About this episode

Ashish Ranjan shares his journey from a challenging academic background to becoming a scientist in India's nuclear and space programs.

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. 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. The book is about pursuing a dream career despite our limitations and disadvantages, about relationship dynamics we all face, about doing the right thing, and much more. 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: https://amzn.eu/d/2YQzUxi ____________________________ Improve Spoken English in 30 days by joining Art of Speaking by Ashish ranjan here…

People in this episode

Host: Ashish Ranjan

Topics covered

• overcoming academic challenges
• career development
• personal growth
• nuclear science
• space program
• inspiration

Keywords

• Ashish Ranjan
• ISRO
• BARC
• The Boy Who Did Not Sign
• career challenges
• nuclear program
• space program
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ISRO, BARC

Books & works: The Boy Who Did Not Sign

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