How to make the Best use out of your Engineering Days? V2.0

How to make the Best use out of your Engineering Days?

Nivas Ravichandran

Passionate IEEE Volunteer 140+ IEEE Events

Biz Dev, Lema Labs Volunteer, Lab-X Foundation

Social Media Savvy Reading Books

Learning Design Public Speaking

Blogger

Growth Hacking

About Me

I joined Engineering because…

A. I was passionate about Engineering

B. Engineering was the only option available.

C. Some relative of mine told me Engineering had a lot of Scope.

D. My parents forced me into Engineering

Resources. Workspace.

Discounts. Offers.

Grants. Competitions.

Support. Guidance.

Community. Mindset.

Student Life

Dale Carnegie

Entrepreneurial

Chetan Bhagat

Alchemist / Paulo Coelho

7 Habits of highly Effective People

Keep Reading

Indian News The Hindu NDTV News App Economic Times

International NY Times Huffington Post Guardian News

Technical News Tech Crunch Next Big What Mashable Magazines Economist Outlook

Follow News

Volunteer

Represent an Organization.

Not behind positions.

IEEE – Largest professional society

IEEE, CSI, IETE, SAE, ACM, etc.

Break stage fear.

Start with simple seminars.

Voice out your opinion.

College = Best Place.

Encourage. Discourage.

Public Speaking

Attend Events.

Interact.

Make new friends.

Grow Network.

A Strong network = Power.

Build your network

Try landing an Internship

Startups = Best launch pad.

Minimum 2 - 6 months.

Industry Exposure

Get your hands dirty.

Skills = Employability.

Build stuff. Start small.

Hands-On

Photoshop Illustrator

Online Tutorials Team Treehouse

Graphic Design

Programming

Codecademy | www.code.org | Stack Overflow | Team Treehouse

NPTEL – By IITs

Coursera. EdX.

MIT OC. Udacity.

Online Learning

Be Ready to Fail

Wordpress. Blogger.

Start simple.

Share experiences.

Voice out opinion.

Blog it out

Connect with people.

LinkedIn = Must.

No nonsense zone.

Expand network.

Social Media

Helps Planning

Motivation Factor

Keeps track of activities

Preferably Mobile/Laptop

Organize Calendar

Build your Resume

Keep updating

Precise and simple

You are the product.

Invictus Pursuit of Happiness

Pirates of the silicon valley Social Network. Exam

Catch me if you can! Shaw shank Redemption

Forrest Gump

Steal some inspiration

Remember: Internet is the mother of all GODS

Enjoy College Life

The

DESTINATION is the BEST part of the

JOURNEY

Nivas Ravichandran @nivasravi

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