The results are finally out for the My Engineering Story 2009 contest!

It has been one memorable journey since launch of the contest on October 15^th, 2009 ….and trust us, we have been overwhelmed by the feedback we are receiving right from the first day. My Engineering Story is an effort to connect engineers from length and breadth of India by simply sharing their stories. And what better could be when you can also win cool prizes for your story!

We really have some of the coolest stories on the web at Why?Newton that demonstrates the diversity among engineers in India. Innovation, team work, fun, adventure and touching sense of social responsibility certainly represent the huge potential.

As we mentioned earlier – “There is always a story where something is happening” – and it seems that there is a lot that is happening among us. 

There have been challenges which we tried to overcome time to time and we hope to come up with bigger and better ideas for you! An example would be My Engineering Story 2010!

Everyone who has shared their story at Why?Newton is a winner and we encourage you to keep bringing such wonderful stories since this is Your Platform to share Your Engineering Story with the World!

We thank you for joining hands with Why?Newton and look forward to sharing many more excitements!

As you already know – we always love to hear from you!

We would love to work with you to bring more such stories from different corners in India and also connect story-tellers! Please write us at info@whynewton.com if you would are willing to take this responsibility! Need not to mention – sharing stories is always fun

MEET OUR ENGINEERING HEROES!

Stories of Innovation

Act of Social Responsibility

Dream Team Story

Story of Fun and Adventure (My Campus Rocks!)

Top ten stories based on number of votes (NOT in any particular order)

To read these stories, please visit www.whynewton.com

Prizes Sponsored by

- Career Launcher (www.careerlauncher.com)

- Indus World School of Business (www.iwsb.in)

- Lime Domains (www.limedomains.com)

- Lime Exchange (www.limeexchange.com)

- Craft My Gift (www.craftmygift.com)

- Sanskritik Sangam

Knowledge Partners - VoiceTap (www.voicetap.in), EDC IIT Roorkee (www.edciitr.com), EDC IIT Delhi (www.edc-iitd.org), EPatents.in(www.epatents.in)

Technology Partner – ZignDog Media (www.zigndog.com)

Online Media Partner - LetMeKnow (www.letmeknow.in)

B-School Media Partner - Dare2Compete (www.dare2compete.com)

• Category prizes are selected by consulting with sponsors
• Stories addressing a business/social need with defined results and magnitude of impact have been given priority in some cases
• Prizes in some categories are purely based on number of votes – considered above an average overall rating

Well, all these terrible stories we used hear from or seniors and others. But it was really exciting to wait for a job where I could enjoy and feel the Pseudo freedom by earning my money and enjoying it. Sometimes many people want a job because they needed it to prove their parents and relatives that they are worth it and mostly end up doing a job which is not worth them (blame lack of opportunities many times). However, this was not a case with me, fortunately I am still working with the same company that provided me with a great platform to start my career and exposed me to great learning and thought process. I have traveled across most of the world and seen different cultures. During my journey, I witnessed the comfortable life that people live in other countries compared to majority of population in India – thanks to technology. It is the technology that has taken these countries to a level where they celebrate humanity and create a caring environment for those in need. I was highly inspired by the West. At the same time, I realized me being engineer what is the contribution I made to the society?

I was not a high scorer or a technology genius but sure I always have been an enthusiast, interested in learning about new technologies and enterprise. I wanted to be an entrepreneur since I was very younger and wanted to do something which makes my life more meaningful. Sometimes being in good job does not guarantee you satisfaction you are looking for until your vision aligns exact parallel with those of your bosses. It has happened to me but somewhere down the line I foresee myself as the one living his dreams.

As I had this experience and realization for technological advancement, Rakesh, my partner, was also weaving similar dreams in his mind to fulfil his desire to do something for the engineering community. I have always admired his thinking and partnered him for almost all the initiatives we have taken. We shared our plans and came up with thoughts that we need to unite the bits and pieces of engineering community framework in India to complete the vision of India. This will allow us to roll out different initiatives that can make the journey of engineers more exciting and create an environment of mutual inspiration.

Rakesh came up with this concept Why?Newton for which I was sold out almost immediately. I was traveling in Eastern UP that time to get a feel of the rural needs since we also dream of connecting the Second India. Since then, we live everyday like a dream. Many ideas cross our minds everyday filling our hearts with excitement. We debate, agree and disagree as what could be potential platforms that engineers would love today. We speak with 100s of people across length and breadth of India to share their views which includes teachers, leaders, students.

As a business, we made a choice to retain our freedom of creativity until we build the foundation for Why?Newton instead of going to VC for funding and we are happy with our decisions. The excitement never seems to stop as there are compliments that make us happy and feedback to challenge our limits that we gracefully accept as a blessing. As we are continuing our jobs – we dream in day and work on weekends and nights to give them real shape. “My Engineering Story” is our first dream, and we are glad that people are liking it. We hope Why?Newton touches every engineer atleast once in their life and then probably our dream will be complete. Or may be not?

“Every engineer has a story which becomes an inspiration, learning curve or simply fun to read. This small effort is to collect such stories from the Engineering fraternity in India.” – Rakesh Choudhury (Co- founder, Why?Newton)

Why?Newton, established in early 2009, is dedicated to nurture ideas and deliver solutions to benefit the engineering community in India. Time is witnessing Engineers astounding the world with their passion, creativity, determination and out of the box thinking. From creating mega structures to microchips, massive hardware to smartest software, capturing the minutest moments to designing fastest machines of the world – for Engineers the world has never been enough!

“We identified a need for dedicated place for engineers to share knowledge that reflects the technological advancement of India by tracking innovation, news, events and thoughts from the engineering community. This contest is a medium to connect engineers”, said Yogi Raj, Co-Founder of Why?Newton. The contest closes in 45 days starting today.

The best ideas shared on this portal will be incubated by Indus World School of Business, the entrepreneurship driven B-school from Career Launcher. Mr. Satya Narayanan, Chairman, Career Launcher said at the occasion, “In sync with our mission of ‘empowering minds & creating opportunities’, we are happy to associate with this engineering event. Through the event we encourage youth to share their innovative ideas and stories and would help them realize their dreams by supporting the best ideas.”

The best social act will be recognized by our NGO Partner, Sanskritik Sangam, who will provide an opportunity to participate in various events at national and international level to take the idea forward. Story of a musical band selected through the contest will be featured in the upcoming Why?Newton Engineering album, the first of its kind music albums released so far.

With India to have the third largest number of internet users by 2013, Ritesh Tanu, Manager- Online Marketing, Lime Labs India said, “Why?Newton is a unique platform and we have come forward to support it in finding ways that can help Internet community grow and benefit”.

CraftMyGift will be recognizing favorite stories from campuses across India by awarding its exclusive gifting solutions for engineering students. The event will be supported by LimeExchange, SEOtune, EPatents.in and EDC-IIT-Delhi and EDC-IIT-Roorkee among the knowledge partners. Why?Newton platform is supported by ZignDog and VoiceTap with their deep domain expertise and advanced technical skills.

For further information please contact:
Rakesh Choudhury – rakesh@whynewton.com – +91 9886606366
Yogi Raj – yogi@whynewton.com – +91 9891 431496
Website: www.whynewton.com

Story telling is an art -

Once upon a time, there lived a land of people who had forgotten how to tell stories. In that No Story Land, no one talked much because all questions had to be answered “yes” or “no.” After all, an explanation is a story. And eventually, even that “yes” or “no” turned into just a nod or shake of the head.

In that land no one sang, because all songs tell a story. Even food was dull and mostly uncooked because there was no story of the first fire; and how could you share a recipe if you don’t tell the story about it? There were no newspapers, no books, no radio, and no television. People didn’t go to church because there were no Bible stories, no stories of spiritual experiences, no singing—in short, nothing to do there. There was no school. How could you have school without books, or books—even textbooks—without a story?

There were no names for things. How could you explain water coming down the mountain in a creek that went to a river without a story? How could you talk about the sun that rose in the east and set in the west? What could you possibly say about why two people got married and babies were born? Finally, people started disappearing from No Story Land. No one knew why, because no one would ask. To answer, there would have to be a story. So No Story Land became a dead place. People who went there were “Story killers.” They were people who thought they couldn’t stand being around other people, or people who wanted to tell everyone else what they should say and people who thought only certain stories should be told to children (the ones of which they approved, of course). But even they didn’t last long, because soon they could not even tell the story of why they came to No Story Land. Surely, in ages past No Story Land must have had stories and at least one good storyteller. Where is that storyteller now? Is there a way to get them back? How do we make sure our land doesn’t become a No Story Land?

Story telling is an art, an art to reach to the world and in fact is the greatest art of communication.

My Engineering Story is a small effort to capture stories of engineers, their journey, their experiences, their ideas, their lifestyle, their daily routines and much more. The fun lies in not just writing one but sharing with friends and colleagues. The fun lies in letting others know how you did things differently. Many stories might look small but could go a long way in creating a difference in the life of a reader. And along with all the fun and experience you could also run away with great prizes. What better can it be? By the way – What’s your Story?

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