Very soon the Beijing Olympics 2008 will come to an end. The host China have clearly scored maximum number of Gold medals, much more ahead than U.S.A. Many other countries have won the medals overall in proportion with their might. So in that sense China is the world's most powerful nation today.
India have won 3 medals, 1 Gold and 2 Bronze. Here we can see that the equation of Number of medals proportional to might of the nation is not satisfied. We have one sixth of the world population compared to which number of total medals is almost negligible.
Looking at the brighter side. We have won our first individual Olympic Gold medal this year. This year we also won the maximum number of individual medals in a single Olympic games ever. If we look back into past, China had won their first Gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles games. And in just 24 years, China is at the top slot of the medal tally. So we can hope that India too will follow the similar path and start rocking the games all over the world.
Its not the talent we lack. We just lack the awareness, training and professional approach towards sport. Nonetheless the success of the 3 Indian sportsmen at 2008 games have created a good awareness about sports. Further the way in which medalists were flooded with reawards, I am sure this will motivate many Indians to take sports seriously. When this will happen, next time we will double the number of medals than this year and all the games which will follow.
So, India's success at 2008 Olympics have a potential to roll the chain reaction for creating some great and more importantly successful sports persons, who will take our nation at the top in yet another field at global level.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Life @ IISc
Bangalore
4 Aug 2008Finally I have joined Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
The IISc campus is all green and huge, spread across 500 acres of land. Fully covered with various trees, flowers and lawns. And the beautiful Bangalore weather adds more harmony to it.
All the buildings on the campus are spread horizontally, not exceeding 2 stories.
The sport facilities are very good. There are state-of-the-art facilities for almost all the games.
The IISc campus is all green and huge, spread across 500 acres of land. Fully covered with various trees, flowers and lawns. And the beautiful Bangalore weather adds more harmony to it.
All the buildings on the campus are spread horizontally, not exceeding 2 stories.
The sport facilities are very good. There are state-of-the-art facilities for almost all the games.
The department i.e. CEDT (Center for Electrical Design & Technology) have many labs set in collaboration with companies like TI, Intel, Freescale etc.
The course structure is mainly design oriented. Equal credits are given to Compulsory courses, Electives and project. There is lot of freedom in choosing the electives. One can choose any course offered on the campus as elective.
That's all for now.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Out of TCS
Pune
9 July 2008
Today was my last working day at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. My first job which I joined on 28 Aug 2006, is now over. Resigning from TCS have created a void in my mind today. Mixed feelings, a little sadness cause of leaving the job and at the same time the anxiety of future.
In the last 2 years at TCS I have learned uncountable things. A very good experience in Embedded Systems, especially Automotive sector. I got to work on various Microcontrollers. A close insight into end to end product development. I got knowledge about work processes and very systematic approach for managing an organisation with more than 100 thousand associates.
But I have also seen the other side of the so called 'Indian Software Industry'. But looking at the positive side, it was an awesome experience. Something I will never forget.
~~ Adhiraj
9 July 2008
Today was my last working day at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. My first job which I joined on 28 Aug 2006, is now over. Resigning from TCS have created a void in my mind today. Mixed feelings, a little sadness cause of leaving the job and at the same time the anxiety of future.
In the last 2 years at TCS I have learned uncountable things. A very good experience in Embedded Systems, especially Automotive sector. I got to work on various Microcontrollers. A close insight into end to end product development. I got knowledge about work processes and very systematic approach for managing an organisation with more than 100 thousand associates.
But I have also seen the other side of the so called 'Indian Software Industry'. But looking at the positive side, it was an awesome experience. Something I will never forget.
~~ Adhiraj
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Chetan Bhagat's third book release
Pune
25 May 2008
Today I attended the book release function of third book by Chetan Bhagat named " the 3 mistakes of my life". This book is a story of 3 friends based at Ahmedabad and how they try to do some business about cricket. Mostly the story goes around 3 topics Business, Cricket and Religion.
The second book by same author "One night @ call center" is being converted into Bollywood movie. The producer of the movie Atul Agnihotri and the leade role Sharman Joshi were also present at the moment. The name of the movie will be Hello. The promos for the movie were also shown.
Chetan is a very cool guy, down to earth. He answered the questions from audience freely.
L to R: Chetan's wife, Chetan Bhagat, Atul Agnihotri.
Sharman Joshi (center)
I too got a chance to get a snap with Chetan.
25 May 2008
Today I attended the book release function of third book by Chetan Bhagat named " the 3 mistakes of my life". This book is a story of 3 friends based at Ahmedabad and how they try to do some business about cricket. Mostly the story goes around 3 topics Business, Cricket and Religion.
The second book by same author "One night @ call center" is being converted into Bollywood movie. The producer of the movie Atul Agnihotri and the leade role Sharman Joshi were also present at the moment. The name of the movie will be Hello. The promos for the movie were also shown.
Chetan is a very cool guy, down to earth. He answered the questions from audience freely.
L to R: Chetan's wife, Chetan Bhagat, Atul Agnihotri.
Sharman Joshi (center)
I too got a chance to get a snap with Chetan.Saturday, May 17, 2008
Journey is more fun.......than getting there.
April 10th 2008, I got a letter from IISc (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) that I have to attend a test at IISc campus on 21st April for admission to M.Tech. course offered by CEDT (Center for Electronic Design & Technology, IISc Bangalore). This came to me as a surprise since IISc is known for calling only the top rankers of the GATE exam and my rank being 349 this was least expected. But this letter put me in confusion of what to do, whether to go to Bangalore or not, whether to waste my money and time because I was almost sure of not getting selected. But since I had nothing to lose, I decide to go for the test and convinced myself that I'll get to see the Bangalore too.
As much time wasn't there, I rushed through a few forums on internet regarding the exam pattern of CEDT and got a little idea. Collected 2-3 books from friends like Engineering Drawing and Electrical Machines. Prepared very basic things and left for Bangalore on Saturday 19th April.
When I reached Bangalore it was a summer Sunday afternoon but temperature was quite cool (much cooler than Pune). Next day i.e. on 21st April I reached at IISc campus at around 8.30 AM. IISc campus is very much green. Fully covered by trees, lawns and gardens. Most of the buildings are old and new buildings are also built in the similar fashion. The ambiance is very quiet though it is situated in the heart of the city.
Around 500 students from Electronics and Communication Engg, Electrical Engg and Instrumentations Engg had came for the test. The test began at 9 AM. It was a 90 minutes test. It contained varied questions divided into 5 sections. There was a funny thing about the first section. First section had maximum i.e. 20 questions and marking system was like 2 marks for correct answer, -1 mark for wrong answer and -2 marks for each un-attempted question :) . But overall the test was easy. I did well and was hoping to clear it.
The results were to be declared at 5 PM on same day. So I decided to explore the campus in the mean time. After a long wait of 6-7 hrs the result time came......the list was put up and as expected..........my name was there in the list. Selected candidates had to appear for an interview scheduled to be on next day. 160 people out of 500 were selected for interview.
Next day i.e. on Tuesday I appeared for the interview. It was conducted by panel of 4 Profs. They asked me about hardware projects I had done and very basics of electronics. It was neither great nor bad type. That day I did a little bit of sight seeing and left for Pune.
After coming back to Pune, I was checking the result everyday on internet. When I checked it on 8th May it showed that I have been called for joining M.Tech. course in CEDT..........I was just thrilled (Since only 30 people are selected). For a few moments I couldn't realize what actually happened.
It took me 2-3 days to adjust with the fact that I'll be joining IISc. But as now it is finalized, I can surely say that "journey is more fun than getting there". All the events like trip to Bangalore, test, interview and everything was truly a great fun. And I am looking forward to much more fun after joining IISc.
I'll write separate post about IISc and CEDT once I get there.
~~ Adhiraj
As much time wasn't there, I rushed through a few forums on internet regarding the exam pattern of CEDT and got a little idea. Collected 2-3 books from friends like Engineering Drawing and Electrical Machines. Prepared very basic things and left for Bangalore on Saturday 19th April.
When I reached Bangalore it was a summer Sunday afternoon but temperature was quite cool (much cooler than Pune). Next day i.e. on 21st April I reached at IISc campus at around 8.30 AM. IISc campus is very much green. Fully covered by trees, lawns and gardens. Most of the buildings are old and new buildings are also built in the similar fashion. The ambiance is very quiet though it is situated in the heart of the city.
Around 500 students from Electronics and Communication Engg, Electrical Engg and Instrumentations Engg had came for the test. The test began at 9 AM. It was a 90 minutes test. It contained varied questions divided into 5 sections. There was a funny thing about the first section. First section had maximum i.e. 20 questions and marking system was like 2 marks for correct answer, -1 mark for wrong answer and -2 marks for each un-attempted question :) . But overall the test was easy. I did well and was hoping to clear it.
The results were to be declared at 5 PM on same day. So I decided to explore the campus in the mean time. After a long wait of 6-7 hrs the result time came......the list was put up and as expected..........my name was there in the list. Selected candidates had to appear for an interview scheduled to be on next day. 160 people out of 500 were selected for interview.
Next day i.e. on Tuesday I appeared for the interview. It was conducted by panel of 4 Profs. They asked me about hardware projects I had done and very basics of electronics. It was neither great nor bad type. That day I did a little bit of sight seeing and left for Pune.
After coming back to Pune, I was checking the result everyday on internet. When I checked it on 8th May it showed that I have been called for joining M.Tech. course in CEDT..........I was just thrilled (Since only 30 people are selected). For a few moments I couldn't realize what actually happened.
It took me 2-3 days to adjust with the fact that I'll be joining IISc. But as now it is finalized, I can surely say that "journey is more fun than getting there". All the events like trip to Bangalore, test, interview and everything was truly a great fun. And I am looking forward to much more fun after joining IISc.
I'll write separate post about IISc and CEDT once I get there.
~~ Adhiraj
Thursday, May 15, 2008
!! श्री गणेशाय नमः !!
After overcoming the procrastination of a few months, finally I have started writing (Hurray!!!). I couldn't think of any better title for my first post than श्री गणेशाय नमः. It is also in line with the common Indian tradition of starting any good work with Lord Ganesh's name. Actually I can name it with my own name too, since Adhiraj is one of the Lord Ganesh's names.
The idea of writing a blog is inspired from my friend Deepak. Also recently the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan have started blogging, what a coincidence!
Another choice before starting blogging was that of the blogger. As I am also like many other millions a google fan, so I chose google's blogger. Thanks Mr. Page and Mr. Brin.
Thats all for the day. Will always try to be true to myself while writing all the future posts. And I hope that writing activity will bring a hidden writer and maybe a poet out of me.
~~ Adhiraj
The idea of writing a blog is inspired from my friend Deepak. Also recently the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan have started blogging, what a coincidence!
Another choice before starting blogging was that of the blogger. As I am also like many other millions a google fan, so I chose google's blogger. Thanks Mr. Page and Mr. Brin.
Thats all for the day. Will always try to be true to myself while writing all the future posts. And I hope that writing activity will bring a hidden writer and maybe a poet out of me.
~~ Adhiraj
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