Catercap is Born
The Weekends Still remember the night outs with Anshuman and Anurag in my apartment in Bangalore. Slowly losing ourselves to the almighty “Glen”, somewhere between the intersection of two English defined days, one of us murmured again “Yaar apni company…
An Entrepreneur’s Promise to his Mom
I still remember your confused face when I first told you that I want to start my own company instead of sitting for the campus placements. I can understand your feelings as most of the relatives were asking me about…
Are Start-ups Pareto Plants?
Does Pareto Principle apply in entrepreneur’s life? I am sure engineer entrepreneurs must know what a Pareto Principle is but for the sake of others, I will define it: Pareto Principle states that 80% effect comes from 20% of the…
The Story of Instagram
Following story was posted by Kevin Systrom, CEO, Co-founder of Instagram in reply to the question What is the genesis of Instagram? First off, we have to say that we never expected the overwhelming response that we’ve seen. We went from literally…
Professors to Live in Hostels with Students in IIT
In a step to address the never ending controversial issue of mounting stress, falling academics, misuse of internet and suicides in IIT, the administration has taken the step which was inevitable; Professors will live in the Hostels with students. While…
Story of Discovery of Myself : Anil Chawla
The year was 1975 and it was a week before I turned sixteen when I landed up with my steel trunk at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Just a year before that my family had moved from a small industrial…
It Is Time The Image Of IIT Be Changed
There has been a lot of talk about the degrading quality of engineers from IIT, the quality of education and professors, suicides etc. But the matter which is only rarely touched upon is the culture of IIT. Certainly, I hope…