About
Me:
Birth
and Schooling: (1979 - 1996)
I was born in Pallathur (T.N.) a village in southern India (near
Karaikudi, Currently in Sivagangai District). My schooling was the most
exciting one. I have been travelling all along my school
days as my father (he
was working in
Indian Bank) used to
get transferred every year or atleast
every
alternate
year. I have done my
schooling from First Class to 12 Class in 10
different
schools (!! 9,10 and 11,12 I studies in same
school). My
mom rarely
allowed me to play during my final
exam holidays as she insisted me to prepare
for the
entrance test to get
admitted in the next school (even she used to get
ready to
move to next town/state, !! Hats off to you my
dear mom
!!).
Under
Grad Days: (1996-2000)
I applied for
couple entrance exams around Tamil Nadu to get
admitted
for an engineering
programme. Finally, me and my luck hug
each other at outskirts of pondicherry in
Pondicherry
Engineering College.
College days were the most memorable and
cherishable days.
To my surprise I found atleast 10 other
guys (yes guys,
not
girls ;-) from my 12th class got
admitted to the same college and department as
I did. I
graduated as a Engineer in
Electronics and Communication Engineering
(ECE) stream in
May 2000.
Life @
IBM: (2000-2005)
IBM was the
4th company and my dream company to enter my college for
campus recruitment in
June 1999 (I
was in my pre-final
year). I got my first Job on 19 June
1999, 5:45
PM. I
actually floated in
air for some time when I got the offer. I Joined IBM
in
Aug 2000 after completing my Bachelor of Technology in
ECE. I initially
landed in IBM India
Software Labs,
working for IBM Unix Operating System in
Bangalore. Then,
I moved to
Application Management Services group in IBM, and
worked
on many customer engagements.
Life @
IISC: (2005 - 2006)
Yes, it was a challenge to get through the ERP (External
Reistration Program) interview in IISc. (It is not a
regular corporate interview
though).
Finally it did
happen. I am doing assignments and home
works after 5
years of corporate life. All I want to
say about IISc is
its "environment". Its
ambience, culture that it provides
for academically hyper-genetic people. I
think my
explanation of greatness of
IISc in any aspect would actually lessen
it, so I stop
here.
Life
Continues at IBM(2006 - Till date):
I got married
to Meenal and we lived in airport road Bangalore,
India
for few months. Later I
shifted to IBM T J Watson Research
Center, Yorktown heights, NY to work in
collaboration with
IBM Center for
Business Optimization on various applied
Operations
Research problems.