Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Mumbai

Sun Pharam- Boring, no drug samples. (Fed us, cookies, tea or coffee, water.) Would only take a gift of chocolate to share in the office but not our other gift, so I have a new USB drive.

ICICI- Huge banking group that is taking over the world with pretty decent ethics and Micro lending (would not give sample but did feed us). Very friendly met with high up people and they do take Interns, currently have a Spanish guy.

National Stock Exchange- Told us about how they set up their redundant system in a different state in case of natural disaster (cookies and tea or coffee, and water)

Hinditron- One of the American Alumni Association, a UW Engineering grad that does so many cool things, works with Cray, Fluke, HP. Great speaker I hope I can be like him when I grow up. American Alumni Association- This was so cool I met a gentleman that referred to himself as an Oaky because he graduated from Okalahoma State University, very cool, with his Hindi accent. The speakers spoke about how much they enjoyed going to school in the US and that is why the Association began, to give them a chance to talk to others with similar experiences. (High tea but was really dinner, Hinditron remembered being a hungry student and fixed us up. Too bad everybody was doing the same. I feel huge.)

Service Project School Teachers- We met with student teachers that will be working with disadvantaged youth. See pictures when I get them posted. Ten by ten foot rooms that families share with no running water, bathroom down the street. Some of the student teachers grew up there as well. We discussed the problems that face India and the US and brainstormed ways to solve them. My group did terrorism, two days after the bombing outside Mumbai. We decided that we need to understand why the bombings happen and help people have better lives so that they have the ability to protest in less violent ways. (No food, but we were too busy to care. Great NGO (Non Profit in the states) with caring people that will make a diffrence. )

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