Tell us a bit about yourself. Hello, I am Priyanka Kalpattu Vasudevan (Priyanka KV). I did my B.E in Materials Science and Engineering at CEG (graduated in 2016) and am currently pursuing an M.S in Industrial Engineering. I have alway

​​​​ Pre-Placement Initiatives: Placement season is a nerve-racking period for final and pre-final year students alike. Every student will be inclined towards landing into a good job in a reputed company or being offered summer internship/indus

Right from the moment you start the final semester of college, you begin to hear people mulling over the past few years and reminiscing those golden times that are about to come to an end, like all other good things. But sometimes everyone is so c

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is one of the most important items on the checklist for students who want to pursue higher studies in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore and many more. Conducted by the Educational

"CTF it is!" my friend exclaimed over the phone, leaving me puzzled. I had not yet explored this part of the campus and hence it took me quite some time to reach the CEG Tech Forum. After our brief introductions, we had the opportunity to meet two of

TOEFL could well be regarded as a mandatory exam for all students who apply for education abroad (mainly in the US). As the full form of the abbreviation suggests, it is a test that determines the ability of the test taker’s fluency and grasp over th

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

(To read the first and second episodes, click here and here, respectively) (Continued) James had reached the designated place the man had asked him to come to. He waited for the man’s call, his hands still on the steering wheel. He looked at the p

It's not very often that a movie which contains nothing related to death or separation moves people to tears. Dangal is a miracle in its own right. A movie about an ex-wrestler who wants his daughters to win gold for the country - that's how Dangal c

Organisers: Students Association, CEG Date: Friday, the 23rd of December Venue: Hall No.85 in the Red Building. The speaker’s story Mr.Vinoth Sudarsan, an alumnus of the 2012 batch of Mechanical Engineering was invited to be the guest speaker. Be

With Christmas carols and jingling bells everywhere, students of Centre for Biotechnology decided to play Santa Claus for the children of the slum areas near Canal Bank Road, Kotturpuram in the true spirit of the season. Funds were raised by stude

As you approach your final year, the talk of “placements” becomes a common one. College placements are one of the most important phases in the lives of students, as they harbour hopes and aspirations of a fat pay check and the prestige of working at

July, August, and September- these are the months when a college student’s life starts getting more hectic than usual. The reason? Placements and Internships. Let’s begin analysing why this is so. First, it’s every student’s ambition to get placed i

This is the second part of the series based on CAT 2016. Click here to read the first part, which dealt with tips and tricks. Slot 1: Let’s analyse this year’s CAT question paper first. The paper was a tad bit difficult than last year’s, especially

This article is aimed at giving an insight into the preparatory aspect of CAT using this year's paper as a benchmark. I have seen the previous papers and what I found was that CAT ensured that the overall standard wasn’t mercurial. Hence, the cut-of

With CAT 17 right around the corner and preparation for CAT 16 underway, Sharanya, an alumnus of CEG as well as a recent graduate of IIM-B sheds some light on what life at a top B-school is like and how it has helped her in the long haul. GT: Did c

I belong to a Department that stands out from the rest. The ‘Biomedical Engineering’ field is an amalgamation of subjects in medicine and Engineering, much like the constituents of a culinary dish. Though the BME department has been perceived as uniq

In connection with the same thought, the Office Bearers of Electronics and Communication Engineering Association - ECEA organised a Talk on Amateur Radio a.k.a. HAM Radio by renowned HAM Hobbyist, Mr Aravind Balasubramanian, for non-commercial exchan

  “A career should not be something that is forced upon us; but what we choose to do.” With this thought, the Society of Mechanical Engineers, College of Engineering Guindy (SME – CEG), organized a career guidance program on October 4th, 2016. Ti

'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

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". True to this aphorism, just as they have overcome the herculean task known as school life, the freshers have started yet another new journey – college life. Fresher’s Day, organized by the S

Theatron's latest production in Tamil- Aathmika, helmed by first-time director Aswath Narayan and written by Aadithya Rajan, was performed on the 4th of September at the Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam auditorium.The play was an entertaining rom-com

Scientists dream of things that transcend human imagination and engineers often implement these things. Nothing exemplifies the above better than Mechanical Engineering - the discipline involving the study of machines. The Society of Mechanical Engin

Red is a colour often associated with physical life force. It also exudes a strong positive energy. It is synonymous with the qualities of power, impulse and aggression. However, on 31st August, the colour red was associated with the humanitarian act

An interactive session by Volkswagen Motorsports India was organised by the Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) on 16th August (Tuesday). The session, which was scheduled at 3 pm at the Henry Maudslay Hall of the Department of Mechanical Engineerin

“Never stop doing little things for others. Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.”                                                                                                                                   

QUANTA, the National Level Technical Symposium of the Department of Materials Science of College of Engineering, Guindy was held from March 18th to March 20th, 2016. The inauguration commenced on 18th March at about 3:30 P.M in the Henry Maudslay

The following are the meritorious students who will be presented by the prestigious AACEG Endowment Awards. They are requested to be present during the 91st Alumni Day on 20th March to receive the award at 5 PM, Vivek Audi.

  ‘Sparks of innovation in young minds’ was the slogan for Ignite ’16 and, just as the quote reads, young students bustling with energy were gathered outside the Henry Maudslay hall, CEG, on a bright Sunday morning. Ignite, a one day science fest fo

Fierce #6               We would have all experienced this in class. Remember that time when your professor asked a trivial (yet tricky) question that most of us could have definitely attempted answering, yet, only that one outspoken girl

  Just like the cyclotron, k!ore members  are high in energy and have been accelerating things at high speed with the tenth edition of Kurukshetra just a day away. However, when we did manage to borrow few minutes of their busy schedule, here’s what

“Care for a movie?” is a statement we often hear amidst college students. A day off resonates with a day at the movies. Almost every week, we catch up with a movie, be it good or bad. To say in short, movies rule college students’ life. TAG Audito

“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

What you sow, so you reap. It takes a thought to sow an action. Every great initiative starts with a thought. However, for this thought to take shape, you need belief and courage and Vidhaigal is just that – a result of the hard work and dedication s

“Run the extra mile to bring smiles.” With this very motto, the NCC (National Cadet Corps) - Navy unit of CEG is organizing an 8km run by the name ‘Halo Wings’ on 7th February, 2016 (Sunday), to extend its support to the Down Syndrome Federation of

Almost half of the auditorium was filled with notable ‘stalwarts’ of the Tamil Drama industry when I walked into the auditorium for ‘Sarvathikari’, Theatron - the official drama club of Anna University’s Tamil Play. Directed by Aadithiya Raajan, seco

                 The Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU) conducted a career guidance program for the students of CEG and ACT campuses on Tuesday (12th January, 2015). The session, titled What’s Next, was held at Room No.110 of the Science and

Engineer's Day was celebrated in campus on the 15th of this month with Ingenium, an interactive event between students and five successful industry professionals, organized by the CTF here at the TAG Auditorium. The five eminent speakers were: M

Mr. Ramesh Santhanam is presently Director & Corporate Advisor for EUKA PTY.  How it is to be an Engineer?     I experienced the learning curve of what it takes to actually function as an engineer, during my days in research and development. One

At a time when popularity was the criteria for choosing a stream, he dared to stay distinguished, choosing a stream that was high on scope but not so much in acclaim. Staying true to his choice and achieving the highest degree of reputation as an eng

Many of you out there would be wondering what to do next in life and, proceeding as they are to the end of life's best phase, no one is more plagued by the question than students in their pre-final and final years. Some may choose to settle down with

THE PERKS AND DOWNSIDES OF GRE VOCABULARY PERKS  - Flaunt your vocab in front of your friends and "baffle" them. Just like this! :D DOWNSIDE - Come to terms with the harsh truth that your vocab prior to the GRE was just 0.1 percent of the words in

  A few days back, posters were hung predominantly in and around the AC Tech campus, on organic farming entrepreneurship. As simple as the phrase sounds, the hidden meaning behind it is, in fact, pretty deep. When I was asked to attend this lecture

Former President Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on July 27th, 2015 leaving many in shock and despair. He collapsed while addressing students at IIM Shillong  and was rushed to the hospital but in vain. Every one of us felt like we lost

Deeya's Deductions # 2 As hostellers will agree, the kind of roommate (s) that a person gets is solely dependent on luck (good or bad) but one certain good thing that comes out of having them is their companionship. Living in such close quarters wit

Many of us may dream of pursuing our higher education abroad, but Goutham Ezhilarasu has managed to safely secure his place in UCLA, one of the top ranked institutes in the world. As a EEE student who just completed his engineering this year from Col

  With many of us interning this summer, here are some tips that could help you get through yours with flying colours:   When in doubt regarding your project, ask the senior employees, your short-term bosses or even recently joined Graduate Tr

Am I in the right place? Without any doubt, yes. Apart from all the academic guidance and opportunities this institution offers, Anna University is the best place to have fun and explore new ideas. Is our campus really that big? Our college is

Dragon Blade? What movie is this? When did it release?  I had the same questions in mind too. After coming to know that it was a Jackie Chan starrer, I decided to give it a go. So there may arise another question in your minds. Why Dragon Blade and

For those ardent fans of music and 'masti', March 20th 2015 would have been a day to cherish. Sangarsh, the annual concert hosted by the Rotaract Club of CEG has been providing support to beneficiaries by organizing music concerts to raise funds sinc

The debating extravaganza that was the AUPD 2.0 drew to an exciting finish in the Alumni Centre on the 23rd of March. Spanning four preliminary rounds over two days- March 21st and 22nd – the AUPD culminated with the semifinals and finals held on t

At one point of time in college life, I'm pretty sure you would have come across the question, "How important is CGPA?". Here's the funny thing. The answer varies from person to person. Ask an eight or nine plus pointer, and he or she will say, "It i

It’s isn’t very hard to understand why the number GATE applicants go up every year. With altogether too many universities and engineering colleges, the only yardstick to measure and test the calibre of engineering students is the GATE. What is it

When you sit down thinking of this clash between the biggies, you often wonder if this looks awkward, considering the fact that both hosts play each other in a group stage fixture, and this would certainly deprive Australia of their home advantage.

What distinguishes selflessness from selfishness is the perspective of seeing it in the first or second person point of view. Service have always formed the blood and veins of CEG and the Leo Club of CEG is one of the many testimonies to this. With

Tucked into a cozy compound at the end of a quiet, long-winding street off the noisy main roads of Pallikaranai, the building that houses Frilp does not, at first glance, look like the HQ of one of the world’s top 25 hot start-ups. Recently, we visi

We all know that the world we are living in  is not all shy and nice. We can’t predict what is going to happen to us the very next moment, thanks to the speed in which we are living our lives. And we have very little time to master self defense whi

                                                                          What is the kick in just publishing the best things that our College has come across in 2K14? Let go of the nice things that happened in our campus last year. Moving on to the

Vinitha of Biomedical, Divya of CSE,Kathiresh of Mechanical and Sai Kumar of Biomedical form the core of the Hospitality team of this year’s Kurukshetra. One can easily observe how genial and enthusiastic this gang is just by spending a few minutes

                        With media becoming a force to reckon with these days, it is no surprise that there is indeed a media team for K! ’15. With big players like the Hindu and News7 in the mix, we rounded up the media team for an int

With the 9th edition of Kurukshetra just around the corner, we bring you an exclusive interview with the Student Directors of the Finance Team. Despite their busy schedules Dhivya and Indrapradap obliged by giving us an insight into the functioning

Vidhaigal ’15 was a cultural event conducted on January 9th at the TAG Auditorium by NSS UNIT 2 exclusively for the differently abled children. This is the third edition of this event and a lot of schools had taken part in it. This particular event

  On A.R.Rahman's birthday, we set out to write a comprehensive list of the genius’ top 20 songs. Little did we know the magnanimity of the task we had undertaken. When we set out to it, we shortlisted a little over 50 songs.  But the fact that we

A 2012 alumnus with a BE Computer Science degree, Vandana Raj maintained a CGPA of 9.4 and still made a bold decision to not sit for placements. Rather, she decided to take a year off to prepare for the UPSC exam. Being offered the post of Asst. Co

1. Chill in the Maggi station The Maggi station which recently opened in the Knowledge park building is fast becoming one of the best spots to hangout in the campus. They have so many goodies to offer. Their menu includes cold coffee, hot chocola

Super star Rajinikanth is back after 4 years (Kochadaiyaan was a performance capture) teaming up with K.S.Ravikumar. The duo gave us memorable blockbusters like Padayappa and Muthu. Since it happened to release on Thalaivar’s Birthday, fans expected

                                                                                              Ramya, a final year student from ECE shares her experience of clearing the interview process held by the company- ZOHO. The interview process was conducted

Placements placements everywhere.... almost 2 and half months have passed since the commencement of placements, so what exactly determines one’s fate here? How do people get placed..? Is it because of CGPA? Luck? Hard work? The actuality is all thr

There are many do’s and don’ts when it comes to placements. Advice is like confetti, people always have something to say about what you should be doing. After all those life changing talks, you are confused not knowing what do when! No one knows yo

Between one and infinity there are infinite numbers. Between one day and the next there are infinite moments. The fault in our stars author wasn’t the only one who believed in that. Priyadarshini Sivakumar, a 4th year Manufacturing department stude

As the placement season is indeed upon us and everyone goes ga-ga about their placement packages and getting their dream jobs, another important task carried out by the CUIC (Center for University Industry Collaboration – also in charge of afore me

September 10th 2014 was the special day a respected alumnus of our college returned to CEG to enlighten us on his field of expertise; Mr. W A Balakumaran, Director (Retd.,) of the Regional Labour Institute, Chennai. The guest lecture was organized

PPO. It stands for Pre-Placement Offer. It is what it sounds like. You get a placement in a company. Ok now seriously what in the world are PPOs? We ask this question to Surendhar(4th year, CSE) and he gives me the layman's definition. When you are

When you see 4th years/Masters students wearing neatly ironed formals on a daily basis, accompanied with polished shoes, smelling pleasant and looking fresh then you know it’s this time of the year – THE PLACEMENTS SEASON. You see Facebook status

It doesn't take a genius to figure out why he is one of the most popular professors in campus. Five minutes with him and I already feel positive about the rest of my day. It is perhaps this childlike enthusiasm and contagious smile that makes him t

Bhuvaneshwari Raja, currently a third year B.E Computer Science student at Anna University, is a rising name in the field of chess. She has represented India and won a gold medal in higher category chess [under 20] at the Commonwealth Chess Champio

                "We started as a small bunch of enthusiasts. Now we're a family full of them." This is what Anantha Venkatraman, a member of Theatron has to say about the official theatre club of Anna university. The first time you go f

The Freshers Day Ceremony conducted for the students of ACT and SAP on 18th August doubled up as the inauguration of the SAAS teams of each college, and as the investiture of its office bearers for the year 2014-2015. The event was so anticipated tha

    Attention! All the girls of Anna University! With about more than half a dozen eateries around the campus, CEG not only provides us with notable options for food, but also for health care! CEG has an in-campus gym, functional for over five y

                  Do you want to be one of them or the only one out of them? You might have played it safe all your life, not being an extremist. Neither a back bencher nor a topper! The bitter truth is mediocrity is not what your intervie

After placements the next most frequently heard word in college is this big boy! Group Discussion is a handy tool for interviewers to fish out the bold and bright. Fret not, cracking the code – GD is here! Don’t treat it as another one of those lis

Your classmates, who used to discuss the latest movie releases and football matches, now discuss placement questions and interview experiences of seniors they know.             Almost everybody around you is either memorizing English words

  "You'll look like Mickey Mouse! Trust me!", she said. As I sit in the saloon with my sister by my side, these eerie words from thirteen years ago come back to haunt me. From a very young age, the universe has taught me an integral lesson that I

Every building and every location in this campus has a reason or a purpose of sort. All them fancy departments, the gallery to hang around and hide that piece of cake from the rest of your classmates, the ATM to scrape the rock bottom of your empty

                  Location: Opposite Manufacturing department Timings: 6am to 8am 9am to 10am (Ladies Only) 4pm to 6pm (Tuesday Holiday) Anna University is known for its huge campus and the facilities it provides. The swimming pool,