ANNUAL CULTURAL CUM TECHNO-MANAGEMENT FEST ‘EFFERVESCENCE MMV' HELD AT IIIT-A

The Second Edition of the carnival of creativity, talents and ingenuity-Effervescence '05 was held at IIIT-A from 29 th September to 3 rd October 2005 . The 5 day affaire embodied the spirit of the student fraternity with a plethora of events ranging from hard core programming, gaming and management contests, to dramatics, fashion shows, and obviously the most acclaimed Celebrity Night that witnessed popular Indipop bands ‘ Silk Route' and ‘Taan-Tritz'. Students from various parts and institutions of the country descended at the IIIT-A campus to participate in a variety of events. Alok Parlikar of IIIT-A was crowned the ‘IT Guru' in the flagship technical event. The team comprising of Varun Khullar, Nishant Srivastava and Rachit Agrawal from IIIT-A bagged the 1 st Prize in the most hyped event of the fest-Cognoscentia: The Quiz Contest. The two management events-Strategems: The Business Strategy Contest and Virtuosity: The Advertising Contest witnessed a saga of mind, mettle and creativity. The final rounds of both events saw fierce battle and the team of Sumit Bhatnagar, Manu Sharma and Shobhit Nigam emerged victorious.

80 th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ALL INDIA UNIVERSITIES / INSTITUTES VICE-CHANCELLORS/ DIRECTORS

The 80 th Annual Conference of All- India Universities / Institutes Vice-Chancellors / Directors meet was held in the premises of the IIIT-A from 24 th to 27 th November. This four-day event was organized with much aplomb and became a huge success with many prominent people from the field of education coming together. The event was also marked with the auspicious presence of Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan whose scintillating performance left the audience asking for more. Also equally captivating was the Cultural Evening highlighted by the dance performances of eminent personalities like Shobha Naidu, Pallavi Krishnan etc. who presented Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and Manipuri forms of dance in front of an enthralled audience. Even the students from IIIT-A were not far behind in essaying an enjoyable evening with their dance performance and made the evening memorable for all of us present in the audience. All in all, it turned out to be a very successful event and all the efforts on the part of the faculty and the student paid off.

CONVOCATION

It was one of those events for which all the students wait with bated breaths, when the certificate of their toil is awarded to them and their untiring efforts are recognized by one and all, the day when they make their parents, mentors and friends proud. It was the day when the second Conference was held on Friday , the 21 st of October , 2005 in the sprawling campus of IIIT-A.

Prof. Ashok Misra , Director, IIT-Bombay, was the Chief Guest for the event which was also presided over by Sri F. C. Kohli, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIIT-A and Dr. M. D. Tiwari, who inspired the students with their words of encouragement. Gold medals were awarded to Ajay Jayant Joshi, Roopesh Maheshwari, Abhimanyu Lad, Sandeep Gupta and Mohd. Fuzail Ansari.

EXAMS SEASON

The time of the year when the students are tested for their knowledge and competence was marked with the arrival of the exams beginning 7 th of December. The inherent tension and anxiety was apparent with everyone drowned deep into books- some of us still searching for relevant notes and rounding up the teachers' cabins to escape the last minute jitters. An interesting period indeed, for all the IIITians and the faculty who looked forward to scrutinize the performance of all the students and how well their efforts paid off.

PLACEMENT SEASON AT IIIT-A

The placement season for MBA-IT began in November with Intel being the first company to make an offer. This marked the beginning of a successful journey for all the management students here. A host of other companies have also visited the campus recruiting deserving candidates since then, with many other still waiting in the pipeline.