APJ Kalam was then the Director of DRDO-Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad¾long before he became Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and subsequently President of India. On way to Bangalore I thought I would meet, after a very long gap, my friend Mahipat Singh Himayat Singh Jhala (Jhala), who was then holding an …
I studied at Vivekananda School in Sakchi, Jamshedpur, Bihar (erstwhile) administered by Ramkrishna Mission. It was a Bengali-medium school of Bihar Vidyalay Pariksha Samity (Bihar School Examination Board). I took admission in Class V in the Primary Section of the school. My mother¾Sisirkana Basu¾was a teacher there. My eldest sister¾Bharati Basu (Dey)¾whom I call ‘Didimoni’*1, …
Professor NB Chakrabarti (NBC) taught me electromagnetic theory during my college days at the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics (INRAPHEL), Calcutta University. He was then already acclaimed for his research contribution in the area of communication engineering. NBC used to believe that all the students attending his class in electromagnetic theory had already known the …
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The mission was to select question papers for examination choosing them from a question bank provided to us at an official venue somewhere at New Delhi. However, we had an option to set our own questions as well. I was supposed to select questions related to electromagnetic theory and microwave engineering. There I was fortunate …
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It was the occasion of the banquet of the programme ‘boubhat’ of Samir (Lahiri) (a program, which is part of celebration of marriage). Samir was my classmate at Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics (Calcutta University). I along with my wife came to attend the boubhat programme from Jamshedpur. At Calcutta we were stationed at my …
