Lifestyle of Engineering Students In India

What do you think after listening about engineering life and students of this course. If you have at least one friend who is doing engineering then you might be known about their lifestyle. According to recent data and my own research 6 out of 10 engineering students are associated with smoking and drinking. This is not serious than at least one of that 10 guys is addicted to smoking.

Hello readers, I'm Chetan and right now I'm going to be exploring engineering students lifestyle, their health and everything they relate, let's start....

When I asked my engineer friend about his experience. He replied, ' well what you are saying is not a fact, actually it is part rumour part truth that has been passed over the decades.' finally I come to know that most of the engineers are not addicted to smoking and drinking. It's just most of them do try it at least once. Eventually most of them make it an occasional pleasure to be enjoyed at special occasions and a few getting addicted to it.

Most importantly it's not that all engineers are addicted, but almost everyone is associated to drinking. This association started way back when engineering was not as common as it is today and in fact was a prestige. The engineering course was deemed so tough that people started associating engineers as people living away from home. Studying and drinking to relieve the pressure.

Over the time it became a trend and sort of a culture. And now most of the engineers are depicted as careless people who wear dirty clothes, live in messed up rooms and smoke and drink.

As you are reading about engineering you might be known about a movie ' 3 Idiots '. Amir Khan starring that movie was based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone ; What Not To Do at IIT. This movie has already described whole life of Engineering students. How do they study ? How much do they enjoy their life ?
8 semester; 50 subject;100 assignments;40 labs How can someone enjoy life in such environment, this pressure of study leads students to addiction. As already mentioned 6 out of 10 engineering students are associated with smoking and drinking. Students who are new in this or students who have just got their admission in engineering course should not become part of this condition. Doing this for 1 or 2 times is not addiction but this is able to caught you in cage of addiction for whole life.
Parents of these students are totally or partially unknown about this, they are thinking that 'This generation is the most privileged and distracted generation. Life becomes comfortable. Everything is available to them.' This might be one of the reasons why engineering students are choosing drink and smoke. 

It’s the era of social media. Smart phone sales are boosting up. Chatting, texting and sexting is increasing in social media. People want to become famous Youtubers, Instagram celebrities, emphasizing on social media profiles and trying to be connected online most of the day.

Relationships between two people happens very quickly and ends within a short period of time. They don’t have humble, amiable, sharing, exuberant mentality. Changing boyfriend and girlfriend is a matter of time. These are the reasons why engineering students are associated with smoking and drinking.

If you are first year student of Engineering then I will recommend you to follow some points

Here it goes..

1. Your GRADES do matter:Never believe people who say that CGPA doesn't matter. Yes, they do matter and you will realize it in your final year, when it becomes too late to recover. Always maintain a decent CGPA throughout Engineering. Enjoy what you learn, once you study and understand basic concepts, it will reflect in your exams and you will surely get good CGPA. The more GRADES you have the more opportunities you will get.
2. First impression is the last impression:This is going to be your most important year of all four years thus you have to be well groomed since the start of the Engineering As we have heard of the phrase first impression is the last, that applies in Engineering also. Explore your branch other than regular syllabus. Try to understand latest inventions in technologies and job opportunities in your related branch. Set your future goals about job or further competetive exams right from first year of your college and start collecting technical stuffs related to it which are available online.
3. Relations with seniors:Your seniors are more experienced than you. They can guide you at every point during your full course of Engineering. Always be in touch with them, interaction with your seniors will surely help you to participate in competitions and annual college fests. Extracurricular activities add weight to the resume.
4. Relations with Professors:Maintain a strong bond with your professors, keep communicating with them on regular basis. Try to attend maximum lectures attentively. Don't be hesitant while asking your doubts and raising queries. Never miss your practical hours in laboratories.
5. Close Friends:This might be a cliché, but is really important. Make a handful of close friends, with whom you'd spend your entire engineering life, and choose them wisely. Stop spending too much time on Facebook , Instagram and WhatsApp . They all are wastage of time. Go out , take initiative and make new friends. At the end of four years it will be the people who you will remember and not the grades you achieved.
6. Bunking classes:Bunking classes happens in all Engineering colleges in India , bunking classes is normal but make sure you can make it up in your results . Even if u had to bunk a class, take help of your friends or college toppers and immediately cover up the notes provided or the concepts discussed in that class while you were absent.
7. Programming Languages:No matter which branch you opt for make yourself confident in at least one programming language like C and C++. It might help you the most. Learn MATLAB. It will surely help you in placements.
8. Life Skills and Physical Fitness:Learn some life skills like cooking, which will assist you to circumvent the mess food as it's quality is always miserable in every engineering college or in hostel. Avoid eating junk food and if possible start working out and make it a habit. Always remember your mental health is dependent on your physical fitness. Never compromise on physical and mental fitness.
9. Do not drink and smoke: You will always be offered to drink and smoke by some of your friends. Just don’t do it to look cool and stylish. Even if it happens that you want to try it for once, don’t get addicted to it. Do not succumb to peer pressure. Your college buddies will try to convince you to get the feeling of getting high but you should Learn the art of saying ‘NO’ .
10. Aptitude and Communication skills:If you feel your English is on weaker side, start working on it. The way you present your knowledge is important so language should never be a hindrance in that. start working on your aptitude. Improve your vocabulary by reading novels of different genres from the first year of Engineering. It can help you in placements. Try to develop a good body language as well, It will come handy in Placement interviews and Group Discussions.
11. Final Year Project: The most important is to stay active in your Final Year Project with your group. Few people avoid participating actively in their project work as it consumes more time but giving time to such activities is always preferable than wasting your time in social networking sites. Believe me completing projects by our own will result in gaining more technical knowledge than any other technical activity in college and it will give you upper hand in Personal Interviews during Placements.
12. Family: This is the best time to become a hero and support of your family. Stay connected to your family, talk to your parents and siblings on a regular basis. Your life will be changing through various aspects during these four years. You will go through a mental stress and a physical change. Your family will help you to improve your ability to handle stress. Try to bring a positive change in yourself and try to become Backbone of your family.
    

Other than this engineering students can do many interesting and amazing things like

• Only engineering students can survive for the complete four years thinking that life would be good once it ends. (So innocent)
• They are ready to do anything to get that 0.1℅ which let them appear for the end sem exams. Even this means murdering someone. Ok, no problem tell me place and time.
• Only they can dare to sleep whole night before exams and still able to survive the exams. (Need guts)
• If they have prepared enough to clear the exams, you will never find a single sheet of paper around themselves. They can do it very easily.(30 is enough)
• They can write complete thesis by just knowing the scope of their subject. (Scope is very important)
• Only they would unnecessarily repeat the calculations on the calculator because most of them doesn't believe the answers their calculator gives them first time. (One and one eleven or two?)
• They could plan a full trip and gets the money in compensation for their internships. (Papa, I need 10k for the summer internships)
• They can ask you for money even you are struggling to manage some to escape from the scoldings by landlord. (Time to sell my kidneys)
• Only they can talk over phone in complete hangover and still could convince their father that they were studying. (Father! this time, ok I can talk)
• They could easily waste their entire day but dare not to advise them when they are watching their favourite web series. (Netflix, you are my love)
• They possess exceptional skill and could give you complete knowledge about “How Universe Formed” but when come to fix their bike. (How am I supposed to do this? How?)
• Only thing a engineering student takes seriously is syllabus. (Tell me the syllabus I'll top tomorrow)
• They can spend 1000 bucks on xerox but they will never entertain purchasing books with 100 bucks. Yes, they can do it easily.(Xerox machine is not working!!What? I mean are you mad? How could it be even possible?)
• Only they can work for complete day incessantly if you guarantee them they will get a salary hike from next month.(Get me some job. Please God! why are you so cruel with me)

Not enough. Ask an engineer!

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