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Just found out that A. has finally scored an academic position at the U of C at B. This marks the culmination of a year-long quest of employment that involved a ton of shuttling from one part of the States to another, probably presenting the same set of slides ad infinitum. I’m really, really glad for her, especially since she was the star of the Chem E department at Pilani before I had even joined the place. (ed’s query: Did I ever so subtly link myself to academic stardom? Kindly disregard such connotations.) God knows that U.S. academic institutions need more of us around as both students and full-time employees in order to encourage the little ones of the future to apply.

A. helped me out a lot during the application process; I’m certain that it’s due to her performance as a grad student at N.C.S.U., along with a couple of other Pilani Chem E products, which convinced the authorities to give me my very first admit and remove the spectre of joining Infosys as a drone. I then lost contact with her for the next couple of years until River Fate brought her to Urbana as a post-doc. And now, she’s a faculty member…I am still getting used to the notion that I actually know an assistant professor! Super show, A.! Keep those grants flowing in.