Manu Srikumar ponders! "It does not really matter"

SVNIT alumni Apology / Request Letter

As most of you already know and as I have shared this news earlier, a few students of SVNIT were caught ragging juniors. They were rusticated and the alumni has come up with this letter asking the management not to rusticate them and find alternative  punishments solutions like

1. Have the students volunteer for N hours in a hospital.
2. Have the students volunteer to tutor poor high school students for N number of hours.
3. Have the students clean and maintain their department for N months.
4. Have them apologize to the ragged students, in addition to one of the above.

If you are from SVNIT, please sign this petition.

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUZsppQbD9lRZHE3djJral8zaGo2ajNqa2o&hl=en

Also, if you are still not aware of the news, read below

http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100129/804/tnl-ragging-charges-slapped-on-34-svnit.html

Twitter users, please retweet!

Meeting Placement Coordinators

Went to meet a couple of Placement Coordinators at Engineering colleges today to take feedback on how to build our Placement Coordinator product. Was amazed at how the Placement Coordinators have changed over the period of time. I still remember my days in college when the Placement Coordinator was just one person from the Faculty handling this part time. The new age Placement Coordinators work more like businessmen selling products (students) to companies. They are tech savvy, well mannered, have plush offices and are more professional. There are also Placement Depts that work like independent revenue generating entities within colleges. They make money from trainings and other tests.

India Post

Sent posters about the Campus Ambassador thing to various colleges in India using India Post’s Business Post Service. The very next day, I find a huge lot delivered at our office. By mistake, our Postal service sent it to the “FROM” address. Went back to the Post Office again and sent it again. Hope it gets delivered this time.