Prof N B Ballal Prof N N Vishvanathan

This office at 5 56 Ganesh Nagar has been our base for quite some time now. It’s where Prof N B Ballal and Prof N N Vishvanathan handle the daily workload and keep things organized. Pune can be a very busy place, but this particular corner of Ganesh Nagar stays relatively calm compared to the main roads. We have a few rooms filled with books and old files that probably should have been cleared out years ago, but we just keep adding more. The furniture is a bit mismatched, mostly stuff we’ve picked up over the years as we needed it. There is a small fan that rattles in the corner, but it does the job when the Maharashtra heat gets heavy in the summer. We don't really do much in the way of fancy meetings or presentations. Mostly, it’s just sitting down at the big wooden table and going through whatever needs doing. Sometimes the neighbors’ kids are playing cricket outside, and you can hear them through the door. It’s a very local way of working. We aren't trying to be some big corporate outfit with a glass front. We just show up, do the hours, and head home. The street number is 5 56, and people usually find us without too much trouble. It feels right being here in this part of the city. We’ve seen the area change a bit, but the office stays pretty much the same.