Travelogue of an Itinerant Mind

On 15 th July 2002 on a bright Monday morning in Bhubaneswar my life took a significant turn. On this day I choose, it would be more appropriate to say I was forced to choose chemical engineering. The decision was taken by a reluctant engineering aspirant who had simply no other choice. Constraints for a more sought-after branch in engineering were few less marks in the entrance exams and a pleading from my mother not to venture out of Odisha. So finally, I choose to study chemical engineering in NIT Rourkela. The then HOD of Chemical Engineering, who was there for the counselling process, had even admonished me since I took very long to decide. For a 18-year-old who hated chemistry to the core, this was the end of world. I remained frustrated for 3-4 days before for I accepted the truth. 17 years later, on the very same date/day and place, the same boy started classes for an Executive M Tech Course in Process Engineering IOC-ICT Campus at Bhubaneswar. Apart from the numbers ...