The Bharat bandh, targeted against sharply increased petrol prices, has put the engineering students of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in a fix. The university issued a circular to the engineering colleges informing them that the exams scheduled on the day of the bandh stand postponed to June 9.
Because of this, the plans of the graduating students have gone awry.As per the previous schedule, the examination of the industrial engineering and management department was supposed to end on June 5. With the exams postponed, the students of this department find that their postgraduate as well as holiday plans have been disrupted.
Sarita Jhanwer, an industrial engineering and management student, was all set to
appear for her MBA entrance exams, which are scheduled on June 9. But now that her exams have been postponed, she is left with no choice but to drop the plan of appearing for the entrance exam.
"I was looking forward to pursuing an entrepreneurship programme as part of MBA this year, but it won't be possible for me now. The entire year will go waste for me," she says.
She further adds, "I will have to work with a firm and next year, will appear for the entrance exam."
Another graduating student, Anand Bhate, says that he will have to juggle his MBAclasses, which will start from June 6, and engineering exams on June 9.
"I already received an email from the MBAcollege, telling me to be present on June 5. Because of this, I won't get time to study for the exam.
I will also have to travel from my MBA institute in Electronics City to my exam centre in South Bangalore," he complains.
Abhinav Mogra, a student from outside Bangalore, will have less time to spend with his family in Rajasthan before joining the city-based company he has been placed in. He says, "This is my first job and before joining, I have to meet my parents.
I will either have to convince the company to postpone my
joining date, which I don't think they'll agree to, or I will have to cut short the trip by two or three days."
A few students had to cancel planned trips, which has resulted in a financial loss for them. Shyam Bathiya, who manages his father's business, had to visit China to attend a trade fair for his company's promotion.
"This was supposed to be my first trip abroad. The postponement of exams has resulted in a huge financial loss for us. Also, I would be losing out on international exposure. The entire thing is disturbing," he notes.
"I was looking forward to pursuing an entrepreneurship programme as part of MBA this year, but it won't be possible for me now."sarita
