By Nandu Kulkarni, B.Tech. EE H3 For most of us, the land mass called Antarctica is a name we vaguely remember from school Geography, but if asked to name all the continents in the world, most of us would forget to name Antarctica among the continents. That was certainly true in my case, until a... Continue Reading →
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Vijay Rajadhyaksha – my journey since IIT
IIT ID Photo After I graduated, I accepted a job at Batliboi at Rs 750 per month instead of Telco, Bombay as I didn’t want to work there. I did very well at Batliboi where I was posted to Calcutta after training in Udhana, Gujarat. I travelled by plane to cities from Tinsukhia to Madras... Continue Reading →
Life in IITB H2 – Ashok Kalbag
My life in IIT Bombay, Hostel 2 began and ended with memorable events. It was like the bookends on a shelf holding up memories of a lifetime at IITB. The night I moved into Hostel 2 was July 19th, 1969 and was also the night when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and made the... Continue Reading →
Suhas Sawant – in his own words
When I crawled over the line at IIT, I had 4 job offers – Siemens, Larsen & Toubro, GKW and Telco. I joined and quit Siemens and Larsen & Toubro. They would not guarantee me a posting in the Maintenance Department. GKW did. Two years of shop floor training, wearing a boiler suit, doing all... Continue Reading →
Gratitude & Serendipity – Ramesh Advani
I grew up in South Bombay and spent my childhood & teenage years in a flat overlooking the Arabian Sea. Now in my sunset years, I live in a high-rise condo looking out to the Atlantic Ocean in the beautiful city of Boston. As I look back on my life and experiences, it is the... Continue Reading →
Life after IIT – Nandu Kulkarni
I grew up in Pune in Sadashiv Peth, the most conservative “Maharashtrian Brahmin” part of town then. Ordinarily I would have gone to a Marathi Medium school, but my dad, who was in a central government job and would get transferred all around the country every few years, put me in St. Vincent’s when we... Continue Reading →
IIT Bombay 1974 Reunion 