After the much controversial INDIA TODAY rankings.
the OUTLOOK rankings have been a real eye opener for non human beings(sharks etc.,) and human beings as well.
government engineering colleges and private engineering colleges have been ranked separately.
VIT has been ranked 5th among private engineering colleges.
The same magazine has ranked VIT 43 in the year 2005.huge leap as far as rankings are concerned.no doubt VIT is the fastest growing private university.
hope it will reach the zenith very soon.

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the oil prices keep soring contrary to the pacifying summer torrid and its quite hard to restrain oneself from having a haughty laugh looking at the agitating opposition party politicians with brains less than that of sameera reddy (at least in AP).
if we look at the prices of the crude oil in the international market they have almost doubled in a span of six months.
now coming to the stats:
During 2004 the price rose above $40, then $50. A series of events led the price to exceed $60 by August 11, 2005, briefly exceed $75 in the middle of 2006, rise steeply to $92/barrel by October 2007 . Throughout the first half of 2008, oil regularly reached record high prices. On February 29, 2008, oil prices peaked at $103.05 per barrel, and reached $110.20 on March 12, 2008, the sixth record in seven trading days. The most recent price per barrel maximum of $138.83 was reached on June 9, 2008.

though there has been a spike in the international oil prices the Indian government has increased the fuel prices nominally(comparatively).
common man needs to understand that 'for a fever to subside one needs to get a needle pricked onto his butt'.thats how an economy works.
if the opposition parties are so disparate and willing to work for the common man,they could have agitated against bush policies,they could have opposed the US war on Iraq,.which is one of the main reason for the demand supply mismatch which led to fuel spike.(the crude oil output fell from 3 billion gallons to 2 billion gallons due to war).but they never do that....

when was it the last time that you saw a politician working for a real social cause...???

enough politics 4 the day...

signing off,
Ritz.

during my school days i used to love sundays the most and wished that everyday was a sunday.there were instances when i prayed god to make bandh's,dharnas and strikes(by various political parties) successful inorder to redeem an unofficial holiday.(heights of devotion...!!!).holidays were special.public holidays were colourful and vibrant.a holiday due to demise of a well known personality seemed to be a rebirth for me.

everything is gone.the colour of sunday mornings(though literally,physically and visually its the same the peceptional contrast was far from normal during those days and it was quite special),the bliss of freedom,the joy of standing in long ques for grabbing a tofee on independence days,the excitement of watching a movie on sunday evenings ,everything is gone.may be gone for ever.everything seems to be in sepia.life has become mechanical,materialistic and routine.

mechanical and materialistic are ok with me.but routine is something i really hate.i always wanted my life to be something like a FM radio.you would never know what you are gonna listen the next second.it may be ur favourite number or the one u never wanted to hear in your life.but it a mix and u'll get all the flavours.how thrilling it would be....!!!!.

hoping to make my life colourful.....

ritz.

currently reading:straight from the gut by jack welch

just finished:three mistakes of my life by chetan bhagat

screw it let's do it by richard branson

found this interesting concepts on marketing...chk thm...

A Professor at one of the IIM's (INDIA) was explaining marketing concepts to the Students: -

1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing

2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: "He's very rich. Marry him." - That's Advertising

3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me." - That's Telemarketing

4. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the car)for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then say:"By the way, I'm rich. Will you marry me?" - That's Public Relations

5. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says: You are very rich! Can you marry ! me?" - That's Brand Recognition

6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say:
I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face. - That's Customer Feedback

7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say:
"I am very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband. - That's demand and supply gap

8. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say anything, another person come and tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and she goes with him - That's competition eating into your market share

9. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" your wife arrives. - That's restriction for entering new markets

Was that an expression of breaking out of some confinement… or was that the pain of exodus which usually happens when one is about to leave his Alma matter…..?Though I’m not able to figure it out.

I feel excited about the professional life I am gonna start very soon. I feel the claws of fright climbing over me whenever I think of the challenges that lie ahead. I need to keep stttttrrrong

I am done with my project. But my guide who is hyper obsessed with publishing papers in international journals and publications keeps nagging us to write one on our project. We just want to get it done.

Gotta go..meet her..

Ritz…

Currently Reading: The Inscrutable Americans by Anuragh Mathur

Just Finished: B-School survival guide by The MBA Jungle team.

For the first time after almost 2 months yesterday I logged on to the Gtalk IM. It was buzzing. I spent almost 7 hours chatting. I think this will be my record. There was one particular conversation with Rakesh (name changed for privacy).I met this guy almost 2 months back on the internet. The common trait we had was that both of us received an admit from university of Texas, Dallas and were spending considerable time in the UTD communities contemplating our decisions. We exchanged numbers and discussed on many nitty gritty things regarding the job prospects, housing, funding etc., we almost decided upon joining UTD and sharing a studio flat over der.then all of a sudden I was neither picking up his calls nor returning them back. He tried calling me n number of times (n tending to infinity).it was those times I was in utter confusion. Finally I decided on taking GMAT and doing MBA after gaining considerable work experience just a few days back. I didn’t know how to tell about this to rakesh. I felt guilty and sorry for him but I was helpless. It was just yesterday he buzzed me on Gtalk and the conversation was like this

Rakesh: hi ritish! hru? U got admit from ASU?

Me: hi Rajesh. (I didn’t know what and how to tell him. But I was sure I wanted to tell him everything how I felt)

I am really sorry dude....

I wasn’t picking up Ur calls...nd wasn’t replying either....I was in mess....

No....I didn’t hear frm ASU as of yet.... (Infact I stopped waiting)

The reason was I am planning to skip my plans of doin masters....

Lot of thing were in my mind and I was really confused....

Rakesh: ok ra .. No problem.

Me: I am really sorry buddy....

Rakesh: that’s ok

Me: I have caused u a lot of trouble....

Rakesh: nothing like that man... :)

Me: I didn’t know what to tell u...

I really felt bad....

Rakesh: u could have told what u have decided.

nothing to feel bad abt it

Me: ya....I was really confused....nd I didn’t know my decision

Rakesh: ok... no prolem

Not a big issue

Finally are u going to utd?

:)

me: no...Dude....

I am joining tcs....

I am planning to give my GMAT

Rakesh: ok... u r planning take up job

Ok good

Me: I always wanted to do mba...

So thts the main reason I changed my mind....

Rakesh: ok

Me: and der was one blog of an mba student that had a gr8 influence on my mind and eventually made me go for mba...

Rakesh: howz ur project going on?

ok

i knew u were interested in mba

Me: ya....finished it...

Rakesh: it’s better to get some experience

Me: frankly my partner did that... (The project)

Rakesh: it’s a good decision

Ok ... hehehe

Me: moreover I wasn’t interested to do something in technical....that wasn’t my pie

Rakesh: ok ritish... ttyl

Keep in touch

U need any help from there u can ask me... if i go to US.

All the best

Take care

Me: surely man.....

Rakesh: bye

Me: it was very nice of u...

Bye...may be I will give u a sendoff at the airport....

Cu...Bye....

Rakesh: :)

Bye

Me: if u happen to have tym....

chk my blogs.....

www.squaredock.blogspot.com (I never wrote the book named 101 ways to market your blog…J!!!!!)

Rakesh: yah I will.

Me: www.ritztravelspvtltd.blogspot.com (and again)

Rakesh: ok ritish... bye

Me: bye dude....

Why did I put all this stuff here…?

I just wanted to tell how I felt.

Life is full of regrets. No matter how hard we try we cannot change the past. But the present is with us. We have the power to control that. I could have told Rakesh the very first day but I couldn’t for reasons very much unknown. I felt very much uncomfortable in such situations. We have to make sure that we don’t make such mistakes.rakesh was very kind and humble in listening to me(nd even he offered me hlp). Thanks for that.

All the best for Ur future buddy. Hope we meet sometime soon.

Ritz…

The ’to do list’ strategy was a success. It had a success rate of almost 92.5%. now don’t ask me how you got this no. I did everything on that list except the washing clothes part. Something is better than nothing. I will improve from here on.

Got some pretty good books from swamy’s IMS teacher.

One was Matilda by Roald dahl (had some stunning illustrations)

The second one was word power from the house of Readers digest.

Though I am raring to start malida, my part of the body which gives me immense pleasure reading books hasn’t recovered from the last disastrous book reading experience. the credit goes to Mr. p.j.o'rourke and his book ‘Eat the rich-A treatise on economics’ strongly recommend the visitors of this page not to dare to touch that book. This is the point in life where I have decided not to embark on reading something without reading a review or someone actually recommending me that.

As a part of the Gmat routine I have to start something solid. I have gained a lot of gyaan from many people and made quite a few important decisions. May be I will start working on my vocabs first as I have very limited vocabulary set. Me and rakesh had plans to go hunting for books in Chennai but that didn’t materialize. Let me make up a strategy before I could pounce.

Hoping lyfs were 100% efficient..

Ritz.