I was brought up in the beautiful city of Bokaro. My early education being at St. Xavier's(the pride of Bokaro). Some pictures of the beautiful building of our school can be found here at my brother's site. Our school, I bet, still bears that special place in the hearts of all Xaverians. Guess it represents more than a mere school- culture, passion, tradition, discipline, friends, and above all some great cherishable memories!!

Also my Std I was spent at Basrah, Iraq, a city on the banks of the Euphrates and on the sothernmost border of Iraq with Kuwait and Iran. (Memories of the war between Iran & Iraq of the 80s still bring thrilling experiences to me...of jets and sirens and bombshells and exploding gas station and all those wonderful cars and toys that Papa brought for us!!!)

After St. Xavier's, IIT Kanpur Elec was an enriching experience. A branch I feel proud of, & that gave me the wonderful 3rd year summer training to Cairo in Schlumberger - amongst the majestic pyramids and those memorable horserides on the vast dunes stretched like a carpet so in the honour of the "wonder"!

The next milestone was of course, taking on the world! Starting from the varied experiences and the hustle of the job at Applied that took me to some beautiful places around the world. Take a peek into these photographs from my

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1) My love of life- My wonderful wife - Shalini!

2) My Family : A sea of Love and support!

3) "Main to na chala tha do kadam bhi akele..." My Brother: A constant source of inspiration and competition!

4) My Friends: Ujawal, Abhishek, Mohit. They mean the world to me! And for the history pages, here lie my wonder years.

5) And here's one to the fun days at the computer room playing games

6) IITK Friends list of e-mails.Thanks to Naveen Prakash... the most mischevous of them all!!