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Crack JEE Main in Just 30 Days!

Words of wisdom from the man himself who created new regime of revolution with single handed focus and sheer determination. With around four odd weeks remaining in the final ringing of JEE MAIN ,I wish all the best to all the aspirants who have tried enough to make it. But all of us know that […]

5 Vedic Math’s Tricks for Fast Calculation

Tired of doing calculations L Ever lost marks due to silly mistakes?? Have you spent a looooooooong time calculating answer for a particular problem and still got it wrong. Now that’s really really sad L and you surely need to consult NV sir. Meet Mr. Nishant Vora, he is expert in mathematics @ askIITians, and […]

IITs to conduct JEE and GATE exams at foreign locations from 2017

In an effort to court foreign students for its undergraduate and postgraduate courses and increase international diversity in its campuses, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to conduct their entrance exams at some foreign locations from next year. IITs are planning to JEE and GATE exams in the following countries from 2017: JEE […]

Daisy cleared AIMPT in one attempt. This is how she learned biology.

Daisy is really happy today. She is among top scorer of AIPMT list. It was not an instant magic. She revealed certain of the methodologies that she use to follow to learn biology. Here let’s take a look how she prepared for this exam. Biology is more near to real life. Daisy has a totally […]

Amit Singhal, IITian behind Google Search, all set to retire soon

Amit Singhal held the most important position in Google. Till recently, he was the head of the company’s core search operations. He is one of the many IITians who keep working wonders while staying behind the scenes. On February 26, 2016, Amit retired from Google after 15 years. He said, “I want to devote next […]

Don’t Study for JEE, Prepare for It!

In school exams or board exams, you need to ‘study’ to fetch good marks. For competitive exams like JEE, you have to ‘prepare’ instead. The key differences between ‘studying’ and ‘preparation are: Difference in Goal Setting When you study, your goal is to ‘Understand a Subject’. When you prepare, your goal is to ‘Use Concepts […]

Mendel and the Gene Idea

The Deck of Genes If you saw a woman with bright purple hair walking down the street, you would probably infer that she had not inherited her striking hair color from either of the parent. Consciously or not, you have transformed the observation of hair color into a list of possible variations that occur naturally […]

Vegetable Vendor helps JEE aspirants to increase Memory Power

21-year old Suresh Kumar Sharma used to sell vegetables not long ago. He appeared for IIT JEE three year ago but could not crack the exam. Today, he is training the teachers and faculty members of coaching institutes in Kota on how to increase memory power. Surprised! After all, many Kota teachers have excellent academic […]

Top 5 Successful People who could not clear IIT JEE

Over 15 lakh students compete for just about 10,000 IIT seats every year. Even if we count NITs and other premiere engineering institutes, there are still many who remain left out in the JEE race. But the key to Success is to learn to use our Failures as steps of our Learning Process and ultimately […]

IIT KGP Student, Son of Welder, to Join Microsoft at 1 Crore+ Salary

21-year old Vatsalya Singh Chauhan has become the apple of the eye of not only his family but the entire neighborhood. A final-year student at IIT Kharagpur, he has bagged a job at Microsoft in the US at an attractive package of Rs 1.02 crore per annum. Vatsalya’s father Chandra Kant has a small welding […]