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Manjari Mehta: I finished M.Sc.
Tech in Information Systems in 1999. I accepted a RA
position at Washington University, St. Louis in the
Computer and Electrical Engg. Department, to pursue a
Ph.D. Within a year, I moved to University of Houston
and joined the Ph.D. program in MIS (Management Info.
Sys.) at the Bauer College of Business. In 2001, Aneesh
and I got married (finally :) and are in here in Houston
for the past 3 years.
Dokka Jagannadha Raja (95B3A4):is working with Infosys Technologies
straight out of BITS since July 2000
Veena:
After completing a dual in BITS (B5A4), I started
on my MS in Industrial engineering at University of
Illinois, Chicago. Happily married to Satheesh
G.Subramanian('92, a.k.a GSat, of Art n Dee fame) since
August 2002. We are settled at Portland, Oregon,
where my husband works and I will be
looking for a job and start work here once I
graduate this semester. For now, I am
enjoying working remotely from Oregon and the free time
that it in turn gives me.
Krishna
Chythanya Vutkuri (a.k.a KC,VKC):
This C6 stud after shaking Wipro and HP, is now making
waves at Microsoft, Redmond. He can be reached at
chythu@yahoo.com
Siridhar
Vellanki (95B4A3): After
having lovely time in BITS, I am almost done with my MS
in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University,
College Station. Will be joining Microsoft (never
dreamt), Redmond pretty soon. Music and cricket are
major driving force behind me.
Sandeep
Mukherjee: After
BITS I completed a Master's in Industrial and Systems
Engineering from Ohio State University and have been
working at Nationwide since June of last year. I've been
in Columbus, Ohio, since Pilani so no activity on the
relocation front!
Harish
Yerneni (95B3A4): I
am currently pursuing my masters in industrial and
management engineering at Montana State University,
Bozeman. I will be graduating in spring 2003. At
present, I am looking for a job.
Anshika Bajaj:After
completing my B.Pharm and M.Sc. in Biological Sciences I
joined University of Rochester,NY for a Phd. program in
Biochemistry and Biophysics. I am in my third year
now .The first two years in Rochester have
been great . I got married to Rahul who
is a graduate student in the Dept of Computer
Science.Life has been good all the way for me and I
hope the same for others too.
Vijay
Vempati (95C7): Graduated
from University of North Texas with masters in
Information Technology. Currently working for Fidelity
Investments, Texas
Srivatsa
Kediyala is
currently working in Lucent Technologies,
Bangalore.
Kamesh
Meduri: Joined TCS in
Aug 2000. After training at Trivandrum and 2 yrs in
Chennai, I am in San Antonio, Texas, US on a Websphere
assignment. I visited BITS with my parents during Nov
2001 and had nice time with my few of batch mates doing
ME there.
Srividya
Subramanian (a.k.a Kuki) After
graduating in 1999, I've been working on a PhD in
Immunology at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center in Dallas.
Malavika
Raman:
I’m pursuing my Ph.D at UT Southwestern Medical
Center (Dallas) inPharmacology. I got married last year
to Madhusudan Natarajan who recently moved here as
faculty. I'd love to get in touch with Bitsians in the
Dallas area...the only one I know is Kuki/Srisu (who
also goes to school here). Madhu and I just bought our
first home, so between lab and settling down to married
life I'm pretty busy! I will keep you posted !!
Pushkala
Venkataraman: Did
my MMS at BITS. Worked for about 3 years after which I
got married to Vijay, a banker working in New York City.
I now live in New Jersey and am doing my Masters in IS
at NJIT. I am also a research assistant here.
Balaji
Raghavan:
Joined IBM Global Services, India in 1999 directly out
of College. Still working with IBM as a Sr.Software
Engineer on IBM's e-Business (Websphere suite of
products) products. Had some short trips to US (esp
NJ/NY). Last trip to US- Returned to India for a
vacation on Sep 9, 2001 a couple of days before the WTC
crash...I cancelled my plans of going back
immediately..This recent trip being turning point in my
life. Started spending time with my parents & my
brother Madhavan (Madhu,96'batch BITSian, currently
working in John F Welch center (GE, Bangalore). Finally,
getting settled in Bangalore in my newly built
individual house :-)
Jai
Krishna (a.k.a Jackie):
Life
after BITS started with second sem PS which was spent
mostly in sneaking out of work and watching movies. For
those who know Chennai, it helped that my PS station was
on Mount Road where most of the cinemas are. After PS I
spent a boring 8 months at Mascot Systems. After that I
joined Oracle, Bangalore and three years later am now
Senior Member, Technical Staff at Oracle. After
pretending to study in BITS, I am mostly relieved that I
don’t have to write any more tests and comprees ever!
Life in Bangalore is as languid as ever and I’m living
out my credo – Do not believe in miracles; RELY on them!
Ravi
Kiran Yekula:...
probably never heard of this name.. Kongi as I am known
among BITSians. I came to US just like some of my
wingies and D-mates conceiving about the things I can
pursue here but it turned out to be very different than
I contemplated. Oh well! I graduated from University of
Missouri- Rolla and still stuck here seeking for a job
and......... When I am not searching for jobs I am
either over the phone trying to get in touch with all my
friends (usually max the cell phone minutes!!) or
dreaming about things I can do after I get a job. I just
wish, I could go back in time to those dayz in
BITS..........
Kannan Palaniswamy (a.k.a "pkanns" and "The C")
:I claim to be the guy with the maximum height, weight
ratio in our batch. Started my career with GE Medical
Systems in the Operations Management Leadership Program
and then became a Six Sigma Black belt. I quit GE a
coupla months back to try banking (?) and then moved on
to teaching six sigma to guys selling lexus in the
desert (again!! - but a bigger desert this time).
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Srinivas
Pullagujju (a.k.a PSR),
95C6: I generously accepted a Master's degree in
Computer Science that Florida State University had to
present me. I could have been representing Indian
cricket side at the world cup, but since I am busy
helping out Bill at Microsoft, our guys will have to do
it without me. All the best
Sachin!!!!!!!!
Manik
Reddy P (95A5) is
currently pursuing his Ph.D in Medicinal Chemistry
(Pharmaceutical Sciences) at Virginia Commonwealth
University. He is expecting to graduate by the end of
August 2003. He could be the first Ph.D from the 95
batch.
Jaydeep
Naha: Passed
out in 1999, with a CGPA of 9.72.Presently I’m with
Siemens AG: Power Generation Division. Based out of New
Delhi, I travel frequently to Germany, U.S.A., Holland,
Austria and France. Job involves Designing of Power
Plants. My previous projects have been in USA, China,
Ireland and Israel. Currently, I am involved in a
project in Cologne in Germany. I have also been
appointed as the Corporate Communicator from this
location. I have to attend conferences and meetings, and
do presentations on Communications Strategy in Siemens
as a Global Network of Innovation. Recently, visited
Detroit and Orlando in the US for such purposes. I have
also been promoted to the Designation of Senior Engineer
in a record time of 3 years in Siemens. That is a part
of the Technical achievement in Siemens. Currently; I am
also the Cricket Captain for the official Siemens side.
Also, I am the Editor in Chief for the Siemens Magazine
- SPEL-BOUND. One past achievement: I was awarded (along
with 7 other students) the Eveready Scholarship as one
of the brightest engineering students in India (national
basis) from 1995 to 1999.
Muralidhar
G (B4A3337) Joined
IBM after passing out from BITS and currently working
with GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore. Another
Cricket freak..
Subhash
Balam (B1A3542):
After graduating from BITS joined Motorola India
Electronics Limited where I was working for 2 years.
Currently pursuing MS at University of Illinois at
Chicago.
Rahul
Koul a.k.a BUDDA (95B2A4):
A dual degree from BITS was enough for my grey cells.
:-). Joined Seranova from campus to work in
web-technologies.....a brief stint with Orbitech and now
the bread and butter of yours truly is being borne by
Infosys (Mangalore-India). Kashmir still remains a
passion with me and so does bollywood and
music
Sonali
Vasekar (95A1):
Managed to crack some deals for Wipro Infotech as a
marketing executive in Mumbai.Moved to Mahindra
British Telecom to focus on software life cycles, and
ended up enjoying a paid vacation in the UK for a year
:) Am currently working with Guidant -
Minneapolis and spending most of what I earn
in watercolors, paintbrushes and skiing lessons! Hope it
all pays off someday.
Rajeev
Reddy Tummala (95A1): Current working
as Senior Technical Member in Wilco Hyderabad. Right
after passing out of BITS in 1999 joined TCS and then in
2000 Nov moved to Wilco, Hyderabad
Subodh
A: After
graduating from BITS in June 2000, I joined the ECE
Dept. of the University of Illinois at Chicago to pursue
my Masters in VLSI Design. After 2 years in
Chicago, I made a job in Intel and moved to
Phoenix, AZ. That was a welcome change from the cold
plains of the north to the hot southwest desert.
Astronomy and friends are my favorite
things in life.
P.V.U.
Ram Sirish: Passed
out as a B.Pharm (Hons) graduate in 1999. But had
something more to do at BITS: Joined M.E. (Software
Systems) in 1999 as a Teaching Assistant… Finished in
2001 and joined Modena Software India Pvt. Ltd., Delhi.
After 1 year of work experience in Java, thought of
exploring something different and joined Infosys
Technologies Ltd, Hyderabad where I am writing this from
right now.
Vasumathy
(95B2A8): I’m
currently with Infosys Technologies Ltd. I'm working on
the VOIP domain for customer Cisco at the moment. I’m
married to Anantha Sankaran on April 11th
2002.
Radha
Krishna Murthy (radha) B3A6,
joined the then booming corporate world by entering into
CitiGroup(COSL, Now Orbitech). Got an opportunity to
work in Citibank London and New York and now currently
helping out Citi to manage its cash efficiently and
effectively.
Phaneendra
Kumar V (phani)
B3A7: After my graduation from BITS I worked in
Synopsys -Bangalore for two years. Currently pursuing my
Masters at State University of New York- Buffalo and
getting freezed here in Buffalo.
Yugandhar
Dasari: I
am presently working in US Positioning, and whiling away
time playing around with satellites and doing my masters
from ASU, never moving out of phoenix. This MS never
seems to end. Rest in peace.
Surjith Reddy G (95A1):
After a successful role as STUCCAN of ‘Spec n Audi’ at
BITS Surjith joined IIM, Calcutta. He is now the COO of
Contiloe films, Mumbai. Contiloe films is into TV
production and he is currently planning to get into
movies as well.
Chandrasekhar Goda:
Past: BITS was a great overall learning experience and a
providential one at that. I made it through a transfer,
a presidency, a roller coaster academic performance,
friends lost and many more won. Sometimes it is much
more important to know 'what not to do' than to know
‘what to do' and that just about sums up a four-year
utopian experience that helped make a better person out
of me.
Present, I currently consult in research for an
Investments firm based in Chicago. Got a Masters in
Finance, and a beautiful (in all respects) wife who I
patiently wooed and quickly bullied into wedlock on 29th
December 2002.
Future, Chicago has taught me to expect the unexpected.
Randomness applies to the weather here as much as it
does to the financial markets. Though I prefer taking
things as they come, the general plan is to get an MBA
and head back to India to give my country a little of
what it gave me.
Stuff on the side, Beards for Charity (an annual charity
effort with a bunch of beard growers naturally headed my
moi and the less fortunate less hairy ones that simply
pledge), Shaolin Kung Fu, Music, Books and the city of
Chicago for all that it has to offer.
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