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DAAD-IIT Master Sandwich Program Part 2

2. Booking a Flight and Packing.    It is better to book the flights as early as possible. If you have enough money you can book ticket for round trip or else book for one way. Return ticket can be booked from Germany.  Use incognito mode while checking for flights in websites as they track your cookies and increase the rate automatically. I suggest booking flights together, it would be easier for people who fly for the first time. Things that you have to look for while booking a Flight.    Destination Airport.           Try to find flights for Airports which are near your destination University. But if the fare is higher for that airport compared to another airport make sure you have busses or trains or flights available to your place.     For people coming to Aachen, you can come either to Dusseldorf or Frankfurt airports. Dusseldorf is nearer to Aachen than Frankfurt but the fare is costlier than Frankfurt. So ...

DAAD - IIT Master Sandwich Program Part 1.

In this post, I would like to concentrate more on things that need to be done after getting the scholarship. First of all congratulation for all of you guys who got selected.  I would like to split this in to parts                                 1. Applying for Visa.                                 2. Booking Flight and Packing.                                 3. After Reaching Germany. 1. Applying for Visa.        It is very easy for DAAD scholarship holders to get visa. Try to book an appointment for visa as soon as possible because the embassies cities like Chennai, Mumbai are very busy. You might need to book an appointment at least a month ahead. For people in IIT KGP, Kolkata embassy is not ver...