Monday, January 23, 2006

Heil Karmalkar !!!

If there was one thing I was not satisfied with in IIT , it was the teaching. Many of the 'profs' seemed to look upon teaching as a burden . Then entered the charming , handsome stud Device Modelling prof Dr Shreepad Karmalkar . Its a pleasure listening to him and he is the perfect ' model ' of what a prof should be . Some of his gems ...

' Life is just a set of iterations. You try something out , check if it works , and then iterate to get something better'

'Modelling is like a game of chess . Just knowing how each piece moves does not ensure that you can win the game. You slowly develop expertise and improve your game. '

'What is understanding ? Understanding is knowing what is important and what you can ignore to simplify your problem. '

8 comments:

Vanditha said...

Good one..rare to get such ppl as lecturers

Anonymous said...

hey..liked the game of chess analogy to modelling the best.. some more such oneliners please!!

Ellie said...

Hey jus checked your comment on my old blogpost! Its nice to know you do have such species of Profs. We have profs who are sweethearts :-) even they throw gems at the rate which can make us millionaires by the second, sadly in their Gujju english!

Thoughtful posts...nice read!

LovingAndLosing said...

I'd forgotten to turn my phone off one class, and the phone rang. My prof began to dance a jig in front of the class and exclaimed that he liked my ring tone and asked if I could transfer it to him. Hehe. That's the kind of profs I've got :D

My word verification word for today - fckedof. Haha. Okay, I'll shut up now.

Unknown said...

good to have such profs...

Harish Suryanarayana said...
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Harish Suryanarayana said...

@ Vanditha ,ellie - Thanks

@ Swap - Your wish is my command ! Sure , as soon as he churns out some more :)

@ Ms V - thats cool ! Hmmm the f word seems to be liking you .Its following you around .

@ Vibha - It totally rocks man !

Ramya said...

yeah man!...he is just GOD LEVEL! Balki also is amazing da..too bad he didnt take phy 3 or something...