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Placement Scenario of Engineering Colleges In India

Posted by Rohit Bhat on January 28, 2012
Posted in: Education. Tagged: bits pilani, campus, Computer Science, engineering colleges, IIT, job, nit, placements. 1 comment

I wrote this article for Gyancentral and it originally appears here.

The million dollar question that plagues many brilliant minds when they slog through their college courses is whether the effort will culminate in good placements. How do you define ‘good’ placements anyway? Here’s a peek-a-boo at the current placement scenario in the best engineering colleges of India.

Placements can give anyone jitters, from the “god” of coding to the lethargic, uninterested, time incompetent sloth, and of course, the majority of the people who fall in between these extremes. Campus placements often have more drama and nail biting experiences than what Ekta Kapoor can possibly concoct. It can throw curve balls that even the seasoned batters will find it difficult to tackle. True to the spirit of the game, it churns out one hit wonders who become the instant talk of the whole campus, not because they weren’t good enough, but for the simple fact that there were others who were much better than these students. The combined tension, drama, anxiety and eventual relief surpasses what even Sachin and his devotees might feel for his 100th century. But the whole debacle highlights some important points which have to be kept in mind to jump off from the summit with flying colors. Continue Reading

A Few Words About BITSAT

Posted by Rohit Bhat on December 16, 2011
Posted in: Education. Tagged: aieee, bits pilani, bitsat, iitjee. 5 comments

Gyancentral, an education portal asked me to pitch in a few words about BITSAT. So, I penned down my thoughts about the same. The original article appears here.

 

If you are a science student in standard 12 giving IITJEE, chances are that you would also be giving AIEEE and BITSAT. For the uninitiated, BITSAT is the entrance exam to gain admission to the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani across all the four campuses, namely Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. These three entrance exams make up the trishool that every engineering aspirant tries his hand at. These entrance exams are a gateway to some of the best engineering colleges that the country has to offer. If you crack one of these exams, you can get admission to engineering colleges that are considered better than most of the local engineering colleges.

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Nothing Else Matters But Metallica Live In India

Posted by Rohit Bhat on October 30, 2011
Posted in: Music, Personal Experience. Tagged: concert, delhi, dna network, f1, gig, gurgaon, live, metallica, music. 15 comments

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Shit happens, I know that. But what transpired day before yesterday was something that no one could possibly imagine even in their wildest nightmares.

We Indians are very good at one thing, which is to play the blame game. We have seen our politicians play is so efficiently that it looks ridiculously easy. Everyone wants to hog the limelight and have a piece of the pie without paying for it. Not surprisingly, the same happened after the atrocious turn of events on the night of 28th October, 2011 – a day that will go down in history as the day Metallica cancelled their first ever gig in India. A lot of people were blamed in the aftermath of the event. Others were just waiting to make fun at the debacle, many who were earlier jealous of the guys going for the gig. Continue Reading

New Facebook Features – One Stop Shop?

Posted by Rohit Bhat on October 11, 2011
Posted in: money, Technology. Tagged: developer, f8, facebook, mark zuckerberg, open graph, social, timeline. Leave a Comment

Facebook has been in the news recently for a variety of reasons – one of them being the new User Interface including ticker, revamped news feed and the subscribe option. While many have been harping on the fact that facebook has copied a lot of its new designs from Google Plus and Twitter, there was a lot of buzz around Facebook’s developer conference, f8.

 

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Bar Stool Economics – A Mystery

Posted by Rohit Bhat on September 9, 2011
Posted in: money. 3 comments

Now, before you tear your lungs out and shout in mock amusement about this being copied, let me say that I found this pretty interesting and thought of sharing with you. About an year ago, this story went viral and found it’s way into the inbox of many people, particularly in the USA. Before I talk about the story itself, you should read it first. So, here goes:

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Swarm Intelligence – An Introduction

Posted by Rohit Bhat on September 7, 2011
Posted in: Technology. Leave a Comment

Ever wondered what Swarm Intelligence is? I’m doing a project on Swarm Intelligence and this is one of the first presentations I made. It will give you an overall view of what Swarm Intelligence is while entailing the Ant Colony Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithms. It ends with the application of Swarm Intelligence and its mention in pop culture. Hope you enjoy viewing this short presentation.

Swarm Intelligence – An Introduction

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“One More Thing” – Steve Jobs

Posted by Rohit Bhat on August 25, 2011
Posted in: Celebrities, Technology. Tagged: apple, ceo, icon, ipad, iphone, ipod, pirates of the silicon valley, social network, Steve Jobs. 16 comments

You would probably recognize this phrase immortalized by Steve Jobs during his keynote addresses – just before he whips out the latest generation of his top selling iproducts, followed by orgasmic ‘oohs’ from the mesmerized audience. You have got to give it to this guy – he’s got an abundance of style!

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Blogging From My Android Phone

Posted by Rohit Bhat on August 15, 2011
Posted in: Personal Experience. Tagged: android, BITS, Maggi, thoughts, wordpress. Leave a Comment

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I recently downloaded the WordPress for Android app from the market and here I am giving it a spin.

I kind of like the mobile version of any wordpress website. It’s precise, fits the screen perfectly and loads pretty quickly. This prompted me to try writing a blog post from my Android phone itself.

With the advent of technology, it’s quite possible to do a plethora of things on your smartphone that can be done on your traditional PC/MAC, albeit on a smaller scale. It’s a boon for social networking and I can personally vouch for it because I’ve started using Twitter a lot more than I used to. Checking emails on the go has become intrinsic to daily life.

But I still don’t feel that writing a blog post or reading an e book or watching a video is as rewarding as on the computer : especially blog posts. While writing one, you give it a thorough thought. But that doesn’t happen on a phone. Writing a blog post is a process best enjoyed when you do it slowly, letting your thoughts wander at will.

Anyway, my Fried Maggi has arrived. Until next time then.

The Lull Before The Storm

Posted by Rohit Bhat on June 24, 2011
Posted in: Short Story. Tagged: fiction, short story, story. 10 comments

It has definitely been a long time since I posted anything. This time, I decided to try my hand at short stories. Short enough to be one blog post. You can rate this article by clicking on the stars you see just above these sentences.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Events and things have been changed suitably to suit the story. 

He stared silently into the looming horizon, giving himself time to gather his overburdened thoughts and commingled emotions, which had been lately streamlined to the matter at hand, blissfully unaware of his dark surroundings, bathed in the silvery light of the full moon. If he had noticed, he would have seen the picturesque moon flitting across magnanimous clouds, overpowering the feeble light given off by the twinkling stars around. The night was alive with the acrid smell of tension all around him, but he sought comfort in his distant and far off thoughts. It is at these times, he thought, that some etched memories can bring solace to a well-prepared but stressed mind.

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Silicon Valley of India

Posted by Rohit Bhat on October 13, 2010
Posted in: Technology. Tagged: apple, architecture, bangalore, bay area, BITS, california, gandhinagar, geek, google, house, iim, IIT, india, investor, microsoft, ncr, silica, silicon valley, silicon valley of india, startup, technology, traffic, universities. 3 comments

A few days ago, I came across this interesting piece of article by Paul Graham. It talked about whether Silicon Valley could be recreated in any other part of America. That got me thinking about what could be done back home.

 

Silicon Chip

 

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