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My Farewell Speech

- Papa kehte hain as in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, or a speech like Amitabh Bachchan in Baghban. Search for a farewell speech using google.com or speaking just two words - Thank You. I was all confused with the various options that existed. Be it anything, I have this urge to speak on this occasion that's full of emotions and excitement. It is emotional because of the obvious reasons and is exciting for the other set of obvious reasons. I expect those reasons to come up by the end of this not-so-long-and-boring speech.

- Same time last year, I was standing here to bid farewell to our seniors. It was nostalgic then, it is nostalgic today. Today, the time has come for us to move out of this heavenly place. 4 years, 365 days, 24 hours a day: That's a big time period. We've spent a major and the most crucial time period of our lives in this institute. Now, we have changed shapes and sizes. We lost the teenager tag during these 4 years; we're now legally allowed to vote and drive vehicles. We've all become legally marriagable and I expect to find atleast 10% of my batch people getting married in another 3 years time. What say Manik? Today, I have this fear that people might start calling me uncle in another year or so.

- We all feel sad to leave this place but then that's the rule of life: we'll leave this place for some other new people to join in the next session; we'll leave this place to build our careers; to survive in the upcoming struggling world. A sense of fear comes up, fear of not being able to achieve the goals, fear of working hard to earn the living, fear of meeting ugly people. There's competition everywhere. Professional people, practical relationships. Where do we expect to find such relationships that we developed here in IIIT.

- Most of us were toppers in schools. But then came the reality of we being not so focused or even intelligent for that matter. When some students were sincere enough to study even after getting all independent, some others were sincere enough to have all fun.

- We got to meet people with diverse backgrounds, each one with a different mind-set. We developed strong bond of love with some people, not-so-strong with some others. We developed platonic relationships with the people of other sex, though women were really less in number. All this prepares us for understanding people when we enter the next important phase in our lives. All through the four years, we've made mistakes. We realized some and some others, we didn't. I expect to learn those in times to come.

- We saw a lot of developments during our session - Newer faculty members, extended hostels' construction, another ground, new library, class rooms. A lot of things came up. We hope that there's a consistent development all along in future too. It will not only reflect the growth of the institute, it would also make us feel proud of the college that we once studied in.

- Today, I'm remembered of the school farewell, four years earlier. I never thought of landing up so far away from my home but am finally here. It did pay off and today I feel myself to have become a better human being. And the major credit for that goes to the excellent faculty that we have, the institute's infrastructure, various strict and lenient rules and regulations.

- When we enter a new environment, we get a chance to change ourselves the way we want to. We meet new people and hence can build up new kind of relations with them. A person who’s got a tag of being book-worm during those school days, a person like me, successfully changed that image. Rather, excess of that affected the academic record in turn. Then a person, who’s got a tag of being over-emotional right here, could change that in the corporates because there isn't any place for emotions in the professional world.

- Coming onto some of those rememberable moments, how can one forget being called typical Andhra boys going over to US and demanding high dowry and the Delhi rascals? Those nick names, especially the ones picked up from the t-shirts; the provoking comments that our Dean, Dr. Govindrajulu used, added an element of excitement in those boring compilers and POPL lectures. Sir, I am sorry to confess the boring part. But you have indeed been one of the most loved and respected faculty members. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HIM.

- And "if you recall" those first-year lectures of Dr Kaul. Inspite of the laziness of getting up early mornings at 8:30 am, and added to that, we didn't have the attendance rule then, most of us still used to attend the lectures owing to the great teaching style that he had. His care and concern for the students fetched him great respect among us all. He's been a human being with strong will power. His determination of recovering in those days of illness is unbelievable.

- Then coming over to the staff, how could it have been possible without the help of Mr. Appaji? I remember people saying that Mr. Appaji is the one who's controlling the whole institute. You know what, bribing him could have helped one with grades' manipulation. But, his sincerity towards work deserves a mention. Had he not been cooperative from time to time, most of us would have been struggling hard with completing not so trivial tasks.

Then there are things that most of us would really miss:

- Terrabytes of shared movies and videos. A sincere thanks to all the downloaders
- Independence and a tension-free life that we enjoyed on our parents' earnings
- Those chit-chats till late at nights, those kheenchofying our friends trying to find something or the other that could be used to tease the person
- Sincere and reliable friends
- Those disciplinary actions on various students of our batch. How can some of us forget the ragging period? What say Gaurav and Suryakant? I still remember how we pretended to have been crying during the initial meetings though finally, the strict committee did make us cry in reality.
- At times, submitting not-so-perfect and incomplete projects with the expectation of getting good grades owing to the not-so-strict and understanding faculty members

- We received the best facilities and education and we did come out with the best results. B. Tech 2k2 has always been known as the grooviest batch in IIIT. I believe that our placements, MBA results, US admissions, multiple students staying back for MS reflect the same. The batch is diversified in a way that it should be. Today, I feel proud to be a part of this batch. I really am.

- Close to 15 people have got admits from various US universities
- Sharath Kumar with admits in couple of those ivy league universities
- 9 students got 39 calls from IIM with Satvik and Rastogi in top 20.
- Satvik with an all-time achievement of scoring 50 on 50 in English. You know what that score is. That is some serious score
- Good number of admits in other MBA colleges – XLRI, FMS and IIFT

And for the placements, my friend, Priyanshu Raj, who’s done an amazing job as the placement secretary, would give you the details.

I thank this institute for playing a major role in making us better human beings, the sincere faculty members who’ve been excellent guides, the staff members who were really cooperative from time to time. Apart from that, a special mention to the students who’re sitting right here and even those who are having fun back in their rooms. You’ve been great friends and a great set of juniors. Keep the IIIT flag flying? I would even like to thank the security guards who were sincere enough to ask us to wear helmets each time we drove the vehicles. Then the house-keeping people who helped us during various occasions – especially Amalgam, Felicity, Freshers, last Farewell, musical night etc. Thanks to everyone around.

Good luck to one and all.

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posted by AK-84 @ 4:31 AM