Life after IT

Long time no post from me... Satish actually complained. I'm flattered someone other than me actually follows the blog :)

What shall I write about ? Woh alumni waali feeling ab tak set in nahi hui. I still see everyone every weekend, hear about the latest buzz in IT, in their lives... Lots of interesting gossip :p-but we'll take that offline.

Met the new i team briefly - went into flashback mode remembering our i team :). So many memories..did we do all that in just 1 year!!!

The most amazing thing thus far is that the important things haven't changed. When I speak to Sumukh or Punya has a fit (notice I said Punya :p) , or Ram argues with me or Vinni tries to explain something he knows I wont agree too...-it's easy to forget the different lives we lead in different cities now.I'm glad the connect remains.

Have a blast guys.This is a truly fantastic year as far as memories go. Show everyone that IT truly rulz!!

P.S.- Tell i team to start posting !!

I Team Interviews

What an experience! Interim Team interviews are finally done. What an awesome lot for the IT Team. They totally rocked!

Got 37 applications and it really was not easy to choose amongst them. Everyone had something new to offer, other than of course web consultancy. It’s a new trend. People earlier used to say IT Team does Wifi. Now they are more like - IT Team does Web Con. Lol!

Looks like we have a tough semester ahead; and would aim to break all previous records. But more than that, it’s important that we mould them into what could be an awesome lot! Six senior team members from various backgrounds have enough experience to mentor and lead from the front. Of course I am the bakra!

Applications Invited

So we did IT yet again! Here is how we did it!
Unlike the usual presentations we made, this year we added yet another element - WOW!

Setting a SIBM example

The most photogenic team ever!

Who's IT for?

Senior IT Team, 2007 - 2008

Senior IT Team, 2007 - 2008

From Left: Mohit Pal, Ram Rao, Vineet Rajan, Punya Luthra, Subhajit Saha, Vishal Sukheja

Miss my bachchas

The council room is empty... No cartoons on the whiteboard, no litter on the desk,no bags to trip over, no movies being downloaded on the desktop, no music playing - it's eerie...
I want to rewind to 2 sems back- interviews, i team, j team. ADdIcT, deja Vu times, Bank of Mah project times, summers and crp. I want to allocate work and debug errors.
I want to Reena-proof documents and have meetings in Barista again.


I wanna solve Vishal's doubts n resolve Tunya's tears.
Miss my bachchas...

Management Day '07

Management Day arrived with much fanfare. As always, it was accompanied by a flurry of activity with the silver jubilee alumni reunion happening in the morning and odd jobs to finish in the afternoon. We sat in the council room Vinni (new IT coord) n me absorbing the day which both of us would never forget.
So it began..long-winded speeches, awards and finally, the much-awaited culturals.As I watched the new exec council take their oath of office, I was utterly overwhelmed by a feeling of deja vu as I saw their excitement, the enthusiasm of the batch, the sheer magic of the moment.Has it been a year already? Where did time fly??
We got an award for building the SIBM brand while someone wondered in a parody what 10 people do in IT-all on the same day :). T'isnt work at all- we just do what we love and it translates into brilliant results.
Time to form senior teams now and then we shall hang up our shoes and try our darned best to deaddict ourselves from the everyday pull of IT. Good luck to the future senior team. Do great work , have fun and never let go of the energy and madness that makes IT such a fantastic place.

It team awarded for building the SIBM Brand

Handover on Management Day!

The beginning of the end...

Sem 4 is simply whizzing past - much faste than I want or like. My seniors kept reiterating that I ought to sit back and smell the roses so to speak but I never really paid attention.Suddenly I realise that I'm almost done.
CRP came and went... as di hols, Goa, classes..and now Transcend is round the corner followed by management day.
Management day last year was particularly memorable. It was the day I officially became coordinator. It's been one hell of a year - loads of work, lots of laughter, tons of crazy moments that only IT can have and the most fantastic teams ever. I'd do it all over again if I could :).
Time for new blood to take over and do better. The process is underway. I look forward to the many proud moments that the future s-team is sure to bring me.Good luck guys.

CRP fever

It's that time of the year again...the most dreaded and yet eagerly awaited CRP is here. Enless ppt's, stretched processes, sleepless nights, frantic reading, high stress levels..the signs are unmistakable.
Me happily placed and relieved. Laterals was a fun experience. No cut throat competition here- everyone is an expert in his own right. I was blessed to be surrounded by supportive folks and a jteam who never let me consider feeling dejected. The documentary crew who tried to film crp stress only got on film a lot of bad jokes and camaraderie. Offers were aplenty ...n so were decisions..How much is too much? We all wanted the perfect job with the perfect profile and the big bucks. It's tough when you're sure of what you want and tougher when you dont :)
N CRP is over just as suddenly as it started..and I dont know what to do with myself anymore :).

Shades of Grey & blue

Its coming and its coming fast...and i can see it on the faces of Reena, Sumeet & Sumukh...
Sumeet delves deeper into his laptop...while Reena keeps changing her CV by the hour..Sumukh goes into hibernation..while UV takes his vacation..Virtual IT team member is finishing the last books on the planet..Definitely something in the air i cant smell ..

Life does go quick here.In couple of weeks it would have been six months in pune..Where did it all go ? No idea.But the gist has the IT team in the foreground. Through murky laptop delivery places, head banging on the addict code, enabling wi fi on IT disabled people its all there fresh and staring in my face. Thats just us ..Now i hear people planning of trips to goa and planning pre farewells...feels strange..

Let me get back to what i started off with. All the best to you guys. Doing well and making us proud you will do.There is no element of doubt about that.


Luv

Ram

Another semester done

Drunk Iteam

Launch of ADdIcT

Summers Day Zero

Virtual IT cooks for us

Sem 3's also done.Time seems to be whizzing past.Before we know it, we'll be starting with CRP. It's been an interesting sem team-wise.Iteam got formed and dissolved or dismantled as Punya likes to imagine.
Bachchas had their summers and then the jteam came in. Ana and Mohit joined our existing set of madcaps.I trust they will be madder- I ain't the freak magnet for nothing after all ...
Interesting piece of trivia- the maximum I've actually scolded any of them is about 40 seconds they claim ..
Last sem to go now..many more memories just waiting to be created .I'm sure this will be the most memorable sem of all.

Coke send our babe magnet a parcel


UV's bro visits ( yes- XY himself!!)

The IT Logo..

This blog would be totally incomplete without our beloved Logo....

And Now.. a word from Mr. Sumukh Sharma.. clap clap clap

I've been wanting to write a post ever since this blog was created.. but considering that I've been training to become a manager these past couple of years.. i was looking for someone else to do the writing. No one works! and I'm too lazy anyway...

So I'm gonna keep this short.. the primary reason being that i'm currently doped on too many medicines and my attention span is shorter than that of a fish abhi.

The IT Team's been part of my life at SIBM ever since I joined. Been part of the I, J and S teams.. and never thought once of leaving it. It's the funnest place to be in the council.. and we define how we work ( or more importantly what we dont do! ) Reena n i have been the only ones who've carried on since the i-team.. and we share a very special bond. Made loads of good friends along the way.. and man had tonnes of good times.

Of course... our S-team rocks today! sumeet is a great guy.. and i hope he finds a good "Wife" soon. He's the butt of our jokes.. but takes them all in his stride.. and of course.. my partner in crime whenever it comes to takin Reena's happiness.

UV's been the butt of the i-teams jokes of late ( Tunya is to blame) but he's a great punjabi munda as well. Of course.. the bugger jus snickers side main baithe jab main aur sumeet reena kee le rahe hote hain.

I think we had a fantastic i-team.. more than a junior team.. we made really good friends. that's all set to continue in the j-team as well... hopefully thoda kaam aur karenge ( :-P) .. so we can hang our boots comfortably.. and just come to the council room to have fun.

Of course... the pics will keep on goin up.. we now have a junior team member/ photographer in our ranks ( dont be fooled Ram.. we took u only for the camera) and so will the kisse. This was a just brief intro.. and I'll keep posting more in due course..

Who knows.. someday i might even post Sumeet's scandalous pose picture on this blog..

Till next time...


"the Brash one" and "amazingly talented one" as well
Sumukh

PS:: Vinnie.. You forgot to include really really bad jokes tht come in between all our conversations in the IT Team..

Algorithm for the typical work day @IT team

Step 1: come to college, litter the IT room with bags all over the place.

Step 2: www.orkut.com

Step 3: get scolding from reena and and go back to Step 2. continue till you get the 'look'.

Step 4: Address issues like "My wifi is not working!". god atleast say my laptop's wifi configuration is giving a problem. if the subject is cute, stall and give fundas like satellite link down. also try for her phone number while you are at it.

Step 5: entertain some dumb people who cant get to type their name in a word document. Return to step 4, if the subject involved is cute and hot.

Step 6: lick LAB Lord's ass; if lucky might get to see sumukh and Lab ASS in an expletive battle. Enjoy the fun. Keep repeating step till desired 'result' is achieved.

Step 7: discover that our logins have been removed by rajesh and can no longer work from the IT room. go back to Step 6.

Step 8: Work allocation from Reena, go back to Step 2 and Step 3.

Step 9: NCC time, carry meetings to this place for serious fun.

Step 10: decide on movie timings and work out logistics.

Step 11: www.katz.ws

Step 12: Get blasting from ram for blocking the download ticket. balls to him. Return to Step 11 after 57 minutes.

Step 13: Reena gives that look, all windows closed. Pretend to be working on emails she sent for the day. go back to Step 2.

Step 14: Meeting time again. Decide on the next meeting. Continue steps 11 and 12 during the meeting. Move to step 4 and 5 during meeting if 'need arises.

Step 15: Decide on Dinner and 'discuss' critical IT issues like how to flog chetan.

Step 16: Execute step 10. Discuss 'work related issues'.

Step 16: Go back home and log on to gtalk. Pretend to work with the Busy status message. give assurance to reena about the work being done. at all costs avoid the 'look' getting transferred by net. typically comes as "hmmmm".

Step 17: Sleep. The End.

Senior IT '06 on Management Day

This was the Senior IT Team of 2006. Since they're too lazy to post, here's a brief intro. Left to Right are Puneet, Disha (Coord) , Sudhir, Raksha and Vikram.

Points to note- Puneet n Disha were the cutest couple in college; Sudhir was the laziest ever; No one compares to Raksha when we talk of accident-prone; Vickie is the most awesome creative ever. ..

ADdIcT

Lots of you have asked to see ADdIcT. So here's a teaser..... I'll leave the screenshots bit for the ex-Iteam to post cos they were the ones who made and so it's only fair that they get to show it off.

Some pics of IT Team '05

Rohit wants some of their pics up as well-so am stealing some from Orkut

Love IT... :)

YIPEES to the IT blog...we finally have it..n all thanks to vinnis puppy-dog looks that reena just couldnt say no to ;) 3 cheers to vinni n kudos to reena!

IT team has become a home away from home, u shud have seen the expression on every1s faces wen we were told we r back in the j team....we packed

out boriya-bistra and marched into the council room, without having to ask ne1 to grant us permission (hehe!), and poor CIT rahul, this time he cudnt complain of us being there...hehe ;)

and the sigh of relief that came from not carryin our bags everywhere..coz v dump them in the council room...yay!! which ofcourse ms.coord, we shall arrange properly in the cupboards provided n not literally dump them ;)

and of course, for the gamin freaks of the team aka ram vineet vishal...n now mohit i presume, ad hoc n good wifi...wifi to this people!! ;)

we can think of more IT team dinners again...coz our meetings at ncc n barista n yanas etc rock ;)

oh n for the first time, we had a 3 hour long meeting...phew! thats a record for the team till now....;)

on a serious note, this is to all the members of the team, s team , ex i team, present j team, n specifically to the 2 new members ana n mohit aka 'pinki' ;).... its the

best place to be in the college...once u in it, even finance n kalidas cant keep u away from it for 2 long :) n like reena said, u cant imagine having a life wdout the team

;) oh n there is loads of work, we kno from the 3 hr meetin, but then work in the team is made fun :)

to end with..this is the first set of uv jokes that go online...

 

1 whats uvs brothers name? ... xy ;)

2 how many elder siblings does uv have? 10...ab,cd,ef,gh....

3 what wud his siblings be called if they were born in greece, cyprus, albania, bulgaria? alpha beta, gamma delta...

hehe....i hope im not the only one who finds these funny...

keep bloggin every1...next time there shall be more on GB (aka sumeet) n skratty (aka sumukh) ;) that is if i survive after these jokes have gone online!

 

First post

I bullied Vinni into letting me make the first post :))).

Besides 2 Orkut communities, a yahoogroup and msn, yahoo and gtalk, IT continues to connect and how!!! Orkut helped me find lots of people who've been in the team over the years and fortunately they're all just as crazy and I'm certain will enthusiatically participate in our newest brainchild as well.

The team has been an integral part of my life at SIBM . I - J and now S team, I cant imagine life without IT Team. More importantly, I never wanted to be anyplace else. Sure - we worked more than we imagined we could at times but we also had loads of fun, did pretty much what we pleased and made some fantastic friends. (Disclaimer- If I go overboard, Puneet Lakhotia is to blame. He started the senti spree and now I'm in a nostalgic mood too)

Our I-team was the envy of the council as we took off to Lonavala for a trek that never happened, only to be nearly submerged along with our fancy tent as the rain god displayed his displeasure at our audacity to go camping when everything was already flooded. What the heck...we just drank the night away instead. Raksha, always consistent, had another accident....We decided not to fight fate and spent the next day traipsing from one waterfall to the next. If we were to stay wet and cold, we'd enjoy it.... We did trek when Sudhir attempted to show us the scenic route back in spite of a perfectly navigable road...(okay I confess I thought we should follow the voices as well - only they were farther than I imagined)

Jteam was a time when we truly bonded as a team and came to depend on each other in patterns that continue till date. Steam's way more responsibility, though until I was in the steam I thought the steam has it easy. Managing an iteam teaches you more than any mba class ever will.

I have lots n lots of pics and I'm going to put them up now before I get started on another bout of writing......I hope lots of you write in. My jteam is all set to blog their heart out :) and it should be fun comparing notes and memories...
Reena