B.Tech Life. How to avoid pitfalls in B.Tech!!!!!!!!

B. Tech 1^st year is very taxing. We discussed various traps in the first year and how to avoid it with your intelligence and presence of mind. The second, third, and fourth-year are the formative years. During these years, you build your character and personality. Right from the second year, you need to be alert for internships. According to the new rule, you have to do a minimum of four weeks of internships. The internships are hard to get now a day in Assam. A lot of students from various institutes apply for internships. Therefore, it becomes a nasty affair. While applying for internships one should keep various options open for him/her not limiting to one since he /she might not get if they are selected on merit basis. This happens mostly to internships where OIL, ONGC, NRL, etc are involved. Getting into an internship does not mean that somebody will prefer you for a job in that company. It is just training for a few weeks. You learn and make a report. Finally, you submit your report during industrial viva to be held in the 7^th semester which bears some credit. So, you should apply through proper channel to the organization where you have the best chance of calling or you will be left without attending any internship. By any means, one should do the internships.

The subjects in the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th year become very branch centric. You need to go deep into the subjects. There are mostly subjects based on fluid, thermal, manufacturing, design, and nonconventional. Since our college is an associated college with Dibrugarh University, our courses’ syllabus is prepared by our faculty. The college enjoys great freedom of setting up paper and holding of exams according to its wish, unlike the other state governed institutes which are dictated by the state technical university. Therefore, the students enjoy the unique facility of strictly adhering to our classroom taught syllabus. In other institutes, students pass sleepless nights worrying about exams and passing in the exam which is like passing 10^th or 12^th all the time. Since there is less pressure relating to syllabus and exam, you can engage in other activities to develop yourself rather than contemplating exams all the time. Many people understand this and utilize for development such as participating in technical completions, conferences, workshops, forming entrepreneurship firms, etc. Moreover, the courses taught in the 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th years are very important for the competitive exam point of view. After B.Tech, you have to appear for various competitive exams, then these subjects will help you if you have studied well. You must make notes in good copies for future use. These will help you immensely. During these years, you will appear countless times in semester exams. It has been observed that the class tests are always taken casually. It is the greatest mistake in life. Consider it seriously. The test bears some marks which will be contributed to the calculation of the final mark. If you lose 5 marks in 5 subjects each then you have lost 25 marks as a whole which could have been a good advantage among your friends. Students become shortsighted and lose the plot of the whole story. You need to be focused all the time.

During these four years, you will be going to various industrial visits. These visits cast light on practical aspects of engineering. So, for a few rupees cheapness, do not avoid these visits. Enjoy the visits as picnics with some knowledge. Apart from that, one should take seriously the laboratories. Laboratories are easy and you can score easily unlike theory marks. One should try to score as much as possible encompassing all the aspects of the laboratory. Be it laboratory copy or laboratory viva. The best way to achieve success in B.Tech is continuity in your studies and perseverance. Study every day for 4 to five hours things that have been taught in the class and revise on weekends. Never wait for two days before each exam. It might possible for ultra-intelligent but it may not suit you. Apart from the courses, one should be aware of campus placemat also. Keep track of campus placement related companies. You have to strengthen your hold on objective english, quantitive, verbal and non-verbal reasoning, interview questions, and group discussions. You can find thousands of sites and books related to these. Read them to prepare. Also, keep your general knowledge up to date. 

(My recommendations for preparing)      

College life is not all the time to study and study. Take part in university week, tech fest, games, conferences, workshop develop yourself squarely and be happy after all.  

           

First-year of B.Tech? Steep Scaling for new students.

B. Tech is a four-year-long course. It demands perseverance and persistence. One who can hold his nerves for four years is bound to succeed rising above the average lot. We are responsible for our mediocrity. No one else is to be blamed. We make decisions and we choose options that are not good for us even after knowing. It is like a diabetic patient deliberately choosing a sweet even knowing the consequences. Well, we are discussing the first year academics of the B.Tech course. In the first year, you have to complete two semesters; first and second. The first and second semesters are full of physics, chemistry, mathematics, graphics, mechanics, introductory-level computing, social, and environmental science-based subjects. You are already exposed to physics, chemistry, and mathematics in your secondary education. But, you need to be careful; these subjects may be of degree level. You are required to complete the syllabus of degree level this semester making it very extensive. These subjects are not difficult or hard. But you cannot afford to lose time on useless activities. The first year is full of different activities. Now a day, it is mandatory to go for a one month orientation course for students. Students are taught various aspects of life such as socializing with fellow students, developing extracurricular activities, personal development, nourishing of talents, coping with society, stress handling, yoga for better health, etc. The first month will be extremely exhausting and mind boggling. You will enjoy the best of life. Your time will pass like a flying arrow. The next phase is getting back to normalcy after the adrenaline-filled first month. You will be bombarded with classes to cover the last month's delay in course completion. You need to mentally ready for such upheaval in life. The main mantra is to attend the classes and make the required notes as much as possible. One important thing is to get the library card and collecting of books as specified by the teacher as soon as possible. The libraries are always book starved. Do not be casual or a sitting duck. Otherwise, you have to buy books. Engineering books are very costly. It will dent your pocket dearly. Next important thing, I request you to collect previous year question papers from seniors. When you check the papers, you might identify the areas which you need to stress during your studies. Do not be a lousy cat lying here and there.

(My recommendations for Graphics, Check directly)

In the first year, maximum students get backlogs in graphics and introductory level computing subjects. These subjects are new. In graphics, people fail in lots. Students take it lightly. During the exam, they cannot draw due to non-practice. This subject requires a lot of patience and time. You have to give some time to this subject. My recommendation is to buy the book named Engineering Graphics by N.D Bhatt. This book is a staple. Also, I request you to watch videos on youtube related to various topics. The next subject where students fail is a computing subject. In this subject, students are required to learn C- programming basics of computer science. Though this is not that tough, students find it difficult. My recommendation is to get a book by Let us Learn C by Karnetkar. Also, I request you to watch videos on youtube related to various topics. The rest of the subjects related to environmental engineering are easy and credit less which means you are to pass only. It may differ from college to college. Moreover, the students are to attend the engineering Workshop and engineering lay. In these workshops and laboratories, one should attend the classes regularly and make good impressions so that the viva becomes easy for you. You are to listen carefully to every minute detail uttered by the workshop instructors during workshop or laboratory classes. If you keep these in mind, you are sure to succeed in flying colors. If you are reading this post and you have a friend or you know someone staring B.Tech, please share for his betterment.