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52 THEWEEK JUNE 17, 2012

COVER STORY

Students are breaking away from the herd to joincourses that will have relevance in the future

By Vandana

Choosing for

tomorrow

Ha v e y o u h ea rd o f Remington typewriters?asked a psychologist.The student communitytoday does not want to

become typewriters, they want to berelevant in future as well, and that isthe biggest trend.

In a country where decisions onwhat and where to study are basedon family pride, peer group influ-ence, money matters and, these days,

heart over mind, things are changing.A new trend has started where stu-dents while listening to their heartare also choosing courses that willbe in demand in the future.

Industry acceptability has becomethe norm in education and studentsare carefully picking courses that willguarantee secure careers. The reasonbeing that students today are moreinformed than they were half-a-dozen years ago, thanks to the grow-

ing exposure to media. The Gen-X isno longer content only with brandnames of marquee colleges. In fact,they are exploring new institutionsof learning to be future ready.

Although medicine and engineer-ing continue to play in the minds ofmost students across the country, aremarkable shift is happening. Now,biology students are looking at otherrelated areas such as biotechnology,bio-informatics and microbiology,which are going to be of immensepotential in the days to come.

Meet Swati S. Kumar, a bio-technology engineering student atAmity School of Engineering and

Technology, Noida. Swati was inter-ested in biology, but did not want tobecome a doctor. She chose biotech-nology engineering which uses engi-neering process to develop new med-icines. Swati plans to do an MTech. ingenetics after that.

Biotechnology has huge potential,with a number of public and privatefunded programmes focusing ondrug development. The total marketis estimated to be worth $100 billion.

It has applications in industries rang-ing from drug research to environ-ment control, waste management,food processing and chemicals.

A clutch of management students,


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too, are bullish on biotechnology.MBA student Sarvpriya Deshmukhis doing a super-specialisation inbiotechnology, along with her mainspecialisation, finance. Sarvpriya is

aiming at a senior managerial levelposition at a drug major after shefinishes the course. After doing BSc.in biotechnology, I was looking for acourse that could give me insights onthe biotech business. And, althoughI am interested in research, I wouldlike to move up the managerial lad-der, says Sarvpriya.

MBA in biotechnology is not offeredby many colleges in India. Foreignuniversities are the usual learning

ground for such courses. But, insti-tutions are waking up to its poten-tial and including it in their offer-ing. Pune Universitys Departmentof Management Sciences and afew others offer the programme.Information has become the biggestweapon in hands of students. A lot ofcareer decisions these days are takenon the basis of news emanating out ofvarious quarters.

It is news that has brought someof the out of favour streams back intovogue. Law, for example, was not onthe radar of many students, becauseof the unpopular image of lawyerssitting with their typewriters outsidecourts. But, law has become one ofthe most coveted courses now.

Be it the 2G scam or the Vodafonecase, judiciary has played a veryimportant role and has given somemilestone judgments. I liked reading

about crime and scam stories, that ishow I developed a liking for the legalprofession. Given its application invarious domains such as business,society, crime, it has a good scope,says Ashwin Jagdale, who appearedfor a law entrance test recently.

The five-year programme in law,after Class 12, has been attractinga lot of students every year. Thedemand for corporate lawyersand companies setting up

their own legalteams havecertainly giv-en it a boost.

W e h a d

12,000 applications this year, com-pared with 8,700 last year, for 70seats. The Combined Law AdmissionTest by 14 law universities has seensignificant traction as the number ofapplications is going up every year.And, although we have majority of

students coming from arts back-ground, science and commerce stu-dents are also applying in big num-bers, says Dr Srikrishna Deva Rao,professor and registrar, National Law

University, Delhi. NationalLaw University has itsown entrance testAllIndia Law EntranceTest.

I come from a fam-ily of engineers, but I

was not interested intaking up that career.

The best part is that a law-yer has a very large universe to

work for and can make a differ

I liked biology, but didnot want to becomea doctor. So, I chosebiotech. What next?

MTech in genetics.SWATI S. KUMAR

Student, Amity School

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ence to society. I want do activism,labour issues being very close to myheart, says Monalisa, a fourth-yearstudent at NLU.

Winds of change might have made

unconventional courses the newfavourite for students, but conven-tional courses have not been wipedout. They co-exist and are as muchliked by students. Delhi Universityscommerce and economics coursesare among the most liked. There is amad scramble every year as studentsrush to get a seat in the top colleges.Economics, especially, is taken bya lot of students planning to makea career in the financial stream or

those wanting to sit for civil serviceexams.

I want to study actuarial sci-ence at the postgraduate level andhaving economics helps me in thepreparations, as risk management isan essential component of both thecourses, says Moumita Nath, whois pursuing economics from HansrajCollege, Delhi.

Dr Rohini Somanathan, professor,Delhi School of Economics, feelsthat while MBA blocks other careeroptions such as research and aca-demics, with economics one has a lotto choose from. This could be in theform of jobs with corporates, govern-ment bodies and development agen-cies.

Anjana Shekhar, an aspiring char-tered financial analyst, comes from afamily which has a textile business.

Despite several attempts by herfather, Anjana could not develop ataste for textile designing. She wasinstead interested in the maths of it.I have a keen interest in business. Iopted for commerce so that I couldlearn the basics, says Anjana, a stu-dent of Christ College, Bangalore.

Apart from economics and com-merce, English is a preferred optionamong students. There is going tobe a huge rush for English honours

this time, with lowering of the cut-off for the Common Aptitude Testfor English to 45 per cent. Englishcontinues to be one of the most solic-ited courses in arts, says Dr Minoti

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or those who do not want to

study the traditional physics,chemistry, marketing and com-merce, there is a plethora of newand innovative courses out there.A sampling:SCIENCE

Microbiology: If the world ofmicro-organisms really inter-ests you, then this one is for you.Microbiology finds application inpharma, food and chemical indus-tries.

Biotechnology: It amalgamatesbiology and technology to deriveproductive results from biologicalorganisms through technologi-cal applications. Biotechnologyis used for food production, foodstoring, environ-mental conserva-tion and preserva-tion, developmentof important lifesaving drugs andvaccines.Bio-informatics:It is the applica-tion of computertechnology to themanagement ofbiological information. Computersare used to gather, store, analyseand integrate biological and genet-ic information, which can then beapplied to gene-based drug discov-

ery and development.Genetics: The field has gainedimmense importance in the lastfew years. Genetics deals with thestudy of genes and DNA. Someinstitutes also offer programmesin genetic engineering.Material Science: It is the study ofmetals, ceramics, composites, poly-mers and semiconductors. Thisprogramme gives you an opportu-nity to master not only the science

of materials and their properties,but also the engineering skillsneeded to design novel materialsand to process them for applica-

Charting a fresh coursetions as diverse as jet engines, solar

cells, electronics, sensors, lasers,micro-mechanical systems and bio-medical devices.

Students can also consider otheroptions such as environmental sci-ence, geology, forensic science andnutrition.

ARTS

There have not been many inno-vations in art subjects, but BA inforeign languages has become quitepopular of late. Jawaharlal NehruUniversity offers BA in Spanish,French, Arabic and many other for-eign languages.

COMMERCE/MANAGEMENT

Financial analyst/planner: The char-tered financial analyst programme is

quite a favourite withfinance buffs. Thoseinterested in personalfinance and wealthmanagement can also

look at a charteredfinancial planner pro-gramme.Specialised MBA:Business schools areoffering new speciali-sations in health care,

energy management, agricultureand manufacturing management.Apart from these, entrepreneurshipcourse is gathering a lot of steam asstudents are looking to start their

own ventures.Design: Product design whichincludes furniture design and acces-sory designing is gaining popularityamong students as the market forlifestyle products grows in India.Automobile designing is anotherarea of interest with India emergingas a global auto hub.Performing and visual arts: It com-prises painting, sculpture, arts his-

tory and aesthetics, applied arts andtraditional arts, while different formsof classical dance, classical music,theatre and drama come under theumbrella of performing arts.


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Chatterjee, principal, Kamla NehruCollege for Women, New Delhi.

Unlike arts, however, science sub-jects are not that popular, feels careercounsellor Usha Albuquerque.Unless a student plans to go forhigher studies or civilservices, they tendto take up profes-

sional courses inscience such asbiotechnology.

The peren-nial favou-rite amongu n d e r -g ra du a t estudentsfor man-a g e -ment

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studies continues to be BBA (Bachelorin Business Administration), butthere again variations have come in.Some colleges are offering special-ised BBA in banking and insurance,tourism and family business manage-ment.

One still needs to do an MBAafter this, so there is no great advan-

tage. However, you do get a fla-vour of the industry, says careerexpert Parveen Malhotra of Career

Guidance India.There are institutes thatoffer BSc. honours in

Business Managementon the lines of manage-ment courses abroad.

The best partis that it is not

just any other BBA programme. Ourcourse material is a mix of BBA andBCom. and that is what I like most. Iam getting to study two programmesin one, says Rohit Yadav, a first-year

student at IILM, Gurgaon.Experts say that core specialisa-

tions in MBA are the most importantones because it teaches you aboutcritical areas of business. The newspecialisations such as retail or IThave not seen much interest as amajority of students go for the coreareas.

Although pure finance MBA isalways in vogue, some of these spe-cialisations, if done from a reputable

institute, will find great acceptancein future. For example, it has beenproven that doctors cannot run hos-pitals; you need managerial skills.Going by the increasing numberof large multi-speciality hospitals,MBA in healthcare managementwill be in demand, says Dr AmanAgrawal, director, Indian Instituteof Finance.

Similarly, real estateand infrastructureneed project management expertise.An MBA in infrastructure equips youwith the technical as well as businessaspects of the sector.

Design with its various speciali-sations has emerged as a lucrativecareer option for students right afterschool. While fashion designing isstill a favourite, other areas suchas accessory designing, footweardesigning and interior designing are

also attracting good number of stu-dents.

Chandni Gupta is studying accesso-ry designing at the National Instituteof Fashion Technology, Delhi. Myfather is into metals business so Ihave seen him creating things. Inever wanted to get into clothingbecause I discovered that I am notgreat with human figures. Accessorydesigning has so much scope in thesense that you can create from things

around you like wood, metal, plasticand glass, she says.

Psychologist Pankhi Arora says,You might not land up a fantasticjob or high flying career immedi-

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How not to select

a career

I scored 85 in mathematics, soscience is my thing.

Students tend to overlook the factthat a high score in mathematicsmight also mean a strong analyticalability which will yield success intrade and commerce.

All my friends are choosing Xstream, so, I, too, must follow suit.Do not follow the herd. What might

be good for one, might not neces-sarily be good enough for another.Make a rational choice based onyour interests.

My parents will be glad to see metake X stream.Your parents will be glad to see youstudying anything intently, pro-vided you give them the desiredoutput.

I am interested in X stream, butmy friends think otherwise.How will your friends opinion helpyou when you are stuck in a job youdo not really enjoy? It is your life,live it your way.

Choosing this career will take mefar from home and family.The earlier you adapt to alien envi-ronments, the better it is for you.Today or tomorrow, the break hasto come. Better now, than later.

commercial vehicles. The presenceof global players has ensured thatcustomers get refined taste in vehicledesign.

Abhay Shrikhande opted forautomobile designing purely out of

his fascination for cars. Thoughpeople advised me to pursue auto-mobile engineering, it is the vehicledesign that attracts me most. I usedto have fancy car wallpapers andalways thought about their design,says Abhay, a student of automobiledesign at Maharashtra Institute ofTechnology, Pune.

Among vocational courses, jour-nalism and mass communication fig-ure prominently in students course

lists. Earlier, it was masters in masscommunication that was opted bymost students, but now studentsare taking it at the bachelors level,showing more seriousness towards

the subject. The power of the mediaand instant fame that it offers drawstudents in large numbers. Some alsoview it as a glamorous option and astepping stone to filmdom.

Career experts feel that a large por-

tion of the media industry is hyped.In terms of growth prospects, themedia industry has expanded acrossprint, broadcast, radio and the web,creating opportunities for individu-als. But, students must keep in mindthat the fame and success of mediaprofessionals that is usually por-trayed is not instant, says Arora.

Dhanya Venkatesh, a first-yearbachelor of journalism student atKamla Nehru College for Women,

says, Mass communication was aneasy choice for me because I likewriting. Plus, where would have Igot an opportunity to interact withpeople from various sections of

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METHODOLOGY

THE WEEKHansa Research Best Courses &

Colleges Survey 2012 was conducted from

January through March, and had 3,234 personal

interviews with educational experts, aspiring

students and current students across 20 cities.

The field team also conducted 75 in-depth

interviews and collected 114 valid web-based

responses from students.

For the general degree courses, the colleges

being evaluated were restricted to the cities

in which the survey was done, while for

professional courses, colleges from all over the

country were considered. Questionnaires weremailed to more than 1,000 short-listed colleges

and a web link was advertised in several issues

of THE WEEK. For more details on the survey,

please visit www.the-week.com


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society. I want to create awarenessthrough my stories.

With government spending onsocial sector schemes going up everyyear, social work courses are back on

the options list. Although social workis available at the undergraduate levelin some universities, students mostlyopt for masters programmes.

It is a very good programme forpeople who intend to do social activ-ism and developmental work. Thisgives you an opportunity to respondto the needs of poor, the marginalisedand disadvantaged. Work opportuni-ties could be in government or non-government organisations work-

ing at the micro and macro levels,says Professor Keerti Jha of PatnaWomens College.

Science, which has typically beenabout physics, chemistry and biologi-cal subjects, has now seen the emer-gence of new streams such as food

It is different from theusual BE programmes.

I get to studyhumanities, Englishand economics withengineering.

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technology, nutrition and dietetics inthe past couple of years. While, theyare nowhere in the league of mostpopular options, students are testingwaters in these streams as well.

People tend to think of these sub-jects as home science, but these aredifferent technologies altogether.

There is a growing demand for expertsin food preservation and technology,especially with the increased aware-ness on health and hygiene, saysDr Anand K. Seth, professor, SantLongowal Institute of Engineeringand Technology, Punjab.

For Saurabh Bhardwaj, it was hisinterest in biotechnology that drewhim towards food technology. I hadbiotech in school. My teacher toldme that it is related to biotech and

has good potential. What excites meabout food technology is the possibil-ity of creating new products and foodchemicals, says Saurabh, who is pur-suing BSc. in food technology from

Bhaskaracharya Institute of AppliedSciences, New Delhi. Saurabh plansto go into research after the course.

Since food and nutrition comple-ment each other, Mysore Universityand Calcutta University offer a singlecourse in food and nutrition. MysoreUniversity also offers a diploma

course in food technology.In engineering, the preference

continues to be for electronics,mechanical engineering and IT, butfor students who want to take upsomething different, petroleum engi-neering could be a good option, sayexperts.

A relatively new branch, it holdsimmense potential with Indiasgrowing consumption of petroleumand petroleum products. However,

it is an expensive course because thecourse requires a lot of experimentsand equipment. A BTech in petro-leum engineering can cost 16 lakh to18 lakh, says Dr Pratyush Chawla of


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time and energy of applying to amasters programme.

IIM Indore has a five-year inte-grated programme in management.Similarly, IIT Madras has started

a five-year integrated programmeleading to a MA in economics,development studies and Englishstudies.

However, Malhotra cautions:You should go for an integratedprogramme only if you are very surethat you want to have a career inthe particular subject. Otherwise,studying it for five years and thenfeeling disenchanted is of no use. Itis an interesting concept and a lot of

students after 12th are going for it.

Universities like Shiv Nadar Universityhave started the trend of interdisci-plinary courses. For example, Kritikawho is pursuing electronics engi-neering at Shiv Nadar University saysthe best part about its BE programmeis that she also gets to study subjectsfrom humanities like English andeconomics. It is very different fromthe usual BE programmes that myfriends in other colleges are doing,says Kritika.

It has the concept of major andminor courses where students grad-uate in a particular subject, but arealso required to study other subjectsopted as minor. So, even humanitiesstudents get to study science. Inaddition to this, all the undergradu-ate programmes at SNU are of fouryears. Environment and sustain-

ability and plagiarism ethics areessential components of the coursestructure.

It is a very interesting concept,although it is nothing new. This issimilar to the American practiceof liberal education, where, if youstudy medicine, you can also studyfilms or arts alongside. It gives youa well-rounded education, saysMalhotra.

Should students bite the bait of

foreign tie-ups of Indian colleges?Experts advise a strict no, and evenif someone is falling for it, oneshould check the quality of foreignuniversity with which the college

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

CENTRE FOR ADVANCED

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,

BANGALORE

Level of study: UndergraduateDescription: This summer pro-gramme, conducted for 6 to 8weeks (mid-May to July), involveslectures, laboratory projects andresearch. Students are expected towork at the centre for three con-

secutive summers, and will receivea monthly scholarship of 16,000.Upon successful completion of theprogramme, students will receive adiploma in chemistry or biology.MINISTRY OF HUMAN

RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Level of study: Graduate/PostgraduateDescription: The scholarship seeksto provide financial assistance tomeritorious students from low

income families to meet a part oftheir daily expenses while pursuinghigher studies. The scholarships areawarded on the basis of senior sec-ondary examination results. Thereare 82,000 fresh scholarships perannum [41,000 each for boys andgirls].Level of study: Post-matric to PhDDescription: There are 2,500 schol-arships for students from non-Hin-di speaking states for post-matricstudies in Hindi. Students mustbe studying a recognised full-timecourse with Hindi as one of the sub-jects.M I N I S T R Y O F S C I E N C E A N D

TECHNOLOGY

Level of study: Higher Secondaryand undergraduate.Description: The Kishor VaigyanikProtsahan Yojana strives to ensurethat the best scientific talent is

developed for research and growthin the country. Generous scholar-ship and contingency grants areprovided, up to pre-PhD level, toselected students.

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By Parveen Malhotra

Choose a course which supportsyour future plans.

Do not opt for a new course justbecause it sounds innovative anddifferent. Check the curriculum andmatch your interest with it. Lookingat the first-year textbooks of thecourse can give insights into the cur-riculum.

Look at who is offering the course.If it is one of the small and lesser-known colleges with a fancy name,do not go for it.

Do not opt for narrow specialisa-

tions, especially ones that are yet tocatch up.

If you want to pursue applied sci-ences at the postgraduate level, it isadvisable to graduate in pure scienc-es first as there are a lot of optionsopen.

Do look at the costs. If the college ischarging heavily for a simple course,get the details. Some colleges ini-tially offer free laptops and foreignprojects to attract students, and lateradd these charges to the fees.

Check particulars of the collegehow long has it been in existence,

what kind of alumni does it haveand what is the cut-off for variouscourses.

Science students should specifi-cally check about the infrastruc-

turequality of labs, faculty andlibraries.

Talk to senior students of the col-lege and get their views on faculty,course and the kind of companiesrecruiting from the college.

If you are doing a simple artscourse such as history or sociol-ogy, it is advisable to do a voca-tional course such as cosmetologyor nutrition alongside, as it adds toyour qualification.

Take a good validated aptitudetest, which will tell your interestareas.

If you are keen on going intoresearch, integrated MSc. pro-grammes offered by some gov-ernment institutions are a goodoption.

How to select

courses

has tied up. Many a time, it is donejust to attract students. Besides, oneshould check the ranking of thatuniversity in its home country.

Scholarships are crucial draw-ing factor for meritorious students,but, there are very few of themavailable at the undergraduatelevel. Most of the scholarships aregiven at postgraduate and researchlevel. But, if the institution is offer-ing scholarships, then one shouldapply for it. One of the examples isNarottam Sekhsaria Foundation,which offers merit scholarships atthe undergraduate level in medi-

cine and engineering.With the admission season set to

begin now, experts advise studentsto be very careful while selectingthe courses. Says Malhotra: Onthe face of it, everything might lookbright and rosy. But, realities can bedifferent. So, do your homework,check about the courses from yourfriends. Do not opt for somethingjust because the media is blowing itup. Look at what your interests are

and what you would like to do in thelong term.

For the full text of THE WEEK-Hansa Research

survey, log on to www.the-week.com

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At the Jawaharlal NehruPlanetarium in Bangalore,a small group of studentsare engrossed in observingthe lifestyle of the wasps.

Srinivasa, a scientist at the Instituteof Wood Science and Technology,who has taken to study the birth andlives of wasps as a hobby, is explain-ing to the students how insightfuland innovative these creatures are.

Started in 1997 by a group of sci-entists and the planetarium staffunder the Bangalore Associationfor Science Education chapter, theResearch Education AdvancementProgramme (REAP) aims to motivate

and train undergraduate students forresearch. At present, the centre han-dles physics and biology.

The topics covered in physicsinclude mathematical methods inphysics, astronomy, classical mechan-ics, electrodynamics and quantummechanics, besides the many open-ended/conceptual experimentsdevised by a team of educator facilita-tors. Biology covers evolution, genet-ics, bioinformatics, developmentalbiology, immunology, biochem-istry and viruses. Scientists fromIndian Institute of Science (IISc),Raman Research Institute (RRI),Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA) and Jawaharlal Nehru Centrefor Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR) hold classes here. A simi-lar programme in life sciences, calledbio-REAP, was started later with aidfrom the IISc.

The IISc, RRI and IIA have beenfunding this programme as an out-reach project to college students inBangalore.

Professor C.V. Vishveshwara, thefirst director of the planetarium andthe brain behind REAP, said, Wefelt the need to take science beyondmemorising formulas and deriva-tions. Then, we added practicalexperiments and problem solving.

The only requirement to join any

programme is an interest in science.The fee is nominal. The numberapplying for biology is high but onlyabout 15 students are selected.

Bala Iyer from the RRI has been

Science is coolStudents REAP rich experiences fromundergraduate research programmes at the

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore

By Jayalakshmi Menon

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with REAP since its inception. Whenwe started, hardly anyone from thecolleges in Bangalore got into a goodintegrated PhD programme or intoresearch institutes for PhD. But,we have not been able to reach outwith similar intensity to the physicsteaching community, so our impactdoes not have a larger reach evennow, he said. The lectures at REAPare not tutorials for college courses,Prof. Dipankar Nandi from the IIScclarified.

The director of the planetarium,Dr B.S. Shylaja, pointed out thatmany agencies have taken up the task

of popularising science, but most ofthem depict science as fun or magic.We are trying to develop a culture ofreasoning. We also try to make every-thing quantitative so that the methodof investigation becomes a habit froma very young age, she said.

The planetarium has set up a base-ment lab, where the students areallowed a free hand. The experimentsdone are simple. Rutherfords exper-iment on alpha particle scattering is

replicated using a pencil instead ofthe particle. The experiments teachthe students certain fundamentalprinciples of physics.

And the students love every bit

of it. Most of them attend weekendclasses or rush to the basement labwhen a holiday is announced in col-lege. At REAP, we were taught how

to think in the right direction, saidRanjani Viswanatha, who attendedthe programme in 2000 and is nowon the JNCASR faculty. After herdoctorate at the IISc she did her post-doctorate at Los Alamos NationalLab in the US.

Cohan Sujay Carlos, who was astudent at the planetarium in 1997,used to help create computer pro-grams that served as teaching aids forstudents at the planetarium. These

were simple programs that helpedthe children play games involvingphysics equations. I volunteered tobuild these because I didnt have acomputer and I loved programming.

Now, I run a start-up that developsartificial intelligence algorithms,he said.

C.M. Chandrashekar is a Rhodesscholar and theoretical physicistwith research interest in quantumphysics. As a student in 1997, theplanetarium gave me access to theworld of science, the basement lab toexplore, telescope to watch the nightsky, and plenty of books. And best, Icould convince my parents to allowme to study BSc (not BE).

Joe Ninan Philip works at the TataInstitute of Fundamental Research onlow mass stars, which are still in the

formation state. They are baby starsstill gobbling in lots of gas from theirsurroundings. I got my first astrono-my lessons at REAP. Personally, mymost favourite was the lab, wherewe were free to do any experiment.Packed with lots of mind-bogglingexperimental set-ups, it was the hap-piest place to be, he said.

The growing number of these bud-ding scientists is a testimony to REAPachieving what its creators had set

out to build.

(The last date for submitting appli-cations for REAP is July 23. For moreinformation, visit www.taralaya.org)

The topics covered inphysics include math-ematical methods in

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