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Editor’s Notepad… INTERVIEW

Mr. Piyush Dhingra
We feel a great pleasure to present
the first edition of newsletter (Executive Director KITE-SOM)
‘ARROWHEAD’ of Kautilya Institute
of Technology and Engineering
(KITE).In the last four years, the
institute has endeavored to refine
the academic standards so as to
sustain the society with vibrating,  What was your main motto behind opening an engineering college?
energetic and enthusiastic team of My main motto behind opening an engineering college was to contribute towards
technocrats. To exist and excel over the development of the society through the dynamism and professionalism of
others there is a great need to be enthusiastic engineers.
versatile. The institute has been
organizing its technical and cultural  Tell us about your experience so far in this college. How hard was it for you to
fest ‘ABLAZE’ to provide an outlet to
set up such a big engineering institute from scratch?
the inherent energies of the
It came as a challenge for us, but once accepted, we imbibed the values and
budding technocrats.
nourished our spirit to touch upon the best possible avenues.
The dictionary defines a
newsletter as an information sheet,  According to you, where does our college stand at present among the other
newssheet, bulletin or circular. We private engineering institutes in Jaipur?
have not restrained ourselves to the Among the mushrooming number of engineering colleges, we have reckoned
literal sense of the term ourselves as a premier institute to impart technical education.
‘Newsletter’; rather have imbued it
in its spirit. It will prove a means to
 Where do you see the college 10 years down the line?
reflect budding engineers’
My vision is to sustain such standards and providing such amenities so as to twin
innovative ideas and will acquaint
the reader with ongoing campus the institute into an IIT.
activities.
 We are observing a frequent change in faculty these days. Any reason?
The standard of the contents The top corporate like Reliance, L & T etc. in India are also facing the same
is based on the input of the people problem as there is a great demand of professionals in the market. Still compared
who comprise the institute. The key to others, you will find that the stability ratio of the faculty members in KITE-
lies in the forming the self; because SOM is much more satisfactory.
it is the zeal, the enthusiasm and of
course the knowledge within, which
 Why is the college tagged as a pioneer institute in Civil Engineering only?
is reflected in what one writes on
one’s own. True success of a What about the other branches?
newsletter lies in its reflecting We have been the first to initiate Civil Engineering branch in private sector, still
power, not only within even beyond we have been running successfully other branches. Moreover, we have also
the boundary of its circulation. started with and successfully running management courses like MBA.

The initiation is commendable
and aspires for vigilant readers as
well as writers to contribute the
literary aspect of the newsletter. In
the present edition, a series Tech-
Tackle is introduced. Its yours
comments and suggestions which
would help us improve and adapt
our efforts for bringing out better
and enhanced issues of
‘ARROWHEAD’.
 What will be the effects of affiliation of the college under RTU? How helpful
will it be to the students?
All professional courses in Rajasthan are now transferred to RTU, and I welcome
it as it was needed to have a separate body to govern more than 100 professional
institutes of Rajasthan.
 What changes do you see in the first batch and current batch of students in the
college?
The students of the first batch performed excellently in multifarious events. As
‘Well begun is half done, we cherish the better prospects with the present batch.

 Your message to the students of KITE-SOM.

My message is that “Our dreams are ours alone and it is but our choice to stand
Umesh Gupta by them. Let us try to be honest to ourselves for then and then alone, can we offer
Niraja Saraswat the best we have to what we do.”

The Editorial
Board
Chief Patron
Mr. Piyush Dhingra
(Executive Director) Mr. Umesh Gupta Mr. Piyush Dhingra Mrs. Niraja Saraswat
Teacher Co-ordinators (Teacher Co-ordinator) (Executive Director, KITE-SOM) (Teacher Co-ordinator)

Mr. Umesh Gupta

Mrs. Niraja Saraswat
Chief Editors
Kunal Batra
Prateek Dewan
Ajay Rai
Designed By:
Ajay Rai Kunal Batra Prateek Dewan
Prateek Dewan (B.E. Ist Year) (B.E. Ist Year) (B.E. Ist Year)
Kunal Batra