The ONE big question, administration needs to answer is -
Why do we not have 24 hour internet access?

We’ve 4mb(or so) internet line as of now, in comparison with 50mb+ lines of IITs, NITs and IIITs. Moreover, there’s 30mb data transfer limit. Banning pornography is understandable but banning websites like Orkut – how can one justify that. Even if students waste time on social networking websites, then this much independence they need to have. Forcing such measures does not serve the purpose. Students somehow – by using proxy filters – can surf the net in whatever manner they want. Institutions like MIT, Stanford, Berkeley does not have any such bans. They provide 24 hour high speed internet to their students. A student learns much more through other means like these than in a classroom. There are students who are earning thousands of bucks by blogging and making softwares online. If JUIT has a vision to be among the elite institutions of the country(and world!) then it has to look beyond conventional Indian mindsets!

Things that need to be done in this regard
1. 24 hour internet to students with no ban at all.
2. No data transfer limit.
3. Higher speed.
4. Softwares like DC++, yahoo messenger should not be banned.

Administration may justify(though dictators don’t justify!) by saying that students will not study then, they’ll waste their time on internet, they won’t attend any classes, their placements will suffer .. blah blah blah! These points may seem alright at first, but what we Indians don’t understand is that we often try to curb the problems by suppressing them. Suppressing something will only encourage people.

For example, students who did not have a profile on orkut, upon coming to JUIT make one by using proxy websites. They then see everyone glued to their monitors every evening scrapping each other. This is the mentality of suppression! Now have a look at this similar thing in IIIT Allahabad. There they do not have any ban. People have 24 hour (very) high speed internet. There they access orkut – but are not obsessed by it(as in JUIT). They watch TV channels, Youtube videos online. Do everything, yet there does not seem to be any fixation at all. And yes, they all do well in their studies too!

There are so many institutions mushrooming today in the country. Excellence is what sets them apart. Only a handful of them are destined to be the best. JUIT’s destiny will be written by its students, professors and administration – together. May everyone have strength and wisdom to be honest to their duties.