Happy Teachers Day !!

September 5th in India celebrated as Teachers Day, and I want to take this opportunity to thank all my the teachers who have guided, advised as well as admonished me at the right time. I am particularly thankful to my teachers at IIIT Bangalore and Vidhya Vardhaka Sangha High School,at Bangalore. They have played a very important role in my character and professional building.

Nowadays, we hear a lot of complaints about teachers who are inefficient, not committed to the profession, lack sound knowledge etc, but there are lot of factors which lead to it, such as rise of other professions, disparity of pay, quota systems and thus its not totally correct to make value judgments on academicians, without being one ourselves. However even today, there are awesome teachers, who make a big positive difference in the lives of students, inspire them with their way of life, and overwhelm them with their knowledge. Teachers at IIIT-B and VVS are some examples. I consider myself fortunate to have studied at those schools. VVS is a legendary school which completed 50 years and IIIT-B is a fantastic new graduate which completed 10 years.

I am posting few photos with my mentors, taken during my convocation at IIIT-B this year. I also plan to pay a visit to VVS to meet my high school teachers, quite eager to see the shine in their faces when they meet an old student of theirs.