Things are happening at whirlwind speed and I'm finding it difficult to keep pace with the developments and happenings. 

First things first - Aktis, visited the campus and we are sure that atleast four students will be selected, if not more. 

This time, campus recruitment is all centralised in the Digital Library. Six partitioned panel rooms for group discussions and interviews, the conference hall for pre-placement talks, the computer centre available for online tests - Uday, the student co-ordinator's unstinted efforts to offer the best facilities to companies has borne fruit. The guest house furnishings too have been given a makeover and Uday tells me that everything's sparkling clean, thanks to the hard work of the students. The Principal, Dr.P.K.Jayadev has offered students all help to improve facilities so that no HR has cause for complaint and his appreciative encouragement of student co-ordinators to make sure that we are in no way inferior to private colleges in infrastructural facilities for placement must be lauded. This will have a long term impact on enhancing the brand image of the college. 

Now, on to the last two weeks. 

Dr.RSD Wahida Banu organised a meet with an advocate, Ms.Sumathy, to talk to the women working in the institution. The advocate was a good speaker, who impressed all with her direct and frank talk. She also addressed the students. The effort to empower women with the feeling that law is always helpful and benevolent to women was much appreciated. 

Freshers came to classes on Wednesday. They were happy to get acquainted with the instituion and the buildings. Orientation programmes were organised to familiarise them with the facilities and the curriculum by the department heads. 

Senior students addressed them on the best ways to become the best student - the tips and strategies to enhance their learning - what technical skills would be expected of them at the end of the final year, the importance of autonomy in their academic work, the need for acquiring confidence and communication skills. 

The first year students have had the best reception they could ever have hoped for, I feel. Their admission was smooth and fast, the post admission meet with parents short and crisp, the orientation programme , helpful. 

And, now, I'm ready to scream from the rooftops and declare to the whole wide world - Department of English has had its first ever net connection made in the Language Lab. Now, internet resources for language learning can be offered to our students. I can't stop smiling in joy and grinning. I feel like the Cheshire cat in Alice's Tales. Thanks to Dr.Jayadev. God bless him.

Revive 11.0, the intra-departmental symposium in the Computer Science Department got off to a rousing start. I was impressed by the solemnity with which the final year students organised the show. The intention is to encourage students of second and third year to explore their technical skills and to hone their research skills with paper presentations. Prof. A.M.Kalpana addressed them and exhorted them to surpass the records set by the previous year students in academic and placement rankings. I've always enjoyed a rapport with the Computer Science students and as always, I don't doubt their ability to excel at whatever they do. 

Wow...that was quite a lot of things to put down in a small blog page.