Snapshots (क्षणचित्रें)

[PSL] Monday Coffee

The Monday Coffee team at Persistent Systems, Nagpur delivers some heart-warming content to be enjoyed along with first coffee on a Monday morning in the office.

Our readers share inspiring stories, our visual designer does some magical stuff with it, and the end-product is a little nugget of wisdom served in a short-n-sweet story capsule.... A perfect kick-starter to the week ahead.

Readers' response has been great, and working with the team has been a marvelous journey so far!

Text-o-graphics

Photos from friends, with relevant captions from me...

20 Saal Baad....

1995 - 2015

Windows ME on Floppy disks!

Remember floppy disks?
And, remember Windows ME?

Here are two rare things in one photo: Start-up floppy disk of Windows ME!

I am now intrigued about what more such exciting stuff in my archives.

My stamp collection

My fascination with philately (stamp collection) started in sixth standard of school and it practically stopped when we entered SSC. During these four years, the collection amounted to 290 stamps from 122 countries.

I now have a stamp for each letter of alphabet, except X... Does Xanadu issue a stamp? :P

Each of these stamps carries a memory of hours spent in bartering and negotiating with fellow stamp enthusiasts!

नवरात्री, २०१५

देवी महालक्ष्मीची नवरात्रांतील विविध रूपें

"ठाणे भूषण"

ठाणे महानगरपालिकेच्या वतीने देण्यात येणारा "ठाणे भूषण" पुरस्कार माझे मामा श्री. रघुनाथ फडके यांना जाहीर झाला आहे.

अभिनंदन, मामा! आम्हाला तुमचा अतिशय अभिमान आहे.

Shiroda Squadron!

This is the Shiroda Squadron!

रंगपंचमी, २०१५

नागपूरातील रंगपंचमी, २०१५

TechPubs team parties at Persistent Systems

The TechPubs team at Persistent Systems, Nagpur regularly goes out for team lunch/dinner. Here are some team photos over the years.

Anandam, 19 Apr 2012

Centre Point, Ramdas Peth, 20 Sep 2013

Centre Point, Ramdas Peth, 17 Oct 2014

Best Practices Group at Persistent Systems

Everyone likes to be better at whatever they do; and I am no exception. Joining the Best Practices group atPersistent - Nagpur was a step in this direction.

This group has a mandate to create a platform for sharing ideas and practical experiences about the best processes, tools or techniques that can have a positive impact in the project execution, project delivery, efficiency, quality or customer satisfaction.

After initial planning meetings in November 2013, the group started picking up a specific topic each month and creating awareness about the best practices in it, via email flyers and knowledge sharing sessions. Here are a few snapshots....
Requirements Detailing session (December 2013)

Estimation techniques session (January 2014)

Function Points Analysis session (February 2014)

Software Design session (March 2014)

Skeptics may ask how this helps me as a technical writer... Here's how:

For one thing, it gives me an opportunity to interact with people beyond my immediate project team; that is, in a subjective way, it increases my social network.
In an objective way, it gives me a chance to learn the technical jargon. As tech writers, it is imperative that we not only advocate the end-user views, but also be able to interact with the SMEs in their own language.
Lastly, more close to my trade, it gives me an outlet to go a bit creative in the form of email flyers and other media.

Here are a few samples...

So, if becoming better is one of your goals for this year, then participating in the Best Practices events would definitely be a step in the right direction.

3 Years at Orange Byte

Orange Byte is a quarterly newsletter published from Persistent Systems, Nagpur.
It was a privilege to lead the enthusiastic and live-wire members of various Orange Byte teams, from 2011 to 2014.

Evolution of the newsletter

Orange Byte originally started as a collection of HTML pages!

We migrated it to Joomla CMS in 2011

Upgraded to WordPress platform in 2013

Orange Byte Teams

Team OB of 2011-2012 at Hotel Center Point, Nagpur

OB team 2012-2013 in the Atrium, Persistent, Nagpur

Team OB of 2013-2014 after the publication of 10th Anniversary Special Edition of Persistent Systems, Nagpur

Ramtek trip

Ramtek trip, December 2013

2013 Retrospective

The year 2013 turned out to be an eventful year. We had three marriages in the close family, followed by a grand Mahalaxmi pooja. We and in-laws moved into our respective new homes.

Hrishikesh - Manasi wedding - Mumbai (May 2013)

Saurabh - Akanksha wedding - Goa (July 2013)

Two years at Persistent

I completed two years at Persistent Systems, Nagpur. Here are some treasured memories.

A 'memorable' gift!

Today, my better half Arti delighted me with a surprise gift - a 1 TB Seagate external hard disk!

"झुंबर" पुस्तक प्रकाशन

सौ. गीता गणेश सोमण (माझी आई) यांनी लिहिलेल्या "झुंबर" या पुस्तकाचे दहाव्या "गोमंतक महिला साहित्य संमेलना"त प्रकाशन झाले.

पुष्पगुच्छ देऊन स्वागत करताना सौ. गीता सोमण

अम्रृता सुभाष आणि मुक्ता बर्वे यांच्यासोबत, सौ. गीता सोमण

Ganesh Utsav at Persistent

The Nagpur centre of Persistent Systems celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi utsav with a lot of fanfare. The two-day programme was packed with pooja, artis, traditional day contests, some games and visarjan with सन्दल.

Here are some glimpses...

Team Award!

Our project team (euphemistically titled as "PE 1 DU 10") won the Team Award last month.

In a small award function on 31-Aug, the Delivery Manager and the Project Manager congratulated the team via teleconferencing from Pune. The Program Manager at Nagpur centre distributed the certificates and gift vouchers. Anupama Kaple, the Project Lead expressed thoughts on behalf of the team.

An HR executive co-ordinated the function.