I had always competed for one of the first five ranks in my class till my high school. Finally, in the tenth grade public examination, I came school second, with a first rank in Math. I have always had interest in doing something new (in other words, research). I still remember this incident when I buried some leaves and water packed inside a plastic container in our small garden. I took it off next day and found out nothing had really happened. It repeated for a couple of days but finally I forgot about it. After a week, the whole garden started stinking. Nobody knew the reason (including me!!!). Then I finally remembered about my so-called "research" and then I had to threw the stuff off into the garbage. Now, eventhough these kind of incidents look funny, actually they have helped me realizing my interest being inclined towards a research oriented carreer.
I believe in the quote "We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration rarely generates action", as said by Leonard Bernstein.
(Lots to come...)
Here is my academic record:
B.E (Chemical Engineering), Annamalai University, India (1996 -2000)
M.S (Chemical and Biochemiacal Engineering) The University of Iowa, USA (2001 - 2003)
Ph.D (Chemical and Biological Engineering) RPI, USA (2003 - current)