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Thursday, April 19, 2012 DECCAN HERALD 3

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‘Aarohan’Aarohan , an inter-collegiate manage-

ment fest of BNMIT, willbe held on April 20 and21. Keeping with thetagline of the fest –‘Rise to the Zenith withZeal of a Czar’, the two-day fest will feature

events such as ‘Episco-pus’ (Finance), ‘Springer’(Marketing), ‘Brenhines’(Human Resource),‘Rochus’ (BusinessQuiz), ‘Rego’ (Best Man-ager) and others. Thenew events this yearare ‘Jaque Mate’(Twister), ‘Reine’ (Entre-preneur) and ‘Instinto’(Culturals). For details,call 09740794658.

‘Aavishkaar’Aavishkaar , the an-nual technical fest

of M S Ramaiah Instituteof Technology (MSRIT),will be held on April 20and 21.

Conducted by IEEEMSRIT Student Branch,the fest was started in

2004 by the first IEEEMSRIT executive com-mittee. It was consid-ered to be one of thebest and most competi-tive events that year.

Ever since, ‘Aav-ishkaar’ has been a pop-ular event at MSRITdrawing a large numberof students from manycolleges in Bangaloreand other cities includ-ing the NITs and IITs.

This year, IEEE MSRITStudent Branch againaims to provide a plat-form to students fromtechnical backgroundsto compete in a numberof exciting events, earnprizes and most impor-tantly gain recognitionamong their peers.

Algomach, gamingand cyber treasure hunt

are some of the eventsthat will be held at thefest. For details, call7760623491.DHNS

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FOND MEMORIES

It’s the final

countdownI

t’s time for the final year en-gineering students to say goodbye to college as they 

will be completing theircourse soon. With hardly amonth left for their final ex-ams, students are filled withmixed emotions. Unanimous-ly they say that college life hasgiven them a lot of good mem-ories.

They will definitely missthose funny incidents on cam-pus, the countless trips they went on, celebrating festivals,movie-watching sessions,birthday treats, sleep-overs,

running around and takingprint-outs of lab records, copy-ing assignments just five min-utes before submission, com-bined studies and burning themidnight oil during exams.Most of them are making thebest use of their last few daysin college and just want tospend time with their friendsmore than anything else.

Reshma, a final year engi-neering student, says it will bean emotional moment for herto leave college. “It’s a mixedfeeling. I am happy that I willstart earning soon but at thesame time, I am sad as I willmiss my college life. Unlikeothers, my friends and I havedecided to attend classes com-pulsorily so that we can spendtime together. Our bond of friendship has becomestronger as we work on proj-ects and seminars together.Recently, six of us had gone toKodaikanal for three days. Itwas a memorable trip and weenjoyed it to the fullest. Wedid cycling, boating, trekkingand many other things,” shesays.

Some students are clickingas many photographs as possi-ble to cherish these momentsin the future. “We had an eth-nic day recently during which,we took a lot of group pic-tures. We even made our lec-turers pose for us. We havepromised our juniors that wewill be in touch with them andbe always open to help them,”informs Reshma. She feels it ishigh time she clears all themisunderstandings between

her and her friends.Most students are aware

that they won’t get a lot of freetime in the corporate worldwhich they are about to entersoon. “I am sure that life willbe very hectic once we be-come professionals. This is thelast chance we will get to hangout with friends and travel.Recently, seven of us had goneto Goa and had a nice time.We will be heading to Keralasoon,” says Aman Gupta, an-other final year student whowants to spend time with hisfriends. “Be it partying orwatching cricket matches, I al-

ways have fun with my friends.With the IPL going on at pres-ent, we gather at a friend’shouse to watch the match andhave a great time,” he adds.

 Vinay G C, a final year stu-dent in electronics and com-munication, too spends a lot of time with his friends. He willsoon be heading to Ooty alongwith friends and wants to en- joy life to the fullest. “Even inthe City, we keep on exploringnew places. We often go outfor lunches and dinners andmake sure that we go to a dif-ferent place every time,” says Vinay, who is thrilled after

watching an IPL match live atthe stadium. “I had gone forthe match between RoyalChallengers Bangalore andRajasthan Royals along withmy college friends. We hadgreat fun there and cheered alot for Rahul Dravid,” hegushes. Ajith Sharma, anotherstudent, has no time for mer-ry-making as he is tied up withacademics. “We are burdenedwith tough syllabus, projects,seminars and internals. Wecan’t neglect our studies alsoas this is our last chance to im-prove our academic record. Icatch up with friends only dur-

ing the evening at some eating joint. I am looking forward tothe convocation ceremony asours is the first batch to passout after BMS attained the au-tonomous status. We will behaving many photoshoots onthat day,” he concludes.Rajani Hegde

‘REVAMP 2012’

The campus of REVAITM was thrown intofestivity recently, as the

students of the college gottogether to put up ‘Revamp

— 2012’, their annual tech-no-cultural fest. The fest,which was the perfect op-portunity for the collegepopulation to leave behindthe shackles of the class-room, included myriadevents and competitions,and witnessed a footfall of around 4,000 student par-ticipants. The college cam-pus was done up until itsmacked of a rustic, ruralenvironment — completewith straw huts and colour-ful banners which the stu-dents put up themselves.

The three-day extrava-ganza included many op-portunities for studentsfrom across the City to ex-hibit their creative tenden-cies. With events such as aphotography competition,rangoli -designing, creative

writing, street plays, dumbcharades, ‘Mad Ads’ andsketching, students were lit-erally spoilt for choice.Teams from colleges such asMSRIT, NMIT, Nagarjunaand BMSCE took part in thefest. The cultural portion of the fest also included aWestern Electric, whereinbands from colleges acrossthe City had to battle it outon stage. The bands whichcompeted included ‘Hun-gry’, ‘Morph Code’, ‘TiffinBox’, ‘Apothesys’, ‘Cheis-trah’, ‘Morphine Overdose’,‘String Concept’, ‘Portal of Deception’, ‘Digital Sympa-thy’ and ‘Thrash’. A medley of songs — including origi-nal compositions as well asrenditions of popular alter-

nate rock and heavy metalnumbers — were put up. Ulti-

mately, ‘Hungry’ walked away with the first prize, while ‘Por-tal of Deception’ came in aclose second.Another interest-ing event held during the festi- val was ‘Stress Buster’, anevent which followed the for-mat of a Roadies interview.Contestants had to fill in formswhich included several person-al questions, after which they had to sit down for a formal in-terview — the idea being to seehow long they could stand thepressure before giving in. Stu-dents such as Neha Yadav andArjun Rao — both from REVAITM itself — sat for the inter- view to see how long they could handle it before they cracked. A fashion show wasalso held, with teams from col-leges like REVA ITM, Nagarju-

na College of Engineering andTechnology and NMIT to

name a few. While REVA ITMwon the first place, the stu-dents from Nagarjuna Collegeof Engineering walked away with the second prize.

Abhiruchi, one of the organ-isers of the festival, said thatputting the entire event to-gether had been quite an expe-rience. “It took us about amonth, since we had our firstmeeting in the first week of February. We had to miss lotsof classes — I literally have zeroper cent attendance — and hadto compromise on our proj-ects, but we’re really happy with how it’s turned out. Theentire event was handled by the students, with some guid-ance from our lecturers,” sheexplained.DHNS

A motley of experiences

GOING GREEN

The trend of being a vege-tarian is growing moreand more among young-

sters today. Almost everyonetalks about healthy eatinghabits. People are beginningto realise that they need to ex-ercise more often, eat less sat-urated fat and more fruits and vegetables. At the same time,they also want to eat some-thing new and special every-day but ensure that it is goodfor their health.

However, is health the only 

reason why some choose to be vegetarians or are there many other reasons that affect an in-dividual when it comes to thischoice?

Shobit, a student of ChristCollege, answers, “I amagainst commercialisationand cruelty towards animalsand this is the main reason Ichoose to be a vegetarian.” Be-ing a Jain has influencedShobit to live this way and heis more than happy about hisdecision. “I am determined tostay a vegan for life,” he adds.In some cases, one’s upbring-ing doesn’t affect one’s choice.“I grew up in a family of non- vegetarians but I have chosento be a vegetarian,” says Bhav-na Kankariya. “When thereare lots of fruits and vegeta-bles in abundance, why kill?”she asks.

Being a vegetarian makeslife easier too as this way, onedoes not have to worry aboutdiseases like tapeworm infec-tion and mad cow disease thatare spread through meat.However, ever wondered if go-

ing vegetarian can bring abouta loss of proteins and ironfound mainly in non-vegetari-an food? In answer to thisquestion, Akriti Agarwal, astrong vegan, says, “Yes, if our vegetarian diets are not wellplanned, then one can lose outon a lot. One must eat enoughcereals, tofu, bread, beans,cows milk, citrus fruits andeven peanut butter to helpadd protein and iron to his orher diet.” The right diet fol-lowed can help us stay fit andrid us from chances of dia-

Vegans for lifebetes, chronic diseases andmore. The best part about be-ing a vegetarian is that it is fullof fresh, nutritious and tasty food. Who said vegans only eat salads? They have a widechoice of food to indulgethemselves in from pizzas topasta and even lasagna.

“I love being a vegetarian”says Aditi Chawla, a fashiondesigner who is an ovo-vege-tarian. “Anything vegetariantastes yummy and I strongly recommend one to develop

the habit of eating lots of ‘green leafy vegetables’ as itcan do wonders to our bod-ies,” she adds. So being a vege-tarian not only benefits ourhealth, but improves our styleof living and in the end, canprove out to be both tasty andnutritious, a two-in-one pack-age. It’s a big step one takes,affected by various factors.But in the end, going greencan end up being the best de-cision one can ever make.Leah Anna Joseph

CHIC Models at the fashion show.

ENJOYING(Left to right from top) Hema, Reshma, Rashmi, Shradha, Nandini, Priyanka,Parjanya, Chaitra and Poornima.

Aman Gupta

Ajith Sharma

Vinay G C

FIT Today’s youngsters areopting for healthy eating habits.

Bhavna Kankariya

Aditi Chawla