“My eyes were glued to the monitor and my hand clung to the mouse even as I strained the tissues in my nervous system to work towards arriving at a possible solution for the question that glared at me. In this process, I directed every cell in my body to gather that extra iota of energy required to crack the test. And why wouldn’t I? For god’s sake, I was taking the Common Admission Test (commonly known as CAT) conducted by the 7 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission into their coveted post graduate programmes in the field of... Read→
Hate it, fear it, play it down or simply ignore it – it still keeps coming back to you. ‘It’ gives sleepless nights to parents and is the epicenter of unending trauma for happy-go-lucky youngsters. Final year degree students and engineering undergrads might have already realized what ‘it’ is all about. ‘It’ is the oft heard (rather, disliked) query – “What next?”
Life, as a whole, greets us with questions at every corner and is quite merciless in doing the same. More often than not, students who’re on the verge of graduating,... Read→
Every living, animate creature in the world shares a common thread in one aspect- Dreaming. All of us dream, of our passions, our goals, our desires and of course, of loved ones. But, how many of us are ready to walk the extra mile to realize our dreams?
Meet Captain Chaitanya Kartheek, a pilot and an instructor with a leading airliner, all at 21 years of age. At an age when guys are busy burning the midnight oil, chalking out plans to woo their girlfriends, Chaitanya Kartheek (CK, as he is affably referred to), is ruling the skies. Having learnt... Read→
After a rather long, dreary and extended break that stretched into more than two months, students of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology (CBIT, Gandipet) returned to their campus on the 13th of July, 2009. “I can’t wait to get back to college”, yelled Ram, a 3rd year student when contacted over phone during the holidays. Such was the enthusiasm and excitement running in the veins of students that some of the shopaholics didn’t mind emptying their wallets to get fully geared up for college.
Contrary to their expectations of a red-carpet... Read→
It was 11:30 p.m. in downtown Hyderabad. The wind was at its fiercest best stepping up its howling with every passing minute. Pravallika was sprinting back and forth in her room with the restlessness akin to a tiger waiting to ambush its prey. Occasionally, she would peep through the door to ensure that her parents were fast asleep. Normally, tenth graders her age would’ve been sleeping by then but Pravallika had other intentions; she had a task at hand. Hypnotized by a self-cast spell, she walked to the telephone, lifted the receiver and dialed... Read→
“150 cc displacement; 10.6 KW power @ 8500 rpm; 0-60 kmph in 5 seconds; 5 Speed Constant Mesh Gear Box; Tubular Diamond Type Chassis”. Meet Bharat Kumar, a CBIT student and an avid biker at heart. One mention about his bike and you cannot help but marvel at the speed with which he rushes through its specifications. “My bike, Hero Honda Hunk is the best in the 150 cc segment as of today,” he adds with a glint in his eye, “…because muscles matter!”. Bharat is part of the increasing number of gen-next brigade, who value their bikes... Read→
“Oh! Isn’t life a terrible thing, thank God?”. This statement was quoted by an earthling by the name Dylan Thomas. How true its essence is in today’s times! For the average citizen, activity is the norm of the day. We wake up, we slog, we sleep; We roar, we fiddle, we meddle; We spurt, we dream, we conquer; We forget, we fret, we cry; We punish, we pester, we persist, we exist. So lost are we in an imaginary illusion that we, sometimes, curse our relentless endurance. So obsessed are we with our savoir-vivre (social ambition) that we,... Read→
Krishna Priya (KP) is one of the brightest students of her time. Having secured a 2000-odd rank in EAMCET, she enrolled herself into the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) branch in Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Technology, Hyderabad. All the days before the colleges started were filled with anxious moments as she waited with bated breath for a totally unfamiliar experience; a 4-year roller-coaster ride- the ride of her life. Finally, the day had dawned upon her; the moment had arrived. The college bus was scheduled to arrive at 7:45... Read→
The dictionary defines Nirvana as, “beatitude attained by extinction of individuality.” All the animate creatures who witnessed the proceedings of Nirvana ’09, the annual cultural fest of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT), Gandipet on the 4th, 5th and 6th of March, 2009 would claim to have attained it, albeit in a different sense. Spread over a span of 3 days, Nirvana stands out among the hundreds of stereotypical fests in the state for its uniqueness, innovative themes, novel conceptualization and of course, planned execution... Read→
26th, 27th, 28th February, 2009
“We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one’s own feet.”
-Swami Vivekananda
How true! Taking a cue from Swami Vivekananda’s preachings, the management of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Gandipet, Hyderabad decided to give its students a much-needed, well-deserved break from academics. The outcome-‘SHRUTHI’, the three day annual cultural festival, held on the 26th, 27th and 28th of February,... Read→
