President's Gold Medal, IIT, Kanpur, 1976
Distinguished Teaching Award, UC, Berekely, 1984
Excellence in Teaching Award, UC, Santa Cruz, 1996
Instinctively, attempting (with John Praveen) to assist a handicapped
person shouting for help on UC, Berkeley Campus.
Getting elected as the President of Students' Union of IIT, Kanpur.
Bare-chested free-form dancing in open quadrangles to perform "Raja
Nanga Hai"
The most daring feats in my life: recent
Exercising freedom of speech within five miles of academia
Delivering the very best course that I am capable of: CMP 80C (Computer
Art and Creativity) at the dawn of the new millenium
It is too recent to put it on the web. You just have to wait for 20
years for this one to become public.
Being with my family and friends. Doesn't matter how noisy and disagreeable it may seem.
I am a human being and a philosopher.
What are my weaknesses?
I dont want to tell you too much about me.