HoDs he approaches for leave never turn him down.
MM salutes this dedicated and hardworking soul and wishes him luck for all
his future endeavours.
ment given to the offence seem harsh. The manual clearly states that calling a
junior to senior hostel would lead to punishments from P-11 to P-13 and P-17.
So the harshest decision possible was a placement debar. All other punishments
include only a grade back in either one or more subjects. So are we to believe
the victims words or did the ISDC plunge upon this case to set an example?
Either of these questions still remain unanswered.
When asked about every individuals satisfaction with ISDC, their views varied
largely. While the person involved in first case was happy about getting out
without any punishment, he felt that the punishment of the seniors could have
been reduced. The person convicted in the second case agreed upon the ISDCs
decision making in his case and had no qualms. He accepts the punishment given to him with no complaints.
In the third case, the accused thanks nobody else but only the ISDC for turning his life around to such great dissatisfaction. Even though the case was reopened later to reduce the punishment to some extent, the decision had a huge
impact on their life at NITR and that impact has only been for the worst. The
placement debar for whole semester was revised to placement debar till the
mid semester and the UR in all courses for one semester was also cancelled.
Few problems with the ISDC as pointed out by the accused is that the student
representatives had no say in the committee and didnt find them serving
their purpose. A student representative is someone to stand for the student
in front of the committee. However, they acted as lobbyists by the committee
to convince the accused to accept the charges which they wanted to prove.
Also one thing that really ails the accused in the third case is that, there
were few instances where there was a mass clash between groups of students, also there were mass protests in which students vandalized institute property and such cases didnt reach ISDC. So this makes them feel
as if they are the only ones who have been accused of a heinous offence.
He feels the punishments to equally heinous offences have not been equal.
The Verdict
A big chunk of students are rarely aware of the facts that lead to an ISDC case
or the possible punishments that can be dished out to them. They are confused about their rights and the actions of their statements, thus preventing
them from making a good case in their defence. It would be a big relief for the
students if they read the ISDC constitution ( http://nitrkl.ac.in/IntraWeb/Academics/Regulation/doc/DD.pdf ) and get educated of the real scenario rather
than ending up being an example for people to follow. In all of the three cases,
all that the accused could do is have flashbacks and repent on being a victim
of fate. The ISDC stands high on its ground to keep a check on indiscipline by
setting examples in every new case. A variety of conclusions can be made from
these cases if analyzed from different perspectives. But all that the victims of
situation and luck could learn from a lesson as big as this is to start afresh a
new life, without hoping to get caught in the hands of fate and be an example
for people not to follow suit.
)A(Political Survey
P
olitics commonly refers to the activities associated with the governance of a country or area,
especially the debate between parties having
power. It speaks of the particular set of beliefs that
various groups of people adhere to, in the field of
governance and administration. Politics can also
mean the principles relating to or inherent in a
sphere or activity, especially when concerned with
power and status. These two meanings of politics
are particularly significant in their manner of prioritization. While one deals with governance and
citizens, the other deals with power and status.
A quick googling will reveal that the word originates from the Greek polits, meaning citizen.
The fact that the word Politics has its roots in the
Greek equivalent of citizens and that its use has
magnified in the past 50 years is reason enough as
to why every person is expected to have a minimum level of awareness regarding national and international politics.
Questions Asked :
1. What are the houses in the Indian Parliament?
2. Name the Vice President of India.
Najma Heptullah
Hamid Ansari
Amit Shah
Bhairon Singh Sekhawat
3. Israel has always been at war with Palestine.
Which country has favoured Israel in this war?
India
China
Russia
U.S.A.
4. Which country is involved in a feud with Russia
primarily owing to an annexation of its
territories by the Russians?
5. What is your view point on introducing
Student Unions in NITR?
6. To which constituency does Rourkela belong?
10-15
However, Russia has always maintained a consistent stand in their support for Israel, which only
40% of the students were aware of. The ordinary
youth of India might not be aware of the political
standings of Russia. But enlightened and bright
minds of an institute of national importance are
expected to be aware of conflict that has seen the
whole world getting involved in the last couple of
decades.
The Ukraine Russia conflict has been widely talked about and the students rightly identified it.
The first question was a sitter which 92% of the surveyed crowd got right (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha).
That, of course, is a wonderful figure. But the bigger issue out here is 8% of the surveyed crowd left
the space empty or wrote the name of only one
of the two houses. Known to be in the news for
various reasons, it is surprising how some people
could miss out on the names of the two Parliamentary Houses.
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