“SSN EDC (Entrepreneurship Development Cell) Presents E-Week 09, Feb 14th to 19th”

                      An entrepreneur is a person of very high aptitude who pioneers change , possessing characteristics found only in a very small fraction of population(source :wiki). Being synonymous with founder, an entreprenuer’s sole objective is to ‘initiate ‘ any good cause ,and hence the “go green” initiative .

                      From captain planet to bono( the band U2’s lead singer ) , we have heard popular figures reiterating the notion and may wonder “I’ve heard that phrase before!“ Yes ,this has been a clichéd slogan and has been propagated several times before,

So, whats different this time ?

                       For the first time the initiative has been taken up by the people who actually have the power to cause large scale change in the environment scenario –the entrepreneurs.  

                       With a number of lazy teens becoming great entrepreneurs due to one stroke of brilliance , we can all appreciate entrepreneurship as a wonderful career option. The examples of Michael Dell of Dell inc., Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and even Microsoft founder Bill Gates — got their start in business as young people toying around with ideas for starting new companies, are legendary.  The influence these entrepreneurs have on the socio-economic situation is exemplary and when these people strive for a greener tomorrow , as budding entrepreneurs, we must do all in our power to follow suit .

Humanities last stand:

                     ‘Greenery’ has become a distant word off late and for eco-friendly people ,a forlorn yearning. With luxury being a common notion everything in its way is trudged upon.According to science daily” Global temperatures are dangerously close to the highest ever estimated to have occurred in the past million years”,hence it’s time to pull up our socks and not only initiate but implement all our plans to go green, which is exactly what the NEN has done.

                       High tech is falling all over itself to go green., Huge companies are beginning to understand the catastrophic levels of hazardous toxicants they discharge and have joined the go green agenda .Notable examples include “The greener Apple “ started by the Apple group of companies which had been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. The greener apple theme incorporates better recycling and reusing schemes .

                        As more of modern life goes digital, the environmental impact of those computers and gadgets has gone from negligible to considerable. HP has done the most to mitigate that. HP owns massive e-waste recycling plants, where enormous shredders and granulators reduce four million pounds of computer detritus each month to bite-sized chunks - the first step in reclaiming not just steel and plastic but also toxic chemicals like mercury and even some precious metals. HP will take back any brand of equipment; its own machines are 100 percent recyclable. It has promised to cut energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010.

                         Even with such drastic measures taken by most companies ,there has been an alarming rise in sea levels. If the current scenario upholds even for a small amount of time, sustainability of life on earth will be difficult.

 Our role for a greener tomorrow :

                    The key ingridient of every sucessful entreprenuer and their only mantra for glory - "responsibility". The word has a lot of relevance in this context . If each and every one of us take the welfare of nature as our responsibility ,then the image of a picture perfect earth is not a distant dream and is a factor which is very much present within the realms of reality ! 

                      Our responsibility includes reaching out to the ones who are unaware of the rising sea and population levels and educating them in this respect.Also, we must try and save power and water as humanly possible and become role models to others,  hopefully sparking a revolution in thinking.

                       No one denies that a college student , especially a teen, needs some fashion sense and style .When go green is creating a wave in the fashion circle with big names like Cameron Diaz and Leanardo de Caprio doing their part for global welfare , we can follow suit and forget our fashion needs and opt for simple attires , with the knowledge that fashion has nothing to do with the dress , but with the way we carry ourselves.

                       Also getting popular among teens is the 'green dating' concept. Young couples are now excited about making eco friendly proclamations of love. By selecting an eco hotel over other vacation options, by choosing to take public transport over driving a car, by gifting saplings instead of flowers. The chicks dig it J and an eco-friendly person is always apprized

                        Thus we can turn the shade of gray into green with every step we take ,by turning the inches into miles and the miles into yards. Finally when we discover a greener earth, we will have the satisfaction of being a part of it.

                       Hope this article delivered the insights and ideas that empower decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs.

                   Mother nature has provided everything from our basic to luxurious needs and though we can never repay the debt we can at least be grateful and perform an act of gratitude by striving for her cause                                                                               

                                  Earth is a mother to us all , fight for her !

 V.N.Praveen

Mech, second year 

                             

Dream for an insomniac ( literally!!!)

Ever had premonitions prior to your results being announced? Constant ringing voices in your head? Sleepless nights characterized by loud swearing ? Don’t worry you are not ghajini aamir in the making. These are just a few symptoms of a person who has screwed up in an exam and is hoping for a miracle to happen. Being a master in the above said art it is not difficult to contemplate the experience of such people.

                                         

There is always the dream sequence  How can one forget the dream sequence ?You are there sleeping serenly and waltzing away in your dream with keira knightley – only her face is suddenly replaced by the engineering mechanics professor, laughing in a maniacal way and saying “enna pa ? naan appove sonnen padikalana ipidi thaan agum“ . Literally and figuratively speaking, it’s like dancing with devil in the pale moonlight!

 

The dates for the announcement of results are maintained as an even greater mystery. (Yes, better than raaz 2 story line ).Thanks to the excellent educational system followed by the anna university.It creates a certain mystical aura around itself, highlighting its hep factor.Total educational atyachar ( incidentally, the topic of my next article )

The constant sms waves propagating about the results being announced sends a chill down one’s spine! These range from unwillingly believable ones to extremely humorous ones!! (There was this one which read “results are out …. Please check out airtel live horoscope first to see if this week is good …. If not please hit the next staff who enters on the head thrice for good luck and then check your result). Damn, the peeps are getting creative by the day J

 

Finally when the d-day arrives, we remain clueless carrying our mundane activities without a hassle. Then there is this message reading “results are out “.Our primary reaction is “Ah, the same old crap “.When it is followed by fifteen more messages reading the same thing , our reaction changes to “Oh crap ! “.Then with surprising agility we are there in front of the computer. The few minutes before the page loads seem like an eternity in which a lot of  images flash across our minds which by and large involve the kiera/e-mech prof image laughing hysterically and in the end when the results page comes up , there are sounds of violins, guitars and birds chirping in the background and my mom shouting " Oi get up !!".