Growing up in India’s Silicon Valley, exciting things were happening in the field of CS all around me. The  atmosphere of technological innovation, along with my own fascination with the study of computers, made the choice of CS an easy one for me. René Descartes may have said “Cogito, ergo sum” - I think, therefore I am,  my motto soon became, “Codeto ergo sum”! 

Another of my passions is to read books and learn about the history and mythology of different peoples across the world from Central America to Persia. I am especially interested in the origin and development of languages. This has sparked in me an interest to pick up languages from the many people I meet. Growing up in a multicultural city like Bangalore made it possible for  me to learn Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and a little Telugu. I can also have  basic conversations in Spanish and German. Like many people in this field, I am a huge fan of science fiction, my favourite being Star Wars.

“In God we trust, all others bring data.” 

- W Edwards Deming