Hello! I am Neela, a first year Ph.D. student in the department of Information Sciences and Technology of the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining Penn State, I worked as a research engineer in the Yahoo! Labs, India for two years. I also have a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
I was born and brought up in Mumbai, the mega city in India. My father is a chartered accountant who has now taken up full-time software development, specializing in financial softwares. My mom's a home-maker, and in my opinion one of the true philanthropists. I have a younger sister, Uma, who has just completed her M. Tech. in Computer Science from the same institute as mine and now joined the Yahoo! labs as a research engineer :D. Many people are jokingly predicting that she will be an addition to the Penn State's graduate force next year :)
Living in a city like Mumbai that is always bustling with art and science exhibitions, cultural activities and other social events, it is quite natural to develop a flavor for cultural activities. I was a very active member of the school and college drama group, became the editor of the school magazine for a year, participated in science exhibitions and even tried my hand at some painting competitions. Now although I am not so involved with these activities, I do occasionally paint and sing. But my favorite recreation has always been reading novels - both fiction and non-fiction. Just give me a book and a soda, and I will be good to go for a few hours :). I also like theater and am looking forward to attending plays and broadway shows.
Here is a list of things that I would like to do in near future:
Ideally I would like to do what Matt is doing!!
Blogs are truly a wonderful platform to know people, their culture, to keep in touch with friends and to share one's thoughts with the entire world. I intend to keep a record of the major events and minor happenings in my life with this blog. Lets see what the next four years bring to me :)
Cheers!
I was born and brought up in Mumbai, the mega city in India. My father is a chartered accountant who has now taken up full-time software development, specializing in financial softwares. My mom's a home-maker, and in my opinion one of the true philanthropists. I have a younger sister, Uma, who has just completed her M. Tech. in Computer Science from the same institute as mine and now joined the Yahoo! labs as a research engineer :D. Many people are jokingly predicting that she will be an addition to the Penn State's graduate force next year :)Living in a city like Mumbai that is always bustling with art and science exhibitions, cultural activities and other social events, it is quite natural to develop a flavor for cultural activities. I was a very active member of the school and college drama group, became the editor of the school magazine for a year, participated in science exhibitions and even tried my hand at some painting competitions. Now although I am not so involved with these activities, I do occasionally paint and sing. But my favorite recreation has always been reading novels - both fiction and non-fiction. Just give me a book and a soda, and I will be good to go for a few hours :). I also like theater and am looking forward to attending plays and broadway shows.
Here is a list of things that I would like to do in near future:
- Meet people from different cultures, perhaps learn their cuisines and/or their languages.
- Learn to play guitar, tennis and chess.
- Fight the fear of what scares me (read: linear algebra, statistics and public speaking).
- Travel the world (or at least attend many many conferences for which I can get funding)
Ideally I would like to do what Matt is doing!!
Blogs are truly a wonderful platform to know people, their culture, to keep in touch with friends and to share one's thoughts with the entire world. I intend to keep a record of the major events and minor happenings in my life with this blog. Lets see what the next four years bring to me :)
Cheers!
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