Sanchay

Why does dry soil emit an odor when water falls on it ?
The peculiar smell is produced by the soil-inhabitting bacteria called streptomycetes. They are abundant in dry warm soil - a million or so of them are present in a pinch of soil. They release compounds such as goesmin and 2-methy isoborneol, which vaporize easily when water falls on them after a dry spell. That's why dry soil emits an odor when water falls on it.













What is the difference between judo and aikido?
Developed in the 19th century, judo is a Japanese system of wrestling. It was developed from jujitsu in 1882 by a Japanese educator. It tries to develop the skill of using an opponent’s own weight and strength against him. Techniques include throwing and grappling. Judo fighters learn how to fall safely when they are thrown to minimize injury. Aikido is (ai - harmony, ki - spirit, mind or universal energy, do - the way) the way of Harmony with Universal Energy. Created by Morihei Ueshiba (1882 - 1969), it’s based on bujutsu with an emphasis on self - defence and spiritual growth. In aikido, an attack is avoided with flowing, circular movements and it uses grappling, throws, and mainly non-resistance to tackle opponents.

Who was India's first cricket Test captain ?
Lala Amarnath was independent India's first Test captain and led India on the tour of Australia in 1947. He was a swashbuckling all rounder and an outspoken personality who was not afraid to speak his mind. After his retirement from the game, he was appointed to the board of selector.

Why are dogs, unlike cats, supposed to be loyal ?
Dogs were domesticated for hunting and herding some 14,000 years ago. While they evolved from wolves, they displayed sociable characteristics that resemble those of human beings, particularly affection and loyalty. On the other hand, cats are domestic creatures but not domesticated, that is why they are not considered as loyal as dogs. In fact, it is said that we don't own cats, cats own us.

How did clapping of hands originate as a gesture of appreciation ?
In public performances like concerts and during sports events, the audience and spectators have always needed some way of communicating their appreciation to the performers. The communication should be loud enough to reach the performers, the sound should be language independent. Clapping satisfies these requirements. In fact, it is the easiest way of producing a non-verbal loud sound with the human body, and hence crowds must have resorted to it to convey their approval even in ancient times. Clapping at public performance must have also been inspired by the fact that in musical concerts, clapping was used sometimes as a substitute for percussion instruments. Further, the act of expressing joy through clapping is partly instinctive to human beings, as seen in excited children.

What is the Whistle Blower Bill ?
The Whistle Blower Bill was introduced in the US parliament in 2003. To bring into effect an Act related to enabling citizens to disclose, in public interest, any unlawful behavior on illegal action on the part of others that is noticed by them. The person making such a disclosure is called a whistle blower. The Bill describes the kind of public interest disclosures that are permitted under it, who can make such disclosures and in what form, to whom such disclosures can be made, the responsibility of the person to whom a disclosure is made, the protection to be offered to the whistle blower, and several related issues.

"A leader is a dealer in hope" -Napoleon Bonaparte

Reso Reaper

It feels good at Stanford

We talked to Amrita Mittal, a student of Ist batch (2001-03) of Resonance. She is happily sharing her sweet success with Reso Students.

Amrita Mittal Reso Roll No. 112(F1) Session 2001-03 IIT-JEE rank-1757 B.Tech.-IIT Kanpur, 2007 Currently doing MS at Stanford University California (USA)

Q. What is required to get into IIT?

Ans. Focus on the goal is the pre-requisite to be successful in any exam. Specifically, hard work and sincerity was very important.

Q. How did you plan your preparation for IIT-JEE? Did you start studying from Day one itself?

Ans When I joined I had a tough time struggling with the competition. I used to study almost all the time & keep solving problems in the DPPs and sheets until I got to the right answer. But now I realize that was not a quality work. One should devote as much time as one needs on understanding the topic first. If you don't understand that, you will have to struggle with every problem and that consumes more time. People name this struggling as “Practice” but practice comes after you have understood the topic.

Q. How much time did you devote daily for your preparation? How should one prepare the time table to cover the course properly?

Ans. I think it differs from person to person. Do your DPPs and sheets in time. I know they are tough therefore start doing them early, don't wait for the deadline. Be well organized.

Q. How did you arrange for your subject wise preparation so that you were able to revise the whole syllabus after the course completion at Resonance?

Ans. For class 11, I did it during the one month holiday in March. I was more organized in 12th. I read regularly, that helped me a lot. I think the course gets over around December or January. We have ample time after that. I first revised the reading material, and then solved the DPPs and sheets again, then I solved a lot of problems from different books, at least the solved examples. Solved examples helped a lot. I had fixed 1 week for each subject .

Q. While preparing for IIT- JEE, where one should emphasis more - on problem solving or on understanding the subject?

Ans. Both are important but the order in which they should be done is: understanding the subject, take your time and then practice problems. If one reads everyday understanding a subject will be extremely easy.

Q. What were your strong points which enabled you to achieve success in the IIT - JEE?

Ans. I had to work hard to get into IIT. I always liked Maths. I was organized and stuck to my time table.

Q. How important is emotional quotient in preparation for IIT-JEE. Please explain?

Ans. I feel it is very important. If you feel you can't do, you really can't. Never give up.

Q. How often was a need of refreshing yourself in your study schedule for a day and what did you do?

Ans Breaks mean cooking for me. I generally cook when I get tired. I often take small naps, listen to songs etc. It's important to remain composed. Talk to people but don't let thoughts carry you away from your goal after that.

Q. To whom you want to give the credit of your achievement?

Ans. The credit goes to all my teachers, my parents and time. Teachers at Resonance built my academic base. Time taught me a lot. My parents contributed immensely. I am very close to my family. Parents always keep me going. They are with me when I do well or otherwise.

Q. What is your Success mantra?

Ans. I work in time and I am scared of deadlines. I stay away from them.

Q. Do you like to leave some advice to your successors at Resonance who are preparing for IIT-JEE?

Ans. Good Luck. My best wishes are with you. Ponder over what I said, if you think it's important. Take care.

इंजीनियरिंग प्रवेश परीक्षा में सफलता कैसे प्राप्त करे !

'इंजीनियरिंग प्रवेश परीक्षा में सफलता कैसे प्राप्त करे' पर रैजोनेंस के अतिरिक्त निदेशक (ग्लोबल बिजनेस डेवलपमेंट) आशीष शर्मा द्वारा सेमिनार !

News in Punjab Kesri, Patiala edition, 25th April 2010

इंजीनियरिंग प्रवेश परीक्षा में सफलता पर सेमिनार

इंजीनियरिंग प्रवेश परीक्षा में कैसे सफलता हासिल करें, विषय पर सेमिनार रविवार को मुख्य डाकघर के सामने होटल मोहन कांटीनेंटल में होगा, जिसमें रैजोनेंस के अतिरिक्त निदेशक (ग्लोबल बिजनेस डेवलपमेंट) आशीष शर्मा +1 व +2 के विद्यार्थियों व उनके अभिभावकों को टिप्स देंगे। सेमिनार शाम साड़े पांच बजे आयोजित होगा। रैजोनेंस कोटा राजस्थान का इंजीनियरिंग प्रवेश परीक्षा (आईआईटी-जेईई) की कोचिंग के लिए काफी प्रसिद्ध है।

News about Resonance - Dainik Jagran, 25th April 2010

Literature is coming alive in hands of an IITian

IITians proved to be the best in one more field; these technocrats in addition to being cerebral, entrepreneur and earning in dollars and pounds can write novels also! Chetan Bhagat, an alumni of IIT Delhi has successfully churned out this skill of writing in his two bestseller Novels 'Five Point Someone-What not to do at IIT' & 'One Night at the Call Center'.
Best selling Indian author Chetan Bhagat was born on 22 April 1974. He did his schooling in The Army Public School, Delhi and graduated from IIT Delhi (1991-1995). At IIT he was the editor of the hostel magazine. He completed his post-graduate studies from IIM Ahmedabad (1995-1997). At IIM Ahmedabad, he received a medal for the 'best outgoing student award'. Since 1999 he has been working in Hong Kong with Goldman Sachs, an investment bank.
Chetan is fast emerging as a storyteller who deals with contemporary and youthful themes. There have been novelists who have struggled for years to attain moderate success but for Bhagat it has been more than an easy ride. With just 2 novels Chetan Bhagat has managed to be on top in the Indian bestseller list for fiction. His first novel ‘Five Point Someone’ came in May 2004, followed by another novel ‘One Night @ the Call Center’ in 2005.
A phenomenon of sorts, with a staggering sale of over four lakh copies of his first two novels, Chetan Bhagat has left everybody guessing what is so special about his writings that made him a best-selling writer.
He isn't afraid of being honest when it comes to analyzing his own worth as a writer.” It's not high literature," admits Bhagat, "both of my novels portray the aspirations, mind-set and problems of the present generation in a very simple language. And since I belong to the young generation, I feel I have been able to strike a right chord with my readers. When they read my books they are able to relate themselves to the characters and the plots."
Bhagat's writing is all about offering inside views, via plots intricately tied to the novels' settings. The story moves quickly, the dialogues are very catchy and familiar.
Chetan always enjoys entertaining people. Also, feels strongly about a few things in society. Fiction allowed him to combine both in the form of a story with a message.
For Chetan, entertainment comes first. This is because what is entertaining travels far and wide, and thus, the message wrapped in the story travels wide. This means the story which is created had a purpose, it is satisfying for any author.
According to Chetan, "If a novel can transport its readers into a new setting, make the characters seem so real that you think you know them, and the story grips you such that you can't keep the book down, it is surely a good novel. Also, if the story can trigger three things in you -- past memories, imagination and emotions -- you have really got a good book in hand”
For the young writers of India Chetan says that, learn the art to the extent possible by reading, finding a mentor, meeting people etc. Keep writing and keep getting feedback. Also, write from your heart. Inspirations we all need, but your own personal style has to come through that is what God gave you and that is what you should use.
As the author of two thumping best-sellers that hold immense appeal among India's growing army of youngsters, Chetan Bhagat feels a strong sense of affinity and responsibility towards young generation.
He says I want to see India as a developed country before I die. And, for India to achieve its full potential, people have to work to their full potential.


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Five point someone - What not to do at IIT
The primary idea of this book is to entertain the readers. This book doesn't teach you how to get into IIT. The genre is humor, and it attempts to bring the reader back into their college days. Chetan Bhagat deals with three friends who are 'bright' enough to enter the most prestigious institution but they are not that 'bright' to be the front liners. So they secure the GPA five points something, which are pretty low. The narrator Hari, his friends Ryan and Alok try their luck to improve their grade in different ways only to end up every time in a mess. Hari is not that attractive, but smart enough guy to be the lover of HOD's daughter. Ryan Oberoi the handsome dude and full of creativity, wealth & style. Alok is a fatso and positively irritating. Chetan Bhagat's characterization fit the character of the present day youth most aptly. It directly as well as indirectly discusses the grim side of the IIT education system, which is lauded by the elite. The disdain of the three protagonists could be the experiences of several students who have some how passed out of seven IITs.
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One night @ the call center
The whole story of the novel takes place on one memorable night at the call center in India. Since their customers are based in the US, these call centers operate during the night. The job pays well, but is rather mind-numbing. You are required to read out the responses from a pre-written script. Even your name is changed to something which Americans can pronounce easily.The story is narrated by Shyam and revolves around his team, Esha, Vroom, Radhika and Priyanka. A Military Uncle marches into the story and paces it. They have a monster of a boss, a Mr Bakshi. This call center is in the verge of getting down sized. The bad boss takes the credit for work done by his subordinates and gets himself placed in Boston while more that 40% of the employees are going to be fired. At this juncture, they get a call from GOD. He helps them introspect and discover what they really want in life. The story is really a page-turner. The “dark side” of call center work is also evident.

Chetan Bhagat is delighted as the scriptwriter for 'Hello'
the Bollywood movie Based on his novel One Night @ the Call Center.

IIT Success Story

An IITian whose scholarly efforts
Serve a good deal to Google Scholars

The world's favorite search engine Google offered another reason to loiter there. In the year 2004 the Google Company launched an ambitious search tool called Google Scholar. The service was done by Anurag Acharya, Principal Engineer of Google.
Anurag Acharya was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur with a B.Tech. Degree in Computer Science & Engineering (CS) in 1987. He received his PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994. He was also an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Google scholar is a version of the company's popular search service but limits its results to "scholarly literature such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports." It is a tool aimed at scientists, scholars, students and other researchers, helping them dig through millions of pages of hefty information. The services has the tag line "Stand on the shoulders of giants." This move marks a trend toward making usually invisible and useful information more accessible.
Google Scholar has its own digitization program. It will digitize and host journal articles with the provision that they must be openly reachable in collaboration with publishers, fully downloadable and fully readable.
Anurag Acharya, the designer and missionary behind the service, tuned Google's crawler for academic papers and worked with universities to make those papers available to others on the web.
It offer the most comprehensive list of research papers available on the Web. "We at Google have benefitted much from academic research," says Acharya, whose last name fittingly means a spiritual teacher or scholar. "This is one of the ways in which we are giving back to the research community."
According to Acharya, the project was an effort to address a problem he confronted while enrolled in his B.Tech. at IIT Kharagpur. As a student he found materials in his college library, at times, to be significantly out of date.
Anurag Acharya has a simple goal - or, rather, a simple-to-state goal. He would like Google Scholar to be a place that anyone can go to find all scholarly literature - across all areas, all languages, all the way back in time. He believes it is crucial for researchers everywhere to be able to find research done anywhere.
Anurag Acharya was very excited about the outreach now underway into many new languages. They have significant coverage in Chinese, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and soon Korean.
In its own quiet way, Google Scholar has become a major force in scholarly communication. For many researchers, faculty, and students, it is the first search tool used, challenging the popularity and utility of veteran databases licensed often at considerable cost by academic and corporate libraries.
Since its launch in September 1998, search engine Google has chugged past well-funded giants in the field and into the hearts of Internet information seekers worldwide. "Google´s formula for success is the emphasis on personal creativity". Engineers devote time to pet projects that may bloom into the next big product.
Today, most web users agree that search engine Google has become an invaluable asset in navigating through the vast ocean of material on the Web.
Acharya described the service in terms of outreach to other countries and other languages, he assured that Google is "happy to work with anyone interested." Anurg Acharya's current research interests are environment-aware mobile programs & customization of operating system policies using information provided by the user.

A message of hope

Dear Students,


Each of us is born with a unique genetic make up which provides us the basic template for our general response. This response is further modified by our own surrounding. You came with a specific purpose to prepare for IIT-JEE and got guidance from people who are known for their expertise in the field and practiced. The deciding moment of the target you have so long chased is on 13 April 2008 and holds a promise for all. You only require your knowledge, practice and self confidence to use judicially.

Stress levels of students during the critical situations are often on the rise, pressured as they are to perform superlatively, but once they keep in mind their preparation, the stress gets automatically managed. On the other hand, it generates new pathways and energies within the body to combat the situation effectively.

In the battle of IIT-JEE, I particularly wish to quote the words of a great General: “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men”. Further in your battle, you are not alone but in your invincible team, you have God, your parents, your teachers & your hard labor on your side.

I am full of optimism that apart from the Class room preparation, the tips given to you during the motivation and counseling classes held at Resonance shall prove very useful.

At the same time, I also wish to welcome the new aspirants at Resonance. Seven years has been a good time for us to become an obvious choice for IIT-JEE training and it's the right hour to become accessible to the students who look for support. We are soon opening Resonance own study centers at Delhi, Lucknow Kolkata and Nagpur. We would ensure that we live up to the faith of every one.

I will complete my message with words of one of our IIT- JEE 2007 selected student,

“The secret of my success is that whatever I do, I do it wholeheartedly”.
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With best wishes and blessings from all of us.



R.K. Verma
B.Tech., IIT-Madras (1994)

Chase A Big Idea & Strike It Big

Ratan Tata adding shine to the mark of trust TATA

Ratan Tata was awarded PadamVibhushan, The second highest civilian award on 25 January 2008 not merely because of Nano, rupees 1lakh car but because of his social concern and also his contribution for the social uplift of the countryman. Indeed the Nano is a font of innovation, generating as many as 40 new patents for Tata motors. The elegance of the packaging makes Ratan's car a big draw. He him self believes that Indian Engineers delivered on a goal believed to be impossible.
Born on December 28, 1937, in Bombay, Ratan Tata is the present Chairman of the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate established by earlier generations of his family. He was born to Soonoo & Naval Hormusji Tata, Gujarati-speaking Parsi family and is the great grandson of Tata group founder Jamsetji Tata. Ratan's childhood was troubled, his parents separated in the mid-1940s, His mother moved out and both Ratan and his brother were raised by their grandmother Lady Navajbai.
He did his schooling from Campion School, Mumbai. In 1962, he graduated from Cornell University with a Degree in Architecture and Structural Engineering and after that Management Degree at Harvard University.
He is not where he is by design. Having studied architecture he may have remained an architect, regardless of his surname. But his grandmother fell seriously ill and he kept coming back to India to see her. One thing led to another and he stayed back.
Ratan Tata had a short stint with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles, California, before returning to India in late 1962. In India Ratan turned down a job offer from IBM, following the advice of J.R.D. Tata, and entered the family business.
Ratan joined the Tata Group in December 1962, when he was sent to Jamshedpur to work at Tata Steel. He worked on the floor along with other blue-collar employees, shoveling limestone and handling the blast furnaces.
In 1971, Ratan was appointed the Director-in-Charge of The National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (NELCO), a company that was in dire financial difficulty. Ratan suggested that the company invest in developing high-technology products, rather than in consumer electronics. Ratan Tata turned NELCO into a profit churning company.
In 1977, Ratan was entrusted with Empress Mills, a textile mill controlled by the Tatas. When he took charge of the company, it was one of the few sick units in the Tata group. Later on Ratan turned it into a dividend declaring company.
Ratan Tata was appointed as Chairman of Tata Industries in 1981. He was assigned the task of transforming the company into a Group strategy think-tank, and a promoter of new ventures in high technology businesses. In 1991, Ratan Tata took over the Chairmanship from JRD Tata. Under him, Tata Consultancy Services went public and Tata Motors was listed in the New York Stock Exchange. In 1998, Tata Motors came up with Tata Indica, the first truly Indian car. The car was the brainchild of Ratan Tata.
On 31 January 2007, under the chairmanship of Ratan Tata, Tata Sons successfully acquired Corus Group, an Anglo-Dutch steel and aluminum producer.
Now Tata can produce raw steel at low cost in India, and then ship it to Corus' first-rate mills in the West to make finished products. With the acquisition, Ratan Tata became a celebrated personality in Indian corporate business culture. And the unveiling of Nano on 10 January 2008 is a testimony to Tata's engineering, designing and frugal manufacturing skills with which he intends to move the world.
Creating history, Ratan Tata on 26 March 08 acquired luxury auto brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motors for $ 2.3 billion, stamping their authority as a takeover tycoon, beating compatriot Mahindra and Mahindra for the prestigious brands, just a year after acquiring steel giant Corus for $12.1 billion.

THE INSPIRING FOODKING

When 27-year old Sarathbabu graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, he created quite a stir by refusing a job that offered him a huge salary. He preferred to start his own enterprise -- Foodking Catering Service -- in Ahmedabad.
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy lit the traditional lamp and inaugurated Sarathbabu's enterprise.
Sarathbabu travels a lonf way from a Chennai slum to the nation's premier management institute to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Childhood in a slum
I was born and brought up in a slum in Madipakkam in Chennai. I have two elder sisters and two younger brothers and my mother was the sole breadwinner of the family. It was really tough for her to bring up five kids on her meagre salary.
She did three different jobs to bring us up and educate us. She sold idlis in the mornings. She would then work for the mid-day meal at the school during daytime. In the evenings, she taught at the adult education programme of the Indian government.I was determined that her hard work should not go in vain. I was a topper throughout my school days.
My mother was not aware of institutions like the BITS- Pilani, or IIT, She only wanted to educate us so that we got a good job.
When you constantly worry about the next square meal, you do not dream of becoming a doctor or an engineer. I didn't know what I wanted to do at that time The only thing that was on my mind was to get a good job.
I got very good marks in the 10th standard exam. Till the 10th, there was no special fee but for the 11th and the 12th, the fees were Rs 2,000-3,000.
I did book-binding work during the summer vacation and accumulated money for my school fees. When I got plenty of work, I employed 20 other children and all of us did the work together. That was my first real job as an entrepreneur.

Life at BITS, Pilani
A classmate of mine told me about BITS, Pilani. He was confident that I would get admission, as I was the topper. He also told me that on completion (of studies at Pilani), I will definitely get a job.
The fees alone were around Rs 28,000, and I had to get around Rs 42,000. It was huge money for us. And there was no one to help us. Just my mother and sisters. One of my sisters pawned her jewellery and that's how I paid for the first semester.
I applied for the Indian government scholarship and I was successful. So, after the first semester, it was the scholarship that helped me through.

Inspiration to be an entrepreneur
It was while preparing for the Common Admission Test that I read in the papers that 30 per cent of India's population does not get two meals a day. I know how it feels to be hungry. What should be done to help them, I wondered.
I also read about Infosys and Narayana Murthy, Reliance and Ambani. Reliance employed 20,000-25,000 people at that time, and Infosys, around 15,000. When a single entrepreneur employed 25,000 people, he was supporting the whole family, and thus taking care of 100,000 people indirectly. I felt I, too, should become an entrepreneur.
But, my mother was waiting for her engineer son to get a job. I got a job with Polaris.I worked for 30 months at Polaris But I decided to pursue my dream. When I took CAT for the third time, I cleared it and got calls from all the six IIMs. I got admission at IIM, Ahmedabad.
I was more confident at IIM. I took up a lot of responsibilities in the college. I was in the mess committee in the first year and in the second year; I was elected the mess secretary.

Becoming an entrepreneur
By the end of the second year, there were many lucrative job offers coming our way, but in my mind I was determined to start something on my own. But It was a difficult decision to say 'no' to offers that gave you Rs 800,000 a year.
Nobody at my institute discouraged me. In fact, at least 30-40 students at the IIM wanted to be entrepreneurs.

Foodking Catering Services Pvt Ltd
My mother is my first inspiration to start a food business. I started my life selling idlis in my slum. Then of course, my experience as the mess secretary at IIM-A was the second inspiration.I also felt there is a good opportunity in the food business.
My friends helped me with registering the company with a capital of Rs 100,000.
I set up an office and employed three persons. The first order was from a software company in Ahmedabad. They wanted us to supply tea, coffee and snacks. We transported the items in an auto.
than I got the order from IIM, Ahmedabad, I took a loan of Rs 11 lakhs (Rs 1.1 million) and started a kitchen. So, my initial capital was Rs 11.75 lakhs (Rs 1.17 million).
Three months have passed, and now we have forty employees and four clients -- IIM Ahmedabad, Darpana Academy, Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute and System Plus.
In the first month of our operation, we earned around Rs 35,000. Now, the turnover is around Rs 250,000. The Chennai operations will start in another three months' time.

Ambition
I want to employ as many people as I can, and improve their quality of life. I have seen people from all walks of life -- from the slums to the elite in the country. That is why luxuries like a car or a bungalow do not matter to me. Even money doesn't matter to me. I feel bad if I have to have food in a five star hotel. I feel guilty.
The best compliments I received were from Narayana Murthy and my director at IIM, Ahmedabad. When I told him (IIM-A director) about my decision to start a company, he hugged me and wished me luck. They have seen life, they have seen thousands and thousands of students and if they say it is a good decision, I am sure it is a good decision.

Knowledge Pays Off

Why is quartz used in watches?

Quartz is used in watches as it acts as a piezoelectric oscillator. As a potential difference is applied across quartz, stress is generated across the perpendicular faces of quartz crystal. It is known as reveres piezoelectric effect. The word piezo in Greek means pressure and, therefore piezoelectricity means pressure electricity. It takes place in some crystal like quartz witch lack certain symmetrical properties. A mechanical stress produces an electric polarization and, reciprocally, an applied field produces a mechanical strain. So, this oscillator keeps watches ticking.

How do you test the presence of methanol?
Methanol does not respond to the iodoform test (Open Space, Apr. 6.). Infect the test is given by ethanol and those alcohols which process hydroxymethyl group or CH(OH)- group or carbonyl compounds having acetyl functionality. Methanol can be detected by the oil of wintergreen test. In this test, 1-2 ml of methanol along with few crystal of salicylic are treated with concentrated sulphuric acid in a test tube which is then gently heated. A characteristic smell of oil of wintergreen (Iodex type) is obtained due to the formation of methyl salicylate.

Why is mercury used in thermometers despite being the poorest conductor of heat?

Most metal are good conductors of heat and they are solids at room temperature. Mercury is the only one in liquid state at room temperature. It's used in thermometers it has high coefficient of expansion. Hence, the slightest change in temperature is notable when it's used in a thermometer. It also has a high boiling point which makes it very suitable to measure higher temperatures. Also it has a shiny appearance and doesn't stick to the glass surface of glass.

Why is glass transparent?

When light encounters a material, it can interact with it in different ways. These interactions depend on the nature of the light and the nature of the material. For instance, light falling on a leaf encounters many pigments molecules, predominantly chlorophyll. These molecules absorb light from the red and blue ends of the visible spectrum. The remaining light is scattered back because molecules in a leaf are tightly packed and so, we see a green leaf. Glass has properties of both a solid (its molecules don't move very much) and a liquid (the molecules are not arranged in any ordered way). Molecules in glass are not packed into a tight lattice and, unless tinted, it doesn't contain molecules that capture light with a particular energy. So, when light encounters glass, most o it passes straight through. Hence it is transparent.
light and the nature of the material. For instance, light falling on a leaf encounters many pigments molecules, predominantly chlorophyll. These molecules absorb light from the red and blue ends of the visible spectrum. The remaining light is scattered back because molecules in a leaf are tightly packed and so, we see a green leaf. Glass has properties of both a solid (its molecules don't move very much) and a liquid (the molecules are not arranged in any ordered way). Molecules in glass are not packed into a tight lattice and, unless tinted, it doesn't contain molecules that capture light with a particular energy. So, when light encounters glass, most o it passes straight through. Hence it is transparent.

What is quantum tunnelling?

In Physics, quantum is the particle which obeys quantum mechanics. When a quantum particle has to cross a potential barrier which has more energy then the particle, than, according to the classical physics, it can not do so. But, in quantum mechanics, it can, however small it be. This phenomenon is known as quantum tunnelling. The best example of quantum tunnelling is the emission of alpha particles from a radioactive nucleus. Although the energy of alpha particles is less than nuclear potential, they can tunnel through it.

Sandipan Deb

The IITians
The book is an exploration of
how India could create a world
class system of engineering
education. It is a story of a
Remarkable Indian Institution
and how Its Alumni are
changing the world.

Sandipan Deb was the former Managing of Outlook magazine; he spent almost 10 years in group. In the first look it is very normal to work in Outlook Group but a fact which made this thing unusual is that Sandipan deb is an IIT graduate. Just opposite to his designated career he chooses Journalism as his career.
Sandipan deb did his Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) in Electronics & Electrical Comm. Engg. (1985). after that he did MBA from IIM Calcutta.
Deb started his journalism career with A&M magazine, where he spent four years. After that, he did a short stint with Business Today and subsequently moved to the Outlook Group. He spent 10 years there and was the founder-editor of Outlook Money.
Deb has been in the field of journalism since 1990. A question arises in the mind of everyone that after having such a Brilliant educational background of IIT & IIM what inspired him to choose Journalism as his career. Writing was the first love of Sandipan Deb after three-four years in the standard MBA jobs in advertising and then in financial services in the ITC group, Deb had an introspective phase. He looked at all his abilities and wondered which was the one thing that he could do and enjoy the most, the answer he got was writing. He says "I was working and doing fairly well in advertising and financial services, but I got bored. I was still 26 or 27 and I didn't want a situation where I would be a 40-year-old general manager selling chocolates, etc. and look back and say oh no! I have wasted my life.” Deb jumped into journalism, ignoring the advice of all well-wishers including his father, who Deb says was


already having visions of his son become the Chairman of Hindustan Petroleum one day.
It was perhaps the spirit of fun and adventure that made him switch from a bright engineering career to the uncertain world of journalism. He worked as the Managing Editor of Outlook magazine and Editor of Outlook Money he has come a long way. In 2005 Sandipan Deb had joined the Express group from Outlook Money, (formerly Intelligent Investor). In 2006 there is a change of guard at The Financial Express, the financial daily from The Indian Express Group. Sandipan Deb edited The Financial Express (FE). Deb was also expected to launch the magazine division of the Indian Express group, which has not seen the light of the day so far. After that Financial Express editor Sandipan Deb is moving on, in January 2008, Deb is set to launch the magazine division of RPG Enterprises, a diversified business group which has interests in plantations, tyres, and media, now decided to venture into the print media business, with plans to launch a clutch of English magazines and Sandipan was spotted for the job.
However there is not even a single moment when Deb regrets going to the IIT & IIM, Deb says, education is all about preparing you for life, IIT and IIM are the two greatest brands India has created after independence and there is a lot of expectation and pressure from peers and family that you do well in a particular way, that is, you have to become a CEO, If you are not an executive vice-president by forty you are a loser. But organizations are pyramids after all. Not everybody is going to be a CEO, not every body will make an executive vice-president by forty. Simply statistically, a lot of people will burn out by the time they are forty. I think it is more important to have had a happy life. I have friends from IIT who are not earning a crore a year or anything like that, but they are happy. As long as they are happy I don't see any reason why we should think they are losers in any way. You have to find a balance between personal and professional life and be happy. That is the responsibility you owe to yourself more than any thing else.
a year or anything like that, but they are happy. As long as they are happy I don't see any reason why we should think they are losers in any way. You have to find a balance between personal and professional life and be happy. That is the responsibility you owe to yourself more than any thing else.
Sandipan Deb's book has an extremely wide canvas. The book deals with the comparison of IITs with other Institutes of Technology and even universities in USA and elsewhere. It discusses the social changes in India and their effect on IITs in contrast with the institutes elsewhere in the world. The author also mentions the academic, professional and social interactions between undergraduates in classes, exams, hostels and extra curricular events. It also discusses some crucial issues concerning the IITs, namely the Brain Drain, which is the migration of its students to other countries and the coaching factories for the entrance tests and the problems that IITs face. It tells how much hard work goes into qualifying in the IIT examinations. It also gives the history of the institution. Sandipan Deb traveled to America to interview successful IITians heading giant corporations and leaving an indelible stamp in Silicon Valley. He also met black sheep like himself who chose to work in fields completely unrelated to engineering and yet made a success. It has listed the achievements of some of prominent IITians. The book also has a lighter side to it. A chapter named 'The Weirdos' details some of the more eccentric personalities at the university. The author also interviewed an equal number of IITians who have not been so successful in terms of making money and a name; perhaps it would have given a clearer picture of an 'average' IITian. Some useful lessons could have been learnt from the stories of these individuals.
classes, exams, hostels and extra curricular events. It also discusses some crucial issues concerning the IITs, namely the Brain Drain, which is the migration of its students to other countries and the coaching factories for the entrance tests and the problems that IITs face. It tells how much hard work goes into qualifying in the IIT examinations. It also gives the history of the institution. Sandipan Deb traveled to America to interview successful IITians heading giant corporations and leaving an indelible stamp in Silicon Valley. He also met black sheep like himself who chose to work in fields completely unrelated to engineering and yet made a success. It has listed the achievements of some of prominent IITians. The book also has a lighter side to it. A chapter named 'The Weirdos' details some of the more eccentric personalities at the university. The author also interviewed an equal number of IITians who have not been so successful in terms of making money and a name; perhaps it would have given a clearer picture of an 'average' IITian. Some useful lessons could have been learnt from the stories of these individuals.

I think all of us have a duty to ourselves to figure out where we excel. It could be finance, it could be stock broking, and it could be tennis or wrestling. Every human being, I believe, has some talent greater than all his other talents and he should follow that. He should be true to himself.

Reso Reaper

Ankit Agarwal,Reso Roll No. 505598, IIT-JEE - All India Rank 33 (2007) IIT- Kanpur - Comp. Sc. Engg. Ankit Agarwal is happily sharing his sweet succes with Reso Students.

Q. What is required to get into IIT?
A. The most important thing to get into IIT is self confidence, which comes from your hard work as well as from smart work.

Q. How much time did you devote on an average for your preparation? What was your daily time table?
A. I don’t know the exact time that I devoted to my studies. Everyone has his own style of study. I had targets on daily basis and always work hard to fulfill them. I think everyone should make his own timetable that suits him. Equal time should be devoted to all the three subjects. There should be two timetables- long term and short term. Short term for the current course and long term for revision. You should solve every DPP and Sheets. Every good question in DPPs and Sheets should be marked for revision.

Q. What are the important topics for special attention?
A. Every topic is important. Some easy and important topics for me are as follows:-
Physics :- Magnetism, Optics, SHM, Waves, Modern Physics, Heat and Thermodynamics.
Maths :- Coordinate, Vectors, Definite integrals, Matrices/determenents, Chemistry : -Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry, Mole Concept, Salt Analysis, Rules in Inorganic Chemistry, Thermodynamics.

Q. Which books did you refer for clearing your doubts?
A. Any extra book is not required at all. The Resonance study material is self sufficient. Still, HCV for Physics and NCERT for Chemistry may be useful.

Q. How does one cope up with the school syllabus and preparation for the IIT-JEE?
A. If you are prepared for IIT-JEE, school syllabus will never be a problem. Only NCERT books are required.

Q. How many questions one should attempt to get into IIT? How tough would be the paper?
A. One should attempt the paper in three rounds. First he should attempt all question that he can easily answer in first go. In the second attempt he should go for slightly tough questions and then at last the questions which are really tough.

Q How did you plan the final revision of the whole syllabus of IIT-JEE in last very few days?
A. I had marked all important questions of DPPs and sheets that helped me a lot during revision. Except this I also solved last 10 years of JEE problems. For theory, I believe, class notes are sufficient.

Q While preparing at Resonance how did you evaluate your performance after each CT, APT & JPT?
A. After each test I used to mark questions that I had done wrong along with the reason of getting wrong answer. One should read the questions more carefully. Except that before going for the test you should see the types of silly mistakes you had done before and should try not to repeat them.

Q. What was your order of preparation - class notes, personal notes or DPPs? How did you utilize your study hours to get maximum coverage of syllabus?
A. According to me, you should not decide number of hours of studying; rather you should decide topics/DPPs, you want to cover in that day, according to your capabilities. My order of preparation was as follows:-
1- Class Notes just after the class.
2- DPPs to be discussed next day.
3- Sheets/books to be discussed next day.
4-See the notes for questions unable to solve and mark them.
5-If time permits revise old theory and Sheets.

Q. Give some tips for increasing one's Productivity while Studying?
A. You can enjoy some music or take a walk for giving yourself a break. Chatting, orkuting, computer gaming should be avoided.

Q. To whom you wish to give the credit of your success?
A. Parents, obviously, contributed to a great extent. They are always the driving force for the hard work. Other than parents I think Resonance contributed a lot. The study material, guidance by teachers, various test.

Muktesh Pant

Muktesh Pant is the chief marketing officer of $ 13-billion Yum! Brands' international division, Yum! Restaurant International. It is the world's largest restaurant company with 35,000 restaurants.
Muktesh Pant belongs to Kumaon. He did his schooling at Saint Joseph’s School Nainital. His mother, Shivani, is a famous Hindi novelist. The only son and the youngest of four children, Pant excelled in school. He wanted to study chemistry so he took the entrance exam and joined the IIT – Kanpur. Muktesh got his M. Tech. degree in 1976 in Chemical Engg. At the end of his fourth year at IIT, he went to Nocil for industrial training. "That’s when he realized that engineering by itself would get him nowhere. Engineers are given a pat on the back and the best employee award, while it’s the marketing and finance guys who got good money”. So, when some months later, Hindustan Lever came to the IIT campus to recruit engineers, Muktesh Pant asked them if it was possible to accommodate him in the marketing department. Pant wasn’t too hopeful of getting a positive response and had already secured admission at IIM - Ahmedabad, But Levers invited him to Mumbai for another round of interviews.
It was unusual in those days to appoint someone in the marketing department who didn’t have an MBA degree, but Pant clinched it in the interview.
That was the end of chemistry. Muktesh (Micky) Pant spent 15 years in the company, from 1976 to 1991. According to Pant “Hindustan Lever, is the most pre-eminent company in India. It ingrained in me the very best management practices”.
In 1991 he moved from Hindustan Lever to Pepsi. Pant joined Pepsi for a four-year stint in 1991, where he headed the exports division, and later its bottling operations.
He took another leap in 1996 when he moved from Pepsi to Reebok as its country head in India. He helped found Reeboks' India office, and eventually became the Chief Marketing Officer of Reebok. In a market where global brands like Adidas, Nike, Lotto and Puma were jostling for consumer attention, Pant carved out more than 50 per cent share of India's premium footwear market for Reebok. Then he moved to Boston as Reebok's global brand manager. He was employee number one at Reebok, India, and helped build the company and its brand in India.
Mr Pant, who came close to the top spot at Reebok, threw up a high profile marketing job, for the sweat and risk of an entrepreneurial venture, which was close to his heart. In 2004 Muktesh Pant has resigned as CMO of Reebok in order to pursue his life-long dream of establishing a yoga business that connects him to his roots in India.
After following his dream of Yoga start-up, Muktesh Pant returned to the big corporate world as Chief Marketing Officer in Yum! Restaurants international divisions in mid 2005. Owner of leading restaurant brands like KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver's.
In his new role as worldwide chief marketing officer, Pant is working out in the company's Dallas headquarters. A division of Yum! Brands Inc, a leading restaurant company with more than 33,000 restaurants in over 100 countries and territories, Yum! Inc, is the second-largest food franchiser in the world, after McDonald's, in terms of sales.
.For Mr Pant, the move from Reebok International to Yum! would mean moving from a single-brand company to a multi-brand environment. He is among a handful of Indians who have earned their mega-spurs on home soil.

A Message of hope

Dear Students,

Winning brings immense pleasure and happiness. It instills confidence and consolidates our position among the people we love to be with. The words of Mount Everest conqueror Bachendri pal are inspiring;” I don't think I have conquered mountains; I've conquered weaknesses and fears with my practice and training.” winning is inspiration to work harder. It's a responsibility because a winner gives hope to all those who share similar aspirations.

In IIT-JEE results on 30 May 08, Resonance hogged lime light and there is a winning smile on Resonites' faces radiating the winner's energy. From the various teaching programmes, Resonance contributes 1064 students in the list of successful 8652 students, which is striking as the overall success rate this year is 2.78% in IIT-JEE. From our list of selected students, 612 students come from the regular class room teaching programmes and 452 count from the distance learning programmes, registering 17 ranks in the top 100 students, 09 (18, 24, 42, 58, 77, 85, 92, 95, 100) are from regular class room coaching programmes and 08 students (05, 23, 33, 39, 49, 55, 76, and 94) from various distance learning programmes.

I appreciate the efforts of all the successful students. They have achieved their goal facing many hardships and their success reflects commitment and dedication with continued focus on their target staying away from their homes. The Resonance faculty members and the support from the administrative team have contributed significantly in their success. I would like to make a special mention of Jaipur and Bhopal study centers which have earned laurels as their students achieved remarkable success- 48 out of 240, and 8 out of 24 respectively. To our new students, my best advice is to be attentive during the lectures in the classrooms which prove most useful and the important points noted by them in the classroom shall help them most in meeting success.

The results are the mirror reflection of the competitive excellence originating from accumulation of merit and enterprise, involving sincere efforts and hard work. I expect all of you to essentially follow a winner's road map to be successful in life. Winning is where is wholesome growth.




R K Verma

Hackers are actually good, pleasant and extremely intelligent people who could keep computer criminals on the run - Ankit Fadia

Ankit Fadia has conducted more than a 1000 different training sessions across 25 countries on various topics related to cyber security to an audience comprising of CEOs, CIOs, top level management, entrepreneurs, technical specialists, defense personnel and students. He has authored several books on computer security.

Ankit Fadia is a widely recognized computer security guru and Cyber terrorism expert. Ankit was born in India. He was educated at Delhi Public School. He is currently pursuing his Bachelors in Computer Science with specialization in Information Security at Stanford University, USA. He also used to conduct research and work on special projects at the global headquarters of Symantec Corporation at Cupertino, California, USA. He started a website called "HackingTruths", which he claims was judged as the "second best hacking site in the world by the FBI". He claims that when he was 14, he trashed the front page of an Indian magazine's website. He then sent an e-mail to the editor confessing to the hack & suggesting counter measures.
At 15, his book on Ethical Hacking made him the youngest author to be published by Macmillan, the Indian arm of the United Kingdom-based publishing house. Macmillan also decided to buy his work and made him the youngest published author in Macmillan's 110-year history.
Ankit Fadia says, 'I realized that hacking was more of a thrill than playing computer games so I decided to learn more about it.'
Ankit Fadia is one of the many "ethical hackers" now employed by businesses all over the world to protect against terrorist attacks. In November 2001, Fadia was consulted by a classified intelligence agency for breaking an encrypted message sent by one of Osama Bin Laden’s men. Since then Fadia has been involved in numerous classified projects pertaining to International Security and Computer Networks. He handles the Asia Operations of the classified intelligence agency. With a strong belief in the integration of security and education, Fadia closely works with the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University and San Jose State University and advises them on the design and structure of the course material of their computer security courses. He also offers a widely respected certification course on computer security titled Ankit Fadia Certified Ethical Hacker.
Right now, he warns biggest threat to individual privacy is from mobile phones hackers, According to Fadia somebody can clone your phone and make unlimited long distance phone calls? anybody can hack your cell-phones and access your data. They can do it - through bluetooth technology, infrared, SMS and MMS or using Internet via GPRS. There's complete lack of awareness about installing anti-virus software protect mobile phones, Fact is, the mobile needs to be made secure," adds Fadia.
Widely traveled, Fadia provides customized cyber security training and consulting solutions to clients all across Asia, Australia, North America and the Middle East including Google, Citibank, Shell, Volvo, Thai Airways, UOB Bank, PT Cisco Systems, Bank of Thailand, Bangkok Public bank, Amari Hostels, BlueScope Steel, Jumeirah International, Wipro, Singapore Health Promotion Board, Infosys, Satyam, Schering Ltd and many other organizations in the government, police and corporate sectors.
Ankit says My job is to chase illegal hackers. Cyber crime will only increase in the coming years, as we become more dependent on computers for work.
Recently Fadia started his own computer security consulting and training company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with operations all across the Asia Pacific region.
.In a world where the super-young are redefining super-success, Fadia's success at such a small age makes a case in point.
"I believe in doing exciting and new things everybody. the 'genius' tag makes me want to experiment and out-do myself. Every morning, I wake up and think of ways to change the world. That's when I do these extraordinary things. I try to dream big but real."

Resonance Conducted Seminar on IIT JEE and NTSE

Resonance conducted seminar on preperation for IIT JEE and NTSE at various locations.

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IIT JEE 2010 Result

Dear Students,

Solutions for IIT JEE 2010 exam is available on Resonance website

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Knowledge Pays Off

Why is quartz used in watches?
Quartz is used in watches as it acts as a piezoelectric oscillator. As a potential difference is applied across quartz, stress is generated across the perpendicular faces of quartz crystal. It is known as reveres piezoelectric effect. The word piezo in Greek means pressure and, therefore piezoelectricity means pressure electricity. It takes place in some crystal like quartz which lack certain symmetrical properties. A mechanical stress produces an electric polarization and, reciprocally, an applied field produces a mechanical strain. So, this oscillator keeps watches ticking.
How do you test the presence of methanol?
Methanol does not respond to the iodoform test. In fact the test is given by ethanol and those alcohols which process hydroxymethyl group or CH(OH)- group or carbonyl compounds having acetyl functionality. Methanol can be detected by the oil of wintergreen test. In this test, 1-2 ml of methanol along with few crystal of salicylic are treated with concentrated sulphuric acid in a test tube which is then gently heated. A characteristic smell of oil of wintergreen (Iodex type) is obtained due to the formation of methyl salicylate.
Why is mercury used in thermometers despite being the poorest conductor of heat?
Most metals are good conductors of heat and they are solids at room temperature. Mercury is the only one in liquid state at room temperature. It's used in thermometers because it has high coefficient of expansion. Hence, the slightest change in temperature is notable when it's used in a thermometer. It also has a high boiling point which makes it very suitable to measure higher temperatures. Also it has a shiny appearance and doesn't stick to the surface of glass.
Why is glass transparent?
When light encounters a material, it can interact with it in different ways. These interactions depend on the nature of the light and the nature of the material. For instance, light falling on a leaf encounters many pigments molecules, predominantly chlorophyll. These molecules absorb light from the red and blue ends of the visible spectrum. The remaining light is scattered back because molecules in a leaf are tightly packed and so, we see a green leaf. Glass has properties of both a solid (its molecules don't move very much) and a liquid (the molecules are not arranged in any ordered way). Molecules in glass are not packed into a tight lattice and, unless tinted, it doesn't contain molecules that capture light with a particular energy. So, when light encounters glass, most o it passes straight through. Hence it is transparent.
What is quantum tunneling?
In Physics, quantum is the particle which obeys quantum mechanics. When a quantum particle has to cross a potential barrier which has more energy then the particle, than, according to the classical physics, it can not do so. But, in quantum mechanics, it can, however small it be. This phenomenon is known as quantum tunneling. The best example of quantum tunneling is the emission of alpha particles from a radioactive nucleus. Although the energy of alpha particles is less than nuclear potential, they can tunnel through it.

Little Surgeon

Some time back, a TV footage emerged of a remote village in India. The video shows a young girl receiving surgery to separate her fingers, which were badly burned and fused together. Why did this operation make headlines around the world? The surgery was performed by a 7-year-old boy named Akrit Jaswal.
Born on 23 April 1993, Now 15 years old, Akrit has an IQ of 146 and is considered the smartest person his age in India—a country of more than a billion people. Before Akrit could even speak, his parents say they knew he was special.
"He learned very fast," says Raksha, Akrit's mother. "After learning the alphabet, we started to teach him joining of words, and he started writing as well. He was two."
At an age when most children are learning their ABCs, Akrit was reading Shakespeare and assembling a library of medical textbooks. When he was 5 years old, he enrolled in school. One year later, Akrit was teaching English and math classes.
Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an early age. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by what he saw, Akrit read everything he could on the topic. When an impoverished family heard about his amazing abilities, they asked if he would operate on their daughter for free. Her surgery was a success.
After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in India. Neighbors and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment. At age 11, Akrit was admitted to Punjab University. He's the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research.
Akrit says he has millions of medical ideas, but he's currently focused on developing a cure for cancer. "I've developed a concept called oral gene therapy on the basis of my research and my theories," he says. "I'm quite dedicated towards working on this mechanism."
Growing up, Akrit says he used to see cancer patients lying on the side of the road because they couldn't afford treatment or hospitals had no space for them. Now, he wants to use his intellect to ease their suffering. "[I've been] going to hospitals since the age of 6, so I have seen firsthand people suffering from pain," he says. "I get very sad, and so that's the main motive of my passion about medicine, my passion about cancer."
Currently, Akrit is working toward bachelor's degrees in zoology, botany and chemistry. Someday, he hopes to continue his studies at Harvard University.

Praveen Verma, HRD
(Source - Internet)

IIT- Bombay Alumni At Resonance

Chandra S. Sharma (CSS) B.Tech.(Mechanical) 2003 IIT-JEE – AIR – 392

Amit Chaudhuri

“Apples still come from Kashmir”

Pale pink in crates in winter’s market.
Each grew through the year till it absorbed
the valley’s sweetness and undertaste
and reached its final shape and weight.
They are not dead, but come to fruition.
When you bite them, not blood,
but the valley’s clear juice floods your mouth.

-from St Cyril Road and other poems
by Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri is a prose writer and he often praised for the poetic quality of his prose.”I was first and foremost a poet,” he confesses, ‘St Cyril Road and Other Poems’ is an unusual collection of his poetry. It bears the stamp of poems when he intended to be not just a writer, but a poet; poems for him are not meant for publication only, his ability to store away apparently unremarkable moments and images and illuminate them in recollection is simply superb.
Amit Chaudhuri is an internationally recognized Indian English author. He was born in Calcutta in 1962 and grew up in Bombay. He has written numerous novels, short stories, poems and critical essays in English, but is probably best known for his book ‘Freedom Song’.
This book is a collection of three short novels which were first published in Britain as separate volumes: A Strange and Sublime Address, Afternoon Raag, and Freedom Song. Chaudhuri received considerable critical acclaim for these novellas.
Amit Chaudhuri’s other creations includes:
Novels: A Strange and Sublime Address (1991), Afternoon Raag (1993), Freedom Song (1998) t, A New World ( 2000).
Short stories: Real Time: Stories and a reminiscence (2002)
Poetry: St. Cyril Road and Other Poems (2005)
Non fiction: D. H. Lawrence and ‘Difference’: Postcoloniality and the Poetry of the Present (2003), Small Orange Flags (2003) reviewed
His most recent book is Clearing a Space: Reflections on India, Literature, and Culture (2008).
According to Amit,”I had no intention of becoming a prose writer” and yet it is fiction that has made his name.
The London Review of Books said: “… he writes better than just about anyone of his generation.”
Amit read English at University College, London, where he took his BA with First Class Honours, and completed his doctorate on critical theory and the poetry of D.H. Lawrence at Balliol College, Oxford. He is currently work as a Professor in Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia.
Amit is one of the most versatile and talented writers of his generation and his books are published in more than twelve countries.
Musical Creation
Other than being a versatile writer Amit also has a charms in the field of music. Amit Chaudhuri is a trained and critically acclaimed singer in the North Indian classical tradition. He has received high praise for his singing from various newspapers and journals.
Amit Chaudhuri was one of the Observer’s Twenty One Writers for the Millennium and one of India Today’s ‘Faces of the Millennium’. On March 18, 2008, he was included in the panel for the Man Booker International Prize 2009, alongside writer Jane Smiley and essayist Andrey Kurkov.

थैंक्स Resonance

Q. What is required to get into IIT?

Ans. Firm determination and hard work is required for execution of every task. I worked sincerely and made a room for me in IIT with flying colors.

Q. What was your order of preparation - class notes, personal notes or DPPs? How did you utilize your study hours to get maximum coverage of syllabus?

Ans. The Reso teachers are better guides to answer this question. Proper and continuous practice of DPPs & modules is the key to success in IIT-JEE, while revising the whole syllabus in the last few days. As one can't go through the whole of it, revision planner really works in such situation. It helped me also in choosing the questions which covered most of my course.

Q. While preparing for IIT-JEE, where one should emphasize more- on problem solving or on understanding the subject?

Ans. This is a tricky question. If u want your life to be a bit easy in IITs, then understanding the subject is necessary. Even Olympiad aspirants have to understand the subject. JEE can be cleared by more and more practice but u can maximize your result if u have done both the tasks sincerely.

Q. How does one cope up with the school syllabus and preparation for the IIT-JEE?

Ans. I used to cover the whole school syllabus side by side which proved beneficial for me in boards. I would suggest my juniors not to leave JEE preparation during Boards because it may kill your objective skills. Try to study both simultaneously.

Q.How important is emotional quotient in preparation for IIT-JEE. Please explain?

Ans. Emotional quotient is one of the factors that can alter your performance at JEE. So have faith in yourself because you have done all the hard work in these 2/3 years and you can't let it go in 6 hrs of JEE.

Q. How did you refresh yourself from the hectic schedule?

Ans. I used to play games in school for refreshing and cycling which I could afford being a localite. listening music, watching movies on test days can be a better option, BUT DO NOT GET ADDICTED TO THEM, and always do one work at a time either studies or enjoyment.

Q. While preparing at Resonance how did you evaluate your performance after each CT, APT & JPT?

Ans. CT was the major evaluator of my performance at Resonance. I used to analyze my result and areas where I did maximum mistakes. Then I worked hard to improve on. These are the tests in which u can experiment your approach but try to get set with your approach and apply the same in JPT and even in JEE.

Q. How did you manage the final revision of the whole syllabus of IIT JEE in last few days?

Ans. I used to make brief notes of all the important formulas and concepts in one separate copy of all the 3 subjects and I used to revise it before tests and JEE but cumulative effect is most important u cant do much in last few days that's why one has to make a habit of studying on daily basis.

Q. To whom you wish to give the credit of your success?

Ans. My parents and family always had faith in me. They supported my decision of choosing Resonance. Besides them my Resonance teachers, my school teachers and my friends and last but not the least myself, hold the credit for this achievement.

Q. What is your Success mantra? Give some advice to your successors at Resonance who are preparing for IIT-JEE?

Ans. I would like to advise my juniors to do well. Keep balance in your studies and your social life. Please make most of your efforts and don't let things fly over your head at any point of time. Hard work, efficiency, intelligence and your love for IIT is your success mantra. approach and apply the same in JPT and even in JEE.