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Nurturing the
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6 June - 5 July 2003, an Academia-Industry Interaction
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From:
madhuri
<madhuri
.kumari@tatainfotech.com>
Sent:
Friday, July 25, 2003
10:44 AM
To: Bharat Lohani
Subject: Queries regarding GIS
Dear Sir,
I found a
website address near your signature and the name just tempted
me to visit the site. I must say it was an excellent endeavor.
I personally feel that such an effort gives life to the
subject. Now I wish I could
have born five years later and would have participated in the
camp.
Regards,
Madhuri
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Dear Camp 2003 Participants::
The winds came by, we
didn't notice...
The times passed by, we didn't notice...
The lives went by, we didn't notice...
...
The Camp went
by, did you notice? !!
Please write your impressions
of your Camp 2003
Bharat Lohani, C. V. R. Murty, Ranjana Tandon
Camp Coordinators
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From: V.Abhinav <mailto:abhi83@civ4.sastra.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:54 AM
To: asakshi@iitk.ac.in
Subject: REMINISCENCES
Hi all,
It has been two months since I left the Summer Camp at IIT
Kanpur. I always
thought of penning my feelings and experience on the camp but
(as a lame excuse) a busy and hectic schedule always kept me
away from the keyboard. Better late than never was one of the
things I learnt at the camp. Primarily the camp has made me to
start being inquisitive about anything and everything that I
see and hear from my faculty and friends. Among my friends, a
few finally believed and regretted not choosing Civil
Engineering as the career option after hearing me extol the
virtues of the camp and particularly my experience.
Two Years ago, I
did not take much interest on the course and the ensuing
profession in spite of having a highly successful Construction
Engineer at home i.e. my father. The truth was that I always
wanted to emulate my father right from a young age. But as it
is bound to happen, the human thinking does not remain the
same always. Somewhere along the line, I aspired to become an
Electrical Engineer like my grandfather. No wonder they say
that when man proposes ,it is the god who disposes.
Of course I have
no regrets now. The camp really opened my eyes. It has
heralded a new dimension to my life. For example, my
camp-mates Sarvesh Agarwal and Abhinav Goel called on me at
SASTRA a few weeks ago, they mistook the newly constructed
Digital Library Building in the premises to be a Multiplex. I
have, since the camp started to appreciate structures and a
curiosity has developed in me to look at them and keep
watching them and try to get to know more about them. “A
quiet Abhinav Venkateswaran has started asking a lot of
questions”, is what everyone comments over here. Another
thing the camp has taught me is what life is all about, the
ways and means of living all aspects of it in a proper
way.
The word
professionalism means a lot to me now days.The month long camp
was a great learning experience is what every one would have
felt. That every participant’s feeling of joy or sorrow was
shared by one and all with a great sense of belonging was a
key part of the camp. Concluding, the love and affection
showered on us by the camp coordinators and the organizers was
heart warming. I am sure to take up the responsibility
entrusted on me for building a stronger nation tomorrow. I
thank all the organizers, the coordinators and all others who
were involved directly and indirectly in the camp. I pray to
the Almighty that the camp continues infinitely.
Bye,
Love you,
Abhinav
School of Civil Engineering
SASTRA
"Ability
is what you're capable of doing –
Motivation determines what you do –
Attitude determines how well you do it"
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From: Sarvesh Madhu
Agrawal <sarvesh_madhu@rediffmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:20 PM
To: <cvrm@iitk.ac.in;
asakshi@iitk.ac.in; blohani@iitk.ac.in>
Subject: Impressions of the camp 2003
Hello
everybody,
After having postponed the idea of writing my experience about
the
camp for long I have decided that it's 'high time' when I
should
write what I feel so strongly about the '30 best and most
happening days' of my life so far and I think many of us will
agree with me on this. It's been exactly 30 days since we all
were together sharing ups and downs of life. Now when all the
initial over-enthusiasm has been suppressed a bit by hectic
academic schedule I think I can clearly decide what a great
impact
camp has left on me.
The very first thing that comes to my mind is that the camp
has
restored or I would say established my faith in the timeless
profession of CIVIL ENGINEERING, the profession which has been
serving mankind since the very existence of it.
I had taken civil engineering by chance and had no clue what
are
vast career opportunities and great challenges those are lying
ahead for a civil engineer until the camp 2003 came . I'd like
to
say that sitting in one's room in IIT one can never have an
insight view of various dimensions of, the oldest but least
respected now a days, profession of civil engineering until
one
goes out and sees the ground realities.
The same Sarvesh who, not more than 2 months back, used to
laugh
and discard any possibility of taking up a branch job,
wondering
if there were any, is now arguing heatedly with his peers
pursuing
them to take up a branch job. What a 'U' turn my life has
taken
and it's all because of the camp. The fact is that time I
didn't
have numbers and facts about the ongoing major projects in
civil
engineering. No exposure at all! But now when I tell them that
tons of money is being invested in the projects, I know what I
mean and I mean what I say. I’ve got facts to support my
arguments. My friends wonder most of the time that what's
happened to this chap the only reply I have is that I've
learnt to
respect my profession and appreciate the structures, not to
mention the adventures and the job satisfaction which this
great
profession has to offer.
Another thing the camp has taught to this 'unstable' fellow is
to
how to live in a 'civilized' community. Now back in IIT I am
not
able to reconnect myself with my old friends just because I
think
what they are doing right now, or what I used to do earlier,
is
not acceptable in a civilized society. This has become a big
problem for me as I think that those other 25 people in the
camp
are my 'class of 2005'not the ones here in IIT Madras.
The kind of lifestyle we had in the camp has taught me to work
and
work in a team. It’s also made me punctual given that most
of
the time we were hard pressed against the time.
I've so much left to write but I don't want to bore you people
any
more.
I’ll never forget the kind of love and affection I got in
the camp
specially after breaking my hands...I'll never forget the
words of
the president.” BE CLEAN FROM UR HEART NO MATTER WHATEVER
YOU DO"
or for that matter Murty sir's." you will never earn
respect
from your juniors until you respect your seniors". (this
was
regarding me sleeping during the class.) These are few of the
lessons I learnt from the camp and kind of affection we got
from
both the sirs and Ranjana madam is one of the never lasting
memories of the camp.
I have left with no other choice than admitting that camp has
changed my life in big way. Joys, sorrows, ups and
downs, victory, defeat, excitement, argument, all forms and
feelings of life encountered in those 30 days those were
"compressed form of life".
I'd like to finish with the statement that the camp has
succeeded
in it's motive to nurture the timeless profession of civil
engineering and has convinced, I believe, 26 of us or atleast
one
for sure to take up the responsibility of rebuilding a
stronger
nation.
Thank you all the people behind the camp in giving my life a
new direction and shape.
Thank
you all.
Sarvesh
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From:
Benny <bennygeorge84@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:20 PM
To: <asakshi@iitk.ac.in>
Subject: How the Camp changed me!!
There's no doubt that this Camp gave me a lot of good buddies. Although
some may say we make acquaintances... on such trips, but I
really made some good friends!!
Apart from this, I've now lived for
5 days without the
26 + 1 + 2
people and what I now feel is what I wanted to tell u all!!
Whether it be on the train journey, or it be on the road
wherever I
go wherever I travel all I see is Civil Engineering.
It's not that I never used to look out of my window! but I see
things
in terms of Civil Engineering.
I've begun to appreciate the structures I see and have become
more
inquisitive!!
The funny part is that my relatives have started complaining,
"Benny will now talk only in terms of abutments &
bearings, so just
nod your head all the time and just show some fake
interest"
But this isn't likely to happen when I go back to college!! Is
it??
Students there will be more than happy 2 talk more on these
terms!!
LIFE
HAS CHANGED IN ITS OWN SMALL WAY FOR ME..
This was the poem I wrote
sometime during the start of the
camp:
IS THAT CLARITY
THERE MY FRIEND,
IN
UR THOUGHTS, ACTIONS AND IN UR WILL?
THERE'S
A LARGE WINDOW NEXT 2 YOU ,
WHAT
U SEE IS UPTO YOU!!
This
is the poem at least five would have read during the start of
the
camp, but
DO
U SEE THE DIFFERENCE NOW, AT THE END OF THE CAMP ???
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