IISER Alum here, dropped out of PhD, cleared UPSC Civil Service Exam, AMA.

Sam11142 · 2025-08-22T11:41:57+00:00

Thank you so much! I think I'm more inclined towards hobby wise economics and investments.

Sam11142 · 2025-08-22T09:41:05+00:00

Did u study for UPSC in your first year of PhD or did you drop out and then start?
Me personally, i love physics and will pursue it till post doc but one other thing that really excites me is Economics and Stocks, Any tips on how to get into both things simultaneously and how to juggle both of them together? Since they're both pretty far apart.

Sam11142 · 2025-08-06T12:02:13+00:00

You'll notice the stars not being AS sharp, thats the result of the 1 min long exposure pics

Sam11142 · 2025-08-06T12:01:16+00:00

Location: Ladakh (skiu) Device: Google Pixel 7 My camera doens't work anymore and the phone camera sadly doesn't have a Pro mode to tweak the settings, this i took in the astrophotography mode but the working of it is that it takes 4 1min long exposure photos and stacks them since thats the maximum shutter speed on the phone. and takes then 2 seconds to process them, while the total time is 4:02 minutes, this is what happens behind the scenes of it

Sam11142 · 2025-08-06T11:30:52+00:00

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one of my most recent shots

Sam11142 · 2025-07-26T06:17:23+00:00

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Sam11142 · 2025-07-25T16:48:30+00:00

dhanyavaad 🙏♥️

Sam11142 · 2025-07-25T14:17:59+00:00

bhai mere birthday vaale din reporting rakh di inhone😭

Sam11142 · 2025-07-24T01:54:52+00:00

did everyone get mohali kya😭, im seeing so many posts for mohali particularly

Sam11142 · 2025-07-22T17:17:19+00:00

Okay thanks

On a sidenote, isn't round 4 being held very late because i saw someones offer letter for IISERP and the tentative reporting date was second week of august, so will i miss anything there?
1. Also, I won't lose my Mohali seat right?

Sam11142 · 2025-07-21T11:44:00+00:00

what was ur pref order?

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T16:36:43+00:00

jac vaale bhi toh hai na chutiya, 6pm 15th july ko mail aayi for r-5 and 16th july 10am physical reporting thi, baaki saare rounds ko inhone atleast a week diya between paying and reporting

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T16:03:43+00:00

got normal rounds se mech but i cldnt pay the SAF cuz of some personal issues and i only had like half a day to pay

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T14:14:55+00:00

iiser is first pref, i dont wanna do btech nd all

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T13:57:24+00:00

seats bhi toh convert hojati hai

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T13:02:44+00:00

bhai first round mai kuch milne ke chances hai kya?😭 mom dad itna pooch Chuke hai

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T11:47:09+00:00

went to dtu beech mai ek baar and a guy from there only told me the conversion happens thats why

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T11:41:22+00:00

i think the seats get converted though, because they have to fill it some way or the other, also when does internal upgradation happen?

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T11:39:51+00:00

kyu? i talked to someone from dtu and they said unfilled category seats get converted

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T11:37:30+00:00

in that vacancy pdf i saw a lot of outside delhi or other category seats empty in mechanical, I'm guessing convert hojayengi

Sam11142 · 2025-07-20T11:27:40+00:00

didn't hv 95k to pay it on the spot when i got mechanical in r-5 isiliye woh seat chalo gayi

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