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 →

Part 1 - Cars By Pradeep Mankame, Aero, H3 It was late 1977, past the monsoon season. Gargi and I were dressed to attend a wedding reception. We had just stepped out of the gate to hail a cab …… and lo, there was a heavy sudden unseasonal downpour completely drenching us! Needless to mention,... Continue Reading →

by Bhaskar Ramchandran, B. Tech, Mech E, H2 When I was a young boy (around 12), we used to play cricket in our building compound. The plot had one rectangular structure at the back and two squarish buildings in front. There was a passage between the two front buildings which served as our "pitch" We... Continue Reading →

Composed by Kamlesh Pande, 72-74 Batch, MTech, Mech, Hostel 1 1A Ph D from Waterloo became an HoDWas always in the lab measuring BoDUnleashed terror during our defenceSpotted errors with magnifying lensThank God! Finally went on a sabbatical to MOD(MoD= Ministry of Defence)2Back in the seventies in Bombay IITCard punching was an ordeal nastyMinsk didn’t... Continue Reading →

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 →