Plan for 2012

Last year, I mentioned about my plan for 2011. Most of it was a success. So it is time to make plans for year 2012.

For this year luckily there is no study*. So I can use this time to take couple of certifications. The basic one any Network Engineer must have is CCNA. So planning to take it by first week of March. Apart from this Intuition is another thing I want to complete by July. Once I am done with Intuition, I will know the business side of Finance too. 

For the personality development program, I will try to attend the ABToastmasters. This is a very good club to improve public speaking. Also the presentation seminar provided to TAPS is a good way to improve these skills. Planning to learn Spanish this year. May be Rosetta stone could be used. I have joined Gym to get fit. Planning to reach to 150 lbs. 

On the fun side planning to improve my Garba skills and continue to write for campus newspaper.

This is what comes to my mind for now. I will keep posting.

*no college studies

Universities to select for 3yrs IT experience and Avg Profile

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I am frm ECE field and working in XYZ in Pune , I am applying for univ in canada,  germany, netherland, singapore .... not US coz i think thats will be very costly ...

I have decided some univs also... but prob is that I have avg profile... except work exp of 3 yrs ... that also i doubt wont help as it is in IT sector... n i want to apply for electrical field :(

now prob is that univ i have selected are among the top univ ... now confused whether it will be right to apply to these univ.... means i have to have gud academinc profile (like IIT name)

would be very helpful if u can help me how to select univ.... it should be all top ... or some avg unv also... 

how much will be the expenses if i apply in US or any other ... 

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Hi, 

Good that you have decided for MS after 3 yrs of Experience. 

Your question mainly boils down to 

1) Which country for MS

2) Which Universities to apply for

For 1) I think US offers best option for you. As you mentioned cost as a factor, I believe the return on investment (ROI) is pretty high. In spite of avg academic record, your GRE score would determine how much scholarship you get. Your soft skills would help you landing an on campus job. Plus there are lots of internship opportunities available (Your US based company work-ex would be helpful). So in the end I believe you will gain valuable experience and education plus your balance sheet would be in green.

For 2) The job market for international students in US is in favor of IT. So if you want to go for Electrical you have to be in one of the best Universities and have to do a thesis\project on something which industry needs. 

Electrical is a broad field. Unless you mention what you are interested in 1) VLSI 2) Embedded 3) Telecom 4) Power 5) Computer Network 6) Semiconductors and many more. 

Basically for Computer Networks look for schools in California or NY City. For VLSI and Embedded go for schools in California, Texas, Michigan, Chicago area. For Power look for schools in Michigan, NJ, NY, California or may be anywhere. Power is very good across US.

I hope this helped. Let me know if you find this useful. 

New Semester Vows and expectations

New York: It has been 6 months since I am living in New York Metropolitan region and it has been great. It is indeed a city of opportunities. People from all race, ethnicity, color, country, religion, ideology live here. I wonder what would have Williams Wordsworth have written about NY. Whether it is Mets or Jets they all make you feel a part of it. 

At any rate, last semester fulfilled my dream of writing articles, teaching an all girls high school and what not. What it not fulfilled was making an Android Application. Other failures were surely there but tomorrow new semester is going to start and would like to concentrate on new challenges ahead.

This semester I want to do a technical internship in a big company. Have some surprises lying ahead for sure. Want to try my hands (Rather legs) on Ice skating. Plans are afoot to get my first project via Kaunas Tech. Want to give CCNA by the end of this semester. I wish to be clean with Java by the end of Semester. Also want to complete all labs of Webgoat by the end of January. I do expect of getting at least 4 GPA to save my scholarship. Other targets are to have a nice physic. 

Today my dream of having my own website is about to be complete. Next targets are to learn Drupal. Others are to make a website for my mama and to find a Summer internship. Want to do a project under a Prof. and to do a geeky thing each week, much up to my satisfaction. 

I hope with best wishes from my Mom and other well wishers I will be able to complete much of it.

Have a great New Year.

Soham whispersssss ! But loudly !!: Narendra Modi's day out with CM (Common Men)

There is something about this man which makes me Mesmerize.....May be his Positive attitude.....

Visit to Wisconsin Dells

I started my year with good GRE scores and ended with enjoying at Wisconsin Dells.

Well with all the grades out AB, B, B, it was time to relax. Being 3 hours away from Chicago, Wisconsin Dells was the obvious choice.

We started our journey on 19th, Dec. Our first stop was  after 15 minutes at Patel Bazaar. Reason: Well unlimited Chaat, Pav Bhaji, Chole Bhature, Dabeli, Bataka Vada, Idli Sambhar, Dosa, Ragda Paities, Samosa...All really really really tasty......All this for only 6.9 dollars...Can you imagine this.

In Houghton we would pay 15 dollars for it. And thats a statement.

Well going ahead with the journey we reached Wisconsin Dells at around 5 pm. After getting fresh in Rome Resort we went to the indoor theme park for rides..There was Roller Coaster,Go-carting,  Mountain Climbing, Slides, Octopus, Free Fall and much more....Fully satisfied we embarked to our next destination which is indoor Water park...

There was  water slide, splash pads, spray grounds, lazy river and much more to offer. We made the most it.
After having fun we returned to room to have 'Chai'(Tea) and 'Dhebra' (Fenugreek bread). We called it a day.


Next day we went to water park to repeat the same thing. This time for more time. After gets  hungry we went to a Pedros.(An unwise decision for Vegetarians)


Returned to our room to play cards...The next morning had pretzel for the first time and had Ice-cream of Haagen Dazs (Currently this company's Delhi outlet is in limelight due to some controversy).


After a 3 hr ride we came to Chicago to reach Chipotle and had Baritos. (To reimpose our faith in Mexican Food). 


So this is how we ended our journey in happy note..Enjoy the picture's with link below.
http://picasaweb.google.com/himanshubina/WisconsinDellls?authkey=Gv1sRgCK2Fku_lwc_DogE&feat=email# 

Bye for now....

University to apply for given profile.

Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan are the months when students start applying to Universities.


So the natural Question is which University to go for.


Here is a profile i received earlier this week regarding it.








Profile is :
GRE ~ 1400-
TOEFL~100+
GPA~3.7
Uni-NIT BHOPAL
Many other Curricular activites and projects.
Work: Well known MNC for 1+ year.


Q:There are some colleges for which i need to know my chances to get in:

1. University of California, Irvine
2.  CMU
3. Texas A&M University--College Station
4. Cornell University
    University of California--Los Angeles
   
5. Georgia Institute of Technology
   
6. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick
   
7. 
   
   
   
   

and it will be very helpful also if you can categorize them as expensive or moderate.

If i have missed any good uni in which my chances are good ,you can mention it .

One more thing .Can you tel me the scope of some fields in Us ?.I mean job market for some fields.

Starting with the list of University you gave.

All of them are said to be Expensive to some extend. California University's have a tradition of being expensive. But to say Rutgers is the least expensive among all (Moderate).

So done with the cost part, would suggest some other University too.

University of Maryland, College Park (Takes less international students but you have a chance) 

Univeristy of Texas, Austin (Demands research paper as u do not have but do try it)

NCSU, SUNY Stonybrook, Arizona State Uni., Ohio State, Iowa State are few other recommendations

Most of them are moderate and worth to go for. Both for on-study jobs, Funding and after study jobs.

Well regarding demand in US, Networking is something to  go for. Jobs do not get easily outsourced in this field. So...And also Systems is a good option.

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I would suggest you to go for Georgia Tech, ASU, NCSU, Stony brook,  Ohio State, Maryland, USC (very expensive), UFL to for. Most of them are expensive. So you can select San Jose as a cheap one, (But far bellow what you deserve). On East Coast Rutgers is a good one and Stevens will be a good option too.

I hope i was able to answer your Q's. If you have any more doubts you may feel free to ask for.

Diwali: The festival of Lights.

People in Ayodhya celebrated Diwali on arrival of their king Lord Rama after his victory over Lanka.

So did the people of Houghton after Mr. Chirag, successfully completed Bachelors, Internship bla bla.

Well, the performance is yet to be held in the in the Darbar (Rozsa Center), but the treat was held at my Prof. and a very good Poet Dr. Kulkarni's place.

After presenting a Card (Made by me), their were discussions on varied topics such as String Theory, Big band theory, Climate in Houghton, Some interesting facts such as ppl living in their office in University (Cooking., taking shower in bath, sleeping overnight), Library at 1st floor EERC, Sue against Michigan Tech (Again coz of stupid reasons) et. al. the discussion was supported by snacks (Chakri and sweets)

Discussion topic ranged from Politics-Science and of course Silence. The last one being the spoil player. Usually the diwali i have seen till now was full of noise, crackers, guests, good clothes, lights, pollution.

After eating tasty Indian food (After long time) which included Pulav, Mix Vegetable, Rotli, salad and curd, a pseudo singing competition was held where no one sang any songs....

After all the fun it was time to bid adieu and thanking  for such a wonderful evening, we scattered like electrons...........