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The Friend I Will Never Forget

Last week, I entered CEG for my project viva; realising it was the last time I would enter the campus as a bona fide undergraduate student, I found myself thinking about all the people who had left a lasting impression on me over the course of the de

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On preparing for the GATE

There is a simple method of ascertaining whether you should take the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2017: Think of one of the harder “core” papers in your department’s syllabus. Now, call forth the memories you have of the paper. If yo

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An altruistic initiative for the youth VIZHITHIRU: A ROTARACT CLUB EVENT

'The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.' Abiding by the above quote, Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG) successfully conducted its 14th edition of Vizhithiru, a career guidance and educationally motivating program for school studen

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SIX GRAPHS EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT MUST KNOW

Every engineering student has a number of graphs drummed into his head by the time he completes his studies. Be it the ubiquitous normal distribution curve or the stress-strain plot for a structural steel, graphs follow students around regardless of

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The Time Has Come

I have been waiting for this day ever since childhood. I remember those occasions when my parents would cast their votes and come home with an inked index finger. Meanwhile, I would have spilled blue ink all over my palms doing my homework. But the t

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On the Redundancy of Workshop Outfits

In my opinion, of all the pointless, redundant practices we still cling to in these modern and civilised times, the one of wearing workshop outfits for laboratories is the worst, followed closely by the plague of writing record books. Oh it all star

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It happened to me - Unexpected Showers

My whole world stopped as my eyes fell on that black hole. I was drenched in cold sweat and I felt my knees go weak. I frantically tried to run as far away as I could. But that image of that endless black hole was etched into my mind. I felt the bile

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A Ninja-powered start-up dream

Would you give up an opportunity that offers immediate gratification and a satisfactory salary for a chance to experiment with new ideas at the cost of your time and energy but yields returns on the long run? Kartheeswaran Kandasamy, an alumnus of o

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Techofes Day 0

The 69th edition of Techofes, South India's largest cultural fest commenced with a bang on 3rd March, 2016. The inauguration ceremony was held at 6:15 p.m at the Main Gallery amidst the enthusiastic crowd and the warm sunset adding a sparkle to the g

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<CODhER> : Where crazy ideas become reality

A recent study revealed that only 29% of employees in major technology companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter and Intel are women. Even the IT services biggies like TCS, Accenture, Cognizant have similar numbers in their w

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Starting Up A Dream This Weekend

“You have to dream before your dreams can come true” is a famous saying by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Have you a dream? Is that dream to start your own company? Then Google Startup Weekend Kurukshetra edition provides a stage for you. A destination fo

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k! 2016 MARKETING|MEDIA|DESIGN|CREATIVITY

With just three days to go, the CTF workstations were bustling with acitivity. In the middle of all the action, three reporters from GT were trying to get a glimpse of what exactly happens in these k!ore teams. When we did manage to get them away fro

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What's All The Fuss About Gravitational Waves?

"We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!" David Reitze, the executive director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, could barely control the excitement in his voice as he addressed the press on Wednesday, 11th Febru

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A Ligue - Intra college Football event

A-ligue is an intra college football tournament of Anna University.Totally 5 teams are participating in this tournament. They are,  1. Faking Phantoms 2. Net Busters 3. Dribbling Demons  4. Juggling Giants  5. Soccer Hooligans This tournament

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Up Close with Srinivas Mohan

Bahubali had us stunned with its spectacular display of grandeur, magnanimity, magnificence and might. The mastermind behind these breathtaking visual effects, Srinivas Mohan had us stunned even more with his humble and down to earth character. A 3-t

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Pattanathil Pattikadu V.2.0: A Rotaract Club Event

It is an indubitable fact that to few city dwellers does the festival of Pongal proffer anything significantly more than a passing gust of traditionalism, a whiff, perhaps, of nostalgia, and, of course, a welcome break from the daily grind. A season

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PREVIEW: ANNA HOCKEY LEAGUE 2016

Anna Hockey League (AHL) is an exclusive tournament in the game of Field Hockey, our nation’s one of the most important games. AHL is conducted by the student players from the University Departments of Anna University, Chennai i.e. College of Enginee

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CREED - JUST ANOTHER AWESOME ROCKY FILM

Rocky films just never fail to impress audiences, and this is just the continuation of that, in spite of sequels being separated by large gaps. The film revolves around the story of the legend Apollo Creed’s son, Adonnis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) wh

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A Sip of Experience

A poem on my daily routine in the coffee hut: Couldn't distinguish cappuccino, latte or espresso As they called it; and that's strong, light and black. All I knew is, mom's stuff is unnameable, Cause that's titrated with love. Coffee hut, dopes my

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It’s more than a job and the red beacon

  A hall jam-packed with Engineering students staying back after a day’s worth of taxing classes, patiently waiting through an hours' delay. On a Friday evening. A scene you wouldn't generally witness on campus. On 24/07/2015 Leo Club of CEG in ass

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MY EXPERIENCE AT NSS CAMP

During the semester holidays preceding camp, I was haunted every night by restless thoughts of how my NSS camp would be. I had never been to any camp before, and was always allergic to them. So, when the date neared, my whinings became louder and lou

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Romeo Juliet - A Romantic Tragedy?

காதல் படங்களின் நகர்வு என்பது பார்வையாளர்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்பைப் பொறுத்தே அமையும். “காதலனும், காதலியும் ஒன்று சேர்வார்களா?” என்ற ஏக்கமும், “இவர்களுக்கு இவ்வளவு பிரச்சனைகள் ஏற்படுகின்றதே?” என்னும் பதைபதைப்புமே இம்மாதிரியான திரைப்படங்களை உயிர்ப்புடன் கொண

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Anna FM

After reading the second issue of the Guindy Times, I am sure all of us would have certainly noticed something that would have provoked our hearts to atleast begin the search for a quest - well I am talking about the article we had on that month’s ed

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The Friend I Will Never Forget

Last week, I entered CEG for my project viva; realising it was the last time I would enter the campus as a bona fide undergraduate student, I found myself thinking about all the people who had left a lasting impression on me over the course of the de

Image is here

On preparing for the GATE

There is a simple method of ascertaining whether you should take the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2017: Think of one of the harder “core” papers in your department’s syllabus. Now, call forth the memories you have of the paper. If yo

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Review – Spaceman: Fiction reveals truth that the reality obscures

At a glance: AUTHOR Hari Prasath LANGUAGE English MEDIA TYPE Print (Paperback) COUNTRY India ISBN 9781946390363

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An altruistic initiative for the youth VIZHITHIRU: A ROTARACT CLUB EVENT

'The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.' Abiding by the above quote, Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG) successfully conducted its 14th edition of Vizhithiru, a career guidance and educationally motivating program for school studen

Image is here

SIX GRAPHS EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT MUST KNOW

Every engineering student has a number of graphs drummed into his head by the time he completes his studies. Be it the ubiquitous normal distribution curve or the stress-strain plot for a structural steel, graphs follow students around regardless of

Image is here

The Time Has Come

I have been waiting for this day ever since childhood. I remember those occasions when my parents would cast their votes and come home with an inked index finger. Meanwhile, I would have spilled blue ink all over my palms doing my homework. But the t

Image is here

On the Redundancy of Workshop Outfits

In my opinion, of all the pointless, redundant practices we still cling to in these modern and civilised times, the one of wearing workshop outfits for laboratories is the worst, followed closely by the plague of writing record books. Oh it all star

Image is here

It happened to me - Unexpected Showers

My whole world stopped as my eyes fell on that black hole. I was drenched in cold sweat and I felt my knees go weak. I frantically tried to run as far away as I could. But that image of that endless black hole was etched into my mind. I felt the bile

Image is here

A Ninja-powered start-up dream

Would you give up an opportunity that offers immediate gratification and a satisfactory salary for a chance to experiment with new ideas at the cost of your time and energy but yields returns on the long run? Kartheeswaran Kandasamy, an alumnus of o

Image is here

Techofes Day 0

The 69th edition of Techofes, South India's largest cultural fest commenced with a bang on 3rd March, 2016. The inauguration ceremony was held at 6:15 p.m at the Main Gallery amidst the enthusiastic crowd and the warm sunset adding a sparkle to the g

Image is here

<CODhER> : Where crazy ideas become reality

A recent study revealed that only 29% of employees in major technology companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter and Intel are women. Even the IT services biggies like TCS, Accenture, Cognizant have similar numbers in their w

Image is here

Starting Up A Dream This Weekend

“You have to dream before your dreams can come true” is a famous saying by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Have you a dream? Is that dream to start your own company? Then Google Startup Weekend Kurukshetra edition provides a stage for you. A destination fo

Image is here

k! 2016 MARKETING|MEDIA|DESIGN|CREATIVITY

With just three days to go, the CTF workstations were bustling with acitivity. In the middle of all the action, three reporters from GT were trying to get a glimpse of what exactly happens in these k!ore teams. When we did manage to get them away fro

Image is here

What's All The Fuss About Gravitational Waves?

"We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!" David Reitze, the executive director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, could barely control the excitement in his voice as he addressed the press on Wednesday, 11th Febru

Image is here

A Ligue - Intra college Football event

A-ligue is an intra college football tournament of Anna University.Totally 5 teams are participating in this tournament. They are,  1. Faking Phantoms 2. Net Busters 3. Dribbling Demons  4. Juggling Giants  5. Soccer Hooligans This tournament

Image is here

Up Close with Srinivas Mohan

Bahubali had us stunned with its spectacular display of grandeur, magnanimity, magnificence and might. The mastermind behind these breathtaking visual effects, Srinivas Mohan had us stunned even more with his humble and down to earth character. A 3-t

Image is here

Pattanathil Pattikadu V.2.0: A Rotaract Club Event

It is an indubitable fact that to few city dwellers does the festival of Pongal proffer anything significantly more than a passing gust of traditionalism, a whiff, perhaps, of nostalgia, and, of course, a welcome break from the daily grind. A season

Image is here

PREVIEW: ANNA HOCKEY LEAGUE 2016

Anna Hockey League (AHL) is an exclusive tournament in the game of Field Hockey, our nation’s one of the most important games. AHL is conducted by the student players from the University Departments of Anna University, Chennai i.e. College of Enginee

Image is here

CREED - JUST ANOTHER AWESOME ROCKY FILM

Rocky films just never fail to impress audiences, and this is just the continuation of that, in spite of sequels being separated by large gaps. The film revolves around the story of the legend Apollo Creed’s son, Adonnis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) wh

Image is here

A Sip of Experience

A poem on my daily routine in the coffee hut: Couldn't distinguish cappuccino, latte or espresso As they called it; and that's strong, light and black. All I knew is, mom's stuff is unnameable, Cause that's titrated with love. Coffee hut, dopes my

Image is here

It’s more than a job and the red beacon

  A hall jam-packed with Engineering students staying back after a day’s worth of taxing classes, patiently waiting through an hours' delay. On a Friday evening. A scene you wouldn't generally witness on campus. On 24/07/2015 Leo Club of CEG in ass

Image is here

MY EXPERIENCE AT NSS CAMP

During the semester holidays preceding camp, I was haunted every night by restless thoughts of how my NSS camp would be. I had never been to any camp before, and was always allergic to them. So, when the date neared, my whinings became louder and lou

Image is here

Romeo Juliet - A Romantic Tragedy?

காதல் படங்களின் நகர்வு என்பது பார்வையாளர்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்பைப் பொறுத்தே அமையும். “காதலனும், காதலியும் ஒன்று சேர்வார்களா?” என்ற ஏக்கமும், “இவர்களுக்கு இவ்வளவு பிரச்சனைகள் ஏற்படுகின்றதே?” என்னும் பதைபதைப்புமே இம்மாதிரியான திரைப்படங்களை உயிர்ப்புடன் கொண

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Anna FM

After reading the second issue of the Guindy Times, I am sure all of us would have certainly noticed something that would have provoked our hearts to atleast begin the search for a quest - well I am talking about the article we had on that month’s ed