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 