The results of the elections of Technology Students’ Gymkhana for the academic session 2010- 2011 are as follows:

Vice President :

• Celestine Joseph (1956 votes)
• Ankit Singh ( 1775 Votes)
• Nivesh Pandey (944 votes )

G.Secs, Technology:

• Arava Anmol Manohar (2397 Votes)
• Tarun Rathi (2268 Votes)
• Ayush Agarwal (2033 Votes)
• Vivek Sinha (1625 Votes)

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Update: The soapbox for the post of Vice President, TSG has been rescheduled to 5 30 PM, Thursday 18th March and will be followed by the Soapbox for G.Sec, Sports and Games, TSG.

The VP Soapbox faced numerous setbacks today as various technical difficulties and foul weather came to a head to give everybody a taste of classic KGP drama.

As the lights went out the first time, the security forces had their hands full holding back scuffles that had broken out all around the basketball court; after a fifteen minute delay, the floodlights were finally switched back on, only for the weather to play spoilsport (with strong winds and drizzles). The President, TSG, Prof. M Bhattacharjee made a fervent appeal to the audience to maintain decorum, and the candidates requested their supporters to maintain the pax. After a question from the panelists whether they wished to continue with the SOP, all three candidates answered in the affirmative. Even as the lights went out (again), the proceedings went on as the audio systems were still functional.

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VICE PRESIDENT

After a recount that had everyone waiting with bated breath, Shubham Matah has won the election by a margin of 19 votes (SM – 1880, DG – 1861). The official notice from the Gymkhana will be out shortly.

GENERAL SECRETARIES (Awaiting official notification)

• Technology: Pranav Patwardhan (RP) and Deepak Singh (LLR)

• Sports: Ankit Joshi (PH) and Angam Parashar (MS)

• Social and Cultural: Kavish Desai (RP) and Mandar Chandorkar (LLR)

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UPDATE : Although there is no official notice on the status of debarred candidates Akshay Sharma (RK) and Abhimanyu Dikshit (RK), both their names are present on the ballot paper and votes can be cast in their favour. Again, there is no official notice or confirmation regarding their reinstatement. 

GYMKHANA ELECTIONS 2009-2010

Election Date: Friday, April 3, 2009

Counting: Saturday, April 4, 2009 (more…)

• Profile
• Achievements
• Proposals

Name : Digvijay Gagneja Department : Department of Electrical Engineering Year and Course : 3rd Year, Dual Degree Hall : Nehru

1. Head incharge of Finances of Kshitij 2009.
2. Conducted Successful Guest Lectures by ‘Mr.Prahlad Kakkar’ and ‘Dr. Philip Emeagwali’ who captivated an audience of jam-packed TOAT.
3. Conducted workshop on Forensic Science by CBI and the workshop on Filmmaking.
4. Initiated and was instrumental in the creation of the online payment gateway for Kshitij.
5. 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.
6. Tech Participation: Won SILVER in Inter-Hall AD-Design, Part of Inter-Hall Case-Study Team of Nehru hall.
7. Sports Participation: Part of Basketball team of Nehru Hall of Residence.
8. Member of the Western Technology Music Society.
9. Offered an Internship in ITC, the first company visiting campus for selections.
10. Anchored Kshitij’s Internal Workshop by iVIZ and External Workshop in Kolkata
11. CGPA of 8.49 in the department of Electrical Engineering.

Clarification from TSA : The Elocution Gold was Open IIT and not Inter Hall

1. 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.

2. Collaboration with NGOs to educate students and provide internship opportunities
3. Introduction of Department Representatives in the Traninig and Placement Committee to make the placement process more effective and penetrative. (Proposal clarified by candidate)
4. Streaming of news channels on the LAN

• Profile
• Achievements
• Proposals

Name : Shubham Matah Department : Department of Chemical Engineering Year and Course : 3rd Year, Dual Degree Hall : Azad

1. Sponsorship Head of Kshitij 2009; brought Sponsorship worth INR 9.25 Lacs.
2. Brought Incubation worth INR 25 Lacs for BPlan competition.
3. Incharge of Fest’s Audio-Visuals, Photography & Videography.
4. Soc-Cult participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Western Groups ’08, SILVER in Inter-hall Choreo ’09.
5. Tech participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Ad Design ’08.
6. Sports & Games participation : Won SILVER in Inter-hall Cricket.
7. Anchored National Education Day celebration of IIT Kharagpur & Kshitij’s Kolkata workshop.
8. Interned in Ranbaxy after 2nd yr; going to Bharat Petroleum after 3rd yr.

1. Formation of the “Alternate Careers Group” under the TSG in order to provide students with information about alternate career paths.
2. Introduce changes to improve the placements in IIT Kharagpur
3. Provide additional infrastructure to student groups for conducting meetings.
4. Tie-up with Big Bazaar for home delivery of merchandise at discounted prices via tele-shopping.
5. 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″.

Excerpts from Kgp’s first taped SOP box – now available on DC++ ” [ScholsAve] SOP 2009 “

The Gymkhana elections shall be held on the 3rd of April 2009 (Friday). The Statement of Purpose schedule is as follows. Students are encouraged to attend the SOP box in large numbers.

Venue : Basket ball Court

31st March:

G Sec Sports : 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
G Sec Tech : 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

1st April

G Sec Soc-Cult: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
VP: 8 p.m. onwards