<20 Sep 2008 > I got placed in Cisco Systems

• Feels really good to have completed the placement hunt at PESIT in style by getting an offer letter from Cisco Systems, the world leader in Networking, VOIP etc. Having got into Cisco (my dream company), I became the first ECE student to have finished the placement procedure for this academic year.

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<15 Sep 2008 > I am the Microsoft Student Partner Lead

• I got promoted as the Microsoft Student Partner lead (Student Ambassador) for this Academic year. Overall, 6 MSPs in India have become Student Ambassadors out of which 2 of them are from Bangalore itself!

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<29 Aug 2008 > I got placed in Thoughtworks

• I am really delighted to announce that I got placed in Thoughtworks. After 6 rounds of tests and interviews, it felt like heaven when I found my name in the final selected list. It was an impossible dream for me! Now I would say, "Impossible is nothing!"

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<14 Jul 2008 > I got Placed in Infosys

• Infosys Technoogies, one of the leading software developent and IT services company recruited me on the 1st day of Tier 3 placement process in PESIT. I couldn't make into Wipro VLSI (a core company) on 7th July. So getting into Infosys was mandatory for me. But the selection procedure was not as smooth for me as I had expected.

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<01 Jul 2008 > Microsoft Go-A-Live Challenge

• Go-A-Live challenge is a website design contest conducted by Microsoft. A team of 3 members from PESIT (Ashwin Kumble, Elvis and Myself) have registered for this contest to make our campus Go-A-Live. Unfortunately this contest fell in the fag end of the semester where we have exams, exams and only exams. We put in a sincere effort to develop the student website for PESIT.

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<23 May 2008 > Road Trip to Remember

• Everyone in Hoysala Trust Boys Hostel (my hostel) are adventurous. We decided to go on a 500 km road-trip from Bangalore to Bandipur and back. We also visited Himavad Gopalaswamy Hills, Nanjangud, Chamundi Hills, Backwaters of KRS Reservoir etc on our way.It was fun, damn fun.

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<9 May 2008 > Imagine Cup National Finals

• Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable Environment is the theme for this year's Imagine Cup. The SDI (software development invitational) National finals was held in Bangalore on 9th May 2008 where 8 best teams of India competed to secure a flight to Paris for the Imagine Cup International Finals.

• Mr Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman Microsoft India, Mr Tarun Gulati, COO, Microsoft India, Mr RK Misra, Lead India Campaign, Mr Kiran Karnik, ex-president of NASSCOM, Mr Sameer Barua, Director IIM Ahemdabad, Dr. Gopichand Katragadda (GM - Operations, GE Global Research Bangalore), Rajdeep Sahrawat (Vice-President, NASSCOM) Prof. S. Sadagopan (Director, IIIT-Bangalore) and Paul Murphy (Director of Innovation, Microsoft India) were a few of the eminent personalities who were present for the National Finals.

• A video message from Dr. R. K. Pachauri (Chair of the Nobel-Prize-winning IPCC) had also been a star event of the day.

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<25 Apr 2008 > Aatmatrisha 2008

• Aatmatrisha 2008, the techno-cultural fest of PESIT will be on the 26th and 27th of April. A lots of innovative methods like the BarCode ticket technology etc are making this event a unique event. I am organizing the AT Idols mega dance show and Quiz Marathon this time

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<20 Apr 2008 > Bdotnetstudent User Group meet

• The User group meet of bdotnetstudent group was held in the Krishna Hall, Microsoft GTSC building, Domlur. I took a session on Introduction to dotnet framework. Lakshman, the MSP from PESSE took a session on Introduction to Robotics Studio.

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