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







Head incharge of Finances of Kshitij 2009.
Conducted Successful Guest Lectures by &#8216;Mr.Prahlad Kakkar&#8217; and &#8216;Dr. Philip Emeagwali&#8217; who captivated an audience  of jam-packed TOAT.
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<strong>Department : </strong> Department of Electrical Engineering</p>
<p><strong>Year and Course : </strong>3rd Year, Dual Degree</p>
<p><strong>Hall : </strong> Nehru</td>
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<li>Head incharge of Finances of Kshitij 2009.</li>
<li>Conducted Successful Guest Lectures by &#8216;Mr.Prahlad Kakkar&#8217; and &#8216;Dr. Philip Emeagwali&#8217; who captivated an audience  of jam-packed TOAT.</li>
<li>Conducted workshop on Forensic Science by CBI and the workshop on Filmmaking.</li>
<li>Initiated and was instrumental in the creation of the online payment gateway for Kshitij.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Tech Participation: Won SILVER in Inter-Hall AD-Design, Part of Inter-Hall Case-Study Team of Nehru hall.</li>
<li>Sports Participation: Part of Basketball team of Nehru Hall of Residence.</li>
<li>Member of the Western Technology Music Society.</li>
<li>Offered an Internship in ITC, the first company visiting campus for selections.</li>
<li>Anchored Kshitij&#8217;s Internal Workshop by iVIZ and External Workshop in Kolkata</li>
<li>CGPA of 8.49 in the department of Electrical Engineering.</li>
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<p>Clarification from TSA : The Elocution Gold was Open IIT and not Inter Hall</p></div>
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<li> Establishment of a body for student&#8217;s welfare with 3 major objectives:
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a) To establish a centralised mechanism for providing students an opportunity to work under professors in their projects during summer and winter breaks.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">b) Providing a stipend for such students.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">c) Formalising a training procedure for final placements by means of GDs, Assessment Tests and Interviews.</p>
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<li> Collaboration with NGOs to educate students and provide internship opportunities</li>
<li> Introduction of Department Representatives in the Traninig and Placement Committee to make the placement process more effective and penetrative. (Proposal clarified by candidate)</li>
<li> Streaming of news channels on the LAN</li>
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<td><strong>Name : </strong> Shubham Matah</p>
<p><strong>Department : </strong> Department of Chemical Engineering</p>
<p><strong>Year and Course : </strong>3rd Year, Dual Degree</p>
<p><strong>Hall : </strong> Azad</td>
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<li> Sponsorship Head of Kshitij 2009; brought Sponsorship worth INR 9.25 Lacs.</li>
<li> Brought Incubation worth INR 25 Lacs for BPlan competition.</li>
<li> Incharge of Fest&#8217;s Audio-Visuals, Photography &amp; Videography.</li>
<li> Soc-Cult participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Western Groups &#8217;08, SILVER in Inter-hall Choreo &#8217;09.</li>
<li> Tech participation : Won GOLD in Inter-hall Ad Design &#8217;08.</li>
<li> Sports &amp; Games participation : Won SILVER in Inter-hall Cricket.</li>
<li> Anchored National Education Day celebration of IIT Kharagpur &amp; Kshitij&#8217;s Kolkata workshop.</li>
<li>Interned in Ranbaxy after 2nd yr; going to Bharat Petroleum after 3rd yr.</li>
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<li> Formation of the &#8220;Alternate Careers Group&#8221; under the TSG in order to provide students with information about alternate career paths.</li>
<li> Introduce changes to improve the placements in IIT Kharagpur</li>
<li> Provide additional infrastructure to student groups for conducting meetings.</li>
<li> Tie-up with Big Bazaar for home delivery of merchandise at discounted prices via tele-shopping.</li>
<li> Get Sponsored Industrial B.Tech and M.Tech projects for students</li>
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<strong>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.</strong></p>
<p><strong> DISCLAIMER : Information regarding the proposals and achievements  has been reproduced exactly as given to us by the candidates. <em>The Scholars&#8217; Avenue</em> is not responsible for any misinformation contained therein. </strong></p>
<p><strong> UPDATE: </strong>The VP SOP videos are available on  DC++. Search &#8220;[ScholsAve] SOP 2009&#8243;.</p>
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