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IIT — The dream and beyond | Part — 3

If you’ve been following the series, I hope you’ve found the previous 2 parts well-paced, delivering its central message within a structured framework (if you’re smart, you’ll make out that I really love consulting. :D): situation, complication, solution, takeaways. While I’ve experimented with the form the previous 2 parts took, I don’t wish to stray too far away from the basic structure here. If you haven’t read the previous parts, I’ll put up the links for you — IIT — The dream and beyond. Part — 1 Back in 2016, June 12th, I was glued to my computer screen anticipating my JEE Advanced results. I wasn’t particularly… medium.com IIT — The dream and beyond. Part — 2 This is the second part of the series where I attempt to document my learnings and experiences from the close to three… medium.com I recommend checking out the Part — 2 because it is merely a continuation of it. Chapter 5: Be an enabler Time never passes ...

IIT — The dream and beyond | Part — 2

This is the second part of the series where I attempt to document my learnings and experiences from the close to three years I’ve spent in IIT (BHU). If you haven’t read it, you might want to check it out. IIT — The dream and beyond. Part — 1 Back in 2016, June 12th, I was glued to my computer screen anticipating my JEE Advanced results. I wasn’t particularly… medium.com Life at IIT (BHU) has been similar to drinking water from a firehose. I had more opportunities and faced more challenges than anything I could fathom. College life is a gift. Learning what to chase and what to ignore, however, is an art. I’m incredibly grateful to have had the privilege to join the long lineage of eminent personalities that my college has produced over the decades. In the hopes of making the journey easier for those of you that will be enrolling/are enrolled in an engineering college shortly, these are my key takeaways. If the first part was about  episodes ...