Aniket Aga was one of the toppers in his batch of Electronics at IIT Kharagpur. That is no mean feat considering that many top All India Rankers of IIT-JEE join the Electronics department and competition is super-tough. So it was surprising when one of his favorite subjects during his B. Tech. was a subject called […]
Swapnil Kant Dixit (IIT Kharagpur, batch of 2005) was always unique in his thoughts and actions. While most students got stressed with exams, hostel duties, IIM/GRE applications – one would find Swapnil practicing for upcoming music / drama competitions… and winning them. After graduating with a B. Arch. degree, he joined/co-founded something completely unique – […]
Devendra Purbiya completed his engineering degree from IIT Kharagpur, and landed up with a highly prestigious (a.k.a. well paying) job. But there was an artist lurking within him, that hated sitting in front of a computer from 9 to 5. Devendra’s artistic skills had been visible in Kharagpur where he was always in the Design […]
Read about Debjeet Sen’s journey from Biotech Engineering to Master of Public Health. And how he is instrumental in creating global health policy which can save many lives in Africa.
Now this one is definitely one of the least probable careers after engineering — a film-maker. Now how does one pull that off? Without any formal training in the subject, or without any family backing in Bollywood, and especially when watching movies was strictly forbidden during his childhood, how did Arunabh pull this off? For […]
Arnab Ray graduated from Jadavpur University, did his Ph.D. at State University of New York at Stony Brook, and is currently a research scientist at University of Maryland. After working full-time in his day job, he comes back home and dons his superhero costume. He becomes ‘greatbong’. (greatbong.net is a blog maintained by Arnab Ray […]
Books recommended by Team Hatke and people featured at the site. This month: “4 Hour Workweek”, “The Game Changers”, and “Rich Dad Poor Dad”
List of unconventional degree courses in India
The following is a true story heard at a TED talk (TEDxIITKgp) by Arnab Ray (one of India’s top bloggers). When the city of Kolkata celebrated its three hundredth anniversary, “Kolkata 300” became a very common essay topic. As if on cue, essay guide book authors wrote up eulogies of the city in florid difficult-to-understand […]
TEDx Talk by India’s Top Blogger Arnab Ray… …who also happens to be a full-time research scientist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL9CV4gtu2I
A great interview of the great man! Alternatively, you can scroll down below… Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNmGV1AhOUY Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOccdT8Ix2k Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDlf5gnvU3U Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNmRFjt3htU Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eHHuxcBP8A Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL3fsyOG_uo Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtOMN7aawyA Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo-H31yeKns Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY8H1pANjpQ
“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction.” “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”