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AN INTERVIEW WITH

ACHIN BANSAL

He has trounced the myth that

an urban environment is

mandatory for cracking the

toughest exam of the country.

He has been a merit holder in

the eighth, tenth and the twelfth

Punjab Board exams. From the

classroom of Sadaram Bansal

Memorial Senior Secondary

School in Kotkapura, a small

town in Punjab to the erudite

corridors of IIT, the journey has

been blended with hope,

confidence and an elephantine

will power.

In an exclusive interview with

2007 IIT topper, Achin Bansal

tells Vikas his mantra for

success, his recipe for academic

acumen, his intellectual

trajectory and much more.

What are the factors that have

made you notch the highest rank

in the JEE exam?

Regular hard work,

determination and confidence.

After I entered my eleventh

grade, I would put in regular 8-

10 hours for IIT preparations.

Whenever I would study, it

would be with full concentration.

Concentration is a vital key to

success. One can study for 16

hours minus concentration. This

will not fructify any positive

results.

When did you seriously started

thinking on writing the JEE

exam?

I had always been standing first

in my class from the sixth

standard. My father is a doctor

but I wanted to become an

engineer. I wanted to inhale the

aroma of the best engineering

institute of the country. The

initial desire to study in IIT

filtered into me when I entered

the ninth standard. Till the tenth

one can do well through rote

learning. But IIT exam requires a

different set of knowledge. The

fundas have to be cleared and

you should have a good

analytical capacity.

How did you prepare for the

exams?

I use to solve all the problems of

different books. And yes, I

attended the Bansal classes in

Kota during my summer

vacations and whenever I felt the

need to be guided. The lectures

and assignments of Bansal

classes have groomed me a lot

for the exam. Then I used to

always participate in the various

competitions that were held in

the Bansal classes. I was mostly

ranked between one to ten in

these competitions. This

bolstered my confidence a lot.

Where would you like to join?

What do you intend doing after

your BTech?

I am planning to join Computer

Science in IIT Mumbai. Mumbai

offers a plethora of co-curricular

activities. There are many

options after engineering. I can

do MBA, MS or M Tech. Frankly

speaking I have not yet decided

anything firmly.

Did anyone motivate you to

study?

Yes, my parents, my teachers.

But success comes only if the

motivation is from within. I was

never under any duress to study.

It was my own will power and

desire to excel. Without these

two factors any amount of

coaching will not reap any

results.

In your dictionary, what is more

important hard work or

intelligence?

It is 80 percent hard work, five

percent intelligence and the rest

is what we say fate or destiny.

Do small cities have

disadvantage as far as coaching

is concerned?

Yes, certainly. Good coaching

and proper guidance are the two

vital ingredients for cracking the

exam

Any advice you would like to

prescribe for the aspirants?

Work very hard. There is no

other prescription but hard work.

But when you inch close to your

exam, be relaxed. Stress can

sometimes hamper results.

Quality of study is important.

Quantity is not important. Your

target should be clear. Work

hard and leave the rest to God.

How did you react when you saw

your result?

I was confident on getting a rank

amongst the first ten. My

parents were busy ringing up to

find out about the results as the

web line traffic was intense.

Finally when I got my roll no on

the computer screen with

ranking as 1, my first reaction

was that it was an error. ?There

should have one more figure

after one.? So I kept checking

the results again and again till

finally the verdict was clear.

Was it all books and tutorials or

you took out time for recreation?

I used to watch a movie once a

month. I am also very fond of

sports. But then academics was

my sole priority.

How are you celebrating your

success?

I have thrown a party for my

friends in Kota. There are some

more parties on the sleeve. Then

there were a lot of media

interviews. I am doing a lot of

net surfing these days. And yes,

I just watched Chini Kum movie.

And lastly what helped you in

your moments of stress?

My Dadaji always used to say

believe in God. He gave me the

Hanuman Chalisa and that is the

best gift that I have I ever got.

This transmits strength and

gives me power to weather any

vicissitude

I HOPE ALL OF YOU

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