A tribute to the great Steve Jobs

And so shall you be remembered, not because you gave music to our ears, but because you inspired generations. Not because your creation is vied by every youngster but because you dared and challenged fate. Not because you turned around a falling corporation but hithered and walked on a road less travelled which has made a difference.

And so the perpetrators of the fourth quadrant salute you, as you managed to travel in the space where a process of isolation is what is felt and yet you not just discovered it, but struggled with it, fought with it and created its physical form.

On one hand, have been the known, but restrictive, factors - intense competition, fast paced lives and monetary mindsets; that perhaps did not agree with you in the first place and led you to your sojourn in the 1980’s. On the other hand, was this unlit path, where knowledge had been abundant, but consequences were unexplored. Where a dark ocean of knowledge bred sparks of light, yet unshown.

This is also the space where collaboration and support could make ideas tangible but these ideas needed people who could come up with many new ideas to swerve around the obstacles that the original idea had headed for. And this is where you, Steve pioneered; which has perhaps made you immortal in the field of technology. Perhaps apple as a fruit today is not as known by the proverb, “An Apple a day, keeps the doctor away!” as much as it is known by your creation.

“A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends” so said someone once. Our physical meet with you now might not be possible Steve, but perhaps our ideas shall meet in The Fourth Quadrant.

Because its an entire spectrum of innovation that will light further desires,

Because your journey through The Fourth Quadrant will cause may more to take similar paths,

Because it is you whom we all would want to emulate

Because through your creation, you have left a little bit of yourself in each of us

Thank you for being here, Steve! Till we meet again.....

Neev - The Video

Pre Neev Event lightened by Mandira Bedi

As we had promised earlier that the best was yet to come, we now start to deliver on our promise. A pre Neev event in collabaration with Nokia was held on 22 September 2011 when we invited Mandira Bedi to our campus. After creating ripples on our campus and talking about Air Cricket, Mandira moved on to talk about Neev. She graced us with some photographs and has vouched for Neev '11. Some pictures of the same are herewith.

Keep watching! More to come soon!

A Blast from The Past!

Howdy!
As we have grown with time, its time we decided to go back in time and track those who had made earlier Neevs possible. So we decided to track down X Neevers and get some insights so that we become all smarter!!! So here we have the first interview with Shrenikk Jain, co-ordinator or Neev '06! (btw he's an AVP with HSBC now!)

What is your most memorable moment of NEEV '06?
Difficult to describe the most memorable "moment". Indeed for me, each and every single minute was memorable. From the moment the chief guest - Rajshri Birla arrived till the closing ceremony. For me every second was memorable. Cannot forget it.

What was the biggest challenge you faced?
Getting the team work together in a coordinated manner. There were people with different mindset / different friends groups. There were people who would not have wanted to work together, given a choice. Regular arguements/debates. Getting all of them to work together and deliver was the biggest challenge for me.

What was the funniest incident you remember of NEEV '06?
Not one, but many. Difficult to pen down a single incident.

What words of Wisdom would you have for the current and present Neevers?
Give it your best shot. You will remember this for your life time. Cherish every single moment you work for NEEV. Work, enjoy, work, enjoy. One thing what I realised during NEEV '06 was that if Subbu Sir gets the trust and confidence on the NEEV team and on the efforts and work done, he will provide his support in all manner. And......when you need some sleep, go and attend a class...... (and do not take my last advice seriously... :-))

So that was Shrenikk Jain, the co-oridinator of Neev '06 for you. Keep waiting. More to come!

Where I think unhindered,

where I act unshackled

Ideas are the psychological pushing out of boundaries – boundaries that nature does not impose, but we set on ourselves. These ideas, perhaps, are like what gravity was, before Newton gave it a name – something all felt, obliged, respected and lived with; but did not know of its existence. Once man learnt of its existence by giving it a name, he also devised ways and means of surmounting it – we built aircraft and spaceships.
A lot of our ideas are such – we know they are around us, and we feel, experience and sense them, but we don’t know what sense to make of them.
Such is how we chose to define the perimeters of what we call THE FOURTH QUADRANT.

It is the space where we go through a process of isolating what we feel and don’t know, or discovering what we don’t know, and giving it a name.
Only when we dare to venture beyond our known boundaries, we enter THE FOURTH QUADRANT, where knowledge is abundant; ideas, discussions and collaborations spark like livewires and consequences are unknown.

Most of what we call ideas promise high returns with disproportionately high risk. Post implementation of such ideas, one could not know whether she/he would make a dent towards his path to progress or repent his act of ideation. The uncertainty, which is so inherent and embedded in the journey through this Fourth Quadrant is what we explore this year.

2011, NEEV dwells, breeds and thrives in The Fourth Quadrant.

It was Chaos & Effect!

Chaos & Effect, NEEV 2010, is going to complete its anniversary soon yet those 3 days will always be special.
Be it the gusto which surrounded the crowing of augustus or the energy pulsating in the crowd when Parikrama performed. Of course, can one forget how the business games created their buzz, with participants running amock with the heard or how corporates looked galvanised sitting and tea-tottling amidst the student world? Nonetheless, paintballs flying here and there, or people zorbing across the campus, informals creating havoc, bikes for test rides! And it shall remain engraved in our minds, like the sight of Subbu Sir giving the sign, to make it fine that we move in line. Yes, we all had fun, we all played games, some scored points in knowing management's lane. But now again, we stand here, a little ahead in time, wondering if all the effort went was just to create Cloud 9. A little older, a little wise, a little mature perhaps we've grown but something we all definitely look forward to is the next NEEV on the road.
NEEV 2011...Gameface!