1st Edition

Hi friends. I read the 1st edition of high five and the way Grapevine
guys answered to it. Then came an edition of Conflicting Emotions by a
confused observer (as he himself wrote it) which tried to publicize
Utkansh’10 the best it could. So, I came up with an idea of writing
something too. This one is neither to criticize anyone nor to blame
anyone. Its just an attempt to make you aware of the latest
happenings.

NITJ- one of the top 20 engineering colleges in India. Is it ?? How
old is that story?? What makes us call it as the prestigious
institute?? I guess none of us has an answer to it.

When I got admission here in 20__, my friends and relatives asked me
Where did I get admission.. I being a proud student with my head held
high answered by saying NIT Jalandhar.. I had never felt so much
embarrassed ever before when I was further questioned “Lovely mein
admission nahi mili??”.. Welcome my dear friends and juniors. This is
NITJ for you…….!!!

Definition of NITJ-
We define it differently to everyone.
To a businessman- “Amritsar ke raaste mein bidhipur faatak se 500 mts
pehle ek college hai. Wo mera college hai.”
To the drivers of local means of transport- “Aara ke paas jo college
hai, wahan jana hai”.
And to someone who had once attempted AIEEE exam and failed luckily
(you know why :P) we say – “ Main REC mein padhta hoon.”
Its just in our Institute that we can use the term NIT.

General definition –
· “An institute where number of rules and regulations are more than
the number of students and where one gets to know about them when
someone breaks it.”
· “An institute where even the Lab Assistants consider themselves to
be no less than the Respected Director.”

The only good thing that happens here are weekends. Yes, it is. You
will understand it once you get the status of a “STAR” STUDENT.

Annual Fests-

TechNITi 09 was a huge success and so was the post-TechNITi event
named as Protest 09. Many year and semester backs were at the stake so
that something good could happen for the present batches and the ones
yet to come. That of course did not happen.

Utkansh-ver 5.0-
Do I need to write or say anything about this much much awaited fest..
I guess YES (so that students atleast get an idea about what it is)..
Confusion is the key word here. From every member of Team Utkansh to
every single student who is observing it, there is only one question
on the lips- “Ye ho kya raha hai??”

A member of investigating team of Failure’s Feedback got some interesting news-
· Stalls which on Utkansh08 and Utkansh09 were given for Rs200 are
now being sold for Rs1500 (for the worst stall) to Rs 25000 for the
lucky 7 stall.
· From Prom Night to Prom Eve to Prom Afternoon {yes , that is the
name :D} and now to Casino Masquerade (Couple Dance) , the name has
changed 4 times. Who knows what surprises are awaited out there.
· "If you bring a sponsor, you will get 10% of the amount you bring in
sponsorship..” How true was that?? It was not. The fact being if ABC
got the sponsorship through his links , the deal was signed by XYZ
member of Team Utkansh and in that way no student got even 1%.
· www.utkansh.org mentions the sponsors as Pizza sponsor (which should
have been Food partner), Coffee sponsor (which should have been
beverage partner) and the home page had Euphoria as the one coming for
StarNITe till 10th March though the deal was cancelled on 26th
February only. This last fact was observed by a very dear friend of
mine who is studying in PEC, ChandigarhJ

The grapevine said that Team Utkansh has 10.7 lakhs in hand including
mechandize.. It makes one think where is it being utilized if an
outsider is being charged Rs250 just to enter inside the institute.

The screening of Fashion shows and Choreographies was a bit
controversial too.. A Fashion show team FUSION which was not even in
waiting list went to IIT Roorkee and won 3rd prize + cash prize of Rs
40000 and a guy RAMANPREET got a contract of Rs 2.5 Lacs just to do
modeling for a certain brand.. This is Pre-Utkansh for you. Hope it
goes good. Goodluck guys. See you in the evening..

Some other latest happenings include 2nd year Inter-Branch cricket
tournament-Pitch Fever ( ‘P’ was further replaced by letter ‘B’ by
some creative minds). CSE and IPE emerged as the winners as the match
got tied. This tournament included only 4 teams from 2nd year and
M.Tech and 1st year were the other two teams. Some rules were even
made on the spot. The knock-out tournament was changed to a league
after the first match when the organizers lost it:D..Thats what
NITJians are good at-Jugaad

A first year mechanical guy got into controversies with a respected
teacher of our institute. He was late for his class and the teacher
did not allow him to enter. The next time the teacher was late and
that daring guy locked the door and said that “Mam, aap late ho. So
you are not allowed to enter..” Wow…Good going juniors.

It is a true fact that average NITJ boys lose their perception of
female beauty after spending time in campus. Huh…Lets hope that the
coming batch is better to some extent as now finally women have got
what they wanted..Reservation for themselves..Its their time to return
us the favor…Hoping to see beautiful girls in the college next year
..lol.. (I wish there was a beauty quota too :P)


The ‘K’ episode
( Kisne Kisko Kya Kaha )

1. “Even reimbursement not given to us, 10% to door ki baat”
- a member of sponsorship team.

2. “Suppli kismat wale ki aate hai”
- a senior consoling his junior when he got a ‘U’

3. “ Suppli ke 1500 ka jugaad kahan se kroon”
- one star student to another.

4. Police ka kaam hai gundon ko pakadna, teacher ka kaam hai
student ko pakadna
- a student was answered in this way when he went to seek
permission to
organize an event.

5. “Daviet walon ne Amrinder Gill bulaya tha, tum log wo bhi nahi bula sake??
Daviet ne entry 150 rakhi thi, aap logon ne central government college
mein ho ke 250 rakhi..”
- a student of Daviet to one of the members of the publicity team who
went there to publicize Utkansh.

6. “Main aapko dhamka nahi raha hoon, just ek sujhaav de raha hoon”
- dialogue of our respected faculty to students when they are running
short of attendance.

7. “ TechNITi to attend karne nahi diya..Ab ye Utkansh bhi pata nahi
kaise hoga..”
. some first year students at DS.

The best being-
8. “Aur bhai, Utkansh pe kahan ghoomne ja rahe ho”
- every second person of our institute J


Thought of the month-
“ To a pessimist, a glass is half empty….To an optimist, the glass is half full…
To an engineer, the glass is double than what it needs to be…”



* Thanks to everyone who helped me in writing this. Thanks to team
high five, grapevine and conflicting emotions who inspired me to write
one. Next Edition to be out after Utkansh..