VP Opinion Poll
Thu, Apr 2, 2009
| Name : Digvijay Gagneja Department : Department of Electrical Engineering Year and Course : 3rd Year, Dual Degree Hall : Nehru |
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- Head incharge of Finances of Kshitij 2009.
- Conducted Successful Guest Lectures by ‘Mr.Prahlad Kakkar’ and ‘Dr. Philip Emeagwali’ who captivated an audience of jam-packed TOAT.
- Conducted workshop on Forensic Science by CBI and the workshop on Filmmaking.
- Initiated and was instrumental in the creation of the online payment gateway for Kshitij.
- Soc-Cult Participation: Won GOLD in Inter-Hall Western Vocals, Open-IIT Elocution, SILVER in Inter-Hall Western Groups, Western Vocals, English Elocution, BRONZE in Inter-Hall Choreography, Open-IIT English Dramatics.
- Tech Participation: Won SILVER in Inter-Hall AD-Design, Part of Inter-Hall Case-Study Team of Nehru hall.
- Sports Participation: Part of Basketball team of Nehru Hall of Residence.
- Member of the Western Technology Music Society.
- Offered an Internship in ITC, the first company visiting campus for selections.
- Anchored Kshitij’s Internal Workshop by iVIZ and External Workshop in Kolkata
- CGPA of 8.49 in the department of Electrical Engineering.
Clarification from TSA : The Elocution Gold was Open IIT and not Inter Hall
- Establishment of a body for student’s welfare with 3 major objectives:
a) To establish a centralised mechanism for providing students an opportunity to work under professors in their projects during summer and winter breaks.
b) Providing a stipend for such students.
c) Formalising a training procedure for final placements by means of GDs, Assessment Tests and Interviews.
- Collaboration with NGOs to educate students and provide internship opportunities
- Introduction of Department Representatives in the Traninig and Placement Committee to make the placement process more effective and penetrative. (Proposal clarified by candidate)
- Streaming of news channels on the LAN
| Name : Shubham Matah
Department : Department of Chemical Engineering Year and Course : 3rd Year, Dual Degree Hall : Azad |
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- Sponsorship Head of Kshitij 2009; brought Sponsorship worth INR 9.25 Lacs.
- Brought Incubation worth INR 25 Lacs for BPlan competition.
- Incharge of Fest’s Audio-Visuals, Photography & Videography.
- Soc-Cult participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Western Groups ’08, SILVER in Inter-hall Choreo ’09.
- Tech participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Ad Design ’08.
- Sports & Games participation : Won SILVER in Inter-hall Cricket.
- Anchored National Education Day celebration of IIT Kharagpur & Kshitij’s Kolkata workshop.
- Interned in Ranbaxy after 2nd yr; going to Bharat Petroleum after 3rd yr.
- Formation of the “Alternate Careers Group” under the TSG in order to provide students with information about alternate career paths.
- Introduce changes to improve the placements in IIT Kharagpur
- Provide additional infrastructure to student groups for conducting meetings.
- Tie-up with Big Bazaar for home delivery of merchandise at discounted prices via tele-shopping.
- Get Sponsored Industrial B.Tech and M.Tech projects for students
UPDATE: The poll has been taken down due to people casting multiple votes. We will try to start a more representative poll soon. Please bear with us.
DISCLAIMER : Information regarding the proposals and achievements has been reproduced exactly as given to us by the candidates. The Scholars’ Avenue is not responsible for any misinformation contained therein.
UPDATE: The VP SOP videos are available on DC++. Search “[ScholsAve] SOP 2009″.
shame on these ppl….
i think gagneja is a better candidate…
Yo Az vs NH -
sab paagal hai!!!
some of my 1st year friends in mmm said that yesterday night some of the nehru hall seniors came to their room and told them that matah was not in the inter hall cricket n music team which is 0% correct. he is among the best spinner in the iitkgp and a very good synth player .he had a sure chance of inter iit but he quit bcoz of his dedication towards kshitij. it shows how responsible a person he is.
My dear friends – whoever u r… i want to make it clear.. Matah will win .. come wat may…. Our team will make it happen …
Why has such a forum been created on scholars avenue on first place where mostly nehru people are spamming. Just see the result few days later and see who will win. Yo Shubham!!
IF ANY ONE OF YOU WITNESSED ALL THE SOP BOXES, I THINK THEY WOULD SURELY AGREE WITH ME.
VP : WAS A CLOSE CONTEST, DIGVIJAY’S GROUNDWORK GAVE HIM A SLIGHT EDGE
SOC CULT : ABHIMANYU & MANDAR/ KAVISH based on sop.
Sahir’s sop was good but proposal lacked depth and groundwork and all loopholes were exposed.
TECH : There is no doubt that AKSHAY & PRANAV were the #1 & #2 candidates.
SPORTS : Only ANGAM was impressive.
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hahahaha @ aabhaas, aur poltu machao !!!!! peace maaro n let th junta decide
HAHAHAHA HOHOHOHO @ anidea, bahut poltu poltu khelne ka mood hai kya??….I am also saying let the results come and then we will see who is right…me or you….sab jaake MMM ke fuccho ko ulte seedhe fundae dete ho….SOP box mein jitne aaye the unko sab asliyat dikh gayi….ab 3 din baad tum bhi dekh lena…and hello @ Scholars avenue administrator….my wingy in first year won gold in open iit english elocution and has participated in western musical events with awesome results…use bhi VP bana dein kya??…You have written so much about gagneja and I dont know how much of it is true but why all of Shubham’s achievements are not written?? You don’t know them or don’t have any space to write about it..
@A.S., chor na yaar…. Everyone has seen the SOP… Let them decide… tu peace maar…. all the best to everyone!!!! See the SOP, achievements and proposals and decide for the betterment of the institute.. Forget the pacts for a while !!!!!
wo dikh raha hain kaun spam kar raha hain i see more spammers on name of matah saying ki gagneja’s supporters are spamming ppl decide urself
Well, for that matter I am a 1st year in MMM and till now I have only met people jo Digvijay ki anti-campaigning karne aaye hain. I am sure that all 1st years in MMM would agree with this. It clearly goes to show who’s the insecure and weaker candidate.
well said ankit i dont want to say more
@mathur
Hi I am Pranav Mathur …i am sure you are referring to me as Mathur ( as there is no other Mathur in Azad)
It is so shocking to see someone else using my surname and posting such messages …shame on you people . I never said such things ….please do not drag me into this ….whoever you are – you are playing a dangerous and dirty game .
I feel that both candidates were good.But some of my opinions about the conduction of SOP are that the V.P.,T.S.G,I.I.T Kharagpur who is asked to coordinate the event should behave unbiasedly which has not happened.And the V.P is also a representative of 7000 students of the institute and not of his own hall of residence.His behaviour clearly showed that the event was not being organised in a proper manner.It also shows the pitiable condition of the students in Kgp.Hope,whoever becomes the V.P will behave unbiasedly during the comimg years.All the Best matah n gagneja
Well, if I am correct, then Shubham, were you not the narrator for your team in the Choreography competition. I, being a part of this event for the last 3 years, having won a gold, a silver and a bronze in the meantime, wonder as to how a 3 line English narration makes someone a part of the Inter-hall “Choreography” team. Do you know that Digvijay too was the narrator for his hall and they won bronze too but still he did not mention this in his achievements. I am sure you have a reason for doing so. I hope you do not just want to add stuff to your small list of achievements, do you.
@ ashish nawal and @ a nehruite
stop insulting ur fourth years u stupid i knw neither was tat nawal neither u a nehruite
cummon janta have some sense
My picks
V.P:Digvijay Gagneja
G.Sec Soc ‘n’Cult:Abhimanyu ‘n’ Mandar
G.Sec Tech:Akshay ‘n’Pranav
G.Sec Sports:nil (no one was good)
Plz guys dont use arbit names of the seniors who hold respect in our hearts n also the names of halls.Dont take tempo off to other aspects of Kgp life
Everyone please review the statements and comments made by all, on these points.
1. Is the commenter, ‘stating the facts’ and ‘putting allegations’, actually an authority on it?
2. Are you judging the facts on the basis of ‘fundas’ given by beloved seniors and/or your assumptions?
3. Why does the commenter insist on explicitly stating his choice?
4. Are you applying your own logic or a fed logic?
5. If any information is available on the website, check for citations or the authority of the website. For example: – wikipedia, blogs, etc. cannot be cited.
Also ask the candidates their official statements and then get it checked. You can also ask them for any supporting documents. Any statements made during the soapbox are also official statements. Listen it out again through the videos.
For any gymkhana related queries you can ask the people sitting in the gymkhana and ‘those who are not students’. Similarly for HMC and other places. Try refraining from asking students about facts.
For the commenters: This is not the DC main chat where you ‘should’ spam anything you want. Our alumni and general public can very well read this string and estimate the mentality of an average KGPian of this generation. Some of you may hide behind you nicks but all of you always will be identified by having that mentality, the creators of this string.
@Goswami–
You out of all people should know that quality of participation in a group event is judged not on the basis of one’s singular performance, but on the basis of the wealth of experience and contribution that an individual brings to the event. So you have a Matah who despite his busy schedule used to take time off every single day and attend practice sessions even though he was just a narrator. Maybe that is what people mean when they speak about “hall tempo”…
Lol….Thanks for bringing out that.
You just proved that Digvijay is 10 times more dedicated and responsible than Matah. Dont have to say anything more.
Good work everyone,
With due respect to both the candidates I would say Mr.Digvijay Gagneja has better proposals and very good ground work to back them.As for Mr.Shubham Matah’s proposals I dont know about the ground work he has done ,as he didnt show his ground work yesterday if he had one.But if you guys have some issues with the candidates proposals you need to ask them for a clarification and they would definitely give one and just not speculate anything on a public forum as this one (One who think he knows all is a FOOL).Just stop chanting your personal views or rather pact’s/hall’s views on a public forum, and see the video of SOP and you will find who took the initiative to answer every question to put forward the question to the candidates and was confident enough to put forth their views . Best wishes to Mr.Mata and Mr.Gagneja .
@Goswami–
Next what? The sun is bright and yellow because Sonia Gandhi is the Congress President. Get a life and draw inferences which are logical.
wen did digvijay get a gold in western vocals?
Look at Digvijay’s cally
Nehru did not win any medal in only one lit event last time …and that was the event in which digvijay participated …English elocution [:P]
And yet the Nehru people have the audacity to write that he has won an inter hall gold in elocution . Plain blasphemy for all to see .
@Harold
that was a mistake on the part of schols Avenue “A Misprint”
and that has been rectified a long time back
and it was open IIT gold as clarified
@Avinash That was not a misprint created by us. That information was *copy-pasted* directly from material given to us by the candidate. If there was a “misprint” it was created on the candidate’s side. Once again I urge comment authors to base their allegations on facts.
Ha …so there you have it . Blatant lies and then even more lame denials …….
There is Digvijay Gagneja for you .
@ 205
wat u’ll rig the votes??? how can u be so sure??
@ 203…lemme make u dis clear…its not between azad and nehru…this hall politics made it look so…so please use ur brains and vote for the deserving candi..
@admin
It might be misprint on the side of author then but not intended becoz in sop box he clearly mentioned open iit
We are proud to win 1 tech GC in last 20 years.. because we still win elections every time.. We r best in politics.. Matah does not need proposals or ground work to win..
Azad ka naam kaafi hai
“ye Gulaal hai”
guys come above this hall politics . You would get plenty of opportunities for doing poltu , But keep this post, post of VP above poltu . VP is the most important post as far as students interests are concerned . Give the most deserving one the opportunity to serve your interests .
Do not vote for reasons that one of the two is from your hall or your department or pact or even your friend . Think for the benefit of the whole student community . Every vote will count and will make the difference . Show that you students of this elite institution . make sure that you go to vote and even motivate others to do the same.
If you have any confusions or you missed the sop , go and download the sop video from DC and have a look.
badhai ho @az ki jai !!!!
you showed what kind of mentality you have, go everyone follow azadkijai’s example and you will get gulal’s situation in KGP soon
First of all let me congratulate you all for documenting the single most enlightening conversation ever read by me in Karaghpur. I really got to know a lot of “facts” by your above conversation, and i really wonder how much of it is true.
I am a PG student of HJB Hall of Residence, and honestly I don’t even know which “pact” i belong to. Incedently i happened to be present at yesterday’s SOP Box, for the vice preseident post. And I must say that who ever wins doesnt matter much to me as I will be passing out. But Almost all the information given in the forum against the candidates is wrong.
I have my younger brother P.Tharun (Mechanical Engg) in 1st yr in MMM Hall, and we together watched the SOP yesterday, He also mentioned that he like Digvijay better, because he was smart, and he liked his proposals, and about this DEpartment change percentage, he did not know about it, and i really think that no one outrightly will lie to innocent first years. I on the other hand found that both the candidates were not as good as a VP should be, but all i can say is that Mr. Shubham Maltah was little vague about his proposals, and could not answer and satisfy the panel delegates present there. I don’t know how election works as i did not participate in last year’s elections, but i would suggest that stop the yellow journalism above and watch the video if it is available on local share. Mr. Digvijay Gangeja i really do hope you do not back off from your proposals and complete the job which you have taken at your hand.
I believe each of the candidates during the VP SOP Box were asked to begin with the defense of their best proposals.
Subham’s idea to promote the alternate careers group was ill-conceived. CFA, FRM are qualification examinations for people in the investment profession. Not withstanding the over enthusiasm with which some of us aspire for these qualifications without the requisite credentials, it is very irresponsible to divert funds from the gymkhana for their promotion.
Our technical education is being partly funded by the tax payer and it is ludicrous to divert funds from the institute to defeat the very purpose for which they are being provided.
Candidates have in the past appeared for such examinations and should be left to spend their own time, money and resources to gather information about such alternatives.
It would have been very noble if you had atleast made a mention of promoting IES ( Indian Engineering Services) as an option whose popularity is sadly way below that of CFA,FRM,UPSC among our students.
I can assure everybody that fewer than 30 people are appearing for the CFA Level 1 examination in June and not around 150 as claimed.
I would wish both the candidates best of luck and ask that the above proposal be not implemented even if Subham ends up winning.
***** Shubham Matah ***** will be good choice for PG’s ………but he should fulfill proposal of increasing Placements of PG. and number of representative to ’3′.
Best Luck to him form all PG.
Whooh
) We ensured a tie up with Schols ave for the remaining years 
This was the masala schols ave lacked over years.. The last time they made such news was when they published a KTJ biased article three year back (I belong to SF; u mite have guessed that
M not too sure what purpose this comment section fulfills but its entertaining nevertheless.
Just a suggestion.. please ensure you have an equally active forum n articles when the elected candidates complete their term and grill them on reasons they could not fulfill their proposals. This mite be a deterrent for people to put up any hollow or eye catching populist proposals.
n yeah even the disclaimers astonish cos u have all the information n rights to tell chalk from cheese. At least schols ave as a neutral body can certify the facts n clear the confusions.
aur Ali da high time spons deal crack karo
VISTING CARDS!
and aah, Black Sunday already down the pile
I have seen the sop and I can certainly say that Matah has an edge over his competitor. The answers were wil composed and nyone who saw the question answer round could not help but get impressed by his confidence and command on stage. As VP (oh he will win….) if he maintains that confidence cum effort, I expect to see some meaningful changes in KGP.
@Utkrishta
“Just a suggestion.. please ensure you have an equally active forum n articles when the elected candidates complete their term and grill them on reasons they could not fulfill their proposals. This mite be a deterrent for people to put up any hollow or eye catching populist proposals.”
pretty neat idea I’d say… anyways we do need to have something of this sort… will be good fun
vote for N-1,H-1,I-1