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By: Ashish Deodhar

Ashish Deodhar — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:04:34 +0000

Hello Atanu

What’s the best way to get in touch with you?

Cheers

By: Sharad

Sharad — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:01:40 +0000

I came to know abt this blog today only liked it and wanna subscribe through RSS but i guess RSS not workiing properly, please look into the matter

By: Saikat

Saikat — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:19:50 +0000

Hi Atanu, Nice to read your bio. I have great respect for people who can redefine themselves at different points in their life. There are many IIT passouts working in silicon valley, few can turn out a economics phd 12 years later, few of those will come back to India to work, and fewer will have a nationalistic viewpoint and find support for Modi. Good to read your articles, thanks for the effort.

By: Anurag Vidyarthi

Anurag Vidyarthi — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:41:52 +0000

Hi Atanu,

I come across your blog while surfing and very much liked the way you described your journey in this world and could co-relate some of it with mine as well.

I live in Oslo,Norway now but have longings for India.Would like to meet you in person one day !!

Thanks and Best of luck in all your endeviours.

Regards,
Anurag vidyarthi
http://anurag-vidyarthi.blogspot.com/

By: satish kini

satish kini — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:14:26 +0000

Hi Atanu,

I agree with your views entirely.

Like you, I too am alumni of the IIT Bombay (76). Last this year in Oct 2010, I attended the PanIIT alumni Conclave in Delhi. I was so inspired by the work undertaken by paniit ( see link to paniit@work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDd3frAbzvg ) that sold my stakes in a Healthcare Consulting & Informatics Co I had founded in 2002 and took over as COO of Nation Building Mission of PanIIT Alumni India.

Would love to meet you sometime to exchange ideas and plans.
I stay near Shivaji Park.

Regds

Satish Kini – 9820138574

By: Dr Maulek Desai

Dr Maulek Desai — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:58:49 +0000

Hi Atanu,
It was indeed a pleasure for me to meet you for the fisrt time at your residence in worli during the month of March.
I was very impressed by your thoughts on economic development and mass block voting concept.
I keep following your blog regularly and it has helped me a lot in building my thought process.
Will certainly like to meet you once again.

Regards
Dr Maulek Desai
ISB

By: taecher

taecher — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:04:42 +0000

May be the whole process will take time but you can always find guys who think like you.

sir i am too disturbed with the education system of India.I am a 3 rd year computer science guy and i really get shocked sometimes when i see what system is doing to its students.
I Really like your thoughts

Although my English is not that good as yours but i also run a blog to share my views on education system.i don’t know why but i can’t keep myself from doing this.

i would really appreciate if you can give my blog a visit and suggest me some tips there.

thank you

By: Dipanjoy Seal

Dipanjoy Seal — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:15:07 +0000

Dear Sir,

It will be a pleasure to be associated with you. Request you to share your feedback on the same.

Awaiting your response. Have a nice day.

Dipanjoy
dipanjoy@corvoshandwick.co.in

By: Dipanjoy Seal

Dipanjoy Seal — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:11:09 +0000

Dear Sir,

It is always a pleasure to read and follow your posts on various social topics and your write ups on the Indian scenario is quite amazing.

Coming to the point as we all know the importance of education but more than that what matters is the way of teaching. The use of physical force to inflict pain on children as a punishment is common in schools across the world. In most Indian schools, corporal punishment is an accepted way of “disciplining” children. Empathetic attitudes from teachers, encouragements, techniques promoting school democracy.

Looking at your interests and expertise it is understood that you know the importance of a healthy & appropriate education system. We are keen to have an association on behalf of our client where you can write and educate and also influence your followers to spread an awareness about the Learn Without Fear Campaign to ensure a fear free education system for the children and helping reduce the negative impact of violence on children and the importance of treating children with dignity and respect in schools.

Do let us know how we can discuss this proposition and take it further. Again needless to say it will be an immense pleasure to be associated with you.

Awaiting your response. Have a nice day ahead.

Regards
Dipanjoy Seal
dipanjoy@corvoshandwick.co.in

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By: Bonnie Bee

Bonnie Bee — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:59:56 +0000

I have accidentally or serendipitously come across your writings.
You write with a clarity, humour and honesty that is very refreshing.
Thank you for putting your thoughts and opinions down for the rest of us to enjoy, ponder or be challenged by. I look forward to reading more as I’ve only read a few of your entries and your story thus far.

By: ranchanadigal@yahoo.com

ranchanadigal@yahoo.com — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:53:29 +0000

Very interesting bio…mainly for your decision to take a 5 year sabbatical(or voluntary unemployment as you called it). Lots of people profess to “want” to do something like that, but not many have the courage/conviction/drive to actually do it.

I too am interested in knowing about your work so far on using ICT for improving India’s education. Also, I would like to mirror Kumar_N’s question on what exactly does your role as an economist at Netcore entail? I have never heard of similar positions in other IT firms and am therefore extremely curious to know.

All the best!
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By: Manas

Manas — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:00:38 +0000

Hello Atanu, could you possibly include the “subscribe by email” feature in your blog? Its really convenient to get an email whenever a new post is made. Thanks.

By: Amit Kumar Gupta

Amit Kumar Gupta — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:58:04 +0000

Hi Atanu,

I got link to here from someone in twitter. Read two articles and I liked them. I should say, you don’t write, you talk. It was very nice talking to you, I would like to visit this page for further conversations.

Thanks,
Amit

By: GIRISH LIMAYE

GIRISH LIMAYE — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:50:19 +0000

I got to know about you from your brother Sutanu . i am very much impressed by your bio .
I would like to know your opinion on Shri Ramdeo Baba`s policy of economic reform by say cancelling all currency notes above 50 , bringing back all black money from Swiss banks etc .
Regards

GIRISH

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By: Haresh

Haresh — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:34:41 +0000

Man,
You tred the same path as i wish to. I did my B.Tech in ECE, am doing my MBA in Marketing and i’d like to do PhD in Economics from an US university.

I believe in the conviction that we’ve to help ourselves and our own people to fight the evils of our society.

Keep up the good work.

By: vivekamvairagyam

vivekamvairagyam — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:07:50 +0000

hello atanu dey …. it was wondeful visting ur blog … hope to do so more often … loved ur blog about billions and the day of brahma … it was also interesting to see an advaitic viewpoint stressed throughout …. kudos

it might interest you to know that the chamaka prashna , usually chanted right after the sri rudram , contains a lot mathematical progressions esp arithmetic progressions ..

and as regards our present neglect of sanskrit and anything related to prehistoric india … here are my 2 cents ….

http://vivekamvairagyam.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/the-jungle-book-the-sanatana-dharma/

i would love to have ur thots on that ….

ps : btw how do i change passwords to ur site and are some of the old blogs closed to comments ?

thnx and gud luck

vivekam.vairagyam@gmail.com

By: sudipta

sudipta — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:59:42 +0000

Atanu, I feel honoured to have heard (most of) this firsthand from you in person. A very succint and informative page.

By: clueso

clueso — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:58:56 +0000

All the best!

By: Kumar_N

Kumar_N — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:00:55 +0000

Hi Atanu,

Nice to read your bio.Of course, I gathered bits and pieces about you from your blog posts over the past 2 years.

Some comments:

1.Surprised that you have not mentioned the conceptual work you have done on an ICT solution for India’s education needs. (Hopefully, you have gone way beyond the conceptual stage by now).

2.You say, ‘I am an economist with a background in development’. What do you mean by a ‘background in development?’

3.The question I always wanted to ask: What does an economist do at NetCore? I mean, I haven’t seen any other technology firms employ an economist.

By: praveshb

praveshb — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:06:59 +0000

Atanu

Nice to know about the specific details of your journey so far. I should I am not as impressed as others in the web, impressed, but not very. I am impressed as you are one of the very very few people who charted his own course, listening to your soul and understanding what you really are. It seems you didnt and you still dont worry about the “orthodox” perception of managing ones career. This needs I think a lot of courage and conviction.

But I am a little confused. Why dont you work hard, as you think hard work is. Even if you dont get rich, you should still work hard. Does this mean that you are still not doing what you are supposed to do in life?

By: BengalVoice

BengalVoice — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:47:00 +0000

Hi Atanu,

Its nice to know about the real you. Very impressive!!! My buddy, who is a good friend of yours, referred me to your blog. I’ll look forward to reading your next posts.

In the meantime, I think you will find this online book interesting:

“My People, Uprooted: A Saga of the Hindus of Eastern Bengal” by Prof.Tathagata Roy.

By: bc.sekaran

bc.sekaran — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:14:04 +0000

Thanks Atanu Dey when I started to read you blog regularly, I had searched for hours some time to know about your education, work experience and where you comment etc.

It is quite nice to your simply motivating bio and the journey

Chandra

By: pranav123

pranav123 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:54:09 +0000

You prove that high IQ puts the constraint of intellectual space and therefore every now and then intellectual space gets exhausted. That will lead the person in search of an another search of an intellectual space. Your story is great and that. Do read the book “Puzzle people”. This is the autobiography of a great called Thomas Starzl. The man who did the first Liver transplant and won the Nobel prize.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:34:34 +0000

Err…where does it say polymath, genious & highly opinionated b- ?

By: amity

amity — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:44:47 +0000

Atanu, you skipped over the details of your M.Tech. after your Bachelor’s in Nagpur.

By: dongreindoco

dongreindoco — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:57:33 +0000

Thanks! I was very much interested in knowing who you are
Now I don’t have to wait till you come to Mumbai or I travel to Pune…

Great Blog, Keep it up!