DepC Fundae!

I am pretty sure that there are quite a few of you, who are planning on for a Department Change by mugging up very hard starting right from this semester. So as a senior of yours, I would love to give you some tips and tricks to get things done!

Priorities and Proactivity!

 First of all, You need to get your priorities right. It could be as simple as choosing between bathing and using Facebook and as complicated as choosing between studying and societal activities. Keep it simple and do important things before you feel that you are going to open Facebook. :P (As it is a symbol of you having free time to pass and you are going to spoil it by scrolling on Facebook). In the meantime also keep it flexible so as to make sure you are missing out on something, for example: Suppose there is an Info Seminar of a society right after your classes, Go for it first and then make sure that you are studying that days stuff at night. Believe me if you study for half an hour everyday about what was taught in the class, you'll get through! It might look simple but as the time passes, you'll know! But then if you really want to do something, you'll find time for it, No matter what. 

After a month or so you might be in some society or the other and you might feel that it is taking up a lot of time and think of quitting it but take this a word from me: " Leaving societies won't help your acads, not wasting your time on stupid things and doing everything which you like while managing time will surely do. After all if you don't do stuffs which you like now then when?)

Time Management!

DO NOT let that half an hour pile up and make 3-4 hours as I am pretty sure if you really want to explore this new awesome home of yours, you won't really like giving those hours to study. Remember inculcating a good habit is not easy but once you are through the inculcation part, the other side is beautiful and rewarding. So keep it regular. 

Attending Classes!

Believe me courses are not that tough after all you all have cleared JEE and reached here so if you know what has been taught you'll find the exams pretty easy. But there comes the big problem, DO NOT expect spoon feeding as in your coaching institute in Kgp. You'll find few professors very boring and  but that shouldn't make you stop attending their classes(Which is the general trend in Kgp, in a class 250 students you someday might find only 30-40 students!). But attending classes has its own benefits, the most important thing it does is tell you about the real syllabus, it might sound awkward but yeah you'll find your friends running asking "Yaar physics ka portion kya hai". It keeps you connected to the class and helps maintain your tempo towards that subject and if you're extrovert enough you can kill the professors with lot of questions which will force him to teach better. Sometimes you might find professors some important questions which will surely help you in the exams. This will happen the most in PHYSICS and CHEMISTRY subjects. 

Curiosity!

I am sure that most of you enjoyed studying in 11th and 12th. Well that could be because of your teachers then but now you need to develop curiosity of asking about everything and anything to anyone, the better you'll understand something the more you'll like it. Make contacts with seniors as many as possible they have been in your position and they know what is wrong and what is right.

Tricks!

1. In the beginning days of your classes you'll get to know about the most sincere students of your section sitting in the first benches, make good friendship with them, no matter what, they will be mostly clear about most of the topics. So if you face any kind of problem, you can always get to them and get clarified. This will help both of you.

2. In labs you need to be very active and communicate as much as possible your TAs, make them remember your face, it does help and also clarifies your concepts.

Some subject wise tips would be:

1.Physics- Go to classes, know the syllabus properly and read from Saraswat and solve all the questions from it, it'll definitely help you the most.

2.Mechanics- Concentrate in the class and work the tutorial question completely(Enough for A or EX). Use books only sometime for clarifying some tough topics.

3.PDS- Well you need to concentrate on the labs, it'll help you a lot. If you are new to Coding it'll be tough in the beginning but Don't leave it like that, work hard and you'll get it. ANSI-C is a great book for basics.

4.Electrical- Same as mechanics but grades are tougher to score! Also you need to be thorough with the concepts, if not electrical lab will kill you, Professors of electrical are very serious about the course and will ask very conceptual questions in the VIVA.   

5.Maths-1- This will turn out to be very easy if you practice well, class notes will be of the best help.

6.Chemistry- Class notes and presentation shown in the class which can be found online will be really helpful. Easy scoring subject, you need to use it well.

7.English- I have no idea how grading is done so ask someone else. :p

Believe me I got DepC from MI to IE and also work with AIESEC and Prodex! :p

All the best, hope you have a good time here. Enjoy!.

If you have face any problem you can always ping me on Facebook.

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Food at IIT Kharagpur!!

This post is truly dedicated to the students staying in hostels and preparing for JEE.(Especially to the students in South) 

 I know about the kind of food which we get served in hostel as i was also an hosteler in my 11th and 12th, and i know it sucks. Agree?

But my dear friends if you do well in your JEE and come to KGP, i can guarantee that you will love the food here.

I'll show you few pics of the food which we get.

Don't worry about the less number of paneer pieces, it is just that i already ate them. :p

And if you are intelligent and good at buttering you can easily get more of ice cream and gulabjamun, rasgulla and other sweets. :)

RAJMA!!

As  i am a vegetarian, I don't have the pictures of Non veg stuff. 

But, Yeah you will get an egg every morning with bread and butter, and they serve fish almost every day in the lunch and chicken twice a week.

What about snacks?

Yes, it is true.!!

I don't have pictures of the rest but we do get Paties, Sandwich, Chowmin, Cutlet,  Packed Cake, Little Hearts <3, JIM-JAM.!! :p

A guy sells milk in my floor too in night, so if you have got some work to be done at night and on  a night out, you will seriously enjoy it!

It is just few of the lots of things which we get served just  in mess.!!!!, and you know about the fees of IIT right? Lot lesser than those of the coaching institutes.

When you go outside your hostel.

Yes, we have got CCD here and we get Brownie for Rs. 30!!

Subway will be coming here within a month.

There are many restaurants and Dhabhas out here but i want you people to work hard, get in here and explore things by yourself! ;)

Canteens in Seniors hostels are Ultra Cheap!!

You get a burger double the size of McDonalds in Rs.15!!

Sandwich at Rs.15 and don't know why they serve two Sandwiches and charge just for one!!

Few funny things!

These guys have store side by side and it is not easy to decide to choose between them as both are at pitching about the quality of there Nariyal Pani! and in between them it's not a partition there is one more guy with another shop and is absent today:). Truly they are very friendly and make sure that you enjoy your drink!

Guess, Why danger is return?

It's the Tavva at the top. See, how caring they are.. :p

And that's how you feel when you come to know that the Government is paying for all the subsidy you are getting here.Just to keep you happy and fit. :)

Hope you people enjoyed and study harder to come here and experience all this stuff everyday!!
All the best!!

Any Question or Suggestion just comment it.

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A feedback to D3labs

Those 7 hours which i have spent inside the hall, with my friends and the people from D3labs were simply awesome.

I came to know so many new things like blogging which i am currently doing and enjoying a lot. :)
All the types of hacking taught were so enjoyable and would love to try them on my own. The facts which i learned about Facebook, Narendra Modi and Google were awesome. Few of the most fantastic one was that google sells our data and earn from it, Narendra Modi hiring Ethical Hackers to remove Anti-Modi pages was stunning to listen. Proving a bottle a computer just caught me. The lack of security on Whatsapp was also stunning, but now atleast i know about it. :p

All thanx to Mr. Prameel Arjun, Hope i get a chance to see you again in future.

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Why to study hard just to get into IIT?

This must be one of the question in the mind of many students around the country working very hard to crack JEE.

Simple, It deserves it.

Proof?

I am telling this from my personal experience that the best word that describes IIT is "OPPORTUNITY".

It has just been a month since i have started my journey in IIT KGP and i have explored a lot many fields. One of the best thing about this place is the culture of "SOCIETIES".

Now, What kind of societies are they?

It is a group of Student which simply enjoy in their field of interest.

There are societies of almost all the fields and if you are creative and efficient you can make your own too!!

But already there are so many societies that you just share your interest with any senior and you will find yourself as Aladin and IIT as Genie. They'll get almost everything to you. There will be a lot of opportunities and you just have to make best out of it.

Let it be Dance, Dramatics(Hindi, English, Telugu..), Playing Instruments, Singing, Robotics, Coding, Hacking, Product Designing, App Developing, Car Designing, Advertising, Marketing or any other Sport or Game. You'll find it!!

There are seminars conducted on every field almost everyday and they will be so interesting that you may miss your dinner but you will always try attending them all.

As every societies conduct there own way of selection, it also help student get rid of stage fear and also helps them get new freiends by conducting Group Discussions, I enjoyed mine a lot in Aiesec.

New Entrepreneurs are popping out of our college every year with great success.

There are many more stuff, it is just that i can't remember all.

Currently, The Students at Kgp are going to conduct a Treasure Hunt over a Campus having an area of 2200 acres!! Which lasts over 5 hours! You can feel the thrill right?

You can take my example, I always felt that i can just study and was fit for nothing else, but after coming here and after giving interviews of many societies, i came to know that i could be a good product designer and thus i am in team called Prodex which designs new stuff which can be used for Domestic Purpose. I am also in AIESEC (people may google it, if they don't know about it) and came to know a lot about marketing skills and what i can do using them. Within a month of starting of the college, I am organizing an event conducted by D3Labs on Ethical Hacking and Blogging who in return taught me how to create a blog and much more thus, gave me an opportunity to explore more about myself! and let you people know more about IIT through me!

And remember these all happened just in a month, i don't know what more is left to come!!

I guess this would be enough to get the student motivated to work hard and come into IIT and live a similar life.

All the best..

 

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About Me

Hey People, This is Shyama Agrawal from IIT Kharagpur, I am basicaly from Odisha and have studied my 11th and 12th grade in Hyderabad. I am an undergraduate student of Department of Mining Engineering but as a fresher we have courses from all core branches.
I am also a team member of Prodex(A product Designing Team) and Aiesec and I have started writing this blog to help people outside IIT to know more about IIT and about the things that happens at IIT.

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