"None of the books or photographs studied before leaving home had even
slightly prepared me for such majesty. Truly this is something that
does have to be seen to be believed, and that once seen must be
continually yearned for when left behind, becoming as incurable a fever
of the spirit as malaria is of the body." - Dervla Murphy on seeing the Himalayas.
The himalayan ("the abode of snow" from hima "snow" and ālaya "abode") mountain range are synonymous for their majestic beauty and sheer stature. I am one of the lucky few for whom it is synonymous for their education. College for me began at 1801 m (approx 7000 feet) above sea level at G. B. Pant Engineering college where I received my education in Electronics and Communication engineering.
The himalayan ("the abode of snow" from hima "snow" and ālaya "abode") mountain range are synonymous for their majestic beauty and sheer stature. I am one of the lucky few for whom it is synonymous for their education. College for me began at 1801 m (approx 7000 feet) above sea level at G. B. Pant Engineering college where I received my education in Electronics and Communication engineering.
My Alma Mater (I finally have pictures to show that I wasn't joking about looking down at clouds)
The Himalayan Mountain Range on a somewhat clear day.
While my undergraduate stay was filled with scenic views and tall mountains, I realized research was what drives me. As a result, I first joined the Master's program in Electrical Engineering at Penn State. While my stay at Penn State has been long (5 years) to this day, I have continually evolved with my continuous interaction with some great academicians. Prasenjit Mitra, C. Lee Giles, Mark Gahegan, Alan Macherean, David Miller and Alex Klippel are professors with whom I have collaborated on various research topics. I have worked on varied topics such as "Chemistry Dataset Search", "Knowledge Management", "Ontology Matching", "Schema and Value Mapping" and "Geographic Movement Detection from Text Documents". My primary research interests are "Semantic Web", "GIS Systems" and "Digital Libraries". 
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