Final Year Project

During the initial years at VJTI i was in complete awe of "FINAL YEAR PROJECTS" and looked forward to them in eager anticipation. What is that i am going to create? What brilliant,state of the art project am i going to involved in which is going to be the amalgam and symbol of my 4 years of engineering education.
I perceived them to be highly cerebral, path-breaking and arduous tasks engaged in by highly knowledgeable students who are at the pinnacle of engineering brillance and who are overflowing with knowledge , curiosity and skills and are guided by an equally knowledgeable mentor. I thought we are going to spent nights brainstorming over cups of coffee with our mentor who knew us by our names and treated us like colleagues.

But I also was pretty dumb and naive at that time.

Here's a look at our conversations with the mentor:

Day: Monday
Time 3.00 pm
Location: Corridor

Us: Sir we are from final year tronix. You are our mentor.(This is the starter whether its over the phone or face-to-face.)

Theres a delay in response as he tries to recollect.

Mentor:Ummmmm..Aaaaahhhh. Okkkayy you are the "stateflow" guys(know us by our names!!). I will talk to someone in the industry(wooow industry hmmmm..the "mecca" of all engineers) and we can do something practical.(woow practical hmmm..im drooling man).

Us: Ok thank you sir.

Day: Tuesday
Time: 2.00 pm
Location: Corridor

Us: Sir we are from final year troninx. You are our mentor.

Delay.

Mentor: I have a lecture right now. You meet me later.

Us: Ok sir

After 2 hours...

Day: Tuesday
Time: 4.00 pm
Location: Corridor

Us: Sir we are from final year tronix. You are our mentor.

Delay again

Mentor: Yes??

Us: Sir you were going to talk to someone from the industry.

Mentor: Yes Yes im going to speak to him. I will call you guys(yeah right!!). Dont worry we will do something.

Us:Ok thank u sir.

I am not making up this shit. You cant make up this shit. It really happens.

Now lets take a look at our project group discussions. Our project grp consists of goyal,ketan, guy from karjat whazz is name yeah nikhil(he he ) and and yeah thats it.

No wait theres pakya too.Five of us.
I will now let the pictures do the talking.
Venue: Goyal's room.






























(At this point we are discussing as to what is a reverse swing?? anyone??)

So what if our discussions dont center around technical STUFF, so what if we dont actually create something path-breaking(its not the end of the world).
So what if our mentor doesnt know our names, so what if we always meet him in the corridors, so what if there are no brainstromings over cup of coffee. so what??

I still have my HEALTH.