Monday, June 16, 2014

Harsha !

Today is a tragic day . Apart from few of my close friend being operated in hospital , We lost Harsha in a tragic accident this sunday evening. - http://www.deccanherald.com/content/413883/techie-killed-wife-hurt-hit.html


Monday morning , while working in office one my my friend gave
me sad news of his demise and i was clueless and had no words except getting on bike and heading to his parent's home . After reaching , for first time i saw him without a smile and so silent . Feeling totally void i had no words and nothing came to my mind except his words and time spent with him. Once all the rituals happened i returned to office with lots of thoughts and flashback memories coming to my mind . Since then I am not able to do anything  properly whether its sleeping, eating reading or even sitting idle . Nevertheless I decided to pen down my feeling .


He was my Alumni from IIIT Allahabad , very different from other folks(including me) who were part of a rat race of doing better in life. We rarely interacted while in college , but trust me i have seen most of people reaching out to him for various help. With his help many us were able to code better and think better . As a mentor he infused high morale and energy into anyone. Most of fellow IIITians out would surely agree that he must have influenced him/her directly or indirectly. I personally know many folks who were able to achieve big  with his guidance and mentorship. Apart from this , being such a knowledgeable and renowned personality in coding/programming , start up fraternity  in India , he was so ground to earth , simple and always available.

We have rarely seen a guy who pursue his passion with such a great conviction and he was always a role model we use to look up to. His passion for coding , start ups , sports and teaching was impeccable .

Some Insight about Harsha.
- No 1 coder of India 
- Co-founder of mycodeschool
- Have founder couple of other startups in previously
- Mentored many students

We interacted while he was mentoring us for ACM , then we played age of empire together , poker together , played pool together , partied together quite a few number of times. He was very senior to us , but never felt like one at any given time. Truly a gem of a person and we are dearly going to miss his inspirational vibes in coming time . "RIP Harsha Sir".