"Chemistry used to confuse me until I stepped into the stupendous world of organic chemistry… a world in order … a world in perfect harmony…"

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Naresh Patwari

Born in Calcutta, India, 1978
Bachelors’ in Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1997

Fields of Interest - Work

Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Control Theory, Production and Queuing Systems.

Other Interests

Swimming, water polo, reading, music, public speaking, etc.

Born in the ‘City of Joy’ Calcutta, India in 1978 to a businessman father and a homemaker mother, I grew up as a young boy who had been imbibed with the virtues of hard work and the realization of the power of knowledge; a boy who would cheer the Indian cricket team on every run scored and who loved to swim and to listen to old Hindi songs.

I developed a love for English Literature (admired Shakespeare and Milton) and for something radically different: Physics. Mechanics and Electrodynamics were my all-time charmers. Chemistry used to confuse me until I stepped into the stupendous world of organic chemistry… a world in order … a world in perfect harmony… in my higher secondary years.

I was always driven by a passion for generating and creating wealth and felt the best way to pursue my interests as well as my drive was to take up engineering. What followed were perhaps the most challenging and certainly the most exciting days of my life… when I prepared for the entrance exams that I had to take to enter The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITKGP as we called it). It was a ‘dream-come-true’ for me.

IITKGP was where I first read Ayn Rand and then went on to become a passionate fan. Eric Segal followed close behind though. I loved playing water polo and also had a passion for public speaking.

My final year project gave me the opportunity to work for General Motors’ R & D Labs. I modeled their automobile production system and developed software that would predict the throughput of complex lines much faster and with much higher accuracy than the previously available models.

Schlumberger gave me a campus offer in Jan 2001 and placed me with WesternGeco. I am currently working as a Marine Seismic Engineer (since May 2001) and getting trained on the acquisition, navigation and processing sides of the seismic business.