A Return to the Academic Arena – Maddala Venkata Shankara Lakshmi Narayana
For those who possess an enduring curiosity, education is never a destination but a lifelong journey. Maddala Venkata Shannkara Lakshmi Narayana embodies this spirit of continuous learning.Having completed his BTech in Electrical Engineering in 1984, MTech in Computer Science and Engineering in 1986, and a second MTech in Industrial Engineering in 1989 from IIT Delhi,…
Every Detour Led Here : Sachin Sinha
If you asked Sachin Sinha to draw the roadmap to his career, he’d probably refuse. Not because he can’t, but because every time he thought he had figured it out, life quietly redrew the map. Engineering didn’t work out. Geology wasn’t exactly Plan A. Data Science arrived unexpectedly. His first software job involved Java, even…
From Neonatology to Neural Networks: A Doctor’s Journey into Machine Learning
Recently, Dr. Shrey Gupta sat down with his brother-in-law – an engineer preparing for an artificial intelligence job interview – and offered to help him revise. Five minutes in, the engineer stopped him. “I feel like I’m the doctor,” he laughed. “I don’t understand what you’re saying at all.” For Dr. Gupta, a pediatrician and…
The Unexpected Path to a 9.5 CGPA: Yasaswi Kapila’s IITM BS Degree Experience
For Yasaswi Kapila, the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications wasn’t just an academic credential; it was a career catalyst. What began as a search for a structured programming path during his engineering studies transformed him into a professional Data Scientist. Yasaswi joined the program’s first batch in 2020 while simultaneously pursuing…
Rerouting the Flight of Life – Anupratee Bharadwaj
Covid brought with it a new, unseen, world, transitioning people from one thing to another. Anupratee Bharadwaj, a BSc holder in Aviation was no exception for her domain had gradually decelerated to a standstill. As someone who loved learning, she kept looking for opportunities to grasp at. Eventually, her family would be the ones to…
Where the Pieces Came Together : Bharat Mahindra
Most of us have spent at least a small part of our childhood captivated by a video game. We remember the thrill of clearing a level, discovering a hidden path, or trying again after failing for the tenth time. Bharat Mahindra, however, grew up wondering what it takes to build those worlds. That childhood fascination…
A Personal Technological Revolution – Sujit AL
Undiscussed goes the miasma of anxiety and academic pressure befalling those who are capable yet unable to break past the nigh insurmountable walls set by entrance exams. Sujit AL was bogged down by such a miasma, taking a gap year to try and better his chances, and in such a time of uncertainty, the wind…
Between the Stethoscope and the Algorithms ft. BVS Madhavi
Every year, students across India are asked to make a choice. Mathematics or Biology. Engineering or Medicine. For most, that decision marks the beginning of two very different careers. BVS Madhavi never believed those worlds had to remain apart. Medicine hadn’t been her first choice. Yet once she found herself there, curiosity kept pulling her…
The Classroom Without Borders: The Suryanshu Gupta Story
Brothers often inherit the same stories. Sometimes, they write different ones. Suryanshu Gupta first heard about the IIT Madras BS Degree from his brother, who was already pursuing BS in Data Science and Applications. The programme intrigued them both. The disciplines did not. While one gravitated towards data, the other found himself drawn to something…
Capacity for a Dozen Passions – Devi Shreya
There exists a proclivity for students who enter college to lose sight of what makes their life colourful and fade into machinic personalities capable of just doing what their job asks of them. Devi Shreya saw that future and wished to refuse it, for losing all that would amount to losing herself. It was here…
