Emeralds College

Down in Tirupati, in the Srinagar Colony area, you will find Emeralds College. The pin code is 517502 for anyone trying to find the exact location. It is a fairly quiet neighborhood compared to the main temple areas of the city where all the pilgrims go. The college building fits right in with the other houses and structures around Srinagar Colony. We don’t have any huge billboards or flashy signs out front. It is just a place where students come in the morning and leave in the evening once their lectures are finished. Most of the people working here have been around for years, so we know the local shops and the neighbors quite well. You will find that the classrooms are just standard rooms with wooden benches and green boards. During the summers, it gets very warm in Tirupati, so the fans are always spinning at full speed in every room. We spend a lot of time making sure the schedules are followed and that the students are actually in their seats when they should be. There is a bit of a yard where people stand around during the gaps between their classes to get some air. It is not a fancy setup, but it works for what we need to do. Tirupati is a busy town, but back here in our colony, it feels a bit more like a regular community. We see the same faces every day, from the rickshaw drivers to the students walking from the hostels.