Computer Science has been my passion and obsession since I was a child. My favorite subject was Mathematics and used to love playing with numbers. I would often get perplexed with questions, such as ‘how do computers perform such complex tasks with such speed?’, ‘how do computers provide such high graphics?’ and so on. During my childhood, my parents would always appreciate me for fixing computer related problems, which would boost my confidence and make me more curious about computers....

Throughout my school years, I remained in the top 5% bracket of my class. Because of my keen interest in mathematics and technologies, I chose mathematics and sciences for my high school years. I had always been confident about my academics, but when I attended my first class of XI standard, I was shocked by the level of competitiveness in my class. My school had six batches of science students. To create an academically rich environment in every batch, the school...