A sense of uncertainty hovers in the minds of the students who are on the verge of completing their graduation this April/May. The students are almost in a race against time with time almost invariably winning. To select any particular career option from a pool of options available to them is something which makes every student ill-at-ease. No career option seems right to them and there’s no option which doesn’t appeal to them. There’s not a single career option which they could safely cross out from their list, and ironically, not a single... Read→
“In spite of the red signal at a traffic junction begging you to stay put until it turns green, you choose to ignore it and speed away on your bike. WHAM!! You almost collide into an elderly person crossing the road and while you’re in a hurry to make a quick getaway, you hear the person muttering something about ‘Lack of Civic Sense among the youth today’. Wait a moment! When did we last hear the word ‘civic sense’? We must have last heard it when the social studies teacher at our school, in her belief that we would be growing up to... Read→
‘Infosys’, the dream company to work with, for many students has played host to the students of ACE Engineering College on 6th February, 2010. This has been the second visit for the students of ACE Engineering College to the Infosys Campus, the first being in the month of August in the year 2009. The visit was a part of the program ‘CAMPUS CONNECT’, an initiative by the Infosys. Its aim is to make the students get a hang of what goes on in a Multi National Company like Infosys.
It was with great expectations that the students of... Read→
Valentine’s Day 2010 was not only a day for lovers but also was a day for the GATE applicants to have a crack at the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) which is the gateway to enter into the prestigious IITs and NITs. Students/Applicants wanting to do M.Tech appear for the GATE examination which is normally held in the 2nd week of February every year. A lot of B.Tech students and others wanting to pursue their career in M.Tech sweat it out the whole year to appear for the GATE examination, which is considered to be one of the toughest... Read→
A two-day national level workshop on MULTILAYER PCB DESIGN and MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGIES was conducted in Ace Engineering College on 18th and 19th December 2009. The workshop was organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and the Department of Computer Science of the college. The whole point of organizing this workshop was to bring awareness of the boom in the PCB making industry and that it is one area where the prospects of getting employed and making headway success is relatively more.
Preparations for the workshop... Read→
“I swear this is the coolest channel on this damned idiot box, this simply rocks,” is what Anup Raj, an engineering student has to say about the MTV channel, which is probably the only channel which the youth of today watch on a very regular basis. “It’s an absolute time pass and truly entertaining,” says Rohit, a 3rd year student, vouching for his favorite TV channel. It’s not just MTV, but also channels like channel [V], VH1 top the favorites list of most students.
Basically, it’s the VJs and the hosts of the channels that really... Read→
“Just won a thousand bucks, thanks to my sheer batting talent!” exclaims Arvind Kumar, sporting a broad grin on his face. It’s not any cricket franchisee or club which paid him for his batting prowess, but it’s the money which he ‘won’ in a ‘bet’ match. Yes, bet matches are as much competitive and lucrative as the matches we see on television, though the prize money differs by a considerable margin. Matches with prize money as high as Rs.5000 are played although the prize money is mostly in the range of Rs.500-1000.
Graduation... Read→
What can be bought for 1 paisa in today’s times? Well, “isn’t the denomination of paisa extinct?” would be the most common reply. But, when the same question is put to a student, he would say, “The value of one paisa is ONE priceless message.” Many of the service providers are cashing in on the now-extinct currency denomination in the Indian history i.e. the paisa. Messages can be sent at a rate of just 1 paisa per message or 2 paisa per message, depending on the service provider, thereby encouraging the users to send more number... Read→
The cricket season’s back in the circuit bringing back the smiles on the faces of all the sport lovers. Yes, the euphoria surrounding cricket is back, not just in our nation but it has captured the imagination of every sports lover across the globe. The season has already begun with a bang with the ‘ASHES’ involving the traditional rivals Australia and England, which extended further with a 7 match ODI series played between the two teams. India got back to business by winning the ‘COMPAQ’ Cup Tri-series which incidentally saw team India’s... Read→
Quite a horde of eager and anxious students and equally excited parents by their side, were seen on the 11th of September, 2009. A new batch of students was welcomed with open arms by the students and management of Ace Engineering College on this day. Yes, the long wait for the counseling has finally come to an end, putting to rest the days of suspense for the students, who were nerve wrecked as to which college they would end up in. (Picture – Kudos for organising the event without a hitch! Credits: Insanity Personified)
Four different... Read→
