Hi All, A lots of us want to get into IIM Bangalore.. There is so much about getting to A B or C.. Its a dream!! People slog for it for years… But today, I have a very special guest, Manas Garg! Manas, is also one among 250,000 people who took CAT 2007 with a [...]

Hey Guys, We were discussing about MS Vs Phd in this post. Professor Jayant Haritsa gave his views about it here. Dont you think it would great to hear the views on this topic from an MS student who is contemplating on Phd.. Here we go! Bhaskar Prabhakar is now pursuing his masters in Mechanical [...]

“Chase your passion, not your pension.” said Denis Waitley. And one person who follows the above saying is none other than Sidin Vadukut. Sidin is an alumnus of NIT Trichy and IIM Ahmedabad. He is now a writer at Live Mint. He maintains an excellent blog – Domain Maximus. Some of his writings have been [...]

My last post on MS vs Phd got a lot of responses and varying view points.. So, I thought I would get view points from different people. Today, I have Jayant Haritsa – Professor, SERC and CSA department of Indian Institute of Science, to share his views on MS vs Phd. Thank you very much [...]

Hi All, Reservations is one of the hot topics on Lunch table these days. It has created immense anxiety in IIM aspirants. CWS took the initiative to listen to what people in the other side of the table think about it! Here is the transcript of Neharika Vohra’s (An IIM Ahemadabad Faculty) exclusive interview to [...]

Hi All, Its my pleasure to invite Chandramouli Mahadevan a.k.a Mouli for the first “live” interview on CWS. Mouli is a TLM (Tech Lead and Manager) at Google. He is voracious reader and is kind enough to share some of his learnings about Peak Oil Crisis with CWS Readers. Thank you Mouli for sparing your [...]

They say Dream Big to accomplish big things.. At Coffee With Sundar, that is precisely what we do.. We dont worry if people will accept our interview requests or not.. We only reach out to people with a dream!! With a dream of showcasing others talents and interests.. With a dream of meeting great people.. [...]

Hi All, Chethan G K, is a 2005 passout from NIT Trichy. He studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering there. Chethan did an internship at ITC during his 6th semester vacation and finally got placed in ITC itself. He recently quit ITC to pursue a 1 year MBA at Indian School of Business (ISB). Its my [...]

Hey All… Hope you had a nice weekend watching Sehwag’s 300. It was indeed a great innings.. So, on CWS!, it is time for another Coffee With Experts interview. CWS is breaking barriers with every new interview.. And I am proud to say this is the first time, I am interviewing more than one people [...]

Hi All, Its my pleasure and honour to welcome Edward Lu, An Astronaut (Yes! Rub your eyes and read again! An Astronaut! An Astronaut!) for Coffee With Experts. I never even dreamt that I would be doing this one day! Also special thanks to Varun for this intro & introducing me to the Ed Lu’s [...]

Hi All, Lets continue our discussion with Suresh from where we left. The first part of the interview with Suresh is here. Coffee With Suresh S P (Part 2) Me: Sundar Rajan G S SPS: S P Suresh Me: Hi Suresh! What are you other interests? Can you also tell us something about your research [...]

Hi All, Its my pleasure to welcome S P Suresh for an interview on Coffee With Experts. S P Suresh is a Theoretical Computer Science(TCS) faculty in Chennai Mathematical Institute. Suresh completed his MCA from NIT Trichy. After this he worked in the IT industry for one year. He then pursued a MSc degree in [...]

This post is originally posted at: coffeewithsundar.com When I was in my pre final year, I was really trying hard to find out the whole picture of preparing for GRE to getting an admit in US university. However, I was only partially successful. It is this which motivated me to interview a student who has [...]

Hi folks, Its time for another Coffee interview. This time, with Harish B. Harish is a Marketing Professor at SCMS Cochin. He also maintains a blog – Marketing Practice. This is one of the best and widely used resource for marketing in India. Its my pleasure to welcome Harish to Coffee With Experts. Coffee With [...]

Hi Guys, Its time for another interview on Coffee With Sundar! This time, it is none other than India’s first professional blogger. Please welcome Amit Agarwal to Coffee With Sundar. Its indeed a great honour to have Amit on this blog. Amit holds a B Tech Computer Science degree. He worked for a brief while [...]

Hi Guys, It is exciting to meet people from different walks of life.. Just to knw what they do.. What are their hobbies.. Whats their passion etc.. That is precisely what is driving me to do more and more interviews.. And today, its my priviledge to welcome Gautam Ghosh! An HR Consultant and leading blogger [...]

Hi Guys, In Coffee With Experts series, we have had blogger, singer, palmist, professor, journalist.. etc etc.. We got to know something about their life.. But have you ever wondered what it would be talk to people who drive through the city.. Yes, I had opportunity to chat up with Sunil, A cab driver. Here [...]

Hi Folks, Its my pleasure to welcome Hemalatha Thiagarajan, Professor from the Mathematics department of NIT Trichy. She handles maths courses in various departments and also a few computer science courses. She is one of the best faculty members of NIT Trichy. Its a great honour to have Hemalatha Thiagarajan maam on my blog! ====================================== [...]

Hi All, Its been a while since I started Coffee With Experts series. It has undoubtedly become a big hit! Few people asked me.. “Why not a Coffee With Sundar Rajan!” (Really! I am not joking! ) I told them that I would certainly put an interview with myself after I cross a total of [...]

In todays fast moving life, we dont really find a lot of time for hobbies. Inspite of all these odds, some people go on to pursue their interests. And today, we have a person, who has pursued his interest in a very very different line.. Welcome, Mr. Adarsh Nagarajan! A Palmist. Coffee With Adarsh! – [...]

The following is my friend Pawan’s IIM L interview. He was my batch mate at REC Trichy. He studied Mech Engineering there. He is now working ITC. The following is his interview experience. As written by him.. <hr> P1: Panelist 1 P2: Panelist 2 Me: Pawan Raghuveer P1: Tell me about yourself. Me: I started [...]

Hi Guys, Today I am extremely extremely happy! Today’s blogpost Coffee With Rashmi Bansal is like a dream for me.. When I started Coffee With Expert series, I never dreamt that I would be interviewing Rashmi Bansal. But it has come true! Rashmi Bansal is one of the leading bloggers in India. Just to give [...]

Our Ministry of Human Resources and Development(MHRD) has nothing to do with Yahoo! I got the latest hot news from my special correspondent of CWS from Seattle. A “Reel” life company Macrohard (NASDAQ – MHRD) has offered a whooping 45b$ in a bid for Yahoo! – An online Gaint! Macrohard has outbid Mircosoft (NASDAQ – [...]

Hi All, Its my pleasure to welcome Mr. Balanarayan, Jounalist from Bangalore Mirror on Coffee With Sundar. I am quite happy that I am getting people from diverse background on my blog. Lets straight away talk to Mr.Bala without any delays. Coffee With Balanarayan. Me: Sundar Rajan G S BN: Balanarayan. Me: Hi Balanarayan, Welcome [...]

Hi Guys, Today I have a very very special guest on my blog. Its an honour to have Gautham Thambidorai on my blog! I dont have to give any explanation or introduction to Gautham. Gautham is one of the leading engineers at Google. Just do a google search on his name and see the results. [...]

We all listen to music in one form or the other. Infact, music is such an important part of our life!! We sing, we hum songs, dont we!! However bad it is, we certainly enjoy it! Here we have a special guest today, who not only sings for his happiness, but also for the happiness [...]

Balaji, a very close friend of mine, has written a hilarious post. In this post, he humourously imitates me and my style of writing blog. He interviews an fictitious character called Bandar! Without any further ado, its over to Balaji. Hi folks, I am Balaji. I am a random guy who irritates people when bored.Today [...]

Hi Guys, Its time for one more guest at Coffee With Sundar! I am extremely happy to have Prem Ravikumar with you all! Prem RaviKumar is a moderator in Pagalguy.com. He also has a blog catajourney.blogspot.com Prem is known for his motivating words among the CAT aspirants. He has inspired a number of young folks [...]

I started “Coffee with People” series a couple of weeks back. Mahesh did the inauguration with Coffee with Mahesh! – A CAT Cracker. And last week, I posted Coffee With Aditya – A Googler and Blogger. These two posts have become the most popular posts overtaking NIT Trichy Speaks Up, The Agonising Wait and Life [...]

Hi All, At CWS (Coffee With Sundar ), I have another very special person to have chat over Coffee! Welcome Aditya Kulkarni! He is my collegue at Google. But what is more important and relevant for todays chat is that he is a blogger! And a very famous blogger with a big fan following him! [...]