End of an era

Exactly this time, next week, I will be handing in my doctoral thesis and with that, my student identity over to the university. It ends a 10-year tertiary education era for me. I remember, I always wanted to be an academic, at some level, inspired by my father. But it became definite in my first semester of undergraduation when we had the pleasure of being taught by Prof. Banerjee, who is way better than ANY other lecturer I have ever come across. Infact, I don't think it can get any better than that. Of course, I can't imagine coming close to his level of academic excellence.

Here's a picture I took with him and Madam during the last trip to India. (From L to R - mom, madam, me and sir)