So maybe your college has people like Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma or Deepika Padukone for alumni, mine has numerous budding entrepreneurs and a number of geeks whose idea of fun is opens source coding. Somehow, that introduction sounded way better in my head, than it does in text. I'm however going to talk about one particular alumnus of a prestigious institution- IIM Ahmedabad, who also happens to be from my college-CEG.
Deepak Krishan did his B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from College of Engineering Guindy, after which he proceeded to the most coveted B-school in the country IIM-A to study management. Somewhere along the road, he caught the entrepreneurial bug, the desire to branch out on his own, dictate his own terms and give his own ideas a worthy platform.

He is now the founder and co-developer of http://www.gocling.com/. A unique social platform, where people connect based on the similarity of their tastes. The better your taste is, the more popular you get, and the more popular you get, the more people respect your opinions.

I will admit I was a bit skeptical when I first looked at the site, on receiving a link from a friend, but for someone who has a lot of friends who do not share my interest in Television shows and Hollywood, the site was a revelation. Based on recommendations from people on the site, I've had a lot more to watch and consequently more to talk to them about. Eventually I even went on to talk the site up on Chennai Live (Chennai's only English radio station), because it is just that good.

When I spoke to him, Deepak revealed that he has big plans for the site. "Chennai is just the beginning", he said. For me oddly, enough it was a moment of pride that such enterprise has originated from my campus especially when you take into consideration, my general lack of college