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Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Take a stroll round the college and it is highly improbable that you wouldn’t come across it’s “MISSION” statement.Let me have the pleasure in reiterating what they claim so boldy..”To provide value-based education and mould the character of the younger generation through a system of wholesome learning,so that their earnest endeavour to achieve progress and prosperity in life,is matched by an ardent desire to extend selfless service to the society,one complementing the other.”..
I had gone through the aim’s and objectives of various colleges across India but none of them stand a chance to compete with the above stated mission.It’s indeed a bliss to be a part of such a noble cause,provided things work as they stated. Alas! Nature can neither tolerate perfection nor can it tolerate a state striving towards perfection…It makes sure that there are loop holes in the system to sabotage progress..! Well,you can’t blame mother nature for everything.A keen examination of the system would definitely help in identifying the cause of the problem.The problem is:straitlaced approach and parochial attitudes of the management.On the topmost rung of the ladder are people who have been losers in life and so-called “educated officials” who made ruining the college life of a student as their primary motive.With such people handling and executing the ultimate “MISSION”, it is practically impossible to move an inch in the graph of progress.If questioned,the management would definitely claim the other way round and might perhaps give you a glimpse of the laurels they had accumulated over the past as a mark of progress.All those spiels and litany of awards work well on an outsider whom you are trying to hoodwink but you can’t cast a spell on those who already fell into the trap..Yes! I’m talking about the thousands of students who fell for the value-based education and are ever-complaining about the “value of education(fee)”.Poor parents never knew that they would be collateral damage . Well,I cannot baselessly accuse the college in committing an irreparable crime..I have facts that cannot obliterate the truth.I shall be revealing facts one-by-one and to the end succeed in making the college partially-naked.
Fact #1: Food..
However great a man is ,whatever be his/her stature,food is essential to work effectively.Food gives us energy to work– not spirituality or meditation.Even to pass on the ethos which the institution claims to have bequeathed to us ,we need energy,which is a direct consequence of having good food.. The fact is all the sources of food have restrictions on them.For example: Canteens,one of the places for college students to hang out and rejuvenate the lost energy, has a time restriction..I don’t say that there shouldn’t be a time restriction but 7:00 pm is too early for the canteens to close..The mess starts at around 7:15 pm and closes by 8:20 pm.Within one-hour a student is expected to fill his stomach with food enough to work for the rest of the night..Okay! Let us assume it is possible to fill our stomachs with the required amount of food.Medicine says that our food digests within 4 hours from eating…But the tasks we are assigned,if done properly(without resorting to commonly practised techniques like copying) takes atleast 5-6 hours…So even if we finish having our food by 8:00 pm and start doing our work by 8:30 pm,the energy that our food gave wouldn’t last for more than 2 hours…So we are again hungry by 10:30 pm and left with almost three quarters of work..What do we do??­­?? Ha…the management is heartless….Okay! I’m talking about the ideal situation where a student does his work on a day-to-day basis and doesn’t accumulate work…
Okay..Consider a student who has a particular inclination towards sports..The classes end at 4:00 pm(only if the Prof decides not to take an extra class or he shows pity on us and doesn’t conduct a tutorial..).Now the sports enthusiasts go back to the hostel,perhaps wait till 5:00 pm for the snacks and walk about 3 kms to the ground to play…The place gets dark by 6:30 pm and perhaps you can see your shadow only if you come to junction near the general stores(more about General stores later..)….There might be more street lights but they haven’t switched it on perhaps in years of my stay to open my eyes to the fact- that there are actually many…Now the sportsman finds his way back to the hostel,choosing the shortest path–the ashram way,to conserve some energy, reminding himself of the fact that he would be given grass or may be as food in the mess hall..All his attempts to conserve energy would be futile for he has to walk back three loooong kilometers.On the way,he might take a pit-stop near the thorough fare and refill his senses with the scent of the Malayalee beauties…Beauty does stimulate one’s senses..Afterall they are the figures of our college..Now..he whacks himself to surge on the tar road which leads to a rather dusty road with bumps here and there which finally leads to “MESS” hall..Ah! such a messy place…Hi-fing a few classmates who have a disguted look,he reaches the plate section…Well,you don’t have to search for a neat plate because all are equally bad..The odds of you getting a bad plate even if you pick blindfolded are too high..So the dude doesn’t waste energy in thinking as to which plate to choose.He does succeed in conserving a little energy but eventually drains a lot into wash area scrubbing the plate..Haha!!..You can’t escape..!! Now..he gathers all his energy..moves forward drying his plate…hoping for a delicious dish..All he finds is Puri’s which are one-fourth the size of his hand,with newspaper stuck underneath..He smirks at the mess staff and takes small steps to serve himself chole(chola,as they call)..He might be facing resistance or might get a few elbow blows as his mates jostle for some liquid called sambhar or rasam(mostly water)..Jostling is at its peak only for Panneer and the last time I witnessed a peak was ages ago..
Sweat,like any other thing cannot defy gravity and finds itself a place in the food and perhaps feels happy for adding flavour to the blandness…
Now what does the dean/other officials who framed the rules do??All they do is spend some time writing their bucket list and have delicious food….
Okay!!! Ditch the canteens and mess halls..Can we prepare our food in the hostel rooms??
Ans:Food..?? That’s a punishable offence..Atleast a fast food like maggi noodles??? Noway..do u have kettle??…It might have been confiscated by now and perhaps you might have deluged the warden’s office with apology letters..You all know how much we pay!! Needless to say..

This just marks the beginning of Fact #1..More to come..So stay glued!!(It helps in conserving energy..!!)

+91 47 6280 1280

engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Whenever I’m told that Amrita School of Engineering is the “best one can get” and whatever happens over here is for the “greater good”, I’m on my guard . What I’m being taught in this college is to accept the present conditions as immutable facts of life, and to trim my aims/goals accordingly. The fact that we(students) are being ushered into a dungeon of injustice is enervating. The energy drain clubbed with the idiocies of the management adds to the irascible behaviour of the students.

Trying to prioritise the problems faced by the students,I ended up in a tussle with my alter ego. Being an advocate of logic, I could classify the problems based on their magnitude and intensity. Whatever it is, I’m quite aware of the fact that neither debating nor brooding over situations is a solution to a problem.
I presume you got a vivid picture of my mental status. Unfortunately, it is the same with every student residing on campus. Now..The student community is up against the wall with yet another problem. Millions o[censored]sers across the world have witnessed this problem:”Sorry! Page cannot be displayed”. This time it would be unfair on my part if I were to blame the Internet Service Provider. It is pretty obvious to conclude that we have NO access to the World Wide Web. It is indeed nerve-wracking. We are all well-aware of the fact that Internet has revolutionized the world and has been instrumental in the progress of millions of people .The question is Isn’t Amrita School of Engineering part of this E-world.
It is hilarious to note that our course structure is exactly the same as IIT –M(Even the course codes happen to be the same..ROFL..) The management has aped the course structure and is strictly abiding by it since its inception. Like the IIT’s ,we have plethora of quizzes, assignments,tutorials… The IIT’s provide their students with internet….Why didn’t Amrita choose the IIT as an idol in this aspect??

The pedagogues apparently used their “kidneys” (or should I say “Penis/Vagina”) and have come up with an idea to evade from delivering lectures..They call the lecture hour as a SEMINAR where the student has to deliver the lecture. How does a student understand a topic which he wasn’t taught? Are books the only banks of knowledge?? If so,how many books to refer to?? The library closes by 10.00 pm. The thing that still obfuscates me is how the hell are we supposed to seek knowledge when the doors leading to it are closed….This reminds me of a poster put up on our notice board. It reads as follows:
1.Multimedia presentation.
2. Photography.
3. Poster designing.
For posters, we need images which available only on the internet. For various Fonts, we need to access the internet. For classwork/assignments, we need google and Wikipedia. I just gave you a score of examples proving my point-Internet is part and parcel of an Engineer’s life. It’s a huge database. One of the classes were asked submit an assignment within a stipulated time. The prof. expected distinct content in the assignments(It is really not possible ‘coz a problem cannot have 60 solutions…). He also gave the students the “liberty” to use the internet. Students are usually boisterous…So you can expect clamouring at its peak. One of the studs said,” Sir, It is impossible to access the internet.We don’t have Wi-fi in our hostels.”
Prof: Okay..What’s the big deal..Go to the IT-lab and get material from there…
…………..Finally,the student was convinced to use the services in the IT LAB!
My point is:If you want distinct assignments,then everybody must go to the lab, at least make an attempt to browse through various sites and get information…If the whole class happens to go to the browsing center, the speed goes down(The download speed is too low.)..Again,this browsing lab has a timing..The lab closes by 10.30pm…..Between 6.30 -8.00 pm,they close the lab because the lab assistants go to have their food…So basically we are left with 2hrs 30 mins….How on earth is it possible to access the required information??
If the guy is clever enough,he starts browsing on his mobile..But you don’t get signal everywhere..Sometimes you ought to come out, stand in a particular location where the refresh rate of pages is fast. Now….The warden comes,snatches your mobile because it has a camera…. Your mobile is gone forever and all you are left with is pangs of fear.
We have a club called photography club. These people show-off by using Professional cameras. You can find them at every fest/event. (God knows what they snap… I presume under the pretext of photography, they practice pornography…)
The management allows them to snap photos using cameras but it doesn’t allow the students to use a mobile with camera. When a brave soul demands for a reason, the buggers give evasive and irrational replies like “ You may misuse technology..” What a stupid reason..!! What’s the difference in using a professional camera and a mobile camera????? It is more economical to buy a mobile with a good camera..Our college as always has concentrated on the micro economics and has lost out on the macro…..
I have a hunch that swamiji & CO have been drug peddlers in the past..Under the ruse of an instituition,they probably help the mafia and other small gangs in flesh trade.
The management made sure we are totally disconnected from the world..We aren’t “austere” people like them…We are here for technical education ,not to learn how to meditate or master the techniques of penance …When the whole world is converging towards cutting-edge technology, Amrita,on the other hand has adopted horse-and-buggy methods and expects progress.You cannot continue to run a space-age institution with horse-and-buggy methods. The approach to any problem by the top-level people is irrational. For example: Laptops and mobile phones were being stolen…The management got to know about it..
A week later on the hostel notice board:
It has been identified that the cause for theft is going into others rooms after 10pm. From now onwards,any student who is caught in a room that is not his shall be punished and has to pay a sum of Rs.1000/- as fine. I don’t get them again..If there is a thief in the hostel, he might as well steal things before 10 pm..It is surprising to know that the DEAN has a pea-sized brain..There is a discontinuity in the governance at the perimeter of Amrita. Outside..it is democracy whereas inside it is dictatorship. The rules have sabotaged the learning process , killed originality and begetted banality.
The school of Engineering has promised to provide it’s students with Wi-fi in the brochure. Apparently, the staff has the access to the internet..The money we have paid for our benefits and comforts is now being used to pamper the senses/desires of the faculty. An educational institution is tantamount to a noble cause. Instead the management has resorted to extracting the maximum from the parents. NRI’s have fallen into the trap. The ramifications of the internet are always highlighted and are exaggerated beyond reason to prove their point. An edifice has been designed to loot money from students.
I don’t want temporary solutions which might seem pragmatic to the pea-brains of the administration or to a group of people who have lost faith in life and are trying to debate about life and death. I don’t want to be a victim of stupid schools of thoughts.I wish to be a brave soul and confront you..But I fear your wrath. There is no dearth of talent in the students in this institution. Only the walls and time have sabotaged them. I’m talking about UTOPIAN vision, not horse-eye view(which you call as pragmatism) which can be a convenient tool to blatantly ignore the lingering injustices.
Warning:
Your parochial attitudes have irked the student fraternity beyond reason. You begetted hate and you are the reason for the irascible, rather tempestuous behaviour of the students. You haven’t struggled hard to besmirch your image in the eyes of the junta. You can definitely expect an outburst in the near future…You have committed sins for which I cannot forsee a plausible explanation.The only way to perhaps regain your identity is to walk-the-talk and for now provide Wi-fi as promised…It helps in expanding one’s horizons…

+91 47 6280 1280

engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Take a stroll round the college and it is highly improbable that you wouldn’t come across it’s “MISSION” statement.Let me have the pleasure in reiterating what they claim so boldy..”To provide value-based education and mould the character of the younger generation through a system of wholesome learning,so that their earnest endeavour to achieve progress and prosperity in life,is matched by an ardent desire to extend selfless service to the society,one complementing the other.”..
I had gone through the aim’s and objectives of various colleges across India but none of them stand a chance to compete with the above stated mission.It’s indeed a bliss to be a part of such a noble cause,provided things work as they stated. Alas! Nature can neither tolerate perfection nor can it tolerate a state striving towards perfection…It makes sure that there are loop holes in the system to sabotage progress..! Well,you can’t blame mother nature for everything.A keen examination of the system would definitely help in identifying the cause of the problem.The problem is:straitlaced approach and parochial attitudes of the management.On the topmost rung of the ladder are people who have been losers in life and so-called “educated officials” who made ruining the college life of a student as their primary motive.With such people handling and executing the ultimate “MISSION”, it is practically impossible to move an inch in the graph of progress.If questioned,the management would definitely claim the other way round and might perhaps give you a glimpse of the laurels they had accumulated over the past as a mark of progress.All those spiels and litany of awards work well on an outsider whom you are trying to hoodwink but you can’t cast a spell on those who already fell into the trap..Yes! I’m talking about the thousands of students who fell for the value-based education and are ever-complaining about the “value of education(fee)”.Poor parents never knew that they would be collateral damage . Well,I cannot baselessly accuse the college in committing an irreparable crime..I have facts that cannot obliterate the truth.I shall be revealing facts one-by-one and to the end succeed in making the college partially-naked.
Fact #1: Food..
However great a man is ,whatever be his/her stature,food is essential to work effectively.Food gives us energy to work– not spirituality or meditation.Even to pass on the ethos which the institution claims to have bequeathed to us ,we need energy,which is a direct consequence of having good food.. The fact is all the sources of food have restrictions on them.For example: Canteens,one of the places for college students to hang out and rejuvenate the lost energy, has a time restriction..I don’t say that there shouldn’t be a time restriction but 7:00 pm is too early for the canteens to close..The mess starts at around 7:15 pm and closes by 8:20 pm.Within one-hour a student is expected to fill his stomach with food enough to work for the rest of the night..Okay! Let us assume it is possible to fill our stomachs with the required amount of food.Medicine says that our food digests within 4 hours from eating…But the tasks we are assigned,if done properly(without resorting to commonly practised techniques like copying) takes atleast 5-6 hours…So even if we finish having our food by 8:00 pm and start doing our work by 8:30 pm,the energy that our food gave wouldn’t last for more than 2 hours…So we are again hungry by 10:30 pm and left with almost three quarters of work..What do we do??­­?? Ha…the management is heartless….Okay! I’m talking about the ideal situation where a student does his work on a day-to-day basis and doesn’t accumulate work…
Okay..Consider a student who has a particular inclination towards sports..The classes end at 4:00 pm(only if the Prof decides not to take an extra class or he shows pity on us and doesn’t conduct a tutorial..).Now the sports enthusiasts go back to the hostel,perhaps wait till 5:00 pm for the snacks and walk about 3 kms to the ground to play…The place gets dark by 6:30 pm and perhaps you can see your shadow only if you come to junction near the general stores(more about General stores later..)….There might be more street lights but they haven’t switched it on perhaps in years of my stay to open my eyes to the fact- that there are actually many…Now the sportsman finds his way back to the hostel,choosing the shortest path–the ashram way,to conserve some energy, reminding himself of the fact that he would be given grass or may be as food in the mess hall..All his attempts to conserve energy would be futile for he has to walk back three loooong kilometers.On the way,he might take a pit-stop near the thorough fare and refill his senses with the scent of the Malayalee beauties…Beauty does stimulate one’s senses..Afterall they are the figures of our college..Now..he whacks himself to surge on the tar road which leads to a rather dusty road with bumps here and there which finally leads to “MESS” hall..Ah! such a messy place…Hi-fing a few classmates who have a disguted look,he reaches the plate section…Well,you don’t have to search for a neat plate because all are equally bad..The odds of you getting a bad plate even if you pick blindfolded are too high..So the dude doesn’t waste energy in thinking as to which plate to choose.He does succeed in conserving a little energy but eventually drains a lot into wash area scrubbing the plate..Haha!!..You can’t escape..!! Now..he gathers all his energy..moves forward drying his plate…hoping for a delicious dish..All he finds is Puri’s which are one-fourth the size of his hand,with newspaper stuck underneath..He smirks at the mess staff and takes small steps to serve himself chole(chola,as they call)..He might be facing resistance or might get a few elbow blows as his mates jostle for some liquid called sambhar or rasam(mostly water)..Jostling is at its peak only for Panneer and the last time I witnessed a peak was ages ago..
Sweat,like any other thing cannot defy gravity and finds itself a place in the food and perhaps feels happy for adding flavour to the blandness…
Now what does the dean/other officials who framed the rules do??All they do is spend some time writing their bucket list and have delicious food….
Okay!!! Ditch the canteens and mess halls..Can we prepare our food in the hostel rooms??
Ans:Food..?? That’s a punishable offence..Atleast a fast food like maggi noodles??? Noway..do u have kettle??…It might have been confiscated by now and perhaps you might have deluged the warden’s office with apology letters..You all know how much we pay!! Needless to say..

This just marks the beginning of Fact #1..More to come..So stay glued!!(It helps in conserving energy..!!)

+91 47 6280 1280

engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Whenever I’m told that Amrita School of Engineering is the “best one can get” and whatever happens over here is for the “greater good”, I’m on my guard . What I’m being taught in this college is to accept the present conditions as immutable facts of life, and to trim my aims/goals accordingly. The fact that we(students) are being ushered into a dungeon of injustice is enervating. The energy drain clubbed with the idiocies of the management adds to the irascible behaviour of the students.

Trying to prioritise the problems faced by the students,I ended up in a tussle with my alter ego. Being an advocate of logic, I could classify the problems based on their magnitude and intensity. Whatever it is, I’m quite aware of the fact that neither debating nor brooding over situations is a solution to a problem.
I presume you got a vivid picture of my mental status. Unfortunately, it is the same with every student residing on campus. Now..The student community is up against the wall with yet another problem. Millions o[censored]sers across the world have witnessed this problem:”Sorry! Page cannot be displayed”. This time it would be unfair on my part if I were to blame the Internet Service Provider. It is pretty obvious to conclude that we have NO access to the World Wide Web. It is indeed nerve-wracking. We are all well-aware of the fact that Internet has revolutionized the world and has been instrumental in the progress of millions of people .The question is Isn’t Amrita School of Engineering part of this E-world.
It is hilarious to note that our course structure is exactly the same as IIT –M(Even the course codes happen to be the same..ROFL..) The management has aped the course structure and is strictly abiding by it since its inception. Like the IIT’s ,we have plethora of quizzes, assignments,tutorials… The IIT’s provide their students with internet….Why didn’t Amrita choose the IIT as an idol in this aspect??

The pedagogues apparently used their “kidneys” (or should I say “Penis/Vagina”) and have come up with an idea to evade from delivering lectures..They call the lecture hour as a SEMINAR where the student has to deliver the lecture. How does a student understand a topic which he wasn’t taught? Are books the only banks of knowledge?? If so,how many books to refer to?? The library closes by 10.00 pm. The thing that still obfuscates me is how the hell are we supposed to seek knowledge when the doors leading to it are closed….This reminds me of a poster put up on our notice board. It reads as follows:
1.Multimedia presentation.
2. Photography.
3. Poster designing.
For posters, we need images which available only on the internet. For various Fonts, we need to access the internet. For classwork/assignments, we need google and Wikipedia. I just gave you a score of examples proving my point-Internet is part and parcel of an Engineer’s life. It’s a huge database. One of the classes were asked submit an assignment within a stipulated time. The prof. expected distinct content in the assignments(It is really not possible ‘coz a problem cannot have 60 solutions…). He also gave the students the “liberty” to use the internet. Students are usually boisterous…So you can expect clamouring at its peak. One of the studs said,” Sir, It is impossible to access the internet.We don’t have Wi-fi in our hostels.”
Prof: Okay..What’s the big deal..Go to the IT-lab and get material from there…
…………..Finally,the student was convinced to use the services in the IT LAB!
My point is:If you want distinct assignments,then everybody must go to the lab, at least make an attempt to browse through various sites and get information…If the whole class happens to go to the browsing center, the speed goes down(The download speed is too low.)..Again,this browsing lab has a timing..The lab closes by 10.30pm…..Between 6.30 -8.00 pm,they close the lab because the lab assistants go to have their food…So basically we are left with 2hrs 30 mins….How on earth is it possible to access the required information??
If the guy is clever enough,he starts browsing on his mobile..But you don’t get signal everywhere..Sometimes you ought to come out, stand in a particular location where the refresh rate of pages is fast. Now….The warden comes,snatches your mobile because it has a camera…. Your mobile is gone forever and all you are left with is pangs of fear.
We have a club called photography club. These people show-off by using Professional cameras. You can find them at every fest/event. (God knows what they snap… I presume under the pretext of photography, they practice pornography…)
The management allows them to snap photos using cameras but it doesn’t allow the students to use a mobile with camera. When a brave soul demands for a reason, the buggers give evasive and irrational replies like “ You may misuse technology..” What a stupid reason..!! What’s the difference in using a professional camera and a mobile camera????? It is more economical to buy a mobile with a good camera..Our college as always has concentrated on the micro economics and has lost out on the macro…..
I have a hunch that swamiji & CO have been drug peddlers in the past..Under the ruse of an instituition,they probably help the mafia and other small gangs in flesh trade.
The management made sure we are totally disconnected from the world..We aren’t “austere” people like them…We are here for technical education ,not to learn how to meditate or master the techniques of penance …When the whole world is converging towards cutting-edge technology, Amrita,on the other hand has adopted horse-and-buggy methods and expects progress.You cannot continue to run a space-age institution with horse-and-buggy methods. The approach to any problem by the top-level people is irrational. For example: Laptops and mobile phones were being stolen…The management got to know about it..
A week later on the hostel notice board:
It has been identified that the cause for theft is going into others rooms after 10pm. From now onwards,any student who is caught in a room that is not his shall be punished and has to pay a sum of Rs.1000/- as fine. I don’t get them again..If there is a thief in the hostel, he might as well steal things before 10 pm..It is surprising to know that the DEAN has a pea-sized brain..There is a discontinuity in the governance at the perimeter of Amrita. Outside..it is democracy whereas inside it is dictatorship. The rules have sabotaged the learning process , killed originality and begetted banality.
The school of Engineering has promised to provide it’s students with Wi-fi in the brochure. Apparently, the staff has the access to the internet..The money we have paid for our benefits and comforts is now being used to pamper the senses/desires of the faculty. An educational institution is tantamount to a noble cause. Instead the management has resorted to extracting the maximum from the parents. NRI’s have fallen into the trap. The ramifications of the internet are always highlighted and are exaggerated beyond reason to prove their point. An edifice has been designed to loot money from students.
I don’t want temporary solutions which might seem pragmatic to the pea-brains of the administration or to a group of people who have lost faith in life and are trying to debate about life and death. I don’t want to be a victim of stupid schools of thoughts.I wish to be a brave soul and confront you..But I fear your wrath. There is no dearth of talent in the students in this institution. Only the walls and time have sabotaged them. I’m talking about UTOPIAN vision, not horse-eye view(which you call as pragmatism) which can be a convenient tool to blatantly ignore the lingering injustices.
Warning:
Your parochial attitudes have irked the student fraternity beyond reason. You begetted hate and you are the reason for the irascible, rather tempestuous behaviour of the students. You haven’t struggled hard to besmirch your image in the eyes of the junta. You can definitely expect an outburst in the near future…You have committed sins for which I cannot forsee a plausible explanation.The only way to perhaps regain your identity is to walk-the-talk and for now provide Wi-fi as promised…It helps in expanding one’s horizons…

+91 47 6280 1280

engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Take a stroll round the college and it is highly improbable that you wouldn't come across it's "MISSION" statement.Let me have the pleasure in reiterating what they claim so boldy.."To provide value-based education and mould the character of the younger generation through a system of wholesome learning,so that their earnest endeavour to achieve progress and prosperity in life,is matched by an ardent desire to extend selfless service to the society,one complementing the other."..
I had gone through the aim's and objectives of various colleges across India but none of them stand a chance to compete with the above stated mission.It's indeed a bliss to be a part of such a noble cause,provided things work as they stated. Alas! Nature can neither tolerate perfection nor can it tolerate a state striving towards perfection…It makes sure that there are loop holes in the system to sabotage progress..! Well,you can't blame mother nature for everything.A keen examination of the system would definitely help in identifying the cause of the problem.The problem is:straitlaced approach and parochial attitudes of the management.On the topmost rung of the ladder are people who have been losers in life and so-called "educated officials" who made ruining the college life of a student as their primary motive.With such people handling and executing the ultimate "MISSION", it is practically impossible to move an inch in the graph of progress.If questioned,the management would definitely claim the other way round and might perhaps give you a glimpse of the laurels they had accumulated over the past as a mark of progress.All those spiels and litany of awards work well on an outsider whom you are trying to hoodwink but you can't cast a spell on those who already fell into the trap..Yes! I'm talking about the thousands of students who fell for the value-based education and are ever-complaining about the "value of education(fee)".Poor parents never knew that they would be collateral damage . Well,I cannot baselessly accuse the college in committing an irreparable crime..I have facts that cannot obliterate the truth.I shall be revealing facts one-by-one and to the end succeed in making the college partially-naked.
Fact #1: Food..
However great a man is ,whatever be his/her stature,food is essential to work effectively.Food gives us energy to work– not spirituality or meditation.Even to pass on the ethos which the institution claims to have bequeathed to us ,we need energy,which is a direct consequence of having good food.. The fact is all the sources of food have restrictions on them.For example: Canteens,one of the places for college students to hang out and rejuvenate the lost energy, has a time restriction..I don't say that there shouldn't be a time restriction but 7:00 pm is too early for the canteens to close..The mess starts at around 7:15 pm and closes by 8:20 pm.Within one-hour a student is expected to fill his stomach with food enough to work for the rest of the night..Okay! Let us assume it is possible to fill our stomachs with the required amount of food.Medicine says that our food digests within 4 hours from eating…But the tasks we are assigned,if done properly(without resorting to commonly practised techniques like copying) takes atleast 5-6 hours…So even if we finish having our food by 8:00 pm and start doing our work by 8:30 pm,the energy that our food gave wouldn't last for more than 2 hours…So we are again hungry by 10:30 pm and left with almost three quarters of work..What do we do??­­?? Ha…the management is heartless….Okay! I'm talking about the ideal situation where a student does his work on a day-to-day basis and doesn't accumulate work…
Okay..Consider a student who has a particular inclination towards sports..The classes end at 4:00 pm(only if the Prof decides not to take an extra class or he shows pity on us and doesn't conduct a tutorial..).Now the sports enthusiasts go back to the hostel,perhaps wait till 5:00 pm for the snacks and walk about 3 kms to the ground to play…The place gets dark by 6:30 pm and perhaps you can see your shadow only if you come to junction near the general stores(more about General stores later..)….There might be more street lights but they haven't switched it on perhaps in years of my stay to open my eyes to the fact- that there are actually many…Now the sportsman finds his way back to the hostel,choosing the shortest path–the ashram way,to conserve some energy, reminding himself of the fact that he would be given grass or may be as food in the mess hall..All his attempts to conserve energy would be futile for he has to walk back three loooong kilometers.On the way,he might take a pit-stop near the thorough fare and refill his senses with the scent of the Malayalee beauties…Beauty does stimulate one's senses..Afterall they are the figures of our college..Now..he whacks himself to surge on the tar road which leads to a rather dusty road with bumps here and there which finally leads to "MESS" hall..Ah! such a messy place…Hi-fing a few classmates who have a disguted look,he reaches the plate section…Well,you don't have to search for a neat plate because all are equally bad..The odds of you getting a bad plate even if you pick blindfolded are too high..So the dude doesn't waste energy in thinking as to which plate to choose.He does succeed in conserving a little energy but eventually drains a lot into wash area scrubbing the plate..Haha!!..You can't escape..!! Now..he gathers all his energy..moves forward drying his plate…hoping for a delicious dish..All he finds is Puri's which are one-fourth the size of his hand,with newspaper stuck underneath..He smirks at the mess staff and takes small steps to serve himself chole(chola,as they call)..He might be facing resistance or might get a few elbow blows as his mates jostle for some liquid called sambhar or rasam(mostly water)..Jostling is at its peak only for Panneer and the last time I witnessed a peak was ages ago..
Sweat,like any other thing cannot defy gravity and finds itself a place in the food and perhaps feels happy for adding flavour to the blandness…
Now what does the dean/other officials who framed the rules do??All they do is spend some time writing their bucket list and have delicious food….
Okay!!! Ditch the canteens and mess halls..Can we prepare our food in the hostel rooms??
Ans:Food..?? That's a punishable offence..Atleast a fast food like maggi noodles??? Noway..do u have kettle??…It might have been confiscated by now and perhaps you might have deluged the warden's office with apology letters..You all know how much we pay!! Needless to say..

This just marks the beginning of Fact #1..More to come..So stay glued!!(It helps in conserving energy..!!)

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engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Amrita University Coimbatore is definitely one of the best universities in terms of Academics.

But it FAILS MISERABLY when it comes to every other aspect. This complaint is about the bad food quality.

The canteens and messes hold complete monopoly with every student who eats having to eat in either of them as students are treated like 6 year old kids not being allowed to go out at will. (Same treatment to married PG students too! what a shame!).

The food is always substandard, and you find hair in the mess food often. The situation is pathetic. It is not a problem if they serve less variety or low quality food, but NOT UNHYGENIC food with follicles of the cook!
We definitely do not get our fee's worth of food. Worst part is, we aren't allowed to go out when we want to eat!

The other day, a student went to the canteen and ordered a Bhel Puri, and found a dead cockroach in it! And believe me, the students said "This happens all the time". Worst part is, the canteen management/stuff does not bother at all, and we cant take pictures to expose to the public as mobile phones with cameras are not allowed! what a wonderful rule to restrict technology among bachelors of technology?

The management does not care about us at all. They only preach love and compassion from the books of amritanandamayi. They do not practice it at all. We the students are treated like dirt by the wardens and management.

It would be nice if some authority can inspect and impose strict rules concerning food quality.

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engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

Whenever I’m told that Amrita School of Engineering is the “best one can get” and whatever happens over here is for the “greater good”, I’m on my guard . What I’m being taught in this college is to accept the present conditions as immutable facts of life, and to trim my aims/goals accordingly. The fact that we(students) are being ushered into a dungeon of injustice is enervating. The energy drain clubbed with the idiocies of the management adds to the irascible behaviour of the students.

Trying to prioritise the problems faced by the students,I ended up in a tussle with my alter ego. Being an advocate of logic, I could classify the problems based on their magnitude and intensity. Whatever it is, I’m quite aware of the fact that neither debating nor brooding over situations is a solution to a problem.
I presume you got a vivid picture of my mental status. Unfortunately, it is the same with every student residing on campus. Now..The student community is up against the wall with yet another problem. Millions o[censored]sers across the world have witnessed this problem:”Sorry! Page cannot be displayed”. This time it would be unfair on my part if I were to blame the Internet Service Provider. It is pretty obvious to conclude that we have NO access to the World Wide Web. It is indeed nerve-wracking. We are all well-aware of the fact that Internet has revolutionized the world and has been instrumental in the progress of millions of people .The question is Isn’t Amrita School of Engineering part of this E-world.
It is hilarious to note that our course structure is exactly the same as IIT –M(Even the course codes happen to be the same..ROFL..) The management has aped the course structure and is strictly abiding by it since its inception. Like the IIT’s ,we have plethora of quizzes, assignments,tutorials… The IIT’s provide their students with internet….Why didn’t Amrita choose the IIT as an idol in this aspect??

The pedagogues apparently used their “kidneys” (or should I say “Penis/Vagina”) and have come up with an idea to evade from delivering lectures..They call the lecture hour as a SEMINAR where the student has to deliver the lecture. How does a student understand a topic which he wasn’t taught? Are books the only banks of knowledge?? If so,how many books to refer to?? The library closes by 10.00 pm. The thing that still obfuscates me is how the hell are we supposed to seek knowledge when the doors leading to it are closed….This reminds me of a poster put up on our notice board. It reads as follows:
1.Multimedia presentation.
2. Photography.
3. Poster designing.
For posters, we need images which available only on the internet. For various Fonts, we need to access the internet. For classwork/assignments, we need google and Wikipedia. I just gave you a score of examples proving my point-Internet is part and parcel of an Engineer’s life. It’s a huge database. One of the classes were asked submit an assignment within a stipulated time. The prof. expected distinct content in the assignments(It is really not possible ‘coz a problem cannot have 60 solutions…). He also gave the students the “liberty” to use the internet. Students are usually boisterous…So you can expect clamouring at its peak. One of the studs said,” Sir, It is impossible to access the internet.We don’t have Wi-fi in our hostels.”
Prof: Okay..What’s the big deal..Go to the IT-lab and get material from there…
…………..Finally,the student was convinced to use the services in the IT LAB!
My point is:If you want distinct assignments,then everybody must go to the lab, at least make an attempt to browse through various sites and get information…If the whole class happens to go to the browsing center, the speed goes down(The download speed is too low.)..Again,this browsing lab has a timing..The lab closes by 10.30pm…..Between 6.30 -8.00 pm,they close the lab because the lab assistants go to have their food…So basically we are left with 2hrs 30 mins….How on earth is it possible to access the required information??
If the guy is clever enough,he starts browsing on his mobile..But you don’t get signal everywhere..Sometimes you ought to come out, stand in a particular location where the refresh rate of pages is fast. Now….The warden comes,snatches your mobile because it has a camera…. Your mobile is gone forever and all you are left with is pangs of fear.
We have a club called photography club. These people show-off by using Professional cameras. You can find them at every fest/event. (God knows what they snap… I presume under the pretext of photography, they practice pornography…)
The management allows them to snap photos using cameras but it doesn’t allow the students to use a mobile with camera. When a brave soul demands for a reason, the buggers give evasive and irrational replies like “ You may misuse technology..” What a stupid reason..!! What’s the difference in using a professional camera and a mobile camera????? It is more economical to buy a mobile with a good camera..Our college as always has concentrated on the micro economics and has lost out on the macro…..
I have a hunch that swamiji & CO have been drug peddlers in the past..Under the ruse of an instituition,they probably help the mafia and other small gangs in flesh trade.
The management made sure we are totally disconnected from the world..We aren’t "austere" people like them…We are here for technical education ,not to learn how to meditate or master the techniques of penance …When the whole world is converging towards cutting-edge technology, Amrita,on the other hand has adopted horse-and-buggy methods and expects progress.You cannot continue to run a space-age institution with horse-and-buggy methods. The approach to any problem by the top-level people is irrational. For example: Laptops and mobile phones were being stolen…The management got to know about it..
A week later on the hostel notice board:
It has been identified that the cause for theft is going into others rooms after 10pm. From now onwards,any student who is caught in a room that is not his shall be punished and has to pay a sum of Rs.1000/- as fine. I don’t get them again..If there is a thief in the hostel, he might as well steal things before 10 pm..It is surprising to know that the DEAN has a pea-sized brain..There is a discontinuity in the governance at the perimeter of Amrita. Outside..it is democracy whereas inside it is dictatorship. The rules have sabotaged the learning process , killed originality and begetted banality.
The school of Engineering has promised to provide it’s students with Wi-fi in the brochure. Apparently, the staff has the access to the internet..The money we have paid for our benefits and comforts is now being used to pamper the senses/desires of the faculty. An educational institution is tantamount to a noble cause. Instead the management has resorted to extracting the maximum from the parents. NRI’s have fallen into the trap. The ramifications of the internet are always highlighted and are exaggerated beyond reason to prove their point. An edifice has been designed to loot money from students.
I don’t want temporary solutions which might seem pragmatic to the pea-brains of the administration or to a group of people who have lost faith in life and are trying to debate about life and death. I don’t want to be a victim of stupid schools of thoughts.I wish to be a brave soul and confront you..But I fear your wrath. There is no dearth of talent in the students in this institution. Only the walls and time have sabotaged them. I’m talking about UTOPIAN vision, not horse-eye view(which you call as pragmatism) which can be a convenient tool to blatantly ignore the lingering injustices.
Warning:
Your parochial attitudes have irked the student fraternity beyond reason. You begetted hate and you are the reason for the irascible, rather tempestuous behaviour of the students. You haven’t struggled hard to besmirch your image in the eyes of the junta. You can definitely expect an outburst in the near future…You have committed sins for which I cannot forsee a plausible explanation.The only way to perhaps regain your identity is to walk-the-talk and for now provide Wi-fi as promised…It helps in expanding one’s horizons…

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engineering.amrita.edu

Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India – 690525

I BRING TO PARENTS NOTICE THEIR CHILDREN UNDERGO IN AMRITA VISWAVIDHYALAY, VALLIKAVU.
THEY CHARGE BIG AMOUNTS BUT RUN THE COLLEGE LIKE ASHRAM. THEY SAY THEY DO MANY PHILANTHROPHY WORKS, BUT THE QUALITY OF FOOD IS KILLING.
CROWS, COWS AND STUDENTS EAT TOGHETHER. STUDENTS ALSO EAT CROW DROPPINGS AS PICKLES.
DUE TO WHICH PEOPLE HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF CAMPUS TO LOOK FOR NON VEG WHICH IS CATERED BY SHANTIES OUTSIDE.
THE VEGETARIANS STATE IS PATHETIC.
THE HOSTELS BOAST OF BHAJANS, WHICH IS BODY WITHOUT SOUL, LACKS COMMON SENSE.
HOSTELS ARE FOUR WALLS BUT CHARGES ARE EXHORBITANT.
WE CALL THIS AMRITA VISWAVIDHYALAYA. TRULY INTERNATIONAL