 | My dad is a Prof. Though he did his PhD at Nagarjuna University, his research and lab work was done at IITM. He stayed at IITM from 1976-1979 for his PhD research. At that time, he was motivated by all the young engineers IITM was producing. Some of his peers ended up as Profs at IITM. By the time, I came to 8th standard, couple of my cousins graduated from BITS Pilani. When I had a casual chit-chat with one of them, it was him who pointed out that I should attempt IIT adventure. Following his advice, I started preparing for IIT Entrance with the help of Brilliant Tutorials Program. Sometime next year or so, one of my dad's friend who was a prof at IITM visited us. He suggested that I should join Ramaiah Institute in Hyd for IIT coaching. That summer (aka 10th Hols) I put fight and got into Ramaiah. Thats the turning point. That is where I met Sanketh, Saurav , Raghu, Vamsi, Samrith and tons of others. These fellas belong to a different level altogether. Each is a stud boy. I was delighted to have their company for IIT preparation. Two years later, we all cracked IIT Entrance. Except for Saurav, all of us joined IITM. Sanketh and I were the only two from E1 Ramaiah who got into Compsci (Thanks to Challa who preferred Elec over Compsci at IITM during counselling ). Raghu, Vamsi and Samrith joined IITM Elec. Maaaaan....that was 8 years ago.... |