Written on 1:31 PM by Tushar
I got inducted into UPE!
“Upsilon Pi Epsilon (ΥΠΕ): International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines is the first and only existing one of its kind.
UPE is endorsed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS), the two largest computer organizations in the world. Aside from conferring honor on computer science and computer engineering students, it has a large involvement with the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Membership in UPE, like many other honor societies, is lifetime; however student members inducted get a free year of ACM membership as well. Additionally, UPE gives out a number of scholarships for its members and ACM members.” – Wikipedia.
Apart from the lifetime membership I will receive a recognition pin, certificate and honor cord to wear at my graduation in May.
A link to JHU chapter is here.
It’s a great honor and what an awesome start to the week!
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Written on 1:45 AM by Tushar
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away.
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness everyday.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.
What's more apt than this Bill Withers' song to capture my current state of mind!
Now you know the reason in case you are wondering why Pune is getting colder these days:)
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Written on 1:16 AM by Tushar
I have stopped dreaming and have started living my dreams!
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting!
When you want to achieve something the entire universe conspires and helps you achieve it...
So true!
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Written on 5:37 PM by Tushar
I uploaded my website yesterday.
It took longer than expected (I spent significant amount of time for two days) and basically taught me the importance of having the right tools! With a little bit of googling I found a nice CSS on oswd.org. (Mine is created by Arcsin. Good job dude! ) Since I had already decided what stuff to put on the website the pages were already in place. So far so good… My laptop's Adobe dreamweaver trial version had expired and MS office 2003 did not have FrontPage. Those were the only two visual editors for HTML that I knew. Since I needed an alternative I tried Nvu, CoffeeCup editor and HTML Kit. Nvu is at least tolerable. In the end I had to copy my stuff to one of the lab machines in JHU to use FrontPage to fix some annoying image linking issues.
Initially I was planning to add a separate page to upload problem statements and design/performance documents for my academic course projects.Given that it will be a pain to keep the page up to date I decided to drop the idea.
Anyways I am pretty happy with its look and feel. Do let me know your comments.
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Written on 3:07 AM by Tushar
Found this while surfing on the net. What a pleasant surprise:) I didn't expect VIT to be so tech-savvy!
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Written on 10:48 AM by Tushar
"सकाळ इंडिया फाउंडेशन'तर्फे १८ विद्यार्थ्यांना बिनव्याजी शिष्यवृत्ती
पुणे, ता. १६ - "सकाळ इंडिया फाउंडेशन'तर्फे उच्च शिक्षणासाठी यंदा १८ विद्यार्थ्यांना चाळीस हजार रुपयांपर्यंत बिनव्याजी कर्जाऊ शिष्यवृत्ती देण्यात आली आहे. .......
या शिष्यवृत्तीचे मानकरी आणि त्यांचा परिचय पुढीलप्रमाणे -
वृषसेन पुरुषोत्तम पवार (वय २९) - श्री. पवार हे डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर मराठवाडा विद्यापीठातून "संगणकशास्त्र' विषयात "एमएस्सी' पदवी उत्तीर्ण झाले आहेत. याच विद्यापीठातून "संगणक व माहिती तंत्रज्ञान' या विषयात पीएच.डी. करण्यासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. कराटे व कबड्डीमध्ये त्यांनी बक्षिसे मिळविली आहेत.
जकी इम्तियाझ मुल्ला (वय २३) - श्री. मुल्ला यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून संगणक विषयात "बीई' पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ फ्लोरिडा' येथून "कॉम्प्युटर इंजिनिअरिंग' या विषयात "एमएस' करण्यासाठी प्रवेश व शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. कविता करण्याचीही त्यांना विशेष आवड आहे.
निरंजन दीपक पेडणेकर (वय २४) - श्री. पेडणेकर यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून रसायन विषयात "बीई' केले आहे. अमेरिकेतील "ल्यूझियाना टेक्निकल युनिव्हर्सिटी'त "रसायनशास्त्र' विषयात "एमएस' करण्यासाठी प्रवेश आणि शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. त्यांनी क्रिकेट आणि फुटबॉल स्पर्धेत विशेष पारितोषिके पटकविली आहेत.
तुषार नंदकुमार ठोले (वय २३) - श्री. ठोले यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून संगणक अभियांत्रिकी विषयात "बीई' पदवी मिळविली आहे. या विषयात "एमएस' करण्यासाठी अमेरिकेतील "जॉन्स हॉपकिन्स युनिव्हर्सिटी'मध्ये प्रवेश व शिष्यवृत्ती त्यांना मिळाली आहे. व्हॉलीबॉल खेळात त्यांनी विशेष प्रावीण्य संपादन केले आहे.
पुष्कर संतोष छाजेड (वय २२) - पुणे विद्यापीठातून श्री. छाजेड यांनी "बीई'ची (सिव्हिल) पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "जॉर्जिया इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नॉलॉजी'मधून "एमएस' करण्यासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. पुरुषोत्तम करंडक आणि फिरोदिया करंडकात त्यांनी भाग घेतला होता.
विपुल सुहास पदमन (वय २३) - श्री. पदमन यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून "बीई'ची (पॉलिमर) पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ सदर्न मेसिसीपी'मधून "पॉलिमर केमिस्ट्री' या विषयात "एमएस' करण्यासाठी शिष्यवृत्तीसह त्यांना प्रवेश मिळाला आहे. बॅडमिंटन आणि क्रिकेट हे त्यांचे आवडीचे खेळ आहेत.
मानसी नरेंद्र पिंगळे (वय २२) - मानसी पिंगळे पुणे विद्यापीठातून "बीकॉम' परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण झाल्या आहेत. फ्रान्समधील "ईएससी रेनीज स्कूल ऑफ बिझनेस' येथून "स्पोर्ट मॅनेजमेंट' या विषयातील उच्च शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना प्रवेश व शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. बास्केटबॉल आणि क्रिकेट या खेळांची त्यांना विशेष आवड आहे.
नेहा अजित अरोरा (वय २४) - नेहा अरोरा मध्य प्रदेशातील "इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नॉलॉजी अँड सायन्स, इंदुर' येथून "इन्फर्मेशन टेक्नॉलॉजी' या विषयात "बीई' उत्तीर्ण झाल्या आहेत. अमेरिकेतील "ओरेगॉन स्टेट युनिव्हर्सिटी'कडून "कॉम्प्युटर सायन्स'मधील उच्च शिक्षणासाठी प्रवेश व शिष्यवृत्ती त्यांना मिळाली आहे. नृत्य आणि चित्रकलेची त्यांना आवड आहे.
अमी प्रफुल्ल पारेख (वय २२) - अमी पारेख यांनी मुंबई विद्यापीठातून "कॉम्प्युटर इंजिनिअरिंग' या विषयातील पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "कॉर्नेल युनिव्हर्सिटी'तून "इंडस्ट्रियल अँड लेबर रिलेशन' या विषयातील उच्च शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. नाट्य आणि संगीत या कलांची त्यांना विशेष रुची आहे.
कल्याणी महादेव येळे (वय २२) - कल्याणी येळे यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून "भौतिकशास्त्र' विषयातील पदवी मिळविली आहे. नाशिक येथील "इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ एरोनॉटिकल इंजिनिअरिंग अँड टेक्नॉलॉजी' येथे पुढील शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे.
रश्मी चंद्रशेखर बोरोले (वय २२) - रश्मी बोरोले यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून "इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स अँड टेलिकम्युनिकेशन' या विषयातील पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "मास्टर ऑफ फाईन आर्टस इन कॉम्प्युटर ऍनिमेशन' येथे उच्च शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. त्यांना चित्रकलेची विशेष आवड आहे.
दीप्ती मिलिंद केळकर (वय २१) - दीप्ती केळकर यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून "मायक्रोबायोलॉजी' या विषयात "बीएस्सी' पदवी मिळविली आहे. जर्मनीतील "युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ ब्रेमेन' या विद्यापीठातून उच्च शिक्षण घेण्यासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्तीसह प्रवेश मिळाला आहे. दोरीचा मल्लखांब आणि कराटेतही त्यांनी प्रावीण्य मिळविले आहे.
नीलिमा रमेश परांजपे (वय २३) - नीलिमा परांजपे यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून "इंडस्ट्रिअल सायकॉलॉजी' या विषयातील पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "इलिनॉय इन्स्टिट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नॉलॉजी'मधून उच्च शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. गायन आणि चित्रकला या विषयातील परीक्षाही त्या उत्तीर्ण झाल्या आहेत.
स्वाती भालचंद्र वर्तक (वय २२) - स्वाती वर्तक यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून रसायनशास्त्र विषयातील पदवी मिळविली आहे. कॅनडातील "युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ कॅलगरी'मधून पीएच.डी. करण्यासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. जपानी भाषेतील डिप्लोमाही त्यांनी मिळविला आहे.
वनश्री श्रीपती नरगुंद (वय २४) - वनश्री नरगुंद यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून एमएस्सी (प्राणिशास्त्र) आणि बीएड या पदव्या मिळविल्या आहेत. अमेरिकेतील "इंडियाना युनिव्हर्सिटी, ब्लुमिंग्टन' येथे उच्च शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. त्यांना वक्तृत्व आणि पोहण्याची आवड आहे.
अपूर्वा अभय राजगुरू (वय २२) - अपूर्वा राजगुरू यांनी संगणक अभियांत्रिकी विषयातील पदवी पुणे विद्यापीठातून मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "न्यूयॉर्क स्टेट युनिव्हर्सिटी'मधून उच्च शिक्षण घेण्यासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. "ह्यूमन मशिन इंटरफेस'विषयी आंतरराष्ट्रीय परिषदेत त्यांनी भारताचे प्रतिनिधित्व केले आहे.
सजल विजय रायकर (वय २४) - सजल रायकर यांनी पुणे विद्यापीठातून "बीई' पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ ऍकरॉन' येथून "बायोमेडिकल इंजिनिअरिंग' या विषयातील उच्च शिक्षणासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. चित्रकलेची त्यांना विशेष आवड आहे.
नाजनीन नौशीर इरानी (वय २१) - नाजनीन इरानी यांनी मुंबई विद्यापीठातून "इन्फर्मेशन टेक्नॉलॉजी' विषयात "बीई' पदवी मिळविली आहे. अमेरिकेतील "पेनसिल्व्हेनिया स्टेट युनिव्हर्सिटी'मधून उच्च शिक्षण घेण्यासाठी त्यांना शिष्यवृत्ती मिळाली आहे. टेबल टेनिस खेळातही त्यांनी प्रावीण्य मिळविले आहे.
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Written on 6:23 AM by Tushar
Feeling really weird since past few days. I don't feel like leaving my loving family and dear friends behind...But life goes on!
Here is the song which suits my current mood the best!
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All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin', it's early morn
The taxi's waitin', he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
I'm ...
There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I'll tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I think of you
Every song I sing, I sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh, let me kiss you
And close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times that I won't have to say ...
Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go
And I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go...
- John Denver
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Written on 7:20 AM by Tushar
Today is my last day at work. Below is the mail which I sent to 'all@calsoftinc.com'.
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Dear all,
Today is my last day here...
I started my professional career from Calsoft which was like a second home to me. In the two year long stint, I learned a lot on the technical as well as professional front. Here I met a few people for whom 'action speaks louder than words' and a few for whom 'attitude is everything!' I made friends for the life time with whom I went for trekking, played football in the balcony, watched movies in office, converted the conference room into a TT hall, played rang panchami in office and did a lot of such crazy things together. It is good to see the wonderful rapport Calsoftians share with each other irrespective of whether one is from HR dept, sysadmin dept or a member of technical staff. Keep it up guys!
If you want to know the true meaning of the word 'camaraderie' then have a look at the Panasas team! You guys rock!
As it is said that change is the only thing constant in life and fortunately in my case the life is changing for the good. I will be joining Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA as a graduate student in Computer Science.
A special vote of thanks goes to Minu, Rameshwar, Riyaz, Ankur and Parag.
You people are really close to my heart.
Thanks to Asheesh: You have been very supportive.
Thanks to one and all. My best wishes for your future.
Keep in touch.
Best,
~Tushar
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Written on 4:15 AM by Tushar
These days I have come across many wish lists on the web… Here goes mine… this is strictly for non-technical things!
The order holds no significance.
# To learn Warli painting.
One of the main reason why I would like to purse this is I am always fascinated by the art of painting and I am no good at it. I consider it as a very powerful tool to ‘express yourself!’ I have come across a workshop that is conducted at India Art Gallery in Pune where Warli tribal people themselves teach this art. This is really exciting! Lets see how it goes.
# TT / Ping Pong
These days I have started playing table tennis (or Ping Pong ! Now that’s a funny name!) in office in the free time. I am still learning the tricks of the game and I am enjoying it a lot. I was interested in this game since my school days just that volleyball took precedence over it. I hope to become as good as Forest Gump at it:)
# Pool / snooker
We have a pool table in office since ages and I have touched it just once! Now this sucks! Learning to play this game is on the high priority list!
That’s enough for wishlist.v1
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Written on 7:09 AM by Tushar
Go through the following conversation between me and one of my friends named Person_A below for the sake of anonymity.
(17:29:20) Tushar: m going thru ur blog
(17:30:49) Person_A: Person_B has started his own blog and is asking me to promote it :D ... he's standing over my shoulder asking me to do it ... :P ... so pls see this link ... http://Person_B.blogspot.com/
(17:31:00) Tushar: oh:P
(17:31:01) Tushar: sure
(17:31:10) Tushar: ask him to go thru my link too:D
(17:31:16) Tushar: tit for tat:|
(17:31:17) Person_A: ok done deal
(17:31:35) Person_A: man ... i feel like a dalal
(17:31:53) Tushar: =))
This is what you call brand promotion!! Do you _really_ need a degree from IIMs:)
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Written on 4:18 AM by Tushar
Sometimes the journey is more interesting than the destination...Realized this today morning!
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Written on 10:31 AM by Tushar
This is a story about one of my friends.
We were the closest pals during my engineering days. I used to spend hours at his place studying [Sounds funny? Believe me that’s the truth]. We watched movies together, roamed in Pune for long hours and most importantly dreamed about life.
We had lot of things in common. We wanted to make it big… He was a wizard when it came to programming. He was crazy about that thing and I used to wonder how can anybody spend so much on books [Actually I still do]. I must say, to a certain degree, this guy made me aware of my own capabilities.
After finishing engineering we started our career in the same company. Things didn’t work out well with him and he quit his job and worked somewhere else. That was when I lost contact with him. Later that year he left for further studies to The Netherlands. We never had a formal fight but there was something which kept us away from each other. I didn’t even go to wish him luck for his future when he was flying.
The reason for this post is… today I met his father. He was absolutely delighted to see me. Most importantly he was very concerned about what happened between us. He was very happy to know that I too have got an admission to the same university as his son. He kept talking for almost an hour about his son and recalled the memories of good times.
Now I am feeling horrible about myself. I could have taken the initiative to break the ice.
Better late than never.. I want to tell him that I AM SORRY.
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Written on 9:48 AM by Tushar
How should a software engineer working in systems domain celebrate the valentine's day?
Any guesses/suggestions?.
Here is what I did...
I bought Love's book for myself(What a pity! Buying a gift for myself:P... But I know that the fate of almost all techies is no different:))... Don't get me wrong! It's a book called “Linux Kernel Development” by a kernel hacker called “Robert LOVE”!
Hope all of you will do better than this:)
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Written on 10:07 AM by Tushar
The point is I am getting a wisdom tooth :) I know some people might have felt relieved after reading the name of the post thinking “Chalo! Ab to ise akal aayi”... Sorry that still seems a distant dream:)
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Written on 3:13 AM by Tushar
No points for guessing that the name of the post is inspired by John Milton's “Paradise lost” .
Yesterday I was not feeling well and my all reflexes had slowed down. I was even thinking slowly!
Has this ever happened to you? You tend to think that you have done the thing you were planning to do a moment ago but the reality isn't the same:(... That is disheartening you know.
I decided to leave for home early and was on the way when I got a phone call. I took my bike off the road, parked it aside and kept the helmet on it. The road was full of traffic as it was the rush hour but unfortunately there were no lights on the road. I hardly talked on the phone for 5 minutes and when I looked at the bike all of the sudden I realized that that the helmet was gone!
I was wondering whether I can do something about it and the answer is NO. Is Pune really safe? I wonder!
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Written on 5:49 AM by Tushar
I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. ~Benjamin Disraeli
I want to take this opportunity to thank those who helped in their own way in MS application process…
I am eternally grateful to my classmate Ravi Ramaseshan (NCSU)(I hope I got the name right else this guy will terminate me :) ) , my VIT senior Shantanu Shah(Cornell) and my Calsoft colleague Parag. You guys have been of GREAT help.
Thanks to seniors from VIT Swaroop (CMU) and Vignesh (Stanford) ; my friends and ex colleagues Amit Gud (KSU) and Abhijit Deodhar (VTech); my classmates Samir Shah and Prateek Saxsena (SUNYSB). I really appreciate you taking out time to answer my queries.
I will like to end this blog with a quote which I came across while searching google (Thanks to Google as well!)
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~William Feather
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