My World

Born on 2nd March 1984 on the beautiful coastal city -Mangalore, I spent most of my early days at my hometown- Kadandhale. Later I was brought up in Bangalore and has been my home for past 23yrs. I did my early schooling at St.Thomas School, Kumara Park, Bangalore. Later at Bethesda High School and finally completing my 10th grade at Seshadripuram Boys High School. My PUC (+2)from Seshadripuram Pre-Univ Composite College, Bangalore.

Joined Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology,Bangalore in year 2002  for BE degree in Mechanical Engineering. Worked for SAINT GOBAIN group of companies (GRINDWELL NORTON), Bangalore as a Graduate Engineer Trainee for a brief time. Same year left to United States to pursue my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University, Alabama. 

Chikpet, in the heart of Bangalore city was my first home, where I stayed with my parents after we moved from Mangalore. From childhood I was give the freedom of being what I am and doing what I want. I thank my parents for their confidence in me. I grew up in a typical Indian middle class family with values of life taught to me every day. Dad is more outgoing, free and liberal in approach where as mom is orthodox and religious. This kind of gave the good of both the worlds. I am fortunate enough to have good friends, cousins when I was a growing kid. I enjoyed every bit of my childhood, school days, small fights or vacations with cousins and family during summer at Mangalore. I spent most of my childhood and youth in the neighborhood of Sheshadripuram and this was here I met the most wonderful lady and her family. People called her Lakshmakka or Nageshamma, I just calle her 'Atthe' (Aunt). It was she who taught me to be kind, humble, to respect people and money was and is always secondary. I spent some of my most wonderful days with her and her family which consisted of Mama(Uncle), Vaniakka, Ravi anna and Nagesh anna. As a person I am emotional and dreamer,  end of the day I am Piscean! I tend to know things around me well before I jump in to action. When I am there to do work, I am there till end of it.

I enjoy playing cricket rather watching it!! My interest in sports has been relatively more or less to cricket, shuttle badminton and swimming. A pet person and love dogs, cow, cats and what all can be a pet! I can be your partner to share the popcorn if you are watching movie or shows based on documentaries, biography, war, drama, action and comedy. I keep away from Soaps, reality shows and movies which beat around bush!! I enjoy watching short movies and shows related to food, travel, science, wildlife and history. Photography, music, machines, wildlife, history, politics and cooking has always been my cup of tea.

I learn't the art of photography from my dad who is a vivid photographer. I started with my dad's old Pentax manual camera, a 35mm lens and his experience with light. I remember those days as a kid, when I used to run around with a flash in my hand thinking I was taking pictures!! Back then I won a photo competition organized my Times of India group and got myself a Kodak KB10. My desire to play with light using a digital SLR has still been a dream. I am sure over the days ahead I will have one to play around and capture the world as seen by me. Desire to skydive, scuba dive the blue waters, climb the snow fed Himalayas, trek through the thick jungles of Amazon or a night in an African safari-  A dream I am working on.

This is in short ME!