After a long wait finally India's Chandrayan succeeded with a glory. MIP (Moon Impact Probe) with our tricolor painted on it landed successfully on the south pole of moon. Its truly a proud moment for all of us. Only 3 other nations have achieved this feat before, US, Russia and Japan.
I can't wait for the Chandrayan-2 when IRSO will send a rover to moon.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wanted..... 4 Steve Jobs
Recently Mr. Guy Kawasaki visited India. He is an expert Entrepreneur and author of many books. He has been there in Silicon Valley since 25 years. He has worked at Apple Computers for many years and had major contribution in the success of Macintosh.
While speaking at a talk on "Entrepreneurship in India" @ Mumbai he mentioned a very interesting thing. "America have 300 million population and India have 1.2 billion, so India should have 4 Steve Jobs. I am sure they are out there. You just need to find them. There must be a bunch of young techies in India who are not satisfied with the work left by some American."
In my opinion he surely have a valid point. If a "handful" of such techies join together, some of them will definitely succeed in creating a miracle........something like Steve Jobs did in his parent's garage.
While speaking at a talk on "Entrepreneurship in India" @ Mumbai he mentioned a very interesting thing. "America have 300 million population and India have 1.2 billion, so India should have 4 Steve Jobs. I am sure they are out there. You just need to find them. There must be a bunch of young techies in India who are not satisfied with the work left by some American."
In my opinion he surely have a valid point. If a "handful" of such techies join together, some of them will definitely succeed in creating a miracle........something like Steve Jobs did in his parent's garage.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
A Wdnesday
"A Wednesday" is a fantastic movie..............
Truly a must see movie of the year......................
Truly a must see movie of the year......................
Sunday, August 24, 2008
An Optimistic End
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.
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.
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.
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