College is preparing for yet another NBA visit probably in the month of July.


There is a proposal to bring in B.Tech Information Technology and B.E. Production and Instrumentation. (I hope I've got it right).

GCE was in the news for all the wrong reasons...there was a near riot by people who had come to get the Anna University forms since the University had not sent in enough forms and people targetted us since we were the interface...news channels had us on the noon news. :( Now the crowds have eased and the situation is under control.

The good news is that Salem saw some clouds, thick with rain, and though they moved away, the mercury level has come down considerably. Wish we had air-conditioners everywhere!!!!

Exams are on for the kids and vacation is on for the faculty, but since we are all working on the forthcoming NBA experts' visit, none has gone on vacation. I really do enjoy these times when children are writing their exams - it is a time of hushed silence broken when the exams get over and there is sudden outbreak of voices from all over...it is a time when one actually hears the birds in the trees. I am waiting for the yellow flowers and the mayflowers to come out in burst of colours. Now, one can only smell the typical canteen smells - saambhar, parottas, vadais, etc., - wafting in the air. Work is afoot on office modernisation - gone in a few days from now will be the typical government furniture - large teakwood tables and straight back chairs and files all over. Modern filing cabinets and trendy furniture in false-roofed rooms, and yes, please add the automation software to be installed - gosh, you will find a different world altogether. Some things will never change, ofcourse, like the worn pathways where student feet have trudged on year after year after year.