Before I start with this post, a few things if you are thinking of reading this post.

1. This is going to be a long,very long (trust me) post which will be updated from time to time as I can not write this huge (and sad not sad because it now contains a few inputs of my life at JUIT as well) post all at once, so be patient. May be I will split it into two parts,one with experience of JUIT (Jaypee University Of Information and Technology) and another of JIIT (Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology).

2. Read only if you can take criticism/bashing open mindedly. Dont get carried away if you think “how can I (me) say such things for your/my college.

3. Your views are your views and mine views are mine. I dont necesarily need to think the way you think and vice-versa. I am only writing what I feel about. You may not like and agree to what I write but that does not mean you are right and what I am saying is wrong and vice-versa.

4. There may be many instances of me self appraising myself as I try to compare my life before and after me.  So you will have to bear those self appraisals even if you think they are all lies.

5. This post is about the students in JIIT and not to be confused with college itself. Study wise college is excellent. We have amazing lecturers,great infrastructure and studies are really really good. When I say my college sucks, it is because I believe students make a college,not the lecturers, studies and placements alone. It is the crowd which is most important for a college in my opinion.

6. This post is based on my experience in JIIT with 90 student biotech batch that entered in 2006. This generalisation does not apply to every student in the college. Though,many other pepole from other batches whom I have talked to, also feel the same.

7. If you are a JUITian, please correct me by leaving a comment regarding names landmarks as these memories are 3 year old and I only spent a little time in JUIT.

I wanted to write this post for so long. I remember after my horrible first semester in JIIT, I told myself that I will write about JIIT on my blog, so this post is pending for almost three years. But I never did,blame my lazy bones. I still keep accumulating points in my mind which I will include in my post when I write it, but I never actually brought it to even draft stage. I wanted to write how bakwaas my college is. But after reading this and this post by one of my senior at JUIT, I thought of writing my experience in JUIT as well and relive the beautiful and un-forgettable time I spent there.

Okay,now lets start.

WHAT THE  FSCK      WHAT THE  FSCK      WHAT THE  FSCK

This is the first thing (with “s” replaced by “u”) that comes to my mind whenever the name or a thought of my college, JIIT, NOIDA comes to my mind. Of course other inevitable thoughts/adjectives are crap, hell,bakwaas, torture,suffering etc. I know they all sound synonymous but i have experienced them all at this tormenting place called JIIT.

Once upon a time, I was a happy person. I used to enjoy things happening around me to the fullest. I used to smile all the time and as some say, bring smiles on faces of people around me regularly. I was known to be a very socialising character and was able to bond with people easily. I also had the most beautiful school days one can imagine. I was blessed having friends like Rahul, Hitesh, Himanshu, Srishti, Riki (and sometime after school, a very caring and loving girlfriend). Life was so good and I felt like the king of the world with a never dying smile on my face. These guys rocked my world {they still do, it is because of these 6 afore mentioned people (and to some extent my PC too) that I am able to somewhat survive the storm of JIIT, I am nothing without you guys.} My life seemed complete and I wanted nothing more, not even more friends (friend- it is not just a word for me,for me it means someone special,for whole life) as I dint feel I needed any. I was fortunate to have such amazing and beautiful people around me and I will be always thankful to them. They are always with me, in good times and bad.

Then things changed and I was admission into JUIT (Jaypee University Of Information Technology) in Dual Degree biotech course.

JUIT

JUIT is a beautiful college. Spanning 25 acres, college is in midst of breathtaking sceneries of  Solan,Himachal pradesh and is just a few kms away from Shimla. Infact, its more often referred as JUIT, Shimla than as JUIT Waknaghat. It was a heaven and I was lucky in a way to be studying in such a beatiful environment. I literally have seen clouds floating into my hostel room atleast twice. As you can imagine it was superb.

JUIT at night

JUIT

I remember the ragging seniors did. Specially the scary one which happened at Waknaghat (or is it called Kandaghat,the place just before JUIT from where you get auto to reach the college), where I was thinking that I am just moments away from starring in a bl** film. lol. Funny but those others who were present there will agree with me somewhat.

I remember taking clothes of seniors to laundry as they themselves dint use to go. Why? JUIT is a huge place and the number of stairs you had to ascend and descend for reaching even a laundry (one to-and-fro trip to laundry was about 15-20 mins from my hostel) was massive. My own hostel room was about 10-12 storey down the hill if I could remember correctly. Imagine climbing 12 storeys! No one would want to do the job on their own and whats better if you have fresher bakras to do it for you.

JUIT academic block

Even though ragging was very scary at that time, but now when I look back at you, I smile. And I somewhat understand that ragging is in a way,necessary. It is a way your seniors tell you whats in store for you once you step out of your beautiful and innocent school days. They make you ready for the future, teaching you the bitterness of life. But still, ragging HAS to be in limits. One should not harass anyone mentally or physically.

I made amazing friends. Zain, Mohit, Nikhil, Abhishek, Anuj, Shruti, Neha, Komal, Swati, my room mate Gyanendu and many more. Even though I never felt like I needed anymore friends, these guys would have become a permanent part of my life had I stayed in JUIT, given the fun I had with them and how much I (still) like and value them. Though I am still in touch with them but I dont know how much long it will take before they forget me (I cant blame them, I stayed for only 45 days in JUIT).

As everyone knows, boys hostel never sleeps. Here the dawn is after the sunset. Sometimes everyone on the whole floor was packed in one single room. Sometimes because of the fear of ragging and sometimes just to get along. We used to be awake whole night,sometimes because of the fear of being ragged or sometimes just having serious fun. That was my first experience of sleeping for just 1-2 hours and getting to my routine in the morning. I remember how hard it was to keep my eyelids from shutting down. My hostel life was rocking and I think I can safely say that I have experienced one of the best hostel lives one can imagine. sigh. I miss those days dearly.

JUIT- view of academic block and hostels from Mall road

I remember the dhabas where we used to eat. Actually, as far as I remember,only one of us used to go to the dhaba and get us some paranthas, as we were not allowed to go to dhabas and other places before the fresher party. So there was this dhaba called McD and also some other. These were life-savers for me specially, as I have this bad habit of not eating anything until it tastes utterly delicious.And food in mess is no great. Even though by general mess standards food here was great but by my standards it was awful.  So I used to stay hungry or eat biscuits,namkeens,paranthas. Zain offered me milk powder one day and I loved it so much that I bought a packet for myself and I got one more food item to live upon.

I remember the times when I went to Shimla (Mall road) with my friends. There was also a “Mall Road” in JUIT, which is a popular LP along with “Mughal Gardens” in the college.

JUIT- mall road view

JUIT- mall road

And not to forget the girls of the college. Man,what can I say. JUIT was the one place where I have seen such beauties in such great numbers. They are smoking “hawt“! One interesting thing happened. I saw a girl during counselling and was awe struck by how beautiful she was. She was (and still is) without a doubt, one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen. Anyway, when college started, luck strikes and she became my friend! I later told her how beautiful she is. ” By the way, she is not just beautiful from outside, but beautiful from inside too. Very nice and very very down to earth person, a rare quality.  If she reads this, she will know I am talking about her. Oops,I deviated from the post. Lets get back to the post.

Even thought I was living a time I knew I will never forget, I was adamant as hell on getting transferred to JIIT because of my “personal reasons”. I used to constantly bug my parents all the time and I am sorry to them for the same.

JUIT- faculty housing

Anyway, one good day, when I was in a lecture, an announcement was made that the registrar Brig. Balbir Singh wanted to meet me. I got crazy. Was it regarding my transfer? Does he want to say you cant be transferred? What is going to happen? I went to his office and he asked me,”why do you want to get transferred”? I thought,”so it IS about my transfer”. Conversation followed and then he uttered those magical words I was waiting to hear,”we are transferring you to JIIT, NOIDA”. I could not believe my ears. I just heard what I wanted to hear from the last 45 days. He said you will leave after two days.. I thanked him and went back to my lecture, nodded to a few friends with glistening eyes,signalling,”yes,I have been transferred”. After the lecture was over, Shruti and Komal came up to me and asked,”Tu ja raha hai? Mat ja yaar”. Today realise how rude and selfish I was in replying swiftly to them “yes,I am leaving”. Here I am writing this post on my beautiful days in a college called JUIT,which I very fondly call the heaven,which gave me amazing pals, and how easily I told them I am leaving,just thinking about myself.

As I had two days which I can now fully enjoy without having to worry about my transfer, I thought that I will LIVE these last two days in JUIT.  But then, I got a call from my parents that I have to come back that day itself. So I told my friends, packed a light luggage and I was ready to go. I recieved a good bye I think I can not forget may be even after my death (that is to say how unforgettable that good bye is and will always be for me). Around 20-30 people bid adieu to me at the college gate which almost brought tears to my eyes.

I went back to Delhi,got myself registered in JIIT. And the following week, I went back to JUIT to get my whole luggage and give them a treat and bid good bye to all the wonderful friends there.

An year later, I visited JUIT with my friends Rahul, Hitesh and Himanshu and they fell in love with the college too, even though they had only one night to spend. They were able to get along with my friends at JUIT which shows how accomodating they (JUITians) are.

I want to cherish all these JUIT memories to my grave.

So the point is, JUIT is a big,huge family. Everyone knows everyone there. My seniors say that the registrar knows the name of every student. People care for each other. People are not isolated from one another. Students are not crazy and are friendly and make you feel wanted. People care for each other because they like you. They dont become your friends because they are selfish and see their own personal gains in befriending you. Its the students that make the college so happening and rocking that I am always longing to go to JUIT at every opportunity I get.

Even though it is a amazing college to be in and I would say only really lucky people study there, I got myself trasferred to JIIT, NOIDA because of some personal reasons  I mentioned before (which you can guess). And then it all started happening.

I still never thought of coming to JIIT as a mistake as the reasons because of which I came back are much greater but I sure miss the time I spent there. Thinking of JUIT makes me nostalgic. Remembering the times I spent there gives me an amazing high. And thats what you expect from your college life,isnt?

Not quite. If you are stepping into JIIT,forget about the things I just said sire/madame. You are in for a huge dissappointment.

My first few days in JIIT were okay, as I was fresh from the fact that I am back to my home, near my loved ones and the joy of getting back to Delhi was so overwhelming that I dint care about anything else. Then things started settling down and thats when it turned ugly.

To be continued… to keep the interest alive (which by the way I think is dead already ) as it has turned into a very lengthy post. Even I myself dint expected that I can write so much on JUIT and I am myself not very pleased with the output.

Next post will be on JIIT. I will need sometime to write it as I will be very busy for next 2 days.

Thank you for your patience if you read the whole post and if not,dude,please scroll up and read!

Pictures taken from here and here. Other pics are my own.