Personal Interests
Non-academic activities
Ran Jersey Shore Half-Marathon 2009.
Member of Graduate Engineering Ambassadors (GEA), Electrical Engineering Graduate Committee, Association for South Asians at Princeton (ASAP), Princeton Hindu Satsangam (PHS).
Some Documents I Authored
I get many mails from my batchmates and juniors asking for suggestions regarding applying to universities. There are some excellent links one must go through before apping. I have compiled the advices and tips here. All the best!
I have authored a similar document on finding non-academic jobs after obtaining an advanced degree such as PhD especially for computer scientists. [pdf]. Good luck!
I find my experience as a developer at an infrastructure team within Microsoft worth sharing. [pdf]
Travelling
I love road-trips. Some prominent road-trips that I have enjoyed.
Cross-country: May 2008. We took 6 days for this trip. Pics.
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Shenandoah trip: May 2009. We spent 2 days in total in the road trip and exploration of Shenandoah National Park. Pics.
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Yellowstone trip: July 2009. We spent 4 days in total in the road trip and exploration of Yellowstone National Park. Pics.
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Glacier National Park trip: July 2011. We spent 4 days in total in the road trip and exploration of Glacier National Park.
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Local (Near Princeton) Restaurants those I have visited
Indian: Masala Grill, Tandoori Bite, Mehek, Khan Baba, Ganges, Kalluri Corner, Paradise Biriyani Point (They make too good biriyani!)
Chinese: Ivy Garden, Tiger Noodle, P.F.Chang
Thai: Thai Village, Aroma Thai (my favorite)
Other notables: Bent Spoon, Halo Pub, Twist (Yogurt Bar), Cheesecake Factory, Triumph, Conte's Pizza
Restaurants near IIT Kharagpur those I used to visit
Waldorf, Chhedi's, Boudi's, Ashim's, Dreamland, Sahara, Hong-Kong, Midtown, Aunti's, Billoo's, Rocky's, Bhasky's, Little Sisters, Park Hotel, Punjabi Dhaba.
Some old academic stuffs
Some random stuffs from the IIT days.