Wake up early in the morning, remember God, respect your parents, help people, and know the purpose of your life.
Wake up early in the morning, remember God, respect your parents, help people, and know the purpose of your life.
Vishal Jain has been working as an Associate Professor of Physics at Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur since 2017. He became the Head of the Department of Humanities and Science in 2020. He also guides students in taking online courses like NPTEL, and those offered by IIT BX, IIT Kanpur, and more. He also guides first-year students in their internships and projects.
Vishal says that in 2017, he introduced Google Classroom for the students and the faculties for easy access to the notes. In 2020, he introduced the ‘Teachmint’ platform for online classes during the lockdown. Overall, his aim is to make education easy for his students using various technologies.
In 2018, he became the in-charge of the NPTEL local chapter and began guiding the students about NPTEL certification courses. He went to IIT to demand an NPTEL examination center in Udaipur for the convenience of the students, which was a challenge for him but he somehow managed to do it.
Talking about his challenges, Vishal says that once he got a back in a subject during his graduation, however, his parents supported him during that time and he overcame the challenge. Some of his challenges include convincing his parents about his education, teaching students for the first time, speaking in front of people on stage, pursuing Ph.D. with good grades, and more. Challenges have been quite many during his education, however, his friends, guides, and family supported him throughout and he took every challenge as an opportunity to prove himself and came out strong, says Vishal. After completing his Ph.D. he joined NIMS University and offered his services for a year there. Thereafter, due to some circumstances, he had to shift to Udaipur and he joined Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies where his journey has been quite well since then.
Speaking about his role models, Vishal says that his parents have been a great support and guidance throughout. Further, his guides Professor N Lakshmi and Professor V R Reddy during his PhD have been his role models who have taught him to work with patience. He also gives credit to his wife for helping him to be positive. He also learns a lot from religious books, his friends, and a lot of senior faculties at GITS.
Giving his opinion on the importance of education and experience, Vishal says that work experience and knowledge both have their own importance. He says that experience comes with time and walks with you throughout your life.
Sharing his achievements, Vishal says that completing a Ph.D. degree is the biggest achievement for him. He has published approximately thirty international papers to date. In 2013, his first paper got published in the Journal of Applied Physics after two revisions and it was a big achievement for him. Having good parents, and a supportive wife is also an achievement for him. Receiving an All India Level certificate from IIT Kanpur for guiding students about NPTEL courses is another achievement on his list. He went to IIIT Hyderabad and various other colleges to share his knowledge of social work and Human Values which he considers his achievement. He became the admin of Internshala, IIRS - ISRO’s online platform, EdX, and Coursera; and guided the students and faculties for internships and online courses.
If Vishal could go back in time using a time machine, he would love to relive his childhood and play cricket and other games with his friends.
Conveying his message to the youngsters, Vishal says that always choose your career combining the future perspective, your interest, and opportunities.