Officially, the journey started on 30th March 2008, when I went to Bhopal, for the written test at merit track assessment centre. On 18th April, I got the news that I am 1 stage closer to the campus. The interview dates shocked me, as I had my exam on Distributed Systems Design dated 6th may, and the interview was very next day. What I was happy about was that I was not alone, and Sonal was also coming with me. We booked flights to and from Nagpur, around 250 kms from RCET Bhilai. The exam was to end at 2pm, and the flight was at 8pm. we had loads of time. Still we planned that we would finish the exam by around 1:30, as we needed to reach Nagpur ASAP. The paper was a bit lengthy, and we somehow managed to delay our exit from the exam hall till 2pm. then we moved to my room, where we collected our bags, and finally left the city by 2:30pm.
Still we had 5 hrs, and the average speed required was just above 50...
Stomachs grumbling, we decided to stop by A1 dhaba, on the outskirts of Rajnandgaon. This took another valuable 75 minutes of the 300 we had. Making us to travel the 210 kms in no more than 200 minutes..
Thanks to Sonal's terrific driving skills (he actually touched 130 while driving Daewoo Matiz), God as there was no traffic jam on NH6 (we faced a short; 15-25 min jam in our return 2 days later....), and of course, nothing happened to us, and to car too. Well, we are on time in Nagpur airport, and I m about to begin my first air journey. It was 8pm Indigo flight from Nagpur to Bangalore, via Mumbai. I really can’t describe how beautiful Mumbai looked when we landing there bathed with the yellow light, not to mention taking off too. We reached Bangalore at 00:10, on 7th may. We took a taxi to my brother's place at Marathahalli. In the morning, we both appeared for the interview at iiitb. To describe how the experience on the road for the traffic, being a first time commuter in Bangalore streets, will be very boring (as we are used to it). The interview went good, for both of us. We had a nice time in Bangalore. Next day, 8th may 2008, we flew back to Nagpur, as we had another exam - Neural Networks and Fuzzy logic waiting for us... on 11th may.
On 19th may, just 1 day before my last exam - Wireless and Mobile Network Architecture, I received a call from iiitb, that I m in, though with a sad news that i m alone, Sonal’s not selected. Irrespective of the fact that I had not started studying, I had some more fun for the next 4-6 hrs. We were asked to report on 18th July, 2008. That was a very interesting journey too. That will follow soon, may be in another couple of hours, after celebrating balki’s birthday of course… :)
Followed by My Life at iiitb Part 2
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