An upheaval @ CRR campus, again ...

Surfing through the channels yesterday I was surprised to find the Principal of my alma-mater "vattaloori" Anand Kumar making headlines once again for all the wrong reasons. Yes, he was the same guy who was responsible for turning the fortune's of our batch in CRR college around and yes, the students are all up against him once again. This time they even burnt his effigy ("dishti bomma") near the fountain at the gate. The students and lecturers both seem to be fed with his autocratic rule.

Either ways the cream of the faculty have migrated to other colleges and have been promoted as heads of the department! We don't have the student-friendly yet scholarly and disciplinary types anymore in the college. Perhaps the old-timers have still stuck with the Principal. Yesterday night in TV 9 I saw my "beloved" HOD "Gudumba" Suri on the news cast!! The rest like the very knowledgeable and calm "Bansal" Srnivasa Reddy, The strict but student-friendly "Jai" Jairaj, The grand old man from computer science (the-then HOD), The serious yet good hearted and dedicated Ravindra Reddy (The then ECE HOD) and many more have left the college and not to forget my favorite faculty member - Vidyasagar (the-then "Most eligible bachelor").

All this hullabaloo had started, it seems, on the imposition of a dress code by the Principal on the students. These guys weren't dumb like us anyways and they said no. The management used its most time-tested technique to disburse students: Declared holidays for an indefinite period of time until matters were sorted out.

Principal has to be accessible to the students, which he wasn't. Even parents have to take an appointment from him Incase they want to meet him. He can't deny meeting them - Afterall they are the ones who pay for our college! Then there is always the question of not having "campus placements" in the college! Imagine a college, 17 years old, and yet unable to invite any company! I still remember an idiotic company called "Emconmsys" that came to campus in 2001 and asked the selected students to shell out 25000 bucks Incase they want the offer letter. As a last straw on the camel's back there was my HOD who doubled up as the training and placement coordinator for the college and gave training in breathing techniques!

One more incident that happened a couple of months ago - Remember our the-then V.C "Y C Simhadri" (remember his Japanese-wife) who used to roam around campus with a typist by his side suspending people ala "Oke Okkadu"? Yes, Even he was impeached from his position because he was involved in some funds embezzlement !!

We completed our B.E and came out during one of the best possible years ever at CRR ... When I joined the college I regretted the decision. But after my second year it was like a cake walk and I thought the days at college should never end. CRR was in a quagmire when we entered it and fell back into a mire after we left it - We are supposed to have the last laugh!! :))