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From:
piyush sahni [mailto:piyushiitm@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:30 AM
To: cvrm@iitk.ac.in
Subject: hi!!
Hello Sir:
Guess you
are busy conducting Summer Camp 2003 these days. I was
browsing through the Summer Camp 2003 website... I guess the organizers
got it right the first time itself, i.e., Summer Camp
2001.... the 2003 schedule is more or less the
same as the 2001 one.
Everything appears to be very well planned out and the web
site is superbly maintained too. The team names are really interesting. The
rules have become stringent but I fail to understand the
mandatory Tie Rule.....are we making civil engineers or
management graduates...why be so exceedingly formal in the process
of learning ..... why not make it all the more simpler by
concentrating less on the attire and more on the real learning
process? Or is there an attempt being made to impress the
speakers and make---? I am definitely expecting convincing
answers from you... Sir, one thing that stood out in SC 2001
was that it was a great learning experience... I hope it
does not get diluted as years pass by
I am sure the trip to Naini will be a great great
experience...wishing SC2003 and all the summer camps to come
GREAT SUCCESS.
Yours always
Piyush Sahni
Summer Camp 2001 Participant
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Dear Piyush::
Thanks for your Letter and
warm words for Summer Camp 2003.
Someone said that don't fix anything that works. So we kept
The 2001 Schedule as it is. Of course, we tinkered a bit
because of availability of speakers.
And... about the ties, we just wanted to surprise the visiting
guests and dignitaries. I must mention that we had the
Mehendi-coloured TCPL T-shirts as mandatory for all field
trips and laboratory visits. Here, we didn't want to loose
anybody.
Thanks & best wishes
Sakshi
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From: "Kanakku
Murugesan Reddiar" mailto:murugesan@cusat.ac.in
Sent:
Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:43 PM
To:
<asakshi@iitk.ac.in>
Congratulations.
You are doing a great job. As parents of the participants of
the Summer Camp we are very much pleased to get every bit of
information. Keep it up.
Dr. Reddiar, CUSAT
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From:
"harshda karpate" <harshda@rediffmail.com>
To:
<ashujain@iitk.ac.in>
Sent:
Friday, June 06, 2003 12:07 AM
Subject:
summer camp
Dear
Sir!
I
haven’t been much in contact with you... But now that it has
been one year since we all were together there in the
wonderful camp, I'm feeling quite nostalgic! They were by far
some of the best days, and the friendships made there have
really made life better. Better still was the insight I gained
in my branch. I don't mind saying now that earlier I had sum
qualms about continuing in civil engineering profession, but
after the camp things have really changed, and now I've
decided to pursue it. I’m taking GRE and the GATE later on.
And I'm very thankful for the summer camp.
At times, the lectures and the schedule seemed exacting, but
it was later on when back in our colleges when we had to
decide what to do in future, that the summer camp really
helped out. I always felt more knowledgeable in class, and had
a greater picture of civil engineering as a profession
I wish you a wonderful camp this year too with a whole new
bunch of students. I wish I could be there again this year. I
would like u to tell the new batch about our experiences...
but like to hear news of this years summer camp... All the
best!
And
many thanks!
Harshda
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To: asakshi@iitk.ac.in
From: "Shilpi Oberoi" <shilpi_o30@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Thanks!
Date: 14 Jun 2003 01:59:32 -0000
Dear Sakshi,
First of all, please accept my heartiest congratulations for maintaining the web-site so wonderfully! It has really been a BIG help
to me and my parents, as we just check regularly the Points Tally after
dinner everyday and it has become an integral part of our daily schedule.
Also the Camp seems to be going very well as it seems from Sharad's enthusiasm
on the phone... Please keep up the good work and thank Murty Sir & Lohani
Sir for organizing it with so much dedication and care!!
Thanks once again!
Love,
Shilpi
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Dear Shilpi::
Warm thanks for your
affectionate words on the website. We are happy that all you
are keeping abreast with the Camp SCORE CARD. We will get you
more news as it happens....
Sharad is doing well here. Keep writing!!
Warm regards to your parents and best wishes to all.
Sakshi
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To: <asakshi@iitk.ac.in>
From: "venke" <venke@navayuga.com>
Subject: summer camp - musings from a parent
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:33:00 +0530
SCENE 1
Date :- June 13, 2001. Location :- Telecom between Gujarat and Karnataka
SELF :- AMMA , we have decided to admit Abhi to Civil
Engg. Branch at SASTRA
AMMA :- Ah ! You had taken a similar decision to in 1971
and now you want your son also to follow suit - to lead a life which may
spell the end of socio cultural
scene in his life - - being away from friends and family - at remote
locations etc etc etc . blah blah .
SELF :- no AMMA - Civil engineering does not mean being a
construction engineer serving at remote places always. one would also
get to serve in lovely
cities, in Air-conditioned offices like other
computer professionals ..
AMMA :- I don't know what you are talking ; I am so worried? let us see
SCENE 2
Date :- June 13, 2003 . Location :- Interstate telephone line between
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka .
Self :- Amma ; Did you see the web site of the summer
camp?
AMMA :- YES YES YES ; I am seeing regularly and saw his
name on top of the board ; he is so good and you, I think weren't that
good ?!? You weren't even selected to any such camps when you studied
? Very good that he decided to pursue Civil Engineering !?!
THE PLAYERS:
1.Self ___ P. A. Venkateswaran - a Civil Engineer - class of '77 - College
of Engineering , Guindy
2.AMMA___ My mother
3.ABHI ___ My son , ABHINAV VENKATESWARAN
My ! am I proud of him ?! NO JUST PLAIN JEALOUS, THAT WAY BACK
THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUCH CAMPS and we lived amidst people like my
AUNT SHANTHA " who asked :- BABU (that's me) - Tell me , what is there to
study for five years to become a civil engineer - after all it is all
about placing bricks and cement , isn't it ???
I pray to lord almighty - lets more such camps be organized and more
ignorant people be enlightened of what it means to be a civil engineer.
Regards
Venke aks P A Venkateswaran
PS :- My mother still has a complaint - aren't they supposed to put the
leader's name in bold letters ?
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To: <asakshi@iitk.ac.in>
From: "venke" <venke@satyam.net.in>
Subject: Summer camp 2003
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:55:05 +0530
Hi
Abhinav was ecstatic and incoherent. All he did say was that
"the dream turned into reality "again and again and
again ... "DREAM" well! We are hearing this
word more and more these days, particularly from a famous
person HA ! "THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA"!! And you
all got to spend time with him, leave alone meeting him. My!
Don't we all want to?
My sincere heartfelt thanks to all you wonderful people out
there, who are making this and many other possible. Well, if
this wasn't the preponed surprise package, wonder what is in
store on the TWENTY-EIGHTH? CANT WAIT ?!
While we do want this ten day jamboree to conclude so that we
would
continue to get daily updates, do we really want it to?
Congrats and we are very very very happy for al of you.
Regards
Venke
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A Farewell Note...
From: Venkateswaran P. A. [venke45@rediffmail.com]
Sent: 05 July 2003, Saturday, 9:23 AM
To: asakshi@iitk.ac.in
Subject: a farewell note to all of you
A
FAREWELL
NOTE
TO
ALL
OF
YOU
TO ALL
OF YOU OUT THERE WHO HAD FUN
TO ALL OF YOU WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE
TO ALL OF YOU WHO MADE US FEEL PART OF THE SUMMER CAMP 2003
Civil
engineering in the oldest branch of engineering. One of the
great rewards of civil engineering is the personal
satisfaction derived from the creation of enduring
construction to make our communities better places in which to
live and work. Civil engineers are problem solvers, meeting
the challenges of pollution, the deteriorating infrastructure,
traffic congestion, energy needs, floods, earthquakes, urban
redevelopment and community planning. Civil engineers are
Doer’s and are responsible for improving the quality of life
in these areas and many more. Service to the community, its
development and improvement, is basically what civil
engineering is all about. And the opportunity for creativity
is unlimited as each end product is custom designed.
It is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of
watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid
of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in
bricks and mortar. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then
it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts
of life. That is the civil engineer's high privilege.
The great liability of the civil engineer compared to men of
other professions is that his works are out in the open where
all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard
substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the
doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge
like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his
failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the
politicians, screen his shortcomings by blaming his opponents
and hope that the people will forget. The civil engineer
simply cannot deny that he did it.
That is the phantasmagoria that haunts his nights and
dogs his days. He comes from the job at the end of the day
resolved to calculate it again. He wakes in the night in a
cold sweat and puts something on paper that looks silly in the
morning.
On the other hand, unlike the doctor his is not a life among
the weak. Unlike the soldier, destruction is not his purpose.
Unlike the lawyer, quarrels are not his daily bread. To the
civil engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of
earth with life, comfort and hope.
No doubt as years go by people forget which civil engineer did
it, even if they ever knew. Or some politician puts his name
on it. Or they credit it to some promoter who used other
people's money with which to finance it. But the civil
engineer himself looks back at the unending stream of goodness
that flows from his successes with satisfactions that few
professions may know. And the verdict of his fellow
professionals is the entire accolade he wants.
With Warmest
Regards Love and Affection
Vidyarth Venkateshwaran
Shyamala Venkateshwaran
Pathai Ananthasubramaniam Venkateshwaran
@ Hyderabad
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