Inside the mind and heart of Venkatesh Sridhar

Hi guys,
It’s been exactly 30 days since I last posted. I am sorry for being irregular on the blog, but kya kare no time these days with placements round the corner. Had been to India recently… Went to S P Jain’s Insitute of Management and Research’s (SPJIMR) BhavITva 2006. The theme was Who is the next big IT customer?One thing that hit me was the theme meant that we had to peek at the future and see possible areas of revenue which the IT industry could look at, but found nothing of that sort here. They were still looking at Offshore, Retail and the usual clients. There was no mention about the rise and rise of the Indian Animation Industry, which will grow by about 30% each year over the next three years (I read it somewhere in the report - do not remember where), there was no mention about developing products in India. Absolutely nothing at all. I think the topics could have been chosen in a much more efficient manner.

Then, the placement fever started and it has been a very fast month. It just seems like yesterday was January 1st, 2006. I as usual in my hurry to apply, applied to a particular organization which I later on realised was not a great one. So, let’s see what happens on that front.

Now, you might wonder why the hell did Venky put the title as Waiting for January 31st, well the reason I have been waiting for it for almost 2 weeks now. I will list why:

1) Swathi will be back and it is going to be great to be in Knowledge Village after that. I really enjoy her company, she is way too good. Would have written more, but she is the one who doesn’t like the spotlight being on her. Plus, Swathi is getting my university convocation certificate, so here is wishing that she brings good luck for me in the placements.

2) J P Morgan is coming on campus. Right now I have no more details. We are having a Pre Placement Talk (PPT) tommorrow at 12.30 pm Dubai time which means it would be 2.00 PM IST. I hope that the job is good and most importantly, the pay packet is good too.

Pray for me guys and hope that I get a good placement in a good company with a good salary. (Note: Good is the minimum, you can pray for the very good, very very good, great and wonderful too :-) )

So, as you see waiting for January 31st to come. It’s going to be a big day folks, a very big day.

Well, its now official. 2006 is here.

Happy New Year folks!!!!!

May God shower you and your family with good luck, happiness, prosperity and wealth.

I will try and regularly update my blog.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!! that’s not my new year resolution