IES without coaching.

       Well, its been a long time I wrote a post. In railways its lots of traveling made worse with bad wi fi connection almost everywhere.
I have been getting a lots of inquiries about clearing IES without coaching so here we are.                 Though it is difficult to imagine how would you stand a chance when everybody has coaching advantage but let me tell you its not impossible.
But you gotta be real serious about it. In my batch I have few guys who cleared ies with their college and that too with ranks under top 20. We even have 5 marine engineers who passed it with very good rank. Even people from very normal unknown unheard colleges are here training with me. So where ever you are you should not think you don't stand a chance. The point is dedication and time. I really believe that if you get serious about it early in your second year or third year or fourth year and you make sincere efforts you have much better chance to clear it compared to those who are taking time off and coaching. They have to deal with certain mental pressure hard living conditions and almost no time for self study. In addition it as very costly to pay coaching fees and living in Delhi sarai area. So my point is if you are clear you want to go for it you don't need to wait to join coaching to start your studies. You can do it in your college time studying reasonably regularly and taking studies seriously instead of resorting to last minute measures. I hope following points would help

1. Download and take a print of IES syllabus and stick it on wall where you can see it regularly remembering your dream. Kulkarni sir use to say that if you have learnt syllabus by heart your work is half done.

2.What ever subjects you are studying in your semester match them with syllabus topics and do them well. You don't need to read foreign author books to clear IES but stay away from R k Jain sort of books too. I find khurmi, d s kumar, r k rajput books quite good.

3. Make sure you maintain notes copy and formula copy side by side. At this moment you might not see their importance but they will come very handy when you start forgetting things, revising subjects in short time etc. Please please I am begging you take it very seriously to make rereadable notes. Its the only thing that matters is revise revise revise no matter how much of sharp brain you are.

4. You might not understand everything in one go. It is very usual to take 4 to 5 readings of a topic at different point of time before you reasonably understand it. I am saying reasonably because their might still be questions you won't have a clue about. Its normal, you don't need to be exceptionally bright to clear IES.

5. Try to do previous year questions topic wise they will appropriately challenge you and give you an idea about what is expected out of you. Again not every question in that paper is needed to be solved by you. Paper is a mix of easy , mixed and hard questions. Try to raise your level but do not get disheartened by difficult questions.

6. Set aside 2 to 4 hours for this prep. Study the subjects coming in the semester seriously this would help you to get good grades too. But try to revise previous subjects too. You might be losing some fun time or sleep time but trust me its an investment you are making towards future happiness which is far more worthy and valuable.
7. Once you decide to go for it make sure every moment is spent to come more near to your dream.

You know what I wished someone gave me this aforementioned advice when I was college. I just wasted my time there with friends whom I don't talk to any more. I feel really sad when I see college people in a bubble.  I want to tell then so badly "You are responsible for your future and good things don't magically come to you". I had chats with lots of people here IES IAS both. They all claim coaching days were worst time of their lives. Dropping an year, wasting parents money, listening curses from them, feeling lows often, fear of non selection, insecurity about future etc etc takes a huge toll emotionally and confidence wise.And entering govt service at later age makes a huge difference in your promotions and seniority too. Every year since your birth almost determines the altitude you will reach in govt service,
You are in college with best years ahead of you. If you make dedicated efforts you can do it.

So guys best of luck and kindly let me know you are reading it and suggest any topics you want me to write about not technical though. I have forgotten all about them.

Well ESE 2013..Interviews

Hello there.. congrats...First of all. I am glad someone (anonymous) reminded me to write about it because when i got to know about the result all i felt was jealousy. So, writing a blog about it never occurred to me.Yes, am so jealous!!!! We gave exams in mid of June and got our results in end of march. On the top of it we are still waiting for the allocation list week by week day by day.. hour by hour..... And you guys got your result in November...Enjoy..


I know right now you must be very happy and praying to dear God to get selected anyhow with any rank..Well, many of you might have forgotten their roll numbers too.Wait for the email from upsc then. Only those who are selected will get this email asking you to fill DAF.

I am not here promoting made easy or something but as i joined it's interview guidance program, so i may recommend the same to you. They are over bearing, over loading especially Mr A.P. Singh (I hate him!!) but still you may regret if you don't listen to them. Especially there mock interviews. I got really helped by them. They removed my fear of interviews and made me introspect where i was going wrong.Please attend as many as mock interviews as possible. People are so scared of them.They just forget it's better to face your fears here than in the final..

Seems like i am not going to be short of topics.I never thought i 'd do this. I just wanted to share my thoughts.But let's see.
I'll give every information that i know helped me to got selected. Though i know it's mostly luck.
Please give your best to it...

8 things i wish someone told me when i was preparing for IES..

I was not perfect. No one in my whole family or friends never actually thought about IES leave alone clearing it. Even when my college friend talked about it in 4 year it was something unachievable at least for (non studious) me. Ironically he's in BHEL now and i'll be probably getting railways(touch wood).Now when i look back there is definitely a experience advantage. That's why if one in family become an IAS, his brother,sister,cousins etc have a huge chance of making it into services. Well, i wish i was one of those fortunate with high achieving family but i belong to a family of farmers(father's) and mikmen(mother's).Follwing are the things i wish i had known beforehand, though not necesarrily in the same order. Please don't mock me if you already know!!

1. Ies is a damn easy exam of course you need to work your butts off. What i mean to say that in class all the examples we do are the toughest one's. Ies is a mix bag of easy, damn easy and little difficult one's.Most questions are repetitive.Once you have understood the concepts,they all seem the same.
2. Objective exam is much easier to score but you need to do the subjective question's practise to get hold of concepts.Yes, solving only objective one's will give you half knowledge.It's solved questions in book will give you complete picture and prepare you for new questions just in case.
3. Revise revise revise Your ability to forget is monumentary.I read p k nag thermo at least 10 times sincerely apart from class notes. But my mock interview i had forgotten 2nd law. Just like that.This is the golden rule for success.Don't trust your brain..
4. Comfort level for environment. As you know delhi has harsh environment. So unlike me (kanjoos makhichoos) invest in a heater in winter and cooler in summers. I recall wasting entire afternoon in summers in my heated up room and morning and nights fighting cold in winters. It's a sheer waste of time.Buy a comfortable chair and bed and gadda too.Don't think it's for few months, Think of it as an investment for concentration in studies.
5. Don't set a time table when not following it upto hilt gives you frustrations. Just get up and start reading untill you feel hungry or tired. If you waste time in getting your body to follow your time table.It's useless.
6. Do not buy foreign author books No matter how much our teachers criticize indian authors, they are value for money and time. Don't forget you are not here for research purposes, only competitive exam purposes.I bought kalpakjian, popov and tried to read them. You need extra dimag to actually understand them in first place and they were of no use at all.
7. Library Oh God!! how much i wish i had known these library hidden in Delhi when i was preparing. They are such a nice place to sit away from the familiarity and claustrophobic sleepy atmosphere of your room with no one disturbing you. Some even give tea and nice lunch. Most of them have air conditioning and subscription of newspapers and magazines.And they are located near the sarais too. Look for them nearby your room and you will find them if your are lucky.
8. NPTEL Videos and others available on youtube.You will be surpized to find huge study material online, But please don't overdo it. Only in your spare time take a look to memorize the concept or understand it.

I ve been meaning to tell 10 but i can't recall anymore. Please comment if anything in this post interests you..

Coaching Days..

        I live in a sarai still. I see guys preparing for something or other on roads, buses, mess etc. Looking back i realize how difficult it was yet easy. All the pressure you feel inside, you see other people getting selections which you need, friends in private sector going places with their job like restaurants,tours even foreign trips, people in your facebook profile getting married even having kids and even your juniors doing more stuff than you and your life is stagnant. On the top of all this you are not even studying as much as you want to. You struggle to understand the concepts,wake up in the morning, trying to sleep at time, try to keep you attention and sleep in check in class,parents irritating you , eating the worst food of your life, may be even getting sick at times and feeling home sick too. It just seems never ending path and still when any exam is there you feel you are grossly under prepared  Every exam gives you a hope and every interview more hope. For some the wait might be over soon for some it's more difficult. Some may never get lucky.

      But this is the time when life is still in your hands.Time when you can launch yourself anywhere you want. You can place your self at any orbit. Your identity will depend on the hard work you do now. Once your aim is achieved whether it's a PSU or IES or M. Tech this achievement will stay with you unlike your college.You might not have been a bright student for your life (like me) and people would have told you you have potential or not (again like me), it's your chance to prove them right or wrong. It's your chance to prove yourself to the world. A world or nosy relatives, back biting neighbours or even showy friends. In fact it is probably your last chance to go to places with help of books and knowledge. You can offset a bad academic record and shut anybody's mouth forever.It's a great opportunity if you know how to use one.
   
   I was always told IES is tough, I hadn't been a bright student throughout my life, graduated from a private college with less than 65% marks. With such a bad track record, i never thought of making in to ES written leave alone interview.There were always NIT. IIT people, toppers, who knew every concept beforehand sir taught us but i don't know.It's not like a studied for every damn day or did everything told to me by made easy teachers. I slipped often, was confused often and was so sure i am a failure that i left mechanical engineering completely and changed field. You can sense how much frustrated i was.I was even rejected for DCE mtech.When i cam do it i feel everybody can.
    
You are a person who took a risk instead of a cushiony private job.You must have dreamt something when you entered this phase unless you were pushed by someone. So, make the best of it. Always keep your goal in mind. You may digress for a while, get distracted but do not for God's sake forget why you are tolerating all this in first place.For a future. A future that will make all this struggle a worth it. Otherwise all this suffering will be meaningless, useless. Just a step more everyday will bring you closer to your goal. So my friends study with a vengeance and realize youe own destiny... 

When few days are left for IES and you know you have not done enough!!!

I have reached in a blissful slumber state after my selection.Though there is boredom now after 3 and half years of constant tension, i no longer need to prove myself in life. Thanks to "Mayank Tiwari" for suggesting a nice topic to write and i urge other curious people to suggest topics according to their experiences with IES.

I did not define the time limit in my blog like 3 months or six months or 1 month. It only depends on your state of mind. In short when exam is close enough for you to start worrying which again depends on your state of mind. Saurav Tiwari sir said in one class "There is no perfect time to start preparing" and he is absolutely true. Recall in engineering days one night was enough for a subject which we were give a whole semester to study or sessionals when one lunch hour was enough. We are obviously not talking about seriousness of the exam but the point of not losing your heart and of course time when you feel your preparation is inadequate for exam. Trust me!! there is no point worrying over this. You can start your preparation even a week before exam (not that i am advising you to do it). Whatever it is you have not read or done, please don't get disappointed. Because then you would need a smoke, good meal or session with friends to so called cheer you up and you would end up losing more time than ever and again feeling guilty about it. My dear friends it's an endless cycle.

Things often won't go as you planned. You would wake up an hour late, Food won't come up in time, Your girlfriend or boyfriend might take long time to finish off (call or meeting), Parents may irritate you till your limit. Please don't be upset and take a deep breath and remind yourself this time won't stay forever.You have to take one step at a time to leave this coaching phase everyday.

Well whenever you decide that time left is less and some urgent measures are needed then you can follow my plan which i followed.It may or may not help.Please make suitable adjustments according to your need.

1.  At whatever time you wake up, wash your face and start studying. If possible already earmark the subject you are going to study.

2.   At least after 2 hour take a break to eat or bath. It offers a opportunity to refresh once more.

3. Try to take two subjects in a day, one theoretical and one numerical.When sleepy start solving numericals and when exhausted of numbers read theoretical one.

4. Time is less, don't aim to finish a subject inside out or start to end. Meaning don't go too deep in topics nor you need to do every chapter at one go.You can change subjects everyday on your choice, starting from where you left last time. As you would gradually need to look back to revise, automatic revision will take place.

5. Read notes (class notes or your own) again and again instead of books as time is less. If you start your prep now (october) i would like to advise solve books now

6. Needless to say start solving previous year papers. IES is very repetitive and often questions are asked from same topics every year. So. even if you haven't studied much you would have a clear idea about important topics.

7.  If you see a certain topic appearing again make a point to revise it. If you are planning to leave a subject completely skim for topics who have maximum chance of coming, read it once.

8.  Don't forget giving the test series as i ve already explained it's importance.

As i ve told time is less don't bother with tough topics or subjects. It's unlikely IES exam will be comprised of all the hard topics. It's a mix, more often of easy questions with a pinch of hard ones. You must take steps to grab the easy ones and leave the hard ones. After all cut off is hardly 50% of total..

That's it for now...I will update if i recall anything. Please feel free to comment or ask any doubts about the post

Some Days...

    Well i feel some days are just waste.. progressive wise. There are days when you don't feel like going to classes or opening a book and you waste all your time sleeping or surfing internet. I don't have solutions to these days but i am having one of these days .May be that's why i am writing even. Otherwise if you are too immersed in studying you don't feel like doing anything mind consuming except studying.

You see i quit my college the last day of my exam and dived into IAS coaching. People told me you have nothing else to loose, till your joining comes take a chance. I had a hard time convincing my mom too for this. She wanted to me sit at home for a while and manage it. Strangely it was the exact opposite thing she wanted me to do last year.She wanted me to go out either at pretest of job , M tech or even marriage. She hated me a lot in those days. Hated me for wasting money, time, marriage prospects. But now her attitude has changed completely. I often find her praising me for my perseverance, hard work, intelligence. From being no good daughter i became ideal daughter overnights. My all weaknesses are now my quirks. Now she claims she always knew i was going to do well. She has my janampatri to validate that claim. Well. this is how our family changes after success.  When i see my brother and sister respecting me like anything i think i never realised how much i needed this selection. Paradoxically most of your friends stay the same of course of they have not failed in this exam.

My coaching is from unearthly 6.30 in the morning and i am not been able to wake up at that time since last week. I feel terrible. No matter hoe much i try to tell my self it's okay but i no it's not. Then again i am not even sure i'll get time to prepare for it. My joing would probably come till december. And after waiting three and half years for it i am in no moon to take extension.

I know this got sort of personal but i am a human being after all. I can't write high funda stuff all the time.

Had i known IAS is actually easy i would have invested my mind into this. But at that time it was equivalent to going to the moon. So i aimed at lesser level and expected even less.
I wish someone has told me all this before. That you can achieve whatever you put your mind into. 

While preparing for a competitive exams..

I know i may not be a authority on this, but i have gathered a few experiences which i feel like sharing with everyone

"Everyone knows the way, but only few walk on it"

This is absolutely true in coaching scenario. Everybody knows to study regularly, not to leave the examples, homework pending etc etc. But a few more tips from my side.

1. Don't get frustrated while solving questions.

You may not get them at once , you may not see the solution, you might be making silly mistakes and there would always be one student in class who will be doing them alright faster than you.Yes, there are students in class who are from NIT'S or IIT'S or even toppers who seem to know and understand things before hand, giving answers etc etc. But you have your own positives too. IES is not about all these things. It's more about perseverance, constant work and dedication. And you need yourself a seat you are not in direct competition with them. There is place on top for both and many others.

Personally speaking, i did not find the names of brilliant students of my class in IES list.Some got PSU's and were lost there, some were overconfident and god knows for what reasons BUT they are simply not there.

"Be competitive, but with yourself" 

Do your best everyday. Don't get frustrated with others or even yourself. Trust me frustrations takes away all the energies and make you stressed making you waste more time than you can afford.

2.You tend to forget more than you expect from yourself.

It is completely normal to forget the subjects you ve read thrice, wondering whether you wrote these notes yourself, and the formulas you solved 100 questions.

It's alright and if you practice and revise there is a huge chance you will recall them in exams. But don't forget to revise subjects periodically, make notes, formula copy etc. These things save time when exam is near and you need to be confident.

3. Skipping test, exams..

 Yes i know you are not prepared, your study schedule has not went the right way,test is just waste of time and i definitely know it's better to study than face the exam unprepared. We all give ourselves petty excuses because now we ve got to face ourselves while attempting the exam. Please..please,, wash your face and go and take that exam. You would know what formulas or areas need revising, what topics you are not best thus leave then , strong points, how to manage time, mark bubbles and the list is long.  It's more like facing your fears. Until you suffer the humiliation of forgetting the most obvious thing , doing a simple calculation mistake , rejecting a simple question thinking it's tough etc etc you will not be ready to take the real exam. It is so much better to do all this in mock test instead of real exam. MOst importantly devise your strategy of attempting exams and improve it. 

I may write the few more things but i would first like to know the impact of this post. Without feedback all this effort seems to go all waste.To you i may be another big mouth person teaching you boring things..

ESE 2012 cut off got from UPSC through RTI

Thought of writing many things accompanying the cut off but i guess the pics are self explanatory.Cut off 's are not out of reach just regular adn planned studies are needed to achieve it. Hope this inspires you all for a better future...Please don't forget to post a thanks at least..

IES Medical..

This blog is purely informational in nature. This may help you when you have a medical date. Then this would prepare you on what to expect..Unlike me where everything was a confusion...

Well, at first you are give a lot of forms which you are supposed to fill and keep it with you untill asked for which is at different rooms, stages. Yes, This form has identical 3 forms so fill it without questioning. Then your height and weight are taken. Underweights are told to fill themselves up with water or food. You can also request a few kgs added as a person did in my board. Staff is usually helpful and willing to declare you fit so feel free to request whenever appropriate.

  Then you would be divided into two groups and taken following rooms with no specific order

1. Eye Check up

Here an irritated and irritating doctor put torch in my eyes and asked whether i had any surgery done. Then he showed me ishihara colourblindness slides which i had already googled. But there it seems different as he put torch over the glossy paper making dots looking unreal and confusing. But he doesn't minds missing a slide or two.

Then you are shown a white board with circles having gaps.You have to tell on which side gap is there. They show you tiniest line with one eye and hurried manner.Again they don't mind little mistakes.

I felt perplexed and confused as they give no time to adjust eye aperture but it's fine with them

2. B.P and pulse rate

A physician take your bp and pulse. Then they make you jump 20 times and take your pulse again.

3. Urine Test

It's highly embarrassing.No segregation of males and females They issue you a a bottle which you are supposed to fill in a dirty bathroom of your gender.You can take your own sweet time. You can even see other people carrying their filled bottles with different colours. I felt like vomiting and huge ..

breach of privacy.

4.X ray

Well in this you are supposed to take out every cloth from upper part and wear a gown. You are then asked to keep your chin on a metal curved bar and stick your chest on the metal plate placed parallel to you. You breathe deep and hold it till he says it's over. Og course timing is different for girls and boys.

There is another test separately  for males and females. For females i can assure no embarrassing  moments untill you are married and for males i have no information.

Between all these tests you flip from one room to another and there is lot of waiting involved as hospital is seeing patients too which understandably are their priority. You can bring friends who easily mesh up with the crowd. Don't disturb your parents as they will have to wait a lot. It's only in the evening you are allowed to go. If there is something wrong they ask you to do the test again..

P.S. The above information is ture based on my board and experience. Your experience my vary so please use common sense. Above all it's just an information..

Post IES Selection...

Well, for the few days it was very heady and i was literally in the clouds but now it again feels normal. But as some changes i discovered are as following..

    I got to know who my real well wishers are!! Few of my so called friends didn't even wished me congratulations .Some were  so jealous that it was apparent.One of my best friends(We used to stay together ALL THE TIME) now can't see me eye to eye. And she is not even engineer who could give this exam or ever planning to give this in her whole life. Few of my long lost friends found my number and wished me others managed to message me on facebook. And it's cool. I really regret the lost friend but i guess i should have guessed it earlier when i was planning to make her my life long friend. I thought being unsuccessful make you lose friends but the vice versa is also true!!

   I need to take all the congratulations as if it is my first one. I know you might be thinking how is this painful. But it is. My cheeks ache from smiling (fake) so much. Acting must come natural to you.I must say the kind words all weighed and watched as i could be considered egoist and god knows what. I would hate if someone tells other "she changed after selection". But it is so true for others instead of me.Now no one wants to talks to me.They are feel so unsure for themselves.But i don't care. I still have my goods friends with me who are genuinely happy for me.

  My mother is insanely happy. She is sooooo happy i feel it was worth it. She has discovered a new found respect in others eyes.Though i feel like telling her don't be a show off, but when i remember her anxiety, her concern about my future and not to mention her depletion of resources on me for past 3 years i just let her be.

I feel thankful to all the PSU's where i was not selected. I wouldn't have studied so far had i ve been selected early in my coaching days. 

All i want to say that a phase comes when we are so unsure of ourselves, insecure about our future.We see our friends moving on and we feel struck.But as in hindi movies good ending is there.But keep on studying till then. No matter how much you feel it is not getting in your head, how much you feel you are going to forget it, how much the other guy is studying....These things doesn't matter much. Everyone has their own journey, own lessons and own mistakes. And God has a plan for you too .I know a guy who tried telling me the same things and i didn't believe it but now i feel like going back and trusting him. But then again i wouldn't have worked so much if i believed him and was sure of my success!!                    

Got selected in IES..2012

Well after all the drama and rejection in 6 PSU's, UPSC found me suitable for the job.

The selection was completely a surprise for me. and i have no clue what will happen next. I have never seen a iES offices in my life and now i am going to be one!!

  I am deliriously happy and proud of myself.My aim of writing this blog is almost over but i will still help anyone in need of guidance.

It was a total surprise. You must must remember AP Singh used to tell a story about a girl who misplaced her ies admit card and found about her selection through post. I always wondered how can she be so unmindful and doubtful for her selection. But i was one of them too. Who thought i was grossly underprepared. It was not even my best performance.

And not even in my wildest dreams i thought of an under hundred rank. When i cleared the written thought i had cleared it near the boundary line and even if i get selected i would be on borderline. But my rank was an eye opener.

I am glad that i started this post. We always think that winners are different, think different and always know they have it in them.  But in my journey i had all the doubts..my the anxities. And among all these rejections i never realised god has a plan for me..

And trust me god has a plan for everyone..

Best of luck guys..

BEL Interview Experience..

Well i know very few people are actully going to use it as BEL usually takes a few students.


My interview was at Delhi chanderlok building. There were 3 persons on the panel.I was 8 or 9th by sequence. As students were coming out usually taking 20 to 40 mins. Everyone was telling his own story. One student proclaimed that they asked about practical aspects of production like how his watch was made etc etc. Another one said they asked compositions of stee;ls and other material science concepts. One was thrashed for telling his fav subject as HMT as they asked they have no use for heat and mass transfer. Another one was asked all about refrigeration and air conditioning. Some claimed no hr questions were there but threr were others who were asked something like that.
  
    I said my fav subjects to be HMT and Production thinking they could pick either of them .But i was asked questions from every other subject than these. I was asked following questions..

1. All laws of thermodynamics
2. Entropy.
3.Bernoulli's theorem.
4.Strength of materials diagrams
5.Types of turbine and there uses.
6.Properties of turbine material.


Somehow i was waiting for the interview results but i was kicked out of this interview too making it 6th PSU interview from which i was thrown out. This experience has made me scared of appearing in the interview itself. But it is also true that i never extensively prepared for any interview i gave. And i don't know the reason of this reluctance. But here is my advice to everyone. Please be throughly prepared fro each interview you face. Because at some point you are going to regret it as i am doing now. Though my IES selection has given me confidence and something to be proud of but as a matter of fact i am still considered failure and of course i am still unemployed though i am contemplating a career in coaching other people.
Best of luck...

IES iNTERVIEW..

After failing in HPCL. BEL and CIL serially in interviews i had decided i had enough of this mechanical engineering. So i didn't fill any forms and decided to move on with my life in m tech in totally unrelated field. I had been doing good in that too considering i topped my university and was selected for going to USA in june. BUt suddenly my life decided to take again a surprise turn. I get a call for IES interview.After getting kicked out in 5 PSU interviews wasting 2 years of my life actually 3 after calculating mtech year too.

    

I had decided to do my m tech and all.But no i can't decide anything for myself according to god.Now i am so torn between college and this interview. If i concentrate on interview i lose my position in m tech and if i concentrate on college come on i can never do this stupid mistake. I am so scared of giving this interview. I don't want to fail in this interview another interview.Sorry i can't think of anything funny to express this insecurity this fear.

Please pray for me..

And if ANYBODY can help me to give any information regarding the interview please contact me or leave a comment.
And all those who are still preparing and hoping for it.. trust me it is not as difficult as it sounds..I was practically surprised for my selection..

What made easy taught me.

          When i came to Made Easy i was just wide eyed farzi engineer having no idea of what future has in for me,What i have in me or what i want.I was stupid, idiot and i don't know what else i think most importantly NON SERIOUS.

     First few days or may i say months were spent getting the hang of things.Knowing what terms like laws,assumptions etc meant. Though i thought i know a lot at that time i was practically naive. I was proud to be able to do classes for so long.Bragged about it . But coming back i just collapsed and hardly opened the book.I thought i was quick minded to absorb the things. But this was not so.With time as i gained knowledge i lost confidence on my so called sharp brain. I saw people working twice as hard,getting selected,going away all the time.I kept on waiting for my time.There was always something to do in the corner.Some chapters to read from book, some questions to solve some concepts to understand.Things were not easy as they seemed. Whenever i felt i have done a topic there was always a question,a exam to challenge me.Sometimes i took things light heartedly sort of chalta hai attitude. It did me wrong. People who struggled with concepts went ahead. My all confidence was lost. I forgot things easily,sometimes didn't paid attention to minor things,did calculation or unit mistakes. A time came when i was just lost. My classmates were getting ahead,time was passing, few results but no job.You know everytime i was asked what i was doing my heart skipped 10 beats.I stopped going any where, talking to friends.I never thought this could happen to me.Time, money,selections just slipped by.

       But then i took admission in this college where i am the only made easy student around.I see now these 2 years have changed me.I want to learn now, not just pass, i actually do questions in class get appreciated.Now i am passionate about learning.I know how real life changing teachers are.All of my teachers are below the mark made easy teachers like amit kakkar sir, parveen kulkarni sir etc.Even in class i keep on thinking how these teahers have taught the same concept. How boring, unpassionate ordinary teachers are! Somewhere i my heart i too want to be a teacher.In class i feel like telling them you sit and let me teach.
              My knowledge in every field(thanks to GS classes!) is far from anyone here.Even in terms of concepts I could compete with teachers sometimes.
       Though sometimes it feels stupid to be here.Everyone is so ignorant. So lazy,so imcompetent, so unpassionate i get irritated sometimes. But that was how i was before made easy happened.I always wanted to me to be like this.A real engineer, a real intellectual,whom everyone respects for her knowledge.In fact i am considered so out of the world intellectual that no guy talks to me for non study purpose.My boyfriend always imagined me up like that.No matter how much i joke, i just can't be part of students here.Sooner or later i am found telling them something and they listening wide eyed.And obiviously asking how do you things like that.

       I don't know whether all the trouble,all the time ,all the money was worth it.But i find myself turning out to be as i wanted to be.Right from my child hood.I can finally say i am good at something, teachers could sense i am different.I come around as girl of substance and knowledge, not pseudo intellectual.And of course the confidence that comes with it.So i don't have to fake a attitude(Which i never had in first place).I am no more a good figure,okay face.I am someone to be looked upto.Finally i am taken SERIOUSLY.

God's plans..

I just don't know what he has planned for me. i ve got selected in BEL when i least expected it.
I have alreadt taken admission in m tech college and i am loving it.College is great and now when i have known the importance of study i am putting my best into it.Future appears bright but i don't know which way.I will tell the college's name because it's great opportunity for mechanical engineers and very few people know about it but my identity will be in danger.But admissions are over so next year.In fact i am thinking to start a new  blog about my new college life.Whatever.....

Preparation of a PSU Exam

Well our HPCL Exam is coming near and though there are not much seats of us still one can keep hope. Especially after heart shattering result of Vizag steels, rotten exam of BEL and worse than worst exam of CIL. And now ONGC recruitment is out.
  As most of you know I cleared ONGC, HPCL and NPCIL last year.Trust me those selections were totally unexpected and now when i don't find my name on the selected list i could understand what my friends must have felt back then. I was always kind of lucky one. I cleared all written exams of my campus selections despite of being blackest sheep of our college in academics with % less than 65. Without solving a single sheet of career launcher i got 88 percentile as i in my 4th year. I got 94 percentile in english despite of my being not able to understand a single news article till 10th class. I ve constantly failed maths and one time physics exam after my 6th standard. It was only in boards that my percentage rouse upto 80 and i don't know how? I ve never touched 70 mark from nursery. I was always in 50 -60.I just don't know what right or wrong i did.(Well i know but i still got results when it mattered)

 And now today when i picked up my formula copy(made easy formula copy) to be precise i just didn't know what to read. I ve read all the formulas in previous exams too but it had hardly helped. They were simply of not any use for one of the many reasons.I forget them sometimes,my brain didn't worked as it should have and most importantlyMost of the questions demanded time,calculator or worse both. Then i thought of picking up GATE book and remembering all questions but is it possible at such a mature stage of my preparation? When i had finally let go of my recalling properties and was all out in understanding and application of basics, question papers started playing unfair game of devoiding me of my weapon calculator.

I was always the quickest mind.Whether in speaking lies, or thinking innovative answers to a viva question i hardly knew.Trust me the only thing i knew about mechanical engineering was it spelling. I could barely tell name of 5 subjects when i passed out. But these two years of heart breaking, back bending preparation for understanding everything has snatched me of my spontaneity.It was something i was sure is never going to leave me.I was so proud of it, making fun of others as dumb and slow mind. Trust me i ve read notes of every subject atleast 15 times baring a few. I must have done examples atleast 5 times. In between my preparation was disturbed by various reasons but how come it is worse than last year when i was clearing almost every exam and i didn't knew many a things i know now.
 I have taken admission in mtech college in a stream which is quite far from mechanical.You know what as i kept on understanding the depths of mechanical engineering i lost trace of my clever wit quick wit always a answer on lips personality. Has rubbing of my brain against walls of ME had made me blunt instead of sharp.I was so sharp before.
When i don't find my name on that list i repent for the times i took it for granted.All those exams are coming again.I don't know whether to quit or try harder.My hopes are bruised, and brain is reading tired of all the stuff again and again, my eyes accustomed to familiar concepts hardly grasping anything new.Everytime i get struck in problem my heart says not again. I don't know whether it is new beginning or the end. 

Coal India written test..

Hi,
This post is about coal India written test we gave.I wouldn't have written about it as i had forgotten all about it.The experience was bad enough and totally worth forgetting.But a person who's following my blog actually made a point to e mail about it's absence.I wish he had commented on any of my blog instead.But still point taken.

  For next year student paper had 200 questions 100 tech and 100 non tech.
  Non tech questions were fine but i really can't forgive them for keeping engineering mathematics questions there in aptitude and GS section.Come on guys give me a break.Isn't it hard enough you people are giving huge amount of them in tech section. I didn't revise maths at all though i prepared it for GATE.
And what's the fascination about year 2009 dude.I had hard time recalling miss world or miss universe of 2009 leave alone miss earth of 2009(Or 2011 for that matter) We had plenty of clock questions and loads of history.
   Well earlier(pre right to information law) PSU's used to lift questions from R.K. Jain(Yes,this is the most hated book for ALL made easy teachers) or from each others paper.Some questions were right some were wrong but still we had a chance to attempt them. But now when they have one for the readymade things.You know lift your questions from GATE papers you already have the answers so no chik chik no jhik jhik.

Let me tell you , our MADE EASY solved GATE papers is the new"R.K. Jain" now.So learn by heart the questions and answers.That's what time demands now to have a decent job.

 On the positive side time was plenty but questions were too much numerical to even read them or bother solving.Rattafication is the mantra. NO need to revise formulas or concepts. Who cares???
As for as i was concerned after the exam i was again found hitting on my head for the following reasons.

1. For not studying as usual.I am very serious about watching TV instead.
2. Fot attempting questions in hurry and in some cases marking responses in hurry.(What's the fascination with black pen?Pencil was soooo.. good).

     3.Not opening GATE book.It's the new bible for PSU's

P.S. Some students were caught saying the got the paper in advance and thus solved all questions.It was being said that paper was available in 4 lakhs to 2 lakhs.People went as far as saying CIL is demanding 13 lakhs for complete selection.Who knows??                                            






I kind of wish this was true atleast it would give me reasons for not getting selected in the exam.By the way i have already told my mom about it.She was convinced ha ha ha..

BEL Written Examn pattern for Engineers and my story

I know i am quite late in writing this but may be this post will help students of next year so just ignore it.(I tried to write a serious blog but got carried away so you can read.It's looks kind of funny to me.My BF says self appreciation is my thing so be it)

Well in Bel exam we saw the same peculiar things which started after ONGC 2011 exam.And that is they expect us to calculate with our our minds. In ONGC we were actually expected to calculate Taylor's coeffs and diesel Engine efficiency without calculator in of course very limited time.When i asked this from sir he told they just copy paste questions from previous GATE exams. In BEL exam this was extremely apparent as we were given mathematics(come on!! not maths! but a PSU paper is always unexpected) and yes trade mark questions of GATE linked questions.(can u believe it ! i was the 1st one to solve the thermo question in class but in exam i was clueless).


 So my advice is please just read the questions of OUR made easy gate handbook as this trend was seen in NPCIL and in few others also.But on the spot technique is to mark the questions you know you can solve but taking some time so that if the time remains you can come back for some brownie points.

My exam went bad as i ve shifted to home and i ve hardly known a student who come home and opens book and actually study.Yes i know we ALL carry loads of books home promising ourselves to study but alas! Its a target very few can achieve.I was not fully prepared and kept pushing study and revision to last day and when the last day finally arrived i did not studied for the following reasons.

• Syllabus is very wide it's impossible to cover it now.
• We can't predict PSU questions as they are random so why bother.

• I must not take tension on last day so i should keep my mind fresh so that in could approach paper with new outlook.

I know i play such stupid mind games with myself.At exam i was kicking my a** for not studying those queing theory formula (Trust me they have something against me.No matter how many time i put them in my mind they get misplaced in exam time)  and few other topics.At least i would have got the confidence of "yes, i ve worked hard for this i'll do it". But instead i was getting"I have not studied but lets see how many questions can i afford" feeling.


Whatever i decided to study for CIL exam but you can see how unfocussed non serious i am.Meanwhile i am getting a good dose of "how much time and money you will further waste let's get you married" drama from my mom.

IES made easy solutions are wrong

WEll i got to find a very interesting part about made easi ies 2012 solutions given on it's website.It's that in Paper 2 staggering 26 questions are wrong. Yes and in paper 3 only 3questions are wrong.Well if you are looking for right answers you can visit www.lnecgate.org .


I know most of the students have already done their part of answer checking and now must be basking in glory of it enjoying holidys. But not those who are not sure about ies, how must be gearing up for the next PSU exam.WEll i am kind of struck in middle.I ve got enough marks but nobady is sure how much are enough so i am hanging in the middle. Meanwhile i ve decided to get in PSU and keep on syudying till i clear it next year with 1st rank (imagination)


It was actually a easy paper and i got so depressed in last days that i gave up on it.I always regret not studying more while giving the exam.i did so many wrong answers and overconfident answers. I am still kind of upset but atleast i found out IES is not above my level.It's just required more practise and concentration.I actually contemplated not giving the exam a night before but carried on as i thought it would feel worse later.


I know i took longer time than necessary but i was from a private engineering college with no classes and my weak basics of school had made it more worse.But now i have covered that lonh journey investing a lot of time and money over it. You know i was hardly a average student even.At least now i can claim i am a fully fledged Mechanical engineer.
But i don't know if all this will be worth it or not.You know you hardly use your subject knowledge in jobs.I have not planned to write all this but i just thought there be people there wondering if they are worse among the lot.I guess nobody is.WE all have our share of struggles.
Sorry for being to preachy but if any of you sincerely feels demotivated you can e mail me.I 'll try to guide if you consider me something.

Swadesh kumar sir.. (His NEW Industrial book)

Not many people here will be knowing him atleast not as a teacher as he left made easy this year.As you might know he teaches production and his book on production technology has become a bible for all mechanical students.One should be really grateful to him for writing such a concise precise book on such a vast subject.
  Production is a subject which we all think as a luck and memory game.After all how is one supposed to recall all those materials, tools ,composition etc etc.And if any unknown question used to come we all were absolutely clueless.Even logic seemed to defy production.But it is un ignorable as it consists of more that 30% of syllabus.And psu 's too concentrate on it even in interviews.
  But all of these myths were broken by Swadesh Sir.He has a humble background from UP.He did B.Tech from Muslim Aligarh University with a old medal.Got into bhel after doing M.tech from IIT Delhi.Left that job and prepared for IAS. Here he got highest marks in mechanical Engineering which is supposed to be not so scoring subject.But missed the selection by few marks.Just to guide people and build their character he jumped into research and teaching.And undoubtedly is the best one.


 You can hardly find someone so modest so humble so simple.He can earn as much as he wants but just to fulfill his dream of making a difference he is operating a small coaching institute in hyderabad.Where he is owner,receptionist,Scheduler,helper and sometimes even office boy.He owns a scooty which is again reminder of his feet which are firmly planted to ground.


 His knowledge of any subject is superb and his way of imparting is even better.He makes a person feel so comfortable in class and generates a natural interest in his subject.Even a 8 hour class seems short.(mind you i am the kind of person who even sees time in kulkarni sir's class).Actually it's Swadesh Sir who has raised my expectations for teachers.


 The best part is that he is still learning and excited about his subject.So you get to know how things actually work.





p.s. I  wrote this blog to inform you that Swadesh Sir has written a INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING BOOK.Not by made publications.The book will be out in market 5 or 6 months later.So all those who need it's photostat need to pay rs 150 only including postal charges.If you are interested e mail me or comment to know phone numbers and address.