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OTC CatchUp #117

Date: 04-02-2023

Duration: 3 hrs 47 mins

Topics Discussed

  • Dheeraj Lalwani asked everyone if he should continue his internship or drop it off of preparing for off-campus placements and to focus on fitness.

    • Everyone suggested he continue his internship till he finds something better.

    • Dhiraj Chauhan suggested that once he joins the gym, he makes friends with someone over there as an accountability partner.

  • Raghav Rathi shared Gita GPT with everyone.

  • Dheeraj Lalwani talked about Dynamic Programming.

  • We talked about the tradeoffs between quality of life in India vs Abroad.

  • Jia asked how can we as Indians improve so as to keep people from moving out in search of better opportunities.

  • Jaden Furtado told everyone that surrounding yourself with good influences is super important, especially early on in college.

  • Sarah Khan shared her experience of participating in the recent hackathon - TSEC Hacks 2023 by TSEC CodeCell

  • Sarah Khan shared her new project idea - Meet-Summarizer and asked everyone for suggestions and advice on how to implement it.

  • Ashwin asked advice on how to scale communities.

  • Sarah Khan discussed her semester 4 subjects and her ambitions for the future.

  • We discussed about COVID and how it has affected many aspects of people’s lives, careers and lifestyles.

  • Saifuddin Saifee shared how he was exploring 3D Printing during COVID using Autocad Fusion 360

  • Kaustubh Khavnekar spoke about winters in Canada and Surviving in -19°C.

  • Saifuddin Saifee talked about his SIH project asked a few questions on Game Development because he has been reached out by the Government of India to continue the SIH project.

Projects Showcased

Attendees

  1. Ashwin Kumar Uppala

  2. Darshan Rander

  3. Dheeraj Lalwani

  4. Dhiraj Chauhan

  5. Ishan Sharma

  6. Kaustubh Khavnekar

  7. Pranav Dani

  8. Ramyak Mehra

  9. Rishit Dagli

  10. Sarah Khan

  11. Siddharth Bhatia

  12. Siddharth Kaduskar

  13. Smit Jethva

  14. Jaden Furtado

  15. Saifuddin Saifee

  16. Jia Harisinghani

  17. Raghav Rathi

  18. Sriza Sen

Meet Screenshot

Meet #117 screenshot
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