Notes from Goa

Wall Street in Goa

The Wall Street Club was initiated in Goa Campus on 23rd August, 2007.

The aims of the club are educating the campus student community about stock, sponsorship and publicity, software development, stock watching, and organizing lectures. Wall Street Raider is one of the most awaited event lined up for Quark ’08 (9^th-11^th Feb).

BITSians Go GREEN

Environment Protection and Awareness Club (EPAC) was set up in October 2007 to make people aware of the present condition of the environment. The club aims to organize talks and field trips, and show documentaries with a goal to spread awareness among the students on environmental issues.

DOSM & DOPPR

The Department Of Sponsorship and Marketing (DOSM) and Department of Publicity & Public Relations (DOPPR) have been set up to handle sponsorship, finance and publicity for Waves and Quark, the cultural and technical festivals of BITS, Pilani – Goa campus.

BITS GETS SUN’NY

Sun Microsystems associated BITS, Pilani – Goa Campus with the campus ambassador programme, as part of its Open Source innovation in college campuses. Abhishek Kumar (2005T6PS438), the campus ambassador, will be provided free training, which in turn will help the student developers to take advantage of Sun’s high value and no-cost resources web based training, free developer tools and Open Source technology.

FoodKing @Goa

FoodKing - the food catering service launched by Sarath Babu, BITSian (97'Chemical) and IIM-A alumni, came to Goa campus in August 2007. The response from the students has been stupendous with almost 70% of the students opting in favour of FoodKings mess. FoodKings has outlets at Gandhinagar Secretariat, IIM-A and Pilani campus also.

la connexion europienne

Maybe it's the exciting PS station in France and the host of technical literature in Germany. Whatever be the reason, language classes are now a rage in BITS. Courses are run on the lines of those in Allianz Francais, and Max Mueller Bhawan and therefore, lay equal emphasis on listening, speaking and writing abilities.

The 8th Workshop on Biosensors and Bioanalytical µ-Techniques in Environmental and Clinical Analysis( October 3-6,2007)

The workshop was hosted by BITS under the auspices of International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (IAEAC) Switzerland. The specific theme of this workshop is extended to multidisciplinary fields connecting µ-systems, nano-biosensors, biochip, nanotechnology, MEMS, genomics and proteomics. The aim of the workshop was to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of knowledge about the recent advances in biosensors applications in real life pollution problems, bio-analytical micro and nano techniques and clinical diagnostics.

OASIS 2007

A 36-member team from BITS – Goa comprising of dancers, musicians, artists etc made a long journey across the Thar desert to be a part of Oasis 2K7. Podium finishes in a multitude of events as well as the thrill of experiencing life on the mother campus, made the journey worthwhile. The team representing BITS - Goa finished second in the race.

Battle of the Bands

Aggression overload is probably the best way to describe the aura during the Battle of the Bands, Goa 2007. 15 semi-pro bands took over the stage in the distant district of Alva Mar in Goa. Two rounds and 12 hours later, a group of BITSians who call themselves "The Last Trace" emerged winners. The even was sponsored by Furtado’s, a national music shop with outlets in Goa and Mumbai.

The music ranged from the angelic rock of Evanescence to the in-your-face riffs of Rage Against the Machine.

This competition not only made "The Last Trace" the rock pride of BITS Pilani Goa Campus but was yet another stepping stone in the growing