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Why couldn’t we build chrome?

03-Sep-08

One of the contestants of personality contest at VNIT, where I was one of the judges, said he wanted to go to USA so that he could get the new ideas and technology. I wasn’t quite impressed with that answer. Why would one go to some other country to get ideas? Do they have an [...]

So, where is the opportunity?

17-Apr-08

 
I was invited to be the judge at VNIT Personality Contest. Let me share an interesting experience with you from the contest. One of the contestants, a wannabe entrepreneur, said that he wanted to go abroad for higher studies and then come back to India to setup his own enterprise. Naturally, he was grilled on [...]

Judging the VNIT Personality Contest – II

09-Mar-08

[Update: When I began writing the part-I, I had no clue that I’ll be invited to judge the Personality Contest finals^. Since I am a smart-bum, I will combine the ‘best of two’ events and present them to you on ‘as-is’ basis.]
(Moments from the Finals: Pan the camera to judges’ waiting room): The first year [...]

Judging the personality contest @ VNIT – Part I

28-Feb-08

Being the judge; sitting on the ‘other side’ of the table is an ‘experience’ in itself. As a professional engineer, I’ve interviewed lots of people and have met lot of interesting person(alities). Each experience was different and the latest one was not any different. I mean, it was quite a different experience, as I had [...]