VP Opinion Poll
Thursday, April 2nd, 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.
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