When I arrived at Penn State five years back I believed myself to be one smart bloke though I quickly realized my shortcomings at being a genius. The first professor with whom I interacted here at happy valley was Dr. Prasenjit Mitra who has had a great hand in personally shaping my research and intellectual processes.
Prasenjit had arrived a semester earlier armed with a fresh PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and I became his first student in some respect. Over the past years I have got to know him quite well. Prasenjit is a native of the state of West Bengal, India. West Bengal is the only state in India which worships the sport of soccer so like all Bengalis he is an avid soccer fan and tries his best to play the game. He is a fan of Mohun Bagan F. C.He is one of the few Indian people I know who is a sports junkie. He also follows the sport of professional cricket and organizes a cricket club on weekends.
He is married and has one kid whom I have seen grow up. (I believe she was born 3 months before I first met him). Once every semester, he invites students from his research lab over for dinner. I think most of us look forward to those evenings as his wife is a super-duper cook. He is also very enthusiastic about Indian music which one can observe easily from his awesome music collection. Indian Oldies are one of his favorite music genres and he loves music by the composer R. D. Burman.
Prasenjit had arrived a semester earlier armed with a fresh PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and I became his first student in some respect. Over the past years I have got to know him quite well. Prasenjit is a native of the state of West Bengal, India. West Bengal is the only state in India which worships the sport of soccer so like all Bengalis he is an avid soccer fan and tries his best to play the game. He is a fan of Mohun Bagan F. C.He is one of the few Indian people I know who is a sports junkie. He also follows the sport of professional cricket and organizes a cricket club on weekends.
He is married and has one kid whom I have seen grow up. (I believe she was born 3 months before I first met him). Once every semester, he invites students from his research lab over for dinner. I think most of us look forward to those evenings as his wife is a super-duper cook. He is also very enthusiastic about Indian music which one can observe easily from his awesome music collection. Indian Oldies are one of his favorite music genres and he loves music by the composer R. D. Burman.
Recent Comments