By Pradeep Mankame, Aero, H3 For personal reasons, I only wanted to live in Mumbai and so after graduation I started looking for a job there. I went through a series of interviews. Here are some memorable ones from that time. Mico Bangalore: Mico offered a first-class round trip train fare to their offices in... Continue Reading →

by Bhaskar Ramchandran, B. Tech, Mech E, H2 When I was around 11 years old, my father enrolled me in a 3-month swimming course for beginners at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial pool at Shivaji Park. We had weekly one-hour lessons every Sunday. We lived in Matunga, and I commuted to Shivaji Park by bus. We... Continue Reading →

by Nitish Thakor H3, EE, 1974 No, not the mess I made of my life, NO I didn't. Life is good, and it has been good to me. I have lived well, and I’m happy. Not the mess I made at IIT. No, those were wonderful five years, incredible character-building, educational and friendship experiences. No,... Continue Reading →

by Bhaskar Ramchandran, B. Tech, Mech E, H2 I started playing badminton at the age of 12 in our building compound in Matunga It was a hard cement surface where the net was tied across two buildings and the court was marked by paint on the ground. It usually was doubles as there were quite... Continue Reading →