Voyaging towards Excellence (Activity 5)
Page No. 81 / 82 [Lines, “ At IIT……… in my life.” Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow. A1. Complete : Complete the following sentences choosing the information from the extract. a) The writer used to see Nobel Laureates at the dining Table at MIT during lunch time. b) Vincent Cerf invented the basic protocol of (TCP/ IP) Internet. c) The writer came in contact with 15/20 brilliant students/researchers/ professors when he was in his 3rd year. d) After Mr.Narayan Murthy left Patni, Writer started heading Patni’s Software division. At IIT I got fairly good marks in my first 2 years. However, a very important thing happened while I was in my 3rd year. I came in contact with about 15-20 extremely brilliant students / researchers / professors from IIT, TIFR and BARC. They included top ranking students from IIT, visiting professors in American Universities, and very renowned mathematicians in the world and so on. I