Physics after Engineering

This blog is about my journey from engineering to fundamental science, this is how it goes.  I used to be like a small child amused by the tricks of a magician in almost every physics class. Getting to know the physical significance of any equation is a next-level pleasure. I fell in love with physics in my junior college days and decided to pursue my career in physics. I was a decent student scoring above 250 in mocks of mains and sometimes even in advance and was very overconfident to not appear for Bits entrance. On the day I had my jee mains I was not allowed to start my jee mains on time there's a long background story. I felt like Karna from Mahabharat in the examination hall as I could not recall anything I've studied in this state and I fucked myself and my dreams. After all this drama we(those who were expected to perform well in advance) were called by our tuition to Mumbai for JEE  advanced preparations. JEE mains result was declared I got 104 and cut off was 105 e...

It’s been two years since I started my PhD program in physics at Cornell University and it’s been quite an eye opening journey so far I must admit. I have always written about going from engineering to physics before this, but I guess it’s time to share experiences from the other side now. In these two years, there are a lot of things I have discovered and realized. Note that all these things might be more specific to PhD programs in the US, but some things are of course generic. The Physics Before entering the PhD program, I felt that I knew quite a bit of physics, knew a lot of buzzwords perhaps and you know, you think you would solve the big unsolved problems in physics. But boy oh boy, wait till the reality hits you hard. It’s quite common for students in their first couple semesters to start attending other professors’ group meetings to know about their research and eventually join their group. I was interested in theoretical condensed matter physics, so I went to tho...

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; . . . I shall be telling this with a sigh " delight " Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Starting with the lines of my favourite poet— Robert Frost, with " slight " modifications. I had a tough choice to choose between GATE-Electronics and JAM-Physics, I chose the one "less traveled by" and that has made "all the difference". NOTE : Those who don't want to read how I ended up in love with Physics but are here take notes regarding my preparation can head-up straight to the heading : " The Journey to AIR-22 (IIT-JAM) & AIR-54 (JEST) " My Eternal Love for Physics It predates back to the summer-vacat...

             H ello everyone, I hope you are doing well in these tough times. Take care of yourself properly and make sure you always keep learning. Before we go ahead I, the author of this content would like to clear the air.  This content is solely based on my own experience and may or may not agree with one’s own ideology/experience/knowledge. Hence, this should be taken as an individual input for reference purposes only. Also, the country considered is Canada, bur procedures will be similar for other countries. My details: - ·          Bachelor in Engineering; Electronics and Telecommunication (2015-19) ·          Master of Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering (currently) Your field of interest/study may or may not match with mine, but the steps are similar for applying abroad irrespective of your stream. I duly hope this article...