March 21, 2005

ChemInsIghT

Last few days were really toilsome. We had been busy conducting ChemInsIghT, the annual techno fest of Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Being the General Secretary of the department, I had the responsibility to ensure that the fest be a success. It was on March 12-13th and around 40 participants came from all over India, mostly were from south. In the beginning we had some problem in accommodating them but finally everything was handled easily and effectively by Rahul and some second years. Thanks yaar! For your immense support.
This time money wasn’t the problem, we got more than one lakh and it was all Poddar’s efforts. He made it possible with magnificent managerial skills. It was such a nice experience to work with him.
All the events were excellently conducted but the main attraction was the Panel Discussion. We called Soura, one of our alumni currently working with ITC and Prof. Anupam Basu from computer science department to share their views. I am thankful to both of them for gracing the function by taking out some time of their busy schedules. Other panelists were the professors from my department. The topic was “Are we Chemical Engineers loosing to the field of IT”. The discussion was so absorbing that none of us could let ourselves away from discussion.
Later I, Ashish and few of my friends had dinner with Soura and Sonia (his colleague). I, swati and Sonia were the only non alcoholic persons over there and rests were boozing and fagging.
The Following day was quite good too. We had few events like Quizzing and Coding followed by a closing ceremony. Everything lived up to expectation.
All the professors were quite happy and they were appreciating us for our strenuous efforts which made the fest a huge success.
Later in the evening Ashish, Rahul and I were with Suma and Sudhira, participants from Hyderabad. We roamed around the campus and talked on various matters. It was a great moment to be with them. They had an unending complaint list. They were unhappy about the accommodation in particular. We apologized for it and assured them not to repeat the same in future. We laughed on various trivial things and it was a memorable night to be with them.
These days I have developed a kind of hobby of interaction. I always look out for some one to talk to and try to take a glimpse of his/her feelings.

The best part of chemInsIghT was to manage different things, working with many people and interaction with Suma and Sudhira.
See!! I am still chatting with Suma and learning Telgu from her. :)