Its time to formally wrap up what has been started some 2 years before... to complete my Masters - Software System from Birla Inst of Tech and Science, Pilani. Since the place in which the university is located is far away/remote and area that speaks in tongue twister language, along with few friends connected through one by another one, decided travel in group to share whatever the trip is to offer(but we ended up sharing the food rather than anything....)
After putting behind the scheduling and other things, we got 6 people in the group and selected same data for viva appearance. with so much happenings for late viva report preparation, buggy project demo, monkey dance to get signatures from mentors and fight over trip planning, we got into Indigo flight bound towards Delhi... getting down there around 12AM, we started a long tiring 6 hour road journey by pre-booked taxi...
The Qualis has become the field of laughing riot with key participation from Bharathi and Saravanan and notable contribution from Sampath. Thanks guys for your remarkable patience all the time and leaving me unharmed :)
We are all amazed at growth of BITS despite the challenging location its been present... all through the distance upto Pilani we came across only sand barren lands, majority houses/shops that barely had one floor above ground floor, typical sholey film setup chai shops here and there, mazza/pepse/coke stocks that had upto 2 inches of dust settled over it - which may indicate either how long those has been kept idle or level of dust wind....
After reaching the BITS campus in Pilani around 6AM in morning, we checked in to VFAST hostel and it was great... neatly kept and calm all through the time we stayed..
Our first impression of BITS was more of disappointment after seeing those old styled entrance arch and potholed sidewalks... but that was the feeling only upto the dawn of sun...
After a quick nap to get rid of travel fatigue, we were ready to venture into BITS versity...
within the brief time we got accustomed to new guy who hails from Andhra... unfortunately forgot his name... another reason why I should blog happenings fast... some facts fades away from poor memory... that new guy joined us for a trip inside campus...
Here we go... the main clock tower of BITS
very memorable picture... the layout of streets inside the campus and this tower structure bring back my memory of few months old Standford university visit... not sure who followed whom.. or might be independent designs with surprise similarity..
it was great feeling to be back into classrooms... missing school/college days barring the homework/exams days ;)
that was birds eye art of BITS Pilani campus
from left: Karthikeyan(myself), Prince and Bharathi
gotcha.. here is that Andhra guy... sorry folk I forgot your name...
we missed the college feast by one day.. this sand sculpture was part of those functions...
really impressive complete 100% stone marbled temple... main deity is goddess saraswathy...
this is the flight used by current Birla scion KM Birla's grandfather... it was gifted to the university and kept in Pilani campus
this is Cadillac car used by the same grandfather Birla...
BITS Pilani campus is one of main tourist attraction for people around that place... its no surprise this university has evoked so much interest among people... after all its in midst of deserted area...
here is the Birla mandir - up close...
main deity Saraswathi...
view of BITS campus from Birla mandir.. watch the distance at which the clock tower is seen... a really huge campus... it has got residential units which in contrast to contemporary university campuses where they build apartments, but here you got independent houses... apart from this, a super market, a mini commercial street all located far apart...
its amazing view from the Birla mandir...
Birla mandir has got world leaders on its walls which includes George Washington, Vivekanandar etc..
A siva mandir in another side of campus... it was long tiring walk all around the campus...
with all of our VIVA got over successfully, our gang is out on final journey inside BITS for one final time.... this is next to skylab open cafeteria...
Its time to say goodbye to BITS... checking out of BITS VFAST hostel
here is first pic of our full gang...
L to R: Saravanan, Prince, myself, Sampath, Bharathi, Rajesh and Nagarajan
a quick tea break at the end of Pilani... a big relief at the fact of completing MS... a memorable visit...
