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TEAM JOUR

ADVISORY TEAM
CONTENT TEAM

Coordinator : Gaurav Sahu

Writer : Rishi Ayyer
Assistant Coordinator :Gaurav Sachan
Journalist : Deepak
Gupta, Koganti Nishant
Faculty Advisor
Designer : Dushyant
Dr. Srirupa Chatterjee Pratap Singh ,
Dr. S.Harinipriya
Ajay Monga

EDITORIAL TEAM
FEEDBACK TEAM
Chief editor: Faizy Ahsan
Co-editor: Akshay Harikumar Ranveer Singh
Naveen Khandelwal

Prof. P. K. Kalra

PUBLISHING TEAM
Ankit Saraswat
Zubin Sortee

Faculty Advisor Dr. Bhavana Shivu

GPRA CAMPUS GPRA CAMPUS

 MEMOIRS
Volume 2, Issue 2 Page 3

Editor’s note...
JOUR’10 attempts to bring before you the academic and extra-
curricular activities that kept us by this year in a fun-filled,
entertaining new avatar.

We have introduced lots of new columns including “Achievers”

and “My Say”. Rishi and Ranu provide giggles galore. Due to
Lal Chand Bisu, Kshitiz Bartariya, Amit Patel, Ankit Agarwal, Ankit Saraswat at Techfest’10 of IIT BOMBAY
Faizy Ahsan (left to right ) the overwhelming number of activities in IITJ, our previous is-
sue missed some of the moments. Therefore, we decided to
Water Rocket include them here. Like Nimble’10, still fresh in everyone’s
mind, gets a look in, while the photo editing workshops held
last semester have also been put to good use.

We thank Prof. P. K. Kalra, Dr. Bhawna Shivu, Dr. Harinipriya,

Dr. Shrirupa and our batch mates for their active involvement
in bringing out JOUR’10.

As always, we welcome your views, comments, suggestions

and especially your criticism!! .

The Editor
Team Jour

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Inter IIT 2009

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CONTENTS

WHY??

Contributions: Dukh Mein sumiran sab karre

Sukh Mein Karre na koi,
Jab Dukh ussi ke naam se aaye,
Toh bhala kisko sumiray koi.
A Journey Delayed by 15
Jour Reports: hours………………………………….….3
Lying there was a man,
with a red river spilling through his throat,
Future Prospective of things for who did not go as he had planned
IITJ……………………………..……………...1 Food Allergies in Children….……..4 His throat was vaguely visible,
As it was covered in a gray-beard.

Poll……………………………………………..2
Industrial Visit to Kansara Roller-
Bearing Mills..............................................6
Who Am I………………………….…….5
Good-Bye….……………………………11
I thought he might have done something wrong,
and thus somebody ended his song,
Oh! but I was wrong, I was in an illusion,
The real reason was absurd, it was his religion!!!!!!!!!

Things have become lame,

Achievers………………………………….....7 People not only pray but kill in His name.
Why……………………………………….21 Look at the images of Gujarat uproar
And I promise you, you won't be able to sleep anymore.
Industrial Visit To “RAJASTHAN
UDYOG”………………………………………12
Hitler is better than those fools,
His intention were at least to do good for his country,
Glimpse……………………………………….15 But these bastards are not only destroying this beautiful nation,
but also tainting the future generation.

Nimble’10..…………………………………...16
When I was a child, I was asked to pray God,
I thus prayed him.....,God! please stop what's happening on your earth
Spandan………………………………………19 He then looked me and simply yawned!
Jour specials: And it was from then that my faith in Him was lost.

Happy Go Lucky…………...9 Looking at this world and how all things are flawed,
even this atheist is thus forced to tell....Oh My God!!!!
Pray, my friends, and tie yourselves in a knot
My Say………………………..13 and thus be Blessed by your God.....

Benefits of Short
Height……….……………......17 Chetan Bhati
Memoirs………………...…….22
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Future Prospective of IIT Rajasthan
IIT Rajasthan, being a new institu-
tion, has a great opportunity of em-
ploying newer and modern thoughts in
its every aspect. Whether it is the in-
terdisciplinary curriculum of academ-
ics or state-of-art laboratories or sensi-
tivity for environmental issues, it is
taking a different approach as com-
pared to most educational and re-
search institutions in the country. In
the same spirit, it has rather uncon-
ventional areas of research where
work will be done in near future.
Here is the brief introduction about
these.
In the first place Center of Excellence
(CoE) for energy and information
and communication technology
has been set up. The Primary empha-
sis in these two fields is to provide effi-
cient technical solution taking into ac-
count various social and economic fac-
tors across the country so that technol-
ogy can be used to its fullest potential.
Center of excellence for information
and communication technology has
underlined development of low cost de-
vices as its main motto. It is crucial
point looking at the large population of
India with small income. It will propa-
gate information revolution to the
much bigger lower middle class of In-
dia, giving them an opportunity to im-
prove their life.
Jour
CoE will be looking for low cost net-
working solutions, access devices, e-
healthcare projects like distant patient
checkup, embedded systems and
biomimetic.
Under this motive IIT Rajasthan has
undertaken MHRD on project. It is go-
ing to test multimedia enabled tablets/
laptops costing as much as $35. The
project is expected to start in January
2011. One Lac such devices will be
supplied for various tests.
CoE in energy aims to become a world
class R&D facility in the field of non-
conventional renewable energy re-
sources. Being located in Jodhpur so-
lar energy is one of the obvious and
most promising areas which can be ex-
ploited extensively. Therefore, IITJ
has marked 200 acres of land where a
solar energy farm will be established
in near future. In addition to a virtual
lab for testing devices, electric vehicles
powered by solar energy and material
development for solar cells are also
planned under this CoE.
(A report by Ajay Monga)

POLLS- THE VOICE OF IIT J
Here is a poll conducted among the 3rd year students regarding the elective courses
given to them. This poll was conducted without any bias and we hope that it will re-
flect the general opinion of our pioneer batch.
COURSE NAME
Introduction to Management
Neuroscience
Advanced Graph Theory
Biomedical Engineering
Renewable Energy
Machine Learning
Volume 2, Issue 2 Page 19
SPANDAN @ 2K10 by Gaurav Sahu
This year the cult council of IIT J really outsmarted the odds through their coordinated efforts as
they successfully pulled together a spectacular show of cultural programs touching every genre.
Ranging from ―bollywood tambola‖ to ―fashion show‖, ―antakshari‖ to ―dumb charades‖, ―poker‖ to
―proxy‖, the fest ensured the involvement of all and sundry, thus making the endeavour a super hit.
CREDITS (out of 5) But the efforts behind this success are worth mentioning and applauding. With
a budget hovering around the 10,000 mark, our event coordinators made it sure that every penny was
put into count. The decoration, the prizes , the paraphernalia etc were in fact, managed so well and
4.1 with such frugality that the low-budget factor never even came to the scene.
With participation from every single individual, the battle for acquiring the top
three spots was fought hard by every block. But it was ―alligators‖ who outsmarted others and
3.0 emerged as winners, followed by ―sparks‖ and ―freaks unleashed‖.
After three days of fun and entertainment, the fest has given the technocrats a
breeze of fresh air and a bouquet full of sweet smelling flowers that will be smelled and relished by us
for years to come. Here are some snapshots-
3.2
2.6
2.6
3.1
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Journey Delayed by 15 hrs

Digi Rumble Abhash Kumar Singh
type: competition
coordinators: Himanshu and Tejaswi unctuality, the virtue admired by
judge: prof. Rajiv Srivastava P all of us is almost absent in In- Damn it. Is this what Harsh Mander
dian Railways. It was the day when called ‘the dark underbelly? No work
I was to leave Varanasi for Dhanbad. altogether! Just go to people ,cry and
This event was on the design of a casino slot machine pocket the money! They don’t even seem
using electronic ICs. to care about their future genera-
The train was to arrive at 9:00p.m.It
Though brought up to us as a very simple problem state- was initially delayed by 10 hrs. This tions. They drag them also into it.
ment by Himanshu, it turned out to be a herculean task One could make a decent living with
meant that there was going to be no
to complete the circuit. This was evident from the fact 300 rupees in a city like Varanasi.
that only 8 of the 12 selected teams showed up with only
trace of train no. 3308 till 7 am.
At least! Where do they spend the whole money?
4 of the groups having working circuits.

I returned home only to be back at the An announcement broke my thought proc-

Looking on the brighter side, many of the participants ess. The train was further delayed by
station at 6 am on the next day. There
learnt a lot from this event. I believe, Himanshu was suc- 3 hrs. It meant a total delay of 15
I learnt that there was a further de-
cessful in at least spurting some interest in . hrs.3308 would arrive only at 12 noon.
lay of 2 hrs.
I yawned and curse Indian Railways.
Interesting things happened during the judging proce-
Again.
dure. Snacks was brought for the judges, half way Winter nights usually extend upto 7
through the event, some of our friends (I'd rather not a.m. Inspired by Harsh Mander ,I took
quote them) were more inclined at having the snacks this opportunity to observe the dark Suddenly, I was worried about my lug-
rather than winning the game. At the end almost all the underbelly of city residing on plat- gage. I had forgotten about it during
snacks was eaten up with nothing left for the judges. forms. the whole process. Thank-fully, it was
safe near the bench some yards away.
Nobody had touched it.
On the whole , I would say, the event was successful. It Most beggars were sleeping at that A child beggar came to me, begging for
gave an introduction to students in Electronics. But as a time. Some were awake, ready to start a rupee. I chided him and moved on.
participant, I strongly advice the co-ordinators to get bet- a new day.
ter equipments the next time.
***
I overheard a conversation among a
group of 3 beggars.

Beggar 1: Hurry up you two bozos.

Mahanagri Express is about to arrive
in 10 minutes.
Beggar 2(shocked):What? Let’s move to
platform 4 soon. It carries a lot of
passengers and foreign tourists too.
Beggar3:OK.Then we will head for
Rajdhani on platform 1,it also pours
in a lot of tourists.
Beggar1:Good! Each one of us will make
about 300-400 today.

They moved swiftly to platform 4.

My mind echoed their words. My God!
Begging provides one Rs.300 a day.
Who to blame ??????

Winners of Robotics Event

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FOOD ALLERGIES IN CHILDREN
In 1995 after completing my Ph.D., I moved to
the US from India to continue post-doctoral re-
search. I moved with a perfectly healthy infant
and gave birth to another baby in 1998 in Santa
Cruz California.
My second child was
perfectly healthy un- “20% of children
til I nursed him for
growing up in the
about a year. There-
after he started to be richest country on
consistently sick and earth United State
his diet consisted of
cow‘s milk available of America suffer
in gallons in the US from Allergies and
grocery stores. At the
age of two and a half Asthma.“
doctors declared my
child with chronic asthma and prescribed inhaled
medications both broncho-dialators and steroids.
His symptoms were consistent cough, fortu-
nately he never got breathless. By the time my
child was three and a half he had compromised
growth and no energy to play with children of his
age.
I then decided to move back to India. I then
started monitoring my child closely and noted
down all the things he ate and drank and started
eliminating food items that increased his cough. I
figured out that my child was highly allergic to
coke and pepsi, he got severely breathless upon
ingesting these items (which according to swami
Ramdev are poisons and toilet cleaners). He was
also very allergic to colored candy and drinks. In
milk we figured out that he was allergic to pas-
teurized milk available in India and also Buffalo
milk. He was perfectly fine with cow‘s milk that
our milkman delivered everyday fresh without
pasteurization and we boil it every-day before
drinking.
We slowly eliminated all food items from our
diet, including colors, preservatives, pesticides,
oxytocin in Buffalo‘s milk in India , growth hor-
Jour
Dr. Bhavana Shivu
mone and other additives in milk in the US etc.
We completely switched to organic foods and
fresh dairy products. I started making my own
butter and ghee from the cream of cow‘s milk. I
ran my house hold the way my Grand-Mom ran
it in the 70‘s when I was a small child.
In addition, my child underwent a year of Yoga
therapy and ayurveda therapy with a lot of food
restrictions and is perfectly healthy now. Inter-
estingly, since his older brother was very fond of
running and participated in Hyderabad 10 K
runs, my younger one too showed interest and
completed a 10 k run when he was 8.
I am convinced that no traces of Asthma now
remain and his lungs are not compromised at
all. I also believe that it is more than the air we
breathe, the food we eat that is responsible for
asthma and allergies, so beware of what you and
your family eats.
***
Volume 2, Issue 2 Page 17
NIMBLE „10
Q:finally,your message to the student body?
Here is a brief report on Nimble‘10 by Koganti Nishanth.
A:enjoy the last few days of the IIT kanpur campus to the
fullest .IIT jodhpur requires all your support in building
Chat with sci-tech. secy a new IIT.as for the sci-tech in the next council .it is my
aim to have inter-college fest .this is only possible with
Ankit Goyal, the newly elected sci-tech secy was on your encouragement. I would end by thanking you all to
cloud 9 after the recent success of Nimble-10. The JOUR make Nimble a great success.
team had a rendezvous with him and dug out some inter-
esting tit-bits
Q:Nimble was a great success. What was your inspira- Scientific Journalism Workshop
tion behind this fest? type : workshop
A:The need for such a fest was the inspiration behind it. Speaker : M.K. Jolly [ex- president ,IITK]
Recently when Techkriti ‗10 took place, many of our col-
lege student wanted to participate, but were simply
scared of the competition .This fest created the right tune This 3 hr long workshop was an introductory session on
of competition which brought out the new talent amongst the basics of journalism. The speaker, M.K. Jolly, is a
us. very talented person who has a keen interest in journal-
ism. The workshop comprised of 4 section where various
Q:How did the name ‗Nimble‘ come about?
modes of journalism were taken up. One particular ses-
sion was the parliamentary debate. The whole crowd was
A:The name Nimble means the ‗mobility‘ and the divided in two houses and we had to debate on a National
‗curiosity to learn‘ which is the very aim of this fest. An issue. This had turned out to be a very interesting ses-
alternate name to this fest was ―sci-tech Kridansh‖. This
sion, things started going haywire soon after starting.
was very popular in sci-tech council this is how we called
it until in it‘s primitive stage. The name Nimble was se-
lected after a lot of screening.
The debate got so heated up that eventually speaker had
to step in to stop us. Another interesting session was
where each of the two groups had to prepare on adver-
Q:What do you have to say about the student participa-
tisement on a vegetable. A very funny act by
tion in Nimble?
Dibyadeepta Mishra (ex-cult secy) had left us all laugh-
A:Awesome!!!Just awesome! The participation was way ing our heads off.
more that we expected. I would like to talk about the
sports quiz, this event had nearly half of IIT Rajasthan
participating and at some point it became very difficult On the whole, the workshop was hit. It left many of us
to co-ordinate the event. The fest proves the interest of seriously considering scientific Journalism as a profes-
the student body towards the sci-tech activities.
sion.
Q:according to you which event is most awaited by you?
A:[he answers after a long pause] I would say rendezvous
with stars ****this event was such that it would show
very boring things in a interesting way. Sadly it got can-
celled due to the clouds. The scientific journalism work-
shop was also a great event. M.K. jolly had actually left
me thinking about journalism as a career option.
Q:How is your experience as a sci-tech secy so far?
A:firstly I would like to thanks all my friend who have
lent their cycles to me. My job would have been impossi-
ble without them. The council selected by Brian is simply
awesome, they made my job fun. In the past few days I
have learnt a lot of new things like booking a
tent ,funding matter.
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Benefits of short height Who Am I

Ranu (Ranveer Singh)
Hi… I might be just 152 cm tall, but I‗m still taller than Napoleon Bonaparte. I live with
the assumption that except for my height, all other essential things are quite big in me.
"Hamari taareef jara lambi hai". You may not believe this at first sight.
The first time I realized that I am really short was when I was 11. I was kicked out of
home to Navodaya. At that time I was only 117cm tall. All seniors used to tease me. But
girls used to kiss me, and I was the only boy who ever visited the girls‗ hostel. Now I real-
ize how sweet those days were…
At break fast I was allowed to take 3-4 glasses of milk. At the age of 16 I grew to 152cm
and that's how tall I am today. But I‗m still hopeful of growing further.

On 11th Feb , 2006 I shaved for the first time and that day I realized that " ab moochen
hi badhengi height nahi". Then life took a turn. I By D. Vijay Kumar
was selected for the Regional Math Olympiad. Although
I was not able to solve even a single question and just sat there eating samosas in
that 4 hrs exam, I think from that day I was the focus of attention among my class-
mate girls and I made my first virtual girlfriend. That was an awesome feeling! I wished to be free, I am that couple,
I am that Mahatma,
Body maintenance is directly proportional to body surface my wings were clipped, killed for worthless honor,
area!!! who fought for peace,
before I even had the chance, one full of love,
During my coaching days in Kota most of the people recognized me by my short these fight, these riots,
to fly, I had slipped. dealt with cold demeanor.
height (abnormal insect). And that favored me a lot. Almost all were my friends.
did I die for this.
Sometimes, classes were over crowded. But it did not matter to me-I always got a
seat, on the laps of others. And the same thing hap-
pens during journey by bus or train (Howdah- I wished to live , I am that father,
Jodhpur) in general compartment without any I am that country,
but I was thrown away, thrown out by the son,
ticket. May be due to my small surface area Al- which bled to be free,
though I have immense stamina and can stand even when I survived, Running post to pillar,
calmly for several hours I always enjoy my small seat. I still tear my heart out,
I was killed every day. Where's the pension???.
Then the little champ entered the unknown world of IIT. Except few things al-most this is not what i was to be.
my life almost remains the same as before. Here too I am allowed 3-4 bananas during
lunch by Yogendra Bhaiya. Lack of girls and tortures by a few Mug-gas (supernatural I wished to be loved , I am that child,
insects) are my biggest worries here. I am still that bird,
but they gave me hate, overworked knuckles white,
My centre of gravity is close to earth so I can easily balance my body, which greatly which wanted to fly,
helps me in sports. During inter-IIT 2009 boys were worried cold glares and beatings, the overburdened hands,
about their girlfriends but while I was running I could easily as I lay dying,
IS this my fate?? which really want to write.
hear the noise from a group of girls saying ―OOH, WHAT A WILL ANYBODY TRY????
CUTE LITTLE RUNNER!‖
I am very fond of stealing things in front of people‗s eyes… I don‗t like to buy daily use items. who am I, I am the woman,
So please don‗t search for me at SHOP C. I never leave any eatables in others almirrah. For DDMishra
any discomfort caused, I am really sorry (especially to RAHUL JAIN, PRIYA,, RAJ and lost without identity, crying for justice,
KSHITIZ). This is my talent. All due to my small body...
I became instrument of election, RAPE, DOWRY, INFANTICIDE,
(Dibya Deepta Mishra, 3rd year)
reduced to charity. wanting only peace ...
A message:
Short people have more benefit than taller ones .Taller ones are more prone to I am that brother ,
I am that baby girl,
injuries. Most of you would have the notion that girls usually go after taller ones… but that's not
correct… Since 9th I have made 4-5 girl friends... while KEJRI ,CHEPAR,SURAJ and MORENA killed by the father, pitted against for religion,
are still waiting... for want of a boy, aren't we all Indians,

Does anybody bother?? mother Earth's son.

(TO BE CONTINUED….IT’S JUST A START)
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Industrial Visit to Kansara Roller-Bearing Mills ACHIEVERS

(Summer, 2010) This semester is embarked by a lot of ity‘10. They are also on the Institute‘s website
designing team.
achievements in IIT J, be it a techfest,
cultfest etc. Here we bring a brief report Jour: What kind of event was it and why you?

on that. Ankit: In web development we had to improve

the given site while in web designing input
Inter-IIT Sports Meet was given and we were required to build
Electrifying performances of our sports persons the site. Ours was a mixture creativity,
were one of the integral part of Inter IIT ‗09. professional and we had a lot of experi-
Wheteher it be volleyball or athletics event we ence in web designing.
rocked everywhere. We were among top positions
J: Your competition‘s web site was a copy cat
in new IITs. Bronze medals won by Priya Ran-
of IIT J‘s site . Your comments?
jani Das in long jump(2008), 400m event (2009)
and by Swathi Manda in Discus Throw(2009) A: I agree. But this site is also designed by us.
were the pinnacle of our performance. So, we used our work only.
J: What was your experience?
The students of IIT Rajasthan, who were in Jodhpur for the summer internship during the months A: Their event was very weakly organized . In
of June-July 2010, had an interesting I.V. to Kansara Roller bearing mills . BRAND PUBLICIA the future, our fest won‘t have those errors,
Shivansh bagged the first prize in this event of at least.
Vivacity‗10 , at LNMIIT Jaipur. The event was
Kansara Mills, is about half an hour from GPRA Residential Campus, IIT Rajasthan. Students left
about advertising strategy and unique selling
MICROCONTROLLER
for the Mills mid-morning after breakfast under the supervision of Prof. B. Ravindra and Prof. Amit
Neogi by buses. On reaching there, the Head of the mills gave the students a brief introduction of the proposition. PROGRAMMING
company, and its history as an international standard bearing manufacturer. He also laid down brief
Tejaswi, Arjun Pandian and Prashant Garg were
ground rules on behavior inside the mills. The students were then broken into 3 groups and taken to
CRICKET TEAM ROCKS!!! second in this event of Vivacity‗10. Under this
different parts of the Mills.
event they had to light LEDS . After that they
IIT J‗s cricket team has improved by leaps and had to light them in a particular pattern. Inter-
bounds. The team had been receiving a lot of estingly, they all did this programming with
The first part was where the long steel rods, imported from France, were stored in huge godowns.
stick recently, but they responded in spectacular nothing but their prior knowledge of C.
Then these long rods were cut into smaller pieces. Each piece was then taken and cut into still
fashion, winning three consecutive matches -
smaller pieces in the cutting machines. They were then heated and rounded. Each piece was then
against Hall 9, IIT K staff Team and Hall 4 in
melted in a furnace, and cooled back in great containers of oil. Then they are polished on the side and
semester 2 of 2009-10.
top, thoroughly in such a way that the difference is felt even to human touch. BOTS
Three idiots- Sandeep, Ravinder and Faizy
Then the students were shown the machines which checked the purity and tensile strengths of the WEBSTERS !!! (then 2nd year)got first prize in autonomous flag
raw material. These machines were highly advanced and highly maintained. The third part of the IIT J has got three web freaks- Ankit Saraswat, picking event of Vivacity‗10 in february.
Mills were where they increased the accuracy of the radii etc. At the end of the machine lines were Vaibhav and Ankur Khandelwal (now 3rd Let‗s see how..
the machines which checked the defects in manufacturing. Even in a batch of 1,00,000 pieces, they year). They won the first prize in web develop-
could detect only a few defective pieces. The quality of the production was quite high. ment and third prize in web designing at Vivac-

The students were then given refreshments and they attended a seminar on PaniPuriSoft, a daugh-
ter company of Kansara, which was involved in software development for the OLPC program. They
also developed software platforms for Apple iPods and iPhones and Android platforms.

After the seminar, the students left back to GPRA for lunch with a great experience of actual ma-
chine functioning.
(A report by The Arktik Writer)
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GLIMPSE
RUBE GOLDBERG
Jour: What kind of event was it and why you?
This semester has been great in all terms. Lot of participation was witnessed and a big Krakatoa of tal- IIT J‘s team JAVA got first prize in Rube Gold-
ents erupted. Here is an attempt to recap those moments. Ravinder: We had to make an autonomous bot berg and Rube Goldberg
which could pick flags while following a line. Cluster of Techkriti‘10
Making a line follower was quite easy but engi- (IIT Kanpur). “almost all
On August 14, 2010, the newest batch of the college was welcomed into the student fraternity. Just two neering its body was a difficult task. Lots of
Team Members– Lal materials used for
weeks after they first arrived at the college as doe-eyed 'bachchas', the juniors put up a show of talent things were to be considered, like preventing an
that left most of the audience stunned. Freshers' 2KX definitely left the freshers with indelible memories
Chand Bisu, Faizy Ah- R G were from
unpicked flag from hitting the wheels, etc.
san, Ankit Agrawal,
and, in many cases, nicknames that will last the entire course of their college life. scraps around
Jour: Which part was difficult Mechanical, Elec- Amit Patel and Kshitiz
trical or Programming? Bartariya(then 2nd lecture hall
At the eve of Krishna Janmashtami, students organized ‗matki phodo‘ which released a gush of excite- Ravinder:(instantly) Mechanical !!! year). complex”
ment. While the auspicious day of Eid-ul-Fitr was tasted with ‗sheer-khurma‘. On Teachers day, first
ever ‗nukkad natak‘ of IITJ was performed in front of the Director and other faculty members, which
This semester, Koganti Nishanth, Murali, Kiran Well the story continues. IITJ organized first
apart from being a great entertainment highlighted some significant social causes too.
Kumar and Harsha of third year , breaking all ever intra rube Goldberg event this semester.
Coming to social causes, students went a step ahead and a Blood Donation Camp was put up which barriers went to Patiala for Nexus Navigators New heroes were- Manvendra, Mayank, Manish,
which was conducted by IIT Bombay. It was re- Feroz, Hitesh and Vidyasagar (all sophomores) of
turned out to be a huge success & also received considerable appreciation from all staff members ,which
lated to swarm robotics. team Alligators who grabbed 1st position. Team
this effort indeed deserved. A total of 137 donors donated which sums to approximately 48 litres of blood.
Blackjacks and Lucifers were 2nd and 3rd, re-
Shortly, Kunal Chelani(2nd year), Amit
On Independence Day, hoisting of the national flag was organized. Our beloved Director did the honors spectively. Credits for this event goes to Lal
Patel, Ankit Agrawal, Kshitiz Bartariya and
Chand, Tejaswi, Mayank and Kshitiz (3rd year).
and the program was concluded with the distribution of sweets amongst students. Faizy Ahsan (all in 3rd year) joined the list. This Dr. Anupam Gupta, Dr. Ravindra and Dr. Vibhas
time it was Shaastra‘10 (IIT Madras). Competi-
The Films & Media council was not going to stay back, in IITJ.For the first time ever , open area films & Adhikari were the judges.
tion was semi-autonomous robotics requiring a
live cricket was put up which the students enjoyed a lot. Beside,a number of workshops were organized manual and an autonomous bot.
and ‗panorama‘ was conducted by Dr. Alexandre which was the best event. Sci-Tech also did many lec-
Due to last time mishap both teams were
tures. out of the last round. Nevertheless, performance
of both was superb and brought glory to IITJ by
Coming to sports , fifty of us went for carrying the Common Wealth Games torch which in itself brought
representing her in techfests of such fame.
great honor to our institute.

DRAMATICS
Almost all odds were against them . Even then
IIT J‘s drama team got second prize in drama
competition of Vivacity‘10. It‘s theme was ― Chori
of Thakur’s Chaddi”
I G NOBLES
List of actors and role played by them
Ankit Saraswat (Saadesaat) got second prize
Chetan Bhatsange ————— Bobby
in this event of Techfest‘10 (IIT Bombay).
Chetan Bhati ——————— Police
In this event you had to design a hypothetical
Nitin ———————— Judge machine which is impractical to use but if ap-
Ashwin ——————— Announcer plied to real life then it would solve the problem
with cent percent efficiency. He designed an
Jatin Rustagi ———— Crime Master Gogo
alarm clock which instead of giving irritating
Feroz ————————Ghajini sound, will give a 230 v electric shock and you
Dibya ——————————Gabbar can‘t opt for snooze ‗coz if you don't wake up in
first turn then in 2nd turn shock will not stop
Vinay —————————— Kalia
and ultimately you will lose your life.

(A report by D.P. & Faizy)

Page 9
Happy Go Lucky
(Episode : 1)
“Happy, WAKE UP!!”
My mom's constant tugging at the sheets irri-
tated me out of my slumber. A fitful sleep it had
been! I woke up, only to realize I was not in my
bedroom at home... I was in a hotel room, in
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 50 hours away from my
home in Chennai, TN.
I was tired, after what seemed like days of
travel, and when was sleep ever enough for me?
:P
I was here, after crossing the toughest academic
barrier i would face in my life ,(or so they
say...), the IIT-JEE. I was here, to join the
IITian world. I had dreamt of this day for so
long... And I was 3 hours away from being in-
ducted to the greatest intellectual league in the
country at the graduate level. It was Orientation
Day at IIT Jodhpur…
Giving me company were my parents, and my
elder brother, Ankur, himself a third year stu-
dent of IIT Bombay. For the past 2 weeks, I had
been harassed to hell by him taunting IIT Jodh-
pur. But currently, it didn't make a difference to
me…
***
“Lucky Bhaiyya...”, little Simi called out.
“Yes?” “Lucky bhaiyya, where does the
blue water end?”
I smiled... My kid sister was pointing to the
Arabian Sea, which stretched out below
her window. I said, "It ends when the water
Jour Page 14 Jour
My say...
The Arktik Writer (Rishi Ayyer)
reaches AKANKSHA: The first sem was exciting ,but it kind of died out very soon. It still feels
Africa. Remember the place we like a school ,and there are lot of things which you feel could have been achieved but
haven‗t, due to lack of space among other reasons.
saw the lion on Discovery?” She gazed out in
awe...
I turned to look at my parents. They were deep
in discussion about some serious topic. I
guessed it had something to do with me, the
way their eyes kept drifting towards my seat. I
gave my mom a questioning look and my mom
responded.
“Lucky, are you sure we won't be late? Its al-
ready 9:30!” My mom, always the perfectionist.
She had wanted to go a day earlier, but not a
minute too late! But my dad and me had re-
sisted, and won. KIRAN: Life on campus must be rich and colorful. Despite the importance of classes ,I
“But mom, the orientation's at noon, and the need not devote my life only to that . Putting the knowledge to daily use must be given
campus is just an hour away from the airport. importance. Learning and developing my abilities must be of the highest priority .
Don’t worry, we'll be in time...”
My mom gave me a look of surrender, as if to
ANK-IIT KARWASRA: There should be less tension, no one should dictate how stu-
say, if-you-say-so. I shrugged. Life had always
dents live their life and we should be self dependent.
been this way, right from my childhood in sub-
urban Mumbai.
***
Awesome! That was the only word that ran
through Happy's mind as he stood before
the imposing (for him) gate of IIT-J.
It was always an amazing experience for any ?
student of any IIT to take those first few
steps into HIS IIT as a student of the same.
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My say... The auditorium was a large white building, very they ran into the building.
well designed and with amazing facilities. The
AMOL: These two semesters have been extremely hectic. I feel that to enjoy college entrance path was surrounded with trees of vari-
life to the fullest there must be something exciting to do all year long, and some event ous hues of green. As they entered the main hall, the sight left
every month. Lucky awestruck. The room was packed. He felt
goose bumps as he realized that 200 of the
Happy wondered at the greenery inside the cam- country's top 8000 brains in the age group 17 to
pus. IIT J was indeed an oasis amidst a desert. 19 were here, with their parents. There was an
In a few minutes, he had walked into a com- amazing buzz in the air.. And his goose bumps
pletely new world which welcomed him with rose higher as another fact struck him.
open arms. A world he would learn to love, and He belonged here…
enjoy. They entered the auditorium well in time
for the Orientation.
*** (Follow Happy and Lucky's weird
ways, and interesting adventures
'Oh! We will be late...', Lucky thought nerv-
AKASH: Well in my opinion the IIT system needs a total over haul. The current sys- in IIT, in the next
tem stresses out students so much that it is likely to lead to drastic consequences. ously as he sat in the back of the Tata Indigo,
Students are really hard-pressed for time and cannot pursue their hobbies. which had come to pick them up at Jodhpur air- episode of Happy Go Lucky!)
port.

The air conditioner was in full swing, but he

DADHICH: For me college is awesome. I‗ve been involved in a lot of activities. As for
academics I feel it‗s manageable and everyone‗s complaining only because they are
lazy.
SONAL: Campus life is not very good . I feel like I‗ve come to another
school . Classes ,projects and studies take up all of our time. It's very
boring here. The schedule is very hectic. In an ideal campus, the stu-
dents live and work as one, and there is flexibility in curriculum
THE ANONYMOUS QUIBBLER (NAME WITHHELD ON RE-
QUEST):
Ideal campus life would be one where there aren‗t as many
classes, a three-day weekend ,sensible and useful subjects and
events every month.
was still sweating profusely, both, from nerv-
ousness and from the glowering glare he was
getting from his mom, sitting to his right. He
distracted himself by trying to make small talk
with Simi, who was too busy looking out the
window at the scenic city of Jodhpur. He could-
n't admire the beauty of the city now, but he
was sure he would later. His dad was busy chat-
ting with the driver, trying to find the best tour-
ist spots in the city.
The plane had landed an hour late. Thanks to Jet
set airways. And they hadn't even provided
lunch! And so now, hungry as they were, they
had no time to stop for lunch anywhere. In fact,
they were speeding along the roads at way
above 80 kmph, trying to reach the campus in
time. Lucky didn't know, that it would be one of
his many races against time in Jodhpur.
The car screeched to a halt in front of a large
white auditorium. The entire family rushed out
of the car at a frantic pace. Lucky grabbed a
handful of documents and took Simi's hand as
Volume 1, Issue 1
GOOD-BYE
T'was night and I was somber,
the darkness had seeped inside me,
slowly eating up my heart & mind,
it was closing victory.
Then I saw you and all was light,
the darkness crept out of my mind,
You, the light of my life,
You, my monotony's greatest blind.
The murky night sky,
filled up with rain,
my heart was yours,
never the same again.
From afar I have adored you,
never had the courage to tell,
even though the sight of you,
makes my heart ring a bell.
Love's really strange,
how hard one strives,
a glimpse of you is enough,
to last me a thousand lives.
still they say, it doesn't exist,
and i say 'please see',
i would gladly give my life,
to rest in your fond MEMORY.
People say, it's an illusion,
but then, I don't desire reality,
if being in love is devilry,
then I have no need of sanctity.
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INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO “RAJASTHAN UDYOG”
Date:21.08.2010
Rajasthan Udyog is a medium scale industry in Jodhpur which manufactures a large number of castings,
stone cutting machines and diamond tools as per customers’ demands.
This industry was established in 1974 as a project and it grew well over the last four decades.
This industry manufactures castings weighing up to 10,000 kg and the main thing is that they give a lot at-
tention to the quality of castings manufactures by them.
They were having three basic units there for manufacturing their products:
Casting, Fabrication and Sintering.
1.Casting Unit: In the casting unit they manufacture their product using split and single molds of metal,
sand, wooden patterns, core boxes and the metal is poured using overhead cranes into the molds. After the
casting the metal particles which got mixed in the sand are taken out from it and used again but the used
sand is thrown away at a particular place. The reason for not recycling the sand and using it again is that
sand in Jodhpur is abundant. If they recycle the sand to use it again then cost is more.
2.Fabrication Unit: In the fabrication unit the castings are brought and machined,also all the defects are re-
moved from them. The defects are filled using the welding process but it depends on the customer whether
the product is accepted or not.
you are in his arms ,
and I am left in the lurch, 3.Sintering Unit: In the sintering unit tools for cutting stones and granites are made. For this purpose they
need very hard tools so, they mix diamond with metal in the powder form and make very hard tools for cut-
yet I see you smile,
ting purposes.
do I matter much?
They do the quality check in the following three steps-
they say, it doesn't exist,
(i) Before the heating and mixing of metals components are recorded.
but then what is this, (ii) When metal is being taken out of cupola, some amount of melted metal is taken out and processed to
I adore you more and more, check the proportion of the components.
If they start using induction furnace in place of cupola then this step is not needed because induction fur-
even though you are his. nace directly gives proportion and also they can cast products other than iron which right now they are not
able to do.
Maybe you and I, (iii) The casting obtained finally is checked so that there are no errors and the customer is satisfied with
them.
were not meant to be,
but you being happy,
is enough for me to be in ecstasy. Improvement Possibilities:
They should start using more automaticity in their fabrication unit, it may improve their quality and effi-
ciency a lot more.
I have loved you, They should use Induction furnace in place of cupola because cupola does not work for other than iron
castings and it gives less efficiency in comparison to induction furnace.
but you don't need to reply,
Also, cupola uses coal as it's the fuel for burning which is also very harmful for the environment and the
for my love is eternal, people working around.In comparison,induction furnace uses electricity.
and now I bid a last goodbye.
(A report by Rahul Jain)
DDMishra