ISBN: 9789382473558    Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Year of publishing: 2013     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 160        Language: English

Being requested by his colleagues, Ranjan accepted the farewell as it was his childhood dream receiving it akin to that of his great grandfather and maternal grandfather. His colleagues were recalling sweet memories of his long service, which Ranjan continued even after the farewell ended. Ranjan recalled the most significant incidents missing many trifles as he had no written diary.Ranjan attempts to know the different characters and their chase after worldly achievements from a name and status in society to a power struggle, which still leaves them unsatisfied and thirsting for more. The physical and mental stress of most people, feels Ranjan is mainly due to this permanent thirst of not 'really knowing' either oneself or others! According to Hinduism, seeking God is knowing who he is as 'He' is within us. Contentment and eternal bliss come only by knowing that I am that "Infinity." Ranjan continues his search.
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Janendra Nath Bandyopadhyay was born on 17th July 1945 in the village of Kondaipur in the district of Birbhum in West Bengal. He has completed his B.Tech (Hons), M.Tech and Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and is a retired Professor of Civil Engineering at the same institute. He joined teaching and research in February 1968 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur as Associate Lecturer, and moved up the ladder to become a Lecturer, Assistant Professor and finally to Professor by 1978. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) since 1988. He retired from the service of I. I. T. Kharagpur in December 2010. He has a wide experience in teaching, research and industrial consultancy of various government and private agencies. Dr. Bandyopadhyay conducted short-term courses for teachers of various technological institutes and universities and organized several international conferences. He visited the USA, Australia, Japan and China either to present papers in the International Conferences, chairing technical sessions or conducting tutorials. He completed a web-based course, "Design of Concrete Structures," on the request of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. Later on, he published that book on the request of a prestigious Publisher. He supervised nine Ph.D and thirty-eight M.Tech students, authored two textbooks, "Design of Concrete Structures" and "Thin shell structures - classical and modern analyses." Besides, he has published/presented about a hundred technical papers in several national and international journals and conferences. His areas of interest include design of reinforced concrete structures, bridge Engineering and shell structures.
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