Category: From the diary of an IITian

• The legend of Bansal Sir of Kota- Part 1

  There are a few people who leave a deep impression in your life. One of such legendary persons who was very inspirational, knowledgeable and at the same time enormously jovial was Mr. Vinod Kumar Bansal, the founder of Bansal Classes coaching institute in Kota. He was a personification of grit, determination and patience. When you…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Apr 8, 2026

  Blast from the past, From the diary of an IITian, Inspiration

  Bansal Sir, charm, IIT coaching, Inspiration, kota, Kota coaching, Kota diaries, legend, personality, singing, story, student, teacher, Vinod Kumar Bansal

• The taste of failure (or near misses)– a bitter sweet experience!

  Failure to achieve some goal or a target, of any nature, is often looked down upon and is best seen as something to be avoided. Even in the young age, people around you don’t encourage you to take risks, lest you could fail and fail hard! This is one of the big reasons why we…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jul 12, 2025

  A figment of my mind, Blast from the past, Crack UPSC Civil Services, From the diary of an IITian, Inspiration, Memoirs, Memoirs of IIT, Random moorings

  Civil Services Examination, CPI, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, failure, goal, goal achievement, Guwahati, iit, IIT guwahati, Inspiration, journey, learning, motivation, North-East, risk, success, UPSC

• Going gaga over hefty packages- saga of misplaced priorities!

  Come December every year and the placement bells start ringing across many engineering colleges across the country. The exuberance and the paraphernalia surrounding the placement season often creates the hype around the packages that are going to be offered this season. This gives news bytes to the media channels, in terms of evaluating the “Best…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Dec 3, 2024

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, From the diary of an IITian

  education, iit, india, job, placement, research, technology