7 months ogo , we just like a cate r pillar , moving slowl y but steadily in a direction unknown . 2 months down the line, we covered ourselves in
0
cocoon, devel o ping
g r adua lly, with e ve ry ideo that came as an input. l eisurely meetings were held a s we sought fo r ourselves the
path
for
dev e lopment.
At
the
later
stages,
as
we
continued to mature in our cocoon, frantic meetings and nightlang di sc ussions were
Revolut i ons
commonplace. Every moment we were inch i ng towards that magica l moment when we would spread our wings and t ake /light. But then winter c ome along , swine flu
The AXIS ' 09 Newsletter
ruined ou r moment.
But against all the elements of nature , we fought bock ,
we
persisted, we triumphed. We fina lly burst out of our cocoon, ready to take the world
A Revolut i on started on an A x is . Th is
in our s tride. The whole nation will be dazzled by the sp l endour and op u l ence of
yea r I W E are t he Revolution.
the co l o urs of our wings.
Alte r
8
multip le
mon t hs
problems
l oi I,
cease less
01
Swine
incl u ding
I I u and the Great Depress i on , wi t h
stress
t he
crossing
and
(q u i t e
and
unsa l e ly some t imes) the
C h a n do-Ba r u reach i ng
'disagreements'
propo r tions ,
here ,
t he
building
le v e ls
t ole r c nee
09
AX IS '
co ll ective momentum
is
w h a t 's
new
this
REVOL UTI ON' ,
A ut o b ot,
t h e Min i ng eve n t , B-P la n (a n d
impor t an tl y
w ith
and
meticulou s
plann ing,
we
overc ame
all
obstacles, and put in truck l oads of hard work to meet those seemingly imposs i ble deadlines we had set fo r ourse l v es. Thanks to our dedicated task force and the top brass , we were shown the ligh t at the end of the tunnel. T he event managers al o ng with the committee members slogged day and night 10 make their event as grand a s possible . Majo r ity of the groundwork was done in the l ast 3 days, wi t h everyone frantically runn ing around getting bits and pieces of work done . The majority of work hod been
li n a l ly
volunteers for logi stics do i ng their bit for A X IS. The bonners and po ste rs took a lo t
only
r each
its
of time and effort to set up and the work put in is greatly appreciated . Now we have finally arrived. All the hard work put in has culminated in t o Central Indio 's largest Technical Fest iv al, AX I S.
year???
Irom more s e II inspi r ing
preparations
done, only the finishing touches were remaining. We sow a majority turnout of
'c urrent activa t ed s t a t e' .
So
elaborate
epic
pitstops to
Through
' I AM THE Ec lectic and mos t the
The Inaugration
Apa rt
m os t
p r e judice) the News letter.
Th e eve of 22nd October saw the first glimpse of Axis '09 . I n the bright light of the ceremonial lamp the Axis '09 Banner was unveiled, not sa formally , by the techn ic al affa i rs secretory of VN IT, Arindom Paul. Though not as dramatic as i t sounds, some smarty pan t s managed t o get access to the AX I S ,09 Tee, before the tech -s ec himself. Guests settled down after a " grand " welcome, following which Axis '09 w as introduced. Our inside informers rep orted ly sow Ba r u sending off juniors willing to quench the thirst of the potentia l ly weary throated guests . They
The News le tt e r wi ll be l oun d a t eve r y
gracefully revenged on us by not missing their obvious chance to take centre stage sharing
desk, quite li t eral ly, at eve r y even t , u p da t i n g
yo u
a bou t
t he
day's
experiences
with
the
desperately
pulled
together crowd
consist i ng
of
unfortunately clad fi r st (ylears. For the first time in VNIT h is tory the balcony was braced by female presence on account of their cliched late arrival .
happening, t he nex t day's sc h edule, and l o t s m ore ..
Now that the l irst copy 01 the AX IS News l et t er h as foun d i t s way to you,
li n di n g more l o r t h e l o ll owi n g t hr ee days wo n ' t be a Giant ' s t ask. So, lay yo u r
h a n ds
on
t h e upco m ing
issues
Whi l e Dr . S. S. Gokho l e, D i rect o r , VNIT; Guest of Honour , Dr . M . U . Deshpande, Former
Director ,
VNIT encouraged
the students
with
their words,
the students
con t i nued to yawn. The Chief Guest Dr. Tapon Chakrabarli threw light on the
a n d l i n d l or yourse lf w h a t AX IS' 09 h as to o ff e r .
s ignificant iss ue of 'Technolo gy Implementation for Sustainab l e Development'. The much endangered species of keen list e ners grinned as he delightfully expressed his lik i ng for the AXIS punch -line ' I AM THE REVOL UTI ON'. The inaugural ceremony
Le t t he Revo lu ti o n Con t inue . . .
was concluded with a kind vote of thanks by a shyly inaudible Baru on behalf of the AXIS '09 Team. Single hondedly , the /lame of the ceremonia l lamp continued to glow as the revolu t ion began ...
10 things about the AXIS team •
AXIS I'm THE
The shadows under their eyes
weigh more than their bags
•
ADDA
REVOLUTion
" 1 am the revolution!" is what I am being led to believe since
the moment I woke up, and I ' m already feeling giddy . •
Boru is marrying his cell phone .
Though he is having trouble figuring out its roshee .
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team . Thanks to their heroic antics our campus now looks like a
pixilated hoarding.
They clean their room and find
•
All
the
construction
sites
and
ditches
have
been
cleverly
disguised using massive Axis posters .
their bed.
•
•
We at VNIT are a nocturnal lot, proving this is our publicity
They wake up in the middle of the
The
core
committee
is
two
minutes
short
of
lasing
its
sanity ... don ' t be too shocked if you see Utsav cart wheeling
night dreaming and reciting the
around, announcing
schedules.
•
' I AM THE REVOLUTION' .
Hard to ignore the core committee looking all spruced up In
their forma l s. The only pair of clothes they haven't slept in . •
Nightmares involve events being
•
Every night there is a procession of people carrying desktops
cancelled or judges not turning up.
wa lk ing out of the hostel .
0_0
•
The guy you thought you could bank on to bag the5 large,
suddenly just isn't there . His mom called him home . •
They start talking to everyone as
if they were sponsors ..
• The need to stay awake is such that mixing coffee and Thums Up seems like a good idea. Either way you're desperate enough fa r it.
•
Decide to ask someone as to how
Axis is going, and you see a bunch
of people stand up, with their hands up in the air, weeping uncontrollably .... yes that is the Axis tea m .
•
• People who never usually see the Ii g ht of day pop out, chances
are
t hat
you
are
to
going
one
mistake
of
you r
underground seniors for a fresher. BEWARE!!!
•
Am idst
all
the
hullabaloo
the
message
IS
cleor,
AX I S IS
HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
You spend so much time on your
laptop that you don ' t see your room Event
mate.
· ... w ht W alt a
• Today at
roommate 222 ...
8'0 clock, you ended up
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