Dec 29 2014 : Mirror (Mumbai)
2014 CAT RESULTS - Topper from IIT-B to shun cushy job, become teacher
Vikrant Dadawala TWEETS @_MumbaiMirror
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Harshveer Jain, 22, who currently works with a realty search portal, says he wants to follow footsteps of his mother who teaches in a college in Indore
Two students from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay are among 16 management aspirants who have achieved a 100 percentile score in the Common Admission Test (CAT).One of them, Harshveer Jain, who cracked CAT without attending a coaching class, plans to follow his mother’s footsteps and become a teacher in future.
The 22-year-old graduated from IIT-B with a B Tech in engineering physics this year and currently works with real estate search portal housing.com.
“I want to teach and write — I want to do something for my country. I may pursue a PhD and teach marketing in a college or join a school,” he said, adding that he would love to work in his school in Indore.
Harshveer inherited the love for academics from his mother, who teaches electronics and communication in a college in Indore. Apart from teaching, he is also passionate about books and intends to write a fantasy novel series.
Anuraag Reddy, a fourth-year electrical engineering student at IIT-B, also cracked the test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management. He said that he wanted to join a finance firm after completing his MBA.
More than 1.65 lakh students across the country appeared for CAT in November. The results were announced on Saturday.
Harshveer said that he found it diffi cult to study while working full time.
“I had only two spare months before I took up my current job. After being hired, I studied only during the weekend. I did not attend any classes, though I did use a package of online tests from a coaching centre,” he said.
The young techie took around 60 mock tests in the months leading up to CAT.
Anuraag studied for only three months and took 10 mock tests. “I did not prepare for maths because I have been good at it since my school days. However, I took English very seriously and spent a lot of time reading articles in the New York Times and the Economist,” he said.
The two candidates had similar advice for CAT aspirants: focus on speed and accuracy.
A student from IIT-Delhi, Aashish Chhiller, is also among the 16 candidates with a 100 percentile score this year. The 21-year-old, who is the fourth year of production and industrial engineering hopes to make a career in the field of data analytics. But he is also interested in photography and graphic design.
The 22-year-old graduated from IIT-B with a B Tech in engineering physics this year and currently works with real estate search portal housing.com.
“I want to teach and write — I want to do something for my country. I may pursue a PhD and teach marketing in a college or join a school,” he said, adding that he would love to work in his school in Indore.
Harshveer inherited the love for academics from his mother, who teaches electronics and communication in a college in Indore. Apart from teaching, he is also passionate about books and intends to write a fantasy novel series.
Anuraag Reddy, a fourth-year electrical engineering student at IIT-B, also cracked the test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management. He said that he wanted to join a finance firm after completing his MBA.
More than 1.65 lakh students across the country appeared for CAT in November. The results were announced on Saturday.
Harshveer said that he found it diffi cult to study while working full time.
“I had only two spare months before I took up my current job. After being hired, I studied only during the weekend. I did not attend any classes, though I did use a package of online tests from a coaching centre,” he said.
The young techie took around 60 mock tests in the months leading up to CAT.
Anuraag studied for only three months and took 10 mock tests. “I did not prepare for maths because I have been good at it since my school days. However, I took English very seriously and spent a lot of time reading articles in the New York Times and the Economist,” he said.
The two candidates had similar advice for CAT aspirants: focus on speed and accuracy.
A student from IIT-Delhi, Aashish Chhiller, is also among the 16 candidates with a 100 percentile score this year. The 21-year-old, who is the fourth year of production and industrial engineering hopes to make a career in the field of data analytics. But he is also interested in photography and graphic design.
