August 2007
Monthly Archive
Sun 26 Aug 2007
1. The closest airport is in Chennai, which is around 135 kms from Puducherry (approx. 2 ½ hrs. journey). Chennai has excellent connections with almost all cities in India and direction connection to Europe, USA, Middle East and South East Asia. Trichy airport is 220 kms away. Bangalore (320 kms) and Madurai are the other nearby airports.
2. Though Puducherry is on the rail map journey by train to and from Puducherry is not very popular. Villupuram is the nearest junction, it is fairly well connected to places like Chennai, Madurai and Trichy.
3. Puducherry is well connected to all districts and major towns of various states like Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andra Pradesh. Puducherry is best accessible by road, either by bus or by taxi. There are frequent buses, almost every 15 minutes in the day from Chennai’s new bus stand in Koyembedu.
4.The express buses takes 3 ½ hours to reach Puducherry. Preferably take the buses coming by the East Coast Road via Mahabalipuram, instead of the National Highway, as the ECR is far more scenic with shimmering sea to give you company most of the way.
There are frequent buses to Puducherry from places like Chidambaram, Thanjavur Trichy and Coimbatore. Especially private luxury buses are connecting Puducherry with other major cities in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore.
1) Teams arriving at the Chennai Central Railway Station can take local buses no. 15B, 15F or auto rickshaws (charges ranging from Rs.70 to 90) to reach the central bus stand (CMBT), Koyambedu. From there one can take the Chennai- Pondicherry / Chennai-Chidambaram/ Chennai- Cuddalore Bye pass bus to get to JIPMER directly. Please remember to get down at the JIPMER(Gorimedu ) bus-stop .You can also take the ECR route from Chennai to reach the Pondicherry bus stand from where auto rickshaws are available for Rs.25 to 40.
2) Colleges coming from south via Cuddalore or Villupuram should disembark at the Pondicherry bus stand and take an auto to get to JIPMER.
3) For colleges from Bangalore and its surroundings, direct bus services are available, run by PRTC, KSRTC and private bus services.(8 hours)
Sun 26 Aug 2007
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Spandan Literary Events Schedule
29th August, Wednesday
9 am – Dumb Charades
2 pm – Jest A Minute
30th August, Thursday
9 am – 90 seconds
2 pm – Pictionary
31st August, Friday
9 am – Debate
2 pm – What’s the Good Word ?
1st September, Saturday
9 am – Quiz prelims
Extempore
2 pm – Quiz finals
Creative Writing
Wall Magazine
Sun 26 Aug 2007
Trivium
Loquacity
Grafitti
General Rules
1. Registrations for the event are to be made at the venue of the event.
2. Participants are requested to be at the venue at least fifteen minutes in advance.
3. Explicit vulgarity in any form is strictly prohibited and may warrant disqualification.
4. The decision of the Literary Committee Secretary, wherever applicable, is final.
5. Participants are requested to adhere to the specified time limits for all the events.
6. Teams are requested to keep track of their own scores to avoid confusion.
7. No new registrations entertained 15 minutes after the beginning of the event.
Trivium - Quiz , Dumb Charades, Pictionary, 90 seconds, What’s The Good Word
“If knowledge is your treasure,
Here’s what may give you pleasure
Contests of memory are these
What? Why? Who? Next please?”
Quiz - Quizimera
‘No points for guessing’
1) Team event with three members per team.
2) Written prelims.
3) Six finalist teams.
Dumb Charades - Mind Your Language
‘Let your hand do the talking’
1) Team event with three members per team.
2) Six finalist teams.
3) Number of rounds variable. Rules for different rounds will be specified.
90 Seconds - Yes, no, maybe
‘And your time starts now’
1) Team event with two members per team.
2) Six finalist teams.
3) The clueing teammates may only use the words: ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘pass’, ‘also’ and ‘maybe’.
4) No codes allowed. However, standard formats like SPLASH, MERIT etc. are acceptable.
Pictionary
‘Picasso would have a tough time, not you’
1) Team event with two members per team.
2) In the prelims, each partner pictorially represents the clues (personalities, places, books, movies, proverbs, …) and the other has to guess them.
3) Six teams are selected for the finals which includes a reverse pictionary round.
What’s the good word? - Lexicon
‘Read your partner’s mind ‘
1) Team event with two members per team.
2) Written prelims and six finalist teams.
3) Three clues allowed per word, the first has to be an acceptable synonym.
4) Each synonym / clue has to be a single word. Hyphenated words will be considered as two clues.
5) No clue or synonym can begin with the same letter as the word and no three consecutive letters may be common between ANY clue / synonym and the actual word.
6) Three guesses allowed per word.
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Sun 26 Aug 2007
La Lutte - The Battle of Brainz
All India Inter College MediQuiz
What is common to rhino-cerebral mucormycosis, emphysematous cholecystitis and malignant otitis externa?
What is “spina ventousa”?
What is JAMSHEDPUR fever?
If you like to answer questions like these, then this is the place to be - La Lutte Inter-collegiate MediQuiz competiton conducted at an All-India level.
What are you waiting for???
Come match your brains against those of India’s finest, in this ultimate battle of of intellect and reasoning. Prizes worth Rs. 50,000 to be won.
This is certainly a “hell” of an opportunity.
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2. A letter of approval from the head of institute must be produced, carrying the names of all the members of the college and the year of study.
3. The team captain should register the names of the participants at the reception, upon arrival.
4. Each team should consist of only 3 members (and not more than 2 interns).
4. The Registration fee (Rs 50/-per head) must be paid in cash at the reception.
5. A team may be denied participation in case of unruly behaviour by the members.
6. Organizers reserve the right to cancel any event.
7. Lunch will be provided.
8. Accomodation for a day will also be provided.
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Visit www.lalutte.jipmerspandan.com
Sun 26 Aug 2007
Spandan is the annual cultural, literary and sports festival of JIPMER that is organized and conducted by the JSA. It is held in late August and early September and runs over five days. It is the largest medical inter-college festival in south India and attracts participants from medical colleges all over India as well as from regional engineering, law and business colleges. The number of registered participants is around 5000 every year.
In the 1960s and 1970s the JSA conducted an inter-collegiate sporting festival that included the Chaddha Memorial Inter Medical Hockey tournament and the Dr S L Basu Football tournament. In 1978, the inter-collegiate sporting festival became Les Jeux and included basketball and badminton in addition to hockey and football. In 1980, cultural and literary events were added to the sporting events and were named Les Beaux Arts. In 1982, Les Jeux and Les Beaux Arts were folded into the overarching Spandan festival.
The Inter Medical Youth Festival was the first inter-collegiate sporting and cultural festival held by the JSA. The first Inter Medical Youth Festival was held in 1969 and organized by the 1966 batch. The second and last Youth Festival was held in 1971 and organized by the 1968 batch.
The Dr S S Chaddha Memorial Hockey Tournament was instituted in the memory of Dr S S Chaddha, who was a lecturer of surgery and a popular teacher at JIPMER. He died of a brain tumour in 1964 and the Chadda Memorial was instituted in the same year. The trophy presented to the winner was known as the Dr S S Chaddha Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy. Till the late 1980s it was one of the most prestigious sporting events in JIPMER and was usually held in the month of January over 4 days. More than 20 hockey teams from all over India used to participate in tournament.
In its heydays, the standard of hockey that was played was very high. Players in the tournament went on to play even at the national level. For example, Albert Shaw of St Johns Medical College played for Indian National team and Antony Susainathan of AFMC was the reserve goal keeper for the Indian National team.
With the introduction of Les Jeux the Chaddha Memorial Hockey Tournament became one of the major events. The Chaddha Tournament continued to be an important event of Spandan till the late 1990s after which sporting events declined. Till day, Spandan’s hockey tournament is a minor event and is no longer known as the Chaddha Memorial Hockey Tournament.
SPANDAN 2007 will host the hockey tournament in its origianl name “Dr S S Chaddha Memorial Hockey Tournament”. The event, certificate and trophy will carry its name.
The Dr S L Basu Memorial Football Tournament was instituted in the memory of Dr S L Basu, who passed away from a heart attack while he was Professor and Head of department of Biology at JIPMER. Dr Basu was a very quiet and soft spoken person who had nothing at all to do with football or for that matter with any sporting event. The Basu Memorial Football Trophy and Tournament was instituted in his memory as a mark of love and of respect by his students. The first Basu Memorial Football Tournament was held in 1981.
Historically, JIPMER boasted a very strong football team thanks to many talented footballers who hailed from North East India and from abroad. The JIPMER football team continuously won the Dr S L Basu Memorial Football tournament for more than a decade since its inception till until 1994.
SPANDAN 2007 will host the football tournament in its origianl name “Dr S L Basu Memorial Football Tournament”. The event, certificate and trophy will carry its name.
- 1964 - First Dr S S Chaddha Memorial Hockey Tournament
- 1969 - First Inter Medical Youth Festival
- 1971 - Second Inter Medical Youth Festival
- 1978 - First Les Jeux
- 1980 - First Les Beaux Arts
- 1981 - First Dr S L Basu Memorial Football Tournament
- 1982 - First Spandan
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