Mr. DWIVEDI, Sumant

Dear all,

My name is Sumant Dwivedi. I am from New Delhi, India

I have successfully accomplished the doctoral course in the tenure of 2011 to 2014 at School of Materials Science, JAIST.

My experience at JAIST was really great. In the view point of research, I believe JAIST is the most admired place because of many reasons, such as

• World class faculty and eminent professors with great experience in the industry and/or in academia.
• Statistically, JAIST is gaining popularity not only in the Japan but also all over the world in terms of the advanced research ability.
• Well equipped laboratory with facilities to conduct advanced experiments without compromising the safety standards.
• Hands on experience for students to access the cutting edge technology (advanced experiments and instrumentation) to meet the objective of their research and/or to search new horizons in the field of science and technology for advanced applications.
• 24 x 7 JAIST library accessibility - a huge database of bilingual (Japanese as well as English) knowledge, which not only offer fundamental textbooks, latest scientific journals, articles etc., from the various concerned fields but also provides a great facility for the general readers with audio-visual learning rooms. JAIST library is one of the best places I have experienced in my tenure at this institute. In one word it was awesome.
• The JAIST staff is very student friendly as they are always ready to help in all the situations.
• JAIST conducts several seminars, conferences and workshops which are very helpful to update the knowledge. Besides this, JAIST also provides opportunity to attend such program/internship outside JAIST. In my case I visited SCG, Chemicals in Thailand to pursue an internship and attended several international conferences.

In terms of living at the JAIST dormitory, my experience was overwhelming. Although single rooms are small but they are comfortable and space management in the room is great. All rooms have basic amenities including air conditioner, refrigerator, kitchen etc. There are several supermarkets near JAIST which can be easily accessed either by JAIST shuttle bus (free) or Nomi city bus.

As JAIST is located in the valley of mountains, it makes the surroundings full of greenery – a beautiful view. Furthermore, in the month of April the cherry blossom originate a heavenly view all around the JAIST. In spare time there are many nearby places to be explored such as a river (Tedorigawa) is flowing at distance of about 3 km, which further enhance the natural beauty of this area and provides an awesome place for small parties in an open atmosphere.

Besides this, about 5 km from JAIST there is a rope car facility (Shishiku Park) to reach on a top of mountain to enjoy skiing with a spectacular view of this whole region.

Last but not least, Kanazawa, the heart of Ishikawa-is easily accessible with trains either from Tsurugi or Komatsu station. Kanazawa not only exemplifies the great culture of Japan with several museums, temples and castle but also demonstrate the marvelous connection of Japan modern architectures with the ancient one. I believe it is one of the best places to be visited in Japan.

To all prospective and current students, I strongly recommend to enjoy research as well as life at JAIST.

Wishing you all good luck to pursue your dream with hard-work and dedication.

Dr. Sumant Dwivedi (PhD)
Scientist
Reliance Industries Limited, India