#simrole

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Downtown revamp: SimBowl Lanes SimRoll Rink

Because why do I need 3 different bowling alleys in one subhood?

floor plan under the cut:

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IIT Indore – Your Gateway to Excellence in Engineering!

Campus:

Location: 500 acres of lush green campus at Simrol, Bhopal.

Infrastructure: Modern classrooms, advanced laboratories, well-equipped hostels.

Ambience: A serene environment that enhances learning and innovation.

Sustainability: Eco-friendly campus with green spaces and energy-efficient buildings.

Facilities:

State-of-the-art Labs: For research and hands-on learning in every branch.

Library: Extensive collection of books, journals, and digital resources.

Sports Complex: Well-maintained facilities for a variety of indoor and outdoor sports.

24/7 Health Services: On-campus medical facilities for student well-being.

Hostels: Separate hostels for boys and girls with all basic amenities.

Wi-Fi & Computing: High-speed internet and computing resources available campus-wide.

Cutoff:

JEE Advanced Cutoff (2024): General category cutoff ranged from 120 to 180 marks, depending on the branch.

Important Note: Cutoffs change every year based on exam difficulty and seat availability, so always check official JEE Advanced results for accurate info.

Ranking:

NIRF 2024: IIT Indore secured #10 in the overall rankings and #8 in the Engineering category.

Global Recognition: Continually climbing the global ranks, marking itself as a leading institute for engineering in India.

Placements:

Average Package (2024): ₹24.89 LPA.

Highest Package: ₹68.20 LPA.

Top Recruiters: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, and many more top multinational companies.

Dedicated Placement Cell: Helping students secure dream jobs with internships and career counseling.

Admission Process:

Entrance Exam: Based on JEE Advanced scores (after qualifying JEE Main).

Eligibility: At least 75% marks in 12th standard (or equivalent).

Counseling: Conducted by JoSAA, where candidates choose branches based on JEE Advanced ranks.

Why College360 is the Best Choice for Your Admission Journey: That’s where College360 comes in! ✔️ Real-time updates on cutoffs, expert counseling, and personalized guidance for branch selection. ✔️ Thousands of JEE aspirants trust College360 to make informed decisions – we guide you through every step of the process!

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mi casita ft. italia 

[margridarnauds]

Iconic moments: Lazare de Simrol trying to ice skate while the Duc de Simléans rolled a wish to fight Louis the Simteenth after buddying up to Simtois (Yes, I made both Louis and Artois Philippe’s brothers. Because you can’t make them cousins easily in the base game and I wanted to keep that familial relationship. So shoot me.)

[pooma-today]

#pharmacy #Principal #nursing #UNVolunteers

#UNV #indore #Vimuktasharma, #simrol #BMPharmacy

🌑 CONDOLENCE 🌑

Dr. Vimukta Sharma, 54, was the principal of BM College of Pharmacy located in the Simrol area in Indore was battling for her life at a hospital nearby after a former student of the institute set her ablaze on February 20.

The accused, Ashutosh Shrivastava, 24 allegedly poured petrol and set the principal on fire over a delay in receiving his B.Pharma marksheet. Vimukta Sharma reportedly suffered over 80% burn injuries.

The management of the institute said Shrivastava had “criminal tendencies". Shrivastava had allegedly stabbed an assistant professor at the college, Dr Vijay Patel, in October last year over a similar dispute with regards to his marksheet, according to police.

Shrivastava was arrested in that case back then, but was later released on bail, the police officer added.

The college management said that the accused was putting undue pressure on the principal to withdraw the four-month-old case against him.

Dr. Vimukta sharma, principal expired on Feb 25 early in the morning.

We team members mourn and pay respectful homage to the deceased.

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➖Azeez: In addition to actions, measures should be taken to address any underlying issues that may have contributed to such violence, such as improving access to education and mental health resources.

My thoughts go out to the family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Vimukta Sharma during this difficult time.

➖Dr Sekar Srinivasan: Such action by any student should be dealt with capital punishment immediately without much probe. That will be a lesson.

➖Ishrath: Student must also be set on fire

➖Vincent Paul Moses: Yes. Most of the students are becoming like this almost everywhere these days.

There's no job security for any of the employees especially in the teaching field.

The present youth give no respect to elders. Some foolish parents relish in what their children do even when their actions are wicked.

Some arrogant parents fight against anyone on behalf of their children even without knowing the truth.

Some wicked parents train their children to be alike.

Overall education system has become a nightmare especially for teachers or lecturers in schools and colleges.

This incident can adversely affect the career of the faculty.

Such students should be severely punished by the Government of India.

Such students deserve the death penalty for India has the history of respecting teachers.

He who did this need not realise the value of education or teacher or head of the institution but should be treated as an outlaw and a terrorist.

Political influence should not be found in support of such fellows. There should not be any sympathy shown for him.

➖Dr. BALA SUBRAMANIAN: Very sad, need some protocol methods, very sad, very bad culture of students, now they don't have patience.

Even patients fight with doctors,

Some two wheeler drives and when police interrogate setting fire for his own vehicles........

Need strict discipline at home, mainly parents, mainly mother should give valuable time and guide them. May her soul rest in peace

➖Sonal Kathuria: I agree.... Moral values, value education life skills they just don't exist anymore... I'm really heartbroken to read all this early in the morning.

➖Johnson: RIP Dr. Vimukhta Sharma.

What crime have you done to the student community as a mother and a teacher?

It is today you and tomorrow any one among us!

Today it is setting a helpless guru ablaze! Tomorrow lets wait for being stabbed or shot!

Who is to be blamed for the blind imitation of west that of their leaving the riddle of control over discipling of children? "Spare the road, spoil the child" came from "The Book of Proverbs" from ancient scriptures.

What was Dr. Vimukta Sharma's fault if a university does not have an academic calendar?

If exams wont happen at a specific time and results wont be declared timely and error free by a university?

Whose mistake is this if children have to wait years for completion of a course?

If parents and students and society are moving away from our time old virtues practiced in society who can be blamed?

Our social fabric is torn. Lets wait to witness a total destruction and a reconstruction.

But I feel extremely sad by reading this news.

💔

The National UN Volunteers-India

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1 Dead, 41 Injured After Two Buses Collide In Madhya Pradesh's Indore

1 Dead, 41 Injured After Two Buses Collide In Madhya Pradesh’s Indore

Four of the 41 injured are in serious condition. (Representational) Indore: A 25-year-old passenger died, while 41 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a collision between two private buses on the Indore-Khandwa road in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police and health officials said. The accident took place under Simrol police station limits in Indore district when two buses coming from…

[krisp715]

Indore Crime Diary: Three arrested…

Indore Crime Diary: Three arrested…

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Three people were arrested for stealing a bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs 75 lakh from a bullion trader on a passenger bus in the Simrol area on Thursday. Two of the accused were in the same bus and they were following the trader from Khandwa, while their accomplice was in an SUV. The police have recovered the gold jewellery from the accused and they are being…

[reogenindia]

Dreamland Theatre, -279894

Dreamland Theatre | Dreamland Building, Simrol Road, Mhow, Indore – 453441, Near Bombay Bazar, Opposite TVS Showroom | Contact No:- -279894

[indoremasala]

#Rainbow Spotted Today... Simrol near Indore . . #indore #indoremasala #rain #rainbow #rainbowsixsiege #rainbowbaby #rainbowtrout #rainbowmakeup #rainbowbaby🌈 (at Simrol, Madhya Pradesh, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhMn8CAMVP/?igshid=1rbz445typ9v

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IIT Indore - Among Top Colleges in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, often referred to as the Heart of India, is also the home to second oldest engineering college in the country - Jabalpur Technological know-how College, which was earlier a state of historic importance in addition to a tourist destination is now brimming with education opportunities. It is the subsequently largest state in the country and the government has realized the need for turning the people into well educated human resource. Thus one can take in a rise in the number of colleges in the state, especially engineering colleges and universities. Madhya Pradesh offers a choice among some of the best engineering educational facilities in the country. One such college is Indian Institute of Solutions, Indore. Read ahead to know more about IIT, Indore. Pertaining to IIT, Indore: IIT, Indore is one of the premier engineering organisations in Madhya Pradesh. It is an institute of national worth established on 17 February 2009. It is an autonomous statutory institution which was set up under the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act 2009. IIT, Indore was ranked overall 07 in India by MHRD NIRF in April 2016. Academics - The college offers a variety of courses to choose from that can be taught by properly qualified and highly educated professors. The college provides 4- year Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) programmes in various engineering fields. The college also offers Ph. D., M. Sc and M. Tech programmes in most engineering fields. The college has three departments/ schools in which these courses are provided - School of Common Sciences, School of Engineering and School of Humanities and social Sciences. The school of basic science seems to have Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, The School of Engineering has Desktop computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civilizado Engineering, Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science The school about Humanities and Social Sciences has English Language together with Literature, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology & Sociology. More info about SSSM ID. Campus tutorial The Campus of IIT, Indore - among top notch engineering colleges in Madhya Pradesh is located at Simrol, Khandwa Road and this campus is spread across 510 acre land. The campus offers all the facilities requested by the students be it a library or a medical medical office. The campus has a Central Library which focuses on use of Online Information Resources. The library has air trained and Wi-Fi enabled reading halls for the comfort belonging to the students. The college also puts a strong emphasis on safety and security within the students and thus has provided the students with a medical clinic possesses a security department that conducts patrols of the grounds and the residence areas 24 hours a day.  Admissions - The College is a follower of the same admission procedure that is followed by all the other IITs. The group admits students on the basis of the highly competitive IIT-JEE Techniques Examination. The students have to appear for JEE Mains thereafter appear for JEE Advanced. The admissions are based on JEE Advanced score. Top Recruiters - The Institute lures some of the top companies for recruitment like Amazon, AVTEC, CISCO, De Shaw, Flipkart, L&T, Microsoft TATA Generators and Google. These companies don't shy away from providing high product to deserving candidates. In fact , Google offered Rs. - 7 crore per annum package to one of the students of IIT Indore.

[biotechtimes]

IIT Indore Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering PhD Admissions Spring Semester (2019-2020)

New Post has been published on https://biotechtimes.org/2019/09/20/iit-indore-biosciences-and-biomedical-engineering-phd-admissions-spring-semester-2019-2020/

IIT Indore Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering PhD Admissions Spring Semester (2019-2020)

PhD Program in the Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering (BSBE), IIT Indore

IIT Indore is currently seeking applications for admission to its PhD program from extremely motivated and research-oriented applicants for the Spring Semester of AY 2019-2020. Candidates are highly encouraged to visit faculty member’s profiles at http://bsbe.iiti.ac.in/faculty.php before applying for the PhD program.

Applicants are chosen to be admitted to PhD programs through a strict assessment method that involves a selection committee interview and mere application does not mean admission to the PhD program.

Research Areas:

Oral Cancer, Neuro-inflammation, Bioremediation, Carbon Sequestration, Biosensors, Drug Delivery, Computational Biophysics, Antimicrobial Peptides, Tuberculosis, Cancer Biology, Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Regulation, Innate Immunity & Inflammation, Structural Biology, Disease Diagnosis.

Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQs) and Qualifying Examination (QE) for Indian applicants

  Masters’ degree in the relevant discipline of Engineering/ Technology (with the first division as defined by the awarding Institute/ University) AND GATE qualification,

OR

Four-year Bachelors’ degree OR five-year integrated degree in the relevant discipline of engineering (with the first division as defined by the awarding Institute/ University) AND valid GATE qualification,

OR

Masters’ degree in the relevant discipline of Science (with the first division as defined by the awarding Institute/ University) AND valid GATE qualification OR UGC/CSIR-JRF qualification OR Equivalent Fellowship.

OR

Masters’ degree in the relevant discipline of Science (with the first division as defined by the awarding Institute/ University) with UGC-NET (Lecturership) AND valid GATE qualification

Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQs) and Qualifying Examination (QE) for International applicants

  MEQ: Masters’ degree in the relevant discipline of Science (with the first division as defined by the awarding Institute/ University)

QE: Valid GRE and TOEFL qualification OR Valid GATE qualification                      OR

Masters’ degree in relevant discipline of Engineering/ Technology (with the first division as defined by the awarding Institute/ University).

QE: Valid GRE and TOEFL qualification OR Valid GATE qualification

  Admission Categories:

FA (Fellowship Awardee): Fellowship Awardees from the funding agencies such as CSIR, UGC, NBHM, DST etc., OR JRF/ SRF project staff working in a sponsored research project under a faculty member, PI of the project, of IIT Indore. The scholarship will be as per the rules of the concerned funding agency.

TA (Teaching Assistantship): Institute Teaching Assistantship with scholarship as per MHRD guidelines.

SW (Sponsored WITHOUT Institute scholarship): For applicants sponsored from a highly reputed R & D organization or Industry. [After completion of required course work, either on Full Time (SWF) or Part-Time (SWP) basis, with approval of the competent authority] (Additional Rules)

IS (Institute Staff): Only for regular staff members of IIT Indore (on Part Time basis). (Additional Rules)

DF (Defense Forces): Serving personnel of defense forces WITHOUT any scholarship from the Institute. (Additional Rules )

CT (College Teacher): Permanent Employee of the sponsoring College/Institute/University WITHOUT any scholarship from the Institute. (Additional Rules )

  Application Procedure

Candidates must apply ONLINE through IIT Indore website. This will give each applicant a distinctive application amount.

Application Fee For Indian applicants: 100/- Indian Rupees (non-refundable) to be paid through State Bank Collect. Click here for Payment; For International application: Payment of application fee of US $ 30 (non-refundable) through RTGS Click here for account details

After submitting the application online, the eligible candidate has to bring the signed hard copy of the application along with SBI collect receipt, recent photograph, self-attested relevant certificates (for SW candidates: NOC, experience certificate, last 3 months salary slips and Employer’s PAN card) at the time of Written Test/Interview.

If a candidate wants to apply for more than one discipline, a new application for each discipline must be filled out.

Applicants will not receive a TA / DA if called for written test/interview.

Shortlisted applicants must manage to send at least two letters of recommendation directly to dpgcbsbe@iiti.ac.in or a sealed envelope before the interview.

Mere satisfaction of the essential qualifications does not ensure admission in PhD program in the Discipline of BSBE.

The selection will be focused on overall performance, including interview, educational background, suitability for research in the chosen field/area, research aptitude, communication skills, etc.

Selection procedure:

For the shortlisted candidates, the selection method would be an interview (in person or over video conference). As part of the program, no particular scholarship would be provided.

Last date of online applications: 20 October 2019

Apply Online

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Faculty Members Profiles

Address for Correspondence: DPGC Convener Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Indore Khandwa Road, Simrol Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India. Email: dpgcbsbe@iiti.ac.in

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Can someone, for the LOVE of GOD, tell me where I can find horns for my Homestuck Simrolls? The Sims 2 or The Sims 4, I don’t care, just please help me! (╥﹏╥)

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Leopard spotted in IIT Indore campus, Forest Department set up cage

Leopard spotted in IIT Indore campus, Forest Department set up cage

Indore:

After seeing the leopard in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, the administration of the institute has asked its students and staff to be careful while informing the forest department. An IIT official said on Friday that the leopard was spotted on Wednesday night in the campus of this prestigious engineering institute in Simrol area, about 30 km…

[lazyfreshers]

IIT Indore Recruitment 2019| JRF Electronics | ME/M.Tech, BE/B.Tech | Last Date: 20 Jan 2020

IIT Indore Recruitment 2019| JRF Electronics | ME/M.Tech, BE/B.Tech | Last Date: 20 Jan 2020

About IIT Indore:

IIT Indore is one among the new IITs. It started from the academic year 2009-10. IIT  Indore is an autonomous engineering and technology institute of higher education. It will come up in 525 acre of land at Simrol, 25 km from Indore. Union Human Resources Development Minister Mr. Arjun Singh laid the foundation-stone of the Institute on 17 Februaray 2009. IIT Bombay is…

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IIT Indore Recruitment 2017 – Visiting Faculty Member, SRF/JRF Vacancies – Last Date 10 October 2017

IIT Indore Recruitment 2017 – Visiting Faculty Member, SRF/JRF Vacancies – Last Date 10 October 2017

Senior Research Fellow / Junior Research Fellow Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore) Senior Research Fellow / Junior Research Fellow Address:  Khandwa Road, Simrol, Indore, Madhya Pradesh  452020 Pay scale ( वेतन ) : The amount of SRF / JRF fellowship will be as per DST norms. Educational requirements ( शैक्षिक आवश्यकता ) : (i) M.Tech./M.E. degree and 2 years of research experience…

[literaryclubiiti]

Growling Shriek(s)

DISCLAIMER: This is an admittedly light-hearted conversation about the trends of our most beloved IIT Indore between two not entirely happy-go-lucky stalwarts about to graduate. Following the tradition, this can be considered as a whole-hearted, but nonetheless well-intentioned rant. Reader discretion is highly advised.

By Amey Ambade and Ashish Bharatwal

(SCENE 1: SILVER MESS)

(It’s about noon on a Saturday in March. Amey is sitting on the wildly recognizable red chair, steel plate on the beige table, as ‘Tip Tip Barsa Pani’ plays loudly on the TV, almost in sync with the water dripping off the water filter behind him. He dons a grin as Ashish joins him, visibly frustrated.)

Amey: Dude, what’s up with your mess refund?

Ashish: Motherfuckers. They should be drowned in their own broth.

(Murderous glances from judgemental postgrads across the table)

Amey (unconcerned) : Hard luck, eh? What did you expect, though? Four years on, they’d understand why you dislike them? Didn’t you get to fill a pointless form to get something out of it?

Ashish: It’s not the first time I am getting the short end of the stick in IITI.

Amey: Not the first time you’ve said that.

Ashish (smiling) : Not the first time you’ve said that. You tend to be able to predict each other’s moves after this long a swim in the shitpool as comrades.

(Random Mess Guy comes up: ‘Bhiyaa, mess fees pay kar di na?’ They look at him disapprovingly, and taking the hint, he promptly disappears.)

Amey (doubtfully breaking a piece off a roti with bare hands) : Amen to that, brother. Chal, aaj khane mein kaunsi insect species ki discovery hogi dekhte hain. Talking of insect species, what’s up with E-Blockers suddenly hitting the gym?

Ashish: Well, whaddya know? Trying their best to feel good about themselves before leaving; what were they even doing the last four years, haha!

Amey: Ah well. You know and I know. Now that everyone else is in Simrol, I don’t know what eyeballs you speak of. I give the fad a month to drop off. We clearly couldn’t give two shits.

Ashish (chuckling with disgust) : Especially now.BTW, speaking of shits, look at this - Lauki Ke Kofte. BC’s trademarked turd-sized dumplings® are turning out to be a favorite of those who haunt the Jain food counter. Tatti khaaye par pyaaz na khaaye.  

Amey (proud to not have made the unfortunate sabzi choice) : Chuck that, chal Fresco chalte hain, Snickers pe fir se PayTM cashback aaya hai.

Ashish: Yeah, I have to get a couple of photocopies too. These B-schools! Why do they even have CAT if that is just meant to be a ‘Fuck you!’ to mediocrity?

(They leave the mess, their untouched food-laden plates still on the table. The freshness outside is liberating, it’s like getting out of a green fart convention.)

Amey (finally inhaling air) : Perceived mediocrity… Thodi toh political correctness chahiye, bhai. But yes, I agree. I’ve been swamped with my MS applications lately, and they are equally exhausting. Thinking about our lives after graduation is perhaps more frustrating than trying to maintain a straight face when Batra talks. Add to that the lifelong terror that we will take away from boarding harmfully yellow buses, and lo, you have the recipe for a migraine.

(They reach Fresco, and scan through the hastily placed products. Amey discreetly picks up a Zandu Balm)

Ashish: Remember when as freshmen we were singing at the top of our lungs the lewd version of ‘Chahun Main Ya Na’ and didn’t give two shits when we noticed a furious Batra peering over us ominously from the half-open door? Ah, I miss those careless times.

Amey: And the countless number of times we partied with complete disregard for the neighbors or Digant? It helped that we had no immediate neighbors, aur guards to apne jigri thhey. But with no authorities to piss off now that everyone except us is thankfully in Simrol, it’s like, hum kiske dimag ko shot de ab?

(They’ve collectively picked up stuff worth 150 bucks but will pay only a hundred because subsidy.)

Ashish (showing his phone screen) : Hey, look at this article in ToI: Fluxus event winners haven’t received their prize money. This one guy says IITI owes him fucking 10k. Much ado about Fluxus every year. The only ones happy are the OCs, until last year, right? From what goes around in the campus, they reported earnings of 3000 from Sunidhi’s concert, and an attendance of 3000 in the media. What an absolute load of crap?! 70 lakh mein toh teen decent Fluxus ho jaayenge BC.

(They’re walking, surrounded by the white buildings with eerily jail-like black railings that have defined their time in Silver Springs. Now that Silver isn’t infested with overexcited juniors, final years are loitering in the quaint streets.)

Amey: I still stand by my idea to only have an e-Fluxus to save the money and the Kejru-level shaming.

Ashish: Haha, if only you knew e-Fluxus actually happened this year. We had a middling singer Shirley Setia adorning the terrains of Simrol. I also heard Aditi Agrawal was their second choice, now that she has her own YouTube channel. Way to go!

(They get to the lift, sharing it with the classically unconcerned 4th floor wali aunty as they hear the dulcet voice on loop, touting “Please. Close. The Door. Krupaya. Darwaza. Band. Karein.” Somewhere, Hodor’s soul is shedding a single heavenly tear.)

Amey: The terrains of Simrol! There’s some places in our new campus that look like scenes from True Grit, Blazing Saddles and Mad Max were filmed there. I could swear the dust twisters could effectively upend an unsuspecting Simmi and Avnish holding three Cormens each. Avnish will probably be ecstatic about that, too.

Ashish: It’s miraculous how so few cases of asthma have popped up given the dust bowl Simrol is and the number of students cooped up in there. We are a resilient lot, I must say.  

(They get out of the lift on the famous 3rd floor and enter D-314.)

(SCENE 2: ROOM)

Amey: We’re wasting an entire sunny afternoon for my bloody transcripts. ( He pauses to check a news notification on the antics of a certain orange unhinged toddler-psychopath.) You have to agree, though, with all the negatives aside, isn’t it actually pretty convenient to navigate around the half-built pods in pyjamas?

(They change in a minute, time is important here, and Amey reaches for his shoes. There’s no way he’s going into the arid Wild West in flip-flops. Ashish checks the bus schedule on his phone. They have bus schedules, for fuck’s sake, doesn’t that say a lot by itself?)

Ashish: Yes, but that doesn’t outweigh having no good food, good booze and good company in a ten-kilometer radius, does it? Taste Butts? Screw you, Rohan Rathore.

Amey (disapprovingly) : No cash, only college Smart Cards accepted. And you have to try the infamous Chicken Fried Rice. Nothing screams appetizing as half-cooked rice with boiled chicken bits and spring onions sprinkled on top to emphasize the near non-existent efforts that went into serving it. Maybe if our batch was shifted to the forsaken place too, we wouldn’t have had such a pessimistic opinion. Maybe angoor khatte hain.

(Both take a minute to check if they haven’t forgotten their ID cards and proceed to exit the building. ID cards hold more importance in the Simrol campus than platinum credit cards.)

Ashish: But then I wouldn’t have been able to go to TIME for classes twice a day at ungainly hours. (Phone pings) Iss Utkarsh Kumar Singh ko chayn nahin hai. And then there’s the IIT Indore Discussions and Complaints and Grievances and Suggestions and Repercussions and Discombobulations and Fornications page. People have no chill, this Gymkhana has no chill. Which is a good thing, actually. This one tried its best to make things right. The Constitution was a pretty good move.

Amey: Yeah, they tried to right some wrongs. Avadhesh is hands-down the most proactive Gymkhana President I have seen, especially in regard to being responsive. Can’t say the same about the vigilants-in-their-own-right juniors who were more concerned about lengthening the mail threads with their bull than making their contribution count. The juniors really get on my nerves sometimes.

Ashish: Sometimes? Hah. What have the Quiz and Literary Clubs been up to? I count one… two… three… Three events in the last year, both our clubs combined - no aggressive, only passive, these runts. I’m pretty sure we left the clubs on high notes, but the future for these exclusive groups of students seemingly aspiring just for PoRs is obscure at best. The clubs are almost decrepit now, but the enthusiasm to forward mails from other institutes’ fests has not dwindled a bit.

Amey: Our work defined these clubs, but I agree, lately, confusion seems to have taken them to a standstill.

(They board the dangerously yellow bus after a 10-mile walk)

(SCENE 3: FREAKISHLY YELLOW BUS)

(Amey proceeds to sit on the right side of the bus. Arey naive child.)

Ashish: Bhai, uss taraf dhoop aayegi.  

(They sit on the double-seat and share a headphone. Ashish bangs ‘Another Day of Sun’)

Ashish: I can listen to the ‘La La Land’ soundtrack on end. This and Abusive Aunty Mix and Chodu Singham...  Did you know they caught a third guy for downloading umpteen gigs of porn @36MBps in Simrol?

Amey: Kya?! Yeh kaise hua bhai? That poor pervert.

Ashish: The IT guys can obviously track you in the new hostels. The surprising thing here is, they cared enough. They ALWAYS care when it comes to the quotidian aspects of student life gone slightly haywire. Khaane mein keede se koi problem nahin hai, par Frooti ka payment overdue hai toh expulsion.

Amey: Well, if one guy hogs the whole network, others have to come jumping like it’s The Dawn of The Rise of The Dusk of The War for the Planet of The Apes. I remember how we used to go bat-shit crazy when someone was downloading the latest episode of Game of Thrones from our gareeb 80GB limited Airtel networks when we already had it. Some people were so goddamn serious about the bandwidth they’d become whinier than a Goth kid trying to find his eyeliner.

(The bus hasn’t started yet. CultSec boards. Bus revvs.)

Ashish: Here comes our poor sacrificial lamb. He should wear a tee that says, ‘I am Kalash and I am not a terrorist’.

Amey: Sir, I have known him since my first day at IIT Indore even though that is technically impossible, but impossible is just a word at IIT Indore and apparently everyone had such a good rapport with him so they decided to keep him 22 km away. <insert GRE words image here>

(Both chuckle and greet Kalash, who proceeds to sit behind them.)

Amey (checking phone) : Naya email. Best BTP submissions ke liye. Alag hi! BTP awards are farcical. No interdisciplinary uniformity in grading or evaluation. Two submissions from Mech and both got some prize or the other at the Symposium because of their presentation.

Ashish: Or just plain luck. Still, man. Our BTPs saw some real effort. Our many advisors deservedly became Associate Professors. It was high time, wasn’t it?

Amey: My faith in the IITI academic system is still maintained thanks to these hardworking guys. You remember how hard they had to fight to get us great courses for a Minor degree?

Ashish: The Minor program was unarguably the best decision that defined the academic policies for our batch. And the future batches too.

Amey: Personally, I’d love to see a core subject Minor for the new batches. And Abhishek Sir is the best DoSA we have had since Granny’s left Silver Springs. He’s doing a commendable job, especially given all the student shenanigans.  

Ashish: I think you discount the students’ role tad too much. Our batch has some of the best coders in the country. Utkarsh and the Shah bros are going to the ACM-ICPC World Finals, hopefully turning it into an institute tradition. Then we have prodigies like Tripathi. These guys have done a lot to promote the coding culture at IITI, if only by setting examples. Look at the placements and internship trends you and I noticed this year at the PO: we are near the top of the ladder in India as far as CS is concerned. But more focus on other branches would not do harm, would it *rant intensifies*? 

...Look at the abysmal performance by Electrical and Mechanical; for a decent salary we non-CS guys either have to learn programming and leave our core studies for the night before the exams, or go into research, or take GATE or CAT or IES or IAS or KLPDS and what-not! While we as students need to grow balls and learn how to not get swayed away by first CTCs, some push from the institute would be great.  

(Amey isn’t listening. Notwithstanding the growls and *shaking* of the bus, Amey is cozily napping.)

(The bus stops at the campus main gate after what seems like the whole length of ‘Jodha Akbar’ and ‘What’s Your Rashee?’ combined.)

Entry Gate Security Guard: Sir, ID card. (Ashish has been pretending to sleep too because guard overlook karne ki probability 80% hai and as accent-torn Deepika Padukone in xXx quotably says: he likes his odds.)

(These adamant seniors are not giving up)

Entry Gate Security Guard: ( unable to cut the bullshit, nudges Ashish) Ser! (shudder) ID.

(reluctantly pulling out his ID, Ashish mumbles under his breath.)

(The insidious dust has broken Amey’s sweet nap. He coughs as the scarily yellow bus proceeds into the vastness of the campus.)

Amey: Look, kids with donation boxes for used clothes. AVANA has consistently been on a roll. Although the sight of someone silently looming over you as you sleep, whispering ‘Thatty Rupes’ is almost as scary as the time we watched The Descent and shit ourselves simultaneously crying and laughing.

Ashish: ( in an impressive Marathi accent) Nepali Vachli bhau. Nepali Vachli. (Both share an inside joke as the bus comes to a halt. Destination reached.)

(SCENE 4: SIMROL)

Amey: ( getting down) In the end, that’s what matters. Although persisting regionalism is a good talking point for students, with all its pros and cons.

Ashish: Closely-knit antelope herds are not easy to penetrate.

Amey: Is that the first time you’ve said that? (another chuckle shared, this is getting cheesy) I don’t even remember why we came here. Oh yes. Transcripts.

(A friendly junior smiles and greets them. In contrast to the shade thrown in Simrol, cordiality is still burgeoning here.)

Amey: There are perhaps no stronger polar opposites than AVANA and SESC. I might be horribly wrong, but from what we’ve noticed, it seems like SESC has become redundant and unproductive. The startups they have been promoting either sold stationery or just took the MHRD grant for pizzas, getting bundled up in a matter of months.

(They approach the Physics Pod complete with cinderblocks to cranes and the evergreen sounds of metal hammering. )

Ashish: Yeh bik gayi hai SESC. Ab is SESC mein kuch nahin hai. Yeh saare milke humko pagal bana rahe hain m--

(Ashish stops abruptly as Professor Vishvakarma passes by, greeting them briefly.)

Amey: This guy is THE man. Our Placement Office and the IAC would never be as well-established without him. What’s up with IAC this year?

Ashish: Santosh Sir worked selflessly for both Placements and the Conclaves. Never will the student members be as happy and well-fed as we were under his rule. Haan, this year’s IAC is going to be a mish-mash effort by Rajveer - all hot air and no real content. Ah, who cares? It is anyway under a different professor now.

Amey: But you must admit, PKU sir has been a worthy successor to SKV. The Placement Office is working as a well-oiled machine thanks to him. Won’t you miss our Placement Office perks?

Ashish: Do you mean the divine morning coffees, occasional mayo sandwiches and sour-ass lemon teas or the long hours of highly productive meetings and equally unproductive bakchodi? We’ll definitely miss both.

(They get to the new Academic Office. Ashish listens to the incoherent dialogue between Amey and Rinki Ma’am, and watches her give Amey his precious transcripts.)

Amey (whispering) : Tapesh sir and Rinki ma’am have really grown on us fourth-years, haven’t they?

Ashish (whispering back) : Yeah. I used to get a cold shoulder earlier. Last time I was offered tea. I guess they understand how being seniors is difficult and that our problems begin to get more genuine as we grow through the college. Familiarity here bred sympathy, instead of contempt.

(Cut to: One hour later they leave from SS in an Uber to the city as the dangerously catchy

Swachh Bharat jingle is being heard everywhere. Pity the driver of those poor garbage trucks, people. You can only listen to so much of Kailash Kher and the Chorus Kids. Hey, Kailash Kher and the Chorus Kids sounds like a decent band name.)

(SCENE 5: INDORE CITY)

Ashish: Yahaan Johnny ke paas rok dena, bhaiya.

(They get out of the Nano and pay using PayTM because demonetization. The driver is conveniently named Ramesh. He frowns over not having received cash. Bitches.)

Amey: Where our fuckbois at?

Ashish: Dugar and Bapat are at Sam’s (free) Momos, they tell me. Diggi, Govil, Dhaivat and Avnish are having Fire Paan. Prajwal is at Nafees for biryani. Damn! His attraction to biryani is borderline sexual!  

Amey: Can you blame him? It is magnificent. Though not as magnificent as the one we had at the notorious Love Palace party. Our juniors will never experience the thrill of gatecrashing a wealthy Punjabi’s lavish food fiestas.

Ashish: That was quite a fiasco! The Curious Case of Love Palace! The slaps, the drunken brawls, the humiliation, and, in the midst of it all, the most delicious meal we have ever had, owing in large part to its absolutely undeserving our shorts, slippers and hoodies.

(For our unwitting readers, on 24th February 2014, allstudent received a mail inviting us to the housewarming celebrations of an ostentatiously built residence, the Love Palace that falls on our way to the Axis Bank ATM in Silver Springs. We turned up in full strength, especially the first years who were early to arrive and plunder and leave. Our super-seniors flocked to the open bar, exhausting it of its offerings within an hour. As it turns out, the mail was a hoax perpetrated by *insert_mysterious_name_here* and we were actually not invited. The hosts were gonna have none of that shit. What followed was some lit slapping and thrashing game from our truly Punjabi hosts, which effectively ceased all the faggotry in mere minutes. Amey and Ashish obviously escaped unscathed because they were dressed decently, which was a camouflage. The Bhatias, in the week that followed, saw the wrath of the slap-ees in the form of broken car windows and some dope graffiti. Some of the first-years got their long-overdue slaps well in advance, though.

This event was perhaps one of the most happening ones at IITI, even more than a few Fluxuses. Or is it Fluxii?)

(As they gobble up a hotdog each, they see their homies approaching and a shitstorm of banter follows)

If you’ve manage to read all of the rant above, you can flatten as you go up. The writers want you to know that despite all its flaws, IIT Indore is actually a pretty good place to be, and they cherish their years here. Ashish (rather suspiciously) knows the roll numbers and names of all the people here, and Amey knows how to ignore them. The best hostels in any IIT system, the united outcry that we so often witness (*cough* mess *cough*), a filial feeling that comes with the perk of having a small student population, and the shared respect for friends, professors, and everyone else around, definitely make our IIT Indore journey memorable.

(BONUS)

director@iiti.ac.in  : Wish you all a great life ahead, Batch of 2013–17!

lenka@iiti.ac.in : And I