Interactive session with Dr. Ranjan Dash, Co-Founder & CTO, Y-Carbon

Dr. Ranjan Dash

On 2nd August, 2009, An alumni of my institute, Dr. Ranjan Dash, who completed his B.Tech in 1998 and then went on to do  PhD.at Drexel University in Material Science Engineering along with an MBA in organization management, visited the institute campus and met the students in an interactive session. The session was so interesting and encouraging that I was compelled to share the information on my blog.

He told about the difference in education in US and India stressing the point that the education in US is practical as the resources are unlimited and easily approachable. He also told about the various points that can help the students to get  into a good campus in US, Some of them are:

• For applying for a M.S or PhD, having practical experience of handling equipments of that field plays a huge advantage.
• The recommendation letter should be sought fro concerned people in that field and alumni support should be sought without hesitation.
• Knowledge about the developments in the concerned field should be updated.
• Talk to Admission office for information on the criteria and requirements, and try your best to represent yourself to meet their requirements
• Add a Research Synopsis in your application
• Make sure that your Resume is in US format

Knowing people in the concerned field plays a major role in getting into a good university in US or anywhere in the world, he asked the students to search the web and find the experts in their field of interest and to make sure that they interact with experts through mails and even try to meet them when they come to India for any visit.

According to him Ph.D. should be pursued from a different institute altogether from the place you have done your M.S/M.Tech so that you have a broader profile and more experience. The MBA education should be pursued from schools like Wharton rather than IIMs because in Wharton School, the students are future CEOs  and competition is less as compared to the IIMs. He also suggested that students should have prior work experience before going for MBA education as real understanding comes after experience.

Regarding Future career opportunities, the scope is in:

• Energy generation, storage and management
• Material Chemistry
• Security
• Biotechnology & Biomedical

He finally asked people to read the paper “Terawatt Challenge“

The session with Dr. Ranjan Dash was very interesting and educating, he made me remember the forgotten fact about having good interaction with the alumni as these people have tried and gone through the same stage that I am facing now.Thank you sir for coming to the institute and sharing the valuable information with us.