The best ever advice from a senior at IIT

In this video I share what is possibly the best advice I ever received from a senior during my undergraduate days.
The question is how to cope up with the extreme academic load together with extra academic activities that one faces during the short span of a semester.
This is an advice which I followed myself and which I have shared with many of my students here at IIT Kharagpur. And, my hope is that it will be beneficial to all other students too.
This video is part of a KZbin playlist where I give various general advice to students at different levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD):
• Advice to students
Video by: Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
00:00 Introduction
00:30 What is the background story?
02:24 Who is the senior?
03:55 Beginning of the senior's advice
07:27 Follow-up advice from JC
09:07 Thanks to the senior!
Website: www.facweb.iitkgp.ac.in/~jeeva...
GitHub: github.com/jeevanjyoti4
Twitter: / jeevanjyoti
Blog: 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.
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[@shresthrastogi3851]

I'm a fresher in IIT Roorkee. I wish to had a professor like you. Who supports the student. Who uplifts him. A very few have an ability to teach without making their students feel dumb. Thankyou sir🙏

[@Prof_JC]

I am sure you will find such profs at IIT Roorkee too. All the best for your first year and beyond.

[@Adityakumar-uh9wo]

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[@Aryan-gc6ze]

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[@RajKumar-kv4ld]

Dear Sir I am also looking for admission in IIT ROORKEE with 3000+ Rank in advance in advance Sir Is this a wise decision or I should opt CS in new IIT SIR please guide me

[@SomeoneMr.D]

Unfortunately every college is not like IITs. We have to maintain certain % of attendance and also have study the whole subject from NPTEL and KZbin.

[@AshutoshDayal]

Sir, I'm from IIT KGP Mechanical Department. I saw you during the induction programme, but didn't get a chance to talk. I hope you will take some classes in the future, so we can interact with you.

[@Prof_JC]

In all likelihood, I shall take your Mecanics of Solids theory and Mechanics of Solids lab courses.

[@rkd2004]

#Learnings:- Forget everything(all other works etc.) when you're in class & study with focus at that time while the Professor is teaching. With this one can maintain a decent GPA. For excellent GPA, of course Self study is reqd. Thank you for this precious advice sir.

[@nisargbhavsar25]

Greetings sir! I am a 2nd year undergraduate at IIT Kharagpur. Thanks for sharing the valuable advice which was given to you by your senior! While I mostly agree with whatever has been said in the video, I can't help but point out that not all classes in IITs turn out to be that helpful academically. I've always found that reading the topics taught by the prof from a book always results in a much deeper and more fundamental understanding of the topic. Although each and every professor tries theirs best to teach the students, sometimes that clarity in thought and the ability to make people understand is clearly missing. Although this might not be the case for everyone but I have always found that the course pacing in IITs is very slow. I always feel like the Professors are repeating stuff again and again. This isn't bad per se because it promotes inclusiveness in class and gives everyone equal opportunity to learn. But sometimes the thought does cross the mind that I could have learnt the same from a book in about half the time and accomplished something else in the other. Although this isn't to say that none of the classes in IITs are useful. Infact I love attending many of the classes and eagerly wait for them on the schedule, but there are some that encouraged me to write this post. Anyways I am glad they are sparse, like an exception to an empirical rule! 😄

[@Prof_JC]

Thanks for writing out your thoughts so coherently. I agree that not all classes are the same. And, as I myself mentioned in the video, in order to do excellently in a course, one *has* to do self-study from books/study materials. Nevertheless, it still remains true that 100% focus in class with an effort to actively absorb the teachings is a must first step towards such excellence.

[@soubhagyarajkhandual]

"Infact I love attending many of the classes and eagerly wait for them on the schedule" 🌚

[@nisargbhavsar25]

@@soubhagyarajkhandual Ha bhai, bharosa rakh. 🙂🤫🌞

[@epistemophilicmetalhead9454]

I'm a fresher at NITK and I completely agree with you. I was too afraid to consider that it could be true

[@tejaslokhande4785]

Thank you sir for the advice. I am 2nd year UG in IITB and honestly just like you my 3rd sem was so loaded, I am also the alumni secretary of dept so it makes it even busier. And now I realised I messed up my studies , I didn't attend classes and even missed quizzes. Buy from next sem onwards I am gonna follow your advice religiously .

[@Prof_JC]

All the best for the next sem!

[@sandhya5236]

Nice video Professor. Not many of your calibre, will be willing to revisit the past and share these things in public forum. Your students are indeed blessed, to study under ur tutelage. You are not only a great teacher, but also a great mentor.

[@Prof_JC]

Many thanks as always for your very kind comment!

[@pranjalibhattacharjee1121]

I am extremely thankful sir for this video. This methodology has been helping me since I had joined college. I was extremely involved with cultural activities of college and as you mentioned Spring Fest, it brought fond memories. I have been and participated in the same from my various clubs!

[@Rajat0607]

Beautiful advice. Something engrained in IITians and students from top colleges is the ability to Focus and Quick Learning

[@sandhyachaudhury956]

Remember you telling us this story this semester during our extra class on thick-walled pressure walls😄

[@whitewalker608]

This channel is invaluable. Nobody else is doing what you are doing on KZbin. Thank you.

[@debmalyasen1]

Thats some really great piece of advice sir. Thanks for sharing it with us. 😊

[@deepayanmandal2216]

Thank you so much Professor for your priceless advice!

[@shrabankumarmahato]

I have followed the same methods for my under graduation and post graduation . It's upgrade my knowledge and focus.

[@ibrahimsiddiqui907]

Thank you very much sir for sharing this with us

[@AmitKumar-yr9dn]

Thanks sir for a beautiful and heart touching story I required this in my coming four years now I am fresher of iiit sricity ece my professor were also similar to yu

[@aniruddhaghosh]

Just joined IITKGP for UG this year - Tharun's video first time introduced me to you. Thanks for sharing the advice - suits well for Basic Engineering Mechanics and Electrical Technology.

[@nikhil8881]

Thanks sir for making this helpful videos. I also try to ulilise the break between the classes in kgp.

[@ajay.lahariya]

Thanks sir for your advice. You are great men🥰🥰🥰

[@debdutsengupta6836]

Thank you Sir

[@ghulamhabib948]

sir, but sometimes one could never understand the lecture in class due to several reasons e.g may be due to a teacher who cannot effectively deliver the lecture, may be due to mental stress etc. So everyone has a different way of learning . I think that self-studying is more beneficial than anything.i still remember that during my 5th semester of chemical eng I was unable to understand the lecture of my thermo2 teacher . I was under mental stress. what I adopted for this problem was to focus on self-study before and after the class. This benefited me a lot

[@xenon1787]

What a timing 😂 I was going to watch your video for freshers again but this video showed up when I opened YT

[@bibhutikumarjha236]

Thank you so much Proffessor. I am here at Jadhavpur University, and definitely will follow your advice. 100 percent focus in class.

[@Prof_JC]

All the best!

[@sankethkatta9181]

Sir, I was there in the class in which you gave the advice but I couldn't follow that I missed some classes and lost interest in between and couldn't understand the concepts later on and now I regret not following them hope I don't do it from next semester and follow the classes properly. Between it was great learning from you sir and the best professor I have seen through my completed courses. Thank you!

[@Prof_JC]

Thank you so much! And, all the best!

[@sayantansarkariitkgp3714]

Yes sir, I remember you told this in class at Raman Auditorium. It is really nice piece of advice. Moreover, not for the thing that will come in exams, the greatness of attending classes in the tips for excelling in professional world. Thank you sir.🙂

[@sandhyachaudhury956]

Sei class e tora fluids er marks dekhe eschilish☠️☻️

[@sayantansarkariitkgp3714]

@@sandhyachaudhury956 Kam se Kam yaad mat dilao vro

[@sandhyachaudhury956]

@@sayantansarkariitkgp3714 Tujhe kya? Tu toh tompr hain😶

[@sayantansarkariitkgp3714]

@@sandhyachaudhury956 Haa bhai bharosa rakh

[@mrreddyiyer7657]

Which year you are now dada??

[@ayush2977]

I'm a fresher at IIT Delhi. Thank you Sir for making such videos. It really helps us as we have no clue how college life works. I try to focus in class but some profs teach as if they are singing a lullaby. Sir, can you make a video on how to focus in lectures?

[@ayanbhadra1217]

Thanks you sir

[@anju5814]

Invaluable advice Sir. But sometimes students complain about the lecture being too boring or sometimes they feel they already know what is being taught. How to handle such situations?

[@aryanmandal4109]

Sir what you said may be partially true as it depends on the nature of subject being taught. If it is easy, then maybe going to class isn't necessary at all because of good content available online with much good articulation than a prof might do. And if a subject is difficult and at the same time also new, then even to get a passing grade one has to attend all the classes with self study. If any class is missed or self study not done, then we are screwed 😅.. Telling from my personal experience.

[@rajendragupta7314]

🙏🙏

[@Jesus-cm6ln]

Thanks sir, I am in NIT

[@saptarshimukherjee5221]

Professor, while I wholeheartedly agree with your advice, I had one point to make. Sometimes some professor may not be a very effective communicator or he might be going too fast or slow. This may cause a lot of problems. If the professor is too fast, it becomes difficult to understand while in class so we naturally have to study later. If the professor is too slow, then the course may not be completed properly and we again have to cover the remaining portion on our own time. Could you please recommend what is to be done in such a situation? I always attend all of my classes here in IIT Guwahati but sometimes some professors' classes do not appear to be very useful.

[@ankitkumar-dr1qr]

Sir please make a special video on fee hike in IITs.. And also why stipend is not increasing.

[@RaviSingh-on2qr]

8:00 absolutely correct.😪

[@himanshusrivastava9576]

Sir can you please make video for tier 2/3 college students...any advices or roadmap..

[@puri8989]

Skills to develop

[@-Grahesh]

Sir can you make a video on Mtech student life in Iit

[@AgentX_01]

Sir, Nit kurukshetra ka production and industrial engineering ya Ymca mai cse(specialisation in data science) or information technology ymca ka. Kya Lena chahiye? YMCA ek govt college hai Haryana ka. Nirf-150 (2022) and 136 (2021)

[@harshitrajput6865]

Sir off topic but I'm looking for making a career in academia, I might later consider KZbin as a means of imparting knowledge, just wanted to ask if I do so, then will I be allowed to monetize my channel? Many govt. Jobs don't allow such. So, just wanted to ask if that applies to academia in IITs as well?

[@TRitwikS]

Hello sir, I am Ritwik after youh came on my podcast the people started seeing my podcasts now i want to say that i have 500listeners per months and i am going end this season so i wanted you on my podcast before ending this particular season.😊

[@tarundobhalnirmalite]

Sir...I have one question...can a 2nd dropper give jee advanced if in class 12th jee mains was not qualified?

[@rahulpaul5921]

Respected sir any remarks on how is MS RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE CSE?

[@puri8989]

Sir how to study basic electrical technology or basic electrical engineering Resources and materials to study from

[@anonymous-vz5ty]

Respected sir i am jee dropper but my most of time is wasted on anxiety of 75 percent marks in class 12 of jee advance i got 69 percent in class 12 up board.plz tell me will there be any criteria and how to cope up with this fear.

[@jeeadvanced1230]

3rd sem loaded is indeed true now also sir🙂, listening advice for 2nd time😁, 1st time listened in raman auditorium.

[@Prof_JC]

True. I hope your exams are going well.

[@jeeadvanced1230]

@@Prof_JC exams are going well sir😊

[@amitabhanand69]

How to become professor at iit?

[@arkadas8196]

1:30 to 1:40 .... that's one way of putting it. 😅

[@Prof_JC]

I was actually referring to the activities which the seniors asked us to do. And that was the only time I ran the 2.2!

[@thesinisabu]

Hello sir.... I am an Economics post graduate student and also I have cleared JRF this cycle... My research area is related to public policy.. So can I take phd in public policy? With that phd can I be a assitant professor in Economics?... Sir pls help me to sort out this doubt... I didn't know anyone to ask these doubts... Thankyou for considering🙏🏽

[@RajeshVerma-xx4jf]

Hello sir, I passed my 12th in 2022 from a state board and did not attempt JEE MAINS and ADVANCED 2022. However my marks weren't satisfactory and since my state board does not allow improvement i applied for NIOS for 5 subjects in the year 2023 April attempt and have worked very hard for it. I am planning to start my JEE MAINS and ADVANCED preparation from next year and attempt it in the year 2024. Am i eligible for JEE ADVANCED 2024 if i provide my NIOS marksheet of 2023? Will be really very helpful if you answer my question. Thank you.

[@InshruTripathi]

UREGENT Sir, I need your Urgent Advice. I'm NOT an eng. major. Currently I've been given 2 choices to choose between a PhD in teaching methodology and linguistics in an eastern european university. I'm from Arts background. Which has a better future prospect in India, Sir?

[@Prof_JC]

Sorry, I don't have sufficient knowledge in your area to give you proper advice.

[@minichargergamerz]

Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 sir

[@Prof_JC]

Which university do you attend?

[@minichargergamerz]

@@Prof_JC sir in ucp on scholarship in Pakistan but i watch all your videos🙄

[@Prof_JC]

@@minichargergamerz I see. Thank you for watching the videos. All the best for your career!

[@ramboiii5849]

This guy may be an IIT professor. But don't make your decisions based only on his words. I know many people from non IITs even third tier engineering colleges who have made it big in life.

[@HOOHA333]

For example ?