Steve, Stanford And Connecting Dots

by Zahid
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As title says, I am here to fulfill the promise that I made on Steve Jobs At Stanford Lead Me Where I Am Now. There is so much to share but in the post I will squeeze my thoughts only to the idea of connecting dots, the term coined by Steve Jobs in his historical [...]

How To Write GATE Exam: Nikhil Krishnan (AIR 4) GATE 2011 (part-3)

by Zahid
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This is the third and final part of the interview I conducted with Nikhil Krishnan, who scored All India 4th Rank in GATE 2011 in electronics and communication paper. In previous two interviews he talked about how to prepare for GATE and in this third part he is talking about how to write GATE exam. [...]

First Things First: Time To Set Life On Track

by Zahid
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There are hell lot of things to do both on Inspire n Ignite and back at office. For the first time I feel so confused and feel that something is missing is life and lost focus completely. I was supposed to post third part of the interview with Nikhil way back and was supposed to [...]

I Don’t Want To Study Further And I Don’t Have A Job

by Zahid
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Few of my friends are working in different engineering colleges and whenever I visit India they make sure that I deliver a talk at their college. I don’t get time to go around and I am a very lazy guy, I just take a flight and go to Roorkee to see my professor there instead [...]

GATE 2011 Official Keys

by Zahid
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Many people visit I n I and get benefited with the content it has and few come forward and try to share most valuable information too. Long back Arunanand T A mailed GATE 2011 official keys for CS and ECE. I neglected it for a long time because of I was thinking that there are [...]

Difference Between IITs and IISc: Which One Do I Choose?

by Zahid
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First of all someone would be highly lucky and smart to get a call from both of them. If they realize what they have in their hands they can change the world around. Though for me it’s not that complicated to decide where to go, but it might be super complicated decision for many. And [...]

How To Prepare For GATE: Nikhil Krishnan (AIR 4) GATE 2011 (part-2)

by Zahid
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I usually hit bed around midnight, it was 1.30AM in the morning I was awake and don’t know how to spend time. I was waiting for 2.30AM to start interview with Nikhil. He gave time at 11PM IST, and I live 4hr ahead of Indian time. I didn’t ask Nikhil to reschedule or change time [...]

How To Prepare For GATE: Nikhil Krishnan (AIR 4) GATE 2011 (part-1)

by Zahid
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Alright, we are tuning into the GATE preparation, that’s nice to see after all we need to if not now then when would that happen? To gear up faster in right direction I have something special for you today. Yes as title says, a long interview with Nikhil Krishnan, All India 4th Rank ECE in [...]

Eid ul Adha (Bakra Eid) And Its Real Message

by Zahid
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Have you noticed that I didn’t post anything for quite a long time? I just got lazy and didn’t do anything fascinating for last few days, just played with sony vegas and I just celebrated Eid ul Adha in Korea without family member and friends, sorry with friends. It was a good opportunity to think [...]

Diwali Season A Good Time To Start Anything Good

by Zahid
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Do you believe in good times? I mean a time we call it muhrat, a good time where you want to start something more important to you, like marriage, investments, or school or something. If you believe in it or not this is an awesome time to start preparing and focusing on GATE. For who [...]