Post exams was never better. As if the news was waiting for my exams to end ... gham aur khushi ka simultaneous dose hajam nahin hota you see :P
Neways.... instead of going round and round, let me break the Greatest news for me....
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls..... This is to inform you that .....
I have been admitted to the PhD program in Materials Science and Engineering in University of Southern California, USA for Fall 2007 with a Fellowship for the 1st Year.
Your thunderous applause has duely been appreciated. Thanks a lot for all your wishes. Wishes do work... hence proved. Unless I get a better call, I am joining USC in mid-August.
2007 is the greatest year of my life till now.
If you ask me how exactly am I feeling now.... my answer would be... I want to be on the top of a mountain and scream ... I AM THE KING !!!! but due to lack of words..... I am just smiling right now. It will take sometime for the fact that 'My dream of going to USA is finally materialising' to sink in.
Till then .... be good .......... be happy..... Take care..... and Keep Smiling :)
And .... THANKS A LOT ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR WISHES :)
Love you all.... c ya soon
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
I Dream of Amhaerikha......
- 21 is the no. of results you'll get when you google "Adarsh Shekhar"
- 1210 is the total no. of results when daroga speaks is googled.
- 76 is the no. of companies that visited IIT Kharagpur before the one that took me.
- 23 is the no. of students of the same department and batch as myself.
- 7 is the no. of times I have been on stage.
- 53 is the no. of posts that I have published till now.
- 3 is the total no. of institutions that I have studied in till now.
- 12 is the no. of US universities that I have applied to.
And oh.... I just forgot..... Happy Valentine's Day :)
Sunday, February 04, 2007
C ya on V-day (hopefully)
It's the first time I am on "Official leave". My supervisor is taking me to Indo-US Workshop on Advances in Computational Optimization and Analysis of Systems {Kuchh samajh mein aaya ???? ................ me neither :D } to be held in I.I.T. Kanpur during 6-9 February,2007.
I knew you will take me otherwise. So let me make myself clear..... for me its nothing more than a paid trip to IITK.... jab 4 saal apne IIT mein nahin padha to baajuwaale IIT mein 4 din mein kya padhenge :P
Will go to home sweet home while returning.
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Rs 5 (if given in National English Daily, properly garnished with 1mm thick , 1cm wide, quarter of a ring of coconut)
I knew you will take me otherwise. So let me make myself clear..... for me its nothing more than a paid trip to IITK.... jab 4 saal apne IIT mein nahin padha to baajuwaale IIT mein 4 din mein kya padhenge :P
Will go to home sweet home while returning.
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- Rickshaw fare from Patel Hall of Residence to Kharagpur Junction : Rs 30
- Passenger train ticket from KGP to LAYABAD ( The railways don't give ticket for Sijua, where I disembark) : Rs 34
- Lehar Kurkure and Brittania Good Day Cake ( which make my lunch) : Rs 20
- Jhaal Murhi ( those who haven't heard of it.... I can't explain... you have to taste it to know it) :
Rs 5 (if given in National English Daily, properly garnished with 1mm thick , 1cm wide, quarter of a ring of coconut)
- Jhaal waala Lozenge ( again ... you have to experience it to know it) : Rs 2 (for a pack of 4... I buy 5 such packs)
- Chana-ghugni : Rs 3
- Boiled eggs : Rs 5 a pair ( in Summers) ....... Rs 6 a pair ( in winters)
- Chiniya Badaam ( roasted groundnuts) : Rs 5 per 100 gms
- The very sweet, green and fresh guavas that I take home for my sister : Rs 20 per kg
- The smile on my parents' face when they see their son coming home with a job : Priceless.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Pehchaan Kaun ?
Good Morning.
I know its early but you know when you enter professional life, the instantaneous positions of the hands of the clock really doesn't matter. Your job takes the utmost priority and everything else is pushed back, knowingly or unknowingly, by none other than you. Such is the demand and such should be the dedication. Anyways, lets get back to our morning. For some people, it may be the morning after they had experienced the best day in their life. For some others, it may be the beginning of the best day in their life. Some will awake today having a good, tight sleep after winning a kind of battle. For me and most of others, it is yet another morning. Time to get ready for the job. Sometimes I envy those having 9-5 jobs... but only sometimes. The rest of the times I relish the absence of constraints, the absence of dress code, the absence of extra mental burden that they carry home and above all.....the absence of a BOSS !!!
Oh.... I think you are still wondering about my job profile. OK.... let me try to explain. Actually, the job i simple but it becomes kind of hard to explain. Nevertheless, I'll try.
I am a self-emplyed serviceman in the SMV division of the transportation sector. As I said... I have no boss. I have no juniors either. I have colleagues but they all are independent. My vehicle runs with the energy produced when glucose and its cousins are decomposed by chemical reagents during a bio-chemical process. Like all other jobs, my job requires enormous will power. My customers range from new born babies to one-strong-hichki-and-i-am-dead elders, the fairer sex and the old being the niche domain. It is not customary in our job to use any artificial means such as print or screen media to publicise and attract customers. We have to rely on our PR skills, which has less than 50% probability of success. So the more veteran you are, the more customers you attract.
Though there is no fixed retirement age a la govt. jobs, my colleagues retire by the age of 55 due to physiological constraints but exceptions are always there. The rigours of my job requires usage of additional chemical stimulants which the so-called corporate world terms as 'alcohol'. Ours is a 24 hour service and I get to sleep in my office only. To compensate for this, I take a few days off in a month(one of the advantages of not having a boss). Every passerby without any artificial means of transport is a prospective customer and I respect each and every of them.
And Oh yes..... good pricing and negotiation skills are very important to excel in my field.
All those who still haven't figured out who I am... lemme tell you.... I am your local Rickshaw-waala.
P.S.---> SMV = Slow Moving Vehicle.
I know its early but you know when you enter professional life, the instantaneous positions of the hands of the clock really doesn't matter. Your job takes the utmost priority and everything else is pushed back, knowingly or unknowingly, by none other than you. Such is the demand and such should be the dedication. Anyways, lets get back to our morning. For some people, it may be the morning after they had experienced the best day in their life. For some others, it may be the beginning of the best day in their life. Some will awake today having a good, tight sleep after winning a kind of battle. For me and most of others, it is yet another morning. Time to get ready for the job. Sometimes I envy those having 9-5 jobs... but only sometimes. The rest of the times I relish the absence of constraints, the absence of dress code, the absence of extra mental burden that they carry home and above all.....the absence of a BOSS !!!
Oh.... I think you are still wondering about my job profile. OK.... let me try to explain. Actually, the job i simple but it becomes kind of hard to explain. Nevertheless, I'll try.
I am a self-emplyed serviceman in the SMV division of the transportation sector. As I said... I have no boss. I have no juniors either. I have colleagues but they all are independent. My vehicle runs with the energy produced when glucose and its cousins are decomposed by chemical reagents during a bio-chemical process. Like all other jobs, my job requires enormous will power. My customers range from new born babies to one-strong-hichki-and-i-am-dead elders, the fairer sex and the old being the niche domain. It is not customary in our job to use any artificial means such as print or screen media to publicise and attract customers. We have to rely on our PR skills, which has less than 50% probability of success. So the more veteran you are, the more customers you attract.
Though there is no fixed retirement age a la govt. jobs, my colleagues retire by the age of 55 due to physiological constraints but exceptions are always there. The rigours of my job requires usage of additional chemical stimulants which the so-called corporate world terms as 'alcohol'. Ours is a 24 hour service and I get to sleep in my office only. To compensate for this, I take a few days off in a month(one of the advantages of not having a boss). Every passerby without any artificial means of transport is a prospective customer and I respect each and every of them.
And Oh yes..... good pricing and negotiation skills are very important to excel in my field.
All those who still haven't figured out who I am... lemme tell you.... I am your local Rickshaw-waala.
P.S.---> SMV = Slow Moving Vehicle.
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