Last few days at VJ

VJTI

Well with the last sem coming to a close in about a month its time to reflect back at my experience at VJTI. I don't know if my life will be so chilled out ever:). So here I get into flashback mode and recall 'life in VJTI' which can be described as 8 semesters, 7 departments, 6 course each sem, 5 gardens, 4 years, 3 annual festivals, 2 tennis courts, 1 soul, 0 regrets.

First Year : The hardcore stuff

• Most people get an impression that engineering is going to be a grill. Lectures take place regularly, vivas and assignment on schedule and every one is serious about college except for may be a few mass bunks. College from 9-5 was the routine for most of us.
• The irony of the first two sems is the workshop "Minimum credits maximum efforts".
  
• Cricket at five gardens whenever we got free time was another highlight of the first year.
• The first Technovanza, Pratibimb and Enthusia was when I mostly got to know the seniors and the college as a whole.
• The lighter moments of the first year were the 9 pointers party, traditional day and other 'days' and the first class trip to goa...which i was not a part of :(
• All in all one would get the feeling that he is part of a very studious batch of students and things were going to get more competitive in the years to come. Very few perceived the suprises that awaited them.

Second Year: The transition begins - From sincere to lukha

• At the start of the second year, most of us get a true picture of VJTI. The lectures are few and most of the time we spend our time here at the famous VJTI quad.

• Most of us dozed off in the few lectures which took place :)

• But the free time we get allows us to discover our interests and participate in all extra-curricular activities like:

1. Sports: Most people practise and participate in Enthusia. People play as many sports as they can. However, I was more or less limited to playing tennis only because i was good at it.
2. Festivals: People participate in as many events possible in Technovanza and Pratibimb. Some of us get into organising.
   
3. Academics: Very few sincere and dedicated ones get interested in the subjects and pursue them in depths.
4. True love: In the ample free time we have, some of us find this too :)

Third year: The lukhagiri continues :)

• Lectures and labs situation similar to second year and the usual lukhagiri continues.
  
• Most of us continue pursuing our interests untill half the year has passed and some of us realise its time to start thinking about further studies. Some of us take up GRE, some CAT and some look ahead to placements.
  
• People start their preparations seriously in the sixth sem as this is the time when most coaching classes start.
• I remember this year because of the class trip to Shimla Manali which was one of the best trips I had been to.
  
• Overall a great year with a perfect blend of everything in it from class trips to class movie outings to festivals to academics.

Fourth year: The finishing touch

• This is year is packed with activities. From placements to entrance exams to projects it has it all.
• I did not attend college much this year so there is not much I can write about it except that this was the year when I was on top of my tennis game and managed to pick up few accolades in tennis tournaments.
• With a last few days left for the 8th semester to close, I am looking forward to make the most of the time at VJ :)

At the end of 4 years I have realised there can never be a single reason to come to VJTI, because if you are coming here for:

1. Campus : then I would it is the wrong decision. Its not because we have a 16 acre campus in the heart of Mumbai with two grounds, tennis courts and a brilliant quadrangle.
2. Placements: also wrong reason. Its not that we have the best companies coming to campus and students ending up with multiple job offers.
3. Chilling: again wrong reason. Its not because we have the best class trips, outings and festivals.
4. Academics: once again wrong reason. It's not because we have the best players with excellent track records on campus and some of the best industry people coming for seminars.
5. Extra-curriculars: Wrong reason again. Its not because we have three annual national level technical, cultural and sports fests each year having participation from all over the country and teams from the college winning at a number of competitions

But if you are at VJTI for all the above reasons, you are at the right place!
आमची आई तुमची आई वीरमाता जीजाबाई
Cheers
Jyot

My first post

Based on the suggestions of the die-hard bloggers in VJTI and their insistence on me starting a blog I decided to start this blog. I really didn't have any idea of what would I write on my blog or even on my first post. But then I realised that there are so many things to talk about this would where anything is possible. 

Since there is not much I can write in this post, I will elaborate the suggestions that I received when I discussed starting my blog with the VJ bloggers during the lunch break in college.

1. the blog should have my nick name ZYOT ...well i really wanted to incorporate this but felt jyot would be better and didnt really prefer something like zyotsir cos it would make me feel like a prof :) 

2. the blog could help me talk about my college experiences....which i will definitely use it for in the future :)

3. the blog would help me get valuable comments on what happens in my life...defi waiting for these :)

These are the ones I remember ... Hope you guys make use of the comments section to remind me of the points we had discussed that day.

Cheers 

Jyot