Making the most of the "last" summer vacation | IIT prof's tips

In this video, I share some tips to make the most of summer targetted especially to the undergraduate students transitioning from 1st year to 2nd year. This video may also be useful to students transitioning from 2nd year to 3rd year.

Usually the summer vacation is around two months long. But due to the pandemic, since the previous academic year, it has been severely curtailed for the 1st year students here in India.

Because of the online classes, the students have had to spend an unprecedented amount of time in front of screens. And in this video, I strongly advise them to spend as much time as possible during this precious summer vacation away from screen.

I also point out that these tips are not building one's CV, rather they are meant to sow the seeds for long-term life benefits!

00:00 Introduction 02:30 Start of discussion on tips 03:30 Better things to do than binge watching! 04:40 Invest time on actual social interaction 05:55 Plan a trip with family and friends 06:46 Invest time on personal development 07:34 Readers, do some physical activity also! 09:15 Reading habit: Start small 10:25 Develop writing habit 12:52 Writing: Start small by keeping a diary 13:54 Success ingredients for the long game of life

This video is part of a YouTube playlist where I give various general advice to students at different levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqHSJaE98hnbB3n6qZf0xH1QneBx9zwk

Video by: Dr Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur

Website: http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ac.in/~jeevanjyoti/ GitHub: https://github.com/jeevanjyoti4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeevanjyoti Blog: https://jchakraborty.wordpress.com/

Disclaimer: I am a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. However, the views expressed in this video are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my Department or my Institute.

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