December Edition of xMECian

General News

Year that was

XMEC-Coimbatore had its first get together on Jan 26th at Velan Food Park.

XMEC Singapore met on 6th August at Mumtaz Mahal Restaurant, Singapore. Over 20 XMECians and their families joined for the meet.

MECians Win KEA tournament MECians Win KEA tournament - Reigning Champions, Team MEC, retained the KEA BBC Cricket tournament successfully. The tournament is held annually by Kerala Engineers Association and is between the alumnus of different engineering colleges from Kerala. Kudos to team members Jithin AK, Kamal Kishore, Joju Jacob, Ravi, Anup Mohan, Amal Kumar,Ani Varghese, Ravi, Anup Mohan, Amal Kumar,Ani Varghese, Dilip Chacko, Ajai Ck, Gopikrishnan Potti and Jithin Janardhanan.

XMEC Meet Singapore

XMEC Coimbatore get-togeher

Important Events of 2011

xmecianThe Year that was

The Past, Present and Future XMEC Carol

Wishes!!!Wishing All xMECians Very Happy Year. Hope everyone has a great 2012!

Dec 2011

Model Engineering College Alumni Newsletter

xmecian - Model Engineering College Alumni Newsletter

XMEC Meet 2011 - XMEC Meet 2011 was conducted on September 17th at Rami's guestline, Attibele, Bangalore. Around 250 xMECians attended the meet and it was a memorable one for all.

XMEC MEET COIMBATORE - XMECians at Coimbatore organised a reunion on the 25th of November at Velan Food Park, Gandhipuram. About 47 XMECians attended the meet.

XSA

2011 has been a hectic and challenging year for XSA. We have gone social, increased the number of scholarships and helped more people than last year.

Last year we gave scholarships to additional 5 students, thus taking the total Last year we gave scholarships to additional 5 students, thus taking the total number to 11 scholarships in the current year. With scholarships in 2012, we would reach the full spectrum of sponsoring students from the 2nd to the 4th year. The total amount paid out in 2011 is Rs 2,20,000/-

XSA has also gone social with a page on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/XMECSocialAssist) and a blog page (http://xmecsocialassist.blogspot.com)

We have been able to support five people in their time of need apart from We have been able to support five people in their time of need apart from the scholarship. They are:

- Shyamdas, a student of standard 9 at Model Technical Higher Secondary School met with a serious accident on the playing ground. He was in a critical state and operated on at the Ernakulam Medical Centre. We have been to collect and donate Rs 1,50,000/- for his operation and treatment-- Ashish G. Nair, +2 student of Bharathiya Vidhya Bhavan Thrissur was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (blood cancer). We collected Rs 25,000/- for him. His health is getting better. The medication is to continue for another 2 years.

XMEC Meet CoimbatoreXMEC Meet 2011


College Events of 2011

CUSAT ARTS - MEC bagged the overall trophy in CUSAT university arts for second time running. Congrats to all MECians who were a part of it. Lets make winning a tradition.

College Arts College Arts - College Arts was held on September 29th, 30th and October 1st.

- Shiji, a young girl from a poor background needed money to build her house and her marriage. We were able to collect Rs 40,000/- for her.- Lenin C B, suffering from single vessel coronary artery disease and was treated at Lissie Heart Institute, Cochin. We were able to donate Rs 25,000/- for him- Cochlea Transplantation for a 10 month old baby who was born deaf. We were able to collect Rs 20,000/-

We have been getting more and more help requests. We are sure that with We have been getting more and more help requests. We are sure that with the help of XMECians we would be able to help out more people during this year. Thanks for the support of all XMECians. Once again calling for volunteers to help out XSA!!!For details, please contact George Kuriakose <[email protected]>

Excel 2011 - Excel, the Annual South India Level Technical Festival of Model Engineering College, was held on September 23rd, 24th and 25th. It was the biggest Excel in history with technical events from electronics, computer sci-ence and electrical departments along with other management and fun events. Excel Nights with concert by notable band Avail was a show stopper.

New Principal for MEC - Senior faculty of IHRD and famous Electronics expert, Dr.T.K.Mani has joined in Model Engineering College as its New Principal on 27/10/2011.

LEGO INGENIUM - Eletrical Minds Forum(EMF), association of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering students of College, organised ‘Lego Ingenium’ in as-sociation with KSEB Engineers Association (KSEBEA) on the 14th and 15th of December 2011.

Voice of the Voiceless - TREE – the nature club of MEC, as part of its Mullaperi-yar campaign, organised a open canvas painting event at Marine Drive open to all public. The event coined “Voice of the Voiceless” was inaugu-rated by prominent painter and sculptor M.V. Devan.


Technopreneur and Sociopreneur was held at MEC on 4th and 5th March, 2011.

TWM -Technical Workshop Marathon was held at MEC during May/June 2011

The Illuminati Quiz 2011The Illuminati Quiz 2011 - hosted in memory of Sandeep Menon, was organ-ised on August 6th at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Hall, Ernakulam. Sandeep menon, 2006 batch, was the founder of the Illuminati quiz club in college. College of Engineering, Guindy came out on top with NIT, Calicut and NLSIU, Bangalore coming 2nd and 3rd Respectively. ELJUEGO 2011, the inter college football tournament, hosted by MEC was or-ganised from 21st Feb. Adoor Engineering College finished winners and Uni-versity college of Calicut finished runner-up.

Individual Achievements by xMECians

Sarath Lakshman of 2011 batch published his book "Linux Shell Scripting Cook-book". The book is published by Packt Publishers, UK.

Shan Kadavil of 1999 batch, who heads the India operations of Zynga Games, is featured as one among 151 Tech heads from India in the annual edition of Exhibit Magazine. Other prominent personalities highlighted in the edition include Amit Singhal, Director of Google Core Ranking team, Sabeer Bhatia, co founder of hotmail, Shailesh Rao, MD Google .etc

Dr. M.V Rajesh of 1990-1994 batch has been awarded Ph.D in Signal ProcessDr. M.V Rajesh of 1990-1994 batch has been awarded Ph.D in Signal Process-ing from Cochin University of Science And Technology. Congrats for the stu-pendous achievement.

Shinoob Backer of EBE2K6 is the Asst. Cinematographer in the new malay-alam movie Pranayam staring Mohanlal, Anupam Kher, Jayaprada and di-rected by Blessy.


Sarath Ravi of 2010 batch got admission to University of Texas, ArlingtonGovind Menon of 2008 Batch got admission to Thunderbird School of Global Management, ArizonaAnup Mohan of 2008 Batch got admission to the University of PurdueHridya V of 2008 Batch got admission to University of Purdue

Admission alert :

They left us only with memories

Praveen Das of 2010 batch left us on 27th August. Praveen known to most of us in college as “Cherai”, left us on 27th August in a very tragic way. He was drowned in Cherai beach while playing with his friends.

Anil Elson of 2002 batch left us on 31st August. Anil who was fight-ing cancer for last few months left us on 31st August. He was sur-rounded by immediate family and close friends at the time of his passing.

College reopened after Christmas & New year break on January 2nd.

2 students got placement offers in

7 students got placed in iGate Patni off-campus placement drive

recruited 3 students3 students from MEC got placed in Logitech

Cypress visited campus last month and gave offers to 2 students.

Placement News

Reopening

College News

Nidhun Thankachan of 2010 batch got 99.27 Percentile in CAT 2011Rubiya Asiz of 2011 Batch got 98 Percentile in CAT 2011Arathi J of 2011 Batch got 97.7 Percentile in CAT 2011

Achievers :

The Past, Present and FutureBefore you read this let me warn you that these are the confessions of a lad whose experienced a transition from college to the corporate world for hardly 4-5 months. This need not be what life is yet to unveil, but face it, these are my thoughts right now.

The Past:So many expectations when you join college. Starting off with a bag, as a matter of So many expectations when you join college. Starting off with a bag, as a matter of fact, a book for every subject, a pen and of course money. My nostrils sense the smell of those neatly covered brown note books......so sweet. Towards the latter part of your college life, you clearly have no bag, you borrow one of the many orphan books lying in the classroom, and a pen from the geeks. As for the money, when time passes by, every coin counts. You and your buddies dig deep in to gather up cash to atleast to buy a candy. You finally enjoy the victorious moment with everyone who participated in the gamble. The game gets unfair when onlookwith everyone who participated in the gamble. The game gets unfair when onlook-ers join in.

How can we forget the glorious moments walking between hostel and college. The first two years witness a very lame memory of shops you walk past, with large, stern looking Gundas, watching every move you make, leaning on those walls and just waiting. The lame memory owes to the fact that you literally zoom past these events to escape embarassing encounters of any sort. The latter years reflect a re-alisation that the gangsters were infact your own college mates trying to act cool. So instead of zooming past them, we exchange college greetings, small and long conversations that can go for hoursconversations that can go for hours

We we had a prejudice of college to be a replica of those movies with partners, money, jazzy clothes and sporty cars, and it all turns out to be the other way round. We become individuals who have learnt to live it the hard way. Analyse, adjust with any ***hole that comes your way, and survive in any evergreen savannah forest you put us in.

As the chariot of time passes by, the events transform like a phoenix that burns to its ashes. What remains are treasured possessions called memories....so strong, so sweet.

The Present

Talk about those elevators!!You get into a lift filled with robots, also called the co-orporate folks. No exchange You get into a lift filled with robots, also called the co-orporate folks. No exchange of smiles nor emotions. You tightly hold your precious “Personal Space” and can sense no visible motion of anyone breathing. As these folks move out, you are left with a few peers who still have some more of the diminshing youth deep inside. Bursts of laughter, ridicule, and relaxation. Finally a few moments you can cherish.


A conversation please.....Its been a while since you've had a real conversation with anyone. All I have con-versed about during the last few months is on how beautiful/dull the day is or how the weather/food is. It sounds so identical and boring. Small talk, Phew! I'm done with adult conversations. Earlier, all we had were late night conversations and chattering..... whatever did we talk about??!!

Foooood:Hmm. ....Days when it was sufficient to survive on samoosa's and lime of Zam-Zam. The truth is that you can never trade anything for a spicy, tasty, delicious whole-some “Sadhya” for a burger or pizza. Savouring every grain of rice on your banana leaf till you lick the last drop on the tip if your finger. Its too precious.Now you worry about dining ettiquette, forks and spoons and the other things you were least both-ered about, instead of the food.

Trinnnnng!!My phone was famously called a “mulberry” for its extravagant look and for the royal treatment I gave it during the early days. (Pure sarcasism). Now the irony is that I have a better phone, with no pet name. A huge phone bal-ance but no one to ring.

Vaynoking:In college, goosebumps, squeaks and squeals, watching a handsome young man walk into the room. And those the expressive glances you give to people who know you best.Now, despite the fact that the entire room is filled with good-looking guys and sexy chicks, your heart fails to skip a beat anymore. The rare event turns to be some-thing not out of the ordinary. You search for a familiar face to give those glances, but the room looks like greek to you.

Theatres and ticketsLong never ending queues in the theatre, bearing the constant nagging from your male counterparts just for those prized first show tickets. Now these diamonds are just a click away.

Bus ridesThose bus rides, with robots as its passengers, devices in ears, listening to different Those bus rides, with robots as its passengers, devices in ears, listening to different types of music, each in their own world of fantasy, constantly wondering how they landed up here just like everyone else.

LOVESoon we forget about respect and sincerity, we stop believing that love is patient, Soon we forget about respect and sincerity, we stop believing that love is patient, kind and not envious. We understand that love was only a bed time story that vis-ited us in the form of movies. It shielded us from the truth, that love was not a big deal afterall.


The FUTURE:Every child opens its eyes to see his parents delight on reading their new born's future.

When I was a kid, it was a hobby to bang my mothers precious aluminium vessels When I was a kid, it was a hobby to bang my mothers precious aluminium vessels (which acted as my drum set) with spoons and forks (my drum sticks). My proud mother almost knew that I would grow up to be a great musician. Well destiny promised me a cranky voice, without the skill to neither hold a guitar, play a simple tune on the piano nor maintain my rhythm on a drum set. So many expectations, dreams from within and around you, but the force within me had lost its battle. I lost an opportunity to master in a musical instrument which would be an aid to trade my emotions.my emotions.

All those skills that everyone expected out of us, made us almost believe that we were good enough to be president. As one door of opportunity closed, we were soon searching for the window, When exactly do we stop doing what we enjoy? Why do we stop making our dreams a reality? Our creator is waiting for us to do something special in our lives Why are we scared to take that leap of risk? What do we end up finally doing?

Is it possible to do what you love doing, be what you really are, cause there really is no point in putting that mask with a fake smile.

So to end in a positive note, while you are out there getting where you are getting So to end in a positive note, while you are out there getting where you are getting to, make sure your dreams stay big and worries stay small. I dont have the key line to success, but do believe that everything happens for a reason. All the best :-)

By : Sheji Ann MathewComputer Science and Engineering

Batch of 2011

Amarnath of 2006 batch got married on 14th November of 2011Meriya of 2009 batch got married on 26th December 2011Hridya V of 2008 Batch got married to Varun Santhasheelan on 28th De-cember 2011Allen Sebastian of 2006 batch got married on 7th January 2011Prabin of 2007 batch got married on 15th January 2012Yamuna PC of 2009 batch is getting married on January 21st 2012Wishing all a happy Married life. :-)

Family Matters :



Riyas T K2008 batch



Christmas Carol was organised by a group of active xmecians from ramamurthy nagar on December 20th and 21st. Around 20 xmecian houses were visited during these 2 days. Thanks to all who cooperated with us and received us to their houses with love. Let photos do the rest of the talking.

XMEC CAROL

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