Wednesday, March 12, 2008

D.Viswanathan, Thanks for the fun!!!

Hindu reports that the two campuses of Anna University in the city – MIT Chromepet and Guindy campus – will be declared “tobacco-free” zones today. Sorry for my Deja-Vu! But there has been a ban on sale and use of tobacco products, including cigarettes, beedis, and chewable tobacco products such as pan masala and guthka, even before I entered the campus on June, 2002. In my four years in the campus, I have never seen any body selling or using tobacco products in public. [Thanks to the punishment that was swift and tough]


And D. Viswanathan, who likes his photo on the front page of newspapers, uses No-Smoking Day(March 12) to get his name on the front page. He has proudly announced to the press that Anna University is the first educational institution in the State to give effect to such a ban, when it has been there for ages. But what he fails to mention is that Anna University is the only campus where cell phones are banned and students are not allowed to wear t-shirts in campus - both classes and hostels. [100% ridiculous rules born in the creative mind of D. Viswanthan]


But the killer comment was

"Emphasis would not be on punishing, but on ‘reforming’ students."


Viswanathan, If you want to really reform something, reform the teaching methodologies that belong to the last centurey, reform the age-old bureaucracy in the campus that hinders students' innovation and creativity, reform the teaching community, etc...


But anyway, thanks for the fun you provide. Hope to see more of these killer comments in the front page.

2 comments:

A.K.B said...

seeing this post only now.. did u ever get the opportunity to attend DV's class? i am not sure u wd wish to waste blogspace on him if u ever did! (i've attended 2 during my time at anna.. newyz..)

Robin said...

@ arun,
No da.. Never got the opportunity to sit in his class.. I should count myself lucky for that.. :)