Pratyush's log

Yeah...We made it...the automatic emergency torch for our electronics mini project to be submitted in 2 days time...Looks nice...eh?? A similar circuit was blown a couple of days before. I have details on that in my previous post. It was a tragedy, but as they say: great discoveries are made after tragic losses! Hey it is a saying...And in case its not...well it is from now! :)

Today, Me and Vikram after having finally assembled all the components for our Mini project (Electronics): Auto Emergency Light, started building up the circuit at around 9 o'clock night. It took us around 3 full hrs to complete it and less than 3 seconds to blow it up. The mistake was that the phase and neutral wires in the input were wrongly connected to the mains 230V, in fact they were interchanged! What followed was a BOOM with a certain amt of fireworks and there lay our bread board...Resistors all black, capacitors covered with black ashes of blown resistors and all LEDs and BJTs destroyed! Well, we were spellbounded at first, then realising that we had to submit it in just a couple of days time really scared the hell out of us! Lets just hope that All is well..., wait for tomorrow to come up with a Plan B...and that the Plan B is a million times better!

Trichy...or more specifically NIT Trichy is one of those singular places of India where nothing seems to happen..esp. when the exams are round the corner! Reckless classes, Photocopying notes, Mugging incomprehensible data and getting minimal hours of sleep....is all what life has become here at this time. While this is the time of maximum boredom...what provides relief is the world wide web , online and non-online friends ;) and of course A vin, the NITT milk shop open till 12 at night and the only place to hang out and relax after finishing the most challenging task in college: Studying!!!

Well...Today I did nothing other than preparing for the upcoming electronics objective quiz on Friday! I studied right from the beginning i.e. from RC coupled Amplifiers and JFET Amplifiers through OP-Amps and Power Amplifiers till Feedback Amplifiers...Pardon me for the jargon but believe me it was no less a jargon to me that it is to you when I was trying to stuff these devices into my head!! And at the end of it there is still Oscillators that is left...Anyways, there is still time and there is no point rushing with the subject because electronics is kind of fun.

Give me some sunshine...Give me some break! 6 hrs of continuous classes tomorrow is just too much...K k i am exaggerating a little bit but really the schedule has become pretty tight now that the exams are nearing. How I wish a genie would appear and make all our profs vanish for at least 1 week! But that aint gonna happen...what may happen is me vanishing from tomorrows classes and the best part is no genie is required for this!!!

Wat a start to this lovely sunny day at trichy...two classes cancelled back to back...On top of that I ate breakfast today! It doesnt seem a gr8 deal to you but its getting up early so as to snatch a couple of bread pieces at mess isnt the most easy thing to do here! Anyways lets see how interesting it turns out at the end of the day Pratyush

Prologue This work is not just a mere description of how I got into a National Institute of Technology (NIT) of India; it has a much wider dimension. It describes about the many changes in the lives of the Indian youths who pursue engineering as a career after 10+2. In this book I am the one symbolizing the youth. I would also like to make one thing clear that this book is not a guide to crack the AIEEE and get into an NIT. It is just an experience and I've heard that experiences do matter when u deal with tough things. Introduction My name is Pratyush Singh and I had an AIR of 2829 in the All India Engg Entrance Examinations-2008 (AIEEE). I was also able to get selected into the Extended Merit List(EML) of the IIT JEE-2008. My rank in UPTU (State Engg Entrance of UP) was 319. I was among the 500+ students who had joined JRS to fulfill my aim of becoming an engineer. JRS is a short form of 'Jha Rai Singh', the titles of the former members of the i

What's wrong with Mumbai Indians...they dont look like they will stop now! 20 pts as opposed to 14 which is the next highest in the points table (RCB & Deccan) is a huge lead... I am supporting Delhi this time which is also at 14 and still fighting for a place in semis. Come on Delhi...It's time to show them the power of the North! I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. As for MIs, they deserve a defeat now...they cannot always win!

It's now exactly 2 weeks for my semester exams. NIT Trichy is famous not only for its good placements but also for the amount of syllabus that is covered each sem here and all that has to be mugged up in just a period of 14 days!!! It is pretty harsh...but has to be done anyway. I will be starting the preps only from tomorrow. Imagine how people like me compete with people like Sambhav (10 pointer of Electrical Dept here) who keep on studying the entire year round 24/7. That is exactly the reason why our pointer falls...K lets chuck it...Studies is a topic I am not too comfortable with here in college. Well I watched a couple of great movies in the previous 2 days: Gridiron Gang and Poison Ivy. While the former was simply outstanding, Poison Ivy was a waste of tym. Pratyush Singh