Memorable Moments USA 1989-1991

Pic- Leslie with Anu in Greenwood. 

 Moving from Clemson in a U Haul which I drove. Mini-truck.

Meeting the diverse faculty in my department at Lander, and Leslie Price Bennett and her husband Bob. We really hit it off. 

Went to Yellowstone, and saw Mount Rushmore in 1990 in a trip with my parents. 

Visited Sheelu, a cousin, Jayashree, another cousin and their families in New York Staten Island, and Warren, Ohio. Prakash Kenjale in Detroit, and Kiran in L.A.

Made new friends- Athena and her family, and the Sonis, and some Gujarati families in Greenwood. Wilma Reeves from Home Science, Samrendra Singh and his wife Annie- we are still in touch.

Stopped in Europe, visited Greece for the first time and was captivated. Corfu, mentioned in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, was on the route our Ferry took from Brindisi to Patras.

While we were in Amsterdam, heard about Rajiv Gandhi's assassination from a local newspaper.

Joined Xavier Institute in Bhubaneswar, on return to India.

Office Office

 Some pics from my offices over the years..not all. 

PESIT, Bangalore. 2005-2008

IIM Indore. 2013-2020.

NMIMS Bangalore. 2020-2022. above and below.

Lander University, USA. 1989-1991.

Prestige University, Temporary Office. 2022-2024.

and regular one, with Pratima Gaikwad. Below.

JIS University, Kolkata office, with Shrabani, my Exec. Asst. - 2025.

Outside my office. IIM Lucknow, 2001-2003.

IMT Nagpur 2009-2012.

IIMKozhikode. 2003-2005

Vignana Jyoti, Hyderabad. 1992-95

International Colleagues

When I worked at Lander in the U.S., I had colleagues from various countries- I remember at least two- a Venezuelan and a South Korean. Of course, we had American colleagues as well. Got along with one particularly-Leslie Price, who was (is) a fun-loving person, and her husband Bob, and mom Joyce. We are still in touch virtually, though we haven't been able to meet after I left South Carolina.

This is a pic of Leslie (above) from those days.

Ron Green had been a colleague at the Clemson Ph. D., and went to teach at Johnson City in Tennessee later. We visited him regularly, and the drive was spectacular in the Fall season. He had been close for three years, and his wife Carmon and daughter Sara made us feel at home.

A lot of visiting faculty from Europe and the U.S. came for short visits when I was at IMT Ghaziabad, and here at IIM Indore too, some of them Indians working abroad. We are likely to internationalise a  bit more as we are getting accredited by global bodies.

Samren Singh was an Indian in the US who taught at Lander like me,

and we became friends with him and Annie, his Canadian wife. Still in touch virtually.