Department of Geology, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Name: Rizlen Quadros Batch: 2019 Course:  Petroleum Engineering Current Institute: Heriot Watt University Malaysia. I didn't start thinking about study abroad until one of the lecturer, Akshay Kelkar, suggested that the quality of higher education and job prospects are much better abroad .  After talking to my parents about this they supported the idea of studying abroad since it would provide better job opportunities. So currently I'm doing my MSc in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot Watt University Malaysia. The decision to join at HWU was last minute. My choice of country was the UK at first but due to financial conditions had to scrap the idea. Applying for Malaysia was suggested by my older brother since it was an Asian country where cost of living is relatively lower than UK. The other benefit was that the university is UK based and the degree received is from UK. Source of funding is from my parents and older brother. The thought of applying for a stude...

An army attachment camp was organised by the ‘Madras Sappers’ for the NCC Cadets to understand and have an insight of the life of the Indian Army aspirants in the Training Centre. The Camp was a 13 day camp from 2 nd December 2019 to 14 th December 2019 at the Madras Engineering Group (MEG) Headquarters, Shivajinagar - Bangalore. There were a total of 94 Senior Division (SD) cadets, among them 24 SDs being from the 1 Goa Battalion NCC of different colleges and schools across Goa. Figure 1 : The entire contingent for the Army Attachment Camp along with the ANOs and Army Officers. The lively and enthusiastic cadets were anticipating for the Camp to officially begin. The MEG Centre consisted of three Training battalions with each battalion having their own company and Commanding Officer. We were given accommodation in Training Battalion-1 (TB-1) in barracks which was built during colonial times. The schedule in the camp was very strict and began with a morning Physical Trai...