Snapshots from MIT

My undergraduate experiences at Madras Institute of Technology, 1996-2000

Friday, March 10, 2006

46th Batch Seniors

The time I spent with the 46th batch seniors during my first year at college is the most enjoyable time ever spent by me. They are a bunch of great seniors, the best ever. Every evening I used to sit with them in the Birla Hostel Bund, listening to their "pongal" (purposeless idle chat) where they would tease each other to endless limits. As I was from the plus2 stream, they did not rag me too much. However, once they asked me to explain why the shoe shines because of polishing. I didn't know it. They asked me to write a letter to the dean stating that as I did not know even such simple things, I am unworthy of a seat in such a premier institution, so I forfeit my seat for another worthy candidate. I wrote the letter, but they tore it off and then took me to the canteen. After that I became quite close with many of them.

Some of my favourite seniors from the 46th batch are Suresh, KTK (Karthikeyan), GK (Ganesh Karthik), NK (Karthikeyan), Giri, Sheikh, Sucha ("SuperStar"Chandramohan), NSK (Suresh Kumar) and Dileep (musician). Suresh was the chairman of the Instrumentation Engineering Association, and he is my role model in so many ways. He was very affectionate to all students of our batch and used to give us useful advices. KTK and GK used to be the prime targets of much teasing because of their "affinity" towards girl juniors. I got reminded of them so often when Anbu Smiles and Sathya went on to become the KTK and GK of our batch in our final year..!! Sheik was a fiery senior who used every occasion to inculcate the "IT spirit" inside us. NK was the Placement Rep and he used to give all kinds of fundas. Giri was the coolest senior and every moment with him would be fun. Dileep was a good player of the key-board and drums and his room used to be a music haven. NSK was the chairman of Personality Development Association and he was very helpful to me. Sucha was the ultimate star of fun. His jokes on his classmates would keep me in splits for a long time.

My trip to a "sunai" with the 46th batch senior after completion of INTECHO-97 is also memorable. The sunai was a good place for swimming and we went there by riding on hire-cycles for a long time. We had taken lot of stuff to eat and drink and be merry and it was an exciting event.

I worked closely with many of them during INTECHO-97 and got to know their capacity to pull off incredible things. They all loved Dr. P. Kanagasabapathy, our beloved HOD, who regarded them as one of the finest batches he ever taught. I am so thankful to many of the 46th batch seniors who made my initiation into college life a very pleasant and memorable experience. My apprehensions about college were completely nullified by their cool and friendly approach to me. They are the best..!!

(Posted on 06-Aug-2003)

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