Prateek Ganguli: Future Professor, Might Give You a Job!
Being good at building bridges, Prateek Ganguli believes, is only half the job. You also have to know how to get the contract to build one. The point, borrowed from a German saying he came across, is less about bridges than about life: being good at something is only part of the equation. You also…
Coming Full Circle: Hardik Sharma
Hardik Sharma’s journey has a slightly unusual sense of direction: it took him away from home before eventually bringing him back to it. He began in Himachal Pradesh, joined the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science & Applications in its very first batch, discovered research along the way, and eventually returned to IIT Mandi,…
Learning Beyond the Night Shift: Kaushal Prajapati
For most people, a night shift marks the end of the day. For Kaushal Prajapati, it was generally followed by an exam. Before joining the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications, Kaushal had completed a Diploma in Chemical Engineering and was working with ONGC. The job gave him stability, but he soon…
Four Subjects and Other Bad Decisions: Aditya Sharma
Every student joins the IIT Madras BS Degree convinced they can take on just a little more. Four subjects? Manageable. An internship alongside coursework? Why not? Aditya Sharma thought the same. Foundation, though, had other ideas. At the time, juggling four courses alongside his Metallurgical Engineering degree at IIT BHU was anything but easy. Looking…
No Roadmap Required: Taniya Chouhan
What do you do when nobody tells you where to begin? For Taniya Chouhan, the answer was simple: begin anyway. She didn’t grow up with a roadmap to competitive exams or college admissions. COVID had disrupted the years when most students discovered those pathways, and coaching options in her hometown were limited.After Class 12, she…
Jack of All Trades, Master of… We’ll See: Mrityunjay Chakraborty
At 18, Mrityunjay Chakraborty had already considered becoming a scientist, a civil servant, a professor and, briefly, something close to Tony Stark. None of those plans lasted long. He discovered JEE, changed schools, considered IISc Bangalore, abandoned JEE and eventually joined the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications after receiving an email…
Finding a True Direction – Kshitij Maheshwari
Even those who have a proclivity for science can fall short of crossing the boundary of entrance examinations. Kshitij Maheshwari was one such student, falling back to taking admission in a BTech in Electrical Engineering at Zakir Hussain College of Engineering. However, by the end of his first year, he knew pursuing a career in…
Messy Data, Real Solutions: How Anuraag Shukla Uses the IITM BS Degree to Solve Real Problems
For many students, Computer Science is an abstract exercise – a world of clean code, perfect datasets, and controlled lab environments. But for Anuraag Shukla, the true value of Data Science lies in its ability to untangle the messy, unpredictable realities of the real world. Anuraag’s journey into the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science…
Closing the Gap of Finance and Machine Learning – Veekshitha Thamanna
The interplay between concepts and domains has been a historic originator for ideas that change how we observe the world around us, and Veekshitha Thamanna was one such person who could perceive that overlap. Coming from a background of Commerce, having completed her B. Com and pursuing a Chartered Accountancy, she would soon come across…
Learning to Balance: S. Karthikeya’s Journey Through Two Degrees
For S. Karthikeya from Hyderabad, college life has meant balancing two demanding degrees. He is pursuing a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Geethanjali College of Engineering alongside the IIT Madras BS Degree in Electronic Systems. Managing both degrees was not easy. There were classes, assignments, examinations, and deadlines from two different institutions. At…
