Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

I came to know about IISER (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research) today. I was not aware of this before.

The govt of India has set up 5 IISERs in Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram last year. They offer 5 year integrated MS program in basic science. The way IITs were established for technical education, I think IISER have been established for science.
http://www.iiser-admissions.in/

I think it's a very good step by govt.

Read this article: http://casi.ssc.upenn.edu/iit/Bhattacharya

The lazy guy that I'm

I'm so good at procrastination. In last six months, I felt many times that I should continue jotting down my beberibang thoughts in my blog. But every time I just procrastinated. Many things happened in my life and around my surroundings during the last six months since my previous post:

1. I added one more year in my life on August 20th. :-(
2. My good, old friend Parthajit's relocation to Bangalore and his joining Synopsys's ATPG R&D team as my colleague in September. (When I use the phrase my old-friend-Parthajit, he reminds me that he is not old; it's just that our friendship is old. I always admire Partha's sense of humour.)
3. My two week's vacation in Assam in September-October 2008. There are many things that I wanted to write about this trip - Jaanmoni's wedding, our search for Moina's bride,
   
4. My brother Moina also got engaged during my trip to Assam.
5. Then my trip to US in October-November. There are many good topics related to this trip. ITC 2008, US Presidential elections, the economic recession, Diwali parties etc. ITC was a very good experience for me. There I met many of the renowned people of our industry. Also, I attended some of the very interesting sessions (Test Compression, Test Power etc).
6. Our patent on Test Compression was filed in US patent office.
7. The 26/11 terrorists attack in Mumbai.
8. Our baby boy Ekagra turned one year on December 24th.
9. Then we purchased a flat on December 30th. That was just the beginning of so many other works (bank loans, agreements, study of many other related things)

Yes, on each of the above-mentioned occaisons, I had many thoughts in my mind and I wanted to write those in my Beberibang. But then I was just lazy. It's very easy to say that I didn't get the time to write. But in reality, I was just lazy. Now I've all these topics in the pipeline.