Time to take Student Tech Clubs online !!!

MICROSOFT PRESENTS "STUDENT TECH CLUB EXPERIENCE"
Microsoft Student Tech Club is an initiative from Microsoft through which it provides a common platform to students to interact and share knowledge. Microsoft firmly believes that a student can gain more while interacting and learning with friends. Through this medium the students can form onlineTechnical Clubs on the website http://www.studenttechclubs.com/ for their Institutes and Organizations that shall be supported by Microsoft.
The students can sign into the website using their Windows Live ID . Another alternative is to create a separate account for the website with your own unique login.Once you have setup your profile on the website search for various tech clubs. You could join any number of student tech clubs.In order to join the group , contact the Group Leader through this platform. The group leader shall provide you the access code needed to access ,participate, edit and add events/data.
Once registered with a particular group one can take part in online live or recorded sessions for that particular group. Students can also add a particular event to the calender or add upcoming events to favourites.
You can also create your own Student Tech Club on this platform. You can find Sponsors and Speakers for your various events. The Group leaders can also create special study groups within the club itself dedicated towards a particular Microsoft Technology. These study groups are especially helpful for those preparing for Microsoft Certifications.The various student tech clubs are supported by organizations like Culminis, INETA and PASS. The tech clubs can register themselves with these organizations. These organizations shall provide the necessary access to logistics and softwares needed for the smooth running of the club.
Further Group leaders are provided with effecient yet simple features to manage the User Group. Bulk mails can be send via this medium to the members of the User Group. Group leaders can also edit the Group data as per the requirements.
Students can also register themselves as speakers for some particular events in which they wish to speak or even as sponsors. The Recommended news and blog sections provide upto date and latest happenings in Microsoft.
All in all this platform provides a wonderful medium for students to interact and learn. For Group leaders it is an easy way to take their club online and manage resources. So what are you waiting for....... JOIN NOW.

Microsoft Student Partner-Its my time to shine.........

Well there are times in life when you don't really know what you are doing or find any meaning in your actions...... All you know is that you are in the "flow" with others......
College life is the fun part of one's life as i can surely say now........ You make friends for life....
The more sincere one's give direction to their life. They have everything decided or planned.
Well i consider myself among those who went with the flow.... hanging out with friends all the time, hardcore study just before the semesters, completing files last minute before the external practicals and in the end managing to escape through without any casualty.
This year i came in contact with a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP in short). He is my immediate senior. He had taken the initiative to start a tech club in my college with primary aim to popularize and promote Microsoft Technologies. He conducted an introductory session on the same. Within minutes i came to realize that an endeavor in this direction will add a lot of value to my mediocre resume. However the kind of competencies that were required dissuaded me a bit. I was initially reluctant to go for the interviews. But like the many mysteries of this world i somehow sat for the interview and to my delight cleared it as well.
Well i was appointed as the Event Manager for one of the sessions. I was given the responsibility for delivering a session on Microsoft Expression. Meanwhile, through the many interactions with my MSP i came to know about student partner program. He had asked me and all my fellow colleagues of the tech club to appear for the exam that Microsoft shall be conducting for recruitments this year.
We applied online , but with no expectations........
Well the test was to be conducted in Delhi and consisted of 2 phases......
The written part was a filtering phase and those shortlisted were to sit in the group discussion.
I travelled all the way to Delhi with my friend and stayed at his place. It was a complete joy ride for me. The thought never crossed my mind, of how big this test was........ An opportunity to work with Microsoft as one of its very few student partners.
I appeared with 8 others from my college. Most of us managed to clear the written test including me and sat for the GD's. The topic that was assigned to my group for the GD was " Is Internet relevant in rural India? ". Well i went through the GD with some ease due to the workshop i had attended a few days back as a part of my MBA training. I came back to Chandigarh with a set of mixed emotions. On one hand i was satisfied with my performance in this ultimate fiasco and on the other anxious of the results. The result was to be declared on the Diwali day(28th October).
Well even the festivities failed to relieve me of my anxiousness. However i managed to pull my sorry self through the festival. After a delay of 3 days the result finally came out on 31st. I was ecstatic on receiving my confirmation as the Microsoft Student Partner. There was jubilation across the household on my selection........ Enough to push me to the seventh heaven.........

I never planned for this to happen but i must say that the really fun and adventure comes along unexpected paths........
Never miss out on an opportunity just because you judge yourself to be incapable or incompetent. The real incapability lies in judging yourself this way.
So for all those who had always led a planned life , a salute from me , for they have missed out on a lot of fun.


Varun ..................