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Life After BTech,MBA Life,and more..

I just finished my B.Tech in computer Science and engineering in June 2016,and immediately enrolled in an MBA course.Sounds cliche right? Allow me to begin by stating that I ain't no engineer who did engineering because of family pressure,nor did I join an MBA college because I couldn't get a job after graduation.And trust me,I'm pretty good at core CSE stuff. ( Check out my LinkedIn Profile here ).I had multiple job offers in hand,and its safe to say I made a calculated choice. Today marks the end of the first semester,I'm a 25% MBA now.Sounds very different,going from B.Tech final year of MBA first year in a matter of few months,but it is what it is,and it has been one hell of a ride. Joining IIT K for MBA,the first question is "what? They have an MBA?".That was exactly my question when I filled out the forms.As destiny had it,here I am,loving every bit of it.It is a very beautiful place,and a quite different life than the one I had in B.tech living in

Caught in the web:The internet of everything

The Internet of Everything,a superset of Internet of things,is a word that most of us have heard of.The recent buzz about smart cities has only added to the excitement of what is to follow. While the bigshots, media,and techies alike are hung up on selling the idea and technology-enabled solutions to as many potential customers as possible,and marketers just waiting to cash in on the information high-tide and surf along,there are equally impending dangers nobody talks about that frequently.So,allow me to raise a few questions,and lets leave the answers to you 1;The POWER Game:The food for IoE shall be electricity,and there are no two ways about it.The impending energy crisis will have quadrupled in the next 50 years.So the question here is,from where do we get the additional energy to feed the power hungry ecosystem?Moreover,who is to pay for the power,the users or the ones who earn from that ecosystem? 2:The Peek-A-Boo:As a marketer,you'd very much like to know the food p