From the zenith... to the nadir
Merry to Frodo, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
"It seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded".
"Not to me," said Frodo. "To me it is more like falling asleep again".
Biohorizon got over yesterday... and now start the blues. Afte an immensely successful event, which involved not only a very large attendence, but also an extermely large monetary profit, it seems that life begins again. Only now does it seem that the semester begins. As Kartik said, to him it seems that only now is the time of leaving IIT imminent.
The event was great. The inauguration went extremely well, with Vivek Bharati (who to me was the dark horse) speaking the best of them all. The Technical Review and Poster Sessions were also nearly flawless (a few minor glitches here and there in the organisation, nothing major).
The problem was the high teas and the teas and the lunches, which interlarded the two days generously. The lunch area was too small for such a gathering, and as Gautam Reddy pointed out, having lunch in an open area at this time of the year is not a particularly pleasant prospect. The first tea (after the inauguration) saw a lot of people attacking the coffee and tea tables and turning them over in that process, we needed more organisation in that respect, something that must be considered next time.
Sunil Nath gave perhaps the best talk of the day, when he summed up the downstream processing review session as aptly as possible. Not only did he review the research in the department, but also in the other departments, a perfect ending to a perfect day.
Day two saw a change in me compering, a job which I now realise is extremely boring in that you are not allowed to leave the venue. The panel discussion on IPR went very well, with an extremely active audience.
The problem was the panel discussion on Opportunities in Biotechnology Careers, when the old grimalkin Manju Sharma showed all why she was the biggest bitch of them all. And Gautam Reddy turned out to be a smartass. Manju Sharma decided that she must answer all questions, since she knows all.
Manju Sharma is a white haired old hag with one leg already in the tomb, and the second imminent considering her behavior. She is one of the class of policy makers, who are responsible for screwing a whole bunch of lives, and then washing the blood of her hands. But the blood remains... Out damned spot, out
The Bioventures went well, with knowledgeble but bad speakers. Amit Chander, sourced from IVCA, turned out to be the life saver, and gave a very good presentation, so that event also ended on a high.
Emerging was good, except for the audience which started leaving. The conclusion given by Aditya Mittal was perhaps the best of the whole event, since he not only summed up the session, but also the whole of Biohorizon. We should have had him earlier, so that all the people could have heard him, the perfect ending to the sessions, the high that we could have only hoped for.
The prize distribution and the vote of thanks was good, and thus ended the most successful of all biohorizons.
We went of to some place to celebrate (Cafe Rendezvous), but I was too tired and sleepy to be myself.
What to look forward to now?
"It seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded".
"Not to me," said Frodo. "To me it is more like falling asleep again".
Biohorizon got over yesterday... and now start the blues. Afte an immensely successful event, which involved not only a very large attendence, but also an extermely large monetary profit, it seems that life begins again. Only now does it seem that the semester begins. As Kartik said, to him it seems that only now is the time of leaving IIT imminent.
The event was great. The inauguration went extremely well, with Vivek Bharati (who to me was the dark horse) speaking the best of them all. The Technical Review and Poster Sessions were also nearly flawless (a few minor glitches here and there in the organisation, nothing major).
The problem was the high teas and the teas and the lunches, which interlarded the two days generously. The lunch area was too small for such a gathering, and as Gautam Reddy pointed out, having lunch in an open area at this time of the year is not a particularly pleasant prospect. The first tea (after the inauguration) saw a lot of people attacking the coffee and tea tables and turning them over in that process, we needed more organisation in that respect, something that must be considered next time.
Sunil Nath gave perhaps the best talk of the day, when he summed up the downstream processing review session as aptly as possible. Not only did he review the research in the department, but also in the other departments, a perfect ending to a perfect day.
Day two saw a change in me compering, a job which I now realise is extremely boring in that you are not allowed to leave the venue. The panel discussion on IPR went very well, with an extremely active audience.
The problem was the panel discussion on Opportunities in Biotechnology Careers, when the old grimalkin Manju Sharma showed all why she was the biggest bitch of them all. And Gautam Reddy turned out to be a smartass. Manju Sharma decided that she must answer all questions, since she knows all.
Manju Sharma is a white haired old hag with one leg already in the tomb, and the second imminent considering her behavior. She is one of the class of policy makers, who are responsible for screwing a whole bunch of lives, and then washing the blood of her hands. But the blood remains... Out damned spot, out
The Bioventures went well, with knowledgeble but bad speakers. Amit Chander, sourced from IVCA, turned out to be the life saver, and gave a very good presentation, so that event also ended on a high.
Emerging was good, except for the audience which started leaving. The conclusion given by Aditya Mittal was perhaps the best of the whole event, since he not only summed up the session, but also the whole of Biohorizon. We should have had him earlier, so that all the people could have heard him, the perfect ending to the sessions, the high that we could have only hoped for.
The prize distribution and the vote of thanks was good, and thus ended the most successful of all biohorizons.
We went of to some place to celebrate (Cafe Rendezvous), but I was too tired and sleepy to be myself.
What to look forward to now?
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