Day 10: Bangalore

I can’t believe this is the last day of the study trip! So sad! It’s seems like an absolute age ago that we arrived in Mumbai and began this adventure.

Today’s meetings were last but definitely not least. We were given a tour of the magnificent Infosys campus in the morning.

Touring the Infosys campus

We then met with Mr Narayana Murthy and his wife Mrs Sudha Murthy. They spoke for about half and hour each about the tremendous growth of Infosys, and about the philanthropic work of the Infosys Foundation. The Q&A session was covered by about half a dozen eager paparazzi with their cameras, which added some extra excitement.

Meeting Mr and Mrs Murthy

In the afternoon, we got to feature in another TV show, this time on a much bigger channel with much larger audience. It featured us (of course), some Indian students from some of the Indian technical schools, and of course, Mr. Murthy, along with the President of Cornell University (he and Mr. Murthy are close friends, and Mr. Murthy is also on Cornell's board... or something like that).

On the TV set

The final meeting of the day and the trip featured no guests. It was just us reflecting on our experience over the last ten days. Professor Roberts commended the six leaders of the trip, Sarah, Chaitra, Sandy, Prashant, Tarun and Salim for what he described as a “truly exceptional management job”. We all thoroughly agree with this and would like to use the opportunity of this blog to give a big shout out to all six of the leaders. They worked tirelessly putting together an unbelievable trip that we will all remember for the rest of our lives. Thank you so much. You guys rock and we love you.

We've been through a lot together, and will certainly look fondly back on the good times, and smile broadly when we tell about the "bad"...but for now, our time here has come to a close. Keep an eye on the blog as we may indeed add more pictures as we gain access to them, but for now, this is the India Study Trip blog team signing out… Namaste!

Group Hug!