 Meet Arpita Karva, a literary powerhouse and aspiring lecturer who's not just passionate about literature but has aced the UGC Net in English Literature on her very first attempt. Arpita, a PhD holder in English Literature, isn't just any scholar. She's a university gold medalist and a three-time UGC Net qualifier. But that's not all. Arpita's love for teaching extends beyond traditional methods. She's on a mission to revolutionise UGC Net English preparation by incorporating technology, making learning efficient, enjoyable and engaging. Arpita is not just confined to books and classrooms. Recently, she embarked on a thrilling college tour across India, bringing her passion for literature to different campuses, from sharing her UGC Net preparation journey to answering students burning questions about literature and career choices. Arpita has been a beacon of inspiration. Today, we are honoured to present a sneak peek into Arpita's dynamic lecture at Presidency College, Bangalore. Get ready to be inspired as Arpita takes the stage, sharing her wisdom and igniting the love for literature among the bright minds at Presidency College. Ready to be inspired? Let's dive into the vibrant world of literature with Arpita at Presidency College. I take Entrepreneur and an online educator. I take classes for UGC Net English and also a lot of other exams related to English literature like TGTPGT, MA entrance, PhD entrance, UPS English optional. So, I have a website of my own and a learning platform and right now we are leading the largest batch in India with approximately 5 to 5,500 students coming to our classes every year. So, this is one thing that I do. And I'm also a blogger. I love going to places that are having a very rich literary history. Like I recently went to London. I spent like five good months there. And there I went to places like Charles Dickens House, Shakespeare's Globe Theater, Stratford Upon Avon, which is the place where Shakespeare was born. Bath, which is the birthplace and the most interesting site that any Jane Austen fan would like to visit. So, I kind of went there. I made blogs showing students where exactly those things happened. Where was Oliver Tristwist written exactly? What was the building like where Charles Dickens was living in the Victorian period? And what was his drawing room like? And what kind of guests he used to visit on a regular basis? So, all of that there is also a beautiful place called Bloomsbury. There's an area in London called Bloomsbury, which is filled with a lot of parks. So, it has squares, different Fitzroy square, Bloomsbury square. And all these parks have statues of all the Victorian and modern writers, especially the Bloomsbury group writers. So, we have Virginia Woolscar statue and a lot of other things. People would say that school level teaching is a very not so prestigious thing. But I have been going and visiting a lot of colleges and schools like Doon School, if you've heard of, and then Mayo School, and the kind of environment you get to see there if you're teaching 11th and 12th grade, it is phenomenal. You get to nurture students at a very early age. Second is definitely pursuing academia. You want to get into college level, university level teaching. You have to clear UGC net for it. That's the entrance level exam that you have to pass. And then is the digital education path, which is booming in today's era. Digital education path kind of talks about all the options that are available, be it by Jews, unacademy, 24 or .247. There's another program, Grade Up. And so many great ed tech startups are coming up, which are actually looking for talented faculties to teach various subjects, content writing, social media management. These are just one of the few things that you can do. If I talk about a few other opportunities that you can find in this field is to join a digital marketing agency where you get brands, you have to also do their PR. So, you have to also get in touch with YouTubers and influencers and ask them to market it, like Samsung and Apple, when they launch their products. They kind of pay the influencers to do the paid partnership programs with them, highlighting a few features of the camera and stuff like that. So, all of that also comes under digital marketing. Another interesting field is movie critic. Now, this is something which you all know that we can become a movie critic. We can work with famous movie critics in their team to review the movies. But what is even more interesting, something that we've not yet explored and I don't think a lot of people are doing that on YouTube right now is to give out movie reviews on an individual level. Then as writer editor, absolutely I don't think I have to like go and explain this. Blog writing is there, content writing is there, ghost writing is there. And this is what I would want to tell to each one of you that it doesn't matter what you have, but what you do from what you have. Heard of Bhuvanbaum, a very famous YouTuber. So, Bhuvanbaum started his journey in a very, very pathetically made room which did not even have paint done on the walls. He did not have a camera or a fancy mic. He had a normal mobile, Google pixel or something, normal Rs. 1000 mic and he started his video journey as a creator. He launched his first video. It went viral and then now we know that he's collaborating with so many superstars, Shahrukh Khan and whatnot. Secondly, digital internship. I was having a word with your HOD and she told me that you guys have a pretty chill routine. You don't have a lot of classes. You do have to report regularly to the college, but most of the time it's more about self-study and you know doing things on your own. So it's a very good time for you to also look at options where you can do internships, part-time internships. You can just write on chargivity that draft a message for LinkedIn to be sent on LinkedIn to a person asking if there is any freelance opportunities available. LinkedIn chargivity is going to do a fabulous job in even drafting the message. You just have to give the queue. It's going to draft the message. You copy it, you paste it on LinkedIn and your job is done. And if in case you get an opportunity from a place like LinkedIn, you will be so amazed to see that why was I just making it such a big deal in my head. It was so easy to get to the place where I want to be. Talk about basics of NET. I'm hoping you must be aware of entrance level exam. NTA conducts total 300 marks. There is no negative marking. There is a duration of three hours in total and computer-based tests. Okay. A few key challenges. One of the biggest myths that you will be told is that UG and PG's notes will be revised and NET will be done. Okay, I don't know if you guys had said this or not. I had a lot of people who had said that if you want to do NET, the UG and PG you have read, just revise its notes and it will be NET. Now, my story as I told you that I was a gold medallist and still when I saw NET papers, I solved very few questions. The first step that I tell you is to know what to study. The first step in what to study is to refer to the previous year papers. Very, very important. Because as I told you, syllabus is not defined. So when syllabus is not defined, then how to know what to read and how to read. So when you refer to the previous year papers, you get to know that this type of writer is asking this type of question. Now, the second step is how to study. Collect material from various sources. Number two, how to study. There is a big problem with students that they think that there is one book and they keep reading it. You won't get all the material in that book. We will talk about how to approach every writer and every topic. But for that, you have to refer to multiple sources. If you are a part of the online course, then not, then definitely I say no. We cover all of that because the purpose of giving that course is that you don't have to keep it aside. But those of you who are doing self-study, you will have to refer to multiple sources. There is no book where you will get end to end. It is a very important thing that I would like to tell you here. If we look at the syllabus of English, then we divide it into two parts. First of all, there is a list of writers that you have to study. British, American, post-colonial, European, Indian, whatever it is, okay. A list of writers. I will tell you what I have to read to every writer. And we will divide every writer's works into two parts. There are minor works and there are major works. So, if you read any writer, you have to read major works in detail and minor works are on surface level. It is a very simple formula in UGC Net. Easy topics, like to the light house is an easy topic to pick for net. Everybody knows that you have to read to the light house. From there comes hard questions. And hard topics like Jacob's room, which many people don't know. From there comes easy questions. So, these are some notes that we give in our online courses. This is just I am using it as a study to tell you that if you want to read one writer, I have taken two writers, two major writers, Virginia Woolf and GB Shaw. Okay. If we want to read Virginia Woolf's biography. So, these are some basic details that you should know. Virginia Woolf has translated so many writers' works. Bloomsbury Group was associated with it. Affair was Death by Death with Depression and Suicide. These basic details you have to read about a writer, which I have just told you in this whole video. Now, let's talk about minor works. So, in minor works, these are all works that you should know. Name and some basic details. These are nine works. You can't think of this without finding out. Mrs. Dalloway or to the light house, I have prepared Virginia Woolf as a net case. Voyages Out is debut novel or first novel. What is the original title? This question can be asked. They will not ask you voyages out summary. So, we don't have to read every novel. I have never even read voyages out till now. I also know so many details because they are so relevant. The masterpieces of that are very detailed. Because there was a reason why those pieces are still being read. So, there is something in it. You should know the name of the protagonist in many novels. You should know the summary of one line. What was the topic? And first appearance of Clarissa Dalloway. That is why it is important. Because the first time the character was introduced here. And then a novel was made on this character. So, what I meant to say by this is that it can be asked in five of the five details in a question. And be asked which novel is this question. But you also have to think that when you read these things about 1200 writers. You will forget a lot of things. Because we keep remembering as long as we read. So, if you remember one of these points, which you saw in the question, you will answer correctly. That is why it is important to read 5-6 things extra. So, thank you so much for being such a patient audience.