Amit Paranjape
@aparanjape
Diverse interests: Software, Healthcare, Aerospace, Technology, Science, Startups, Economics & Policy, Infrastructure, History, Cricket, City of Pune
It's wonderful when the Olympiad programme gets a shout out from the very top! India's stellar performances at the Int'l Olympiads in Math. and the various Sciences, especially lately, is a result of perseverance over decades, spearheaded by @HBCSE_TIFR & supported by @DAEIndia
We are ever grateful to the Govt of India and the Hon'ble PM for their unstinting support to the Olympiad programme in the Sciences and Mathematics. 🙏🏽
Three of my all time favorites...
31yrs ago these 3 Movies were playing in Cinemas at the same time.
President Trump said he reached a trade agreement on Sunday with the European Union, the U.S.’s largest trading partner wsj.com/economy/trade/… via @WSJ
Big Shift: MNCs moving GCCs from Eastern Europe to India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad…
Shades of Bangalore 1983/84 when Zaheer Abbas thought they could leave but Gavaskar (rightly) stayed put because he was close to his hundred. The Pakistan fielders left. Gavaskar waited for 23 minutes. They had to return. Gavaskar got the hundred.
Over 300 trekkers rescued in Maharashtra’s Malshej Ghat; Kalu river surge traps group, locals, forest teams lead 7-hour operation The trekkers apparently ventured into a restricted forest area without local guidance timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/over… "Over 300 trekkers, including 100…
Two Concordes, landing in parallel! "On Oct. 18, 1982, as the photo and the video in this post show, two Concorde supersonic airliners landed almost simultaneously for the first-time side by side on parallel runways at Orlando International Airport. As reported by the Orlando…
This amazing drone photo of the Khadakwasla dam near #Pune has gone viral on WhatsApp. (I think the photographer is Swapnil Barge)
DYK? In the 86 Test matches played at Old Trafford, Manchester, since 1884 - spanning 141 years - Team India became the first side to score 350+ in each innings (358+425/4) of a Test match at this ground! #IndvEng #IndvsEng #ENGvIND #IndvsEngTest
Washington Sundar averaging 44.86 with the bat & 27.87 with the ball after 12 Tests is elite all-rounder areas. With seven of those Tests coming in Australia & England and despite his actual role in the team still not quite defined #EngvInd
Great batting and a brilliant partnership - Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja! A memorable one for years to come. #INDvsENG
What an innings Washington Sundar! Amazing patience and concentration. 💯
Amazing... Sir Jadeja.
Updated batting numbers: Ravindra Jadeja in England: 1002 runs at an avg of 38.53 Jacques Kallis in England: 848 runs at an avg of 35.33
Er... What? 🤔
No one: Absolutely no one: Not a single soul on this Earth: Mercedes-Benz: We are integrating Microsoft Teams into our vehicles.
The present building of the #Pune Railway Station was inaugurated this day, 99 years ago (July 27, 1925). The original station was built in 1850s. Checkout some interesting photos from the inauguration ceremony, and other old Pune photos (1920s): flickr.com/photos/abaraph…