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My interview was at Antriksh Vihar, Delhi on 1/08/2018. I applied for Scientist ‘SC’ in Mechanical Engineering Branch. I was 30th in the merit in the written qualified candidates(Scored 200/231) but it was of no use as ISRO selects solely on the basis of Interview. Total 382 candidates were qualified for the interview.Firstly, I took guidance from some of my seniors at AMU working in ISRO. They told me to confident while giving the interview. Yet, I was quite nervous as I am 2018 batch pass out and had no idea of such interview.I entered the room and wished the panel members. There were around 11-panel members staring at me. The senior-most of them asked me to take my seat.M1: Introduce yourselfME: I introduce myself like this (remember the order)My name is Mohammad Munis and I am from Deoria, UP. I did my high-school from Jeevan Marg Sophia Secondary School, Deoria with 88.04% in 2012, +2 from Senior Secondary School, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) with 84% in 2014. I did my B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, AMU with 8.94 CPI in 2018. My B.Tech final yr project was on “Optimisation in the efficiency of Wells Turbine” which was successfully completed by the team member of three. Currently, I am pursuing my M.Tech in Thermal and Fluid Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.Now, coming to my family background. My father is a teacher, my mother is a housewife. We are 5 siblings. 2 brother and 3 sisters and I am at number 4.M2: Take the pen and go to the whiteboard.ME: I didM2: Draw a vertical line. from its, draw a horizontal line with a mass attached at its end. The system is rotating about its vertical axis. Design the shaft.ME: As I was doing, they stopped me and jumped to next questionM2: Why the spokes of a cycle wheel do not buckle although their bunch gets buckle?ME: I explainedM3: what are the modes of heat transfer?ME: conduction, convection, radiationM3: What are the laws of radiationME: I answered and we had some discussion over thatM3: Does the wavelength of radiation is fixed or it has some range?M3: Then how we use the formulae to calculate them?ME: I explained to them by drawing some fig of black, real and grey bodyM3: Why blackbody is called as a blackbodyME: I explainedM4: How to prevent a body from radiation?ME: I explained by drawing some figM4: Why rocket are yellow in colour?ME: I asked is it really yellow or white as I have seen in movies then we had some funny discussion over that.then I tried to explain using E vs lambda dig which was already drawn on board.M5: Suppose you have a black and a white car. Which would have a higher inner temp.?ME: both will have the same temp.They laughed and said that I am wrong.then I explained using emissivity I explained the Stefan eqn very properly and gave some eg for the two cars and applied the law.They asked my eg again and finally got convinced(there was an inverted frustum-shaped glass on my table)M6:Draw the elevation, plan, LHS, RHS,cross-sectional.while I was drawing one of them asked that whether it is a 1st angle or 3rd angle projection.ME:3rd (hurriedly)they all laughed and asked me to go verify. I was confused and about to say something.M1: thank you very much.I thanked them and walked out of the room.The result of the interview has been declared and I am happy to announce that I have been selected with AIR 29

I think there are two ways to answer this question — what’s likely, and what’s possible.I think what is likely, is that Don Jr. was not set up for anything except failure — meaning that there was no malicious plan to screw him over, he just did it to himself by lacking competence in what he was trying to do.But that’s not the only possibility.There is an argument that can be made that Jared Kushner set him up. Bear with me for a minute while I present it.It basically goes like this — Jared Kushner and Don Jr. were both present at the meeting with the Russians, thus having first-hand knowledge of its content and participants.[1] They also both knew about the intent of the meeting (collusion with the Russian government to support Trump and undermine Clinton) because it’s explicitly stated in the emails they both received. [2]Kushner failed to disclose that meeting — or literally any other foreign contact — on his SF-86 form (this is the form that federal government employees submit for their security clearances). [3] He later amended his SF-86 form two times to disclose that meeting and over 100 foreign contacts.[4]His explanation for why he initially omitted these meetings — from a document that includes a sworn statement under penalty of felony criminal charges that the information within is complete to the best of your knowledge — is that a member of his staff “prematurely” submitted the form in error. [5] As I can personally verify, having gone through the SF-86 process for my own clearance, that’s not really a possibility unless you accidentally clicked the wrong button 28 times in a row, accidentally e-signed it, and accidentally gave your legal medical release as well. (It’s a VERY long form, with a lot of confirmations).[6] So as anyone whose ever gotten a security clearance can tell you, that explanation is bogus. Now, if you forget to disclose a meeting or two on that form, or you got a date or name wrong — not unusual for very experienced applicants, or people in senior positions in certain fields — you can amend the form to include the names you missed. It’s unusual to do that more than once, or as widely as Kushner did.Now, here’s where it gets really interesting. Look at the timeline —June 9, 2016, is the meeting with the Russians.January 18, 2017: Kushner files his initial SF-86 which fails to disclose the foreign contacts. Kushner allegedly notifies the FBI “the next day” that he would fill in the missing information later. [7]April 6, 2017: New York Times reports that Kushner failed to disclose numerous meetings, including with Russian Amb. Sergei Kisylak. [8]May 11, 2017: Kushner files a first revision to his SF-86, and receives what is believed to be standard questioning from the FBI some time in mid-May.[9]“Third week of June, 2017” (exact date unknown) Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s personal attorney; and Alan Garten, chief legal officer for the Trump Organization, are informed of the existence of the emails, by Kushner’s attorneys (who had “discovered” the emails). [10]June 21, 2017: Kushner files his second revision to the SF-86. This discloses the Russian meeting to the FBI. [11]June 23, 2017: The FBI questions Kushner again over the second revision.[12] This is NOT standard.July 9–11: NY Times breaks the story of the Russian meeting, and the emails. After being contacted by the Times, Don Jr. chooses to release the emails via his twitter, before the Times can publish their story. During this time Don Jr.’s characterization of the meeting is first that it was about adoptions; then that it was about opposition research but they didn’t get any so it ended up being about adoptions; and finally admitting (with the release of the emails) that it was about the damaging information provided from the Russians, as explained clearly in the emails. At least one of these statements was drafted with the consultation of the White House legal team, and was “signed off” on by Trump himself. [13]July 12: Trump says “I only heard of it two or three days ago” (referring to the meeting). [14] In order for that to be true, it would require that two of Trump’s children, his campaign manager, his personal lawyer, the lawyers for his children, and the chief legal officer intentionally kept that information from Trump for at least two to three weeks (or in the case of Kushner/Jr./Manafort, for over a year.)So it begs the question — since Kushner knew of the meetings, had already disclosed them to the FBI (quietly, through the second SF-86 amendment, without trying to draw attention to it), and knew how damaging the information would be to their credibility on the Russia collusion question— why was Don Jr. allowed to make statements that Kushner and others knew weeks in advance were false?The answer is of course up to interpretation, but “what is possible” is that Kushner and Trump, knowing that the contents of the Russian meeting email would be going public sooner rather than later (since the media already had learned of the meeting), are attempting to set up Don Jr. to take the fall. By directing the media’s attention to Jr., who can be laughed off as an incompetent idiot who didn’t know what he was doing, Kushner buys more time for himself, taking some of the heat away from himself and his father-in-law, during the critical days ahead of the Trumpcare healthcare vote. Incidentally, Don Jr. makes for a great fall-guy, because even though he unofficially “advises” his father, he’s technically still an uncleared, private civilian who is subject to far fewer rules on disclosure, transparency, and honesty as Kushner is. And we know that the Trump organization places a high premium on protecting Kushner, who (along with Ivanka) is probably the single most influential person on Trump inside or outside the entire administration. [15]It’s also been speculated that the source of the leaks may not actually be Kushner, but could be Steve Bannon — who dislikes Kushner intensely and has been in a political power struggle with him since the transition.[16] If that’s true, then Jr. isn’t so much being “set up” so much as he’s “collateral damage.”Again, I think the most likely explanation is that Don Jr. is simply an incompetent idiot. But we know Jared Kushner, while he may not be “competent” in the traditional Washington sense, is not an idiot. He’s the one to keep an eye on here, not Don Jr.Footnotes[1] Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room[2] Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms[3] Details revealed about Jared Kushner's security clearance forms[4] Details revealed about Jared Kushner's security clearance forms[5] Kushner’s lawyers say he mistakenly left meetings with the Russians off his security forms twice[6] https://nbib.opm.gov/record-prov...[7] People aren't buying Kushner's lawyers' explanation for security clearance form omissions[8] Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms[9] Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails three weeks ago[10] Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails three weeks ago[11] Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails three weeks ago[12] Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails three weeks ago[13] Rancor at White House as Russia Story Refuses to Let the Page Turn[14] Trump says he learned ‘couple of days ago’ of son’s meeting with Russian lawyer[15] Did Jared leak the Donald Trump Jr meeting emails?[16] The Inside Story of the Kushner-Bannon Civil War

Location: IISc BangaloreNote: long answer aheadI gave the Kvpy SX interview 2017–18.It was my first interview ever. Being a physics enthusiast and ambitious to do pure science after 12th, this interview was very important to me. My calculated score seemed to be pretty decent and I still had a chance of getting a rank below 200 if I get above 80 in the interview.After consulting some seniors and friends I decided to take up electromagnetics and physical chemistry as my strong topics and prepared for the interview.I signNowed the centre by 8 30 AM and waited for about 4 hours before I was finally called in.There were 7–8 interviewers sitting by a long table. Most of them looked young and in their 30s.P: Good afternoon. Have a seat.Me: Good afternoon mam and sirs.P: So Sharaj tell me how have you been preparing for this interview.Me: For last two weeks I have been preparing exclusively for kvpy interview. I went through the concepts of my syllabus and prepared electromagnetics and physical chemistry specificallyP: What about other topicsMe: I went through them but I am not that confident in other topics.P: Ok. So tell me how do you know light is an electromagnetic wave?Me: ( what!? All my life I learn that light is an EM wave and why did it never occur to me why?) Well, I think its because it has sinusoidally varying electric and magnetic fields. Plus it's also non mechanical wave so we know it should be EM waveP: No you just defined an EM wave. But how do you know light is one?Me: (thinks)P: Do you know what diffraction is?Me: Yes mam. But how does that prove….(thinks again)[ well later I realised she was leading me on to polarisation by scattering is phenomenon we observe everyday. And it is caused due the electric fields]P: Ok leave it. Tell me what is lenz law?Me: *answers*P: where do you see it in your real life.Me: *talks about magnet dropped through metallic pipe slows down due to induced currents*P: Ok but where else? Do you know about transformers, step up transformer and all?Me: Yes mam. Step up transformers has two coils with secondary winding more than primary and its used to step up the voltage level.P: go explain it on the board.Me: *goes and draws an air core transformer with 2 coils and explains the apparatus*P: Wait. What is a solenoid?Me: *answers and then continues* Ok here now the current varies in primary which causes a change in flux in secondary and that induced an EMF in the secondary.P: Yes but why is the EMF induced?Me: *Repeats that current is changing and says as a result of faradays law emf is induced.*P: [looks unsatisfied as if she was expecting something else. Maybe I misheard the question] OK leave it. Why does a conductor conduct and not an insulator?Me: there are free electrons in conductor which can move when electric field is applied but in insulators only dipoles can be induced. The electrons are bound.P: So if you rip out all free electrons off a conductor and then apply an AC source across it what would happen.Me: *instantly*it would act as an insulator. It won't conductP: Are you sure?Me: *Thinks and says yes*P: Draw the circuit for AC applied across capacitors. And explain what happens there.[Stupid me! I didn't realise she was leading me to the answer to the previous question. ]Me: *by this time I was already lost as I realised I messed up the interview. I take around a minute to draw the circuit and write Q=CV.* Mam should I derive the impedance equation here(as she asked me to explain the working).P: No that's enough. Q=CV is what I wanted ( not sure if she was being sarcastic)(By this time I had given up already. The chemistry professors C1 and C2 look at me and smile. The math and bio profs don't give a damn and are doing something on their cell phones. Some other prof was sitting in the corner and writing something)C1: Ok now draw the free energy vs reaction coordinates curve.Me: *clumsily starts erasing the board using hands. Then C2 told there was a duster around the corner and to use it.* sir, the free energy..?C1: *repeats* for an exothermic reactionMe: ( well it must be the same as potential energy vs reaction progress graph) *draws this*C2: Are the reactants and products stable?Me: Yes sir but the product is more stable. Hence its exothermic.C1: Yes but your graph doesn't say that.Me: *thinks and has no clue what's wrong *C1: For things to be stable shouldn't its potential energy be at the local minima?Me: Yes *realises and alters the drawing to this*[ In my defense most books including NCERT doesn't have that well in the ends. It was something I learnt during the interview.]C1: Ok now mark the activation energy.Me: *marks everything and explains through graph*C2: What is the EA for backward reaction?Me: *marks*C1: Well tell me, where is the transition state and is it stable?Me: Its at the topmost point and no its not stable ( recalls that intermediate states are the stable states but not transition)C1: Are you sure?Me: Yes sir. It has maximum potential energy and hence its unstable.C1: No there are many degrees of freedom and * talks about stuff I didn't understand. Says something about saddle point*C2: *notices the weird frown I give* they don't have it in their syllabus.Me: (Oh thank god!)C1: Do you have order of reaction in syllabus?Me: yes sir! (Happy because its an easy chapter)C1: What is first order reaction?Me: *answers*C2: What is second order reaction?Me: ( wait! Did I mess up so much that they are asking easy questions now?) *answers*[Now I gather a little confidence and realise 10 minutes are up. (OK ask me questions I”ll answer them!!!)]C1: Ok. You can go now.Me: (No!! Give me more. Let me prove to you that I am worthy to go to iisc. Give another chance. Literally this expression!)*I thank them and leave the room. I come out and I am shocked and disappointed. If I were the interviewer I would hardly give myself 30 marks. I mentally calculate to find that I have very less chance to go to IIsc with such a performance*I come out and my dad just smiles and doesn't ask much. He just says “let's go have lunch”. He might have realised that I messed up.To all who are going to give the interview next…just know that it can go unpredictably good or bad. Just give it and wait for the results. I gave importance mainly to derivations because that's what most of my seniors were asked. But things are never the way you expect them to be!Fingers crossed till the results come.✌peace✌Edit: (20–04–2018)Turns out the interview had not gone as bad as I thought. Might be the interviewers asked relatively difficult problems to test my breaking point. Moreover the aptitude test of 2017 was much more difficult than the previous years.Thank you guys for all the up votes!

Here are some facts every Indian should know, It is a very long answer so please bear it.Mind-blowing ancient Hindu discoveries that will shock you!1 /24Scientific verification of Vedic knowledgeFrom the invention of the decimal system in mathematics to the noble philosophy of ahimsa, Hindus have contributed their share in all fields of knowledge and learning. Over five thousand years ago, when Europeans were only nomadic forest dwellers, ancient Hindus had established a civilization, known as the Harappan culture. A vast number of statements and materials presented in the ancient Vedic literatures can be shown to agree with modern scientific findings. Let’s explore the great cultural wealth of this knowledge...2 / 24Invention of Decimal SystemDid you know that Hindus gave us the method of expressing numbers by means of a decimal system? The so called Arabic numerals are actually Hindu numerals and even many Arab mathematicians admit that. During the 700's, the Arabs learnt Hindu arithmetic from scientific writings of the Hindus and the Greeks. Then, in the 800's, a Persian mathematician wrote a book that was translated into Latin about 300 years later. This translation brought the Hindu-Arabic numerals into Europe.Invention of Decimal SystemHindu mathematicians used a system based on 10. The Hindus had symbols for each number from one to nine. They had a name for each power of 10, and used these names when writing numerals. For example, Hindus wrote "1 sata, 3 dasan, 5" to represent the number we write as 135. Hindus found a way of eliminating place names. They invented the symbol shunya (meaning empty), which we call zero. With this symbol, they could write "105" instead of "1 sata, 5."3 / 24Atomic TheorySage Kanad, 600 BC, is recognized as the founder of atomic theory, and classified all the objects of creation into nine elements (earth, water, light or fire, wind, ether, time, space, mind and soul). He stated that every object in creation is made of atoms that in turn connect with each other to form molecules nearly 2,500 years before John Dalton. Further, Kanad described the dimension and motion of atoms, and the chemical reaction with one another.4 / 24First and Longest Poetry of the WorldThe Ramayana is the first poetry of the world. It is a glorious Sanskrit epic written by the Divine Sage Valmiki. It has 24,000 Samkskrit verses. It was later translated by Kamban and Tulsi Das. The Mahabarata is the longest poetry ever written. Its 100,000 verses encompass all facets of Dharma or human way of life. It narrates the story about the great Mahabarata war between the noble Pandavas and their evil cousins the Kauravas.5 / 24Ancient root of NavigationThe art of Navigation was born in the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Navgatih'. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.6 / 24300 types of Operations & 125 Surgical InstrumentsThe ancient Indians were also the first to perform amputation, cesarean surgery and cranial surgery. Sushruta as early as 600 BC used cheek skin to perform plastic surgery to restore and reshape human nose, ears, and lips with incredible results. Shushruta describes the details of more than 300 operations. He worked with 125 kinds of surgical instruments including scalpels, lancets, needles, catheters, etc. Sushruta even devised non-invasive surgical treatments with the aid of light rays and heat.Chanakya's Arthashãstra describes post-mortems, and Bhoja Prabandha describes brain surgery, successfully performed in 927 AD by two surgeons on King Bhoja to remove a growth from his brain. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.7 / 24Bhaskaracharya's Law of GravityDid you know that the famous Hindu astronomer, Bhaskaracharya in his Surya Siddhanta wrote: "Objects fall on the earth due to a force of attraction by the earth. Therefore, the earth, planets, constellations, moon and sun are held in orbit due to this attraction." It was not until 1687, 1200 years later did Issac Newton "rediscover" the Law of Gravity. Approximately 1200 years later (1687 AD), Sir Isaac Newton rediscovered this phenomenon and called it the Law of Gravity.8 / 24Time taken for Earth to orbit SunThe famous Hindu mathematician, Bhaskaracharya, in his treatise Surya Siddhanta, calculated the time taken for the earth to orbit the sun to nine decimal places (365.258756484 days). Today’s accepted measurement is 365.2564 days. Therefore, assuming that today’s figures are correct, it means that Bhaskaracharya was off by only 0.0002%.9 / 24Mother of Martial ArtsDo you know that Kalari is considered to be the most complete and scientific martial art and is the mother of all martial arts? Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk from India, introduced Kalari into China and Japan in the 5th century. He taught this art in a temple. This temple is today known as the Shaolin temple. The Chinese called him Po-ti-tama. What he taught has evolved into Karate and Kung Fu. One can find a lot of similarities among the three.10 / 24The Game of ChessThe game of chess was invented in India and was originally called Ashtapada (sixty-four squares). "Ashtapada" Sanskrit for spider -"a legendary being with eight legs" was played with dice on an 8x8 checkered board. There were no light and dark squares like we see in today's chess board for 1,000 years. Other Indian boards included the 10×10 Dasapada and the 9×9 Saturankam. Later this game came to be known as chaturanga. The Sanskrit name Chaturanga means 'quadripartite' — the four angas (divided into four parts).In 600 AD this game was learned by Persians who named it Shatranj. Shatranj is a foreign word among the Persians and the Arabians, whereas its natural derivation from the term Chaturanga is obvious. Again affix the Arabic name for the bishop, means the elephant, derived from alephhind, the Indian elephant. Even the word 'checkmate' is derived from the Persian term Shah Mat which means 'the king is dead!’11 / 24Invention of DiceSome of the earliest archaeological evidence of oblong dice have been found in Harrapan sites such as Kalibangan, Ropar, Alamgirpur, Desalpur and surrounding territories, some dating back to the third millennium BCE. The oblong or cubical dice is the precursor of the more primitive vibhīṣaka—small, hard nuts drawn randomly to obtain factors of a certain integer. Dicing is believed to have later spread to Persia. Early references to dicing can be found in the Ṛig Veda as well as the Atharvaveda.12 / 24Mokshapat or Snake and Ladder?The game had its origin in India and was called Moksha Patam or Parama Padam or Mokshapat. It was used to teach Hindu Dharma and Hindu values to children. The British renamed it as Snakes and Ladders. The game was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices - good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births. There are certain references which take the game back to 2nd century BC.In the original game square 12 was faith, 51 was Reliability, 57 was Generosity, 76 was Knowledge, and 78 was Asceticism. These were the squares were the ladder was found. Square 41 was for Disobedience, 44 for Arrogance, 49 for Vulgarity, 52 for Theft, 58 for Lying, 62 for Drunkenness, 69 for Debt, 84 for Anger, 92 for Greed, 95 for Pride, 73 for Murder and 99 for Lust. These were the squares were the snake was found. The Square 100 represented Nirvana or Moksha.Also known as ‘paramapadam’, there are a hundred squares on a board; the ladders take you up, the snakes bring you down. The top of the ladder depicts a God, or one of the various heavens (kailasa, vaikuntha, brahmaloka) and so on, while the bottom describes a good quality. Conversely, each snake’s head is a negative quality or an asura (demon). As the game progresses, the various karma and samskara, good deeds and bad, take you up and down the board.13 / 24Charaka Samhita: World’s first physicianIn 500 BC Maharishi Charaka wrote the famous Charaka Samhita or Physicians’ Handbook. The Charaka Samhita went into great detail to describe human anatomy, pathology, diagnostic procedures, and treatment for various diseases. Charaka also described the functions of the heart and the circulatory system in great detail. The Charaka Samhita was widely translated in various languages and Charaka was a respected medical authority in both the Arab and Roman empires.14 / 24Vedic roots of MathematicsDid you know that Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus and Algebra are studies which originated in India? The word Geometry seems to have emerged from the Sanskrit word gyaa-miti which means "measuring the Earth". And the word Trigonometry is similar to tri-kona-miti meaning "measuring triangular forms". The treatise of Surya Siddhanta describes details of Trigonometry, which were introduced to Europe 1200 years later in the 16th century by Briggs. All Hindu as well as Buddhist mandalas and yantras are complex forms of Geometrical shapes.Bhaskaracharya otherwise known as Bhaskara is probably the most well known mathematician of ancient Indian today. Bhaskara wrote his famous Siddhanta Siroman in the year 1150 A.D. It is divided into four parts; Lilavati (arithmetic), Bijaganita (a treatise on algebra), Goladhyaya (celestial globe), and Grahaganita (mathematics of the planets). An Arabic Scholar Al Zabar translated a Bhaskara's work Bijaganita from Sanskrit. It was later known as Algebra in European languages.15 / 24Oldest Systematic LanguageDid you know that Sanskrit is the world’s oldest systematic language? The word sanskrita, meaning "refined" or "purified," is the antonym of prakrita, meaning "natural," or "vulgar." It is made up of the primordial sounds, and is developed systematically to include the natural progressions of sounds as created in the human mouth. Sanskrit was considered as "Dev Bhasha", "Devavani" or the language of the Gods by ancient Indians.16 / 24Mother of all LanguagesThe Sanskrit language has helped shape many European languages including French, German, Russian, and English. It shows many ancient forms of words such as father, through, shampoo, trigonometry, and mouse, while guru, pundit, dharma, bandh, and yoga are among hundreds of Sanskrit words that can now be found in the Oxford dictionary.17 / 24MetallurgyIndia was the world-leader in Metallurgy. Gold jewelry is available from 3,000 BCE. Brass and bronze pieces are dated back to 1,300 BCE. Extraction of zinc from ore by distillation was used in India as early as 400 BCE while William Campion patented the process some 2,000 years later. There is an iron pillar in Delhi dating back to 400 CE that shows no sign of rust or decay. The earliest known book on metallurgy was written by sage Nagarjuna in 10th century.18 / 24The oldest book: RigvedaThe existence of the Vedas goes beyond recorded history and are said to be passed down from the Gods to the great seers of Bharat. For many human generations the Vedas were passed on through word of mouth, until finally documented by the great Rishis and Swamis. And if the Vedas speak of the Sarasvati River, then it would seem clear that they were written before about 2000 BC, and not later than 1500 BC, as scholars originally believed.19 / 24About the Solar SystemAncient Hindus were first to suggest a heliocentric solar system. Speed of light was calculated as 1, 85,016 miles/sec. They had even calculated the distance between Earth and Moon as 108 diameters of Moon and Earth and Sun as 108 diameters of Sun. These figures are very close to the modern day values. All these were stated several thousand years before the famous scientist Galileo postulated in the west that sun was the center of the planetary system and Earth was not flat.20 / 24The Game of CardsThe popular game of cards originated in ancient India and was known as Krida-patram. It was one of the favorite pastimes of Indians in ancient times. This game was patronized especially by the royalty and nobility. In medieval India, playing cards was known as Ganjifa cards which were played in practically all royal courts. This game is recorded to have been played in Rajputana, Kashyapa Meru (Kashmir), Utkala (Orissa) the Deccan and even in Nepal.21/ 24Life Cycles of the UniverseThe Hindus view that the Universe has no beginning or end, but follows a cosmic creation and dissolution. Hindus are the only one who propounds the idea of life-cycles of the universe. It suggests that the universe undergoes an infinite number of deaths and rebirths. Hindus views the universe as without a beginning (anadi = beginning-less) or an end (ananta = end-less). Rather the universe is projected in cycles.22/ 24Ayurveda - the Science of LongevityAyurveda is the indigenous system of medicine in India. Ayurveda literally means 'the science of living' (longevity). Ayu means "Life" and Veda means "Knowledge". Unique quality of Ayurveda is that it uncovers and cures the root cause of illness, it is safe, gentle and inexpensive, it sees 6 stages of disease development (where modern medicine only sees the last two stages), it treats people in a personalized manner according to their dosha or constitution and not in any generic manner.23 / 24Pythagorean Theorem or Baudhayana Theorem?Did you know that the so-called Pythagoras Theorem that the square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle equals to the sum of the square of the other two sides was documented by the famed Hindu mathematician Baudhayana in his 6th century BC treatise called Baudhayana Sulba Sutra? Baudhayana states: "The area produced by the diagonal of a rectangle is equal to the sum of area produced by it on two sides."24 / 24An immense world of knowledge!Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake. Readers, who are surprised that they haven't been told of these ideas before, the fault is of the books we have used.Thanks for reading!Image source: Google ImagesCredit-Pallavi Thakur SeekerSource- Mind-blowing ancient Hindu discoveries that will shock you!

Egyptologists claim that they know how to read and translate the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, especially when they pronounce names and cities. How is this possible? Do you know what “22 skadoo means”? This term was recently used in the 1920s. Egyptologists claim that they know how to read and translate the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, especially when they pronounce names and cities. How is this possible?Fragmentary knowledge of hieroglyphics survived from antiquity (we’ve got a late antique source discussing them, but it contains many errors), but really understanding them is possible because of this:The Rosetta Stone is a 2nd century BC inscription which has three copies of the same proclamation in three different forms: hieroglyphics, demotic Egyptian, and ancient Greek. When it was discovered, scholars could read Greek, but ...

Result : Selected, All India Rank - 4 (ISRO 2018)I want to give not only a very detailed experience but also some tips from my side. I have tried to write in such a way that you feel as if you are in interview hall. Because of all this you might feel this interview experience is a bit long but it's only for people very serious about ISRO. Going through the full experience will definitely give you a competitive edge. My contact informations including my whatsapp number is given at the end. Feel free to approach me. Now let's begin.  It was 17th August 2018, 8:00 am ISRO guest house, Chennai.  This year there was no interview center at Bangalore, only Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai and all who had written test centers at Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerela, Andhra Pradesh and maybe Orissa had their interview center at Chennai.  I was wearing a white shirt, a black pair of trousers, black belt, black pair of shoes with plain black socks and a plain and sober grey tie. Please put on a tie, this is what candidates don't understand, ISRO is almost like a private firm. Here looks, appearance, proper dressing sense and smartness matters, that is why in interview panel there are members from HR present. Without tie, it is not formal, your top button is not closed and your collars are not properly upright. First 10 minutes are deciding for any interview and for first 10 seconds all they are going to observe is your appearance. Candidates who do not take care of these tiny details will say tomorrow that their luck was bad. Its not about luck, it's about taking care of the tiniest details.  My name was first on the list on that day so I signNowed 15 min before the time mentioned in call letter (7:45am).I expected 8:00 to be time for start of verification of documents just like in case of BARC, but ISRO people are not playing around, they do not have classic government job mentality of working 9 to 5 and 5 days a week. So they actually started the interviews 10-15 minutes before 8:00 as few students arrived as early as 7:00 and completed the document verification before me so even though my name was first on the list, 6-7 candidates got interviewed before me (Actually, I liked it... I didn't wanted to be the first but also I didn't wanted to wait for 4-5 hours). So sometime before 10 a.m. I was asked to get into the interview room. Even for me who has already cleared BARC last year, who has already spent days and nights among biggest scientists of this country for the past one year, it was a cereal moment when I slightly opened the door and saw the world on the other side. I got the first glimpse of INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. That moment I'll never forget for the rest of my life. I know a lot of you folks are confused, if I already was in BARC then why did I go for ISRO? Right? See it has something to do with passion. I know exactly what I want, I know exactly which field of engineering fascinates me. It is aerospace engineering and rocket science. This was never possible in BARC and that is why even after failing twice in ISRO written test(May 2017 & Dec 2017) I went for ICRB exam the third time and this time I made it happen. @ the door Me: May I come in sir? I3: yes please (from now on interviewer 1=I1, interviewer 2=I2 and so on) I went and stood near the only chair on my side. It was a gigantic hall. A completely different setup than BARC interview panel. There was a giant rectangular table between me and all the interviewers, there was atleast 7 feet distance between me and the closest interviewer (12 o'clock),so they had a mic for every person attached to the table. There were around 10 interviewers out of which one was a lady but I think including her, two were from HR, because they were monitoring the way I speak and the way I present. I teach a lot about how to be confident, how to have good speaking skills and body posture on youtube so I had a good idea of how to present myself (so those two were continuously impressed and were smiling). I2: Ashish Ramj... Ranjo... Rajm... Me: Sir, Ashish Ranjan. I2: Ok Ashish, please sit down. I sat down (I had my documents left outside), I only had a pen in my right pant pocket which I had borrowed from a very humble fellow candidate because just in the rarest occasion of you need to wright or sign something you should not be in a position where you do not have a pen. Unfortunately this thought did not came to my mind when I left for interview center but fortunately I found a good person who had an extra pen. I2 : Ok Ashish please introduce yourself. Me : Sir, my full name is Ashish Ranjan (exactly like I introduce myself in my unacademy introduction videos but fortunately I leashed myself from saying the next line I say in my videos, "I cleared BARC 2017....", that would have raised a lot of unnecessary questions and I wanted most of the questions from technical side so that I can show my skills in engineering and not my background because I knew that's what the majority of the marking out of 100 is going to be for) I was born and raised in Ranchi, Jharkhand. From there I did my schooling. In 10th standard I got a CGPA of 9.2 and in 12th I had a percentage of 75.5 percent. Till then I did not had much direction in my life but when I started my btech in Sikkim Manipal Institute of technology something changed. I found engineering very interesting, I started to spend more and more time in learning more about engineering, by the end of 4 years I had a CGPA of 9.57 and a bronze medal from my university (by now they are so interested in my story of how an average student became a topper and so impressed by my high CGPA that it slipped their mind that I hid one very important fact.... I never mentioned which year I passed out or which year I joined b.tech. I was 2016 passout, I didn't wanted to mention that I worked at BARC but then I had a more than 2 years gap and that wouldn't have looked good). Throughout my btech, I never wasted time, I was hungry for knowledge so I utilised all my semester breaks to do internships. By the end of 4 years I had done around 5 internships and also I did classes on some designing softwares.(All along I was making eye contact with each of the interviewer, the "light house effect" and the "spot light effect" which I talk about in my videos, because no interviewer should feel left out, this is something that I learned by giving 8-10 viva sessions in my days at BARC training school. You must understand that interviewers are also humans at the end of the day and wherever there are humans there are emotions and remember this: "humans take decisions emotionally and justify them by logic" so I wanted to make every interviewer feel good because I knew everyone had some percentage of my marks that would get me in. Now I took a look at them and tried to find by their expression if they wanted to know more. Everyone looked interested. I knew if they were bored they would have interrupted me. So I continued with my hobbies) I am also a lot into public speaking so I like to enhance my communication skills and I like to work on it everyday (at this point of time making spotlight eye contact with HR lady. She smiled) and I'm also into sports (making spotlight eye contact with the male HR) like track and field. Male HR: What sports?(with a smile)  Me: sir track and field like 100m race, 400m race.  He looked at me like he wanted to know more, everyone is looking at me to know more. I knew I had them. Now it's time to play my ace. That's when I dropped the nuke.... Me: I also have been a lot into martial arts. I am a black belt in shotokan karate(with a smile)  Done! Now everyone has my attention. Male HR : (smiling) That is great Ashish. Female HR: (smiling) we would have never guessed that. Me : (smiling) I know mam.  Remember it is very important to smile. Do not act like a scared student over there, act like a confident and friendly future colleague, because that's who they are looking to hire.  I2: Ok Ashish what are your favourite subjects? Me: Sir my favourite subjects are Fluid Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Machine design... also I'm comfortable with Theory of machine and material science....and also heat transfer. (I knew that in ISRO interview there is one member from each subject, even theory of machine, material science and manufacturing. So I wanted to involve as much interviewers as possible.There is a probability that there will be 2 difficult (abstract) question out of 10, 8 questions will be easy textbook type. So if everyone is saying 4 favourite subjects and getting 2 difficult questions, you can say 6 favourite subject and get 3 difficult questions. Probability increased as now there is a higher chance that atleast 1 will be from one of your stronger subjects and you'll be able to answer it and that would definitely impress them. Plus on top of that you are getting double the number of easy questions, so for more number of time you'll be playing on your front foot. If you are not able to answer questions from one subject but show smartness and confidence, other interviewer might think let me test him/her with my subject, maybe he/she is good at that. But all of it will work only if you spent time working on all subject for a month. It is a difficult path but it is the only sure shot path to ISRO and the only way to deal with the uncertainty that is associated with every step of ISRO. What all of these will do definitely is that it will make your interview last longer (my interview lasted for over half an hour, which is very unusual for ISRO as most of the isro interviews go upto maximum of 20 minutes). Now what longer interview does is that it reduces the luck factor as longer you are infront of them more is the chances of you being able to show your skill in engineering. Female HR: (giggling) lot of favourite subjects.  Me:(with a smile) I like mechanical engineering. (rehearsed line to show them I am an all-rounder and comfortable with inter-disciplinary tasks which is what all core companies want)  Till now everything was rehearsed, I rehearsed that I would say these things 5-10 times infront mirror as I knew these two questions they would definitely ask. I knew from this point onwards rest of the interview is all about engineering skills and improvising, but doing this first step perfectly ensures that now they are looking forward to hire you, now all you have to do is not make a blunder. I2: Ok Ashish, please go to the board. I saw a 6ft. by 4 ft. white board behind me with a chair left of me on which two marker pens and an Eraser/duster was kept. As far as what I remember about the surrounding, the lighting of the room was not very bright, not as bright as it could have been, but above the board there was a white light which was making that area very bright. All this was increasing the feel in me that this is it... I worked for it for one and a half year and now I'm here, I'm in control and time to show them what I've got. I took care of how I stand, made sure that I'm standing up straight... Chest out, back straight but just enough to make it look natural. These are things that I practiced infront of mirror few days before the interview and also something that I've always been attentive about. I2: Draw two vertical lines. I did. I2: draw two horizontal lines in between them. I did I2:make vertical lines as fixed supports.and upper horizontal line is steel, lower horizontal line is aluminium bar. Tell me the stresses in them if temperature is increased from 20 C to 100 C Me: (writing all the information he was giving me on board, I wrote delta T=80 C) Sir due to increase in temperature this bar will try to elongate but the rigid support will not let it so there will be compressive reactions applied by the supports so there will be compressive stress. (while writing on board) sir, thermal stain epsilon =delta T*alpha so thermal stress will be alpha *deltaT*E, E being the Young's modules.  I2: so what is the value? Which of them will have higher stress? Me: Sir that depends on the values of Young's modulus and thermal expansion coefficient.  I2: what are the values?  Me: sir Young's modulus of Aluminium is 69Gpa( this number was easiest to remember for obvious reasons ;) ) for mild steel it is 200 GPa. I don't remember the exact values of thermal expansion coefficients for these materials but I know that it's of the order of 10^(-6) and for steel it is around 10.I don't remember for aluminium.  I2: take it 3 times the thermal coefficient of steel and take Young's modulus of aluminium as 70 and that for steel as 210. Me: Ok sir now we can compare. Let's first find for aluminium. (writing on board and speaking simultaneously) so stress in aluminium is alphaA*80*210=3*alphaS*80*70=16800*alphaS(on the side I did the calculation very quickly, I wrote 21*8 and directly wrote the answer as 16800 within fraction of seconds)  I3: Why did you Wright 21?what is 8? Me: Sir 7*3=21. I2: what is 8? Me: sir I have taken 8 from 80....I'm just doing the calculation.  I4: Oh.. Final answer likh dia isne. They were surprised that I did this calculation so fast, they forgot that this is nothing compared to the proficiency in hand and mental calculation we need to clear written exam.  HR male : (smiling) Ha ha sahi kr raha hai. You continue.  Me: so now the stress in steel bar. Stress =alphaS*80*210=16800alphaS I was a little confused seeing that the value is same.  Me:Ok sir so what we have is that Young's modulus of steel is three times...(was interrupted)  I2:Which one has more stress?  Me: Sir, stresses will be equal.  I2: OK. (looking at I3, indicating him to ask his question)  I3: Ok, do you know what keys are.  Me: Sir, keys are mechanical elements used to have constant velocity rati... (my voice fading)  {It was a very easy topic for me because it is the second chapter I teach on unacademy in my course of machine design but for some reason I got tongue tied but I pulled my self back, I gave myself time to breathe and think but at the same time made sure that interviewers don't have to wait, so I started to draw a shaft-hub assembly on board} Me:(while drawing) So if I have a shaft and over it we have a hub like a gear or a bearing then if we add a key then both shaft and hub will have same angular velocity, there will be positive drive which means there will be no slip.  I3: How do you design a key?  Me: A rotating shaft transmits torque to hub through key. Key will have tangential force. So we consider what we call a "sunk key", that means it is inserted within groves in both shaft and hub (drawing and explaining simultaneously) then let us consider a rectangular key of length l, width b and height t(I drew a fresh isometric view of key alone). Now we can design it by both crushing and shearing. So designing it by crushing first, let us say that sigmaC is the crushing strength of the material then crushing area will be this (showing on diagram) i.e. l*t/2. So cruising strength will be sigmaC*l*t/2,this is the maximum tangential load the key can take based on crushing, if we multiply it with radius of shaft, we will get the maximum torque it can take, if we again multiply it with angular velocity we can find out the maximum power it can transmit.  {for this 2-3 minutes, I forgot about the rest of the world, I completely got into my teaching mode, nobody questioned anything, they were all just nodding and smiling, it was an easy question but it doesn't matter what the question is, it matters how well you explain it. I've said this before in my BARC preparation videos, these are top scientists of this country you are dealing with, for them everything is easy like ABCD, for them design of key is easy and so is finite element method, so explain any question you get to the fullest}  I3:Ok ok(looked very satisfied)  {But I didn't stop, I thought let's finish it perfectly, 18 months of preparation, 6 years of struggle, I'm not taking any chances, I'll present my 100%} Me: We can also design it based on shear, so for that the tangential force will be same but shear area now will be(showing it on diagram) b*l, so we have to know the shear strength of the material and we can again find the maximum tangential load and subsequently maximum torque in similar manner.  I3:ok ok.  I4:have you studied engineering drawing?  {this is the thing about ISRO, they can ask questions even from subjects you didn't mention as favourite subject. I mentioned 6 subjects but still they went for 7th. What they didn't knew is that I was prepared for 11 subjects. I had already prepared engineering drawing along with all of production, refrigeration and air conditioning, engineering mechanics and obviously thermodynamics, in the last 2 months. You see the contrast in BARC & ISRO interviews? In BARC you say 5 subjects and you prepare for 4 according to my strategy that I shared on youtube. In ISRO on the other hand, you say 5-6 subjects and prepare for 11-12 subjects.}  Me: Yes sir.  I4:Why do we need engineering drawing?  Me: Whatever a designer designs, engineering drawing is used to convey it to the manufacturer.  I4: Suppose you have to produce this glass (there was a glass on my side of the table) how will you do it? What will be the engineering drawing? Show us on board.  Me:Sir should I draw the projections? top view, front view etc.?  I4: Yes.  Me: (Drawing and explaining) I am going to use Indian standard. In India we use 3rd angl..sorry 1st angle projection so I'm going to draw according to it.  I4: What?  Me: Sir, we use first angle projection in India.  Male HR: Is it so? (with a big smile on his face) Me: Yes sir, Indian companies use first angle projection and American companies use third angle projection. (they looked satisfied so I turned back to the board and continued drawing and explaining) So according to first angle projection, top view will be below front view and right view will be on left hand side of front view. So the front view will be like this (drawing a rectangular shape with its lower edge touching the horizontal plane. I also drew the hidden lines to show that glass has some thickness and that it is a hollow cylinder, drew projection lines towards left hand side plane to draw right view but stopped knowing that it will be same as front view and I didn't want to waste their time as I knew what they wanted to see are the front view and top view)  Some Interviewer from back: It would be same right? (talking about the right view)  Me: (without turning) yes sir.(continued drawing, drew two concentric circles using projections of front view and stopped).  I4: So how will you show concentricity?  Me: Like this sir(I drew two mutually perpendicular center lines, those with alternate long and short lines) I5: So how will you show a concentricity tolerance of let us say //some value I do not remember // microns?  Me: (thinking for a second) sir it looks like this (drew two small concentric circles. 2 years ago when I was an intern at TATA Cummins, my guide forced me to go through geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, but it was impossible to remember all that now) I do not remember completely, I studied this a long time ago in Geometric dimensioning and Tolerancing (I later found out that the symbol I drew was actually correct, its just that it was a bit incomplete)  I4:Ok ok(looked satisfied)  {Till now it was perfect and I knew that if you are giving perfect answers to normal questions, they are going to get into more advanced and abstract questions because now they would like to push your limits. Honestly the easy questions lasted longer than I expected. By now I knew I had done more than enough to get in, the interview is over, I am selected, if they continue, it will be only be because they want to have a little fun}  I1:You said material science right?  Me: Yes sir.  I1: In what way do we classify materials?  Me: (A little confused about where to start? as this question has infinite number of answers) Sir, we can classify materials as ductile and brittle.  I1: and?  Me: (Thinking for a second or two) and we also classify it as isotropic and orthotropic.  I1: and?  Me: There are lot of ways to classify Materia...  I1: have you heard of metallic and non metallic materials?  Me: yes sir, metallic materials have free electrons in it where as non metallic materials has no free electrons.  I1: Can you give me some examples of both?  Me: Sir examples of non-metallic materials are plastic, polymers, ceramics.  I1: and non metallic?  Me: Steel, copper, aluminium etc.  (such a silly question, I think by the end of me answering, he also realised it 7 so he said along with me)  I1: Cooper, steel etc right?  Me: yes sir, copper steel, aluminium etc.  I1: can you draw the stress strain curve of mild steel, cast iron and aluminium?  Me: yes sir. (turning towards the board and going to the left most part of it) so first I'll draw for mild steel.  I1: No no.. In same graph.  Me: ok sir (drew x and y axis at center of the board) on x axis we will have stress...Engineering stress (I didn't wanted to play that game of I'll say stress then you'll ask which stress then I'll say engineering stress then you'll ask what is other kind, what is it.... And so on... Because this interview had already gone way longer than I expected. At that point I just wanted to show all the excellence I have. By directly writing engineering stress, I had answered all those 6-8 questions perfectly in fraction of a second in their head, thus my impression improved and their time saved. It's a win win trick you play only when you know you are already on positive side because now they are confident about your skill in engineering, now they won't even ask... They'll just assume that you know it. That is the difference between 9/10 and 10/10. If you are 9/10 people will think there's something else you might not know and if you are 10/10 people will think you know everything. So I continued drawing, without wasting any time I drew three curves.  I1: Now where will concrete lie?  Me: (I drew a line near cast iron but with a larger slope)  I1: will it be stronger than cast iron?  Me : No sir, it will depend on young's modulus. Slope of this line is young's modulus.  I1: so is it stronger than cast iron?  Me: No sir(drawing a line with lesser slope) all I am saying is that concrete is brittle so it will have similar curve... There will be no yielding.  I1: So where will it lie?  Me: Sir it depends on young's modulus of concrete,I don't remember the value.  I1: OK.  I6: you said heat transfer right?  Me: yes sir.  I6: draw a pipe?  Me: (drew two parallel lines)  I6: no the other side.  Me: front view?  I6: yes.  Me: (drew two concentric circles)  I6: there is hot fluid passing. Tell me the modes of heat transfer.  Me: convection-conduction-convection.  I6: Now put an insulation.  Me: (I did)  I6: Now tell me the modes of heat transfer.  Me: convection-conduction-conduction-convection I6: Now remove the insulation. Now this pipe is buried underground. Soil is maintained at 25 C. Tell me the modes of heat transfer.  Me: convection-conduction-conduction I6: No, that pipe wall is maintained at 75 C.  Me: There will be conduction taking place as soil is solid. There is no chance of convection. Since the temperature difference is large there might be considerable radiation. (this was an abstract question, these questions have no answers, you have to show your thinking capacity here, that's it)  I7: Ok coming to fluid mechanics.  (At this time I was surprised by the time they are investing on me)  Me: yes sir.  I7: have you seen air balloon? Why does it fly?  Me: it is because of the buoyancy effect. The weight of the air it displaces is more than the its own weight.  I7: So it will keep on going up into the outer space?  ( A long time ago I had heard this question when I was still undergraduate, I knew it will stop at a particular height but never gave it a thought on why it will stop)  Me: No sir it will stop at a particular height (with full confidence... hoping he doesn't ask why)  I7: Why?  Me:(thinking for a second, pretending that I'm gathering my words) Sir as we keep on going to higher altitudes the air becomes thinner and thus we have lower density, thus at some point weight of fluid displaced will equate to weight of balloon and it stops.  I7: so have you seen that we use heat source placed at the bottom of balloon?  Me: yes sir.  I7: Why do we use it?  Me: To heat the air. Hotter air will have lesser density.  I7: That hole is made very small. Why? Why can't we have a larger hole?  Me: Sir, so that we don't have to heat a lot lot of air.  I7: No we are heating the same amount of air anyways.  Me: (paused for few seconds, thinking) Sir I'll have to think about it.  I7: Why can't we have it like a parachute?  Me: (thinking)  I7: why cant we have a big hole?  Me: (Drew a semi sphere, convex upwards) like this?  I7: Yes, exactly.  Me: (Thinking. Somehow I knew I was taking more time than what they have, but they were unexpectedly giving me time to think and kept giving me hints, this was because of the strong base I created and also they were considerate about the fact that I have been standing and explaining for the last 30-40 minutes, I must have gotten tired) It will be difficult to manufacture (just didn't wanted to be dumb so I said something. This is very important, if I stood dumb for 10 more seconds, interview would have ended right there and what's worse? It would have ended at a bad note. So I said something so that they might think that I am trying)  I7: We don't care about manufacturing cost. Have you studied about stability of a body?  {Now that's all I needed}  Me: Yes sir, ok I get it. For stability of submerged body of center of buoyancy should be above center of gravity of the body.  I7:why?  Me: If we tilt the body in any direction, there will be a restoring couple (showed it with diagram). So this principle is used here.  I7:How?  Me: Making a spherical shape must ensure the balloon to have G below B.  I7:(looking for more)  Me:(thinking for a second and then I finally got it, I got the answer. A submerged body can only be unstable if it has a differential density. What a smaller fire hole does is that it decreases the region directly in contact with the fire, i.e. it reduces the volume with sudden drop of density. Thus it helps in maintaining a relatively more uniform density so that the balloon remains stable in case of winds and bad weather. All these were running in my head. I forgot that I was in interview room, I just found the question amazing and was thrilled that I was able to get to the answer. That's when I exclaimed at a voice louder than any they had heard by me in the last 45 min...It was like a 'Eureka!' ) YES (took the marker pen and turned to the board) If I have balloon in the shape of a sphere (Drew a strong circle quickly, as soon as I did this, they knew that I've got it)  I7: Ok Ashish you can go. Me:(nodded, kept the pen on chair) thankyou everyone (I exited from the door)  I checked the time, it was way past 10:30. A guy (another candidate) followed me, he asked "what are they asking?" I said it all depends on your subjects. He said "your interview lasted very long". I asked, "how long?". "much more than half an hour" he said. I replied "it didn't feel like it, I have to go upstairs to return this pen". I returned the pen and went out thinking time to get some highlights in my hair. The interview lasted crazy long when compared to how long ISRO interviews usually last (10-20 minutes). I didn't see time before getting in but with my experience in previous interviews and taking a look at how much time they spent only on introduction and then the fact that they asked questions from SIX subjects that too lengthy ones, I think it was easily close to an hour. I was very confident I'm getting selected just like the day I was when BARC 2017 interview was over. One thing I'm sure of is that you cannot fool yourself, after the interview you either know you got selected or you know you didn't. There's nothing in between and that day I knew that I did it. Being in BARC for 1 year made me realise one thing... that I'm not a scientist.... I do not shine the brightest when it comes to Engineering. Where I excel is in making a full proof strategy for beating one of the most difficult competitions. That's how I cracked BARC and that's how I cracked ISRO and I want the world to know that anyone can do it if they have a proper strategy, dedication and a little bit of craziness.  If you went through my full interview experience then obviously you are very serious about this job. Find more of my guidance videos on my Youtube channel : Torq4712 Feel free to approach me at : Instagram, twitter, unacademy at : ashish_torq Gmail: torque4712@gmail.com  Whatsapp: 7042830765 (please don't call without messaging first) All I want to do is help my juniors. I want to bring the most authentic knowledge to all interested aspirants for free. This path is tough and I appreciate everyone who has the courage to travel it. All the best.

It completely depend on number of factors on you and to your interviewer. So for now i would consider some few points which you could practice.1. Ambiance You have herd about this famous adage "First impression is the last impression". Suppose if you went for a sales job and the ambiance of that premise is not good your brain will automatically help your internal enthusiasm on higher or lower scale and your performance got affected.2. Job Perspective This factor has always helped me in getting my job done. In any interview where ever you have been thinking of applying  or being selected. You should try to gather some internal information about that company progression and your role. So if in case you are interviewed then by mentioning there research either in your resume or in CV you could leave a psychological impact that you are one of those skills which they are desiring. Their you have started nailing about a new job.3. Be Open For Discussion This is an easiest way to make your interview panel convince that you are open  for discussion like salary, time-shift and office location etc.  After when you are got selected you can manipulate the team by showing some little constraint in some non-desirous options. This point is because every company has some hopes and some limitations. So by answering in that way you are passing that ball in their court that you could be hired and their are no strings attached.4.Going into an interview...be interested in your interviewers. If you focus on learning about them you seem more interesting and dynamic. (Again, people love to talk about themselves.)5.Pay Attentions to details of your Interviewers.  Pay attention to your interviewers dress and office environment. Suppose if he is wearing a casual dress where most of the interviewers are in formal then these people are looking for something different then the requirement who like multi-tasking type of job . So if the person is just opposite then that person is confined to the requirement and he can't be bend or can give any push until you perform to his expectation.6. Facial Expression of the InterviewersIf your interviewer is always moving his head while you are answering then he is least interested in you and the probability of getting selected is now low. If his eyes got stuck on you then he is expecting more from you what you have delivered. If by every answer he looking on his PC or on your CV then he is done with the interview and he is just want to play with you or to explore about u .Likewise, if his eyeballs instead of looking you he looking somewhere else then he is either not paying any attention in depth. If in case you are not sure about your answers then you could take some shots.7.Fake it till you make it; confidence is more important than knowledge.Don't be intimidated by anyone, everyone is playing a role and wearing a mask.8. Show Street Smartness Don't let your interviewers play with you. Instead you play with them like giving them a ideal trailer of your problem solving and client building approach with easily faking your previous experience. As no one is going to esquire about you  what were cooking you previous company.9. Don't mentioned any references about you in that company. As it has always either psychologically or professionally backfired you.10. Consume Glucose before the Interview.Before or during the interview if you are nervous about the data, facts and figure or it require you to remember without any help. Then drink water with Glucose or consumes as much glucose before it.  As our brain need oxygen for it neurons to work sharply. So by consuming glucose will directly give your body a ample amount of glucose which will be actively release the oxygen in your blood other then the breathing and immediately electrify your brain cells without any damage. They will help you a lot.  11. Presentation is the secret my friend.You might be having ample amount of knowledge but it is of no use until you know the way to present it. To be able to present something in an orderly way you must practice doing so. Now by practice I mean that try to write the points and practice answering the expected interview questions. In this way you’ll be prepared thoroughly to present your thoughts in the interview.PS::If you have more points then please suggest me then please suggest me.if you found any sort of mistakes or I missed anything then do help me.I will add more points later.

Top on my list is Drawing. Here is my list.1)Drawing. Plans, elevations, end views, sectional views. You must be able to sketch them crudely but accurately using pencil and paper, and also be a skilled user of  Autocad (or equivalent) to draw  in a professional manner. You must be able to read drawings and put your finger on mistakes. Drawing is the language of Engineers. . It is an international language with no ambiguity whatsoever and no amount of words and sentences in any language in the world can convey what a simple sketch can convey.Master this. The rules are simple and after some practice you will be comfortable with them.2) Basic Strength of materials and theory of structures. Instead of stress on how to calculate them, in various structural arrangements and for various loadings, be sure you  understand them. Computers and software will calculate them for you but never be in a situation where you are helplessly forced to believe what the computer prints out. You must be able to look critically at the results and put your finger on anything that looks 'fishy' and check and correct it.3)A flair for numbers and simple math. Learn short cuts to arithmetic computations. Commit to memory some useful formulae and values. Know the properties of common materials like concrete and steel and memorise their E values, densities, unit weights and be able to reel off from memory, the MI, Z, and area values of the most commonly used rolled steel shapes, like I sections, channels, angles and round bars.4)Master (and completely 'digest')the code provisions. IS 800 for steel design and IS 456 for concrete and IS 875 the loading code for both steel and concrete design. Read the entire code from cover to cover and commit to memory as many provisions as you can and at least be aware that such and such provisions exist in the code for a particular situation and know how to zero in directly to that relevant specification instead searching for it.5)Know how to use a 3D modeling package. I recommend Tekla structures.  Master it if possible and learn to automate the generation of drawings.6)Master a spreadsheet package. I recommend Excel. Know how to use the built in functions, go through all the menus and sub menus. Learn to write Macros. Learn VBA and have the ability to  develop customized applications. Excel is truly a "brahmaastra" if you know how to use it.8)Learn and master any one high level programming language. Don't depend on software developers to develop applications for you. They will never learn your subject well enough to give you the best  software solution for you. It is much simpler for you to have  basic software development skills, and,  combined with your domain knowledge in your area of specialization the resulting application will be much better.9)Welcome every single opportunity to visit a construction site and Observe (not just see) what is happening there. Understand the problems at site, the sequences, techniques and the construction equipment used. If you get an opportunity to be posted temporarily, at a project site, welcome it. In the long run it will make you a better and more well rounded engineer. 10) If you are involved in steel construction try to visit a fabrication shop and see how they do the job from the fabrication drawings. It would be a great idea to have a year or two of experience in a structural steel detailing office and understand how a detailed fabrication drawing is made from the design drawings.I could go on but I will limit myself to 10 only. You need at least 5 years to get to some acceptable level and it normally takes 10 years of professional experience to be considered good in this profession.All the best to you in your career.GV

On 18th January 2018, I was travelling by train from Kolkata (West Bengal) to Tinsukia (Assam). There were two elderly people, a family of four, a young man of my age and I in the compartment of a Sleeper Class bogie. As we were having a pleasant journey talking random things with co-passengers, we sniffed a smell of strong alcohol which was coming from the adjacent compartment. The people who were consuming alcohol were talking in a shamelessly loud voice not caring if the nearby passengers were getting disturbed or not. We did not say anything.They started drinking again openly at around 7PM. The elderly people had to cover their nose to avoid the smell. The nearby passengers were also too scared to talk to the men as they happened to belong from one of the Security Forces - they later turned out to be from the CISF (a Central Armed Police Force aka CAPF).I lost my patience, went to their compartment and requested them to stop drinking as the nearby people were getting disturbed. They said “okay”, but their tone didn't sound affirmative to me. I warned them that if they continue to drink, I will call the RPF (Railway Protection Force) and they may face serious consequences as consuming alcohol is banned in train. The train was at a station then. They started abusing me and threatened to hit me. All of them were drunk. I told them if they even try to touch me, they would be in serious trouble. One of the guys came and poked me hard on my shoulder. I knew it would be foolish to respond back the same way. I sat on my seat and requested them to stay seated. The crowd which had gathered dispersed away. People nearby were annoyed by the way they were talking. The CISF men were continuing to abuse me and I felt that they would literally beat me.Immediately, I sent a tweet to the Ministry of Indian Railways and called the Railway Security at 182 and told them my problem.“ Train No. 12525. S3 39 my seat no. A few police men beside my compartment are consuming alcohol and threatening to hit me in front of the RPF if I complain about them. “Then I got a series of replies,My fellow passengers were telling me to get down and change my seat at Guwahati Railway Station. They said “This is North-East. We are not sure the police will come or not.” The station was about to arrive. As soon as the train stopped at the platform, I saw officers from RPF, Government Railway Police (GRP), Movement Control Office(MCO) of the Army, and the squad party immediately boarding the train. They came to me and asked who the people were. I pointed towards them.When the RPF started interrogating the CISF men, they knew by their body language that they were drunk and by the way the were talking to such high officials. The officials came to know that they belonged to the CISF( Central Industrial Security Force).They said “ It's shame for us that our own men have lost their decency and discipline.”It felt like their attitude was put to shame. They gave a written apology. The officials asked me if I want to lodge an F.I.R. for verbally abusing (as I had an audio recording of our conversation) and they would lose their job. The Assam Police had said that if the complainant was a female, the media would have been called. I told not to lodge any F.I.R. and I was grateful to the police for their support. The police clicked photos of the men and I shaking hands and the report was sent to the higher authority.The squad party assisted me to change my seat to the other compartment and the RPF also called me the next day in the morning asking if I signNowed safely.Indeed, India is changing!Edit : Apologies for mentioning the “army” instead of the CISF in my tweet. Before tweeting, neither did I nor the passengers knew which category of the Security Forces they belonged to.