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Interview of Dr. Salman Mapara: Rank 157 in NEET PG 2017

Dr. SALMAN SHOEB MAPARA has secured Rank 157 in NEET PG 2017 exam which was held in December 2016.. He has done his MBBS from GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND JJ HOSPITAL MUMBAI.

Interview

Q. In what year did you pass out your MBBS (Completion of Internship)?

Ans. IS GOING ON AND WILL END FEB 27 2017

Q. What were your MBBS percentage marks (aggregate or final year)?

Ans. MY AGGREGATE IS 70.89

Q. What ranks had you secured in any previous PG medical entrance exams you gave?

Ans. THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT

Q. Could you please tell us something about yourself? Ans. I AM A MIDDLE-CLASS BOY AND WAS AN AVERAGE STUDENT IN MY COLLEGE.MY FATHER IS MBBS AND MOTHER IS HOUSEWIFE.I DID Receive JRD TATA SCHOLARSHIP IN MY 1ST AND 2ND YEAR. I DIDN’T PARTICIPATE IN ANY COLLEGE QUIZZES BUT IN COLLEGE FESTIVALS I LOVED TO HELP IN AND PARTICIPATE WITH ALL ENTHUSIASM. I AM VERY RELIGIOUS AND VERY SUPPORTIVE KIND OF GUY.

Q. What is the secret of your success?

Ans. “I Use FIVE SUCCESS MANTRAS 1ST-TO PRAY TO GOD 2ND-TO HARD WORK WITH SMARTNESS 3RD- TALK TO PARENTS 4TH- BEST FRIENDS AND 5TH-TALK TO YOURSELF I FELL TALKING TO OURSELF IS IMPORTANT. AS HOW MUCH U HAVE STUDIED, ..HOW ARE U STUDYING, ALL THIS THING U WILL COME TO KNOW WHEN U STAND IN FRONT OF MIRROR AND ASK AT THE END OF THE DAY TO YOURS.BELIEVE ME, U WILL COME TO KNOW ABOUT UR PREP WHEATHER IT IS GOING TO WORK OR NOT.AND IT WILL KEEP U ON RI8 TRACK..”

Q. How was your internship?

Ans. IT IS HEAVY AS OUR HOSPITAL IS BIGGEST AND BUSIEST IN MUMBAI.BUT YES OUR RESIDENTS ARE COOPERATIVE IN THAT SENSE, THEY HELP ME MANAGE TIME ACCORDINGLY SO THAT I CAN STUDY AND WORK SIMULTINIOSLY..BUT YES SOME OF the DEPARTMENT IN ANY COLLEGE ARE AS HEAVY AND HECTIC YHAT I CANT EVEN MANAGE TO SLEEP PROPERLY, IN THAT CASE, COVERUP IT IN NEXT OTHER POSTINGS..THATS THE GAME OF TIME MANAGEMENT..!!

Q. When did you seriously start preparing for the entrance exam?

Ans.  I STARTED SERIOUSLY TO PREPARE IN MY FINAL YEAR

Q. How many hours did you study each day? How long do you think students need to prepare for cracking PG medical entrance exams?

Ans. DEPENDING ON POSTINGS IN SOME I STUDIED 9HRS/DAY AND IN HEAVY ONES 6-7/DAY..IN LAST 2 MONTHS IT IS 10HRS MAXX..IT VARIES WITH EVERY1..I SUGGEST TO STUDY ONLY THAT HRS MAX IN WHICH U R DAILY QUOTA OF STUDY IS DONE… EX- FOR ANAT MAX 12 DAYS ..SO ACCORDINGLY LOOK AT U R SPEED,POSTINGS,TIME AND UNDERSTANDING AND GO AHEAD….

Q. Which books did you read for the theory part?

Ans. “MEDICINE– HARRISONS VOL2 AND REMAINING FEW MISSELINIOUS, SKIN, PSYCHIATRY AND BLOOD- FROM CLASS NOTES & MATHEWS SURGERY–SRB & FEW TOPICS LIKE BURN TRAUMA AND BREAST FROM LOVE AND BELLY PAEDS– O P GHAI AND LECTURE NOTES BY SHUSHANT MANE SIR. OBGY– SAKSHI ARORA FOR GYNAC AND DATTA FOR OBS ORTHO– MAHESHVARI ”

Q. Which books did you read for the MCQs? Which MCQ books were the most productive and which were least?

Ans. “1ST YEAR AA BIOCHEM- R JAMES MAM PATHO-DEVESH MISHRA SIR MICRO-APURBA SASTRAY SIR FMT-SUMIT SETH SIR PHARMA-GARG PSM-VIVEK JAIN SIR OPHTHAL- RUCHI RAI MAM ENT-MANISHA BUDDHIRAJA MAM SX-PRITESH SINGH SIR PAEDS-DEEPAK MARWAH SIR MED -CLASS NOTES ONLY AND MCQ FROM MARWAH OR M.KHANNA OBGY-SAKSHI ARORA PSY-PRAVEEN TRIPATHI SA-DBMCI CLASS NOTES AND MCQ FROM AA RADIO-RAJAT JAIN SIR FOR ALL SUB I READ THIS AND DBMCI NOTES SIDE BY SIDE.. SEE WE CANT SCALE ANY MCQ AS MOST OR LEAST AS ITS THE PROMETRIC WHICH SCALES IT..SO EVERY MCQ IS IMP BE IT A SIMPLEST OR TOUGHEST..”

Q. Which subjects did you focus on?

Ans. 1ST AND 2ND YEAR AND PSM

Q. What were your study methods? How many revisions did you do for each subject? Did you make any changes in your study methods in your recent attempts?

Ans. “I STUDIED TOPICS WHICH ARE HIGH YIELD AND IN RECENT TRENDS IN A DETAILS..FACTUAL DATA AND NONSENSE DATA LIKE RARE SYNDROMES AND SCIENTIST NAMES I OMIT IT OUT FROM MY LIST…BUT YES IMP 1 I REVISED.. I WAS ABLE TO REVISE 2 TIMES BEFORE MY EXAMS. I DIDNT CREAT ANY NOTES… UNLESS U HAVE A DEDICATED PEOPLES IN A GROUP GO SOLO..I DID SOLO ONLY..”

Q. Did you do any special preparation for image-based questions?

Ans. NO.. CLASS AND LECTURES ARE ENOUGH..GUIDE BOOKS DO COVER..ITS WASTAGE OF TIME TO BUY IMAGE BOOK..INSTEAD OF IT SEE IMAGES IN GUIDE BOOKS AND CLASSES LECTURES AND IF U HAVE TIME FROM-ROBBINS , HARRISON AND NEENA KHANNA(REMEMBER SELECTED TOPICS ONLY NOT the HOLE BOOK)

Q. What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why? How many do you think you got correct?

Ans. “I WAS ALL MINDSET THAT -WHATEVER PAPER WILL BE I HAVE STUDIED AND GOD WILL DO JUSTICE TO ME..I KEEP MYSELF COOL,S TRESSFREE AND MOTIVATED TILL THE END OF PAPER… I ATTEMPTED ALL Q AS NO NEG MARKING IS THERE…”

Q. Do think there should be a different strategy for preparation of different entrance exams like AIIMS-PG, PGI and DNB CET?

Ans. AS THERE IS DIFFRENCE..AS AIIMS STRESS OPHTHAL PSM AND PHARMA IN DETAILS PLUS SOME NUMERICALS AND PHYSICS IS THERE.PGI IS MULTIPLE ANS TYPE SO IT NEED TO HANDLE LIKE THAT..BUT CONCEPT IS SAME EVERYWERE SO CLEAR CONCEPT WILL YIELD GOOD RESULT IN THESE EXAMS TOO.

Q. Did you join any classes or test series? Was it useful?

Ans. “I JOINED BHATIA CLASS AND THERE TEST SERIES ONLY. YES IT IS VERY MUCH USEFULL”

Q. Who or what influenced you to take up Medicine?

Ans. MY DAD

Q. In which field do you want to specialize in? Why?

Ans. MD RADIODIAGNOSIS ,, I WANT TO DO MORE SUPERSPECIALISATION IN THIS AS THIS IS TIMES DEMAND AND THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THEM..

Q. What seat have you been allotted in counselling? Did you join?

Ans. COUNCELLING IS YET TO START

Q. What is your advice to future aspirants?

Ans. START PREPARING EARLY…IF U R PRE FINAL AND FINAL YR CLEAR U R CONCEPTS RATHER THAN RUNNING BEHIND MCQ..CLEAR U R CONCEPTS AND WORK HARD SMARTLY.BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AS HALF GAME OF EXAM IS CONFIDENCE AND POSITIVITY… U DONT NEED TO BE A TOPPER TO CRACK NEET BUT U NEED TO BE A SMART HARD WORKER,,,,AS NO LUNCHES ARE FREE LUNCHES..

Q. Indian PG entrances are highly competitive, so to crack them students end up in appearing for multiple PG exams with some of them having the same exam with different slots and papers, please extend your views on this and their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances.

Ans. “NEET IS BEST IN THE SENSE U HAVE TO GIVE ONE EXAM AND RELIEVE ALL STRESS AT ONCE….YES THERE ARE MULTIPLE SESSIONS BUT PROMETRIC ENSURES EQUALITY….WHATEVER SESSION U R IN JUST DO THIS THINGS–READ Q AND “”ALL 4 OPTIONS””PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH ITS PANCHAT ONE…THINK AND MARK IT DOWN…DONT PUT PENDING AND WASTE TIME ON NON SENSE FACTUAL Q MARK AND MOVE AHEAD…TRY RULE OUT METHOD…USE CONCEPTS TO CRACK 50-50 Q,,,, REMEMBER IMAGE Q HAVE ANS HIDDEN IN THEM MOSTLY SO “”DON’T PANIC”” ….ALL THE VERY BEST MAY ALLAH BLESS U ALL….AMEEN!!!”

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Interview of Dr. Apoorva Sehgal: Rank 47 in NEET PG 2017

Dr. Apoorva Sehgal has secured Rank 47 in NEET PG 2017 which was held in December 2016. She has done her MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.

Interview

Q. In what year did you pass out your MBBS (Completion of Internship)?

Ans. December, 2015

Q. What were your MBBS percentage marks (aggregate or final year)?

Ans. 64%

Q. What ranks had you secured in any previous PG medical entrance exams you gave?

Ans. JIPMER rank 13, PGI rank 74, AIIMS rank 106 and previously July DNB rank 205, May PGI rank 173 and NEET 2015 rank 18k.

Q. Could you please tell us something about yourself? Ans. I’m Apoorva Sehgal from Faridabad. Did my schooling from APJ school and MBBS from Maulana Azad medical college.

Q. What is the secret of your success?

Ans. Hard work, consistency, immense support from family and friends and above all self-belief. To keep oneself motivated is the biggest challenge, being around my family helped me overcome that.

Q. How was your internship?

Ans. Internship in M is quite hectic. I could barely manage a couple of subjects with my internship schedule

Q. When did you seriously start preparing for the entrance exam?

Ans. January 2016

Q. How many hours did you study each day? How long do you think students need to prepare for cracking PG medical entrance exams?

Ans. For someone like me, 10-12 hours of focussed preparation for 8-10 months is what it takes to crack these exams

Q. Which books did you read for the theory part?

Ans. Theory books are to be read during MBBS. During pg preparation, I only used the standard textbooks for reference. Most important ones being Grays, Robbins, KDT and Parks

Q. Which books did you read for the MCQs? Which MCQ books were the most productive and which were least?

Ans. I found dams notes and Devesh Sir’s notes most high yielding. Amongst the guide books Rebecca ma’am’s book for biochemistry, pharmacology, and pathology by Gobind Garg and Sparsh Gupta, Forensic by Sumit Seth, microbiology by Apurba Sastry were very useful. For the remaining subjects, Arvind Arora was my rescue option.

Q. Which subjects did you focus on?

Ans. Every subject is important. Focus more on subjects which are volatile. I personally focussed more on 1st and 2nd-year subjects along with PSM and short subjects.

Q. What were your study methods? How many revisions did you do for each subject? Did you make any changes in your study methods in your recent attempts?

Ans. I did 2 complete revisions of the entire syllabus which means 3 readings. Besides that, I had a small notepad of all the volatile topics, value based MCQs and facts so I kept revising them every time I took a break. I studied with a friend in the final days, the discussion really helped me. Practicing MCQs is very important, it breaks the monotony and makes you feel confident about your preparation.

Q. Did you do any special preparation for image-based questions?

Ans. I just did the DAMS dvt and Devesh sir’s updates for images.

Q. What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why? How many do you think you got correct?

Ans. “Having a good sleep the day before the exam and proper breakfast in the morning is most important. Be calm, MCQs focused and confident. I attempted all questions in NEET. Can’t say about how many I got correct. For AIIMS I attempted 193 questions which were a decent attempt but I committed many silly mistakes which took a toll on my rank. For JIPMER I attempted 245. ”

Q. Do think there should be a different strategy for preparation of different entrance exams like AIIMS-PG, PGI and DNB CET?

Ans. For PGI subjects like biochem, micro and surgery are more important and solving Manoj Chaudhary really helps. For NEET named signs and value based MCQs should be focussed on. Having said that the basic preparation remains the same for all exams.

Q. Did you join any classes or test series? Was it useful?

Ans. I joined dams tnd in my drop year and foundation course in third year. Extremely useful

Q. Who or what influenced you to take up Medicine?

Ans. “It was my grand parents dream to have a doctor in the family. That was my driving force. I’m the first and probably the only doctor in my family. ”

Q. In which field do you want to specialize in? Why?

Ans. I’m considering Radiology because it’s an interesting branch with substantial work and at the same time will give me the lifestyle I want.

Q. What seat have you been allotted in counseling? Did you join?

Ans. I joined Dermatology in JIPMER. Worked there for 20 days and then resigned.

Q. What is your advice to future aspirants?

Ans. Just be confident and motivated. Have faith in your abilities and keep going no matter what.

Q. Indian PG entrances are highly competitive, so to crack them students end up in appearing for multiple PG exams with some of them having the same exam with different slots and papers, please extend your views on this and their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances.

Ans. Giving multiple exams does increase your likelihood of cracking an exam but beyond a point it’s exhausting and gets futile. So I think giving all exams is important but different slots for the same exam is useless.

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Interview of Dr. Manojkumar Gaddikeri: Rank 37 in NEET PG 2017

Dr. Manojkumar B Gaddikeri has secured Rank 37 in NEET PG 2017. He has done his MBBS from KIMS Hubli.

Interview

Q. In what year did you pass out your MBBS (Completion of Internship)?

Ans. 2016

Q. What were your MBBS percentage marks (aggregate or final year)?

Ans. 67%

Q. What ranks had you secured in any previous PG medical entrance exams you gave?

Ans. JIPMER – rank 56 and last year AIPG 2016  rank 30,700.

Q. Could you please tell us something about yourself? Ans. Have been an average, fun loving student throughout my MBBS . Middle class family, Dad is DC in BMTC Bangalore, mom is a housewife, elder sister Is a gynecologist in Oman, elder brother working in Australia.

Q. What is the secret of your success?

Ans. Blessings, my teachers at Bhatia Bangalore, Hard-work and will to succeed.The transformation from 30,700 ranks last year to 37 ranks this year wasn’t easy.Staying positive n believing in myself helped a lot.

Q. How was your internship?

Ans. Didn’t get time to study in the internship, since a govt college.

Q. When did you seriously start preparing for the entrance exam?

Ans.  8 months back

Q. How many hours did you study each day? How long do you think students need to prepare for cracking PG medical entrance exams?

Ans. I used to count the time I spent in sleep, jog, and basic activities.Rest of the day I studied, roughly around 16-17 hrs.The competition is very tough n have to spend a minimum of 15 hrs a day.

Q. Which books did you read for the theory part?

Ans. I did not read any theory books during preparation.Jus referred std books.There is no for studying theory books.During MBBS few std books like Robbins n rest were all Indian authors.

Q. Which books did you read for the MCQs? Which MCQ books were the most productive and which were least?

Ans. “Most important” are class notes of Bright class Bangalore.my notes from MCQ books like 1) Arvind Arora for Anat, Physio, forensic, ophthal, pediatrics, psychiatry, radio, anesthesia 2) Medicine – Mudit Khanna but now Dr.Thameem Sir’s book 1st edition is abt to come, plz read it. Mudit Khanna has not updated much. 3) surgery – Pritesh Singh, awesome book n must read for NEET and AIIMS especially second half. 4)ortho- Apurv Mehra 5)OBG- Bhojani n few topics from Soumya Shukla. 6) Micro-Apruv Shastry 7)Pathology- Devesh Mishra 8)ENT- Manisha Sinha Buddhiraja 9)Biochem- Rebecca James”

Q. Which subjects did you focus on?

Ans. All subjects are important, cannot neglect any subject.Most important are obviously medicine, surgery, but in NEET exam all subjects are given equal importance. They are the rank deciders.

Q. What were your study methods? How many revisions did you do for each subject? Did you make any changes in your study methods in your recent attempts?

Ans. Don’t study one subject a day; it will reduce your efficiency and interest.Better is to study two subjects a day and 1-2 hrs for solving papers as it will help you to keep in touch with other subjects as well.monthly before Bhatia grand tests I used to start revis ing all my notes 1 wk befr.Never hesitate to tak tests evn if u haven’t studied.

Q. Did you do any special preparation for image-based questions?

Ans. Don’t waste tym in preparing for image based questions,if u knw the theory wel u can answer any image based questions.Patho if possible, during free tym refer Robbin images.Dont waste ur tym in fb discussion grps or any other discussions, it is utter waste of tym.

Q. What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why? How many do you think you got correct?

Ans. Stay calm, relaxed, my jogging n meditation during prep helped me a lot to stay relaxed on exm day.Going to exam with positive attitude is vry impt.attempted 300 questions. got 1217 marks.

Q. Do think there should be a different strategy for preparation of different entrance exams like AIIMS-PG, PGI and DNB CET?

Ans. For AIIMS , JIPMER and rest others answering by ruling out options is very impt.for NEET it is purely the knowledge.solve as many mcq as possible for NEET.

Q. Did you join any classes or test series? Was it useful?

Ans. Bhatia Bangalore.online test series of prepladder and rankjunction.

Q. Who or what influenced you to take up Medicine?

Ans. My interest

Q. In which field do you want to specialize in? Why?

Ans. Orthopedics, mainly trauma.

Q. What seat have you been allotted in counseling? Did you join?

Ans. Counselling hasn’t started yet.

Q. What is your advice to future aspirants?

Ans. There is no shortcut to success, hard work in a smart way is the key.classes played a major role , my teachers at Bhatia Bangalore are responsible for this rank.Always aim high as high as rank 1, since u r not less than anyone.Giv ur best shot.stay consistent.Giv as many practice tests as possible n don’t loose heart if u get less marks in mock tests as eventually u ll start getting good marks.

Q. Indian PG entrances are highly competitive, so to crack them students end up in appearing for multiple PG exams with some of them having the same exam with different slots and papers, please extend your views on this and their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances.

Ans. It is ur same knowledge tested in different manner in diff exams.No spl preparions are needed.Giv as many exams as possible.

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Interview of Dr. Avirup Majumdar: Rank 342 in NEET PG 2017

Dr. Avirup Majumdar has secured Rank 342 in NEET PG 2017 which was held in December 2016. He has also scored rank 342 in AIIMS November PG 2016 and rank 229 in JIPMER PG November 2016. He has done his MBBS from North Bengal Medical College.

Interview

Q. In what year did you pass out your MBBS (Completion of Internship)?

Ans. 2015.

Q. What were your MBBS percentage marks (aggregate or final year)?

Ans. 69.90%

Q. What ranks had you secured in any previous PG medical entrance exams you gave?

Ans. AIPGMEE 2016 – Rank 4391

Q. Could you please tell us something about yourself? Ans. I have done my MBBS from North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri, West Bengal. I have been a consistent student throughout my MBBS career, secured good ranks in departmental quizzes. I was the Senior Class Assistant (prosector) in Pharmacology. I come from a non-medical family; my father is Retired Insurance Officer, Engineer .my brotEngineer.I used to play Tabla and drawing was my hobby. Im a fun loving guy, love to read good novels, hanging out with friends.

Q. What is the secret of your success?

Ans. In one word “FOCUS” . The most important mantra of my performance was Perseverance . The zeal of securing a good rank and consistently taking it to the end made my ranks possible. I kept almost the same amount of energy throughout my preparatory phase, trust me it is difficult but it is definitely POSSIBLE.

Q. How was your internship?

Ans. Internship in my college was too hectic . In peripheral colleges like ours, there is a lot of workload on Interns and Housestaffs , because of less number PGTs and senior doctors. I could not study during my internship and so didn’t sit for the entrance exams that year.

Q. When did you seriously start preparing for the entrance exam?

Ans.  As mentioned, I didn’t attempt PG during my Internship. I joined Housestaffship last year in Department of Chest Medicine. I started reading from that period but I knew my preparation was not upto the mark as I had difficulty managing my duties and focussed study. I started focussed preparation from April this year.

Q. How many hours did you study each day? How long do you think students need to prepare for cracking PG medical entrance exams?

Ans. I seriously didn’t have any rigid time table. I used to read late at night, early morning studies is not my cup of tea. In the initial phase it used to be around 10 hours approx. Last 2 months it was upto 12 hours maximum.

There should not be any fixed hours of study, its absolutely individualistic. No matter how long it takes , one should cover as he/she is supposed to complete on that day.. It should be target-oriented, not time-oriented.

Q. Which books did you read for the theory part?

Ans. Seriously speaking I had little time to read theory part of all subjects.. I read them very often for references.

Harrison’s Internal Medicine should always be the mother book.

Q. Which books did you read for the MCQs? Which MCQ books were the most productive and which were least?

Ans. Anatomy – Arora Physio, Biochem, FSM – Across Medicine – Mudit Khanna Surgery – Amit Ashis Radio – Sumer Sethi G&O – Sakshi arora Ortho – Apurv Mehra Short subjcts- Across Peds – Taruna Mehra Patho, Pharma – Garg Micro, ENT- Rachna Chaurasia Plus questions of previous years’ AIIMS and AIPG

Q. Which subjects did you focus on?

Ans. All the 19 subjects are important.. but obviously the big ones like Medicine , Surgery, G&O , Patho, Pharma.. Short subjects like FSM, Skin,Psychiatry, Micro, Biochem are equally important and differentiating.

Q. What were your study methods? How many revisions did you do for each subject? Did you make any changes in your study methods in your recent attempts?

Ans. I had no class notes, I used to study on my own from the MCQ books i had. I used to make notes on every useful update I got . DAMS Exclusive Club on Facebook was quite helpful in this regard. Initially I took one subject at a time and finish it completely but later when things would slow down, I made a change..I used to take one subject and when it got slow I shifted to another subject and come back to it later on. With this I improved my speed quite well. I could revise the whole syllabus twice before the final exam.

Q. Did you do any special preparation for image-based questions?

Ans. I attended DAMS DVT classes for images.

Q. What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why? How many do you think you got correct?

Ans. My strategy was to keep my brain calm so that it can perform at its peak level. Good sleep , light breakfast and an empty bladder and rectum are must.I attempted all questions in NEET. Around 220-230 must have been correct.

Q. Do think there should be a different strategy for preparation of different entrance exams like AIIMS-PG, PGI and DNB CET?

Ans. PGI is different. I dont know much about it as I didnt appear for it.. For AIIMS , focus should be on conceptual and image based questions . For NEET and DNB one liners are more frequently asked, images are asked less often in these exams.

Q. Did you join any classes or test series? Was it useful?

Ans. “Yes.. I joined DAMS Online Test Series this year. I attended DVT classes by DAMS. Yes ofcourse, giving regular subject wise tests and grand tests, tracking the marks obtained, pointing out the weak areas and working on it was my core strategy. DAMS DVT classes were also useful specially for images as asked nowadays in AIIMS exams.”

Q. Who or what influenced you to take up Medicine?

Ans. My own choice to become a healer..

Q. In which field do you want to specialize in? Why?

Ans. “General Medicine Because it is the only subject which covers everything, the mother branch of medical sciences. Your thinking domains are limitless in Medicine.Its difficult to describe Medicine in one word..”

Q. What seat have you been allotted in counselling? Did you join?

Ans. Not alloted till now.. Last year I was alloted Diploma in Ophthalmology which I declined.

Q. What is your advice to future aspirants?

Ans. Keep up the flare and hunger inside you. Dont get too uptight, it is not the end of everything.It is necessary to relax a bit, but dont get off the track either. Stay focussed , stay healthy, think positive.. Success is sure to come..

Q. Indian PG entrances are highly competitive, so to crack them students end up in appearing for multiple PG exams with some of them having the same exam with different slots and papers, please extend your views on this and their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances.

Ans. I support single exam NEET wholeheartedly..