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AMACE Ion – Newsletter for AMACE Alumni 1
Amace Ion – Newsletter for AMACE Alumni
April 14, 2012 Issue 1

Editorial Team
Ramki 1985-89
Ramki67@gmail.com
Nithya Ramesh 1986-90
nithyaramesh999@yahoo.com
Chelli Sreenivasan 1988-92
chellsree@yahoo.com
Shrinivasan 2000 -2004
tshrinivasan@gmail.com
Kulasekar Nammaalwar 1985-89
hellokula@yahoo.com
Table of Content
Editor’s Table 2
Meet the AMACE-ION Business Leader…
Bala & Friends-A Journey called LIFE… 4
Get Togethers Of Alumni In Last Quarter (what we know):
1986-90 Batch 9
Meet the Corporate TITAN-T S Balaji, Asst, Vice President,
Tech Mahindra,Pune 11
Painting Talent of Mayashri Rajendran-Art par excellence… 12
Meet The Guru-Dr. V.Jothiprakash, Associate Professor,
IIT Bombay, Mumbai 13
AMACE Alumni Group at FaceBook 15
AMACE Placement Cell 15
Fun Corner 16
The First Cut 17

Editor’s Table
(The Photo below is the joyous moment when most of 1985-89 batch kept
their foot on the college campus after 20 years…a lot changed but bonds
became stronger…a moment to cherish and pride-we are still young!!)
“Mother feels prouder when the kids become worthy citizens-
successful and respected by society”- There can be no two opinions on this
fact. When we began our journey to get Alumni of Amace together in the
virtual world early 2011 there was just one unstated objective-let us get as
many Alumni as possible as this is first step to achieving something
bigger. We indeed did that with our FB page having more than 2600
members. The most important thing is there is nothing official about it.
Then as every other thing in life the need/Wish became bigger. We
ambitioned to have a Newsletter which can build a sense of pride among
ourselves, create an identity that energizes our future and nourishes our
common roots. This is the first such effort and I am sure like you, we
recognize this is a Journey just begun.
While there are several names possible for this Newsletter we
Zeroed in on AMACE Ion indicating we are Ions with a charge to change-
us, our lives and our society. You will notice that most of the charged
words in English have an Ion in it-PassIon, VisIon, MissIon, MotivatIon
etc are positively charged while words like DepressIon etc are negatively
charged. AMACE Ions are similarly charged-to show the world that we
can achieve and prove that we can succeed despite all odds.
That makes us special –much more than those who had the
privilege of joining more established institutions and have the brand of the
college or Institution as a passport for success. For an AMACEion,
confidence and energy is the biggest asset-we all have this in abundance-a
truly AMACEion quality of never giving up.
In this first edition of the Newsletter, we try to cover some of the
successful journeys made by the Alumni. We want you to be inspired to
achieve even more and make us prouder.
We also have some fun and open sections which will be evolved more in
the next issues and we make this journey more exciting. We will surely
cover the Alumni meets in this Newsletter as meeting personally is a great
feeling we all relish. Reliving college days and laughing to self is
something everyone should do/aim to do by having atleast once in 2 years
Alumni meet. 1988-92 batch have done this and will vouch for what I
mention.
I personally thank all of (especially Shrini and Nithya) those who
contributed in this first newsletter. It is a baby just born. We will crawl,
walk and run with your active support. We expect you read this end to end
as it really reflects the spirit we want every Amace-Ion to embed. Look
forward to your feedback and strengthening our bonds. Happy holidays to
all. Share your best photos/experiences of travel as they do make a good
reading for all.
Yours truly
Ramki, Editor by Default!!

Meet the AMACE-ION Business Leader…
Bala & Friends-A Journey called LIFE…
Meeting successful Alumni is something to relish and learn. I share my
memorable interaction with Bala & Friends.
“We stayed in a rented place outside college as there was no hostel for
men. That was the golden period as we shared food, books, time, money-
there was nothing personal or private as I evolved into we. Those
wonderful experiences and memories still help me in handling various
kinds of people and situations. In short, we just did not get our
Engineering degree in AMACE but a Life’s Experience”
Bala Chandra, CEO, Vernalis System Limited.
From left to right: Krishna, Bala, Shrini and Arul…Where there is Bala
there is a way…
Building relationships and trusting people led to partner with two of his
college-mates achieve their dreams while carrying through the successful
leadership journey for Bala.
Here are my notes from the formal but informal Chat….
Shrini: Bala, Tell about your college life.
I studied Mechanical Engineering in AMACE 1991-1995. College life was
paradise on Earth. No worries, No responsibilities. Fun, Fun and Fun only.
That life made me thrive in diversity- students from various cultures,
languages, states, attitudes/objectives. Till then, I never knew the variety
of human life. As we started our new life at college, it showered us a rain
of friendship and challenges.
What was your first job?
had to find our job-hunting in an open world. No campus interview
concept on those days in any college.(It is not there in our college, still –
Shrini). Though I studied, mechanical engineering, on our inplant training
to some factory, I found that I am not fit for that industry. I still feel that
invention about my interest is my great victory on my career.
After college, I joined a small software startup firm. It was really small.
We were only 5 people there. I was writing some small software. They
were into consulting industry too.
Was it nice to work with a small firm?
Yes. As it was small, we all shared the responsibilities. Small companies
provide a lot of opportunities to learn tons of stuff. I learnt how do they do
business, the interaction with customers, the trust we need to build etc.

What did you do with those learnings?
As I learnt how to do business than how to write software, I wanted to
start my own company. Few of my college friends, were also willing to
join me. We wanted some money to start our own company. Instead of
getting it from our parents or loan, we decided to go for abroad and earn
money.
Interesting. Where did you go?
I went to Singapore. Our plan was to stay there for one year. Return with
huge money.
The funny thing was that we never planned for expenses of living there in
Singapore. Stay, Food, Travel consumed a lot of my savings there. So, I
was forced to stay there for some more years.
Did you come back to India then?
No. Life was not letting me to India, before I gain more experience on
doing business. Joined Ernst & Young and moved to USA. Fortunately, we
had a decent stay area with enough food. It was not true for most of the
Indian people who migrate there.
There were 7 consultancy companies playing in the same arena and I had a
good challenge.
EY provided me big exposures on various domains. The trust I built with
people made me get assigned as consultant working directly with clients.
At 2001, I worked for the Palm computer devices which died even before
they became big in market. The exposure to other industries built a
network of good trust-able people around me.
How did you start Vernalis?
E&Y provided an opportunity for me to start a consulting company in
India, with my own people. Started Vernalis at 2003. Started building
people and business here, while serving the clients abroad.
At 2008, I had to take a decision. Scale up the company or sell out to some
big player. Decided to scale up. Started Vernalis Capital for our own
funding. It is a self sustained Venture Capital firm funded by our partners
for our operational scaling up and business development.
How did you get business and clients?
While living abroad, I used to keep on collaborating and networking with
many people. My college and room days helped me to build trust and
share kindness and love with people around.
I still maintain personal and business communication with those people.
They trust me and provide business opportunities. Now, our team has
people around the world.
Impressive, you are truly a Global AMACEion-Tell us how you build
your Team, around the world-how do you hire them?
Hiring people who work in remote is tough. But the trust we build make it
easier. As we work with people around the world, we come to know each
other over few years. Once the deep trust is build, they are ready to work
for us with full devotion.
Where are your offices?
Chennai, Madurai, Pune, New York, London, Australia,
Melbourne(Australia) ,Koln(Germany)

How do you expand your customer base?
By word of mouth only. Our trusted customers bring even more new
customers as we keep on maintain our words, business confidence and
trust.
Who are your customers?
Ernst & Young is the great customer for us. We have Major League
Baseball, Australian Football League, Health First, Oravig are a few others
to name too.
Krishna joins now in the talk. He starts the conversation.
I am a Mechanical Engineer from AMACE. I found my interest in
marketing during my college days itself. In the cultural event, I worked for
marketing team and found my skills on that. After College, I was into
Concept selling initially and then into Freezer marketing.
Bala: Yes. To find our core interest is very important to start our life.
Krishna found that.
Krishna: When I met Bala, few years back, I told that I want to scale up.
He showed interest to fund me to grow.
Bala: To fund is easy. To whom to fund is very difficult. We have to check
on their deeper interest and dedication on their works. I roamed with
Krishna all around the TamilNadu.
Most of the customers know him well. He was one of the core known
businessman in the Refrigeration field.
Krishna: To scale up, I wanted to import Freezers from china. To know
the business, I and Bala traveled to China. They were the funniest days.
Chinese people don't know English. They rename all the stuff in the world,
in Chinese language. We salute their love of their mother tongue. But, they
have to open their mind to learn English for interacting with outer world.
We were in a kind of hell, there without proper communications with
people.
Bala: Somehow, we managed to start business with China. Again people
& building trust helps here.
Krishna: Now, I run my own company Indicool. Thats Bala's special. He
finds potential people and help them to build their own world.
Shrini: That's nice. Building people is a great one.
Bala: I just help my friends to do what they dream.
Arul joins in the conversation now.
Arul: Hi, I am a proud civil engineer from AMACE. I just met these guys
in the AMACE Alumni meet happened on 2011 at T nagar. I found
interesting people there. [ correct here on your first meet for business talk ]
Bala: It is our pleasure to meet you there Arul!!:-)
Arul: I am builder. I built some large civil works in Chennai. But, due to
my small scale business, I can not get proper attention in the market. I had
to scale up to get even bigger customers.
Bala: We have our customer, in Madurai, Noble constructions, who
wanted to start construction activity in Chennai. We felt that connecting
Arul and them will be interesting. We analysed the current works of Arul.
He had a huge potential on the building constructions. Once opportunity is
given, he can build heavens in earth.
Arul: We met Noble constructions team and decided to start a new venture
together. Noble Haru Properties (P) Ltd. Constructions have started.
Sooner you will see us around the Chennai, providing you homes for

happy living.
Shrini: Bala, What is the secret of your business success?
Trust people and make them build trust.
Understand the business.
Help others to achieve.
Come out of fear of failure.
Dedication on whatever you do.
Shrini: How do you manage family and business ?
I can not give huge quantity of time to family. But giving high quality of
time. The exposure they get is enormous. Once I took my kids to foreign
trip for 23 days. All my friends there, took care of the kids. They get to
meet new world and interesting people around. This makes them
understand the business and help me to manage both perfectly.
Shrini: How do you make business with your friends? Did you came
across a situation to maintain either friendship or business?
Bala: hahaha. It never happened to us. First, we have to accept that
mistakes will be there. No man is perfect. If they are willing to learn from
their own mistakes and others mistakes, they can achieve a lot. We trust
each other. We trust on our skills. If we have failure, we sit together and
analyses on how we failed. We change the business process and try again
until we get success.
Krishna: Bala is a great leader. He shows all the leadership qualities on
correcting mistakes. So we don't get any conflict. There is 100%
transparency in our business. The trust we build keeps us together in all
circumstances.
Bala. Give your suggestions on starting a new company?
Money wont be a bigger problem for starting a company.
Before starting it, get work experience for 4-5 years.
Get the deep knowledge on how the business works.
Build huge network of people who trust you.
Find potential people and give opportunities for them to grow with you.
Money should not be your goal.
Your long term vision should be the goal.
Do your best on whatever you do.
Have bigger dreams and spend your life on making them into real.
Trust your people.
Control emotions on handling people.
Experiment on getting people from tier 2 cities like Madurai.
Bala, What do you think on students from all fields jump into
Computer Science field?

Thats not a problem. If they find interest on computers, they can do so.
They can't achieve there, unless they love it.
Find your core interest. Do all the stuff you come to know, until you find
what interests you. Then dream on achieving on your interested field.
Make the dreams true. That will be a Joy, in the interesting game called
LIFE.
Shrini: 'Being connected' is the great passion you have. What can we
do for this to happen across our college students?
We have to conduct series of events regularly. Meetups will help to get
more people.
Use online tools like facebook, google groups to stay in tough with
friends.
But, physical meet is most important than a online “Hi, whats up?”
Invite celebrities for the meets.
Find a catchy date for the regular meet like May 1 etc.
We have to do it regularly.
Shrini : College Life gave us a lot. What can we do for giving back?
We are ready to conduct campus interview.
We can help the students to educate them on current trends in their fields.
We can give the students the real time projects.
Ask the students or the placement cell staff to connect with us.
Shrini: Sure, Will ask them to do so. Thanks for the great time. It inspires
me a lot. I never thought that I will be meeting an inspirational hero with
his team. Thanks all for being together. Wishes for all your progress of
building people.
The joyful & successful journey of explorations of Bala & friends
continues. The trio invited me to a nearby Cafe, to have a coffee (or Kaapi
as we call it). It is named “Zha Cafe”. A restaurant with a Tamil Theme.
Nice ambiance, designer tables, separate rooms for family with a home
theater.
I just find that T-Shirts with Bharathiyar's Sayings are for sale. Notice
board filled with nice Tamil writings. I thought that this is their usual meet
place. Bala smiled reading my mind.
"This Zha (Zha is not exactly the same pronunciation as this letter is
unique to Tamizh-zh as in Tamizh) cafe is our new adventure. We thought
that it will be interesting to start a new restaurant business. And we started.
Come with your family and friends to taste a new world”
Get Inspired: “If you have the passion life will take you to great Heights.
Bala is the perfect example-An AMACEion we are to be proud of”..

Get Togethers Of Alumni In Last Quarter (what
we know): 1986-90 Batch
The homecoming of the batch was in college on 25th
Dec 2012. Here is the
Youtube video link which shows the glimse of this event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxPWRxHPXyw&feature=youtube
1988-92 BATCH
Leadership of Homecoming events is provided by 1988-92 batch
who have done 2 Fiesta’s (homecoming events) in the last 3 years…other
batches needs to get motivated by them. Apart from this Manick leads a lot
of social initiatives despite his busy schedule as senior executive in a
Indian MNC.
Hats off to Manick and team!!(For those who are not members of
the AMACEALUMNI.NET please do so as it is open for all batches.-this
is a top initiative of 1988-92 batch who want AMACEions spread across
the world in one place)
Here is the glimpse of the event as described by them in the Fiesta 2
highlights.
http://amacealumni.net/events/Fiesta2/fiesta2_highlights.php
To motivate you to have the get together here is a brief description
of the experiences they had on 7th
and 8th
of January this year…does your
batch have enough energy..it just takes 3 people to organize the thoughts
and make it happen….Nithya Ramesh, Damodharan of 1986-90 batch can
vouch for this.
FIESTA EXTRAVANGANZA
The longest word is SMILE because there is a mile between S and
E. It was made longer by AMACEIANS 88-92 who could not control the
non-stop chatter and laughter, which started on arrival at the resort around
noon on the 7th of January 2011 and continued till afternoon of the next
day.
Manned by our batch mates and sometimes by equally enthu
spouses and kids the registration desk was really inviting. The major
highlight was the grand support offered by the spouses of our batch mates
and the way the kids enjoyed. This was what we wanted to achieve.
When Chandru asked for suggestions for the venue for the next Fiesta,
maximum suggestions came from the kids section. Some said Goa and
some even said Kashmir.
The colourful stalls under tall coconut trees were inviting. Kiddos
thronged the shooting gallery, ring throw, find your partner, ball in bucket
stall and straw-ball stall. There was active participation from the ladies
too.
There was a long line at the mehendi and tattoo counter also, not to
forget the popcorn, sugar candy and the ice cream vandi. Some people
were parked in this section permanently. The active participation in the
cooking contest offered more delicacies of which none of us omitted
anything.
When we were just thinking when this constant eating will come to an

end, lunch was served. We made a beeline towards the sumptuous spread.
North Indian and South Indian food vied for our attention, which we duly
gave. The organizers were ready with the next on the agenda. Beach
games. This was meant to hasten metabolism and digestion.
We joined the big group on the beach side all the time shaking hands with
new arrivals and chattering away accompanied by non-stop laughter. The
sound of ‘mama’ and ‘machan’ filled the air. The races and ball games
conducted for us saw full participation from batch mates, spouses and the
energetic kids who wanted unlimited fun. The prizes produced amused
expressions from everyone. Thanks to Rajagopal & family and GV-Uday.
There was nothing but total happiness throughout. Some spouses
did not talk much but showed their pleasure with gentle smiles lighting
their faces. There existed no barriers of Mech, Civil or E&C, everyone
was smiling at every other person…boy or girl, batchmate or spouse.
Some guessing games were also happening side by side with some of us
blinking and making serious identification errors. No one was offended, in
fact they were amused all the more.
It was time to dress up and get ready for Carnival Nite.
We turned up in our best clothes. Ladies clad in lovely sarees and
salwar kameezes and men in western wear and ethnic attire. Kids in
brilliant colours stole the show. Some of us enjoyed the beach side breeze
making use of the sea shore benches. Those few minutes will never come
again – light in heart and mind.
The loud music invited everyone to the beachside stage decorated
with cute balloons and a nice backdrop. The rocking show began with
songs sung by Manickam’s father accompanied with music by his group.
Family photo session proceeded with digs from Jhotibabu and friends. He
spared no one. Soon many were scared to step up on stage. Total
entertainment was ensured by Manickam, Amal and friends who sang
yester year songs.
The Ramp Walk for kids displayed stellar performances and witty
answers from them. The continuous addition of more and more kids by
enthusiastic parents showed that the event was a success. Some kiddos
refused to leave the stage walking all over it. Cute…….
Keyboard, Guitar, vocal and Flute music filled the evening air
along with the sound of the waves. The solo dance performances by
talented AMACE off springs was rocking.
The shining almost full moon and its shimmering reflection in the
sea water added to the charm.
Our batch mates and their spouses took part enthusiastically in the
Help Your Spouse dumb charades game which saw some quick thinking
and superb acting e.g: Acting for Kozhikode.
Soon it was dinner time and Dance for Joy time. The dosa counter
was a welcome surprise. While some of us filled up the lavishly laden
dinner tent the kids and our batch mates started dancing. Some surprise
performers on stage among the AMACE girls clearly indicated where from
their kids picked up dancing talent. Our boys brought their wives on stage
too.
The girls made a circle near the beach and chatted away till 2.00
am and some of the boys did the same in their rooms in huge groups with
‘you know what’. MV supplied the girls with water (plain) to continue
chatting unmindful of the scary darkness, mosquitoes and drooping eyelids
not to forget the sleeping families in the rooms.
Reluctantly we walked back to our respective rooms and were soon
up and awake to attack the beach at 6.00 a.m. Kids and families took dips
in the sea water followed by a dip in the pool. Again we hit the breakfast
counters for a simple treat and headed to the conference hall.

But all of us knew that this was just the beginning to everlasting
relations. Not a week has passed but we have been talking and talking to
the same friends and some who did not attend ……..again and again
leaving family members amused. It was a travel back in time on a time
machine.
Meet the Corporate TITAN-T S Balaji, Asst, Vice
President, Tech Mahindra,Pune
The wired journey of an AMACE-ion
Interview & narration by Nithya Ramesh
" Do you believe if I say that one of the first mobile calls of
Chennai was made by one of our AMACE-ions. Yes, it must have been a
proud moment for T.S.Balaji, a student of the first batch of AMACE
(1985-1989).
We, his immediate juniors, referred him as 'Mirudhangam Balaji' as
he used to play the instrument in our college music troupe.(Yes, we did
have one then). He was always seen wearing a red bag across his
shoulders which he says it made him look like an intellect...though he
already looked like that even without it. This was how looked then (with
his TV) and how he looks now (with his Smart phone and Smarter Wife
Hema)!!
A proud product of D.A.V. Boys HSS, Gopalapuram, Chennai, T. S. Balaji
owes his school for what he is today. He works in the CTO office of Tech
Mahindra, Pune.
What was your Childhood dream?
I wanted to own a multi-storeyed shop as I found it interesting and
challenging-maybe because I lived in T-Nagar close to Ranganathan Street
the epicenter of Chennai’s shopping locale… my dreams were around this.
What made you choose Electronics and what would you assign your
success to?
I believe in filling the fuel tank of life with dreams. It is my dreams that
took me all through the journey in the field of Electronics and
Communications to what I am today. I worked as a Communication
Software designer, network planner, network operations manager, new

product developer, solutions provider. I have been involved in innovation
and crisis management on projects, traveling extensively throughout the
world for the purpose. But still I think the dream lives on and the fire in
me is still burning to achieve more. (A True AMACE-Ion!!)
What Drives you?
I always got involved in a job only if I am passionate about it. I was part
of the BHEL Telecom Engineering team where out of the top 10
innovative solutions, 6 was on me(as published in BHEL’s 10-year digest
for Telecom Group). Later, I dreamt of working in my hometown,
Chennai, and joined RPG Cellular. I was in-charge of the complete
network planning function for the wired part of the GSM network. The
software of Wings Prepaid Service launched by RPG Cellular was fully
conceived, designed and a few parts developed by me-I am happy that I
created something new and that drives me even today. People also drive
me-I coached my juniors at office who were doing a long distance
programme in BITS, Pilani.
What do you aspire to be-next step in career path?
I am now part of the CTO Office in Tech Mahindra and my aspiration is to
become a CxO soon.
What is your advise to the Young AmaceIONs?
Stay curious in whatever you do, develop consciously your soft skills like
communication, presentation skills, give more attention to grooming
yourself....
We are proud of you Boss! Wish you all the Best to become CxO soon…
we will demand a treat from you
Painting Talent of Mayashri
Rajendran-Art par excellence…
Mayashri Rajendran (2006 batch) is a talented
AMACE-ion..she is blessed with painting skills that are
admired across sections of society. She recently
organized Maya’s Art Trove as Solo art exhibition in
Ambassador Pallava. We are proud of you Maya..you make us believe
Engineers are not Geeks!! Hats off you to you and we wish you all the
best in your future Endeavour’s..

Meet The Guru-Dr. V.Jothiprakash, Associate
Professor, Iit Bombay, Mumbai
The KNOWLEDGE BOOSTER AMACE-Ion
(Interview and Narration by Nithya Ramesh)
Many of us around here would have aspired to step into the prestigious
institution of The Indian Institue of Engineeering as a student. Here we
have a proud product-(charged as an Ion as every successful AMACE-Ion
is)-teaching the Wiz kids of IIT. He has many laurels in his cap. Given the
fact he started his journey from a small town and made it this big is
something we are proud of.
Here is the extract of the interview I ran with him…my batchmate, I am
proud of you!!
Tell me about your schooling…
I did my schooling at Government Elementary School in my Village till
5th standard and then later on till my Higher Secondary in Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan Boys' Higher Secondary School at Tiruttani.
What were your dreams of your career in childhood?
My childhood dream was to become a "School Teacher".
I guess your dreams too had grown with you....
Yes...after my +2, I got admission to Engineering and became an
AMACE-ion as my father's dream was to make me an engineer. I fulfilled
my father's dream and at the same time I also became a teacher. (this is
double dream fulfilled)
Tell me about your college life......any unforgettable incidents (that I
don’t know)?
Each and every incident in college life was unforgettable. They were
memorable days and they are definitely becoming sweeter and sweeter as
days are passing. I get recharged thinking about the good times in college (
that was a good escapu)
What are your passions in life?
"STUDY, LEARN, UNDERSTAND, TEACH, IMPROVE." (Ions that
charge every success)
How do you manage your work pressure?
You will have pressure only when you feel that it is a work. Since I love
my job, I never feel the pressure. ( I hope I learn from you buddy)
Achievements so far in your career?
Even though I am one of the engineers in the country with four Young
awards (Young Engineer, Young Teacher, Young Scientist, Young
Researcher) and many Best Paper Awards, I feel proud of a work that has
reached the field, and it has fetched me an ISTE-Maharashtra State
Outstanding Research Award in Engineering and Technology for the year
2011. (the list of awards is available in
http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~vprakash/honors.html)
(We are proud of you. Jothi was recognized in our AMAZE Titans 86-90
Meet in Dec 2011 in AMACE college campus)

What did you lose to achieve them?
If you lose anything to achieve something then it is not an award, it
becomes business and I am very poor in business. I have not lost
anything or I have not compromised on anything to achieve my awards.
Tell us about your family.
I married my childhood heartthrob and am blessed with three daughters.
(way to Go!!)
Having been a student of the second batch of AMACE, You definitely
had missed many of the facilities that the present students are
enjoying in college......What were they which you missed?
Good Hostel, good food, easy communication, etc. But I got the lessons of
life-how to survive and succeed in adversity. That is a foundation of
success.
Future plans and any other dreams....
My future dream is to make India a developed country in water resources
and make it greener than it is now. (Wow…we are with you. Mother Earth
is proud of you)
About your job...how much do you enjoy it?
My job at present is teaching and research and I enjoy each and every
minute of it.
As a successful engineer, what you would like to tell the budding
AMACE-ions to face this competitive world?
At present not only our AMACE-ions but all the students have facilities
as well as distractions in equal proportions. Enjoy life, but make sure that
it does not hamper your studies. Knowledge is wealth you need to acquire
to succeed in life.
Few words of your life in IIT, Mumbai.
My life at IIT, Mumbai is very simple. It consists of Teaching, Research,
Administrative Works. Since I love teaching, I never felt bored or tired of
my work. I live in the campus..so my family thinks I am always at home,
my students think I am always in college. There is no distinction and that
makes my work life very unique. Welcome to IIT campus when you are
there in Mumbai. Just to let you know I still can’t talk Hindi but still
manage it. My wife and kids are teachers to me in that..I enjoy being a
student for this. Ha..Ha..

Your advice to all AMACE-ions:
STUDY, Build Strong FUNDAMENTALS, HARD WORK, and
PATIENCE –Your success is guaranteed.
Please remember:
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AMACE Placement Cell
Those days are gone where the placement cell was in our dreams.
Now, our College has a placement officer too.
Contact the placement cell, If you can provide job openings to our juniors.
Udhaya Kumar S
Placement Officer,
Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman
College Of Engineering,
Mobile:9962311180
amaceplacement@gmail.com.

FUN CORNER
Kollege Katta
Conceived and written by Chelli Sreenivasan
Every individual must be having his/her bunch of unforgetful
moments in their life and all of you would agree if I say that the most
important and unforgetful phase of one’s life is their college student life.
It is incomparably spicy and colourful. All sorts of mischief , pranks
,sports and enjoyment all through the college years.
The brain works at its maximum potential, the energy levels are
always to the fullest, aspirations are sky high and the eyes are full of the
most colourful and wonderful dreams (which are far away from the
practical reality). Everybody else in the world seems to be stupid, except
yourself and your friends…
Gulping down breakfast after a quick shower, clad in your dirty
denims or churidhaars , freshened with some deodorant and leave for
college, boarding the college bus or the local city bus . At the parking you
give yourself a final look and set your hair before getting down and then
enter your class after meeting some friends, 15 minutes after the lecture
has begun. You select the last bench despite some vacant places in the
front rows...
Almost all students keep gazing at the professor but with their
minds somewhere down in the canteen or at the door, waiting for `that
someone' to come or thinking of that special appointment you have on that
day. There are a handful of sincere first-bench-students, who attend each
and every lecture and have all the detailed notes, which the outstanding
students, (students who are always standing out) can photocopy a few days
before the examinations. Joking and gossiping from behind or playing
cross and knots in the most boring lecture during which half the class is
already snoring, were some of the methods adopted to kill time. By the
end of the lecture, everyone is restless and keeps glancing at their watches,
slamming books and dropping bags. The professor mercilessly continues
teaching.
The professors are qualified but yet their spoken English
oooooooohhhh… ......dont match their his profile.,still remember the day
we were doing class and writing notes suddenly one of the guys asked
permission from the sir.......Can I go to the toilet?. And in no time the sir
replied....... “Lets go.”.instead of “Yes go.”...the whole class was silent
and I suddenly burst with laugh …and was sent out of the class for
doing so. There were innumerable moments
The freshers and the farewell parties, the terror of seniors and the
bossy attitude for the juniors, the fun in canteen, proxy in the class,
making cartoons in notebooks instead of class notes in those boring
lectures. No match of that leg pulling and making fun of each other for
silly things. Looking for new excuses everyday for late entry in the class. I
am sure they are so deeply imprinted on the canvas of memories that one
cannot escape from their effect:
Things become more enjoyable if you are in a hostel. The unique
kind of mixture of the freedom and the restrictions, the homesickness and
the hostel fun, the ragging and the hostel parties…simply, no comparison.
Another very interesting part of the student life is those
infatuations and the beautiful love stories. The bell rings and everyone is
out of the class, meeting friends at the canteen. it's fun , to sip a nice hot
cup of coffee, drooling over, exchanging secret smiles and then telling
your friends of your latest crush. And then the heartbreaks and fights
between the couples. I really wonder how many of these love stories
actually goes beyond the farewell party of the college.
Equally interesting part of this life is the examination fever. A few
sincere and regular kinds of students are not very much affected by this
but most of the others suffer form this syndrome at the end of every
year/semester. The eleventh hour collection of notes and the books,

studying all through the night and then next day, writing the exams with
sleepy eyes and a heavy head. The last minute revisions, the long
discussions of the tedious topics with friends (biting your nails), making
promise to yourself that next time I’ll be so regular and sincere through
out the year. And then the result…parties and celebrations at one end, tears
and sadness in the other end.
The cultural, college sports day, the Sari day and gathering, are the
most awaited days in the college when every boy and girl `dress-to-kill'
and have a gala time.
Most of us get our best friends of life during this phase only
because you spend together the maximum part of the day, doing all kind of
fun, free from any kind of responsibilities and worries of life. Everybody
in a class or a batch is having almost the same kind of schedule, the needs,
the problems and the same age group. So friends become an inseparable
part of the life. Most of us are recognized by our respective friend groups,
during these times. It is really tough to develop the same level of
friendships once you enter the unkind, highly competitive and the most
practical, professional world.
The fact is that once you are out of the college and enter
professional life, each one of us becomes so busy in our personal lives that
the everyday masti with friends becomes a meeting once in a week, then
once in a month followed by once in a year and then an occasional phone
call or an email or a sms wishing a Birthday, the Diwali and the New year.
Very close friends may remain in regular contact but generally you loose
connection with those big friend groups with passing time. All those who
were once the immediate and most important part of your life become just
an entry in your mobile phonebook or the Facebook friend list.
Still, when on a fine day you sit back, refreshing the good old
memories, you cannot help singing deep inside your heart "adhu oru
nilaak kaalam..”
The First Cut
by Kulasekar Nammaalwar
Everybody remembers their firsts, their first time they rode a
bicycle without falling, their first crush, their first favorite song, being a
member of the first batch, the firsts hold a special significance for me.
I remember my first class cut at AMACE like it happened
yesterday in reality it happened some 26 years go.
It was a hot summer day at Vadavamandal, first year classes going on.
The college then (1985) had no compound wall, the classrooms did
not have doors or windows. There was this couple of sheds, two buildings
unplastered sitting in this huge expanse of fields, a pathway running from
the crossroads to the college. It was more like a scene from a Bharatiraja
movie complete with a pond.
We were a group having just met not really knowing each other
very well just forming friendships. All of a sudden during a break in
classes, some teacher/lecturer dictating notes and as usual we pretended to
write it down, one of my friends suggested why don't we cut classes and
go to a cinema at Kanchi. A collective feeling of thrill broke out amongst
our group as it was our first class cut for most of us.
We quickly threw out some plans and the plan to cut classes during
lunch hour seemed less risky and was approved. Five of us mustered
courage and walked upto the cross roads(Vadavamandal koot road) to
catch a private bus to Kanchi. We were laughing, cutting jokes to relieve
our tension,furtively glancing towards the college to ensure nobody is
coming after us, there was nobody except for some local villagers and as a
private bus came into view, suddenly one of our friends started to run back
towards the college! We shouted some choice words at his retreating back

and not wanting to go back admitting defeat,boarded the bus to Kanchi.
If this was the end then it wouldn't have stayed in my memory. We
decided to go ahead with the plan to see a movie and went to a theatre,
false bravado filling our hearts. We enjoyed the movie(not so good) but
the occasion made the movie a hit, we whipped out our cigarettes as we
came out of the theatre very proud of our successful first class cut and
slam bang we ran into a person who was a relative of the trustee, (this
person later on helped us a lot in arranging our reunion couple of years
back) walking down the street.
He instantly recognized us,our knees gave away, we threw down
the cigarettes, literally begged the person not to reveal our names to the
principal and spent the next few days in sheer terror. To his credit he did
not do anything and earned our eternal gratitude.
It is a different story that we perfected the art of cutting classes
later on... The friend who ran away redeemed himself by giving us lunch
at his house afterwards.
The Joy of Sharing - Blogs
Can you remember the exam days? Those nights when we
completed reading huge pillow sized books in single night? We did
sharing the chapters with our friends. We did the knowledge transfer after
reading our chapters. Even some of us could took classes on classroom
stage too.
After college, most of us lost the chances of sharing what we know
to others. We are becoming key persons in our area of interest. It will be
more funny and interesting to use the blogs to share what we know.
Free blog sites like wordpress.com , blogspot.com provide free
hosting to create blog. You can write on anything you wish. Creating an
account is so easy. Blog posts can be on any topic and any language.
I started my blog http://goinggnu.wordpress.com 6 years ago, just
to store what I learn on my job. I post the mistakes I do and the solutions
for the problems I get. Now, It become a huge knowledge base for my
entire career. It helps others too, who get the same problems. The blog
crossed 3 lakh page hits recently.
Long time back, I wrote on how I recovered deleted files from
memory card. It helps hundreds of people who lost their files accidentally.
Like this, if we share our experiences, it will be so helpful who are in
need.
Blogs are the online self of a person. Readers can follow us using
email or RSS feeds. It improves our creativity and writing skills.
Start a blog today to share yourself !
- T Shrinivasan
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Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering Students.
We need your suggestions, articles, fun events, college memories, photos,
tour experiences, job openings etc.
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