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This was out 13th DreamSpark Event at Mahendra Engineering college, Tiruchengode on 16th April 2010. This event was organized by the CBEUG MSP, Kennedy Singh and Sathya Narayanan. Varma, Ramkrishnan, Krish, Kusumakar, Gopinath, Venkat and Harini were the other MSP who joined them. They pulled off the DreamSpark Yatra amazingly well.  We had more than 250 students in a single hall with a mixture of students coming from various departments like MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical and IT. Unfortunately, I couldn’t be a part of this event.  

  This is a promotional post :D.   Who are we? We are a not-for-profit, UserGroup run by the students and recent graduates, for the students. Its members are interested in Evangelizing Technology , innovation, leadership and management. Not-For-Profit We have a financial and External Relation Process in place where we are able to generate profits and conduct future events with it hence improving the growth of the UserGroup. We are supported by Microsoft, GITCA, Ineta, Leadcap and YUVA Unstoppable. UserGroup We do not represent or encourage participation of any form of government. By the Students, for the Students Our Usergroup provides a platform for the students to experiment and explore their leadership quality and improve the tech-savvy in them so that they have a positive impact on the society by sharing information with their peers. Evangelizing Technology & Innovation The main aim of the Usergroup. We share the knowledge Fruit with peers, p...

  This time we were invited as guests to NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. We were excited about the idea about going to Mangalore for a DreamSpark Yatra. This event was so hyped up, we decided to make our presence there. We started on the 3 rd April night and we were there on the afternoon of the 4 th April. The climate was boiling hot and it was so irritating. This event was organized by Karthik and Shreyas, MSPs of NMAM institute of Technology, Nitte on 5th April 2010. We had more than 900 students with a mixture of MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical from various years The other chief guests were Dr. N.R. Shetty, President, ISTE Mr. Rohit Bhat, CEO Robosoft Mr. Naren Koduvatt, MD, i-point   The guests were felicitated by the college Principal and HOD Computer Science. They had planned for a full day technical event with a little bit of fun. We started with the regular Microsoft Academic Initiative which included Microsoft...

This tine we were invited as guest speakers at Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai On 27 th March 2010.   Thiruvannamalai a city 300km from Coimbatore, famous for its Shiva Temple. So this becomes our 8th city and 9 th Dreamspark event. This event was organized by Santhosh the MSP of same college. The way they organized the entire event was commendable. We had more than 300 students with a mixture of MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical The guests were felicitated by the college Principal and HOD Computer Science. We had planned for a full day technical event with a little bit of fun We started with the regular Microsoft Academic Initiative which included Microsoft Student Partner Program, CBEUG - Coimbatore User Group and Dreamsparkyatra. Immediately after that we had a session on the Introduction to the .Net Framework. used my .net framework example. Krish’s session on Windows Mobile followed. A demo of a simple program was shown, the audience...

  The next place Dreamspark yatra was at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathy On 17th March 2010. Sathy or Sathyamangalam is also a small city 80km from Coimbatore. So this becomes our 6th city and 8 th Dreamspark event. This event was organized by Suresh and Siddharth CBEUG MSP of same college. The way they organized the entire event was commendable. We had more than 550 students with a mixture of MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical and even Arts. The guests were felicitated by the college Principal and HOD Computer Science. We had planned for a full day technical event with a little bit of fun We started with the regular Microsoft Academic Initiative which included Microsoft Student Partner Program, CBEUG - Coimbatore User Group and Dreamspark yatra. Then the usual robotics session. The afternoon was a mixture of some techii, non techii and fun stuff. We had a very cool and interactive session by Abhishek suresh on Powerpoint 2010. He expla...

  Ever since CBEUG was formed, we always wanted to conduct an event in Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. Finally it came true on 13 th March 2010. This is the 3 rd DSY in Coimbatore city and 7 th Dreamspark yatra event. This event was organized and coordinated by CBEUG female MSPs, Harini and Vinodhini and of the same college. So far in the history of CBEUG, there were no active female MSPs. But they have proved that they are not like senior female MSPs .The hospitality provided by them and the management was amazing. We had more than 375 students with a mixture of MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical and even Arts. The other chief guests of this event were Kumar Rathnam, Microsoft IDC, Hyderabad Sundar Raman, Ex – President CBEUG Anil Emage, Founder of Leadership Village Wayanad Laila, Founder of Leadership Village Wayanad The guests were felicitated by the college Principal and HOD Computer Science. We had planned...

I would say this event was a major milestone achieved in CBEUG history. Unfortunately i was not able to join the event. This was the biggest DreamSpark Event in India and was conducted at Velalar Engineering College, in Erode, on 7 th March 2010. This is the 5 th city of our DreamSpark Campaign. For the second time we created history. The first event of CBEUG where we addressed an audience strength of 2500. It was an amazing challenge. This event was organized by the CBEUG MSPs, Venkat, Gopinathan, Shiva, Aravindhan, Balaji. The way they organized the entire event was awesome. They had a very short span of time and they were capable of bringing 1200 students from other colleges. They went to individual colleges and invited the students. They also took a small session in the colleges creating interest among the students. They did it without any assistance from any other MSP.They pulled off the DreamSpark Yatra amazingly well. The hospitality provided was good. We had more than...

  This time it was at Muthayammal Engineering College, Rasipuram on 3rd March 2010. This is the 5th city and including this we have covered 3000 students: D. This event was organized by one of the CBEUG MSP at Muthayammal Engg College, Krish Thaiyappan. The way he organized the entire event was commendable. The hospitality provided by him and his management was amazing. We had more than 550 students with a mixture of MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical and even Arts.   We were felicitated by the college Dean, Principal and HOD Computer Science.   We had planned for a full day technical event with a little bit of fun. In parallel to the sessions, we had also planned for Dreamspark yatra pit stop (DY PIT STOP).   This is the brainchild of KrishThaiyappan, MSP from Muthayammal Engg College . DY PIT STOP is nothing but a stall, were all the MSPs other than the one taking sessions, show demos of Windows 7, Boku, Small Basics, Photosynth...

    This was out 4rth DreamSpark Event at Excel Engineering College, in Namakkal, on 27th February 2010. This is the 3rd city of our DreamSpark Campaign This event was organized by the CBEUG MSP, Balaji. The way he organized the entire event was awesome. He did it single handedly without any assistance from any other MSP.He pulled off the DreamSpark Yatra amazingly well. The hospitality provided was good. We had more than 380 students in a single hall with a mixture of students coming from various departments like MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical and IT. Unfortunately, I couldn’t be a part of this event.

This was the official launch of Dreamspark yatra in India. It was on 23rd Feb 2010.We were glad that it started from Coimbatore. This event was organized by Jibin Varghese and Saraang of the same college. The other chief guests were Mr. Sidharth Prakash, Program Manager, Microsoft Academic Team Mrs. Anusha R Mahesh, Chief Executive, Park Institutions. We had a huge participants of over 1300 including various faculties from different colleges. The technical session was taken by Mr. Sidharth Prakash, who unveiled latest technology from microsoft and explained different aspects of SQL server. After that we had the usual session along with Powerpoint 2010, Project Natal, Small basics, Windows 7, Deep zoom, Virtual PC, were the tech topics disclosed in the event. Student participated in various activities and were provided with goodies and lunch.

  This time it was at  SASTRA University, Thanjavur On 21st Feb 2010. This is our 2nd city and 2nd Dreamspark event. Unfortunately I couldn’t be a part of this event. This event was organized by the 3 musketeers Kuumakar, Varma and Animesh MSP of same college. Amazing planning and organizing. The way they organized the entire event was commendable. We had more than 400 students with a mixture of MCA, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical and even Arts. The event was presided by Abhishek, Ramkrishnan and Sathyanarayanan. The audience were amazing and very interactive.

    This was the 1st Dreamspark yatra event organized by us. It was started on 15th February, the Dreamspark yatra was commenced. This event was organized by Sathya Narayanan.It was presided by Sathya Narayanan, Harini, Indhuja, Gopinathan, Siva at Hindusthan Institute of Technology. We had more than 300 students from IT and Computer Science Department.

    Microsoft DreamSpark Yatra is an initiative by Microsoft, to conduct large-scale technology-oriented events in various cities. This event focuses on spreading awareness among the masses, about new & innovative technologies. The Mission of Microsoft is to cover 100 cities in 10 weeks(mid-Feb to end-April). We CBEUGians set ourselves a goal of addressing 10,000 students in this event. The best part in this event is that each participants will be receiving a certificate from Microsoft and a Dreamspark Key. Microsoft Dreamspark is an other initiative by Microsoft to motivate students to unlock their creative potential. Student with the help of the Dreamspark key can download all Microsoft professional tools for free.       To make this event even more special we have decided to give away goodies like notepad, bag, stickers, pen, ID card to all the participants. Interactive student would be receiving T-Shirts, Caps, CDs and attractive prizes. ...

  After the MSP Open Days, it was time for us work to work as a team. Eduspark yatra which was announced in the Open days was the one right opportunity. So we planned to organize a CBEUG Bootcamp to motivate and share our idea to all the new recruited MSPs. We planned for a two days event at Hotel Vijay Paradise. It was organized on 6th and 7th of February 2010.   We organized the Boot Camp with the help of SathyaNarayanan and Jibin the newly recruited MSP, so that they get an experience into organizing events. Again it was a thrilling last-minute successful planning and lightning fast implementation.  @Day 1: It begin with an introduction to the Usergroup where we explained what are the roles of an MSP and the responsibilities of the Executive Body. Notepads, Pens, Charts and CBEUG Stickers were distributed to all during this time. It was a pleasant surprise for the MSPs. After the CBEUG Organization session was over, we conducted the SONA - State of N...

Ever since we started CBEUG in 2007, it was always few MSPs. As it was in the growing stage we happened to conduct few big events and most of the events in our college itself. After the Bootcamp v1.0, we realized that there are a lot of MSPs joining the team and if it happens to continue in the same way, it wouldn’t be perfect. We realized that only if there is a structure built, it could help the user group grow and sustain. We also realized that our dream of winning the best User Group will always remain a dream. So myself and Abhishek finally decided to revamp the entire User Group. We also realized that revamping helps creating a brand.With a month long of brainstorming and research we finally designed a structure that may be suitable for our UG. We decided that like any Organization, there will be Presidents in the top of the hierarchy. We decided to have four Vice-Presidents for effective delegation. The Vice-presidents were categorized based on the job role. Like Finance, ...

This was the first ever bootcamp organized by CBEUG. As there were a lot of newly recruited MSP, Abhishek and myself realized the necessity for guiding them and create an opportunity for them to communicate. The venue of the BootCamp was Zoom Consultancy. Our sincere thanks to Mr. Anil Nair for providing us the venue and also special thanks to Fazulul Rahman and Vivek Balaji who helped us. We had MSP across different districts. We were even happy that the students we recommended became MSPs.There were a couple of more MSPs who happen to miss the session due to various reasons. Abhishek and Myself began the introductory session and we started off explaining our past experiences and how we were recruited into the program and so on. The Ice Breaking session was effective, we made the new recruits make 10 statements about themselves out of which 5 statements should be stated false, and the rest of them should guess which were the false statements made by the speaker. We explained ...