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\"There has to be something in the water”. This is a familiar refrain from those who had spent their years at Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) assigned to Nehru Hall of Residence, in particular between the years ’85 and ’93. It was within these years that the hostel housed three individuals, two of whom went on to win Magsaysay awards — Delhi chief minister<\/a> Arvind Kejriwal<\/a> and prominent social entrepreneur H Harish Hande — and became game-changers in the Indian socio-economic-political sphere.
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The third has been occupying the upper levels of Google<\/a> management for some time now and was recently made the chief executive<\/a> of what is one of the most significant players in the internet<\/a> space, something that impacts not just our work but almost every facet of modern life.
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There wasn’t anything in the water except perhaps arsenic and bad bacteria. We all ingested both and, for the most part, survived. Nehru Hall, like every dorm in every college, has its share of people who went on to become captains of industry, achieved distinction in academia\/research, excelled in fields unrelated to their degree or have shown great social responsibility. However, these three individuals clearly had something within that drove them to achievements which were a cut above the rest<\/a>.
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\nBeyond What Met the Eye<\/strong>
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It was in 1989 that a young Sundar Pichai<\/a> (Sundi, as he was known in IIT) arrived in KGP and was greeted by a group of seniors at Nehru Hall who were excited at the prospect of yet another ragging period. Yes, those were the days in which ragging was still the norm. New entrants arrived fresh from the station, dropped their bags and were immediately led to a roomful of “raggers” who then proceeded to orient them in the ways of IIT-Kharagpur. It was a bit of a miracle if one was reunited with one’s luggage that same day.
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\nI recall Sundi as being someone who did not need much persuasion to jump on a table and do something absurdly self-deprecating or lean out of a balcony and hurl choice epithets (at a senior’s bidding) at some unsuspecting passer-by. Sundi thus soon became a favourite of those who carried out ragging, something that usually leads to fairly strong ties between the senior and the ragged.
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\nA Bag of Expectations<\/strong>
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\nI don’t have much of a recollection of Sundi for the rest of the academic year, other than the everyday interactions that hostel-mates routinely have. It does seem strange, in an impressive way, to think of that “boy” as now being the chief executive of Google. The internet has changed the world over the last decade and has contributed to significant gains in the lives of people in the developing world. However, I think that the jury is still out on how it finally plays out in terms of balancing inequality in today’s world, or how our privacy is protected as the “Internet of Things” pervades every inch of space in our homes.
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\nGoogle is going to be one of the companies that will play a strong role in shaping this development and for the foreseeable future, Sundi will be at the helm deciding the course of action. I wish him the best in his efforts and hope that the camaraderie at Nehru Hall, resulting in empathy for people from various backgrounds and needs, weighs heavily on his decision-making. From the various write-ups I have read about his management style and his achievements at Google, this certainly seems to be the case.
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\nThe last recollection I have about him is from the end of my stay in IIT. I had brought a camera from home for a short while and one day I set off with a group of first-year students exploring various corners of the campus. It was a rainy day. We were definitely off the beaten path and the group that decided to make this trip included Sundi. I pulled out some of those pictures today and he looks fairly similar to pictures I see on the web. Little did we realise that we were looking at a future chief executive, heading a company whose core services would have felt like something out of a science fiction novel to all of us on that damp day in Kharagpur.
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当谷歌首席执行官Sundar Pichai被老年人在IIT Kharagpur“衣衫褴褛”
Sundar Pichai不需要说服跳上一个表或投选绰号。因此他成为了老年人的喜爱,追忆他的IIT hostel-mate。
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由Souvik Gangopadhyay
“必须有一些在水里”。这是一个熟悉的避免那些花了几年在印度理工学院Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)分配给尼赫鲁大学宿舍,特别是在‘85年和93年之间。正是在这些年内旅馆住三个人,其中两人赢得麦格塞塞奖——德里首席部长 Arvind大好和突出的社会企业家H培训——在印度政治领域,成为游戏的规则。
第三个被占领的上层谷歌管理有一段时间了,最近了首席执行官什么是最重要的球员之一互联网空间,这不仅影响我们的工作,但现代生活的方方面面。
没有任何东西在水里除了砷和坏的细菌。我们都同时摄入,在大多数情况下,活了下来。尼赫鲁大厅,就像每一个宿舍在大学,有成为行业领袖的人,在学术界取得的区别/研究,擅长领域与他们无关的学位或显示伟大的社会责任。然而,这三个人显然有内,把他们的成就都更胜一筹其余的。
超出了眼睛
1989年,一个年轻的Sundar Pichai(他是广为人知的IIT Sundi)抵达KGP并受到一群老年人在尼赫鲁大厅兴奋地期待着另一个破碎的时期。是的,那些日子,压花仍然是常态。新进入者刚从到达车站,扔下行李,就导致了屋子的“新闻记者”,然后继续东方IIT-Kharagpur方式。这是有点奇迹如果一个人的行李重逢。
我记得Sundi作为的人不需要太多的劝说跳上桌子,做一些荒谬的自嘲或身体探出阳台和投掷选择绰号高级招标)(在一些毫无戒心的路人。Sundi因此很快成为一个最喜欢的人进行破碎,这通常会导致较强关系的高级和衣衫褴褛。
一袋的期望
我没有太多的回忆Sundi剩下的学年,除了日常交互hostel-mates经常有。似乎很奇怪,在一个令人印象深刻的方式,认为“男孩”现在被谷歌的首席执行官。互联网已经改变了世界在过去的十年里,在人们的生活导致了显着提高在发展中国家。然而,我仍然认为陪审团最终如何收场的平衡不平等在当今世界,或如何保护我们的隐私作为“物联网”弥漫在家里的每一寸空间。
谷歌将是其中的一个公司将发挥强大的作用在塑造这一发展,在可预见的未来,将掌舵Sundi决定行动的过程。我希望他最好的努力和希望友情在尼赫鲁大厅,导致同情人们从不同的背景和需求,在很大程度上重他的决策。从各个增记我读过关于他的管理风格和他的成就在谷歌,这当然似乎是如此。
过去的回忆,我对他是我留在IIT结束的。在家我还带着相机一会儿,有一天,我和一群一年级学生出发探索校园的各个角落。这是一个雨天。我们绝对不走寻常路,该集团决定将这次旅行包括Sundi。今天我拿出这些照片,他看起来非常类似于在网上我看到图片。我们意识到,我们没有看未来的首席执行官,一个公司的核心服务会感到像科幻小说的我们所有人Kharagpur潮湿的一天。
(作者是一个能源工程师工作在波士顿)
“必须有一些在水里”。这是一个熟悉的避免那些花了几年在印度理工学院Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)分配给尼赫鲁大学宿舍,特别是在‘85年和93年之间。正是在这些年内旅馆住三个人,其中两人赢得麦格塞塞奖——德里首席部长 Arvind大好和突出的社会企业家H培训——在印度政治领域,成为游戏的规则。
第三个被占领的上层谷歌管理有一段时间了,最近了首席执行官什么是最重要的球员之一互联网空间,这不仅影响我们的工作,但现代生活的方方面面。
没有任何东西在水里除了砷和坏的细菌。我们都同时摄入,在大多数情况下,活了下来。尼赫鲁大厅,就像每一个宿舍在大学,有成为行业领袖的人,在学术界取得的区别/研究,擅长领域与他们无关的学位或显示伟大的社会责任。然而,这三个人显然有内,把他们的成就都更胜一筹其余的。
超出了眼睛
1989年,一个年轻的Sundar Pichai(他是广为人知的IIT Sundi)抵达KGP并受到一群老年人在尼赫鲁大厅兴奋地期待着另一个破碎的时期。是的,那些日子,压花仍然是常态。新进入者刚从到达车站,扔下行李,就导致了屋子的“新闻记者”,然后继续东方IIT-Kharagpur方式。这是有点奇迹如果一个人的行李重逢。
我记得Sundi作为的人不需要太多的劝说跳上桌子,做一些荒谬的自嘲或身体探出阳台和投掷选择绰号高级招标)(在一些毫无戒心的路人。Sundi因此很快成为一个最喜欢的人进行破碎,这通常会导致较强关系的高级和衣衫褴褛。
一袋的期望
我没有太多的回忆Sundi剩下的学年,除了日常交互hostel-mates经常有。似乎很奇怪,在一个令人印象深刻的方式,认为“男孩”现在被谷歌的首席执行官。互联网已经改变了世界在过去的十年里,在人们的生活导致了显着提高在发展中国家。然而,我仍然认为陪审团最终如何收场的平衡不平等在当今世界,或如何保护我们的隐私作为“物联网”弥漫在家里的每一寸空间。
谷歌将是其中的一个公司将发挥强大的作用在塑造这一发展,在可预见的未来,将掌舵Sundi决定行动的过程。我希望他最好的努力和希望友情在尼赫鲁大厅,导致同情人们从不同的背景和需求,在很大程度上重他的决策。从各个增记我读过关于他的管理风格和他的成就在谷歌,这当然似乎是如此。
过去的回忆,我对他是我留在IIT结束的。在家我还带着相机一会儿,有一天,我和一群一年级学生出发探索校园的各个角落。这是一个雨天。我们绝对不走寻常路,该集团决定将这次旅行包括Sundi。今天我拿出这些照片,他看起来非常类似于在网上我看到图片。我们意识到,我们没有看未来的首席执行官,一个公司的核心服务会感到像科幻小说的我们所有人Kharagpur潮湿的一天。
(作者是一个能源工程师工作在波士顿)
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