Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
Dhruv Gami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raj Mathur wrote: >> Let's take the proposal and fine-tune it. Perhaps we can >> schedule an IRC meet in a couple of days where those in >> Delhi can congregate, meet up online with those who >> aren't, and everyone interested can give their comments. > Sou

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Dhruv Gami
Raj Mathur wrote: Let's take the proposal and fine-tune it. Perhaps we can schedule an IRC meet in a couple of days where those in Delhi can congregate, meet up online with those who aren't, and everyone interested can give their comments. Sounds good ! Would the weekend be convenient for ever

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Gora" == Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gora> [snip] Gora> Again, we will have to agree to disagree. You are quite Gora> right about colleges preferring a brand-name, ideally a Gora> corporate one. However, I see

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Gora Mohanty
Dhruv Gami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gora Mohanty wrote: [...] > That's one of the reasons i am looking at a global perspective. > We may not have enough people in one place to sustain > interest and get things rolling, but if other people also join in, > this might gain more momentum, and e

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Dhruv Gami
Gora Mohanty wrote: Dhruv Gami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snipping out previous conversation due to its length] > Now lets take this scenario to a global level. A student in [...] Let us not overextend ourselves at this moment. From what I see, we barely have enough committed ment

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-03 Thread Gora Mohanty
Dhruv Gami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snipping out previous conversation due to its length] > Here are my thoughts on the mentorship discussion. Im just > throwing out ideas, to further this discussion: Thank you for your comments. I would like to see input and involvement from lots of pe

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2006-01-02 Thread Dhruv Gami
[snipping out previous conversation due to its length] Here are my thoughts on the mentorship discussion. Im just throwing out ideas, to further this discussion: 1. I think its an excellent idea. I have seen a similar setup for engineering students in american universities, called MentorNet.

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-27 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On 12/27/05, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sounds like a plan. I would propose that while some > people are clearly associated with specific areas, it also > ought to be possible for a "skilled" mentor to have the > student project be a module for something that is still in > act

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-27 Thread Gora Mohanty
Hi, This is sort of a joint reply to the issues brought up by Viksit and Raj. My apologies if the quoting gets too confusing. Please do continue to send in comments. We should keep moving on this, and I would like to have at least a first cut at a coherent proposal by this Sunday, so that th

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-26 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Viksit" == Viksit Gaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Viksit> Hullo! Sounds like an interesting idea. I had a couple of Viksit> questions about it though - and as the discussion Viksit> progressed on IRC with Raj, we thought it would

Re: [ilugd] Student mentorship program (Comments)

2005-12-26 Thread Viksit Gaur
Hullo! Sounds like an interesting idea. I had a couple of questions about it though - and as the discussion progressed on IRC with Raj, we thought it would be better to put it up on the list. Here goes: -- Begin Transcript -- vIkSiT who're the mentors going to be, incidentally? OldMonk uh, whoev