Most of us have spent at least a small part of our childhood captivated by a video game. We remember the thrill of clearing a level, discovering a hidden path, or trying again after failing for the tenth time. Bharat Mahindra, however, grew up wondering what it takes to build those worlds. That childhood fascination…
Undiscussed goes the miasma of anxiety and academic pressure befalling those who are capable yet unable to break past the nigh insurmountable walls set by entrance exams. Sujit AL was bogged down by such a miasma, taking a gap year to try and better his chances, and in such a time of uncertainty, the wind…
Every year, students across India are asked to make a choice. Mathematics or Biology. Engineering or Medicine. For most, that decision marks the beginning of two very different careers. BVS Madhavi never believed those worlds had to remain apart. Medicine hadn’t been her first choice. Yet once she found herself there, curiosity kept pulling her…
Brothers often inherit the same stories. Sometimes, they write different ones. Suryanshu Gupta first heard about the IIT Madras BS Degree from his brother, who was already pursuing BS in Data Science and Applications. The programme intrigued them both. The disciplines did not. While one gravitated towards data, the other found himself drawn to something…
There exists a proclivity for students who enter college to lose sight of what makes their life colourful and fade into machinic personalities capable of just doing what their job asks of them. Devi Shreya saw that future and wished to refuse it, for losing all that would amount to losing herself. It was here…
Coming from a background unlike that of what one would assume to have an interest in Data Science, Bhabani Shankar Samal simply took a leap of faith hinged on a belief that it would take him to places he did not have faith he could. That belief came from an online platform where he stumbled…
Sometimes, the opportunity you’re searching for doesn’t arrive in an examination hall. It arrives in your inbox. Sayantan De had cleared JEE Main but narrowly missed qualifying for JEE Advanced. Like countless engineering aspirants across the country, he accepted the outcome and moved forward, enrolling in the Power Engineering programme at Jadavpur University. Then came…
Every ambition asks for something in return. More often than not, it asks us to leave home. Yash Kumar Dubey wasn’t ready to make that trade. He has a younger sister, nine years old, and he knew there would come a time when work would almost certainly take him elsewhere. There would be jobs in…
Success usually arrives in milestones: an examination cleared, a rank secured, a degree completed. For Prashasti Sarraf, it appears instead as a habit, repeated so consistently that individual achievements begin to lose their ability to surprise. ICSE AIR 5. ISC AIR 7. St. Stephen’s College. IIT Madras BS Degree. Academic distinctions, TA roles, research initiatives…
The passion for a subject is oftentimes the key to open doors to a broader world, and Sarath Sai knew exactly that. From being unable to take Aerospace Engineering due to eligibility criteria to falling back on a Bachelor’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in his home-state of Andhra Pradesh at JNTU, he…