We intend to use this logo on our alumni website, T-Shirts and other alumni collaterals and would require exclusive rights to use it.

if you think you can come up with something quickly with great quality, contact me at ruchitgarg at gmail dot com with your logo proposals for the group.

Shortlisted designer will get special mention at the alumni website ( under construction), this blog , my twitter, and at the alumni meet presentation. It can also be on the tshirt along with logo if its been designed and placed in non-intrusive way.

Update: Here is a link to Shobhit University website, where you can see university logo. We would like to have new logo which conveys a feeling of being ‘alumni’, ‘connected’, ‘progress’, ‘united’, ‘helping others’…

We have been able to organize these annual meet couple of times before and Its been very successful so far. We have been able to attract and host alumni from across India and even some from abroad to attend this. Well attended by key faculties and university management personnel.

A tradition which started from a gathering at a coffee shop, to one which graduated to Russian Cultural Center & then to Pragati Maidan, I am pretty excited to be able to contribute to the effort.

If you are one of the alumni from Shobhit University affiliated colleges, who have not been able to vote for the alumni date, please write us at alumni@shobhituniversity.ac.in

We are actively looking for sponsor(s) for the event ( full or partial), if interested, please write to us at alumni@shobhituniversity.ac.in

Great oppoturnity for sponsors who want to target professionally educated, earning, aged mostly between 20-35, male/female

Its amazing to see how alumni have grown in so many years and so does our alma mater.

Country manager to Gladrag fashion model, its an interesting mix of people in the Alumni group which together hold immense potential.

I am glad that I have been choosen to chair this high potential group and I am all for it to make this group as strong as possible.

The exciting features of a fresh mind are the unbridled passion and the myriad questions that begin with the magic words “How”? and “Why”? Microsoft realizes that young minds can be the key to creating tomorrow’s technologies and solutions that can create a better world around us.

If you know of persons who have an unrelenting passion for technology and an indefatigable will to make their mark in this world, give them the best start in their careers – ‘Academic Interns’ with Microsoft IT – India.

About Microsoft IT-India:

Microsoft IT-India (earlier known as GDCI), is a seamless extension of the global Microsoft IT teams in Redmond, USA. Microsoft IT-India is a four year old organization, with talented IT professionals, and is a great place to build career dreams and aspirations.

Microsoft IT–India develops mission critical applications that support Microsoft businesses worldwide and manages Microsoft worldwide IT infrastructure. Working on next generation technologies to create software that helps Microsoft and its customers realize their full potential, is a challenge that drives us.

We are looking for ‘Academic Interns’

Internship is a unique programme at Microsoft, which gives an opportunity for young and talented minds to see through the myriad technological innovations. ‘Academic Interns’ will come on board in Mid-January 2007 for a period of minimum 5 months (as part of fulfilment of their academic degree).

All positions are based in Hyderabad, India.

Selection Process

Students shortlisted for the Test will be intimated by e-mail. The selection process consists of an Aptitude/Technical Test and Personal Interviews.

Eligibility

a) Final Year Students of MCA / M.Tech(CS/IT) / B.Tech(CS/IT)

b) Minimum of 5 Months Project duration beginning Mid Jan 2007.

c) Scored a minimum aggregate CGPA of 7.0. (Till the latest declared semester results)

Please refer your friends/ acquaintances that are eligible for the above position.

The resume can be uploaded at: http://merittrac.net/microsoftGDCI

The last date for applying: Wednesday, 27th December 2006.

India is great Indeed. This gets more emphasised with following news.

Abhishek (IIT)Chennai student to assist Bill Gates in shaping Microsoft technical strategy. He got selected out of some 20,000 candidates in a recently concluded Code4Bill competition from Microsoft.

Abhishek is making news, news, news

Well done Abhishek.. and yes Ravi Gupta from IIIT-Allahabad, one of the pre-finalist from the code4Bill program joined our team.

Welcome Ravi.

Mark pointed out in conclusion ” ….It was not my intention of writing this article to describe every job and career path possible in the computer game industry, but instead to give the readers a broad sweep of …..”

And yes he missed out the field I am associated with, I am working on platforms to serve these games, a channel which if missing will keep the games inside the closets of creative nerds .

I am talking about platforms like xbox, web, mobile, specialised handheld etc. There is whole niche of jobs which resolves around creating & maintaing these platforms which requires equally challenging skills and gives a mix of gaming and typical jobs. So here are some of the typical roles which are there in games platform domain:

Software Engineer: Nerds, not exactly I found some of them around really dashing, center of attraction, bcose he/she is the one who is going to write the actual code . They make everything which helps game reach to you.

Test Engineer: Wo(man) with hammer. Hits hard on every aspects of product to ensures what you get is of fine quality.

Program Manager: One with lots of antennas . Responsible for conceptuallizing & managing various features/products for platform, while keeping an eye on market.

Content Designer: Creative minds, works with different teams to provide best contents on the platform. What you see is what you get from this guy

Does this excites you enough to consider a job with gaming platforms?

If yes, send me more detail/resume about you at ruchit (at)siliconverse (dot)com. If you are still not convinced, then also send me more details about yourself at ruchit (at)siliconverse (dot)com

Great work Jim & Gnomz

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. –Bill Bradley

And if you are still not convinced to consider gaming as your career, take a serious look on some facts and figures on gaming career/industry/courses in a recently published article on Economic Times.

(1) IGDA – India Chapter

(2) IGDA – Casual Games SIG

(3) Gamasutra

(4) GameDev

(5) GameAI

(6) SLoperama

(7) Amits Game AI

(8) Ralph Koster

(9) Casual Games Development

(10) Kim Blogs (MS – Casual Games Strategy Dept)

If you feel its enough of these reads and its time to join Microsoft Casual Gaming Division , mail me.