15 odd days left , followed by the lethal End-Term Examinations to conclude my awesome rattling Sophomore year, and commence my Junior year anew. Though I am still afraid of using any replacement for the term “rattling” above, because All’s well that ends well or Nothing is well, until it ends well! Thus, I wish 2-2 ends well too, to make that bountiful replacement.
At this particular juncture of time, an year ago, I remember I had a long-lived crush on Cobie. I mentioned the same in a post with reference to the “Green-Black Chemical Romance” thing. This time around, things have changed drastically. Anyways, I gave a glimpse of the Sem so far in my previous post, where I adverted at one place, “ I did not receive any mail from few big names where I was expecting my immersion during the Summer holidays for training purposes. However, I am happy training at my Dad’s workplace at DRDO forsaking those big names, finally. “. However within a fortnight, when I was certain of going with DRDO, I got copious mails and calls, all captivating! Thus, I am in a big fix at the moment. The options available for me as of now are as follows:
Option No. 1: DRDO – and my passion for developing the algo: I will be with my family, in my beloved city and at my Dad’s workplace with all needful facilities, ranging from Hi-Speed Broadband connectivity, Air-Conditioned Rooms, refreshments (Real Juice, Samosas, Sweets, etc available any time), a world class library, Dad’s counterparts well versed with C++ who could help me out any time regarding my project and make me learn a lot, and people who can tell me a lot about Defence mechanism, accessories and structure. All this without any charge or fees.
Option No. 2: IIT Kanpur – and the value of this Intern: There was a Notice put up on our Channel-I long time back regarding some Internship at IIT Kanpur under the aegis of Dr. Priya Ranjan (Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT K). It said, ‘Stipend and Lodging would be made available at IIT Kanpur only, where the trainees would be undergoing training of one month and some Project work thereafter’. Yours truly applied for it without any vacillation, and these are the two replies I got from them :
" Dear all, We will shortly announce the results of those who have qualified for the second round .Soon after we shall interview the people on the telephone and finally select the students. Students would be asked a few technical questions on the basis of what do they have filled in the form."
“Dear all, Firstly, we would like to apologize for being so late in announcing the results.About 953 students from all 7 IIT's Competed for the Internship program.Our team had a very tough time in selecting the students.
It gives me Immense pleasure to inform you that you have been selected in the Young Engineers Team as "Internees-W" for the Summer Session-2010.The terms and Conditions of the Internship are as follows :
1)Rs.2500 as stipend for the full program.
2) Accommodation arrangements by YEINDIA in a Hostel."
NOTE :Pre Placement Offer shall be provided to those who are found to be extraordinary”.
All this also seems to be an eye-candy. Confusion seems to be creeping up!
Option No. 3: iDubba –and the platform it would provide me: There is an EDC Society at IIT Roorkee which started an “Startup Internship fair” for the students of IIT Roorkee this time. I applied for it long time back by submitting my resume. The team EDC forwarded my Resume to some notable startups, one of them being iDubba, which was “started with an intention to revolutionize the way Television is watched in today’s hi-tech, technology driven World. It’s an online and mobile platform to help users get instant information about what’s happening on TV based on their profile, geography and behaviour. Our aim is to become one stop platform to satisfy all TV related needs of today’s modern man. We are working to build a new generation TV guidance system, recommendation platform and information source specifically targeting Indian users, media, broadcasters and advertisers.”
This is the reply I received from them:
"Hi Abhishek, Thanks for showing interest in our organization. We are glad to inform you that we have shortlisted your resume for internship program at our organization.
I gave the concerned person some time slot at which he called me up, and told me about the work which I was supposed to do. The incentives which would be provided included the stipend, accommodation and the certificate of appreciation, plus the perfect work-environment in their Main Center at Noida.
Option No. 4: ClipWeave – the most faint choice: Here are the two mails which depict my tryst with ClipWeave.
a) Mail 1 from Team EDC:
“Your resumes have been sent to ClipWeave. The internship profile of the start-up is available at xyz.com . Please go through the profile. You may get interview calls from the company if your resume gets shortlisted.”
“Hi Abhishek,
This has reference to your application for summer internship to ClipWeave. We have shortlisted you for the next round. Now, we'd like you to take a small programming test to help us evaluate your skills. Please complete the test by tomorrow evening so that we can proceed with our process.”
This has reference to your application for summer internship to ClipWeave. We have shortlisted you for the next round. Now, we'd like you to take a small programming test to help us evaluate your skills. Please complete the test by tomorrow evening so that we can proceed with our process.”
I didn’t give any of the above-mentioned Test to which they did send me a reminder twice each after extending the date. I still have ample of time to complete it.
P.S: All the above options are equally good, captivating and confusing. Next few days, I seriously need to ponder over it to decide the best out of the rest! I hope I do take decision wisely.
P.P.S: My Sleeping disorder is yet not in order. All hail Jay Sean, Anya Marina, Papa Roach, T.I, and some random hindi songs.
Cheers! Ciao …
