Vivek and Puneet were batchmates at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Vivek is associate professor of sociology and director of graduate studies at New York University. He is married and has a daughter.



Amitabh Singhal - Jun. 3, 2007

Amit and Puneet were batchmates at I.I.T., Roorkee. Amit is a Google Fellow and was the star of a story on Google in The New York Times (Jun. 3, 2007).



Sanjay Vatsa - Feb. 2, 2007

Sanjay and Puneet were batchmates at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Sanjay was headboy at Modern during 1984. He studied software engineering in the U.K. and now consults on technology and project management. He is married to Monika. They have a daughter, Tanvi.



Puneet with Sandeep Sharma - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Jun. 24, 2006

Sandeep and Puneet have been friends for almost as long as they've been conscious. They both attended Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Sandeep (Sandy) is C.E.O. of Advaiya, a Microsoft evangelist and solutions provider. Sandeep is married to Tanya. They have twins: a son, Arnav, and a daughter, Anya. Sandeep's sister, Sulakshana Pathak (Sulu), brand marketing manager at Mote-Hennessy India, is married to Magandeep Singh. Magandeep is author of Wine Wisdom: Buying and Drinking Wine in India. Sandeep's mother, Adarsh Sharma, Ph.D., is additional director at the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development in New Delhi. His father, Sat Dev Sharma, Ph.D., retired as professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T., New Delhi).



Gautam Sehgal, Ajay Rajgarhia, Vishal Lalani, and Puneet - Friends Club, New Delhi - Mar. 31, 2006

A small reunion of former classmates from Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.



Magandeep and Sulakshana - New Delhi - Mar. 26, 2006



Arvinder Singh - Sanbun Publishers, New Delhi - Mar. 25, 2006

Sanbun, a subsidiary of Hemkunt Publishers, is the publisher of Puneet's book Five Myths and Other Musings on the Sikh Condition.



Inderjit Singh Claire - New Delhi - Mar. 23, 2006

Inder and Puneet were classmates at Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.



Anil Grovor - Motorola, Hyderabad, India - Mar. 21, 2006

Anil and Puneet were classmates at the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Roorkee, India. Anil is director of software at Motorola.



Sanil Sondhi - Border Cafe, Cambridge, MA - Feb. 1, 2006

Sanil and Puneet were colleagues at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Sanil holds an M.B.A. from North Carolina and is director of financial planning and analysis at C.R.A. International in Boston. He has a daughter, Anya.



Sanil with daughter, Anya - 2006



Randy White with wife, Tracey - 2005

Randy and Puneet were members of the music group Groundwater in Windsor, Ontario. Randy and Tracey were married on July 23, 2005.



Sanjay Mishra and family; L to R: Satvik, Sanjay, Kavya, and the Mrs. - Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. - Summer 2005

Sanjay and Puneet were colleagues at I.I.T. (Roorkee, India). Sanjay earned a graduate degree from the University of Maryland and currently operates a software business in Maryland.



Train 45; L to R: Kelly Hoppe, Josh Zalev, Greg Cox, and Marc Roy - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - August 2005

Josh, Greg, and Puneet were colleagues on Windsor's music circuit.



Manish and Varsha Kothary with their newborn son, Neel - New York - Jul. 21, 2005

Manish and Puneet were batchmates at I.I.T. (Roorkee, India). Manish, a Don Bosco (Kolkata) alumnus, worked for several years as an I.T. consultant in the financial sector. He is currently a real estate developer with Hampton Living and M Grande Resort and Spa locations in Asheville, North Carolina, and Myrtle Beach, Florida. Neel was born 7 pounds and 21 inches.



L to R: Nidhi, Rajnish Jain, Ashish, Ashmeet Sidana, Kartik Jaggi, and Shibani - Modern Bay Area Alumni gathering at Amber India Restaurant, Mountain View, California - Jun. 6, 2005

Puneet, Rajnish, Ashmeet, and Kartik were colleagues at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Kartik works for 2 Wire, Inc. and lives in San Jose, California.



Rajat Gupta - White Plains, New York - May 16, 2005

Rajat and Puneet were batchmates at I.I.T., Roorkee (India). Rajat is married to Vanita and is employed as director of global market risk for International Paper.



L to R: Arnav, Tanya, Anya, and Sandeep; celebrating the twins' second birthday - Denver, Colorado - Oct. 2, 2004

See below.



Kamal Vij - 2004

Kamal and Puneet were batchmates at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Kamal studied engineering at Banaras Hindu University's Institute of Technology (I.T.-B.H.U.). He is vice-president of engineering for RadioData Corporation in Arizona, U.S.A.



Manish Kothary with wife, Varsha - Kauai, Hawaii - Jan., 2003



Sandeep Sharma with twins, Arnav and Anya - Denver, Colorado - Oct. 2, 2002



L to R: Lee Ingram, Daniel, Emily, and Chiho - Andover, Massachusetts - Sep. 15, 2002

Lee is director of advanced development at Kronos Incorporated.



Kiran Singh Panesar with daughter, Koodrut (sitting), and son, Sehar - Portland, Oregon - Aug. 30, 2002

Kiran and Puneet were batchmates at I.I.T., Roorkee (India). Kiran is presently with Intel.



Samir Chopra - Sydney - 2002

Samir and Puneet were batchmates at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Samir is assistant professor of computer science at Brooklyn College of C.U.N.Y. and co-author of The India Pakistan Air War of 1965 (Delhi: Manohar, 378 pages, Rs. 895).



L to R: Sumati, Soumya, Prof. Sharma, Mrs. Sharma, Anmol, and Inder Sharma (Raja)- New Delhi, India - 2002

Inder is Puneet's childhood friend from the days when they were neighbors at I.I.T., New Delhi. Inder is managing director of NuTek.



Shaleen Sharma (Vinkoo; bottom-right) on the cover of Agosh's debut album Paisa [Money] - 2002

Shaleen and Puneet were batchmates at I.I.T., Roorkee (India). Shaleen, a Doon School alumnus, received classical music training from Pt. A.K. Roy of the Maihar gharana. Soon after completing undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at Roorkee, he joined the Delhi-based jazz-fusion band Indian Ocean and was featured as drummer/lyricist on the band's self-titled debut album (1993). His current band, Agosh, which he founded with Roorkee classmate R. Anandh (center-left, above), released their debut album "Paisa" in 2000. R. Anandh also collaborates with Prasad Studios in Chennai (India). Click here to hear "Paisa." Shaleen is scheduled to appear in two forthcoming Bollywood movies, the crossover Morning Raga (with Shabana Azmi and Lillette Dubey) and "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi."



Rohan Oberoi - Ranthambhor, India - 2002

Rohan is a patron of The Sikh Times.



Katik Jaggi (left) with an unidentified colleague - California - 2002



Greg Sovan - Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada - 2002

Greg and Puneet were colleagues at the Canada Employment Centre in Windsor, Ontario. Greg was instrumental in hiring Puneet to his first fulltime career-related job upon graduation from the University of Windsor. Greg is married to Ann.



L to R: Marius Swart, Samita, and Puneet - CyberShift Christmas party, Assaggio Ristorante, 2711 Yonge Street, Toronto - Dec. 14, 2001

Marius is the former chief operating officer of CyberShift, Inc., Puneet's former employer. Marius left CyberShift in early 2003 to form his own workforce consulting company, Marswars, Inc. On September 16, 2003, he joined The Diversity Channel based in Maryland as chief executive officer and president.



Puneet with Octavian Tarcea - CyberShift Christmas party, Assaggio Ristorante, 2711 Yonge Street, Toronto - Dec. 14, 2001

Puneet and Octavian were colleagues at CyberShift, Inc. Octavian is now with Workbrain Corporation.



Puneet with Sanjay Govil - The Bombay Club, 815 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. - Dec. 1, 2001

Sanjay and Puneet are childhood friends. Sanjay is founder and C.E.O./president of Infinite Computer Solutions (I.C.S.). He was Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year 2002 in the category of technology services in Washington, D.C. I.C.S. India Pvt. Ltd. was featured on N.A.S.S.C.O.M.'s list of Top 20 I.T. Software & Service Exporters from India (2002-03). Sanjay is married with two kids, a son and a daughter. Sanjay's brother, Sandeep, recently (July 23, 2003) graduated from the Anniston Family Practice Residency Program at the Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center (R.M.C.).



Ajatshatru Singh (right), J&K Minister for Transport and Information, with Union Minister of State for Transport, B.C. Khanduri - Transport Bhawan, New Delhi - August 18, 2001

Puneet and Ajat were colleagues at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Ajat is the son of Karan Singh and grandson of Maharaja Hari Singh, who ruled Jammu and Kashmir until India attained independence from the British in 1947. Ajat was elected to the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Nagrota constituency and joined Dr. Farooq Abdullah's (National Conference) cabinet in October 1996.



David Dan Ossip - Featured in Computerworld - Aug. 6, 2001

David is the former C.E.O. of Puneet's former employer, CyberShift, Inc. (formerly TruTrac, Inc. and Business Machine Interfaces, Inc.). He is presently C.E.O. of Workbrain Corporation.



Shailesh Patel, at his CyberShift office, 239 New Road, Parsippany, N.J. - 2001

Puneet and Shailesh were colleagues at CyberShift, Inc. (formerly TruTrac, Inc. and Business Machine Interfaces, Inc.).



L to R: Eugene Correia, Puneet, and S. Gopikrishna - 1781-1 Greystone Walk Drive, Toronto - 2001

Eugene writes regularly for India Today, Frontline, and Can-India News Weekly. S. Gopikrishna writes for The Progressive, Rediff, and Desi News.



Morne Swart (left) and Marius Swart - CyberShift Party, New Jersey - 2001



L to R: Jon-Marc Patton, Warren Gouws, Marius Swart, Johan Swart, and Morne Swart - CyberShift Party, New Jersey - 2001



L to R: Puneet, Manish Kothary, and Upal Basu - Red Roof Inn, 6 West 32nd Street, Manhattan, N.Y. - Aug., 2000

Manish and Puneet were batchmates at I.I.T., Roorkee (India). Manish works as an I.T. consultant in the financial sector. Puneet and Upal were batchmates at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Upal, educated at Stanford and Harvard, is co-founder, board member, and vice-president of corporate development at mFormation. Upal is married to Sagarika. They had a daughter, Anushka, in February 2004.



Ajay Mahajan with wife, Preeti - Illinois - Apr. 2000

Ajay and Puneet are childhood friends. Ajay is associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.



Samir Kumar - U.K. - 2000

Samir and Puneet were batchmates at Modern School (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India). Samir works in the travel industry. He met his fiancée while he was in Australia for four years.



Puneet with Harbinder Singh Gill - Leamington, Ontario, Canada - 1994

Harbinder and Puneet were colleagues at the University of Windsor. For a period of time, Harbinder was employed as a detective with the Toronto Police.



Amitabha (Amit) Chakraborty with Puneet - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - 1994

Amit and Puneet were colleagues at the University of Windsor's School of Computer Science.



Arvind Kohli - Windsor, Ontario, Canada - 1993

Arvind and Puneet were colleagues at the University of Windsor. Arvind, a Certified Management Accountant (C.M.A.), works for Sara Lee in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Arvind is married to Rekha. They have two sons, Ved and Nikhil. (This picture was taken in front of Puneet's Sandwich Street apartment. Puneet's second car, a Dodge 600ES, is visible in the picture. Puneet's first car was a Spirit. Puneet's Windsor residences were, in chronological order, 440 Indian Road, the post-graduate residence on Huron Church Road and Mill Street, Donnelly Street, 235 Campbell Avenue, 555 Crawford Avenue, University Avenue, and Sandwich Avenue).


More Friends, Colleagues, Batchmates, and Acquaintances

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Ram Parsad