Announcements ( July 28)
1. Please note that the seminar allocation policy discussed yesterday, July 27th at
5:00pm is not valid any more. My apologies for discussing an outdated policy.
Click to see the approved allocation policy in force now.

2. There is no direct allocation right away.
SO DO NOT MEET ANY FACULTY FOR SEMINAR TOPICS NOW.

A: SCHEDULE

The following is the schedule of events for seminar allocation:

1. List of topics from faculty  - to be displayed by Aug1 forenoon
2. Presentation of seminar topics by faculty, schedule given later in the mail
            - Aug 1 and Aug 2, 5:00 pm onwards in A1
3. Students meet faculty for mutual pairing  - Aug 3 to Aug 8th
4. Display of seminars allocated out of mutual pairing - Aug 9
5. Forced pairing by fac-ad - Aug 9 to Aug 11
6. Announcement of the final allocation - Aug 12

B. POINTS TO BE SPECIALLY NOTED :

(a) All seminar topics allocated have to be from the list of topics that are received
from faculty. Direct allotment to start only from Aug 3, allocation prior to that will
not be accepted. DO NO MEET FACULTY BEFORE AUG 3RD
(b) Seminars with co-guides (within or outside the dept) are fine, but such topics, if any,
 will have to be from the list of seminar topics, proposed by the faculty.
(c) A limit of 3 per faculty is being set for mutual pairing and an overall bound of 5 per faculty for the time being.

C. More details :

1. In brief the seminar/project allocation policy, as approved by
    the faculty, and in force is

         * List of topics -> presentations -> mutual consent -> forced
           pairing
         * The list of topics to be displayed early.

2. Presentations of topics by faculty is planned on Monday, Aug 1
    and Tuesday, Aug2 in A1 from 5:00pm onwards. A tentative schedule
    for presentation is given below:

                Monday, Aug1              Tuesday, Aug2
                ------------              -------------

        5:00    Bhujade                  Nagaraja
        5:10    Varsha                    Krithi
        5:20    Pushpak                  Abhiram
        5:30    Ajit                          Krishna
        5:40    Soumen                    Amitabha
        5:50    Supratik                   Sarda
        6:00    Sharat                      Sivakumar
        6:10    Dhamdhere              Sohoni
        6:20    Rushikesh                 Sudarshan
        6:30    Uday                         Sundar
        6:40    Biswas

    * The mutual consent will start from Aug 3rd and close on Aug 8th
      afternoon. No direct pairing will be entertained after Aug 8th.

    * Forced pairing will end on Aug 11th.