This is Why I Love My Job #2

Once again it is that time of the academic year when all graduating students and Research Associates are moving on to the next phase in their life; starting work or grad school in India or flying off to some grad school outside India.

I don’t have to write the n^th time how much I love my job. But will definitely like to mention that it is very gratifying to see students achieve what they want to achieve and it is even more satisfying to know that, as a faculty, we play a small role in their achievements.

Below is the list of students (arranged in alphabetical order of last name) who have spent significant amount of time working with me this year / last 2 years or who are graduating with me or I have written a Letters of Recommendation (LoRs) for their admissions / job and are now headed to great places.

1. Mallika Aggarwal: #classof2017 Has taken some of my courses, did a project spanning 2 semesters. Started Masters in Computer Science at GaTech.
2. Amod Agrawal: #classof2017 Has taken many of my courses, did UG thesis on Privacy with me. Started Masters in Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
3. Varun Bharadwaj: #classof2017 from NIT Trichy, #PrecogAlum from Summer 2016. Starting Masters in Intelligent Information Systems program at the Language Technologies Institute  at Carnegie Mellon University (my alma mater!).
4. Juhi Bhatnagar: #classof2017 Has taken many of my courses, did UG thesis with me. Started Masters in Computer Science at Rice University. 
5. Srishti Chandok: #classof2017 #MTech Has taken some of my courses, did Masters thesis on Privacy with me. Started work at Nucleus Software. Thesis | Slides
6. Sahil Jain: #classof2014 Has taken some of my courses, has come back to be as evaluator for my HCI course. Started Masters of Business Analytics at University of British Columbia, Canada.
7. Shiv Kandikuppa: #classof2016 Has taken some of my courses. Started Masters in Computer Science at Ohio State University.
8. Saravana Kumar: #classof2017 from CEG Chennai, #PrecogAlum from Summer 2016. Started Masters in Computer Science at Ohio State University.
9. Aditi Mithal: #classof2017 Has taken most of my courses, did UG thesis with me which contributed into a peer-reviewed research paper. Started Masters in Computer Science at UCLA.
10. Priyanshi Mittal: #classof2013 Has taken some of my courses. Started Master of Science in Software Management at Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley Campus.
11. Bhavna Nagpal: #classof2017 Has taken some of my courses, did UG thesis with me. Started Masters in Design at IIT Guwahati.
12. Mansi Panwar: #classof2016 Has taken some of my classes. Started Masters in Information Systems and Operations Management at Warrington College of Business at University of Florida.
13. Ashwin Rajadesingam: #classof2012 from VIT, #PrecogAlum 2011 / 2012. Completed Masters at ASU a few years back, and now starting with Ph.D. in Information with cool Professors Ceren Budak & Paul Resnick at University of Michigan.
14. Apoorv Saini: #classof2014 Has taken some of my courses, completed UG Thesis on Anonymous Social Networks with me. Started Masters in Computer Science at Syracuse University.
15. Ayush Shah: #classof2017 Has taken many of my classes, completed UG Thesis with me. Working at IBM IRL.
16. Yashovardhan Sharma: #classof2017 Has taken some of my courses, did a project spanning 2 semesters. Started at University of Cambridge to study MPhil in Advanced Computer Science and will be advised by one of the pioneers in the are of Information Security Prof. Ross Anderson.
17. Mayank Vachher: #classof2017 Has taken some of my courses, was my Teaching Assistant for the HCI course, did UG Thesis with me. Started Masters in Big Data Program at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
18. Manan Wason: #classof2016 Has taken some of my courses, did summer internship with me. Started Masters in Information Security at Johns Hopkins University.

Below is picture with most of these students. I sincerely thank each one of them for contributing towards my ProfGiri!

Here is a pointer to the blog that I wrote last year (2016) about graduating students and their next steps.

Hoping to see more and more success stories every year!