Messages from the Seniors

To Vishal Agarwal (MSc Mathematics),

In the position you are currently, you may find yourself torn; split right from the middle. At those times, do remember, though, that your team and your friends are always by your side. You can do great things for our Institute, and especially for our department. Just do not lose interest in the work or confidence in yourself. Also always remember that we do have some responsibility towards society, and there are incomplete ideas in fulfilling some of those. I am sure our faculty members will help you, if you take any initiative. Apart from all the work that I am sure you will do for our department and Institute, never forget about personal development as well. Indeed, you will always find the correct environment for personal development here. Lastly, I would like to tell you that only one thing matters more than our work: Our legacy. Do choose your legacy wisely because they will be the ones who will continue your work in the future.

If at any point you or anybody in the Institute requires some help, do know that I and my batch are just a phone call or a message or a mail away. All the best for all your future endeavours!!

From Aniruddha Deshmukh

To Meghu, Meenu, and Keerthu,

I got no words to express your stupidity but I shall anyway. 5 months of quarantine, at first seemed almost impossible to not kill myself before the first week ended but you guys made it so much better no kidding. The crazy shit we did and how we would cook and do things just to make up for what we were missing out on needs to be cherished forever. All those lit nights of loud music and tripping was the best. Also, not to forget the lame jokes and stupid stuff you guys did that made me wanna toss you guys out of the window. Too bad we couldn't spend more time together, but for what it's worth I'm glad we got to spend this quarantine period with each other. Love you and miss you guys tons.

From Richa Singh

To Malang juniors,

My belief in dance and the spirit of team was inspired and developed by the love support and enthusiasm of you guys... while I keep saying that this is the best club I've been a part of...you guys are what made the club so thank you for your love and your kindness .keep dancing and keep shining ..keep being the amazing juniors you were to me and see that this is the difference it makes ..I love you guys ...the story doesn't end here..to be continued

From Shivani Shanbhag

To all my juniors,

Do not worry about the current situation; everything will get better soon. Keep yourselves busy and explore every field and get to know about your interests. Most importantly, spend time with your friends while you are in college, be active in college clubs, go for night-outs, trips, dinners, late-night chitchats, etc. when everything is back to normal and enjoy the "college life" to the max because this time is never going to come back. Also, never forget the purpose of why you joined SVNIT. Will miss you guys!!!

From Atheesh Thampi

To Jordan Nitnaware, Mohit Saini and all,

Life is long, be patient. Enjoy each moment you get, trust yourself, make your reason sound. Always go by logic. Unlike equations of classical mechanics, life is unpredictable. Everyone is a star, each of us are unique and special. Proud to be what you are and learn from past experiences.

From Harsh Razz Harsh

To Akriti juniors,

Hi artheads. As I represented Our Akriti club last year, here are some experiences and thoughts that will help. As the head last year, I too learnt many things along the way. Important things like management, collaboration, teamwork etc. Always be true to your artwork. Try to create your unique style. It will take initial reference to start your imagination but always try to find your style. Your own style has its own value. Try to perfect your form. Practice is the key to perfection. Enjoy your college life and explore yourself. Happy creating.

From Meet Kachhadia

To all beloved juniors Aaj b muje wo sari GT yad h Kiska superman hua kiska reh gya Sari FIFA nights canteen RC BBC or Pura list to Nahi Banaunga Bas yahi bolna h tum sab log awsm ho yar ek se badhkar ek ho Koi bada life lesson to Nahi bas yahi bolna SVNIT k 4 Saal race banakar nahi TRIP banakar jeena

Lastly thanks Renesa, good bye and keep in touch

From Rashmit Pankhania Make such an aura that people wish to come and join the club and can get some relief from the routine life with development of drama skills. Also, remember one thing 'lite hai'.

From Dhaval

To ChES juniors,

My journey with ChES has been an outstanding one. I learnt a lot of things. I learnt how to work with my juniors and my seniors but most importantly I've learnt what teamwork is. I had been a one man army since my school days but ChES showed me that a society is not a one man show. You need to build up trust on other people and show team spirit. I believed in my team and my team didn't let me down. I was lucky enough to work with a few juniors very closely.

Javed, Shambhavi, Yukta and Anuj were my go-to people for any sort of problem. They would see my problems as their own and would always come up with the most creative solutions.

Shipra, Jinesh, Gaurav, Ashutosh, Priyal and Ayushi could sense the tension in the air and were right by my side in all the difficulties I faced.

Also, the whole ChES team is special and dear to me. Thanks for all the love and support. I'm proud of all of them <3.

From Chaitanya Bhimrajka

To Malang juniors,

Malang would be a total bore if it wasn't for you guys. All those weird pictures, annoying each other, dancing to every goddamn music and doing the most random things during practices was what made these events so much fun. I'll miss all of you and the practices so much. Keep dancing!!

From Richa Singh

To LAC juniors,

You all were the most important part of my college life. Suches, informal sessions, and events were fun only because of you all. A lot of things were planned and I hope we will be able to complete our planned dinners and trips someday. Carry on the legacy and enjoy your college life while you can.

From Tanushri Jain

To Cinephilia juniors,

"Isko aise kar sakte hai kya ? Karke dekh lo agar accha laga toh rakh lena." This is what I want to tell all the juniors of Cinephilia. Filmmaking doesn't have a fix pattern for things, you do and you learn. You take a shot differently and maybe you stumble upon a new perspective that may give a whole new meaning to the scene. This is what filmmaking is all about and that differentiates us from other clubs. We keep on experimenting and we get different outcomes each time. Just this advice I have for you, never stop experimenting and taking that leap. Ifs and buts will be there but after all it's your movie, you are the HERO and you are the VILLAIN. "Baaki toh tumlog ho hi kaafi talented, lots of love".

From Vikas Chauhan

Standing at this juncture of departure from college and reminiscing the relentless moments of being a student of life, the only thing that the heart relents now is the unfulfilled desire for an extra ounce of moments. However, the hope that the end of this chapter would possibly lead to the beginning of the next beautiful one, of this meticulously crafted life, brings peace.

To all the juniors out there - Attempting to figure out the purpose of life, but in vain; futile attempts to quench the desire to get settled in life soon after college; toiling to build a resume and not life - are a couple of the frequently committed acts by most of us in college. Labelling them wrong could be deemed as an inappropriate gesture but questioning the authenticity of the delusional importance of having these sorted out immediately could be a meaningful attempt. Having erred, I now decipher that life is not about having all the things figured out, it’s more about basking in the perennial ebbs and flow of life. Enjoy and embrace this precious journey of yours, for there’s nothing much in the destination but what eventually lasts are the memories from your journey.

From Saravanan Ramesh Hey guys! Welcome to the last meeting! Too bad we all aren't at the Old CRC lawns huddled up in a group for this. I remember my very first meeting sitting like everyone of you did on the lawns listening to the heads assign us work and warn us not to miss meetings. It has been a rollercoaster of a journey in SVNIT and being part of Convex made it just a bit more special. Convex has always been a special club with so many talented people. I have seen so many of your skill sets expand over time and bring out a huge improvement in your work from the interviews. If i had a message for all of you it would be to never abandon this skillset you have. Academics are definitely important, but make sure you make some time for what you love and make as many memories as you can. Because when you look back it won't be the lectures you remember, but rather the talks you had in between with your friends. And if there is one big lesson we all can learn from this pandemic is to never take things for granted. Because believe me when it's all over you would give anything to have more time with your friends in college and it's never going to be enough. To my new heads, you all are more capable than enough to run this club and do so much more than we did. I'm going to miss the meetings and just generally having fun with you all. It has been an honor to have been a part of Convex and to have worked with all of you. You are a talented bunch and will surely do well going forward. Keep clicking!

From Anaz Abbas

To Raag juniors,

“My journey at SVNIT started as….” Umm, not today. Not because I’ve given up on my narcissism (I never will), but today it is not about me. Well, in some ways it is. I have poured out my feelings a multiple number of times through a multiple number of channels, but this is different. This would not be the gyaan that I usually give, but it would be about the gyaanis who’ve bestowed their gyaan upon me. I wouldn’t be under the pressure to weave out a perfect underdog small town motivational story this time. This would be about the imperfections, and people who have witnessed it. It’s funny that all the cult youth centric Bollywood movies have had a trio of friends. My story is no different. This is about my partners in crime at SVNIT - Mitul and Amey. Thank you guys for all the trips we had at ONGC bridge, all the Gajjar memories, all the outings and all the advice. College wouldn’t have been this fun had it been without you. Thank you for standing by my side, always. And also, thank you for making me an unofficial part of all your co-curricular endeavours :P Friendship is never a smooth road. This is for Simran, one of my closest friends from first year. I’d be honest, first year was so much fun! Things didn’t go as we expected them to, in the second and third year. It is said that the setting sun dissolves everything within it, maybe, that’s what happened in our case. I can never forget 3rd May, 2019 and the days which followed after. Thank you for teaching me what a pure soul means, and trying to make me one! “Transistors work like a switch. When provided with activation at the base, they turn ON, else they remain in an off state”. This first lesson in electronics made me think, aren’t we all like transistors? Everyone has their own activations – reading a book, gaming, listening to music and what not. I had a set of my own. Thank you Shivansh, Shreya, Asmita, Satish and Pranjal. Thank you for making ECE bearable!The entire college knew me as “Secretary”, for I was the Secretary of the biggest student chapter of SVNIT. But not Chintan, Dhaval and Soumya. I could never be that organized, ever so calculative and event oriented in front of them. They were the friends from CHRD, who inculcated CHRD in my heart without letting it get on my head. Thank you for all those valuable suggestions you gave me! Also, Dhaval, “Esse Lite rehne ka!” Much Love. Much gratitude. Yours, Rajlo, Golu, ShahRaj, Chacha, Ae bhaiya, Raaajjjjj

I've spent almost 3 years at the lab. It all started with a robowars event in my first year. The sleepless nights itself started from there. There were disappointments, fallbacks, troubles and what not. Leading that team to leading the whole SAE story didn't change much except the bot became fully grown fastest electric go-kart to run on BIC. All of you have only seen the fame and glamour and those seen videos of picking the trophies and the kart ripping apart other teams confidence, but a few of you know the struggles. It was my second year and we started making the chassis and testing various designs for the SUPRA SAE INDIA competition. We were late in submission even though our seniors seem a bit directionless. Though we still stuck to the team and that's what SAE is all about. We made chassis in 10 days but all just was in vain. The CBR600 engine couldn't be used anymore and our team wasn't able to purchase the newest KTM engine. Everything was called off, seniors dropped off the competition. The team was shattered as well as our dreams. Collecting each and every piece of that shattered team we started remaking the team. Many members started dropping out from the team. But the vision was clear to make our vision a reality and change the phase of work in SAE. We shifted to EV and started working on E-Kart. And the results are still visible to you all! Heartbreaks and fallbacks are an integral part of the learning process and it is not the end of the world, something beautiful is always waiting across the sea of hardship. Best of luck to you all for your newest venture and all the best for future.

From Arman Hey...Tarang. You have always been an explorer since I know you. Probably that's the quality everyone should seek like never settling on only thing but instead always be on constant search of new. And that new, is what actually develops us to be more flexible with life. Our decisions come from thoughts and that's eventually what frames us as a person. Life is always on constant swing, if you are running in the direction of swing it's not a problem but opposite is one, that's where we fall. So set your direction right because swing is constant. Stay Calm and be Aggressive only when needed. I hope you get that...And you guys owe us a Farewell ;)

From Ajaypalsingh Rajpurohit

To Madhatters juniors,

“Started from the bottom, now we’re here.” Though a little cliché, that's exactly what can be used to describe us as a club. But there’s still a long way to go. I can’t believe I’m already writing this. It feels like just yesterday that I joined the college. Our shared interest in experimental theatre which we slowly evolved into short film making, video sketches and the likes have grown the club from something no one knew of to something that is now the subject of memes. All the moments we spent together, be it arguing over who shoos the dog away from our meetings (Amey, of course) or discussing how a particular story pans out, I am gonna miss it all. Ughhh, I am gonna miss the late-night rehearsals, the improv sessions, the pranks and the scriptwriting “seshes” in my room. With a growing team, comes a growing responsibility so be aware of that. I am proud of us for the things we have achieved. Trust me, it’s crazy how we have made it all happen. And the idea of some kind of innovation with every project, that’s what made every project interesting. I liked how we made that whole murder scene happen in “Wish You Were Here” with the fake blood. I like the fight we always put up whenever there was something in our way. I want that to continue. I am proud of us for moving our content making to the online platforms and adapting to the change well. Also, if you are ever stuck, confused or need someone to talk to at any point ever do know that I’m always just a phone call away. I didn’t make a lot of friends in college but I did make this club my family. You have no idea how hard it is going to be without you guys and all the Madhatters touch in my life. Also, I’m disappointed that I won’t be getting a chance to meet, collaborate and perform anything with the new recruits whom we auditioned online during the pandemic. In the three years that I served as the head, I tried to give back to the club whatever it has ever given to me. Sure there were lots of ups and downs, misunderstandings and fights but everything was for the greater good. I know I have been hard on you guys quite a few times but hey I did that because you needed it. Anyway, if I did hurt you I do apologize. A big THANK YOU to every Madhatter in the club and all the other people who saw potential in us and allowed us to go ahead and perform the kind of content that we wanted to. It used to warm my heart to see the auditorium filled with so many people. That being said, this club is my baby, I’ve seen it grow from a shy little one to someone who can stand tall in the face of adversity and now you guys gotta take care of it. Also, drop by whenever you come to Mumbai. Your boy will be waiting at his crib so we can have a sesh. One last thing, when I come to the campus to visit you guys, make sure there is a mattress arranged for me. Thank you <3.