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Everything you need to
Ragging: Reality Check
or many years now, the students of IIT-G have
been very keen on developing the personality of
ragging at IIT Guwahati Is a menace at all!
interacted with him before. Not a minute has passed
before he dials the number of the warden/faculty
member/dean/director. In the matter of hours, the senior
is being asked to appear before a disco and is soon
know about your network
form where do you get to
F every new batch of freshmen students ever since
they set foot on the campus. Over the years, it
has escalated to such a scale that it has unofficially
Often, ragging is mentioned in a very hushed-up form in
many households across the country. In fact, this you-
know-who of college life can put Lord Voldemort to
made to pack his bags and sent to hostels Dibang or
Brahmaputra. (In the administrations eyes, these hostel
are equivalent to prisons at our college and despite the
issuance of an official apology in this regard, it will be a
discussion on issues related are been dubbed as the Personality Development Program
(PDP). A few of our more experienced seniors (and
shame! Before their arrival at our campus, the students
do a lot of 'underworld' research and familiarize
long time before the sentiments of these hostel-dwellers
change.) Take a look at the scenario from the senior's
covered. We wish to bring you freshers!) will undoubtedly scoff at this term. In their themselves with the worst forms of ragging. Needless point of view. Never mind the fact that he knocked on a
opinion, PDP is nothing but a high-class society term to say, there are a lot of colleges in our country where
such insights further. Please let us for the more lowly 'ragging'. students probably stay up at nights hoping to be able to
fresher's door at an unearthly hour. The fact remains
that he is being made to leave his home and friends is
know topic on which you would In the pursuit of a well thought of definition, ragging' has
fill bottles to escape from the other vile acts planned by
their seniors. Eventually, the freshers carry forward this
being forced to live in shame in a land that is very new
to him. His crime: knocking on a door. This incident
like us to dig out. been defined as the doing of any act which causes, or
is likely to cause any physical, psychological or
paranoia with them while entering our campus. During appears so lame that it's laughable. Sadly, however,
certain seniors have actually been subjected to this
physiological harm or apprehension or shame or form of humiliation. This brings us back to our
Society and the government of the nation has
Merry freshia embarrassment to a student, and includes–
(a) Teasing or abusing of playing practical made certain rules regarding the issue framing
definition of ragging. Harassment of a student in
any form is unacceptable. And that ought to include
joke on, or causing hurt to any student. what is right and what is wrong. What may the harassment of a senior student. Many of the
t has been more than two years and I still remember (b) Asking any student to do any act, or senior students fear the very idea of walking along
perform any act, which he/she would not, in the seem right to us is not exactly right according
I the exact moment when I saw the campus for the
first time through the window of typical local auto
rickshaw passing by KV gate. I was not just carrying my
ordinary course, be willing to do or perform.”
Though the government has India has laid down
clear legislations for curbing the menace of
to society and we must oblige to it. Students
argue that what is wrong in a casual interaction
some of the corridors in their hostel. The amount of
power that the first-yearites have is quite
unimaginable, and this sets a very bad precedent.
luggage but also loads of excitement for the most With power comes great responsibility; however,
memorable time I would be spending here. Gymkhana ragging, none of the laws are university specific. and PDP's, instead they are beneficial to the first yearites are surely not responsible enough!
understands what this moment means in life of an This article will focus particularly on the scenario at freshers. But it must be understood that even
IITian and thus had taken every care to make it most IIT Guwahati (because that's obviously what you that small interaction is serious offence nce again we are in a position to ask
cherishing moment for freshers. want to read!).
IIT-Guwahati welcomed all the freshers with great ver the last few years, (or at least since the
according to the rules framed by government
and is punishable.
O ourselves if the laws pertaining to ragging
are valid and necessary in our campus.
Every society has laws which upon which its
warmth and delight. PSC made fresher's guide and
sent it to all the freshmen even before they reached the
campus to get them acquainted with the environment.
O author's arrival at the campus 4 years ago)
all physical forms of ragging have been
non-existent. That's not to say that ragging can -Gautam Barua, Director, IITG.
foundations are built. The first year students need
to be provided with a comfortable and friendly
atmosphere upon their arrival at their campus.
On the day of arrival stalls were set up at railway station only be performed via physical means. Mental Nothing hinders creativity like fear, and a traumatic
and airport to receive and escort parents and students harassment is perhaps the biggest issue faced by the the official orientation sessionthe fos, cus is on experience during ones first semester can go a long
to campus. Buses were arranged at regular intervals freshmen students following their arrival at the campus. providing the students and parents with a million way in disrupting the student's mental framework. Many
after taking note of the train and flight timings. Name-Calling, Intro sessions, the infamous 'muski', the telephone numbers that they can dial in the event of senior students argue that ragging is the only means of
filling up of a few water bottles, night-outs during ragging. Though this is undoubtedly very essential, it bringing a first year student out of his shell. This is
Freshers week in IIT-Guwahati has been exhilarating in Manthan, the usage of a large amount of IIT Guwahati also elevates their paranoia and this is the very root of extremely far from the truth as a friendly and
the truest sense. An event a day was held for the first slang and the loaning of ones cycle to the seniors; the problem. The first-yearites who have interacted with collaborative environment can also lead to a fresher's
week to make them feel home and interact with seniors these acts constitute 95% (unofficial stats) of the acts of siblings and friends who study at any of the IITs are quick adjustment to campus life. In reality, ragging is
along with fellow freshmen. Scavenger hunt, Mr and ragging that freshmen students are 'required' to already aware of the worst that can happen to them and merely an excuse for senior students to employ their
Mrs fresher, Movie screening witnessed heavy perform. Take a second look at the aforementioned know that it's a far cry from the beatings that students sadistic desire to torment those weaker and smaller to
participation and enthusiasm from everyone. acts. Are they really so bad? In response, (as one at certain NITs receive. The other more naïve students them and our institute can very well do without these
Soon after the freshers week, freshers were clouded freshman student conveniently pointed out) one need however, are not this fortunate. All said and done, the anti-social elements.
with all sort orientations which included institute only look at the definition of ragging which forbids fact remains that we, as IITians, are among the higher Nothing on this planet is purely good or evil. Anything in
orientation, departmental orientations, gymkhana asking any student to do any act, or perform any act, section of society (we like to think of ourselves that the right amount of moderation can be termed as
orientation, individual boards orientation, hostel which he/she would not, in the ordinary course, be way) and are very different from the animals that exist 'acceptable'. The absence of the laws framed against
orentations, coffee out sessions and what not. Cultural willing to do or perform. However, the fact remains that in other local colleges and are much more civilized than ragging will only lead to the escalation of the number of
board had single orientation for all its clubs as there is never a compulsion to indulge in the whims of what the administration often makes us out to be. more 'vile' acts. However, there is certainly a pressing
compared to individual orientations last year. the seniors and the freshmen are always given a choice need to review the nature of the laws, especially in the
to leave at their convenience. Ultimately the bigger icture this. Its 2 a.m. and our protagonist, a context of IIT Guwahati in particular.
Freshers were also warmly welcomed by senior
students. Although there have been minor cases of
ragging, overall environment was healthy and friendly
picture merely looks like an informal interaction
between soon-to-be friends one begins to wonder why P particularly paranoid first yearite is attempting to
fall asleep when he hears knocks on the door.
as usual. Welfare board came up with student can be taken to increase the quality. who would be joining the campus as a result of which
mentorship program which allotted each group of 8
freshers with one mentor from third year who will clarify Director’s talk show Q. Is there a proper justification or calculation as to
many married scholars are waiting for their chance to
live in quarters. As of much construction work is being
countless doubts and guide them on leading life at IITG. how much the price of mess has been increased done already for new SAC, new girls hostel, boys hostel
Each mentor was carefully chosen. After an interaction n 7th Nov Interaction club under the welfare from past few years? and other things. So it is little difficult to make new
It is calculated on the inflation rate of the market prices
session students responded that many of their queries
on CPI, classes etc. were beautifully explained. O board organized a talk show with Director and
Deans to address the issues students have
been facing and discuss on possible solutions if any.
of goods. The increase in the 5 Rs. Last month was due
to the removal of government subsidy on gas.
constructions immediately. Next financial year care will
be taken to extend the quarters.
A Facebook page was also created for freshers to This is the second of its kind show after the first show Q. We are not given a fair chance to present our
interact with junta of IITG. The page on one side was on changing JEE format. As addressed by the Dean of Q. Why don't we encourage foreign placements? views about the accusations. Under such
delivering the expected performance but was also filled Student Affairs the roots for this kind of show were The government is investing a lot of money on students circumstances, whom are we supposed to look up
with lots of fun. Senior boys trying to make new originated from faculty student cricket tournament held and also being Indians it is our duty to serve the nation. to? This can even lead to the toiling of an innocent
girlfriends, girls calling out boys for playing tennis, last year to increase the interaction between students The institute allows all the foreign companies that have life.
complaints of room sharing in subansiri followed by and faculty. Soon everyone realized that we need a a presence in India. Since only few foreign companies The question was about a specific case where some
condolences from seniors etc. added masala to the better way to address the students and encourage would be interested to come to Guwahati for placement students of Subansiri were accused of ragging.
page. Thankfully the page was successful in restricting discussions. it is not a very major issue to be concerned about. Students mentioned that even though there was no
vulgarity. Interaction club gathered and compiled some of the Already measures have been taken to calculate the fault form their side they were held guilty. It was replied
important queries that needed answers y students. number of placements we are losing by restricting the that the students were only asked to write the
PG Freshia, a fresher's night for the post graduates of Here is the brief on some of the major issues foreign companies and if it seems that we need to allow happenings of the incident on the piece of paper and
IITG was held on 25th of august. It was a four hour discussed. them they they will be surely allowed for recruitment. leave. They were not anguished in any way and the
event filled with vibrant and charismatic performances Q. Is there any prescribed list of brands that mess enquiry on the matter is yet to complete. The question
by the PG freshers. The event was specially conducted caterers need to use as the quality of the food in Q. We all know that the institute administration is then dropped down to as why the administrators should
for interaction of PG freshers with their seniors and also mess keeps changing day to day? taking strict measures to prevent ragging and make make students to stand for more than an hour for
to involve them in cultural activities which they rarely The proposal has already been kept in gymkhana and the stay of first years comfortable. This is written submission just based on some on some
do. This year PG freshia witnessed UG participation, a will most probably be implemented from next semester appreciated But what if the first years take this as deceptive complaint. Director answered that the issue
testimony to the fact that the UG and PG barrier is an advantage and start troubling the seniors? of ragging is so serious that students have to be guilty
completely absent when it comes to the cultural events. Q. What can be done to increase the quality of the Government states that raging in form is strictly till proven innocent rather than innocent till proven
The effort put in by Ankit Dave and the organizing mess? unacceptable and immediate FIR must be registered on guilty.
team was truly commendable. All their toils were The issue of mess is very perplexed that everything is the student in case of any complaint. So the rules are
complemented by the overwhelming participation by the not in the control of administrators. As everyone is not framed by institute but are a just a reflection of Apart from these specific issues related to bus timings,
PGs and the huge turnout of students at the Manas working hard to bring in a better system no one should government's decision. It is sarcastic to hear that exam timings, permission for participating in
Community Hall. The instrumental music, band show, be blamed. It so happens that very strict measures seniors are being raged by freshers but in that case competitions etc. were discussed. It is very sad that
drama, dance and vocal music performances had really cannot be taken against caterers as they will not be seniors always have the freedom to approach the after repeated mails only a few were present at the
surpassed the usual standards of IITG and have made willing to cater anymore. Very much care is being taken administration. auditorium to participate in the discussion. We always
the night very memorable for the new comers. to improve quality and students must be co-operative in grouch upon the administration and when they come to
this respect. We need to assess the caterers based on Q. Why is the authority not showing any interest answer us with all their modesty it is our duty to listen to
daily feedback instead of monthly and if the caterer regarding the extension of married scholars' hostel them. It must be understood that if we do not participate
PSC congratulates all the students and administration
makes the same mistake or provides lower quality food to increase the numbers? in such discussions we lose the right to speak against
for making freshers time so memorable.
for more than twice for consecutive weeks then action It was a mistake from institute's side as institute was any issue in the campus.
wrong in estimating the number of married scholars
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various interesting topics and queries as well are
Techniche - Perfection Pixelated discussed with the students at IIT by means of the
forum and data on various technological advancements
Evoking the 'SPIRIT'
entrepreneurship in young minds. Blue Chips and its occurring across the globe is posted.
rom fierce competitions to wonderful exhibitions hat one moment when you dive in the air to stop
to inspiring lectures to soothing Nites, the annual online version, the Virtual Stock Market had immense
F techno management festival of IIT Guwahati,
Techniche 2012, (August 30th to September 2nd)
participation till the very end and were good hits among
the participants. Though not as expected, the Startup
The Guwahati Half Marathon
he Marathon's tag line for 2012 was, 'Run to
T a game turning goal, that one moment when your
field of vision reduces to exactly the distance
between your hockey ball and goal post, that one
was indeed a huge success! Techniche organized a
multitude of events ranging from Robotics to Business
Plan Modeling, to Aeromodelling, to Computer Coding
Showcase which was conducted for the very first time
in Techniche this year also made its mark. We had
entries from all parts of the countries, with more than 5
entries from down south, we can proudly say that
T show your Unity Guwahati!' With Papon (of
'Jeeyein Kyun' fame), the event served as a step
in our endeavour to inculcate the urgency and
moment when
you are just
milliseconds
related events. We are sure that none of you could importance of unity in today's youth. It kicked off on behind the lead
make it to all the events that were conducted in Techniche is indeed expanding its wings! August 26th, 2012 at 6:30 A.M. It had two categories, swimmer, that
Techniche this year, so PSC would the Glory Run (21km) run for one moment
like to help you reminiscing the professionals and the Spirit Run when the
captivating memories of (6km) run for people who just want basketball is
Techniche'12 -Pixelating Perfection. to have fun! Participants were rolling on the
Certifiied by the Assam Athletic net and you are
Association!
Lecture Series waiting for it to
fall into the
e have eminent
INITIATIVES basket, that is the moment when you can hear the
W personalities giving
lectures on exotic topics
which will open the avenues to the
T echniche in its 14th edition
aimed to touch every sphere
of society with its initiatives
sound of your heart beat and world becomes stationary
and that is the moment just before you win.
world of knowledge, the world of
Healing hands, Social 360, Minus SPIRIT 2012, the inter college sports championship
Lecture Series. This year, we had
One Project and Lighting a Billion was held by sports board at IITG to bring all those
Mr. Walter Bender from MIT media
Lives. cherishing moments into the busy lives of students.
labs, Dr. R. Chidambaram form
SPIRIT has been growing exponentially ever since its
BARC, Mr. Sameul Chand a global
leadership guru, Ms. Rashmi Exhibitions inception and is perfecting itself every time. The three
Bansal a writer, entrepreneur and a youth expert, Mr.
Robotics umismatic Society of Calcutta, Delhi philately,
day extravaganza was held on 5th, 6th and 7th of
his year, we were successful in reaching out to October although basketball was held a week before
Lars Hoogweg, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of
Nimbuzz, George Kourounis, a resident of Toronto, is a
world renowned explorer, adventurer, and storm chaser
best known for his television series, “Angry Planet”.
T all the robotic enthusiasts in the nation. Robotics
went national with an event called Escalade
which was conducted in 11 major cities across the
N Indian Air Force, Indian Railways, Indian
Meteorological Society, MetalMate, Indian
Institute of Robotics, CID West Bengal and EMVEE
that due to the National Basketball Meet clashing with
our dates. Also aquatics were held on 26th of
September and our team drubbed the local teams.
showcased themselves. Due to lack of awareness, the The event was inaugurated by Director, Dean of student
nation! Besides Escalade, the module conducted 7
workshops did not receive their share of popularity. Affairs and Chairman of Sports Board. The inaugural
other events like Angry Birds, Segregare, Aeroshot,
Industrial Conclave Libraria, Pacman, Robocalypse and Shadow. speech was followed by torch relay with Ratholu
Despite the disturbances in city Techniche managed to Mou(Weight lifting), Neha Tadichetty(Basketball), Vasu
t is an initiative of the student community through the
pixelate perfection , the standard of a few events scaled
Predefined
I platform of Techniche to strengthen the relationships
with the industry people and eminent personalities,
and also benefit the industry by keeping them abreast
ith enough time given to research, discuss
up pretty high when compared to last year. Many new
events were initiated this Techniche which managed to
goyal(Hockey), Neeraj Mishra(Atletics and Javelin
throw) carrying the torch respectively. Then Neeraj
Mishra, eneral secretary of Sports board took oath on
of the latest research works and developments. This
interface and interaction between experts from varied
fields of the industry and budding enthusiastic talent of
W and come up with the best solutions, this
module let's you have your own experience in
cherishing the process to reaching the best possible
carve a niche for themselves even among the pre-
existing successful events. On the whole, Techniche'12
was a resonating success.
behalf of all he playes and the championship was
commenced.
solution. The major events being- Archcraft,a practical
the nation will help encourage innovative initiatives and This year SPIRIT witnessed participation from around
ideas. A total of 140 participants registered for three day
approach for designing constructions of daily use;
Techscribe, the paper presentation contest; App
Nites - PSC Rating 30 colleges along with many other spot clubs. Some of
conclave. Intresting and diversed business magnates the famous teams clubs were Sports Authority of
Development which was conducted in association with
were present to deliver lectures. Mr. Ajay Chaturvedi, DAY 0 India(SAI), SVCC(a well-known volley ball club), Assam
Nimbuzz; Impulsus and finally MegaPixels, an online
the founder of Harva, Mr. Satish Jha the founder Mind blowing performance from Paradigm shift. Weight Lifting Association. The national level players of
photography competition which received immense
chairman of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) India badminton and Seed 1 players of Assam in TT also
participation. Almost everyone danced to roja song in
Foundation, Amit Ranjan, the Cofounder and COO of participated in the championship heightening the glory
auditorium of SPIRIT. There was a spectacular participation from
SLIDESHARE, Mr. V Raghunathan, the CEO of GMR
Varalakshmi Foundation of the GMR Group, K V Other events girls side too. Especially in Athletics, badminton and
Sridhar a Legend in the Field Of Advertising known as ush Hour the on-the-spot events spread across Day 1 basketball the participation outgrew enormously. The
The Ebru Art i.e., the art of painting in water.
the 'Ad Guru Of The Indian ad Industry', Mr. Rajesh
Sawhney the President of BIG Reliance Entertainment
and a key member of the Reliance ADAG leadership
R the campus included Twenty19.com Internship
competition which aimed to identify students for
different paid-internship positions in companies across
Due to the dull music and lack of interaction, it
did not strike a chord with the audience.
participation was not just from Assam but was from
surrounding states too making it a north eastern sports
championshi
team delivered their experiences. From COO of world the nation, Cryptophobia, Twist to win, the rubik cube
famous website to founder of most innovative social challenge, Quiz on the Move, Code wars, SUDOKU, Day 2 Amidst all the competition IITG performed very well in
startup conclave had just the right mix of people. CSI, Genesis, Easel and Sci-Fi Éclat. Spin the Web the almost every sport. In almost every sport we were
Laser Show managed to pull in a lot of crowd
entireley online module of Techniche, it has a galaxy of among top three. In fact in many sports we held more
but many of us have seen it last to last year than one position in top three. SAI gave a good
Corporate Module mind boggling questions, intriguing puzzles and
complex codes, it's the perfect place to hang out with competition to us performing almost in the same level.
ith innovation oozing out of every entry which Day 3
your talent.Have lots of fun while you learn! In funniche Overall, the event was held successfully outpacing the
W left the veteran judging panel in awe, the
Corporate Module put up a remarkably good
show! The Corporate Module, Techniche'12
this year had Tug of War, Experiments, Extreme
Gaming and Live CS.
The best of all nites, the Vilas Nayak nite. A
young free spirited fast painter from Karnataka.
As the music reaches it's cresendo so do the
previous SPIRIT and establishing a dignity of its own. It
is only a reflection of hard work and effort that sports
board put into to make it such a marvel. The trailer that
successfully conducted 'Product Launch' , which had 9
entries from every field of technology. 'Brain Child', the TECHNOTHLON brush strokes and before you blink there's a was made for first time is extremely inspiring. Neeraj
canvas of colours before your eyes! And then Mishra says that unlike last year more sports were
annual business plan writing competition, besides really eedless to mention the most worked event of
included in SPIRIT and every detail of the event has
good quality ideas, it had immense participation of 22
entries in the presentation round held at IIT Guwahati,
and 'Stratagem', the marketing strategy writing event,
N Techniche. This year, the prelims were
conducted in over 200 cities and 350 centres
across the nation. Technopedia, an online module of
we had the sky lantern ceremony which lit up
the sky so beautifully and marked an end to
Techniche'12.
been properly recorded for future reference. It is very
clear from the event too that more emphasis was given
to make the event more consummate.
which was successful in its goal of promoting Technothlon, where quizzes are posted monthly,
reasons. The first reason is the journey that we go Change and Biodiversity'. The concluding speech was
Magical Manthan through two weeks before manthan to make it a
worthwhile memory because we know what it means to
IESAS 2012 by Ms. Pamposh Bhat, the Chairperson of Jwala –an
NGO based at New Delhi, elucidating the theme of
each and every one of us. I remember watching a 'Energising India in a sustainable way'. This was
o mornings, no evenings, no nights… Rather we senior cry after proclaiming that this would be their final IT Guwahati Environmental and Social Awareness followed by a plantation drive to create a lush of
never knew what time it was! Mornings turned Summit 2012 was organized by Prakriti - the
N to nights, coffee of Tea turned into mountain
dew and the moon became our new sun, our
bedrooms became the prop rooms and the places
manthan and I swear after watching him and the others
weep with him, it exhilarated and instigated me to work
even more and more, watching my senior's undying
I Environmental Club & Social's Club in association
with National Service Scheme (NSS), IIT Guwahati
from the 5th to 7th of October, 2012. The 4th Edition of
greenery not just to be a feast to the eye but also to
provide shade to pedestrians.
The Day 2 started off with the event 'Eco-Socio
concept' in which '3 Eco-socio concepts' were sought
effort and hard work and not giving into sleep and two
where we involved ourselves … when word reached minute breather honestly touched me. The other reason IESAS also harped on instilling a sense of that could make IIT Guwahati an Eco-Socio responsible
our ears that “Manthan” was near! and the most vital reason of all is environmental and social awareness among the people institute by making it pollution free, less dependent on
There was no such thing called that manthan brought all the around us like its previous conventional energy and
sleep for the first years or faccha's seniors and first years to the same editions. A wide spectrum establishing harmony with
(as they say) nor for our second, level and composed this spirit of of events like guest nature. An open house
third and most importantly our brotherhood and it created this lectures, plantation, theatrical panel discussion
fourth years, mainly because it sense of bonding between our cleanliness drive, was the limelight of this
was their last nerve clenching, seniors and first years, which felt captivating competitions year's summit as a panel
hysterical and an emotional nothing more than pure love. I will and a newly introduced of eminent professors
Manthan. and I know that every first year will panel discussion gave the discussed the applicability
Every time someone woke up it not be able to find this level of summit a hue of its own. of the theme to our own
would be only after a friend bonding anytime else in any year The summit was lightened campus. Facts pertaining
banging at his or her door and but except during manthan. up into a glaring start by to existing environmental
when they'd look into their Manthan truly is a spiritualistic, the Chairmen of Technical and social aspects were
watches and find that they slept miraculous, extraordinary and Board and Welfare Board in the presence of Dean of revealed by the NSS group leaders in 'Reveal the Fact'.
only for half an hour or an hour, magical event and is 'a must' Students' Affairs, NSS Co-ordinators, dignitaries and A T-shirt designing competition based on the theme of
they knew for sure that duty called experience event which no first participants on Day 0 in the institute Auditorium at 6pm. sending a message to mend the present state of
at the prop room or another yearite should miss! A movie related to the theme of the summit was environmental destruction, an Online Nature
activity which they got themselves We know we will never forget all screened on the starting day itself giving the events a Photography based on snaps from the campus, an
into. You only see tension and the sweat scorching the effort and hard work we put in and whether or not head-start. Article writing competition on the environmental and
through your friends faces, the canteens and the juice we win Manthan, we will never forget the bonding we The Cleanliness drive marked the start of Day 1 in social aspects of our life in the IIT G campus, a Happy
shops were not forgiven either , and by god they were had with each and everyone, we will not forget the early which the campus was made beatific – greener and New Year 2013 Card Designing competition based on
bombarded with orders after every one or two hour morning 'chai' breaks, the experience, the fiesta, the healthier. Usage of proper hygiene, gloves and sticks natural beauty and an Eco-Socio Quiz were the other
break. Noise from the music room, shouts from the emotions, the drama, the politics, that vibe, and the love helped a strong participation in the event. This was enticing events of IESAS 2012.
drama practice area and shadow play zone and orders we felt during manthan. That will forever be embedded followed by guest lectures. Mr. S.B. Medhi, the IESAS 2012 concluded with a Valedictory Ceremony
and commands from the prop rooms and all this for in our memories and will forever remain that one true President of Assam Institute of Sustainable and Prize distribution in which the winners of various
what, was it all for winning a cup? Was it all so that we event which brought and will continue to bring the entire Development spoke on 'Legal measures for events were felicitated. With the note of planning a
would show it to the other hostel's faces saying “we hostel together for those three enchanted nights for that Environment Protection and Sustainable Development.' grander IESAS 2013, the scintillating summit came to a
won, HAHA!”? Was it for the so called 'Bondappa'? I magical manthan. Mr. Simanta Kalita, the Chairman of North East Centre, close and every IIT student was touched by the
believe not. I believe that it was for two very beautiful Centre for Environmental Education, spoke on 'Climate profound implications the summit provided.
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