Strong Resume, GATE and Beyond: Turning Challenges into Career Opportunities | ART Ep. 197

Strong Resume, GATE and Beyond: Turning Challenges into Career Opportunities | ART Ep. 197

From Ashish Ranjan Talks by Ashish Ranjan

December 6, 2025 · 60 min

About this episode

Ashish Ranjan shares his journey from a poor academic background to becoming a scientist in India's top research organizations and discusses his book about pursuing dreams despite limitations.

Ashish Ranjan is an ex-ISRO, ex- BARC Scientist. He has spent the past 5 years writing a book on his experience of getting selected and working in India's Nuclear program and how he worked his way up into India's space program despite his poor academic background. Ashish had scored 53/100 in Mathematics and 61/100 in Physics on his 12th boards. He had even failed Physics in his 11th Standard. Ashish never got admitted to top universities for his B.Tech. like IITs or NITs. Yet, he made his way into India's two of the largest research organizations as a Scientist and got selected for Masters program in IIT Bombay. He has recently published a Book, "The Boy Who Did Not Sign" which is a fictional story inspired by a true event in Ashish's life in BARC and his road to securing an AIR-4 in ISRO national level Entrance Exam. The book is about pursuing a dream career despite our limitations and disadvantages, about relationship dynamics we all face, and about doing the right thing. The Boy Who Did Not Sign is now published worldwide (Paperback + eBook).–––––––––––––––––––📙 Get a copy of Ashish's Book, The Boy Who Did Not Sign…

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Organizations: ISRO, BARC, IIT Bombay

Books & works: The Boy Who Did Not Sign

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