my most memorable summer at VIT

Its about last summer, the term end examinations were over and I was one of the few people staying back before the placements started....needless to say I was feeling horrible at the beginning, having to bear the thought that I had to spend 3 weeks all alone with none of my friends around me....I had to complete 6 weeks of industrial training before the next semester began and I was still 4 weeks short....and with the placements in the middle of the summer, I cldnt go home and do my remaining weeks....I had to be back for placements anyway...so the only choice I had was to do my internship in VIT itself.....at TIFAC-CORE.....I had shifted to E block for the summer, for that was the place reserved for students wishing to stay back during the vacations.....I lived in E in my first year too, I kinda of liked it better than H block....things were going on well, though boring, till then.....

I had a very unauspicious beginning.....one day before my training was gonna start, Sandeep Sir(the then co-ordinator of interns at TIFAC) informed me that the internship program stood cancelled.....apparantely our then dean Dr Raina struck a very bright thought at the last minute that TIFAC was not really an industry and so our interships wont be accepted.....we tried to convince him but to no avail.....so after 2 days I had just given up and decided to get a fake certificate for 4 weeks from somewhere....it was too late to apply for internships anywhere else....it was a very hard thing to do because I am kinda of a person who hates doing such things .....but I had no choice....

So I went to see sandeep sir to tell him I was going back home....I had even booked flight tickets....he told me that there still might be a chance to do my intern at TIFAC as my internship might be accepted by the next dean Dr Alex who was about to replace Dr Raina in a few months and well before I wld have my review....so he asked me if I wanted to take that risk.....and I said OK.....logically, getting that fake certificate wld have been so much more easier but I wanted to take the risk....at least I would learn something at TIFAC even if my intern doesnt get accpeted.....and so the most memorable summer began!!........

Sandeep sir told me that there was this new microcontroller available at TIFAC which nobody really knew or understood and they were looking for somebody to take it up as a study project so that the faculty too could learn something about it while guiding me.....its called PowerPC.....but he said I would have to work really hard to make any kind of progress in 4 weeks.....having nothing else to do in my room I used to stay at TIFAC from 9 in the morning till 7 or 8pm.....sometimes I even used to have dinner with Sandeep Sir at food court....it was so much fun....I never had time to feel lonely....sometimes I did feel lonely but it wasnt really big deal.....I used to reach my hostel late night around 8 or 9, have dinner and fall asleep.....then in the morning I used to get up at 6am and go for a little walk after breakfast in mess....I came back and prepared my report for my work previous day, before I started my day at TIFAC...never before did I have so much fun working on something......

And I loved the people at TIFAC, they were so friendly with me. I felt like being at home at TIFAC. ...Sandeep Sir used to tell me that if I keep working hard I shouldnt have any problems getting into a core company like bosch, delphi or freescale......he used to tell that twice or thrice every week to keep me motivated.....and it worked!....everytime he said bosch, my heart used to leap up!!....he himself had done his final project at bosch and he told me how it was like.....it made me so want to get into bosch or some other similar company......

3 weeks later we had TCS visiting our campus for placements......I was one of the 1075 students who got through.....it was really late night when the results were announced and people were parting all around me....I was sitting in my room digesting what had just happened...I just got a 25K rs job right after I finished college...I was supposed to feel excited but I didnt.....I was so full of dreams about a core company that TCS just didnt seem good enough for me.....I told myself that I deserved something far better and I promised that I will work however much it takes to get something better....even if it meant going for an off campus interview after college...

1 month later, on july 18th Delphi visited our campus and I got through......it was one of the most wonderful days of my entire life....it was almost midnight when the results were announced at the PAT conference hall and it was raining outside....I still remember standing at the T junction b/w anna audi, main building and centurian bank with my arms open, looking up at the sky, getting completely drenched in rain in my formal clothes......I hope I dont sound like bragging away... but I really felt I deserved what I got that day.....and I thanked God for that......the first person I called up was Sandeep Sir......I ll never forget that night....I never possibly can....it was the end of the most memorable summer of my entire life.......