Can The Elephant Dance once again?

Well, after the downfall of the Indian rupee, it has become rather fashionable these days, to discuss & judge the capability of the Indian economy & ability of Indian people. We should not forget the achievements of Indians. Some of the very daunting I have mentioned below:

• The current Android division & Chrome Division of the Google is being handled by an Indian. Mr. Sunder Pichai.
• It was an Indian professor Mr. Amit Singhal who rewrite the code (Ranking Algorithm) of Google after Larry page & Sergey Brin messed up with it. 
• To my surprise it was actually an Indian professor from IIT Kanpur who came up with the idea of Google, wrote the thesis which was then eventually read by Larry page and Sergey Brin after his death. 
• Speaking of the knowledge, In 1930 Albert Einstein called Rabindranath Tagore to Germany to discuss the idea of Science and Religion.

        If we don't forget our past, more than 25% of the Indian professors are working abroad. Around 5 dozen Indian IT companies are in silicon valley. 1/3rd of the world’s software is being produced by the Indian firm. Because of Indian IT Industry IT-Knowledge from a noun has become an “adjective”. The verb Bangalored for that matter. The key operating components of Apple’s iPod were invented by the Hyderabad Company PortalPlayer.  More than 60% of the ICICI customers are out of India.  Genpact is the first company of the world who initiated the process of call centre.

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Well one can never forget the Indian Entertainment Industry. As per The Reuters, The second biggest consulting industry in the world is “Bollywood”. By 2009, Hollywood earns $1 Trillion in a year but Bollywood earns $244 Trillion in a year. There is a group of people in a village in Senegal of United states, who takes a bus once a month to the capital city of Dakar, just to watch a Bollywood movie. They can’t understand the dialogue. They are illiterate; they even can’t read the French subtitles. But, these movies are made to be understood despite such handicaps, and they have a great time enjoying the song and the dance of the movies.

And this is happening more and more. Afghanistan: we know what a serious security problem they have. India doesn’t have a military mission there. But still one can see the effect of Indian culture over there. You couldn’t try to call an Afghan at 8:30 in the evening. Because that was the moment when the Indian television soap opera, Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi from 2003 to 2007, dubbed into Dari, was telecast on Tolo T.V. And it was the most popular television show in Afghan history. Every Afghan family wanted to watch it. They had to suspend functions at 8:30. Weddings were reported to be interrupted so guests could cluster around the T.V. set at 8.30, and then turn their attention back to the bride and groom. Crime went up at 8:30. This was actually mentioned in the Reuters that at that time how robbers in the town of Mazhar-i-Sharif stripped a vehicle of its windshield wipers, its hubcaps, its sideview mirrors, any moving part they could find, at 8:30, because the watchmen were busy watching the T.V. rather than minding the store. And they scrawled on the windshield in a reference to the show’s heroine, 'Tulsi Zindabad' & 'Long Live Tulsi'.

With so much influence on the world, Elephant yes can dance once again.

7 things you shouldn't do before writing CAT - My CAT Story: Part 1/3: Registration Done

Glossary:

CAT: Common Admission Test, is amongst the most prominent way for every graduate student in India to fulfill their dreams to get into the top B-Schools in India. To register for it, a voucher is to be bought from the Axis Bank & the alphanumeric code of the voucher is to be put in the CAT website.

Delhi Metro: Public Transport system in Delhi.

Disclaimer: This is the actual story of my journey towards CAT. All characters appearing in this story are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

7 things you shouldn't do before writing CAT

PART 1: Registration Done

Year 2011, I will graduate from my college.
Year 2010, I attempted my first online CAT.
Well, I have to start somewhere, and what better than the day when i went to the Axis Bank to get my Voucher Coupon for the Registration. The distribution of the same started from 30th August 9a.m. I got a phone call from my friend Roy on 3 O' clock that its been started from morning & i had to rush because it was very important to get the voucher on first day otherwise i won't get any nearby Test-center.

Ok before starting it let me tell you who actually Roy & Sushant is, apart from my friends. Roy is a kinda guy which is characterized as a chocolate boy, always with girls, if not with them then definitely on phone, never back down attitude & often score a decent marks in the exams. On the other hand Sush is a frustrated guy, always in tense mood, no girls nothing, abdicates when in crunch situation & born with decayed grades.
      Me(On telephone): hey man wassup, where have you been these days damn it, you din't show up anywhere?
      Roy: yea right i was dancing with the paparazzi these days capturing Lindsay Lohan you wanna do the same? Obviously I am busy with my CAT Preparation.
      Me: Ok buddy chill chill, what’s the matter why you called me? Did your girlfriend ditch you once again. I wonder why you always run after...
He interrupted me & continued with an abominated breath.
      Roy: Look listen don't ever again tell me what to do, its been thousand times you spoke these lines & its been million times i told you not to say anything about my girlfriend. I called you to tell that the CAT Registration is starting today , so you have to rush.
He explained me why it is necessary to get the registration done on the first day.
      Me: God Forbidden can't you call me in the morning before you got your voucher, look man if i don't get my voucher today i am gonna kill you & its definite. Its 3 O'clock already & i haven't even bathed you Rascal.

I bid him an agonized goodbye, bathed & to hurry things up i forgot to put my shoes & went to the Bank in slippers. The time was 10minutes to 4. When i reached there a regular Security Guard was standing in front of the entrance watching me like i am an alien, wearing unmatched clothes with red slippers & freaking out. The Watchman looked like a demon from cheap mythological TV Shows - six feet tall, over a hundred kilos, big mustache & Huge teethes.  Although he inspired terror, he spoke little & was busy shutting down the main door of the bank.

"Sir, can you tell me where should i get the CAT Voucher for its registration"? I inquired.
"You can't get that today. Its 4 O' clock now & the bank is closed." He answered. Axis bank has its Public Dealing timing from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
"Its not possible sir, actually seriously not. I have to register online otherwise i probably not get the nearest center." I explained.
"Whatever may be the case, there is only one way left with that you can register your candidature....." He answered. 

I was actually thinking he might permit me to go in & for that i have to bribe him. I checked my wallet & found my old forgotten Rs.340 which i saved long before to pay debt to Roy & thought it's already a very less amount & i had to give it to him now finally ultimately. Shittt man i had to....My heart cried.

He continued, "there is only one way left with that you can register your candidature, is that you have to come tomorrow morning at 8:30 & you have to hurry because there will be a long queue in front of the bank for that."

The conversation continued till some minutes until i got hopeless & agitated. I too offered him some money, some Rs.40 for that matter & he simply ignored. Simply IGNORED like he was thinking you were giving 40 bucks to buy some chips for me, 40 damn bucks to bribe me..!!! :D

I ranged Sushant, one of my friends who too was giving CAT & i was sure he too dint go on a first day. I explained him the urge & significance to get the registration as early as possible & we planned to land in Axis Bank sharp 8 O'clock tomorrow to get in queue first.

Now its 31st August. As we planned, we reached the bank sharp 8:15a.m.

“Sir, Can you please tell me the procedure to get the CAT Voucher”, Sushant to the watchman standing outside the Bank.
“Its quarter pass eight son. You have to wait for two hours at least to get that. The Bank is not opened yet”, watchman replied.
“But you told me to come at 8:30 yesterday”, I protested & Watchman ignored us like I was lying.
“Look G i am gonna put this in really straight lines. You are an Asshole. You called me to be here at 8 in the morning because there must be a queue of applicants but where the damn is your queue”, Sushant to me.
“Sush, he told me to be here at 8:30 I swear man I swear on anything & I don’t know why other applicants dint come by now”, I explained.

So for the next 15minutes Sush explained me why I was an asshole & we spent the rest of the time sitting on the stairs of the Bank, seeing the other aspirants who came there at 9, & waiting for the Bank to open. The clock clicked 10 & finally we had our Voucher. We both went to my home & opened the catiim.in site for the registration. I was the first who filled the online form & because we were late in getting the voucher there were no slots left of November weekends of the nearest center & we dint wish to write our CAT on weekdays due to conflicting dates with the college exams.
So now we had only two options left either opt any weekday & pray to god or to choose any other center which was far from our abode. We checked the catiim site & found a center named "Delhi Business School, Badarpur Border". We chose it thinking that we could have the option of going there by metro, so it won't be hectic to find this center. SO FROM NOW ON MY CHAOS BEGAN. I filled our forms & the Registration was done.

Life in a metro...

Well i was actually answering to someone in her blog & thought to share that too in mine...

First of all its not a reciting of any movie & not even any famished storyline, its just an incident which i saw when i traveled one afternoon in Delhi Metro. To all those who are not familiar with what Delhi Metro is, it is by far the most easiest & comfortable transport system in Delhi, much paralleled with the Mumbai Local & can connect you to any place in the Capital.........if its not the regular peak hours...errrr...

And to add this, Delhi Metro has just now implemented a new rule under which first few coaches are reserved for the females.....that actually means if you are by chance a male, by chance... :D, then you shouldn't board that coaches...:P

So to begin with, its a usual Weekend for me. I was coming back from my MBA classes of Career launcher. I board the train from Rajeev Chowk & what i saw, was heart rending. The metro was about to start & i saw some ladies beating a guy of age 28 years or so, because he probably did some unmannerly thing which actually complimented by his looks & which should be done. Overhairy, a typical gunda style & so & so commented. Then in the meantime a usual bell of metro rang & door was about to close when someway a young IIT Aspirant jumped into the 1st coach. As the upstairs land him in front of first initial "FEMALE Coaches" so he had to hurry & he got in, thinking that he would shift to the later coaches. But as & when he stepped into the 1st coach, 3-4 ladies beated him like anything & pushed him to the later coaches thinking that he was one amongst those brats who just left & being beaten by her. The Incidence carried on till they got to know that they all were bereft with some breath & the student was crying. Everyone was amused to see that incidence & saw that with engrossed eyes.The student later moved to the following apartment with swallow lips.

No fault but beaten!!!...LIFE IN A METRO...

IITs Rule Overall while others Catch up in the field of Educational Technology

Into its sixth year, the Dataquest-IDC T-School Survey in 2010 comes up with its annual ranking of the top technology schools in the nation. This is the only survey engineering colleges targeted at employers not students.

As far as we all know IITs always rack up to the top, ruling the roost, undoubtedly the best Engineering facilities with phenomenal infrastructure & RnD Support. Set up under the Institutes of Technology Act 1963, for many years IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Roorkee were the seven IITs in India that were termed as National Institutes of Importance. Eventually, for a nation which is so huge in every dimension, the need was felt for some more institutes of high standard technology education.



While there were 29 new entries into the Top 100 T-School list, IIT Bombay led the pack and was adjudged the best Technology School in the country. IIT Delhi grabbed the 2nd rank by pushing down IIT Kharagpur to the 3rd place followed by IIT Madras. Not to be forgotten, IIT Kharagpur was at the top position of the list for the last three successive years. While 6 out of the top 10 ranks were occupied by IITs alone; IIIT Hyderabad, BITS Pilani, NIT Surathkal, and IT-BHU Varanasi took the other 4 places in the list.

With most surprising is the entries of colleges like Amity University, Noida, College of Engineering, Pune & Maharaja Agrasen Institute of College, New Delhi amongst the others.

Top universities surely do have their advantages. For example, many of the top ten schools have more funds and thus better research facilities or quality of student life. Since a university is an essential investment for the students future, both students and their parents want to ensure that they are getting the best deal. As per the Dataquest-IDC T-School Survey 2010, the total tuition fees for IIT Bombay is `274,926, and that of BITS Pilani and IIIT Hyderabad are `40,000. While there is no denying that degrees from prestigious

Source: DataQuest: DQ is amongst the top organization which gives analysis for Educational system from many years.

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