Chemistry, Computers and Cricket

In my opinion, the answer is "it depends". Many would prefer that Ph.D. in foreign countries would be much better than one in India. It might be true in some sense as you step out of your comfort zone and your known places and your friends and family, you grow more as an independent person. When you go to countries like Germany, France, the USA, Japan, Israel, and Britain - (these countries are best for Ph.D. in Chemistry at present), you will get a lot of exposure to the new culture and your thoughts, as well as your viewpoint, will get widen. If you ask me a one-word answer - I would tell you to do a Ph.D. abroad. For an Indian student with Master's degree in Chemistry, always prefer for US and European countries. At most, Japan and Israel , but avoid Asian countries like, China, Singapore, South Korea - it is about the mindsets of the Asian guides who consider their Ph.D. students as slaves. These guides gauge you by the amount of time you spend in the lab, not the eff...

 I am a PhD graduate from one of the IITs, so I think, I am eligible to answer this question. In one line the answer is - YES, you can get into IITs to do PhD even only via GATE.  After MSc, you can enter into IITs to do PhD without even qualifying JRF. You don't need to qualify NET to enter into PhD in IIT. You can even enter IIT to do a PhD without having both NET and GATE. If you have JEST or INSPIRE fellowship, you can get admission to IIT after your MSc in Chemistry to do a PhD. Every year GATE exam is conducted by either one of the IITs and IISc in various subjects. First of all, you need to qualify for this exam, and in addition, you need to have good ranks under 1000 for Chemistry and basic sciences so that you have a high chance of being called for an interview.  If you have qualified CSIR/UGC-NET, then you are in an advantageous position as professors generally have more vacancies for CSIR students compared to GATE students. Nevertheless, whether you have cleare...

For one of my interviews, I had extensively prepared on the interesting topic of Berry pseudorotation, by taking sources from books (FA Cotton, Housecroft, Puri-Sharma-Pathania), YouTube (JChemistry, Aftaab sir, Unacademy etc.), Research articles etc. and here I am sharing with you my hand-written notes. I have also discussed here about Turnstile rotation and the Ray-Dutt mechanism in brief which also may be asked in an interview. If you read these notes, I can assure you that you can safely answer any questions.  Click on each of the pics to read. Use Ctrl and + to zoom. If you are unable to read from here, you can find the combined PDF here:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13ci7_o10OkvPfoNGzJ8IlFURPIf3x_CN?usp=sharing Copy and paste the above link into a new tab of your browser. Feel free to contact me for any clarifications. Do comment.

 The college service commission (CSC) and public service commission (PSC) of many Indian states recruit Assistant Professors and University Lecturers for the Govt.-aided general degree colleges and the candidates often have many doubts regarding the interview process. Here I will try to clear out all your doubts. First of all, the question arises, how to prepare for the interview? The basic funda of passing any job interview is your Confidence . Yes, you heard it right. Interviewers judge you by your inner confidence and by confidence I don't mean here fake show off of how confident you are. If you believe in your abilities and are mature enough, you will look confident. And to become that much confident, one of the most important parts is preparation .  Start preparing from; tell  me about yourself . Here you should mention your name, from where you are coming, what is your last education, what you are doing as a profession now and in one why you want this job. This full...