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all of this is true. i owe a bunch to my mentors as well.
my mentor at nyu was then phd student @psermanet, one of the kindest human beings i know
Yann LeCun gave me opportunity 2x when i didn't have another option forward in AI.
the person who pushed me to go to IIIT for my final year project and then go to cmu without a plan after my masters rejections was Praveen Garimella, gamechanging advice to not give up.
props to my dad Vithal Chintala and mom Rajani Chintala for letting me be crazy and going beyond their financial means to support me. i grew up squarely middle class with lots of debt in the household, even though my parents eventually became independently wealthy post-2010 -- so letting me pursue this path when there were safer choices always available is great parenting!
thanks @deedydas for spending time digging up the deets.
I'm sure everyone who's sitting upon success has many struggles, life doesn't come easy.
p.s.: i got rejected 3x from google and deepmind together, not just deepmind.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐀𝐍𝐑𝐅)!
Today, PM @narendramodi leads the Inaugural Governing Board Meeting of the ANRF.
Here are some of the groundbreaking announcements that will revolutionize the research landscape in India.
#ANRF
#NewIndia
#AnusandhanNationalResearchFoundation