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MindTree brings out news letter for campus minds by campus minds - Please enjoy reading Vol2 Jun12 edition
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Editorial When you do something for the first time, it is just realizing your dream. When you do it again and
keep on improving, you build something valuable, you build a Legacy. A Legacy is what 10 professionals
along with others built and gifted us when we joined MindTree. And of all the gifts in life, a legacy is the
best to give, because with a legacy comes the responsibility of maintaining it, sometimes ameliorating it
and then passing it on to the future generations. With the launch of this second edition we look towards
creating a legacy. A legacy that future campus minds, MindTree minds and even our customers can in-
herit in the form of a magazine.
As they say to improve is to change and to be perfect is to have changed a lot. Keeping Vrukshak’s
international reader base in mind, “Vrukshak-The GenY Splash” has been rechristened to “Saplings-The
GenY Splash”. This is our first change, hope it leads us towards perfection.
In this edition, listen to Anjan in Connecting the Dots, feel the techie with Tech Tonic, Vocab Booster,
Just the Facts and LiveOrchard @ Orchard Beats.
We take this platform to thank all our readers for the support and encouragement. May our “Saplings”
forever grow as we water it with all of your love and feedback. For feedbacks and queries write to
Team Saplings
Supreeth Srinivasan, Deepa Shekar, Joyce Mathew, Omkar Ajit Solapurkar, Archana Bhat, Spandana S. Dhaduti, Mehul
Jay Dharamsi, Sanidhya Nanavati, Ajit Pathak, Anchal Subhash Sachdev, Ashutosh Khare, Kumar Balijepalli, Ravi Raj &
Satish Inamdar
Connecting the Dots
When I think of the ‘Orchard’ the mental image is of a sapling, sprouting out of
the earth, vibrant, fearless, green, carefree about appearances - confident of its
beauty, eager to grow in perfect harmony with all fellow saplings.
Welcome to that place and welcome to what is possible.
The only limitation to achievement is your own imagination. You must aim always
to remain hungry to learn more. The best way to do that is to ask yourself ‘what
do you not know?’. And plan to add one new skill into your arsenal every year on
a planned basis.
And the best way to get to know what you do not know is to read and to listen. That way you will
become more aware of what other people know and help you set a course for yourself.
In the Orchard, there is no past, only the future. My best wishes to you, every Orchard mind, to achieve
what you can with collaboration, dedication and acquired expertise.
Anjan Lahiri
President & CEO, ITS
Saplings Vol 2 2
3 Saplings Edition II
The best time to miss a train is at a crossing.
Did you know? Justin Bieber is googled more than Jesus.
T he most powerful tool of TCP/IP network
protocol is Torrent. Though it is not stated by
some great organization or ranking committee, with its
apparent assertion, one can’t overlook the existence of
torrent. So don’t you want to dive deep into this
fantabulous world of torrents and see how torrents
actually influence us?
What is it and how to use it?What is it and how to use it?What is it and how to use it?
BitTorrent was designed by Bram Cohen, way back in
2001. This protocol helps the user to share a large piece
of information over the Internet (here large can be
anything, yes anything!). You just need to download a
simple desktop application to be a part of this
revolution (E.g.: µ-torrent or bit torrent, etc.). And voila’!
You have access to a gargantuan collection of data.
Isn’t this great? Another thing which adds to its
prominence is speed, ease of file transfer and its
surreptitiously adaptable Algorithm. BitTorrent protocol
is based on distance resolution algorithm for sorting
out the most favourable path to transfer a simple file
with least possible time and cost! For the information of
little non-nerdy geeks, it is fast, simple and believe it or
not, torrent apps are coded in the fundamental C++
language.
How torrents actually work? How torrents actually work? How torrents actually work?
The most important part of a torrent is
“downloadable torrent file” which contains the Meta
data (Information about data) of the locations from
where files are to be downloaded. Hosts (that’s you
with your desktop or laptop) download the file(s) with a
certain rate depending upon a synchronization
algorithm followed by the BitTorrent protocol.
When you have downloaded certain amount of data
which is some percent of the actual data file(s), you also
become a donor (i.e., you can act as a server for
someone). This means that you can download
information from the server as well as from other hosts.
Plus, you also provide a definite data to some other
hosts which are already downloading from server. So
instead of server slowing down, it distributes the load
amongst other users. If you upload more, then you are
allowed to download more.
With great power comesWith great power comesWith great power comes great responsibilitygreat responsibilitygreat responsibility
Torrents are mammoth reservoirs of data. But a word of
caution, most of the sites provide pirated, pornographic
and illegal material. It is your moral responsibility that
you should endorse legal websites. As a Programmer
Analyst, as a part of the IT Civilization and as a
responsible citizen, we bet, you don’t want your, self-
crafted-software being illegally distributed on some
website. Raise your voice against Piracy. Download
legal stuff!
--- Sanidhya NanavatiSanidhya NanavatiSanidhya Nanavati
Orchard 2011 – An eventful year in many terms. From the number of campus minds inducted to the innovative method-ologies, Orchard had a complete makeover. Self Learning and Laptops for campus minds were the key features of Orchard
2011.
Orchard Byte
Saplings Vol 2 3
Tech Tonic Torrents
Useful Tips and Tricks in MS Word
Double clicking on a word selects the word and triple
clicking selects the entire paragraph but if you want to
select just a sentence hold down ctrl key and click on
any word of that sentence.
If you want to send in comments to an article your
friend has sent you, just highlight the word and click the
review tab in ribbon bar and select new comment.
MS Word contains an inbuilt thesaurus if you want
use it. The simplest way is to highlight a word and then
just press SHIFT + F7. Pretty simple!
Selecting text horizontally is easy but in case if you
want to select text vertically just hold down ALT key and
use your mouse.
To password protect a Word document, click on File
> Info > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password.
An easy way to add bullets is to type asterisk and hit
space. Same can be done with numbers and hyphen.
The superscript is done by placing the cursor at the
right end of the word and hitting simultaneously Ctrl
Shift +. This places the cursor in a higher position. You
can at this point simply type in the superscripted mate-
rial, and then repeat the Ctrl Shift + keystrokes to return
to the normal height. Subscripts are done similarly, ex-
cept that the defining keystroke is Ctrl +.
If you want to type (e) , (c), (tm) or (r) the auto cor-
rect options automatically convert these into following
symbols €, © ,™,® . So to retain the original text that
you intended to type, use CTRL Z (undo) the symbols
will be converted back to normal text.
You can create tables in Microsoft Word by simply
typing out a string of PLUS SIGNS (+) and MINUS
SIGNS (-). Start the row with a plus sign (+) and then
type minus sign (-) until you have the column width you
want. To add a new column, type plus sign (+) again.
When you're done type a final plus sign (+) and press
'ENTER'. Word turns your text into a table. To add more
rows to your table, move to the last cell in the table and
press 'TAB'.
---Satish InamdarSatish InamdarSatish Inamdar
Linked List
Did you know? Twilight was rejected by fourteen publishers before
finally getting published.
Remember seven days without God makes one weak.
On-boarded 1811 campus minds from across the
country in 3 locations – Bangalore (1459), Chennai(232)
and Pune (120). They joined us in batches spanning
through the year in June, July, August, November and
February. We had a total of 11 batches for the year – 5 in
Bangalore, 3 in Chennai and 3 in Pune.
Orchard Byte
Did you know abhor and adore are antonyms.
Narcissism was actually named after Narcissus who
was enchanted by his own reflection. So a narcissist is a
person who loves himself.
Egregious means outrageously bad, flagrant. So an
egregious person is the one you would like throwing
eggs on.
For those who don’t know what Redemption
means , it is deliverance from sin, salvation, and rescue
repurchase, as of something sold. Remember ‘The
Shawshank Redemption’.
Calumny, castigate, chastise, deride, derisive, dero-
gate, diatribe, harangue, lambast, oppugn, pillory, rebuke
all mean criticism/criticize
VocaBooster
Sketch Book
Saplings Vol 2 4
--- Suvarna PrachandSuvarna PrachandSuvarna Prachand
5 Saplings Edition II
The Technical training program catered to 13 Practices with TTG-JAVA, TTG-DOTNET and Testing sharing the highest num-bers followed by DAS, EAI, SAP, PES, Embedded Technology, IC Design, OpenSource, Sharepoint, WebSphere and Murex.
We believe in team work. Everybody does what boss says.
A ung San Suu Kyi is the icon of
peaceful resistance in her
struggle for democracy. She was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1991 for her non-violent struggle for
democracy and human rights. She
stands as a symbol of Myanmar’s
struggle for democracy and of the
global struggle against oppression.
Being in jail for the past 21 years, she is the most
prominent of more than 1000 political prisoners held by
Myanmar’s military government. In 1988, she formed and
became General-Secretary of the National League for
Democracy (NLD) and travelled the country, calling for
peaceful reforms and democratic rule.
In July 1989, in an effort to silence her, the military
government placed her under house arrest, accused of
“endangering the state”. She was offered freedom if she
left the country but she refused. A year later, the military
government called a general election-Myanmar’s first in
30 years. The NLD scored a landslide victory, although
Aung San Suu Kyi was barred from standing. The military
refused to acknowledge the result and extended her de-
tention.
Her struggle for independence continued, she spent 8
years in jail and lost her husband in 1999. In 2009, she was
convicted of violating the condition of her detention by
allowing a US national to stay at her home. Her arrest and
subsequent trial received worldwide condemnation, in-
cluding the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon, the UN
Security Council, Western Government, South Africa &
Japan. On the evening of Nov 13th 2010, she was re-
leased.
On April 1st, 2012, the NLD announced that Suu Kyi had
won the vote for a seat in Parliament. Her party was
victorious with getting 43 out of 45 contested seats,
officially making Suu Kyi the leader of the opposition in
the lower house.
Did you know? The most children born to one woman was 69 -- She had
16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
Saplings Vol 2 5
Knowing ‘Aung San Suu Kyi’
F irst of its kind, 'Business Of Business' is an initiative taken
by MindTree to enhance its business connect with Cam-
pus Minds. It began on May 2nd with 190 campus minds, 22
days and 22 business lessons taught by the Titans of MindTree
and a revolution enkindled- A revolution towards being DE Best.
There was a rush among the campus minds with mixed feel-
ings. Few thought "Awesome!! Sounds interesting.." and some
went "I don’t understand why should I be attending this… I write
code… understanding business is not my thing!". But somehow,
everything fell in place and the BoB revolution kick started.
The framework of BoB was divided into two aspects: Organi-
zational Basics & Domain Specific. Organizational Basics com-
prised of the sessions on The Making of MindTree, Significance
of NASSCOM, Organizational Hierarchy & Competitiveness,
Personal Productivity, Leadership etc. whereas the sessions on
Domain Specific framework were more detail oriented like IP,
Finance, Marketing, IT industry, Digital Marketing, eCommerce.
The key aspect that most of us often miss out is to realize and
know our place in the business pyramid. We do agree that most
of us write code, analyze them or test them. But we fail to un-
derstand that it is not important but imperative that we are well
acquainted with the "Language of Business". Whatever is your
job, at the end of day it should be communicated in business
language. You may be the most brilliant code developer but if
you cannot convince the very need of it, there is no point in
developing it in the first place. BoB was successful in making the
campus minds cognizant of the significance of the language of
business.
A Campus Mind says "BoB brought MindTree closer to us. We
now not only know our strengths & weaknesses at an individual
level but on an organizational level as well. Meeting Mahadev,
whose story is mentioned in ‘The Professional’, was a wowsome
factor." One of the founders made a remarkable quote during
the BoB initiative - "Being a professional is not about having a
degree, it is doing your job unsupervised". BoB has certainly
triggered this professional revolution.
BoB – The ‘B’ Revolution
---Ajit PathakAjit PathakAjit Pathak
---Spandan DhadutiSpandan DhadutiSpandan Dhaduti
Orchard Byte
Orchard Beats!
Krishna Shingala
S ome of the minds from non
Computer Science background
find themselves aloof in a paradigm
shift of switching to software industry,
sometimes, lost in this new world of
IT. Some accept things as they are but
few of the brave ones with all the zeal
and an urge, leave a scintillating mark
behind them. One such gutsy story is that of Krishna
Shingala, an Electrical Engineer who joined MindTree as
a Campus Mind in the year 2006 and continued to be-
come MindTree Chairman Award winner.
So what different did she do? It was the simple nitty-
gritty, “Dot your I’s and cross your t’s”. She paved her
path by adding a pinch of condiments more to the
specifications given. That little extra addition in her work
always has made Krishna where she is today. But
according to her, success is exploring the potential
within, “When I can do it, you can do it too”. She further
said, “I got the right opportunities and good guidance
from mentors in MindTree. Also, the right switch from ITS
to RDS tiled my conduit of interest in research“.
She had all the good attributes towards work. Krishna
says, “Work for self-satisfaction”. This zest and appetite in
her says it all. Success is a state of mind, if you want
success; start thinking of yourself being successful.
Krishna surely exemplifies - “Achieving is not the
discovery of a mechanism, but creating
something out of it after it is discovered”.
Anindya Maitra
A n achiever as well as an
artist, a Chairman Award
winner, a MindTree Citizen
Award winner, a soft spoken
down to earth leader and an
inspiration for all us.
Anindya has played a major
role in Change Management initiatives in MindTree.
He has developed and delivered a variety of content
essential for competency building. He has moved
from one area to other larger areas at work with time,
he says. Anindya is married to Sarika and is blessed
with two beautiful angels Sohini and Taisha. ‘They
keep me occupied during my spare time’ he says.
Anindya loves chess and soccer; he likes cooking and
reading “curiosity” invoking books.
He feels he can rely on campus minds completely
and expects them to lead the organization with fresh
ideas. He says “It’s not about ‘taking responsibility or
ownership’ but merely about realizing that you are
responsible”. About learning he says is a continuous
process and is mostly on the job for him. Experience
is the best experiment. Focus is important, choose
one area you want to excel in and then learn from
experiences and experts. He feels campus minds have
a high risk appetite and hence can bring positive
change provided they speak up and engage
personally to make change happen.
When asked for success mantra he said ‘Passion
and hard work, I just couldn’t find any other
alternative medicine (laughs). Success, stardom,
excellence, joy all are outcomes.
Currently, Anindya holds the position of Program
Director and is working on the MindTree Kalinga
Program. He has been associated with Orchard as a
PAL; he has influenced lives of many campus minds as
a PAL for several batches and being mentor to many
others beyond the role. He is known
for his troubleshooting ability and for
his humility.
You haven't won an argument until the other person says, "Whatever!".
The Technical Program was supplemented by the Behavioral Program code named COLORS with its various themes like Spirit of Service, Nurture The
Roots, 24 hour pocket and Communication.
Orchard Byte
Face Of MindTree Face Of Orchard
The evenings in Orchard @ Mindtree Now on, we will no more see..!
The journey of 3 months has come to an end Our path has now taken a new bend
The path goes on, now it’s gonna be more rough
We mayn’t have luck, so let’s all get tough Tears do come when we look back
We will miss the laptops that we carried in our sack
The evenings now seem void With the PAL sessions devoid
The fun and the learning’s we all will miss Hope it would never end was my wish
It’s life we all know
Things come and things go Time has stopped, I feel alone
The days in Orchard, have finally gone.
Epilogue
-Satish InamdarSatish InamdarSatish Inamdar
Saplings Vol 2 6
7 Saplings Edition II
Some fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time..." Others begin with "If elected, I promise..."
7 PALs and 6 Co-PALs together heading 23 houses added value to the campus minds with their experience, guidance
and support.
Phase-2, 5th Floor, Orchard is the hub of Learning and Collaboration, Assessments and Fun, Experiential Learning
and Sharing. Filled with color and high energy, Orchard 2011 was an experience to cherish.
Orchard Byte
F or the first time ever in MCC, Graduation
Ceremony for campus minds, Orchard Odyssey
was conducted for the June, August and November
2011 batch. The occasion was graced by the presence
of the chief invitee for the event -Subroto, our Chair-
man himself and Mr. Ravi Shankar, the Chief People
Officer for MindTree.
Highlights Of the Event:
Chennai Orchard Odyssey
Ink stains can be removed with a slice of tomato. Curry stains on clothes can be removed by applying a little white toothpaste on the affected part and then washing off after
two hours.
Tip of the day
Saplings Vol 2
Do you want to be remembered as one of the
greats in the history of Orchard? If yes, then this is the
correct place, Windfall. Be a part of the revolution by
Naming the Macau, our Orchard Mascot! Send in your
name suggestions to [email protected] before
30th June ’12 and you could win a surprise gift.
FLASH MOB A surprise,
well- choreographed act
left everyone amused
and filled the
atmosphere with a lot of
energy.
ORCHARD BOOK OF ACHIEVEMENTS
A book for honoring
campus minds who have
achieved excellence by
implementing their ‘out
of box’ ideas.
Sketch Book
--- Jannie BajJannie BajJannie Baj
Name The Mascot