Hi guys….finally herez the summary of the week so far…..

day 0.1 (note: this day is not included in the 23 days schedule of the ILP)

the hall was jam packed.everyone was excited.

this is the induction day.It was arranged in the Indian Medical Association Auditorium.we were introduced to ILP programme.we were shown a few TCS videos(one was a 2 minute one and the second one was “the “keepers of the flame” a 1 hour movie).you will really enjoy them.they will make you proud that you are part of the TCS family.

there will be document verification on the same day and if you fail to submit any of the documents you will be given a time period of 3 days to submit them.the lunch was good and in the afternoon session we had a presentation about tcs values and other stuff.overall the day was good

day 0.2 (this day is also not included in the 23day schedule)

The day started off with the pre-test.guys if you want to write the exam well,plz do read the MIT material that the TCS ppl sent us.the marks obtained in the pre-test will be taken as the criteria for making batches.

then the day continued with HDFC bank account opening.By afternoon the batches were made and we were informed that the accommodation would be reshuffled depending on the batch.

day 1, day 2, day 3 , day 4 , day 5, day 6

it started off well with the orientation session.the biggest difference between the 2 month ILP and the 23 days ILP is that “emphasis on self-study”.previously they used to teach you in the training sessions but now you need to study them on your own.

totally you have five evaluations and you need to score an aggregate of 55 percent.

we started with the module called programming concepts.for this u need to do programming in a language called scheme.this language is easy to learn as well as easy to work on.you wont be using this language anywhere other than during ur ILP period.u just use this because this helps the user to lay more emphasis on logic building rather than learning the language.

u need to learn everything by urself and you need to complete the set of assignments before the evaluations and you will find yourself working late nights for this.we used to stay in the training center till 1030(that’s the time till which the labs are oper here.) .but in other ILP centers the labs will be open 24 hrs.be prepared for the 5 hr sleep…

we just completed our first evaluation this friday and cannot comment on that until i get my results.

for the second module we need to work in groups on a case study……and it starts from monday.

food is the biggest problem over here as ppl here have tiffins for their dinner and we are forced to survive on that.there’s no other go.

saturday’s and sundays are off but you will be loaded with some work or the other and you will be spending your time in labs even on those days…..

signing off for now….will be bak with more updates…

Ritz.