Anurag Pandey

O ne of the toughest day- if I can recall. IES exam is spread on three days -Friday, Saturday & Sunday to test your abilities through 5 papers- GAT, Paper-I (Obj), Paper-II (Obj), Conventional Paper-I, Conventional Paper-II. Torture continues till Sunday ! When I concluded my preparations, I had no idea whether I would be able to make it to the elite list of IES qualifiers. But to some extent I was satisfied with my performance, this I thought made me comfortable. Never ever think of end results- just have faith in you and your capabilities which you have build through the preparations in the last 6-7 months or so.  During the preparations I had prepared two small notebooks in which I used to write important concepts and formula to revise them frequently. But before exam day when you have to solve Conventional Papers that too in Mechanical Engineering that too for Engineering Services- everything seems inadequate and so was my note book. I read it, re-read it and kept it as

I present you all with the very best analysis of IES 2009 toppers. Their marks, no of correct questions and their portfolio of scores in various subjects. This will make the complex and hazy picture- ultra clear. This is what I did in very first month of my preparations after cramming the syllabus and before making strategies for cracking the exam.       IES-2009 SCORES OF TOP 20           RANK GAT P-I P-II OBJ CONV-I CONV-II CONV TOTAL INT TOTAL 1 119 105 114 338 106 122 228 566 106 672 2 116 145 104 365 71 113 184 549 120 669 3 100 106 99 305 90 117 207 512 140 652 4 159 134 127 420 56 85 141 561 80 641 5 124 102 85 311 94 117 211 522 116 638 6 132 118 89 339 69 138 207 546 90 636 7 101

Nano composites consists of nano sized particles embedded in some type of matrix -are group of promising new materials being infused in some of our modern technologies.  One type of nano composites is currently being used in high performance tennis balls. These balls retain their original pressure and bounce twice as long as conventional ones. Air permeation through walls is inhibited by a factor of two due to presence of a flexible and very thin (10 to 50 microns) nanocomposite barrier coating that covers the inner core. This nanocomposite coating consists of matrix of butyl rubber, within which is embedded thin platelets of vermiculite, a natural clay mineral. The vermiculite platelets exists as single molecule thin sheets- on the order of nano meter thick-that have a very high aspect ratio.  Furthermore vermiculite platelets are exfoliated that is they remain separated from each other. Also within the butyl rubber, the vermiculite platelets are aligned such that all th