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I don’t know what root of hemlock convinced me to take up the tedious expedition of accompanying my family to an evening at the local fairground. Clearly a psychological outcast, my mood for the evening sharply contrasted with that of my party, who personified cheery enthusiasm. The Sun was busy gearing up for its advent in the West, bidding my horizon an unceremonious farewell. The monsoon seemed to have forgotten how to let go of the restraints and was letting out a disappointed sigh, breathing in the atmosphere and exhaling a mist of sultry humidity that made your skin tearful. Or so thought my contemplative mind. I walk down. The liquor store seemed to be exceptionally busy. People. Disillusioned people. Those who wished to drown their exasperation in a draught of liquid intoxication. I walk down the road which bears a freedom fighter’s name glued to it, and yet takes pride in being referred to as a janitor’s delight. Or may be a platoon of janitors. I walk down. The aro...

    So, what are exactly sparks? They are the original electrons in you that motivate you to do something good. You gain sparks in a lot of ways, and similarly you lose it, too. Sparks give energy to your life. The more you have, the better it is. The first and the foremost way to gain sparks is  utilization of time . Let me give you a good example of this. Imagine a bank which, everyday, adds up $86,400 to your bank account. You may draw as much as you want till the limit of $86,400. Every night, the bank burns up the cash that you have not used or drawn. And you just can't claim it back, no matter how much you plead. This is time, friends. God has offered us 86,400 seconds to us, everyday. We must utilise every bit of it- because time lost is time lost. We can't take it back even if we want. And the proverb goes correct- "Time and Tide waits for none" The second way is to be happy , always, no matter what happens. A positive smile is all- it gives you...

The IIT Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Advance scheduled to be held in the year 2013 would be conducted on the old pattern. There would be no changes in the pattern of the Physics, Chemistry and Maths paper. The exam would be held in two shifts. Both the papers would be three-hour long each. The questions would be objective in nature. The JEE Advance will be conducted by IITs across the country on June 2. The details of the exam pattern have been provided by IIT-Kanpur administration on its website, www.iitk.ac.in.  On September 23, an important meeting of Joint Admission Board (JAB) has been convened in New Delhi. This meeting would finalise and fix the date of holding JEE Advance exam, declaration of results, conducting counselling.  The authorities of IIT-Kanpur informed that there would be no change in the pattern of the JEE Advance exam. The question papers would be printed in both Hindi and English. The questions would be based on Physics, Chemistry and M...

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Find us on Google+ Okay guys. Yes, it was true, I made much fuss about IIT's: Let's speak of the education system in India. Here I refer to the English medium schools, I really don't have a knowledge about all those regional schools. Basically as per my experience I have been working with the Wikimedia Foundation, a regional director for planning. Henceforth, my job is to visit schools, learn about them, and make then understand how to harness the power of the Internet. I have seen schools- small or giant size-and noticed a point: All the schools have more or less the same syllabus (ICSE or CBSE, not the regional ones, again) but the main difference- the categories of exams, or too frequent exams. Let me tell you what I try to mean. Too many exams create a lot of pressure on the Indian students, perhaps the most in the world. However, though many pass, some fails. But they don't understand the failing in a subject is not all. They may fail to achieve a good rank i...

Prof  Indranil Manna  has been appointed as the new director of  IIT , Kanpur after approval by the  President  of India in his capacity as Visitor of the premier institute.  An appointment letter in this regard has already been issued by the chairman, Board of Governors, IIT, Kanpur, which Prof Manna has accepted. He would be joining as the director within this month and succeeding Prof SG Dhande who presently holds the top position with an extended term till September 30.    Prof Manna is a metallurgical engineer, a renowned educator and a prolific researcher. His significant contribution in the study of amorphous/nanocrystalline Al-alloys, nano-fluid and laser/plasma assisted surface engineering greatly inspired the scientific community. His early contributions in moving boundary phase transformation are still widely cited.   Prof Manna was the President of the Materials Science Section of the 97th Indian Science Congress held in Trivandr...

Watch this video for better understanding- how awful! The best in India is the last in the world! Needs to explanation!

And there's yet another news: The IIT Kharagpur is now teaming up with Indian Railways and working to make it a efficient system. Lets take a look at this column from Times of India, 2012.     Above: The IIT Kharagpur.  KOLKATA: At a time when the world has reached a speed of 330 kilometres per hour on rail, the best that India could achieve has been a little over 130 kilometres per hour. But it is high time that we too sped up, feels the Indian Railways and with this intent, it has entrusted  IIT   Kharagpur  with the responsibility of providing the technological knowhow. The research is to happen at the newly opened  Railway Research Centre  of IIT Kharagpur and work has already started. The goal is to immediately increase the maximum attainable speed to 200 kilometres per hour.  Experts who have workd in the  railway board  are however askance. They feel that over the past two decades the focus of the railways has been to...

Joint Admission Board (JAB) of IIT Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced)-2013 met on August 27, 2012 at IIT Delhi to discuss the forthcoming admission. The admission to the undergraduate programmes at the 16 IITs and ISMU, Dhanbad for the year 2013 will be based on a two-tier test. The first test called the JEE (Main), will be held during the month of April, 2013 (both offline and online). This test will be conducted by CBSE. The second test, called the JEE (Advanced), will be held on June 2, 2013 (only offline). Only 1,50,000 of the top rankers in JEE(Main), which includes students from all categories (GE,OBC(NCL), SC and ST ) will be eligible to appear in JEE(Advanced). The JEE - 2013 will have two objective type papers. Each paper will consist of Physics (the most difficult), Chemistry (Balance it, otherwise trouble!) and Mathematics (Will take the crap sweat out of your life!!!)  Duration of each paper will be 3-hours. Question papers will be in both English and Hindi. Admis...

The highly competitive examination in the form of IIT-JEE has led to establishment of a large number of coaching institutes throughout the country that provide intensive, and specific preparation for the IIT-JEE for substantial fees. It is argued that this favours students from specific regions and richer backgrounds. Some coaching institutes say that they have individually coached nearly 800 successful candidates year after year According to some estimates, nearly 95% of all students who clear the IIT-JEE had joined coaching classes. Indeed, this was the case regarding preparation for IIT entrance exams even decades ago. In a January 2010 lecture at the Indian Institute of Science, the 2009 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Venkatraman Ramakrishnanrevealed that he failed to get a seat at any of the colleges of the Indian Institutes of Technology, as well as at an Indian medical college.   He also said that his parents, being old-fashioned, did not believe in coac...

Hello friends, I welcome you once again. So this time, I am going to spend my time discussing the facilities. Majority of the country's population believe that the IIT's have a great facility, and moreover, the great "faculty" one receives. Yes, it's correct, until a certain level. There is a lot of praises, as well as a lot of criticism on the IIT's. One of the main things is Brain drain. Among the criticisms of the IIT system by the media and academia, a common notion is that it encourages brain drain. This trend has been reversed somewhat—and is dubbed the reverse brain drain – as hundreds of IIT graduates, who have pursued further studies in the USA, are returning to India over the last decade. Additionally, IIT alumni are giving back generously to their parent institutions (examples are Kanwal Rekhi to IIT Bombay, Dr. Prabhakant Sinha to IIT Kharagpur, and many others). Until liberalisation started in early 1990s, India experienced large...

Hello friends, I am today going to tell you all what is this blog all about. But even before beginning, I would like to say that this is a non-profit action, henceforth, you'll see no ads in my blog. All copyright, every single material of text/picture belongs to me, or, is under a free license, unless where specifically stated. You must have heard about the IIT's- Indian Institute of Technology, right? Okay, but all the students there, are deep-fried in the great knowledge pan. Some are able to withstand such massive amounts of heat and pressure, some don't. Life converts into a race here- either run fast, or be disqualified. Parents don't give a damn about  feels at those moments, but, from my experience, the IIT's are a area of the strong guys. The Indian Institute of Students is the initiative that I have taken to lighten student's minds- whether you are a repeater at IIT or you're just a high school kid, this is for everyone. To me the key thing is...