Bulletin 2006 - 03 - 16

OnliNews 16, March 2006

BIM Lifts ET in the Classroom Quiz Title

Trichy, 16th March: Quizzing has always been to BIM what soccer is to Brazil. And this action packed season was no exception. Another fluorescent feather was added to the cap when our team yet again won the Trichy edition of the ET Classroom Business Quiz 2006. When it comes to professional quizzes, it doesn’t get bigger than this for the quizzing fraternity of Trichy. The ET Quiz is a veritable giant among quiz contests – one of the biggest of its kind in the whole of India. Muthupalaniappan N, PGP1 and Sathiaseelan, PGP2 waved their magic wand once again in the ET quiz after a few days of their visit to the national finals of the TATA Crucible.

On March the 7th, Bishop Heber campus was filled with 300 and odd teams, of which only six teams, made it to the podium. The teams included two teams each from BIM and NIT, one each from SACE and Thiyagaraja College, Madurai. Heaps of pressure was built as the quiz went on. There was a tie between three teams, after a tough tussle BIM claimed the crown. The other team of BIM Ashwin Nayan Rai and Arun Kumar G both of PGP2 came fourth with just a few points down the stream.

This is the third consecutive time that BIM is gleaming with this title. The sweet fruit has been borne out of sheer hard work by the BIMites. Hats off to you guys!!

Time for the other 'E T' now

Trichy, 16th March: We might have come across the term ‘Equilibrium’ thousands of times in our lives. Be it in Sciences or Arts or any other study for that matter. We have always known it as a ‘state’ or a ‘noun’. However, the recent lecture by Dr.Prateep V. Philip, IPS the respected Police Commissioner of Trichy District. He gave insights into how the same phrase could be used and understood as an adjective - no it was not about Grammar, but about the most sought after, thought provoking and insightful concept called 'Equilibrium Thinking'.

The folks in the hall were unaware of this topic initially and thought that the special lecture by the IPS would be on facing life and the unavoidable circumstances it poses and also expected to be presented with some clips from his real life experience regarding the same. But to everyone's awe and surprise, this was a concept which was never heard of and which was out of the box and conceptualized by Dr. Philip himself. The lecture took off with the introduction of ET, put in simple words, blend of equilibrium and thinking, either of which is usually missing when people think and act. The presenter, whose fluent simple style held every one of us spell bound, very well elucidated how Equilibrium could be achieved and practiced. Appropriate examples from his real life experience and quotations of eminent personalities helped the concept to get imbibed into the minds of the folks.

The concept of ET revolves around the basic self, values, thoughts, attitudes and behaviour. According to the latest version of the 80:20 principle, people at best use only 20 percent of their mental capacity and the rest of 80 percent is unutilized. How to go about utilizing the available capacity to the optimum? Well, conditioning - that is meditating or telling mind consciously on a continuous basis about what you want to do, can do it. Interesting? The more intriguing thing was on how one could practice it. So, stick on...The importance of creativity, spirituality and perseverance was well portrayed in form of the equation:

HQ = IQ + EQ + SQ + PQ
(High Quality) =(Imagination+ Emotional+ Spiritual+ Persistence) Quotients

It was also told that principles played a pivotal role in shaping an individual and these were the ones, which gave an individual his or her freedom, power, security and wisdom. Following the inquisitive queries of the students, a few minutes were spent on distinguishing wisdom from knowledge.

In the whole process, there were these two phrases prevailing in the minds of the entire audience; 'Be at it' and 'Beat it’, which have eventually acquired popularity with the folks. These phrases explain about acquiring and enhancing positive thoughts and behaviour and reducing and overcoming negative thoughts and behaviour. Other learning included the examination of different types of personalities based on how people use their five senses and to what extent. According to the personality types, people can be visual, auditory or kinesthetic. The concept of 'Be at it' - be persistent in doing positive things and 'Beat it' - overcome negative things was beautifully woven with examples and explained. The students even had a glimpse of how to practice this. All of them along with Dr. Philip repeated an example phrase ' be calm, Beat anger' for a couple of minutes. The session was really good and students are looking forward to more of those.

‘COM’ Crunches

ZETETICA

The ‘cake’ committee has of late has been quite busy with celebrating birthdays. In fact, a few of the students have started associating the committee with Birthday Bumps and the rotten eggs. However, the action has been missing on other fronts like the Manthan Series of mock GDs that the committee conducted with the support of Students Council during the last trimester. The sessions were really good and were widely appreciated. Also missing is the HR magazine that the committee came up with in the first trimester. As they say, ‘Form is temporary, Class is permanent’; everyone’s waiting for the committee to regain its lost form.