Not sure how everyone's sentiments go on this but I went to a campus college of engineering. Which was a big deal back then. So we said "we went to JNTU" and now I notice almost everyone says "we went to JNTU". Only when you probe deeper, you figure that they actually went to some XYZABC private college almost outside of Hyderabad. If you put it that way in resumes, it is OK, I think everyone needs a little fib to push themselves up in life, but I did catch some people saying something along "we used to do this when we were in JNTU" and I went "What, you went to JNTU? Which batch? What a small world, how odd that I missed seeing you on campus ever" And then they'd go "Ohh no, we actually went to XYZABC, but it is too long (and maybe too embarassing) to pronounce, so we just say JNTU".
I completely "opposite of heart" this.
Monday, March 29, 2010
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This is my pet peeve too. But since there are/were only a couple of colleges that were OU but not campus, I don't mind much. Understand your "I am from JNTU" problem though!
what is campus college of engrr
@Shilpa - Isn't it?
@Anonymous - Where you study in the University campus that is giving you the degree and not one of the private colleges affiliated to it. Typically it will be government run/funded but not necessarily.
most of the cv's floating out there seem to be from JNTU these days ....
You are bang on.
I have met soooooooo many people over the years who refuse you pronounce their actual college name and say they went to JNTU... Man... I used to so pissed when that happens..
@All - Looks like everyone shares the same pain..
@All - And it is very specific to JNTU and maybe even OU. I have seen some 100s of resumes from Anna university affiliated colleges, they all make sure they mention college name and which univ its associated to. Same with Madras University. It is only our chaps who think they are super smart..
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