71 days passed, and I just didn’t know! New friends, new adventures and a lot of memories…….. I still remember how anxious I was when I sat on the flight to Chicago. From a small village to the skyscraping City !! I thought it is going to be a huge cultural shock, everything new and
Read MoreIt was 25th January, a quotidian Thursday for me, at the campus on the Sabarmati until something unusual happened. I was attending my “Characterization of Materials” lecture when I received my first of the many subsequent emails from the bose@indousstf.org conveying my provisional selection in the SN BOSE program (yes I was using my mobile
Read More“Patience is bitter but it’s fruit is sweet”: There isn’t a more appropriate proverb to describe my summer of 2018. Getting provisionally shortlisted for the Khorana Scholar’s Program was indeed an indication of great days awaiting me but little did I know that I would have to pass the test of time to give
Read MoreThe summer of 2017 held the key to one of the most enriching and immersive experiences of my life. My words won’t do justice to the richness of the entire journey, but I will try my best to pen down my exhilarating experience. I was hosted by the well-known biophysicist Dr. Taekjip Ha from Johns
Read MoreI am a Master’s student of Madurai Kamaraj University, an ordinary student with a desire to walk on the difficult road of life to reach the finest destination. In the evening of 16th January I was reluctantly traveling from Kolkata (native place) to Madurai to attend the classes of second semester. One mail-notification blinked on
Read MoreOf all the places I wished to go outside India, never expected United States of America to be my first abroad destination. And I couldn’t have waited long before I would start my trip to the US immediately after completing sophomore year in Undergraduate school. My internship in the US was with the Joshua Robinson
Read MoreI was indeed fortunate to get an opportunity to intern at WEMPEC, UW-Madison under Prof. Giri Venkataramanan through the S.N.Bose Scholars Program. Along with the initial excitement, there was a certain amount of anxiety throughout the visa application and interview process. Finally everything was set and I reached Madison. An orientation program for all the
Read MoreThe journey started with an email, not just like any other one, but the one stating that I have been selected for the SN Bose scholars Program 2017. Even at the time of applying for this internship program, I never thought of being selected, but unbelievably enough I managed to secure a position among the
Read MoreI stood bewildered at the New Arc Terminal C, flooded with a motley of multicoloured crowd, gliding across the terminals. Somehow, I managed to make it to my next flight on time. And there I was at my next stop, Madison. I had planned my itinerary such that I could attend the Khorana-Bose Orientation at
Read MoreSummer 2017 was the best summer of my life till date, courtesy the S N Bose Fellowship. I still remember the 10 th of January, 2017 when it all started. I was ecstatic to see an email from the organizers of the fellowship about my selection. Cut to the day of my flight to the
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