The Fine Print Issue 5, November 2013 | Page 4

Student Union Mid-term Report The EPC caught up with Aditya Bhatt to talk about the changes he and the Student Union are trying to bring into effect, and those which have already been undertaken. as ours. However, with the setup of centralized kitchen, Aditya feels that his point may become of more importance and he is optimistic of its implementation by the end of next semester. Career Mentorship Cell The first thing he talks about is the Career Mentorship Cell, which was also a point on his manifesto. He says that the cell has been formed and its organisational structure has been decided. It’s going to be inaugurated at the BITSAA Global Meet (BGM). The CMC has the internship cell, which has already been formed and they have already started contacting companies. It also has the mentorship cell in which the BITSian alumni have started sending their resumes. The mentorship cell will have a separate website where various alumni will put up their portfolios and the BITSian can choose his/her mentor depending on the field he wants to choose and the credentials of the alumni. Currently there are about 257 BITS alumni members who have agreed to act as mentors. This number is expected to increase as the inauguration at the GBM will attract a lot of attention. Oasis and APOGEE He also revealed that Oasis has had a surplus of 5 lakh this year and was raised to a much larger extent in terms of participation, which is a great achievement. He aims to raise the standard of APOGEE 2014 as well; he aims to increase participation and to prevent it from going into a loss, breaking an ongoing trend. One of the major initiatives towards achieving this is Aarohan, a bit of a clichéd name (also BIT Mesra’s tech fest name) and a used concept (techniche). It’s going to be an aptitude and coding competition which is going to be held in different schools across the country in their respective computer labs. They also want to scale up the outreach and campus ambassador programmes for APOGEE 2014. Book Bank There has been action along the lines of establishment of the book bank, where one can sell his/her book for 40% of the cost price and rent the books for a semester for 20% of the co ????????Q?????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????Q?????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)5?????MH?I????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????5?????MH????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????)5???? ??????????)Q???????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????M??????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()I