Generations Climbing to Heaven This document discusses how the NITIE campus has changed over time while still retaining its core. It describes the author's experience as a new student climbing the 96 steps to the old academic building. While facilities and technology have modernized, generations of students have passed through, creating memories on the stairs and railings by the pond. The core of the campus experience remains through cornerstones like the pond, even as classrooms, dining options, and teaching tools have been upgraded over the decades. No matter how much changes, all students who spent time on the campus will always remember their favorite memories of those two years.

1. Generations Climbing to Heaven
6th
April, 2016, time wasaround7.30 in the morning. I, dressedupinmy new starchy suit, soakedin
sweat,wasrunninghere andthere and keptaskingpeople ‘where is the oldacadbuilding?’.Iclearly
rememberaguy witha little touchof smile pointedme towardsit,whatlookslike aseriesof stairsgoing
straightup to heavenandsaid‘there isyour96 stepsto glory’.True that.
Now,whenIthinkaboutit, I feel amazedthatsomanynervous,shakyfeetwentupbythemand came
downas dancingsteps.Since,1963 till today,2016 these stepshave witnessedsomanystories,
memoriesonmaking.Generationshave passed,butthatrailingsbythe pond,oldquirkyfrontgate
rememberitall.
Change isconstant.NITIE campusis a standingbeautifulexampleof it.Todaywhatwe see,how we see,
was nonexistent.Fortunate soulstodayjogintotheirlaptops, andsuddenlyworldbecomesahappy

2. place witha viewof windcreatingwavesuponpond.But, let’ssayif we getthat thingcalledtime
machine androtatesit dial through 4 years back,you wouldbe amazedorrather shockedtosee there
was noWi-Fi signal onyourdevices,nowhite 4antennarouterson ceilingsof hostels.Yes,studentsdid
struggle a lotwiththe digital oxygenof todayandstill made greatstridesthroughtheirlives.
Lot has changedthroughyearsand decades.Lothas changedhow it wasusedto be,how it is.If you ask
a NITIE alumni,whohadpassedoutin90’s, abouthow chillyitisin classrooms while itrainsand you
have to turn off the AC,what youget isa raisedeye brow.Classrooms,dias,duster,boardmarkerseven
that insignificantcurtaincolorshadchanged.
NewAcademic Building OldAcademic Building
Overhead projectorsandACclassroomswithcomfortable chairsdomake usfeel elite (p.s-highbench
alsocomeswitha beneathchamber,comeshandyat time totime).

3. I alwayswonderhowoursupersuperseniorswould feel, tohave acup of tea at 3 a.m. at Brew?How
bad theywouldget nostalgic, if theysee theystill servepermutationsof chole, rajma, Gobi?Butstill I
feel the core alwaysremainstrue.Underneaththe generationgaps,underneathage and profiles,
beneaththose fresher, passouts,there are some cornersthatwill be filledwithevergreengreeneries.
Everystudentonce steppedinthose stairsandsat onthose auditoriumchairswill alwaysremember
these 2 yearswiththeirfavorite memories.Generationandage will alwaysfade awaywhenrainscome
downon NITIEpond.
Once a NITIEZEN,alwaysaNITIEZEN.
---- By
BIJIT SAHA
IM23, 1602054
ProudNITIEzen