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of the highest precision, is subject to the most stringent quality
control procedures during the manufacturing process. In the software
industry also, review activities, defect prevention measures and
CMM level assessments are part and parcel of everyday life. What my
undergraduate education in Production Engineering (Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
has given me is a broad outlook, the ability to adapt to different situations. The
discipline of Production Engineering lays emphasis on inter-disciplinary studies bridging the gap between Engineering and Management education.
My schooling was in South Point High School, Kolkata, and if not anything,
the motto of my school - "Courage to know" still is a driving force
for me.
My hobby is playing my Hawaiian guitar. I learnt this instrument in Kolkata for a few years under the guidance of a notable exponent of this instrument. His memory is still vivid in me and the seriousness with which I play the instrument, even if one line, comes from his tutelage.
Bangalore, where we are from 2001 beginning, is a cool place with a pleasant climate all the year round. The Bangalore Habba organised in 2003 at the Palace grounds, turned out to be a cultural extravaganza par excellence. This festival was started in 2003 and is happens every year, a great relief for music-fans like us. Bangalore has number of tourist attractions in a radius of 200-300 kms. Places like Hampi, Belur, Halebid, Shravanbelagola are famous for the ancient remains of the Vijaynagar/Chalukya kingdom. The sculptures and the temples in these places are simply breathtaking and no parallel of this exists anywhere in India. The Cauvery river with its many falls like Shivasamudram, Hogenakkal is an attraction for nature-lovers.
My parents and my sister stay in our Kolkata apartment on VIP Road. My father is a retired Civil Engineer. My mother, a housewife, is a keen follower of Bengali literature, particularly the works of Tagore. My sister, Urmi, likes to listen to Hindusthani classical music.
My PC, which was my most precious possession, is now taken over by my kid, for his rhymes and ABCD drills. My Dell laptop has become the object that I use most of the time to surf the net at home.
The 'Avishkar Karo' course in Arena Multimedia, Bhubaneswar,
induced my interest in multimedia website design and rekindled the
dormant desire of putting up this website on myself and my family.
It was a fun learning experience, going to Arena multimedia on
weekends, and getting to know about some of the nice multimedia packages, like Adobe Photoshop, SoundForge, GIF Animator. The faculty was very supportive and friendly in nature and we still miss the classes of AmitSir,SanjaySir and others. Its wonderful really that such a huge variety of software packages can be downloaded free of cost from the Internet. The software that I used to convert my Audio CD tracks to MP3 files -
MusicMatch Jukebox is one example.
My kid Anish is now 5 years and keeps us on our toes everyday with his mischiefs. He is always active and likes to switch on his PC and do video games on cartoonnetworkindia.com. The rest of the times he is doing puzzles or driving his newly acquired remote controlled cars. Now going to Ryan international school.
My daughter, Sunanda is now 2 months and keeps us busy by trying to attract our attention by all means. We already had trips with her to Mysore, which it seems, she liked.
My wife, Sunetra has a artistic sense that complements my imaginative temperament and is one of the uniting bonds between us.
She has learnt painting and Hindustani classical music in Kolkata for quite a few years. Being from a family where her brother and sister were also into learning
vocal music, she developed a sense of appreciation of music which is quite unique. Her range is anything from Indian classical to Western classical or pop. She takes piano lessons at a nearby school. She is also fond of reading Bengali literature
A Science graduate from Calcutta University, she did a diploma in Computers from Lakhotia Computer Centre and got a job in the Data Scan division of Development Consultants Ltd, Kolkata, where she worked for a few years before marriage.
Sunetra tries to be creative in her household chores in many ways.
For example, she likes to experiment with her culinary skills by reading
various books and surfing the Internet. She spends her
pastime watching serials on TV, surfing the
Internet, practising the keyboard, oil-painting on canvas.
Sunetra's mother, her elder brother, Monojit, and wife, Mili stay in their house in Lake Gardens, Kolkata. Her elder brother works at Anandabazar Patrika, Kolkata and was blessed with a daughter recently. Her father was a doctor of repute and passed away in the year 1996. Her elder sister, Ratna is married and has a daughter, Bubu(Anurita), who is special to Sunetra in many ways. Her elder sister and her husband, Angshu work in a bank in Kolkata.
Our marriage was an arranged one, and took place on 14th August,1999. I still remember the early morning on 15th August, when Sunetra
accompanied me to my house, amidst the loudspeakers blaring patriotic
songs. From then on, we have remained together, given each other
solace at times of distress and shared each other's happiness and
sorrows. The bonds that unite us together are our passion for music
and our eagerness to travel to faraway places.