Rem, Ramp, Rep, etc.

This place has a lot to offer! You name it and you will find it. What more, everything has a distinct name and a manager to look after! You know what Rem is? and Ramp? and Rep??? Read on to find out more about this lingo and the community that resides on this island located in the city of Ahmedabad, so to say! We have our own world within our 100 acre campus and we are like self sufficient setup reminding me of face-to-face society of rural India! (However, I don't like this step-motherly attitude towards the city which proudly hosts this great institution! And how can I forget that it is not in Ahmedabad by accident, there were great visionaries behind it that this great city has nurtured). Though I am happy that this attitude prevails only in first year and then we jump out from this red brick walls to explore the Ahmedabad and its environ. There you go: we have a club which takes care of this thirst - Freeriders!

Rem is a short form of Remedials. We survive on last minute rems! We don't understand what professor says in the class because we don't go prepared! Then comes a time, when all our algorithm says that we would have a surprize quiz, we organize a rem! As short and as direct the rem, better it is. Professors need to learn how to teach from this great remtakers! Who organizes this? Thats where we have a role for Rep! We have Rep for all major activities and formal posts and then we have managers for almost everything! Birthday manager, Printer Manager, Infrastructure Manager (Infrastructure is a better word for our common toilets!) Pantry Manager, Outing Manager,... you know everything can be managed and everybody is a manager of something or the other. We have no dirth of posts!!!

Ramp is the most exciting part of all this. What if we want to dance? We don't go out (and anyway this city has nothing to offer on that front) so we come together at 12:00 am on Saturdays and one of us become a DJ! Why it is Ramp - because this event used to happen in a cozy courtyard near the famous Ramp of this Louis Kahn's marvel! However, for some good reason (which only god knows), we have stopped using that space and we organize it in auditorium now.