In this video, I share some tips to make the most of summer targetted especially to the undergraduate students transitioning from 1st year to 2nd year. This video may also be useful to students transitioning from 2nd year to 3rd year. Usually the summer vacation is around two months long. But due to the pandemic, since the previous academic year, it has been severely curtailed for the 1st year students here in India. Because of the online classes, the students have had to spend an unprecedented amount of time in front of screens. And in this video, I strongly advise them to spend as much time as possible during this precious summer vacation away from screen. I also point out that these tips are not building one's CV, rather they are meant to sow the seeds for long-term life benefits! 00:00 Introduction 02:30 Start of discussion on tips 03:30 Better things to do than binge watching! 04:40 Invest time on actual social interaction 05:55 Plan a trip with family and friends 06:46 Invest time on personal development 07:34 Readers, do some physical activity also! 09:15 Reading habit: Start small 10:25 Develop writing habit 12:52 Writing: Start small by keeping a diary 13:54 Success ingredients for the long game of life This video is part of a YouTube playlist where I give various general advice to students at different levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqHSJaE98hnbB3n6qZf0xH1QneBx9zwk Video by: Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur Website: http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ac.in/~jeevanjyoti/ GitHub: https://github.com/jeevanjyoti4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeevanjyoti Blog: https://jchakraborty.wordpress.com/ Disclaimer: I am a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. However, the views expressed in this video are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my Department or my Institute. #jc #summer #iit B-Roll videos from pexels.com Royalty free music from bensound.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq2glMoUwTw

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Students need to consider a lot of issues before deciding to go for a PhD. While there are many resources giving advice to students just starting out on their PhD or for those students who wish to go abroad from India, there are not many resources giving guidance to Indian students who are thinking of doing a PhD in India itself. Therefore in this video I cover the issues spanning across job prospects, stipend, and marriage that students should seriously think about before deciding to go for a PhD in India. This video is part of a YouTube playlist where I give various general advice to students at different levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqHSJaE98hnbB3n6qZf0xH1QneBx9zwk Video by: Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur  Website: http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ac.in/~jeevanjyoti/  GitHub: https://github.com/jeevanjyoti4  Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeevanjyoti  Blog: https://jchakraborty.wordpress.com/ Disclaimer: I am a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. However, the views expressed in this video are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my Department or my Institute. #jc #IITKharagpur #IITprof ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myKKk0RAGq4

In this video, I discuss the very important question which vexes students often as to why they have to study so many subjects in the 1st year from different Departments? This question is all the more pertinent in the Indian context given that students have already been allocated a Department through the JEE counselling process. I compare this system in India with what is there in the USA and in the UK. I specifically discuss the curriculum system of Engineering Science at Oxford and Cambridge and then the curriculum system at Imperial College, London. I try to discuss how it would perhaps be better if students are first allowed to study various subjects in the first few semesters and then asked to choose their Department based on the actual experiences of the various courses. There are of course challenges to implementing such a system. Timeline: 00:00 Introduction 03:54 Comparison with USA 05:35 Comparison with UK 10:30 Alternative system in India? 13:30 Advice to students Questions for JC: Fill this Google form if you wish to post a question to me for a deeper discussion: https://forms.gle/M3ksxwjJHSB9zB4D7 Interesting questions, comments from the above form may be featured in future YouTube videos. Website: http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ac.in/~jeevanjyoti/ GitHub: https://github.com/jeevanjyoti4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeevanjyoti Blog: https://jchakraborty.wordpress.com/ Disclaimer: I am a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. However, the views expressed in this video are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my Department or my Institute. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2igsF0b_3E