Registering Email Account At IIT

This was happened when I joined IITB for M.Tech.. On Day 1, we had to sign on some policy and then apply for email id like xyz@cse.iitb.ac.in . In the rules for id selection they had mentioned that, everyone will refer in future with this id, so keep it simple and short, and don't go for fancy names. I thought, "electionreddy" might be too long(taken "keep it short" seriously) so given "election@cse.iitb.ac.in" as my id in the form.

The other day we were allowed to computer lab and asked to login to our accounts. Everyone could except me. It was saying invalid username. I went to SystemAdministrator and told the problem. She told that id "election" was already in use, so choose some other id. I thought "Ohh, some other election is already there... I am not unique in the campus...". But it was not that... She told that they had used that id for some departmental elections. :P. Then I felt... OK, mine is still unique in the campus... Then I had given my unique id "electionreddy" and was accepted.

Reply Mail from Loksatta Activist

Today I have responded to one of the Loksatta 's activities mentioning my willingness to participate in the activity. I got a reply mail saying ok for it and at the end he wants to know my original name... :-)