5 Common Mistakes in JEE Preparation that Lead to Failure!
What we do repeatedly becomes our habit – good or bad. As a JEE aspirant, we need to study for long hours and need to focus hard to be able to grasp all the concepts in the JEE syllabus. This is also the time to realise where and how we can conserve our time and […]
Quickest Route to Clear IIT – JEE: Smart Work Trumps Hard Work!
IIT JEE might be repeatedly touted as the most difficult or most competitive exam in the world but don’t let that scare you. As an IITian I can tell you, there are enough average students who enter the hallowed gates of the IITs through their hard work and determination and do almost as well as […]
How to Learn Math, Physics Formulae & Never Forget Them Again!
Why do you think most students find Maths and Physics numerical so difficult? Because they have a lot of formulae to learn. By the time you reach Class 9, these Maths & Physics formulas are not very simple anymore and it becomes more and more difficult to memorize them and remember them for years to […]
Baapu System – IIT Kanpur!
Counselling Service is an integral part of most of the institutes these days and  IIT Kanpur is no different in this respect. The main objective behind setting up this service is to provide guidance in admission procedure to freshers among many other things. Some 2nd year under- graduate students are selected as Student Guides for […]
Son of IIT Delhi Professor Committed Suicide
New Delhi: The 27-year old son of an IIT Delhi professor jumped from the 13th floor of a posh condominium in Gurgaon on Wednesday morning. Dr. Surendra Prasad was living with his wife (who is also a DU college faculty member) and his son in a second floor flat at Parsvanath Exotica situated on DLF […]
How An IITian Troll His Non-IITian Friend
IITian To His Friend: Aur Bhai kya chal raha hai? Non IITian Friend: Are yaar, Tum bade IITian Log, hum bhi Chote Mote university se Engineering hi kar rahe hain, IITian: Abe, Isse achha to preparation time  lagta  tha, jab tu ye bolta tha ki “Uncle main na IIT-JEE ka preparation kar raha hoon”  😛
Three 100-percentilers in CAT are from IIT Bombay!
New Delhi: CAT 2014 results are out. As many as 16 candidates have scored 100 percentile in the management entrance exam. As many as three 100-percentilers are from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). Vibhu Gupta and Anurag Reddy are fourth-year students of IIT-B while Harshveer Jain graduated from the institute in April […]
IIT PhD Graduates Less in Demand than B.Tech Graduates!
IIT placement trends, year after year, indicate that the placement rate and median pay packages for IIT PhD students is much lower than that of B.Tech graduates. In 2011-12, IIT-B placement report explicitly stated that while 78% students of Bachelors’ course in a particular field got placed, only 14% PhD graduates in the field received […]
BITS Pilani Humour: Fun with BITSians!
Ah! The good old days of being a BITSian. Here are some of the wittisms and jokes we used to crack at BITS Pilani: Have you heard the full name of BITS-Goa? It’s ‘Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Krishna Kumar Birla Goa Campus’. It includes names of two places, name of an individual […]
Best #NewYearResolution Contest for JEE Aspirants!
At askIITians, we have decided to launch #NewYearResolution Contest – only for JEE aspirants. The best resolution will receive a unique and special New Year Gift from us…(and probably a seat at the IITs). 2 years of JEE preparation are like ‘tapasya’ period, when you abstain from parties, gatherings and celebrations and focus on completing […]