Government of Karnataka
Department of Collegiate Education
Government Science College, Hassan. JOB INFORMATION & PLACEMENT CELL [JIPC] NEWSLETTER March 31, 2010
Issue:1
Volume:15
Member’s Copy
We live for ourselves
only when we live for others. -Tolstoy On 27th March 2010 the last class of JIPC, students Subiya Naz & Savitha.B.A explaining the expenditures of JIPC 2009-10 WHAT IAS FIRST RANK SCORER DR.KARTHIK ADAPA., SAYS i) Why did you opt for the IAS? It offers a tremendous opportunity for leadership and to work at the grassroots level. ii) Tell us about life as a student… I was always a good student, which helped me. I got a scholarship for a post graduation at both Harvard and Cambridge. I also got a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation scholarship for a PhD, in Molecular Medicine at Harvard and the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for my PhD, in Cambridge. But I opted for the IAS. iii) How did you prepare for the exam? I refereed to basic textbooks like ‘Morgan & Kind and Barrons’. I devoted six to eight hours a day, but more than the number of hours, it is the quality and consistency of the studies, which matter. I used to be very consistent with my reading. iv) What subjects did you choose during the mains? Zoology and Psychology, You must appreciate the basics of the subject and study its varied topics.
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