PESU's Éclat

03/07/2018

The Perfect Tattoo

When I first decided I wanted a tattoo, it was because everyone was doing it. It was a trend. But when I was 16 something changed. I still wanted a tattoo, sure. But I realised that if I was going to get myself inked it had to mean something. It had to resonate something I truly believed in. Something I thought was one among the cores of my personality.

So the search began. The search for the perfect tattoo.

I spent the age of 16 looking for ideas on the internet not realising I was doing it all wrong. To find something that connects to me specifically on a place which connects to everyone in the world wasn't one of my brightest ideas. I saw picks of people completely covered in tats to people with tattoos as minimalistic as a semi colon.

When did I realise that I had found the right tattoo for me, you ask? It was when my friend went through a bad break up. She was distraught. She was crying on my shoulder. Something prompted me to tell her, "Think of it this way. You're one break up closer to finding the perfect guy. Have Faith. Things will get better." And in between her sniffles my friend said, "I don't know how you have so much faith. It astounds me."

That's when I knew. Having faith in things working out for the best was one of my core traits. It's was something I believed in strongly. It was something I would keep telling myself no matter how old I got.

I wanted faith to be a constant in my life. So I decided, I would get the word Faith tattooed ever so visibly on my left wrist as a reminder to my older self that if my younger self could have faith, then so could I. I wanted it to remind me how a single word could change perspective, how life was just a matter of perspective. The tattoo would represent how insignificant a word can be to the world, but how the very same word can mean the world to you.

- Anjana Keshav Das

26/01/2018

Hello :). Ever wondered how the artists of DSGNR. make such amazing posters and banners? Well you can learn how to make them too. Kick off this semester with a workshop on photoshop!
Date: 30 Jan 2018
Time: 3.45pm-5pm
Venue: B-512
Register using this link:
tinyurl.com/DSGNRWorkshop
Limited seats available!

09/11/2017

It’s time for 2k17!
Like problem solving? Are you game for 24 hours of adrenaline charged work and fun? Register for , Microsoft Innovation Lab’s annual hackathon. Bring your idea to life and stand a chance to win prizes upto 1 lakh rupees!

Registration is open to engineering students from across India.
Team Size: 1 to 3 members
Date: 25th-26th November 2017
Venue: PES University, Bangalore

Register at: hashcode-2k17.hackerearth.com
To have a look at our teaser, visit:
https://goo.gl/MDoXya
page link: https://www.facebook.com/hashcode/

02/11/2017

Team Ninaada brings to you the annual music and dance confluence, SAMA RASA. It will be a classical extravaganza with two whole days of classical music and dance performances by some of the best artists in the country.

For further details contact:
Shridatta-7795967459
Rishikesh-8792589848

23/10/2017

The Time Of My Life

Written in first person, the book is narrated by the sarcastic, hilarious protagonist, Lucy Silchester. She’s best described as a cynic with a sense of humor that is relatable to most people on a personal level. Her need to constantly convince people -including the readers- that her life is a bed of roses comes across as funny at first, but slightly bitter-sweet as an afterthought. The story revolves around how her life (known as Life or Cosmo Brown) decides to intervene because he’s unhappy and decides that it was time to do something about it.

Best suited for readers who like their philosophy mixed with a sense of humor, the story takes us on a roller coaster- moving from self-imposed solitude to varying degrees of 'out of control'. Lucy's incapability of telling the truth, because one lie leads to another, is sure to make you scratch your head with a blush. The book perfectly captures a person’s transition from self-neglect to self-empowerment.

A must read for anyone with a love for the funny, 'The Time Of My Life' is sure to leave you wondering if, may be, being a little selfish sometimes isn’t a bad thing.

About the Author:
Cecelia Ahern (born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist whose work was first published in 2004. She was born and grew up in Dublin. She has published in nearly fifty countries and has sold over 25 million copies of her novels worldwide.
Best known for her book turned movie, 'PS I Love You', this book (The Time Of My Life) follows a very different pace and emotion.

- Anjana Keshav Das

18/10/2017

Kim Jong-Un, the supreme leader of North Korea, has been in the news for leading the reclusive nation neck-deep into sanctions. Under him, the nation has successfully tested nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. He may have brought the world closer to a nuclear war, but we cannot deny the acuity of his Machiavellian design to safeguard the regime from the ‘western threat’.

Much of what we know is speculative, thanks to the secrecy maintained about the lives of every member of the Kim family. He was said to have studied in Switzerland under an alias. His friends and fellow students describe him to be a swift learner with a keen interest in basketball. He was a very friendly person but was socially awkward around women. He scarcely showed any interest for politics or any negativity towards the United States of America back then. A Japanese chef who worked for the Kim family for many years describes Jong-Un as a very civilised man who was warm.

The collection of NBA paraphernalia and sneakers he had was envied by many. He was really good at basketball, but hated to lose! We can observe a similar aggressive attitude in his actions to stay in power.

Notwithstanding the parody, 'The Interview', the West, and the rest of the world, knows very little about the supreme leader. Kim Jong-Un remains an enigma in terms of his long term ambition for himself and his isolated regime.

- Athindra Bandi

15/10/2017

Samnivesa, the annual techno cultural fest of the Department of Civil Engineering took place on 9th and 10th October with great aplomb and success.

The fourth edition of Samnivesa saw a keen participation from various colleges and had an erudite guest list- N. Shivaram, the Vice President of Brigade Enterprises, Govind Ramesh, M.D. of Agrima, and many more. Samnivesa was initially concieved with the idea of encouraging Civil Engineering students to approach subjects with an inventive outlook and for non-Civil Engineering students to be acquainted with the Department. Today, it has achieved a much greater significance.

Spanning the course of two days, a plethora of events-technical and non technical-were organized which pushed the creative boundaries of students. Diverse activities such as talks on the latest innovations in the field, workshops on various software technologies and quizzes were conducted. Few of the events such as SmartPitch, where the best and idea wins, CADD Challenge, where one's skills of AutoCadd were put to test, were met with an excellent response. Events such as BridgeIt and Paper Towers brought out the designers in each and everyone alike. Non-technical events such as Treasure Hunt and Hogathan were filled with excitement. The enthusiastic involvement of students and faculty made Samnivesa '17 a roaring success.

- Angel George

14/10/2017

On the 13th and 14th of September this year, the éclat team conducted a survey on the Fresher’s fest- “Aarohi”. The purpose of this survey was to learn of the reach the fest had among the students and their take on it.

We sent out a questionnaire for the students to answer, starting from their knowledge of the fest and its events, followed by their views on this year’s contest.

From the table of data collected, these were the numbers that we arrived at. When asked if they knew about the fresher’s fest, 60.9% of them replied with a yes and 39.1% with a no. About 63.6% of the survey participants knew about the Mr. and Ms. Fresher contest.

Of the people who took up the survey, 68.2% of them were at the final event and they continued to answer the questionnaire. 63.6% of the survey taking audience found the fest entertaining.

They were also asked about what they thought was the criteria of judgment in this competition. This is what they had to say: 18.2% of the people said that it was based on their qualities, followed by 23.6% and 48.2% who say that it was based on their talent and public presence respectively. 30.9% of the survey participants believe that the judgement criteria depends on the contestants' will to go on, in the given circumstances. But, a solid 50% say it is based on how well the contestants catered to the crowd's expectations.

But the penultimate question-if the shortlisted contestants gave a good competition to this year’s winners- received a conflicting response from the crowd. 50% of the people said yes while the rest said no.

13/10/2017

PESU I/O – PEER TO PEER LEARNING

The concept of bootstrap was introduced to this year’s freshers, to expose them to various happenings in the industry and to venture beyond the prescribed curriculum. Along the similar line of innovative learning methods, the PESU I/O’s peer-to-peer learning system has emerged.

Ending any college jitters, this initiative aims to help students evolve from the proclivity that pre-university has induced in them. By bringing their peers and seniors to teach and share knowledge with them, they are introduced to a community of people who have learned about the concept of college and have been in one long enough to understand it. This initiative helps quicken the school-to-college transition in an informal, friendly manner. A huge number, 900+ of the existing 1350, of first year students applied to enroll for these sessions, of which, a selected 200 have been assigned to 15 different courses pertaining to co-curricular or extra-curricular skill development, on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The subject matter expert, more commonly known as the SME, approaches the subject in a nonchalant manner, where the students are introduced to the topic by the SME narrating their own experiences in that domain, making the entire learning process a comfortable and productive session. This coherent strategy is backed up by sharing links, slides and resources one would need to learn the concepts which is followed by weekly discussions and task submissions. This engagement between the SMEs and the students is a method adopted to help the SMEs keep tab on their students’ progress and give them undivided attention with respect to any individual problems they may face. Towards the last week of the course, the students are expected to present the summarized version of the program that they undertake. This entire cycle is overseen with the help of “freedcamp”, a web-based project management tool and organization system- used most often by Google and Air Bnb.

But the highlight of this entirely intricate, elaborate and well-planned layout is that all of this is done by a diligent and committed set of students. The weekly schedule, updating the students under the program and monitoring them is all the work of the SMEs, who put in a good 20 to 40 hours of work per week to meticulously prepare the course structure and content. This team is backed up by the project management, which consists of intent students who edit and consolidate the videos created by the SMEs and also painstakingly administer the entire process while ensuring that the program runs unhindered. By the end of the month-long program, the students would have acquired a new skill in the most practical manner or developed a better command over the skill.

The PESU I/O's peer-to-peer learning program helps infuse the need to learn new things simply because of their thirst for knowledge and to achieve something long intended without inhibitions.

- Roshini Pushparaj

13/10/2017

PESU I/O – THE SPIRIT OF PES

Most of us have heard of it during our first year inauguration ceremony-about the SPIRIT of PES and how that is the ideology that the college would like for all of us to leave with when we graduate. It even is the first thing one notices when they enter the MRD block. But how much of the work done by our college towards this do we know? Is it something that we consider just an acronym? Well, here is a summary of the insight by Prof. Ajoy Kumar, the COO of PES.

One of the most important things that most students forget to think about during their college life is what they can do apart from course work-something in which they would find a purpose to engage and excel in. They do not realize the vitality of this drive for it not only enables one to learn new things but also helps in multitasking and sparks one’s interest in the act of constantly educating themselves.
This led to the formulation of PESU I/O on the PESU Academy. It is a self-evaluation questionnaire that the students can update throughout their years at PES. The compilation of all this data that they enter also doubles as their resume during their placement interviews. The credentials one enters ranges from academic achievements to co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
And this is where the Stakeholder, Process, Identity, Research, Initiative and Team factors come in.
Stakeholder – Work as an engineer, resort to higher studies or start a company and venture into entrepreneurship? It focuses on what after college, how qualified one needs to be to take up the specialization course they want, to understand what companies want from you or even learn of the networks one will have to create to take the business forward.
Process – To strategize and formulate a method to achieve the goal you have in mind.
Identity – To understand the concept of developing a sound biodata that will speak for you in circumstances that you cannot.
Research – To plan, take up case studies and give the action a lot of thought before diving right in. To passionately try and invent or discover things.
Initiative – To enrol oneself in summer programs or internships, to participate and engage in activities, overall, to actively seek new skills and techniques that textbooks might not offer.
Team – Market yourself and find the right set of people, from students to teachers to friends or the society; to work alongside you, be it a project, research work or a start-up.

Each of these factors focus on collecting information on different aspects-helping one evaluate oneself, to analyse where one stands and strategize to achieve one's goal in mind. And the first step towards inculcating this work culture is the PESU I/O peer to peer learning that has been introduced to our college freshers. It has taken an industrious effort by the management and senior pupils of the college in establishing a one-of-a-kind learning experience, developing the student on various levels-including soft skills such as their presentation abilities, something that can even make or break a deal in the real world.

So, look out for such interesting programs lined up by the college to enhance your “spirit”. You might find just the right thing to be a part of!

- Roshini Pushparaj

08/10/2017

One of the most successful and sought after clubs in college, the PES Model United Nations Society, is now recruiting!

With a consecutive streak of over 10 Best Delegation awards and numerous other individual awards, the PES MUNSOC is one of the most respected and prestigious MUN Societies in the country. Now's your chance to get in!

Just fill in the Application Form given below. Applications are open for students across all departments as well as years.

Last date to apply is the 13th of October, Friday.

Link to Application Form:

For any questions you may contact Mukund Sood at 9900314000 or Sabeel Mehkri at 9739408181 Please Note: All questions are to be answered with a minimum of 75 words, any answers shorter than this stipulated limit will not be considered and/or marked.

07/10/2017

Hello :).
Team Ae**us, the aero-modelling and aerial robotics team of PES University, is now recruiting!

Details:
Orientation: 9th of October, Tech Park Seminar hall.
Recruitment test: 10th October, 7th floor-B block.
Registration link:
https://goo.gl/forms/qYhLYrwDjQnuLWnG2