Technology Session from SamCys Pvt Ltd.

Today, we had the pleasure of having visitors from SamCys who wanted to have an interactive session with the students. The interested students took part in the talk, which was part motivational and part technical, its whole incomparable.

Students interacted with professionals from SamCys for over 2:30hrs from 10:35am in the morning and also found a nice learning experience. About 118 students opted to participate in the event from the batch graduating in 2012, spanning ECE, CSE, IT and EEE.

Self-Discipline: PITS Students show us how ...

As the members of the Faculty members contribute their best with the motivation of management, it is wondrous to see results of their arduous efforts. It is in the behavior of students, as they mature, that the contribution of the teaching community is best realized.

Today, I witnessed an event, not singular, but exemplary of students (of PITS) enforcing self-discipline. During the Project Coordination Hour allotted during the morning session, it was found that a few students ended up creating a bit of a mess on the floor after having had biscuits inside the Tech Lab.

This was immediately noticed, and we asked the students as to who was responsible. Two gentlemen, who had signed up for the terminals near which the biscuit crumbs had fallen took up responsibility, skipped their Lunch, went to the Housekeeping Department, got Mops and cleaning equipment, and gave the lab a thorough clean. In the process, the lunch-break being short, they lost their own opportunity to have Lunch.

e-mail Issues and Solutions (Advisory)

This advisory is specifically for the student generation of today. Everyone uses multiple online identities for e-mail and social networking. Many of you do not use multiple sign-in nor use multiple browsers to manage your various accounts simultaneously, thereby missing e-mails sent to other accounts or sending professional emails from accounts you did not originally intend to use.

 Remember to use your "Firstname Lastname" (e.g. "Sunil Baskar" in my case) and the actual email address specifically the name part of 'name@domain.ext' should be professional and not a pet name or nickname by which professional conversations cannot be addressed to you in future. I use firstname.lastname@domain.ext as sunil.beta@parisuthamtech.co.in to make access easier.

Read on for the Twelve Commandments of using e-mail effectively.

Indian Economy and Education

Attempts at Correlating Indian Education and Economy have always been difficult. The needs of the Industry are increasing in terms of the number of people needed. Too many myths cloud Higher Education creating a fog of uncertainty. This however is the situation of 'needs', while the actual solution available to satisfy true Industrial needs has not equated.

Is it the system of education that is affecting this? Is it the 'Future Shock' that this generation of youngsters are facing that is exposing them to a mass Attention Deficit situation? Is the cultural shift in India in a critical phase of transition where parents still support their children who have grown up enough to support themselves, thereby stalling the transition to self-driven, self-supporting individuals? The questions we could ask are innumerable.