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2010-02-17T14:24:00.000-08:00

Markets Looking good in the Short term

2008-02-14T23:12:00.000-08:00

Short Term positive signs look quite strong as we might head towards a choppy 2 digit positive close by the end of the day today.Counter to watch out - Unitech LTD

Gaali Pata I am afraid would have lost its Sutra !

2008-02-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

Kannada movies have been made a mockery of in the last decade. Really shitty and no witty scripts, only love & gangster movies galore,really "fantastic" actors, directors, you feel my pulse.

MM -was what ppl called it.. mungaru male as the name suggests,its the beautiful first downpour that happens amidst the royal summer end bringing in ill health to some and a sigh of relief to the rest. This movie bought the middle class Karnataka back to theaters and the average looking, acting hero of this movie became a super star overnight. The director was revered and the whole process of MM became an urban legend (how it was made, what was the profits, what they all got as salaries et al). I will digress to some extent here about MM. I loved the music, cinematography was somewhat different from rest of the other herd, felt G(Ganesh) has some potential but did not & still do not understand why this became a super hit. It had a really badly planned story line (of course it was about love) and well an oft repeated hackneyed theme of unrequited love. But it clicked for the larger populace and well placed the movie and all its crew at the top of the heap.All thanks to people who were ditched by fair sex,that made the MM producer enter into Forbes richest Kannadiga list ..he he:)

For those doubtful about the geography of Karnataka, we are in the southern part of India where actors tend to become demi gods or Gods even based on a clichéd dialogue or a stance/walking style or even good acting. The hero of MM (Mungaru Male) was no different.,he became Golden Star Ganesh overnight and every movie of his in 2007 was a hit and most of them on the wave of MM..thanks to the wave riding community we have. The director of MM (Yograj Bhat) had after giving a zillion interviews on TV also started work on his second film Gaali Paata. This review is about this “Masterpiece”. Do read on if you have the guts & gumption. I had it because I paid good money to go see this movie late last night

The movie was no read REALLY SAME as MM and the only difference was 3 heroes instead of one. When a super duper hit is made, the crew tends to have a really big hangover of their earlier project and this is extremely evident in Gaali Paata. There are very similar shots to MM, story line tends to meander (yes, meander. There is no flow rather it looks more episodic in nature) around the same lines of MM. Some of the differences are some good ad libs that are too far and to less in the flow.

The movie is about 3 boys who seem to be obsessed with love, what else. Of course as viewers we do not really get to hear the other 2 actors opinion (Diganth & Rajesh Krishna) as they have no or extremely limited dialogues in the movie. The movie is centered on Ganesh and throughout the movie; he seems to be the only person who speaks. The 3 bored boys unaware of what to do in the city head out for the hills (Diganth’s Grandfather’s estate). There are huge references to Dil Chahtha Hai (DCH) and some to Swades also. In addition to this, there is also a camouflaged reference to Brad Pitt of Ocean’s 11. Ganesh eats food through out the movie except for the scenes where he has to cry in the rain to prove what a super star he is.

Here we are introduced to the neighboring family where there is a retired hunter (Anant Nag, what a waste of a good actor) with his 3 daughters (2 daughters & 1 DIL) & a wife. The director should have really researched on the life of a hunter before he took this characterization. There are enough books from Jim Corbett, Purna Chandra Tejaswi on this subject but I do not think they have been referred to. The 3 boys pronto fall in love with the 3 girls. There is no progress of love; rather they just fall in love. Why, why they like her and not the other one is left to your rather our imagination.

So the movie progresses along old lines of MM with song, some cute interludes between Ganesh and the rest of the crew. I as a viewer till then had no inkling of where the story would finally end. Into this movie enters a wild boar. This is the hunter’s nemesis and has rendered him a cripple when he tried to kill it the last time. The 3 boys (read only Ganesh, as he only has dialogues in the movie) goad the hunter to take on the boar again and they all go against the boar. The fun part of the movie is the last hunt for the boar. The hunter stops hunting because he sees Vishnu in a wild boar. Yes, we all laughed at Nirupa Roy getting & losing eyes in the same movie. This genre and style has been religiously maintained by our dear Kannada Directors.It reminded me of Narada Vijaya,another popular Anant Nag kannada movie

Between boars, like obelix, the heroes (not Ganesh as he is the unrequited love Star) find love in the other 2 girls conveniently and also sing songs to boot.
Diganth & Rajesh both sing songs, dance but our boy has yet to get his love. This happens in most probably the world’s worst planned climax.

Yes around this story are also other characters like Diganth’s Grand pop, Ganesh’s parents (Rangayana Raghu had limited scenes but was at some points funny & Sudha Belwadi was just the lucky mascot) who come in and go for some vague reason as they have some or none to do with the story.

I end with one line the current reigning super star of Kannada says in this film. He tells the cop who has stopped his friend as he had hit a barricade while he was drunk-driving. Ganesh tells the cops that they should go easy on boys who drink as they drink due to a love failure and cops should understand that boys can only drink. The crowd in the hall roared approval to this and made me wonder, if guys like me will ever get a break to make movie. I would never be able to uphold such a cause.
It was a good movie if you had knocked the doors of theatre without any expectation or without any idea about how our Ganesh would look like or render his "Acid mixed with Alkali" lingo that makes LFBs extremely moved and touched and hence triggering them to fire whistles at the super star.

Upendra once took the crowd for a ride with his knife razor edge lingo which was somewhat different..He bawled out at the females making the male community feel that he showed the reality of life,every female was projected as a "Kaun banega karorpati" question,with 4 options.
a)she is ready to fall in love and then ditch b)she does things that she likes but society shouldnt raise voice against her c)She is a total dumb and a sex doll d)She is always a threat to guys.

Now any of these options take you to the last question of "Kaun banega karorpati" and the question here is "Is there anything called love",the options given by Uppi are just two now a)NO b)Never

So ultimately producers, showing their cautious side after the lingo effects started to haunt film industry, cashed in profits while they debated their next move,undoubtedly the same is happening with Ganesh.

G again sidelines females and scratches his heart to the core to prove that gals are there to screw a man's life from all angles,which again isnt true.

Lets see if Uppi or G does any Pro Female movies from here on perhaps help me write a better blog in appreciation of it here.

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Alas I got into a then 3 billion dollar IT gaint !

2007-08-19T01:10:00.001-07:00

Alas I got into a then 3 billion dollar IT gaint !what it gave me over the months...its been 9 months now in TCS as a part of its culture and breeze.TCS is a consulting company that has its history spread over nearly 2 decades,Mr Ramadorai is the company CEO.

TCS has endless number of branches in India and spread across the globe, like the poor man's umbrella! I say poor man because TCS is not a great paymaster thou I must confess ppl from TCS (in IT) are among the richest in India. Its all because of its so called onsite!!Will tell u more on that later..

Initially I got placed to TCS thru the campus in 2005 June ,to be specific on 9th .It was a special Thursday for me. I always had good things coming my way on Thursdays and this one was a value add to that list !! Hurray! was the first word I uttered from my mouth after seeing my name written in pen on the bulletin board of JNNCE college Shimoga,it was a nodal centre for the recruitment.I was the only guy from my college who had carried a tie along with.

I was confident of cracking TCS even b4 I knew what TCS was and what that pattern of questions they followed..It was the first company that came for the campus and they clubbed three colleges and almost it was a fight out. A fierce battle to survive the hottest race to get into India's No 1 (:) wink) IT Company that boasted of 3 billion dollar revenues!(man that’s a huge money believe me)..There were 1700 of them from three colleges who wrote the written test! I was alas one of the 39 students picked!

800 cleared the written test and only 39 were winners after literally a shootout in the interview. Where we were grilled like a sandwich (without even some valid vegetables stuffed into but they grilled to the core till the bread started to crack down.).. no doubt few had the bread and butter coming out after all the tossing and toppling..(Most of the restrooms were flooded!)I remember being in empty stomach for more than 13 hrs (that’s the time my interview lasted -incl waiting period staring at the HRs who seemed be REAALLY busy though in reality had nothing to do at all...

After asking a series of questions like where do u see yourself 10 yrs from now and all that u can imagine! (time pass questions) they came to business. Asked me to write codes! Almost i jotted 8 programs before being sent out saying Il need to wait for their results..I had to travel back to Harihar and they had not announced the results yet. that made me even more tensed..but mind u..I never ever had a iota of doubt of not being selected! I knew il make it (don’t know where i got all the confidence from)..hmm...

yes was ultimately in TCS...that’s June ..my first taste of the upcoming honeymoon ! (I had not married the company yet - coz no offer letter or no joining letter was issued) ...

Was it a battle or a desperation to get phew !

2007-08-19T01:09:00.002-07:00

Battle for Offer letter and Joining letter: Once in my wildest dream I had dreamt that TCS would not issue me the offer letter ..it almost went on to become true when I did not receive any intimation from the company for many months after my selection..I was like a bird without feathers..

A BIRD WHO FEARED TO FLY HIGH! lolzzbut i preferred to walk like a penguin. not taking the risk. trust me i have never asked even once anybody for my offer letter..It went on and on..waiting...June..July..August..September..I had not even got a intimation (on papers) that I was selected by them..TCS : Totally clueless syndrome ! Had developed in me..Then the sun as usual wet his eyes on the east releasing a wave of hope to me when I found that my offer letters had come to my college..HEY ONE MORE THING..WE DINT KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH SALARY PACKAGE TCS OFFERED US !!

it was a small package finally when i saw it. but did not regret because of the brand name this company had created in the corporate world.Now that we got a offer letter from tcs,I again became a true tcser (totally clueless syndrome)..I was patient again to wait for the so called joining letter...days passed cluelessly..My lecturers wondered why there was so much delay in the arrival of the joining letter only from this company!! I always pacified them (just to protect the shame) that big companies took much time to issue letters just to ensure that ppl are with them though they delayed the process (ya I am with them after all their torture :) just kidding )..

Finally the bell rang in the month of August 2006 !! it was a small cyber cafe where I ran to see if I was blessed with a mail from the HRs as my friends had received one!!ya there was a mail popping out of my inbox shouting at me for the delay in opening it. it could not resist itself from saying where and when I had to join,..now TCS again did something that I had not expected. Totally clueless...:)

Subject line of the mail read: "your joining @kolkata ILP on 25th Sept 2006" in the body of the mail was given Hyderabad address.!!!!!now i wondered if there is a small kolkata in hyd!HRs never gave any info abt this small Kolkata in hyd...or a big Hyd in even bigger Kolkata...no one picked my calls..HRs here are extremely intelligent when it comes to picking up calls... I tried to call them from various coin booths, std(pls dont take it as Sexually transmitted diseases :)) centres, different cell phones in vain.. They have a list of all the numbers, public phones,PCOs etc to knw that a aspiring ILPate is calling them to ask for joining details. They are just fed up and attached to the so called TCS (as i have always talked abt this syndrome).But I continued to luv this org though I dint even had first night with it !but i knew somewhere someday il get married to this big boss who pretends to be clueless..now it was the the time to test my patience when I got to know abt the place of ilp ! it was Kolkata - city of joy !!date remained same ! 25th sept 2006 but it was a place 1800 km from where i was staying(Bangalore)..and trust me I dint have a single known person to go with or in the ilp..ILP was just 20 days away.

*ILP : Initial Learning Program by TCS to groom the newbies on Softskills and Technical thingies..World Class training is offfered.It can be the most memoriable days in one's life.

I had to get so many certificates, affidavits to prove ,thousands of annexure !!..oops..
* I m not criminal,
* I am I,
*I am born !~
*Taking birth was not enough where also mattered for them !
*plan my travel..
* had to undergo medical test
* had to again wait for the joining letters..

These were classified under "Mandatory" list ! so had to get them somehow.

I was x-rayed,y-rayed,z-rayed til I became a RAY Fish 4 them

2007-08-19T01:09:00.001-07:00

At Medical Test again my patience was tested to the peak ...

* Well springs - koramangala 8th block - Bangalore.* was out there to prove I was fit to take the beatings!! Mentally tough to take up challenges..
* As u know empty stomach makes much noise. It was hard to under go so many tests..Chest,liver,stomach,ecg,stress test,Color blindness..sugar,salt (i mean urine)thank god i did not have stool test ! (now don’t ask me for the reason)Though my liver is weak since childhood it was said alrite in the medicals...though I had some problem in seeing girls I was told my eyes are normal. Though i had difficulty to understand the life they told my senses are 100 percent pacca!

I was proud to be with such a company who compromised in so many things to retain their employees (he he)!!don’t u think they value u so much ??ok after all these tests were conducted in empty stomach,I had no strength to do anything and was experiencing Uncertainity (" Experience Certainity " is the TCS-Slogan). Then had a strange exp..a nurse came to me and took me into a room where I was all alone !! Hmm curious to know what hapnd?

Even i was ...cos I already told u I had no power even to resist if someone wanted to do sometime with me !!hmm ...hm mit was for serving breakfast - Thanks to the Alla above !!! she had taken me..after 10 min of waiting for a breakfast -

I was served 2 idlis...(now what ?) and for another gal next to mewas served dosa !!I wondered if I had passed medical test..cos I wondered if they were serving idli's to ppl who could not make it in the test(coz @ that time I hated idlies)..I was worried if I had any serious illness.....hmm god knws abt the results ..but I got my joining letter...then I booked my train from bangalore to howrah thru chennai !Here on my journey began into the unseen life...mysteries of life..I feared even if the mysteries would unfold ! Different paradigm of life..that was ILP - Initial Learning Program

My soul (sole) companion then -ILP

2007-08-19T01:08:00.002-07:00

Journey to ILP in a sad mood: I left my home on 20th morning along with my dad to Bangalore from where I had to take the night train to Chennai and next day morning was my train from Chennai - to Kolkata..

Coramandal Express S2 (2nd tier AC) seat 28.November 28th is my day when I was hatched into this colorful world,28th November is the same day when I was asked to report in my base branch bangalore at a later point of time after ILP got over..28 has played a significant role in my life as it was seat number 28 in the train.

When I left home my mom did not cry surprisinly..I am the only kid to my parents that I have always been with them throughout my education until I got graduated, my mom isn’t that tough mentally but for the first time I was going out to a unknown place, new language, new culture... but she shed not a drop of tear !This further strengthened my mental toughness to survive!! Infact one day I had thought I wont go and attend ILP (as I was already working with Robert Bosch,Bangalore) I had no reason to go to kolkata...but..

Here is this but.

This but always shakes the butt against life...my career needed some graphical representation in God's graph theory! so I obeyed him and wanted to pave way to a exciting career in a consulting firm ..a transition from a product company to a yet to see consulting gaint...

The journey again had some TCS attached to it..(u would know the expansion if you had gone thru my earlier blog)coming to Bangalore by afternoon, I did some shopping and then boarded my train "Yeshwantpur Howrah express" to reach Chennai in the morning ! 21st morning at 6 am.My train was supposed to depart at 9 am from Chennai...my dad left me till Bangalore. Was a loner from then on!I wondered how I would travel 36 hours in train all alone!!but I had done it !!

Frm Rajni to Bipasha !

2007-08-19T01:08:00.001-07:00

As i wondered at the Tamil boards (was clueless(TCS had stuck me !) about what it said..) as I waited at the railway station in Chennai... it was a good experience to be loner at an unknown place...the cooliees were wearing dhoti ! First time I saw anybody so keen on their culture though it hampered their nature of work making it difficult to CARRY BAGGAGES...!I paid 40 bucks to a cooliee for getting my luggages to the platform where "Coramandal Express" arrived..

I locked my luggage on to the seat/wooden one and then went for a stroll..Just that my taste buds wanted some hot tea!Unfortunately I ended up sipping something that tasted more like a coffee than a tea. Had to manage with what ever I could get. Since I did not know what to do..

Next bought a crisp newspaper from the stands and started to read. I also looked around if I could find any young buds who could possibly be TCSers trying to catch the same way of life...but unfortunately I did not find anyone! Except for a girl. Her dad was with her.. :(

I just quietly slipped into my compartment and tried to catch some sleep! But it was horrifying to even remember the length of journey that I had to traverse through! it seemed sometimes impossible to go ahead. I had no one to talk with. Had my cell but was on roaming...I still had a companion whom I messaged though it cost me a huge amount!I never thought that ppl around would be so reserved. There were one couple (both working for SBI) next to me.

Also there were ppl from IIT karagpur..But none of them ever had a desire to even speak and know each other. I picked up a novel from my bag and began to read it. Got bugged up with it. Then threw a few messages to my special companion and again checked the pantry for some food..The journey was really strenuous! It took a toll out of me..I landed up in Kolkata - Howdah at 12:30 pm after 39 hours of "fascinating"! Journey..

Its actually 36 hours but the train got delayed due to the storming rain that took the city to its new shape on that day..I alas could meet a couple of friends in train who were going to the same hotel where I was booked by my company..It was at "Park Side Road” Deshupriya park Kolkata..The hotel was Thara mahal..As I got down the train I could not sight a single auto rickshaw! Was strange. as we see so many RICK's here in Karnataka.

I couldn’t find any auto there...I wondered how would I be reaching an unknown hotel!I had no clew abt the distance I had to travel..Neither what transportation to take..I thought I would go in a taxi. The taxi what you can find there are nothing but yellow ambassador cars!Seeing the cars I feared the meter if it would burst my pocket and tear it into pieces cos of the unknown distance I had to take. Because here in Bangalore only executive ppl take taxis and most of it would be paid by their companies..But I dint even know if TCS paid for my commutation...ok i was not alone this time. I had a couple of friends along with me. so decided that we would go together in the taxi !Kolkata mind u is a very big city..the driver kept driving endlessly... whatever we asked him he couldn’t not give any straight forward answer since he knew nothing but Bengali..

A New Quake that did not claim life ~ !

2007-08-19T01:07:00.003-07:00

As we entered into the city I was amazed to see the buildings all around. They were like the British era..I had seen such buildings only in my 10th standard history books! There was ppl all around..I saw ppl taking bath on road! Shaving and doing all their "kriya" on road...Yet the road looked less slum and more clean..

The roads were as wide as the playgrounds here in Bangalore.. Sometimes as we traveled further I could sense the tremor on the road! I was taken aback I asked the driver what the tremor was! I feared loosing my life on the very first day where I wanted to start my career...I feared a Quake!The Quake was nothing but the speed monsters that ran underground. They shook the roads above. I will tell you more about it..

My hotel came and I had to pay the cab!Was shocked again to see such low fare! Just 100 bucks for all the distance we had covered and the numerous tremors we experienced...My hotel was as I told earlier "Thara Mahal"..It looked decent from outside comparing it with the other old buildings I had been seeing..We were welcomed neatly. I was asked to choose a room. I choose room number 110 !

I had no room mate initially..they asked me to give a constraint about the new room mate who would be joining me ! Though I am not very comfortable with anyone and everyone (I mean I wanted to give constraints like "he must not booze or smoke in the room " but again I thought I am grown up and must learn to adjust! so did not give any constraints..Just got into the room...faced problems with the lock initally..But managed to cleanly close the door before going for a splash!Had not seen water for 3 days. Was rotting and badly wanted to have a bath that lasted the whole day. I wanted to take rest. Was tired...As I was latched in bathroom a guy knocked at the doors!!

Do u think roomie matters ?

2007-08-19T01:07:00.001-07:00

I opened to see a short hefty stout popping into the room with lots of hesitation…*A wwf freak. crazy abt wrestlers…*A guy of razor sharp tongue, with the accent of his north Karnataka (sulemangane!) he use to tear the emotions of the ppl apart! Really very short tempered mashkiri (that’s what he used to represent “masti” guy.I am always weak in understanding the North Karnataka ppl,though I always have felt they have more bondage and social life compared so the people from southern Karnataka,I have never been able to experience it.

I have always had bad experiences with them.Once reason for this probably is I am a very sensitive person and one in appropriate comment thrown on me can ruin and end my friendship with people.I still have been trying to work out relationship with a couple of North Karnataka people in my office even now…I have had no issues until now,neither had positive results aswel...:)

Lets see..This stout whom

I referred to as “mashkiri” was the one whom I had to get along with during the whole of my stay in Kolkata…thou he is a nice guy to be with; he seldom understood the requirement of his friends.Suddenly one night something happened which force me to change the room…It was nothing but a sudden downpour from the roof of my room ! As I was sleeping one night (as usual our mashkeri was watching wwf) ,I woke up to realize that I had a bath in the middle of the night !only to discover that the roof was leaking like a unclosed drainage!!I requested the hotel authorities to change my room! Was allotted ROOM NO 117 (where a police complaint was lodged – il narrate it later)

117 - doors closed !

2007-08-19T01:06:00.001-07:00

My old room was 110 where the the whole setup drenched. Room number 117 was a very special room because it was in the ladies floor, all the rooms in the floor were occupied by ladies (I mean girls ...again what I mean is fellow TCSers with opposite gender “ )

So 117 was the most sought rooms of our hotel…It was the one where all the party happened. all the drunkards slept..Its registered in the books of Bengal cops…some old couples next door had lodged a police complaint to counter the noise coming out of 117..

Now 117 was turning out to be a bond of 007…Our room was tailored to see girls from all angles coz it had deep windows stretched across the building to give a clear view of the no nonsense gals.. (I literally never was a part of this prank! :) trust me pls...)

But I could see lotsa ppl who enjoyed this bird’s view..Ppl generally hated to pick calls from 117 intercom.. Would quote u an incident..My friend (pachtavo) (name changed for security purpose..he he) was in room 67 , I called him on extension and he said “ Me todha bahar hu,raat tak aajavunga” (He as a little drunk thou..takhila had done the wonder ! it had thrown those precious words from the bottom of his ****..

Room num 117 also had geyser for next 3 rooms. So only if they (girliesss next door !)had our blessings they could “not smell” in office…Room had a vibrant environment and a gizmo TV that almost pulled all the channels in the city…it had spacious place and hangers to put our under garments for drying!! (Room service was excellent) – I meant serving fud, pressing clothes, I know still u managed to get what I was tryin to tell..Anyways I have less time to jot down the happenings of 117...closing the chapter saying nothing much happened there as one would be imagining

Kolkata !Truly a city of Joy !

2007-08-19T01:05:00.000-07:00

Kolkata ..Sometimes the red liquid in the body just stops flowin ..cells stop breathing out Co2 .. Hands wonder if they r fixed to the shoulder...the untidy gets tidy and the ball starts to roll...it all happens if I hear a single weird word "Calcutta"..Calcutta as a city really made a huge difference to my life coz I had never traveled out of Karnataka for such a long time (2 months)...Initial hiccups are bound to rebound from the hills of mystery to the grounds of reality when for the naive first timers...its those small things that help u take wrong decision about any spec in life...As it was a horror in the beginning I concluded that Kolkata was a kala kutta that is was the stepping stone for getting my career screwed to the core as the seeds of hatred was already sown in my "kidney" (y shud always refer to heart ! isn’t kidney a vital organ aswel) ..Durga mata who hold kolkata on her finger opened my eyes only to realize that my opinion was totally wrong..During navratri Kolkata looks amazing. Its a heaven sliced out to make the humans happy ..Those trees around the lanes of Kolkata dance to the tune of decoration ...It looks amazing to in the city at that time.One thing I noticed abt the place is ppl are dignified in the way you want them to be..trust me I couldn’t see a single drunkard even during the midnight of the Durgapuja-Navratri fest,where every hour the crowd gets doubled and the streets of kolkata are floating with ppl at about 3am in the night ! can u believe if I say it would be hard to get into a chat stall that this time !?Kolkata is full of parks and grounds ..lots of these parks host Durga fest pendals at the time of navratri ,the goddess looks gorgeous with gigantic sculptures standing tall with tons of ornaments to enhance her beauty.People take pride in coming out of the houses to see these pendals flashing with lights during the night and the best pendal gets lakhs of rupees as prize money !Its late here in the night I got to sleep nw...Catch u with more stuffs sometime later

Q&A - ILP

2007-06-28T22:24:00.001-07:00

Jun 22(5 days ago) hi i'ive received bgc from sourcing , chennai. i've sent the completed form in courier to the chennai address. but i forgot to fill the phone nos of my refences. i've given my placement officer n hod as refernces. what can i do? pls help me.... is it a great mistake?

Answer :Nothing will happn,dnt worry

Bilal Jun 22(5 days ago) can we deliver the bgc form by our own hand in the office, instead of sending it thru courier????????

Answer :ya u can

Saurabh Jun 22(5 days ago) @Data Warehousing

Thanx for the reply sir.......actually i have heard that in training there are around 5 batches & one of that is BI so wont these certifications help me in getting a BI batch..... Sir which center of tcs has most of BI projects can u tell me.......??? or can u gime any persons email id whoz into a BI project........

Answer Dude,BI is everywhr,I am also onto BI,but they wont train u in BI at ILP.(as far as i knw)

Placement time.. Jun 22(5 days ago) plz tekll me one more thing wat will be d selection process/.....???

Answer :???dint get u

Smitha Jun 22(5 days ago) hi, u mentioned once that we have to do projects during ILP. Could u please tell us.. what sort of projects.(dbms?) ..duration..

Answer :wel,it depends on the technology u r thought in ilp.i had java and sql so we did proj on "Develpment of Online Shopping Cart"

Saumil Jun 22(5 days ago) could u plzz tell us wat all subjcts nd materials is taught in ILP.....

Answer :Subjects it would be generic like ,softskills,core skills ,technology,one foreign language either French or German (around 35 hrs),yl be thought abt the processes in TCS and what to do and not to do...dining eticates etc.materials wud b given to u.ul hav to retrn thm back

Saumil Jun 22(5 days ago) wat all is the training actually like in terms of studies

refer above

preethi Jun 22(5 days ago) hey is der any way to contact the Bangalore HR , maybe an email ID??????.......... im waiting fr my joining letter............. thought wil ask the HR about it........... wil they actually reply to our mails??????????????????/

Answer :They wont reply to ur mails.Come to ITPL,bangalore and il guide u to HR's Location,u can ask him/her

preethi Jun 22(5 days ago) hey another doubt.......... we hav submitted our BGC form sum time bac............... my frnd got a cal frm TCS regarding address verification, but i havent got any such calls frm them........ ...... is it necessary that i get a call ??????????????thank u

Answer :Does ur frnd look like a fraud ?? (just kiddin) dont wory abt these calls and other things ! nothin wil affect ur joining

jayakar...at the Jun 22(5 days ago) hi

hi can we expect embedded dmain in TCS.if so based in which criteria they will give??

Answer :u can expect,but i doubt if u can get it..no criteria as such,TCS is more of a consultancy then of a product company.where are u frm ?? il write more abt this whn m free.

sathya Jun 23(4 days ago) helllo sir ,, really marvalleous

heelo sir ....... really its a very good think abt uuu

thx alot 4 ur effort...........................

just now only i hav join this community and seee this queries and answers,,before seeing this me too hav lot n lot of do ts.. now i got cleared..

Answer :ok,u r welcome to TCS family.

gesu Jun 23(4 days ago) plz help me out..

hi...

i ws recrutied from campus in govt college in jammu...my branch is computrs ...

1) can u tell me the probable place for my ilp... and when it cud start ..our medical date is yet to come..

Answer :there are 7 centres i gues (correct me if wrong),after medical test 15 dayz it would take min for ILP to start.

2) whr mostly e&c students get ther ilp...

Answer :Nothin like that...no discrimination.

3) do all students form same college (campus recruted) tend to have a same place for ilp...

Answer :Ya mostly yes.

4) do we have to be in touch with our concerned HR personally to get the date for medical xamination ...shud we relly totally on college authorities for that...

Answer :Both ..more with college and community.also ur peers

5) one f my friends has completed his 60 percnt..does that matters?

Answer :??what ..dint get u

6) wht abt backlogs.. if we get a backlog in 7th or 8 th sem.. and rest of the degree is clear..

Answer :at d time of ilp everything shud be clear..or else ul be not taken.

ANU Jun 23(4 days ago) i asked u this

ANU Jun 18(2 days ago) Hey hello... i was placed last year .i received my BCG/CID form on 9th of this month. Waiting for date of joining. My 8th sem results r not yet declared. When i was placed my engineering aggr was 58%. The tcs people at that time told me that my aggregate should b 60% at the time of joining. It was also mentioned in their offer letter. But now i quite sure that my aggre won't reach 60%. it will b around 58% only. So is there any chance that they will take me???

Answer :Tough question ! dont declarer urself that u dont have the aggr to meet their requirement.just go and attend ilp.dnt disclose it urself if not asked for at any cost..try ur luck..cant say more..at the same time dont hide it also if asked for..

Ur Answer : WHICH STATE ARE U FRM ??

i m from mumbai university.

Answer :I think TCS will consider less than 60% but u must not have backlogs.again try ur luck.try sending ur frnd to HR and ask him/her abt it not taking ur name !

ram Jun 23(4 days ago) hi pls some one help me yaar..

i'ive received bgc from sourcing , chennai. i've sent the completed form in courier to the chennai address. but i forgot to fill the phone nos of my refences. i've given my placement officer n hod as refernces. what can i do? pls help me.... is it a great mistake?

Answer :no problem.no worries

raja Jun 23(4 days ago) what about dress code in tcs?

hi ,

can you say what type of dresses? whether striped shirts can be wore

Answer :stripes are allowed but not stripping :)they would tel u the dress code once u are there..to be safe carry full arm formal shirts- avoid black ones.also formal/casual pants shoud be fine..carry few jeans and T's.

Jun 23(4 days ago) Please give me a checklist of the things i need to take to the ilp?

Answer : hmm..gimmi some time ..il scrap it in detail

carry : Apart form basic items that ul pack for ur journey

Sweater

First aid kit

some basic food that u can keep for 15 days and eat (like MTR ready to eat packs)-V Imp

mosquito coils

plenty if tablets that u r used to taking for common cold fever etc.

blankets -V imp

ties

chains and locks to tie to ur bags while travelling in train

around 8k cash/credit card if any

DONT carry expensive electronic gadgets like ipods etc..carry laptop if u have..would be useful

Yes all the documents with 3 to 4 photocopies oof the same with attestation to all the documents from guested officer (may be ur principal also)KEEP IT V V SAFELY.if u loose docs then ul be in soup.

Joining letter and offer letter are must !

carry around 30 passport and stamp size photos wit u.

rOcKiNg Jun 23(4 days ago) i dont know to tie a tie... does that matter?

Answer :yes it matters..buy a couple of them

rOcKiNg Jun 23(4 days ago) do we need to take any money? if yes how much at the maximum is reqd during ilp?

Answer :cant tel u exaclty ..depends on ur expenditure..I spent around 25k in two months of my stay at ILP.I did not spend lavishly..u need not carry that much..carry around 8k initially later apply for advance salary and ul get ur own salary to spend .

●๋• ®ajat ●๋• Jun 23(4 days ago) @rocking...

here are some of the things i can name......

others keep adding to it...

>marks cards

>birth certificate

>licence

>offer letter

>passport

>photographs(lots)

>a couple of ties

>black shoes

>lots of innerwear.!!

>a minimum 5MP camera

>a 5 GB mp3 player!!!

lolzzz

Answer :Good one !! do u really require 5 GB ?? ur frnds would be singing non stop in ur ears at ilp..always there woiuld be get togethers and parties !!

Sujan Jun 23(4 days ago) @ rajat n hundreds of others

hey dude

this might help u........

http://rapidshare.com/files/38923306/Tie.doc

rOcKiNg Jun 23(4 days ago) @ sujan

thanx buddy. that was great info

Prateek Jun 23(4 days ago) hi karthik ....

have u heard about TFS... its a new unit tcs is launching...or may be its already there.. some one told me abt it but i wanna know more...

tell me what ever u know..

u can also scrap me regarding this..

Answer :yah heard of it..wil scrap more latter..

●๋• ®ajat ●๋• Jun 23(4 days ago) @Sujan

what makes you think i cant knot a tie ???

lol....but i dont really know...!

REEMA Jun 24(3 days ago) NON_RECEIPT OF BCG FORM

sir,

I haven't received my bcg form while my college friends who are recruited by tcs have got their formsMy mail is also working properly,can you pls say why such discrepancy has happened

Answer :Serious issue..contact imm ur HR

Jun 24(3 days ago) may b they lost ur mail feed better u post the form with ur frnds

or contact HR

NO work.....only Jun 25(2 days ago) Pls tell me

i got a birth certificate issued by Sub-registrar(Birth & death)Municipal corp of delhi,without my name on it(since it was issued at d time of my birth).But the other details r mentioned on it.

So please tell me will it be valid or name is must(n d certi)??

Answer :name is a MUST !!!!!

SHARATH KRISHNAN Jun 25(2 days ago) hi

i am fem mech background, is there any scope of getting into FEM(finite element method) feild an area which i heard TCS is constantly working on

Answer :i dont think its possible to hapn on its own...but not impossible though

Shweta Jun 25(2 days ago) My viva is not done

hello sir.

I have got my joining on 12 july. I m a PG student. MY viva for the course completion is still pending. perhaps, this wont be done by 12 july. what can i do in that case. can they allow late joining. whom should i contact?

Answer :ya they allow late joinin on such grounds..dont panic..be cool

SRIRAM I DONT Jun 26(1 day ago) I DIDNT GET MY PASSPORT

hello sir

I still havent recieved my passport will it be a problem if i dont get it bf4 joinin or is it fine if i just applied? Also what is the affidiviant we shud take can u plz suggest something.

Answer :no prob even if u dont have pp for one yr till ur confirmation.

lalitha Jun 26(1 day ago) developments

I am lalitha from b'lore completed my bca exams in june2007 have undergone premedical checkup wanted to know my appointment letter details and place and time of joinig

Answer :I am not HR madam...sorry..u mit expect it soon to ur college..but I cant tel u anythn specific.

RAJESH- Jun 26(1 day ago) hi ... i dont have my name mentioned in my birth certificate ...what should i do now?

Answer :Go and get it ammended in registrar office.ask any of the elders in family.they wil help u.

Life is a Jun 26(23 hours ago) @No work...

hey ur name is mandatory on the birth certificate...for temporary basis u can make an affidavit..but u have to make another BC containing ur name,date and birth place..

Answer :Good one..correct

Life is a Jun 26(23 hours ago) @RAJESH

Ur name is mandatory on the birth certificate..

Answer :good one.

Life is a Jun 26(23 hours ago) @SRIRAM

chk the link..

www.career.tcs.com/ILP_Kit.html

R!ch@ Jun 26(23 hours ago) sir............i dont ve my birth certificate...............................ll 10th certificate work????

Life is a Jun 26(22 hours ago) @RICHA

no richa...u have to arrange ur birth certificate..they dont compromise on birth certificate..

deepti Jun 26(21 hours ago) hey buddy thanks there for answering those endless questions :)

Answer :4 me ??ok thanks

some o ma queries are:

1. is accomodation a hostel or a hotel? is it 2 members per room? can we choose r roomie?

Answer :usually 2 members sometime 3 depends on ur room capacity.it is usually a hotel except for trivandrum.

2. are personal laptops allowed during training?

Answer :yes..

3. are saturdays working days?

Answer :sometimes yes sadly...:(

4.where are trainees frm Belgaum likely to be sent for training?

Answer :Not in belgaum thou!..was kiddin..I had a few belgaum guys wit me in kolkata aswel..so can give u generic answer ! depends.all i mean it can be anywhere under the sun !

Sumit Bhatnagar Jun 26(21 hours ago) Big Problem

hi, at the time of campus recruitement, i had given my email id as sumit_vit@yahoo.com instead of sumit_vit@yahoo.co.in.

Now i do not get any emails from tcs.. all i come to know is from my batchmates...

where do i contact for my email id to be changed...

they will inform my joining date thru email or post ? if by email, i have got into a big problem i guess.. isnt it ?

Answer :keep checking ur frnds mail..refer my earlier scrap n this

Er. Priyanjali Jun 26(17 hours ago) hi..can u tell me two things??

1..after training,will they gv us an option for our posting and if they do,which place should we apply for(not thinkng abt r hometown)?

refer my earlier scrap n this

2..wat kind of attires do they allow us to wear??

refer my earlier scrap n this

Neha S Jun 26(16 hours ago) Can u tell me abt the schedule....and subjects which r taught in ILP .....i mean frm mornin to the evenin lecs and xams.......... so on....( in short TIME TABLE...in school terms )...waitin for ur reply.Thxz

Answer :9 to 6 at ilp centre,then assignments all thru the night mostly..less sleepin hrs,more fun wit frnds and late nit studies,one mid term and one final exam (not V imp thou),rigourous project for 10 days.harsh rules.mostly sleepy lectures,life skills are interesting thou..not like school but it has to be more experience and less said..so all the best neha..tel me when u experience it.u can guide ur juniors like me whn u r out !

▒ Ë®. §ÅNÐËËP ▒ Jun 26(16 hours ago) hi sir......

m plced in tcs in april2006 when i was in third yr.

now i dont hav any info regardin joinin plz help me.

when joinin comes normally..??

refer my earlier scrap n this

hemant Jun 26(15 hours ago) about joinin date

i m selected in offcampus tcs hyderabad recruitment drive for 2006 batch(written test date 7th april 2007) the result was dclrd on 21st may 2007

n still waitin 4 the offer later.when do i get it.will they send it in my mail id or will they call me.please tell me about the wrk envrment in tcs n groth in tcs.

please help me in the fact that during the srfing in orkut i saw the community who hate the TCS they have written alot of things abt it which may mislead.so i want to know 4m u how is life in tcs n r u getin any problem over there?

Answer : every company has its pros and cons..

so does tcs

TCS provides good facility to learn,growth depends on ur proj,I am not facing any probs as such..cons is they are not excellent paymasters.life in tcs can be very exciting if u wana make it so..ther is scope for everything on earth in TCS,u can learn and work on any technology u wish to !! thats tcs.

Ani....The Jun 26(15 hours ago) hi sir.

just one single question sir....

i am a freshi 2007 TCS......... till date i hv no account in bank.

i am going to open one in SBI.....just wanna know is ICICI BANK is the bank which handles the employee salary a/c of TCS ?? do I need to open one now or TCS will open one for me once I get to ILP ?

Answer :ICICI and HDFC mainly.

ya asa u go to ilp ul get one corporate account in either of this banks.dont take tension

ĶûŠĥåŁ 12:46 am(1 hour ago) provision 4 extension of ilp(joinong date)...

hi sir....

plz tell me, is there any provision 2 extend ilp (joining date)...

plz help me out sir...plz plz pplz..

Answer :reason behind this is imp..yes its possible

vijayalakshmi 1:11 am(55 minutes ago) regarding leave formalities

I have been caught up in a very odd situation.Actually my marriage is bound to take place during the month of jan.Is it possible for me to avail leave for atleast 15 days during dat period?I think dat is the time when i will be posted after training.Will they entertain requests for posting at chennai?Coz dat's where i will be settling

Answer :I guess u have a valid reason and they must give u the leave u require.. dont worry..also in ur case posting might be possible.spk abt ths to ur ilp coordinator on the very first day of ilp..