Coffee, construction and coding

When Prof.GS informed me that I should meet his clients, Ravi and Kalyan, the founders of Nadhi, I was expecting grumpy old people. To my surprise, they turned out to be M I S (men in shorts). The first sight of them made me feel relaxed and expected that they were just like me (a carefree and easy going guy), I had no clue of what I was in for and how these men in shorts are going to change my perception of studying, work and ofcourse life . When we started talking, their problem statement sounded interesting for two reasons :-

1. Its related to construction Industry

2. It gave me the opportunity to learn the concepts of supply chain and apply it to the industry.

The four member group comprising of Prof.GS, Ravi, Kalyan and me (Ajay) with guest appearance from prof. Rahul Marathe engaged in frequent round table hullaballoo. The moment we started getting our hands dirty , the problem became much more challenging involving the concepts of economics. Our rendezvous spots used to be CCD, Tiffany’s and GS’s office, which involved debates, challenges and mind teasing questions which could not let me sleep during nights.

We used to come up with a solution to the problem but Kalyan and Ravi always used to have a “but” to include more into the problem and make it more interesting (complicated at times). It was with them I learnt that research is fun but never a grumpy old man’s job. They kept me motivated, interested and gave me a life time learning experience. I could never imagine the founders of a company so affable, time sparing and versatile.

I had a ball of my time with Nadhi and I am proud to say that “I were there”. I wish I could wind my clocks back to the days of Coffee day clashes, after all it was then I figured out that coffee, construction and coding are interesting.

I wish good luck to Nadhi for their future endeavors , I wish luck to myself to work with them in future.