RAMRAO ADIK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

[Official web-page at : http://www.dypatil.com/rait/raittecnoloG.htm]

Here's an unofficial prospectus of RAIT - Courtesy JAM magazine (A damn neat teen mag popular with the hep and the nerd crowd alike. Check it out at their official home-page : www.jammag.com)

• FULL NAME : Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology.
  PREVIOUSLY WAS : Ramrao Adik college of Engineering.
  POPULARLY (OR UNPOPULARLY) CALLED : Ramrao, "rate" or other personal nomenclature (what's in a name!)
  TO GET THERE:
  1) Come to Nerul station (Navi Mumbai). And take a rick or the college bus.
  2) If coming by bus, tell the bus conductor that u wanna get down at that college next to a beer brewery (YEAH MAN !! RAIT ROX)
  3) Get at least 94%(free) and 87%(payment) in ur HSC.

SPECIALITY : Toppers in Univ. atleast in Elex & Comps (Coz other branches don't exist.). Especially famous for: HORIZON - the inter-college fest (in the top five in Mumbai) with one of the coolest rock-shows ever.
THE JANTA: A masala mix of scholars, cyberjunkies, diehard headbangers, take-it-easy goers, flunkers, Martians, Gujjus etc.
LIFE IN RAIT : Begins at 9:00 AM and seems to end at 6:00 PM(People never leave,they seem to fade away.RAIT is never lifeless)
LIFT IN RAIT : Goes up and down as usual(Except on Fridays).An added attraction unfound in other colleges. Thanx to the MSEB hole-headed screw-uppers, the whole of Nerul (and RAIT of course) loses power on most of the Fridays. So the lifts are good for only 4 outta 5 days. Good excuse though for bunking classes on Fridays. Just say u were stuck in the lift. What's hard to explain though is how were u stuck with 40 other co-bunkers.
PEOPLE ARE INTO : Computers, rock music, rock music and computers. Half of RAIT comprises cyber nuts the other half sleep on guitars.
FAVE HANGOUT : The basement is the site of all underground and nefarious activities. It houses the engg. canteen(EC) and the Blue Rock Cafe' (BRC - not to be confused with BARC -another place famous for canteens). And of course the Medical Canteen (Medical? Well the engg. & medical colleges are in the same building & engg. studs share a spl. relationship with the MC.
CANTEEN KITSCH: Strangely enough RAIT canteen(managed by Anna) serves good food at very reasonable rates.
SMOKE SIGNAL : Smoking is allowed and goes on in the EC at RAIT.
CANTEEN SPECIALITY : Thali, vada pav(pleeese!), coffee, tea (of course!).
OFFICAL RULES : Exist on the notice boards.
NOTICE BOARDS : Exist to display the so-called official notices (mostly outdated) and surprise holidays.
UNOFFICAL RULES : Anything goes!
ABOUT THE LABS : There are close to half a dozen labs (And I mean well maintained ones!) : Robotics, CAD/CAM, Red lab, Blue lab, Green lab etc. Su-Lab!
ABOUT THE PROFS : Some dedicated ones, some OK types.
FIVE THINGS TO DO IN RAIT :

• 1) Get ragged on the first day.
  2) Learn Marathi (Your office-cruising will be much faster.)
  3) Sit for lectures for a change.
  4) Attend and compete at HORIZON.
  5) Witness a fight in one of the canteens.

FIVE THINGS YOU DON'T DO IN RAIT:

1) Leave yr programs unsaved.
2) Try to butter up professors. (It never works!)
3) Try to sweet talk babes.
4) Use the lift on Fridays.
5) Try to eat your Lunch alone. (Lukewarm friendships suddenly turn into lunch long ones during your meal time)

WHY SHOULD YOU BE AT RAIT : RAIT is not monotonously boring. Infact it is daringly different. A healthy mix of both education and entertainment. So if you plan to be an engineer with a difference then RAIT is the place to be in.