When I joined school, my teachers said, “Beta, till now, what you’ve been doing at home, was useless. With education, life starts.” When I joined coaching, my teachers said, “School life is such a waste. It is all rote learning. Now is the time to learn.” When I joined college, my professors said, “Till now,… [Read more…]
Hello World! This is the IIT Bombay Internship Blog for Summer 2010, organized by InsIghT – the official newsletter and media body of IIT Bombay. This blog contains the memoirs and details of internships of 20 odd students of IIT Bombay interning at various location across the world, each one of which is different in… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
by almostharmless
The face-off interviews happened two weeks later. My only prep for the interview was running around from Pillai to Pillai.. i mean pillar to post for a decent pair of formals and a fitting pair of black shoes. Those were kindly provided for by Manas Rachh, our beloved GSAA. Of course stepping into his shoes… [Read more…]
August 21, 2010
by nupurjoshi
From the InsIghT Archives, we bring you internship (summer 2008) videos of: Aishwarya Ramkrishnan, Summer Research Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences Gurveen Bedi, Schlumberger Gunjan Shah, Procter and Gamble Mohit Sharma, Social Internship, Ambegaon For more, visit http://gymkhana.iitb.ac.in/~insight/Videos1.html
“I will have to work in Java! Shit!” – was my first reaction when I was given my project. I have mostly used C++ for most of my assignments. We did use Java in the Software Systems course and then again in Databases but never gave it as much importance as C++. The code base… [Read more…]
And here, in this post, I summarize my experiences working on the market research project itself. Soon after the initial briefing, I began acquainting myself with the nuances of Diaphragm Pumps and where all they find applications. Also, this was the super-enthu period of my intern where I spent day and night working on strategies… [Read more…]
August 14, 2010
by nupurjoshi
The summer business school program at Stanford University is an academically intense program for young professional with a business bent of mind .The study generally comprises of courses like marketing, finance, strategic management, statistics, accounting, negotiations and ethics in business. These topics are covered in terms of case studies of different industries focusing on different… [Read more…]
August 14, 2010
by nupurjoshi
I entered the lagunita court filled with pride and excitement looking forward to have an incredible experience at Stanfy. Matt Saleya (program co-ordinator) immediately recognised me, gave me direction to my hall and my room keys. I was welcomed by huge piles of study material J in my room. After organising my stuff in the… [Read more…]
August 6, 2010
by radhikaiitb
Gauss, Riemann, Klein, Hilbert, Dirichlet, Neumann, Hiesenberg, Planck all have been there. And I was there too in Goettingen, Germany, in the Mathematics Department doing a poject on visualising the mathematical object called torus ( the same as the tasty doughnut!) over the summers. My task was to first understand the mathematics behind this object,… [Read more…]
After writing the previous motivational post, its time to talk about my experience and results . Regarding traveling around Europe, I think I did a good job . But I won’t say much about it here for this post needs to address moreimportant issues :-/. (Interested readers may refer to [1] for more details). As… [Read more…]
August 30, 2010
by tvaibhav
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