Arbit Scratchpad

As sages and saints say: Too much self focus and That results in dismay, Needless suffering, and pain. Relish the joy of others, Help them in anyway you can. Compassion saves the day; Appreciate, assist and hence gain. There is no dearth of good People on earth, a gem here, A jewel there, and they let You realize, life is just fine. The joy, the passion, To excel keeps man alive. Hope of a better future, Blessings of the near and dear. Good friends are those Only you can create! To get great friends; You got to behave like the same! Wise are those who know of This throughout. To mean, think And do good, to give fellow Humans a helping hand!

The IIMB PGSEM ( http://pgsem.iimb.ernet.in/ ) faculty interviews went something like this: Professors M & F seated on one end of a large roundtable; I am seated across them. Date: 11 April, 2008, Time: 2:30 PM sharp. Q: So … Tell me about yourself (Most standard Q) Mostly spoke about acads, work, and project. Q: How has your role changed from Deputy Engineer (in BEL) to Team Lead (currently). I explain architect’s role, leading technical decisions and volunteer, initiative driven approach also communications focal in the domain etc. Also about how stringent avionics software development needs to be adhering to the FAA standards etc. So the path is always testing to development to design and it takes sometime to go ahead. Q: How will the course help you? I mention strategic management here, going ahead. Q: What do you understand by strategic management? I give a generic answer here. Q: Why don’t you pursue the full time course? I say stuff like applying the k...

'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez What a brilliantly evocative beginning the book has got! I feel it will surpass Marquez's last book 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' that I had read.