For those of you who have been scouring the newspapers for my obituary here's some pleasant (or unpleasant, as per your choice) news, I am still very much alive and kicking ass. I am here in the Infosys campus at Mysore, where my fast track training has started in full swing.
The trip from Mumbai to Mysore was pleasant and uneventful (except for the arm ache I got by lugging the heavy suitcase around). Mayank was at his usual best in terms of punctuality and hence I told him not to come to the station. After two days of induction sessions (boring presentations and lots of forms to be filled) we had the screening test which sealed our fates. Milind and I got into Fast Track. Rest of the DBITians are in the Long Cycle.
"Cycle" reminds me to tell you about the campus. Its awesome, huge, extremely well maintained and environment friendly to say the least. Every bit of land is covered with lush grass, Buildings are spacious with water bodies around to avoid the formation of heat islands. The house keeping staff is very meticulous in its work. My shoe soles are still black, I guess this conveys the message clearly. There are cycles to go about the campus. The terrain is hilly and I am sure to have well toned thighs and calf muscles by the time I return.
Week days are hectic and most of the time is spent in the Global Education Center (also known as the University of Infosys). I come back to my hostel room only to sleep. Rest of the time is spent in the 3 Food Courts and the Employee Care centre which houses the recreational facilities, 24X7 laundromat, Hair Salon and yeah the supermarket (and like a fool I lugged everything from Mumbai). Weekends are meant to enjoy and I am doing just that. I am sorry about not being able to post pics here.
On the training front everything is great. I am getting so comfortable with the LCD monitors that I won't be able to go back to the CRT monitors. Bose AV systems are everywhere. Class rooms are huge with a seating capacity of 180 with individual systems. Two projectors make sure everyone gets to see what the Facilitator is talking about. I finished my Programming Fundamentals module last Thursday and barely managed to score 97%...Looking forward towards the next module.
Last weekend I had been to the Bangalore DC (Development Center), which is also the corporate head quarters of Infosys. We were celebrating the 25 years of Infosys. The Sa Re Ga Ma little champs gave their performance followed by Sonu Nigam's concert but what enthralled me was the talk by our Chief Mentor NRN (Mr Narayan Murthy). Also I was mesmerized by a sweet angel by the name of Gunjan Singh (of Bally Sagoo's Noorie remix fame) who sang just three songs and left me wanting for more (again I regret not clicking a snap while I had the chance). Had a ball of a time with Mayank and his friends. Couldn't meet Utkarsh though (even Mayank has just met him once and he has been there for about 4 months now).
I also came to know one more interesting fact about myself... I walk at a speed of about 20Kmph... How did I realize that? Well thats a long story which is better kept for some other time.
The trip from Mumbai to Mysore was pleasant and uneventful (except for the arm ache I got by lugging the heavy suitcase around). Mayank was at his usual best in terms of punctuality and hence I told him not to come to the station. After two days of induction sessions (boring presentations and lots of forms to be filled) we had the screening test which sealed our fates. Milind and I got into Fast Track. Rest of the DBITians are in the Long Cycle.
"Cycle" reminds me to tell you about the campus. Its awesome, huge, extremely well maintained and environment friendly to say the least. Every bit of land is covered with lush grass, Buildings are spacious with water bodies around to avoid the formation of heat islands. The house keeping staff is very meticulous in its work. My shoe soles are still black, I guess this conveys the message clearly. There are cycles to go about the campus. The terrain is hilly and I am sure to have well toned thighs and calf muscles by the time I return.
Week days are hectic and most of the time is spent in the Global Education Center (also known as the University of Infosys). I come back to my hostel room only to sleep. Rest of the time is spent in the 3 Food Courts and the Employee Care centre which houses the recreational facilities, 24X7 laundromat, Hair Salon and yeah the supermarket (and like a fool I lugged everything from Mumbai). Weekends are meant to enjoy and I am doing just that. I am sorry about not being able to post pics here.
On the training front everything is great. I am getting so comfortable with the LCD monitors that I won't be able to go back to the CRT monitors. Bose AV systems are everywhere. Class rooms are huge with a seating capacity of 180 with individual systems. Two projectors make sure everyone gets to see what the Facilitator is talking about. I finished my Programming Fundamentals module last Thursday and barely managed to score 97%...Looking forward towards the next module.
Last weekend I had been to the Bangalore DC (Development Center), which is also the corporate head quarters of Infosys. We were celebrating the 25 years of Infosys. The Sa Re Ga Ma little champs gave their performance followed by Sonu Nigam's concert but what enthralled me was the talk by our Chief Mentor NRN (Mr Narayan Murthy). Also I was mesmerized by a sweet angel by the name of Gunjan Singh (of Bally Sagoo's Noorie remix fame) who sang just three songs and left me wanting for more (again I regret not clicking a snap while I had the chance). Had a ball of a time with Mayank and his friends. Couldn't meet Utkarsh though (even Mayank has just met him once and he has been there for about 4 months now).
I also came to know one more interesting fact about myself... I walk at a speed of about 20Kmph... How did I realize that? Well thats a long story which is better kept for some other time.
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