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2Hangouts InCampusWhile there is a lot to explore in college,the area everyone hangs outin does tend to follow a trend based onyour year. Here’s exploring that trend:• 1st Years: Generally, all seniors rememberthe menu of MechC by heart sothey opt for different places to sit at. Mostof the first years can be found huddledaround tables in the crowded MechC tryingthe chilly potato. The hostellers hangout at the NightC or near the famousMaggi Baba.• 2nd and 3rd Years: These two yearsusually have the same hangout spots.Nescafe, Windpoint, OAT and eateriesoutside of college attract them in largecrowds. They know places around DTUby now, they have favorites in every canteenthe lazy ones just usually sit at placesnear their academic blocks!• 4th Years: It’s a different story altogether.Devoid of being able to enjoy delicaciesoffered in college, they are busygulping fear and circling the TnP, academicand admin blocks. Future calls!AccommodationsAround CollegeDelhi is a huge city and we knowyou’ve all come from various nooksand crannies of this region. We have too.So, we’ll share valuable information withyou which will help you enjoy your collegelife without the added routine oftravelling 4 hours daily. You can alwaysopt for one of the following PG’s if youdon’t get a hostel.For girls :-• YS Hostel - It’s almost like a hostel andhas a very large number of residents soyou’d have to book a seat in advance.Facilities are great and the rent is 7k permonth including a mess.• White House - It’s a house painted inwhite. It’s a decent place to live in witha rent of Rs. 4800 per month and foodfacility has an additional cost along withthe electricity bills.• Vishal Palace - They charge accordingto the room that you take and have a messin the basement. One floor is for girls.The PG is sort of co-ed. (boys, pleasedon’t smirk)For Boys:-• White house - same as above. There is awhole separate section for boys.• Vishal Palace - As we did mention, itis co-ed.• Aunty PG - Names can be weird. It’s agood PG located next to the lane besidefuture point. 2600 rent per month butyou’ll have to use the college mess forfood facility.Choose wisely.Exam TipsSocial Pages tostay up-to-datewith DTUThese days, social media helps onestay updated more than any newspaperdoes, and in DTU, you see a lotof pages that crop up every year for thestudents. Some of these are:-WEBSITES• Aglasem- a saviour when it comes toprevious year papers (mid-sem and endsemboth).•DTU Blogspot – They have a very widerange of question papers (mainly for thefirst year).PAGES• DCE Speaks Up – Most of youmust’ve already heard about it. It’s a funpage, a must-like page – enoughsaid.• DTUSA – All officialnotices and informationfrom the student councilare updated onthis page.• DTU Times –Offers news of all the latesthappenings in and aroundcollege and articles for your free timewhenever you want. (Sly self-publicity)GROUPS• Society Pages - Join all the groups ofany society you are - or want to be - apart of.APPS• DTU Maps - Find all the officialand unofficial locationson campus. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dtu.dtumaps&hl=en• Though many seniors must have told you, ” Padhai exam se ek din pehle hoti hai ”, try not to emulate it. It will suck out your entireenergy. You will be sleep deprived and thus, lack focus during the exam. Also, you need time to finish the course, which becomesdifficult.• Do solve the previous year question papers. If you are lucky enough, just solving previous year papers may fetchyou decent marks.• Purchase the notes in advance from the photocopy shop or you may end up wasting precious time a day before theexam, waiting in the crowd.• Most importantly, keep calm during the exams and don’t hesitate to ask help from your seniors or batchmates.www.dtutimes.dce.edu | 3 rd Edition | AUG 2015

Locate The RoomFood JointsOne of the basic problems that freshers have in the first year isdecoding the mysterious codes of labs and class rooms in thecampus. TW4TF2 does seem strange, doesn’t it? We hope thatyou will not face this harrowing problem after reading this:TW refers to the Teaching Wing, i.e. the class rooms of eachdepartment. Succeeding this would be a number, the meaning ofwhich is explained below.TW-1 is the Electrical Block.TW-2 is the Electronics/ Computer Science/ IT BlockTW-3 is the Civil and Environmental Block.And TW-4 is the Mechanical, Production and Automotive EngineeringBlock.LW refers to the Lab Wing. LW signifies the location of the labson campus.IW refers to the Inclined Wing, a complete section in itself inthe Science Block and FW refers to the Faculty Wing where therooms of the faculty members are located.Succeeding this would be the code of the floor (on which the roomis situated).GF refers to the Ground Floor. All rooms on the ground floorare coded as GF-1, GF-2, GF-3etcSimilarly, FF refers to the First Floor, SF refers to theSecond while TF refers to the Third Floor.So, we hope you’ll be a little more confident now if someoneasks you to go to the room TW3GF2!As soon as we enter the college, we just need a reason tohang out with our friends, be it for a birthday party, a newphone or a new bike, so it’s essential to know about all the foodjoints near DTU. Let us start from the nearest:Jewel of India, 5 minutes walkingdistance from the collegewill take you to the house of deliciousnorthern Indian food.A little further in Sector 17 isApsara Restaurant which givesa 10% discount for DTUites and thenthere is G3S which has Domino’s, PizzaHut, BTW (for street food enthusiasts) and many more.Metro Walk (near Rithala metrostation),is also an amazing placeto hang out as it is near the amusementpark and has a variety of eateries likePind Balluchi, McDonald’s amongothers.DC Chowk in Sector 9 Rohinihouses many Indian restaurantslike Apni Rasoi etc. and a lounge providing delicious food allthe way.Netaji Subhash Place has a great variety of food outletsincluding Billu’s Hut, Sandwich King and has almost everyfast food joint available.Have Car and time? Go to Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba at NH-1, a 1.5 hour drive with your friends, nothing gets betterthan that.DISCLAIMER: Answers are the opinions of asenior and DO NOT represent the views of theCOLLEGE.How are the placements of our college/mybranch?To begin with, placements shouldNOT be a worry for you in the first year.Start exploring your interests and beginFrequently Asked Questionsenjoying your independence. Get acquaintedwith college life. Also know thatlife after engineering isn’t just about a job;there are various other career prospectsthat you’ll get to know of along the way. Ifthis question still plagues you, a brief answeris: If you’re decent in academics andin one of the Software branches, gettinga job shouldn’t be too hard. You’ll haveto work harder in other branches, but ifyou’re good, there is no stopping you fromgetting that top package! (DISCLAIMER:Exceptions always occur).Does joining societies/teams help?So here’s the deal with college life:NOTHING HELPS IF YOU DON’TMAKE IT HELP YOU! College is allabout self-motivation. No one will showany interest in you (be it Professors fora project or seniors in societies/teams) ifyou don’t show interest yourself. Societiesand teams are probably the best ways tointeract with your seniors. Also, you canlearn a lot if you have a liking for thatparticular field, so there is no harm ingiving it a shot and learning from the experience.What percentage should I try toget/maintain?If you’re vying for placements/MBA/Masters, here’s how it generally works:Above 80: Brilliant75-80: Great70-75: Good65-70: Borderline (for companies)Below 65: Must improveOnce again, this is just a general trendand there are MANY exceptions to this.We’re sure you have many more questions,so for detailed answers to those,mail us at dtutimes@dce.edu or contactus via our facebook page and we will getback to you with the answers.To know more about the books first yearsshould purchase for every subject andother information, checkout our facebookpage and our blog: dtutimes.wordpress.com.www.dtutimes.dce.edu | 3 rd Edition | AUG 20153

College MantraRightly said, engineering is not just a degree, it’s an art anda way of life. No matter what one goes on to do after engineering,he’ll first be an engineer and then everything else. Whatone learns here, definitely cannot be learnt anywhere else. Here aresome things every fuchha must be prepared to learn over the courseof next 4 years-• Endurance - Remember the tragedy that would befall wheneveryou would score a cruel 90? Welcome to engineering; where sometimesa breezy 40 brings much more relief than all those 95s evercould. Engineering teaches you the art of patience; it grounds youto the earth, sharpens the endurance after years of trying and failingand brings to reality the most important aspect of all: mediocrity.• The Art of Vivas - Ask any engineer of their viva/interview storiesand you’re definitely set for an hour. You can’t expect anythingless when one gives four vivas four times a year for four consecutiveyears. Acing a viva without knowing the slightest or flunkingeven after an in-depth analysis of the syllabus, DTU vivas are aspredictable as its exam syllabi.• Survival - Going on a non-bathing spree for a week or survivingon one meal a day or even passing the week with one pair ofclothes - you’ll see it all if you’re a hosteller(and that is a BIG ‘if’).Who says Bear Grylls leads an adventurous life? Every engineeringcollege is a piece of wilderness on it’s own.• Living a life - The most important and most gradual part of engineeringlife. The much-hyped “exposure” of engineering college isnot overrated. Meeting people from all parts of the country, planningnight outs, organizing the fests, everything about an engineeringcollege has a grandeur that mimic a lifetime in a span of 4years.DTU TIMES TEAM4CONVENERDR. S. INDUASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ECESTUDENT TEAMSTUDENT HEADSHUBHAM SHARMA4TH YEAR, ECEEDITORS-IN-CHIEFANKIT KUMAR4TH YEAR, SEPRATEEK SINGHAL4TH YEAR, EEEHEAD OF DESIGNMILIND SINGLA4TH YEAR, ECEHEAD OF WEBDEVELOPMENTVISHESH AHUJA4TH YEAR, ECESTUDENT ADVISORARADHANA GAHLAUT4TH YEAR, ENESTUDENTCOORDINATORVARUN GROVER4TH YEAR, ECEHEAD OFILLUSTRATIONSMD. IRSHAD GHARBI4TH YEAR, ECECREATIVE HEADARPIT GUPTA4TH YEAR, EEASSOCIATE EDITORABHISHEK DHYANI4TH YEAR, PSCTASSOCIATE DESIGNERGaurav Sharma4TH YEAR, EEASSISTANT EDITORSCHIRAG ARORA,GARIMA MISHRA,SHASHWAT KISHORE,YATHARTH RANACOLUMNISTSNISHA YADAV, VAISAKHNAIR, VISHAL GAYAKWAR,SATYARTH PRAVEEN,AKANKSHA BINDAL,PREYESH DALMIA, MOHD.FAHAD, ANKUR SHUKLA ,RAGHAV SHARMAILLUSTRATORSHIMANSHU GUPTA, KANI-KA DEOLI, RACHIT TYAGIWEBDANKITA PALALUMNI ADVISORSDAMINI GOELCLASS OF 2015GARVIT GUPTACLASS OF 2015NAMRATA YADAVCLASS OF 2015TO JOIN DTU TIMES, PLEASEEMAIL US ATdtutimes@dce.eduScan the code to:ReadEdition >Onlinewww.dtutimes.dce.edu | 3 rd Edition | AUG 2015DISCLAIMER: DTU TIMES Edited and Published by DTU Times Team and Printed by Arti Printers, New Delhi . The Publication is meant for internal circulation only and has no commercial purposewhatsoever. The views expressed in DTU Times are entirely personal and are not necessarily the official views of DTU. The publication is based on happenings and news as gathered from various sources.Visit< ourBlog