PULSE is a seven-day dream for medical students all
around the country, and most importantly for us.
Months of preparation go behind it. Countless hours
are put in by us so that we can play the perfect hosts
to thousands of delegates attending the festival. It is
a huge festival, the largest medical college festival in
India matched by only the top IIT college festivals.
We had started the year with various ideas for
PULSE. We conducted INFEST which gave us a little
peek into PULSE on the lines of organizing events.
Preparations started from May itself as the three of
us, armed with our Chief Organisers, went to
numerous offices and pestered them to be a part of
PULSE (also gaining the experience of being rejected
multiple times :P). It was too premature but we were
happy with the progress.
It all changed with two things. A complaint by a
disgruntled Chief-Coordinator-aspirant of PULSE
against PULSE and a very stupid business deal from
our side (the word ‘our’ is not to be taken literally. It
has only been used to show diplomacy). While the
complaint made the administration ban PULSE for
the year, the deal made the situation much worse for
PULSE whilst we were being branded as cheaters by
everyone who knew what happened.
We tried our best to cover things up, show everyone
in AIIMS and the administration that we were
ignorant and hence innocent. But that did not hold
up for a lot of time. After a show of strength by us,
and a sane meeting with the administration, we had
been put under the scrutiny of the AIIMSONIAN
faculty (the only good thing that happened to us in
spite of what everyone else thinks and says) and
ensured that PULSE would not be stopped.
While that cheered us a little, it did not last long. We
were accused of cheating a sponsor; not abiding by
the agreement made with them and summoned to
the court to defend ourselves. Although we might
brush aside the thoughts whether we actually did all
that we were accused of, it was true and was
something which was done by a speci�c few due to a
lack of imagination of the consequences of this
action. Although we could win in the court based on
technicality, we chose to go for an out of court
settlement due to a lack of time.
PULSE was getting dangerously close and we had not
re ce i ve d p e r m i s s ion to co nd uc t i t b y t h e
administration until the settlement. Usually PULSE
is ad