Prasoon Jha
My surname is Jha, but I don’t use it formally. I used that name till class X. Then, when I enrolled for my matriculation (class X), I removed it with the consent of my father. I was just being idealist. But, that (Prasoon Jha or Prasoon Kumar Jha) is the name with which many close friends still call me.
My City’s Wikipedia page also mentions:
The wave of success was started by Prasoon Kumar Jha who topped [Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination(IIT JEE)] in 1993.
[5 Sep'11] Another Wikipedia page on IIT toppers had my name as Prasoon Kumar Jha, which I corrected today. Wikipedia is a tricky business, where my previous attempt to promote my blog had failed, so let me watch how this genuine effort goes!
DPS School Headmistress Hema Mohan Ma’am also refered me as that, which got published in Hindustan Times. So, I wanted to provide a clarification here. Interestingly, my son’s name is Akshat Kumar Jha. And, my wife is holding onto Ruby Mishra, so I need to do explaining sometimes!
135 students of DPS Bokaro crack IIT-2009
Bokaro, May. 27 — About 135 students from Delhi Public School, Bokaro Steel City, have found place in the coveted IITs after they appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination this year.Principal Hemlata S Mohan said two or three students were from the last academic session while others selected in the national level engineering examination were from the current session.”Performance of our school was best in comparison to other educational institutions in the country,” Ms Mohan said, adding the IIT topper of 1993 Prasun Kumar Jha also belonged to this school. About 135 students from Delhi Public School, Bokaro Steel City, have found place in the coveted IITs after they appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination this year.Published by HT Syndicationwith permission from United News of India.
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I too come from Bokaro Steel City. We are proud of you. Your name is mentioned aptly in Bokaro’s wikipedia pages. Prasoon Kumar or Prasoon Kumar Jha, good luck to you for this life and beyond!
you make us proud all the time, DPS Bokaro what were you guys made of? but you know that was a different time…today it’s because of you that Bokaro has become a living hell for students who come from here and there in mass , and iitian is wat evrybody wants to become making life hell to live specially with parents obsessed with iit…they just can’t think beyond …. you had changed the bokaro educational scenario for good …but now it’s on the worst side with thousands of coaching institutes that simply know how to suck your money …..U know what i mean … and this bloody shit school of ours has become the kingpin in bokaro expanding buildings and ousting good and old teachers at the ,mercy of the bloody slut hemlata
Dinesh, thanks for the good words and good luck to you as well!
Anurag, thanks for writing in. I understand your rage at the compelling parents with utter disregard to their ward’s interests and the state of school. While number of sections have increased, so the total number of students clearing competitive examinations has remained constant. We had only 4 sections till D. Now, DPS Bokaro has sections till H or more. There have been good developments like LCD in class XI and XII. Our school has come on international map. Recently, an Australian education delegation came to Bokaro and liked what they saw at our school. Mahapatra sir is there and might become the Principal, as Hemlata ma’am has taken up another post in Mahila Samiti. She is currently not the Principal, but honorary Principal, whatever that means! Bokaro is expanding and is no longer just 5Lakh population, so there will be changes. Take care buddy!
Dear Prasoon Kumar Jha,
Where are you located now? Also, just curious, did you not feel the temptation to go to the US for higher studies?
Sreedhar, I am located in Pune and travel frequently to Mumbai for work, I spent 6 years between 1997 and 2003 in the US. I had move there to work with Autodesk, which I got through campus selection. The original plan was to do an MS after 2 years of working over there. It never happenned during internet boom times of 1996-2000. So, the lesson is that you should do higher studies immediately after bachelors. On an unrelated note, Sanjay Jha originally from Bhagalpur, Bihar has led Motorola to successful position and acquisition of its mobility division by Google for $12.5 billion. What are you doing?
Dear Prasoon, I wrote to you. Did you get it?
Sreedhar, now I have your 2 emails. Please allow me this weekend to respond. One is on Vedic Mathematics, Other one is about IIT-JEE top rankers of various years. Let me go through them and respond by this weekend.
Sir
I had always overwhelmed by your success stories since my childhood(Bokaro Steel City).Unfortunately even after 2 yrs of my preparation for IIT JEE I could not end up with any of the IITs now I am in final years of computer Science and preparing for my GATE exam .and I have question to ask how many hrs did u put while preparing for IIT JEE during 1993.
How do you feel about IIT JEE being diluted by Kapil Sibbal? Standing the chance of being branded casteist, I’d still make the statement that you have made Jha Maithil brahmins proud with your achievement. We admire you Prasoon Kumar Jha.
Hi Prsoon Bhaiya,
Do u remember Amitabh Roy & R N Singh sir (co-operative coloney) ! First I came to know about u from them only… Amitabh sir appreciate u a lot..
@Abhishek, I used to wake up between 4 and 5 depending on various factors and study till 6:30, before scooting off to school. After coming back I’d study from 3-5, take a break. Study 6-9 again and go back to sleep. My body rythm enabled me to study during mornings. Some people are more tuned to studying during night. @Prashant, nobody is happy about it. It might be the need of country and I am not the best person to discuss the best way to produce quality engineers in this country for our needs. @Anonymous I very well remember RN Singh 9of Sec4, not co-operative colony), though I did not study under him. 33 out of 34 students, who qualified for IIT-JEE in 1993 studied under him. I do not recall Amitabh Roy. Please give me further details on prasoon DTO kumar AT gmail DOT com.
sahi prasoona..mast funde de rahis ho…:)
@Raj, youngsters are hope of world’s future and just like we got mentorship from our seniors. During internet era, I am able to connect with DPS juniors and many more. Check out http://prasoonk.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/iit-topper-article/ as well.
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