Yes, it exists - http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/university/
ipcd/home. It is called the International Programmes
and Collaboration Division and the professor-in-charge
is Dr. Dalit Kumar. Vaibhav Singh himself is the
International Student student-in-charge and recruitments of juniors has taken
Exchange Program place as well. In fact, introductory talks regarding
research in physics in universities outside India have
already been held. This initiative is on in all four
campuses; maybe more publicity is required?
MB Redi
Billing and
Merchandise
Changes
Extending
Services Through
ID Card
Better late than never. Despite the fact that all the ground work
had been done, the institute had problems with undertaking
new constructions. So, it was decided instead that the Nescafe
stall, whose contract was about to expire, would be converted
into a Redi-cum-ANC fixture, which would be open from 10
am - 2 am. Food King is currently taking care of operations.
While conducting mess signings, Vaibhav has added
the requirement of current cost, expected cost and
time of delivery. This enables students to question
late deliveries and does not let associations charge
more than the expected costs. It doesn't seem such
a difficult idea to implement, but to his credit he
did successfully put it into practice, including giving
us the option to cancel the signings.
A lot of the girls, we are
sure, have felt that the
MB Redi has made life
easier and better for
them. A job well done
and much appreciated.
Vaibhav says that he has been able to
cancel multiple sweatshirt signings
and t-shirt signings, but really, is the
entire process thorough enough? I'm
sure we all remember that shirt we
were forced to sign and were unable
to cancel. But then we never stop
cribbing, do we?
So far, nothing. But Vaibhav feels that there may be hope in the
near future. As he had said, the decisive factor for allowing ID
card usage in Akshay is that people pay their mess bills on a
monthly basis. This, he says, is similar to what the chief warden,
Dr. C.B. Das, is trying to implement by introducing the new bill
payment system . He says that this will be possible in Food King
very soon. Well, we've heard that before. Around a year back, huh?
Bus Booking Portal, RTI,
Q&A forum, Online Poll
and 'Your BITS, Your
Voice' - an Appeal System
Student-led
Technical
Mentorship Cell
Early days, still. It has the
p ot en t ia l t o p rovide
wonderful opportunities if
implemented properly.
However, it might just be
difficult to sustain,
considering that the initiator
may soon be off campus.
While its execution
may be possible
sometime in the future,
was enough work put
into it? Was it a well
thought out manifesto
point? Maybe not.
None of these things have seen the light of day, Portals, portals everywhere! But no
thanks to the absence of an SU portal. He says SU website to host. For the entire
that the technical team has been working on it, year.
but we've been hearing the same thing for almost
a year now.
Once again, Vaibhav says the panel was ready and
all the ground work had been done. But, he hasn't
had enough time on his hands to implement it, with
other manifesto points to tend to. He says that he
will try to implement it before the next Gen Sec is
elected, but how likely is that to happen?
Online
Repository of
Research
Projects
(primarily
for MEites)
Why was this point not
considered a priority? Was there
not enough interest from the
public?
This plan was not implemented at all.
Vaibhav feels that despite all the ground
work being done, the ME-ites gave an
extremely lukewarm response and this led
to it not being implemented. But this just
goes to show that the interest shown by
these ME-ites should have been
researched before putting this point in the
manifesto.
It is plainly
pointless to
implement
something in
which the target
audience has
very low interest.
A recurring
theme, this.
Going beyond his manifesto, Vaibhav has been able to set up quite a few helpful things.
When the institute imposed a blanket ban on poster-sticking on the mess walls, it was
Vaibhav's efforts which culminated in new notice boards being put up everywhere. He
has also set up quite an efficient end semester cab service, whose ID card based
payment system makes it even more effective and appealing to the student populace. A
look at Vaibhav's manifesto reveals that he has had a mixed year as the General
Secretary, however his work has shown that he has done enough for the students.
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