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APOGEE '09

I spent my first day of apogee preparing for my paper presentation the next day and as the fourth day came crashing to an end, that felt like an aeon ago. I don’t know where all that went. I hadn't the faintest idea that a technical fest of national level could hold so much for me-me of all people. Interviewing Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia Foundation, felt good. He gave us another perspective of things. He introduced us to the idea of making the world a better and easier place to live in-and not just making money or being successful (without sounding idealistically silly-really).I also got to interview an Environment Lawyer, Mr. M.C Mehta, who upon research I found out, was the winner of the Raman Magsaysay award and Global Planet award for Asia. Gee, I wonder what two more Apogees will hold for me in the next two years! Apogee was good for more reasons than one. My paper presentation on Biodiesel was seemingly decent (despite lack of much preparation, I confess). I worked har