I Would Say That “Sacrificing”.......

I would say that “sacrificing” your early 20s for your career is worth it.

My father always says we have two choices - Enjoy early life at your parents’ expense and suffer the rest of it, or, work like a horse all day throughout your early life and live like a king for the rest.

Every individual has dreams in life that she/he wants to achieve. And, nobody likes waiting. We all want things to happen fast. Sadly, that never does.

Nothing good ever comes easy.

When I was in final year, most of my friends who were in engineering had passed out and taken up jobs in IT sector. When I was doing my internship, a few got married. My friends who were in medical/dental from school joined PG in private colleges right after UG got over - it was an smooth transition.

For me (and majority of my batchmates from college), it has been a roller coster journey, emotionally and physically.

Days of tears, worries and anxiety! Endless cravings to just drop out and put an end to the whole rat race.

But we held on. Through fire and ice. Each of us wanted to get into a central government institution for PG.

Each of us have achieved that, finally.

There's still a long way to go, but the whole thing so far has been worth it. I'm (almost) financially independent now (salary comes after work starts), have a gorgeous room all to myself and am close to home.

Financial independence is something to die for in today's world. It gives you security and the power to design your life the way you want it (irrespective of what others around you feel!).

  

  -Aheli Bal,MD AIIMS,MBBS JIPMER

College Maths vs Arithmetic

 Proof-based mathematics is normal mathematics, and has been since the ancient Greeks. Unfortunately, many school curricula focus almost entirely on being able to perform computations, with nary a thought about why any of this works, or what it means. As a simple example, I am quite certain that virtually no one who has not taken some intermediate level math courses in college would be able to provide a definition of the real numbers that I would not be able to tear to shreds. Considering that I have taught college students who were able to show exactly how you multiplied fractions, but were not able to properly explain why that was the right thing to write down, my confidence in this assertion is extremely high.

However, if you only have mechanical understanding of procedures, then you cannot write proofs, because that requires conceptual understanding. If you have no experience in explaining your reasoning (and most people are quite terrible at this), then you cannot write proofs. If you don’t have a good feeling for how logic works, then you cannot write proofs. Most people don’t really have a good understanding of logic—to wit, I accidentally tripped up a lot of my students on an exam by giving them the following question: they had to decide whether the statement:

Suppose that f′(x)=x3−2x+1$f^{\prime }(x)=x^3-2x+1$. Then f(x)=14x4−x2+x$f(x)=\frac{1}{4}{x}^4-x^2+x$.

was true or false. Virtually all of them answered that this statement was true, because they checked that the given function f(x)$f(x)$ really does have the desired derivative… and so you must be done, right? Well, no, because there are all sorts of different choices for f(x)$f(x)$ that would also give that same derivative, hence the statement is actually false. I am fairly certain that this was a problem of logic rather than a misunderstanding about anti-derivatives, because I did a good job of drilling into them that if you want to find an anti-derivative, you find a particular anti-derivative plus a constant. In other words, if I had asked them to write down the general anti-derivative of x3−2x+1$x^3-2x+1$, I wager that most of them would give a correct answer of 14x4−x2+x+C$\frac{1}{4}{x}^4-x^2+x+C$.

Writing proofs is not hard once you have developed the skills required to do so. The trouble is that most students are dumped into this all at once, without training any of the myriad skills that you need to be successful in this endeavor.

   

    -Senia Sheydvasser,PhD in Mathematics,BA-Physics

 District Collector of Ajmer, Rajasthan Aarti Dogra and continue reading to know about her achievements, in her capacity.

Who is Arti Dogra?

Born in 1979 to an Army officer father and a school teacher mother, Arti Dogra(कलेक्टर आरती डोगरा) is the only child of her parents.

She received her school education at the prestigious Welham Girls School Dehradun and then went on to graduate from Lady Shri Ram College with a degree in Economics.

Does height matter for IAS?

Physical Eligibility for IAS: There is no height, weight and chest girth minimum requirement as such for candidates for the IAS, unlike the technical services.

Meet inspiring IAS officer Arti Dogra: Setting example with her remarkable journey

In her administrative career, IAS officer Arti Dogra has been in many top positions. So far, she was handling the responsibility of the District Collector of Ajmer.

Arti Dogra, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre has emerged as an example in the administrative class of women IAS across the country and it would not be wrong to say that she has introduced several models for change in society.

Born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Arti is only 3 feet 6 inches, which led her to face discrimination since childhood.

IAS Arti Dogra was born to Colonel Rajendra Dogra in the Indian Army and mother Kumkum who was the principal in a school. During her birth, doctors categorically stated that Arti would not be able to study in a normal school. Ignoring the doctors and conventional society, Arti went to a prestigious Welham Girls School in Dehradun and graduated in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College, DU.

Greetings by the former Prez APJ Abdul Kalam Sir

In her administrative career, IAS officer Arti Dogra has been in many top positions. So far, she was handling the responsibility of the District Collector of Ajmer.

Earlier, she has been on the post of managing director of Jodhpur Discom. She was the first woman IAS to serve on such an important post. Due to her accomplishments, Arti Dogra has received many honors from the state level to the national level.

Aarti Dogra (41), IAS

In 2019, Arti received the National Award by President Ram Nath Kovind and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for her stellar performance as the District Election Officer in Ajmer during the recently held assembly polls in Rajasthan.

Aarti Dogra honoured by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind

Collector Aarti Dogra in a School

The IAS officer took it upon herself to encourage the differently able people of the district to cast votes and take part in the democratic exercise to elect the representatives to the State Assembly. She assigned the Booth Level Officers for providing assistance to and motivating all the differently able voters at their respective booths. She arranged vehicles – “Divyang Raths” – in all the assembly constituencies in the district to help the people with disabilities to come to the polling stations and cast votes. She ensured 874 wheelchairs with at least two in every Gram Panchayat. It was for her efforts that 17000 differently able voters came to their respective booths and took pledge to vote.

“Height” is not at all a matter while reaching heights in our Life and the Collector Aarti Dogra has proved it in her life by hard working with sincerity.

Getting No Time For Study ?

 I’m a top student. This is just a full on brag, but because no one believes you until you give numbers, here are some of my stats: 4.0 GPA, 5s on APs, 35 ACT, all while doing extracurriculars like a job, competitions, etc all and still sleeping 8 hours a day.

The biggest advice I would give is time management. You’d be amazed at the amount of hours in the day if you try this method:

Half hour train ride to school? Rather than sleeping or browsing the internet, try revising for the next test or reading a thought provoking book. Have 10 minutes at the end of class? Start the classes’ homework instead of waiting for the bell to ring.

When studying, only focus on what you need to improve on and the most efficient way to do it. The trick is that usually the most efficient method is the hardest. It’s kind of like exercizing - you know you are getting a good workout if your muscles burn. While this may seem tiring, because it is so much faster, you are also done more quickly. Studying isn’t supposed to be done 10 hours a day - you’re probably being way too inefficient.

This may sound obsessive and unhealthy to some. Personally, this has cut down the amount of time I spend sitting at a desk to very little. Where I may have done 3 hours of homework in a night, these cumulative behaviors cut that time to 1 hour. Many days I now have less than half an hour a night and maintain my grades. This new time is used for reading, writing, work, exercise, and having a social life.

Everyone has parts of the day that leech time away. Find a way to use them to your advantage.

 

 -Natalie Orvil

I’ve Always Been Naturally Smart. Well, I......

 I’ve always been naturally smart.

Well, I don’t actually believe anyone is naturally good at anything. But growing up, I had a mom who read to me every night. By the time I was four years old, I could read very fluently and I devoured books. My mom also made me practice math facts in the car.

So, when it came to school, I got A’s without ever studying. I excelled in reading, math, and science just by paying attention in class and doing my homework.

I graduated with a 4.2. I even got a 31 on my ACT without studying a bit.

Upon graduating, I applied to engineering school at OSU.

Classes began and I paid attention in class and did my homework like I always had. Then, I failed my entire first round of tests.

For the first time in my life, I realized I had to study. My natural smarts were not going to be enough. And I realized, I didn’t know how to study.

It was weird, asking others how they studied for tests. They went through and resolved homework problems. I couldn’t believe they did homework twice. They did study guides. They made flashcards.

And I, for the first time, had to learn both the discipline, techniques, and focus it required to study for tests. Engineering is the reason I learned how to study well.

Also, it’s well known in engineering that many professors are absolutely horrible teachers, but they bring so much money through research to the university that they never get fired. I had such bad professors with such hard tests, I had to teach myself subjects like Thermodynamics or Materials Science. It was then that I learned how to teach myself anything.

Teaching yourself is a skill, many people don’t learn anything because they believe they can’t learn without a teacher. It holds many people back.

Now, I’ve taught myself two languages. I’ve taught myself coding and web design. I’m learning to build an app.

I don’t believe I could have taught myself any of those things without studying engineering.

Engineering changed my life by teaching me how to study, how to gain discipline and work hard, and how to teach myself anything.

   -Charissa Enget

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One of The Most Inspirational CA Ever...........

 Shailee Chaudhary

She has done the most mind-blowing thing one can ever do in the Chartered Accountancy Course.

For beginners, any rational person who has secured a score of 64% in his/her XIIth Boards, would not even think of joining a course that is recognized for its difficulty level. A course that is among the 5 most difficult courses across the globe.

She joined the Chartered Accountancy course, a course that is invariably famous for its difficulty and low passing results.

It took her 6-7 attempts to clear CA-Intermediate level. At 3rd or maximum 4th attempt, any rational person gives up on CA. She didn't.

But her difficulties did not end there. She got the ticket to write the CA-Final exams which are considered far more difficult than the CA-Intermediate exams. As expected, she failed again. She appeared for just one group and failed again in the CA course.

She didn't give up on CA when she failed multiple times earlier because, God had written something bigger for her.

What happened in the next attempt?

She Failed? No.

She cleared one group? No.

It was the morning of 16th July, 2015 when she must have been anxious for her results hoping that she manages to just pass the exams. It was then, when the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India called her to tell her,

Congratulations Ms. Shailee Chaudhary, you have secured All India Rank-1 in the CA Final exams conducted in May 2015.

She decimated graduates from St. Stephens, Shri Ram College of Commerce who had secured 98% in Class XIIth and Rank at the Intermediate level.

Here's a screenshot of her mark-sheet.

Now she is lifting a hefty package, working with Wipro as an Assistant Manager - Finance.

She is an inspiration for Lakhs of students who fail the exams and think of dropping out of the course forever. The most badass student of ICAI, of all time.

  

 -Kanan Bahl,CA