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to the creditof Srikant that he successfully submitted his thesis and
defended his doctoral thesis in Fluid Dynamics and was awarded
Ph.D degree in 2005.He did post doctoral work in the prestigious
Georgia Tech University in Atlanta for 10 years.Thanks to the rich
experience gained by him he secured a job in industry in 2016in a
company near Detroit,Michigan,

My tenure in Bhopal :

Soon after Sri.Mahalik returned to Delhi I received my posting order
to join as Chief PMG Madhya Pradesh circle at Bhopal.My family
including my son ,daughter and wife , travelled by Madras –Bilaspur
Express and detrained at Rourkela.We stayed for 2 days in the REC
guest house. y son after paying term fees and hostel charges got
ready to start attending college from the following day.He also found
the room allotted convenient and what was more comfortable when
he found his room mate congenial.

Our experience while travelling from Rourkela to Bhopal was an eye
opener. I found the people of Madhya pradesh respectful and warm
hearted as the staff and officers began to greet us at every station the
train stopped !Some time the respect showed took almost a feudal
character with the visitors touching our feet and doing
namaskar.The compartment was almost filled with sweet boxes
brought as gifts.When I settled down to routine with file work and
case discussions I could not but observe that there was absence of a
sense of urgency. Leisurely way of life in Madhya Pradesh applied
equally to office work .The affection and loyalty showed by PLI
Inspector of Circle Office Mr.Maqbool Ahmed was truly
overwhelming. Because I had a far more important project on hand,
that of settling my daughter in marriage , which was best done in a
south indian milieu I was keen to leave Bhopal on
transfer.Accordingly within 6 months of my joining Bhopal office I
got a transfer order to Hyderabad where the post of Chief PMG fell
vacant on the incumbent proceeding on promotion to Delhi.

It was in Bhopal the marriage proposal got crystallised.My daughter

finished her B.E Degree course in Computer Science and was
looking for some work experience.Unlike now the software industry

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