Birla Institute Of Technology

I’m currently set up in Room No. 44 of the Research Scholar Hostel at BIT Mesra. If you have ever been to the Ranchi campus, you know it is quite a large place with a lot of greenery and old brick buildings. This particular room is where a lot of the actual thinking and writing happens for the project. It’s not a public shop or a big corporate office, just a quiet space in the hostel where we keep our books and notes organized. The walls are a bit plain and the furniture is typical for a university hostel, but it gets the job done for us. Living and working out of Mesra means you get used to the quiet nights and the occasional walk over to the main labs. Ranchi weather is usually nice, though it gets a bit chilly in the winters here in Jharkhand. We spend a lot of time on our computers or discussing data with colleagues who live down the hall. It is a very specific kind of life, being a researcher. Most days are just about reading papers and trying to figure out the next step in the work. People sometimes get confused trying to find the hostel, but once you are in the BIT campus, it’s just a matter of asking the guards for the scholar wing. It is a humble setup, really, but it serves our purpose for the time being.