Bangalore Visit 2026 Jan

 One of two achievements- met my grandkid from an adopted daughter- Shatakshi Tripathi. She opened her eyes to make eye contact too! One of the cutest kids ever! Bonus, I met my fb friend and Shatakshi's mother- for the first time. And her dad. Varun, Shatakshi and Katyayani, the new kid on the block, below.

Achievement 2. Stayed with Rimjhim and Dheeraj at their place in doddabommasandra near BEL, Vidyaranyapura area. Also looked at the surrounding areas including a lake, GKVK in the Agricultural University premises, and a couple of eateries. Tripti Thindi was one, I think. 

Milind Chalisgaonkar and wife Anjali came over one of the days. They are in L and T Raintree, not far away. (in pic below)

On a walk by the lake..selfie training helped!

Also went to the Bengaluru Habba and watched Kaushiki Chakraborty perform along with Shatanu Moitra. The venue was a former jail, and this is what the Watch Tower looks like (behind me and Rimjhim) 

Kaushiki on stage (above)

Achievement 3. Met Manoharan and Pandu Naik, former colleagues at IFIM/PESIT.

Manoharan also did his Ph.D. with my guidance at VTU. (pic below- Church Street)

The Year 2021 in Photographs

 Well, that's one way to look at 2021.

IMTian Anshita organised this one above..

From the earlier IMT get-together at Orchid.

NMIMS Bangalore alumni.. at Salvatore's and Salt.

A student performs a dance for Independence Day, 2021, from home.

Anushka and I at 13th Floor.

Below, Chasha sent this pic of his family from NZ. He was my classmate at IIMB.

Some fun and games online, with first year MBA students (above)

Culinary art- mine (above) and not mine (below)

Summer delight!

Deepak and Neelima at an FDP-inhouse, NMIMS Bangalore.

Batchmate Zoom (Kusum) gets an award- she's a marketing prof.

Two beautiful ladies- Alums of PES and KIAMS.

NMIMS party (above) and Avinash and Medha (below)

Shailaja and IIMs alumni above, and Graduation Day honours at NM, below.

Birthday, wife's. Below, the Placement Team of 2020 at Deja Vu.

Musical minds, at Lalbagh (above)- an online event of HR Club, below.

Bangalore Club, above, and meeting Rajiv Krishnan from school, after 40 years

Events, above and below. Manuja compered for the Virtual convocation.

Nagendra shenoy saw through my mask (above), and a party for Christmas with Sangeeta.

Golf at NMIMS with students, and partying with Varun and Shatakshi of IIMI.

Grandmama's Cafe with Nishka and with Li and Lee and Lonavala.

Another li, Chaithu Gunapali, above, and Student of the Year 2021, getting her award -Manasa Bharathi

Dhanapal and I, and his son and DIL.

V for Vijayakumar.