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Five Point Someone...Chetan Bhagat ..A Review

Amazing..Its the only word that I can describe for this book..Every page in the book is so exciting that the reader's will get thrilled about what is about to come next page..The author has described the character's in a very interesting way.. Each incident in the book tells us about how difficult and at the same time how exciting is the life at the technology center of our country..The so called brainy college that we call the IITs...Its this place that brings out thousand or more top most brains in our country , for which the top most companies across the world are throwing millions to get them.... Our author was also a pass out from this college..He describes how difficult is it to survive in the IITs.But he with the company of Alok and Ryan has made the life at IIT very interesting.. Alok, one of best friend was a typical school kid type person...He had lot of burdens in his life..Had to take care of his sick Father, take care of his sister's marriage..and lots of othe...

To all the MBA aspirants

TOI reports: 'AICTE warns b schools running from rented buildings'. In fact, AICTE has threatened to 'close down' all b schools and engineering colleges which are functioning out of rented buildings or sheds if they do not shift to approved permanent sites with 'full facilities’. Wonderful, you might say. The question is what are 'full facilities'? And is physical infrastructure the only indicator of institutional excellence?? Let me tackle the first question first. There was a time when one could pinpoint the necessary 'facilities' a good techincal institute must have. Chief among these would be a well equipped computer centre with a conducive student: PC ratio. And a well stocked library. Additionally, engineering colleges need laboratories. B schools do not have any such requirement.Cut to the present. A large number of b schools now ask students to purchase a laptop when joining the course and simply provide wifi access. Libraries still exist, bu...