Re: A new phase in my life

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

All the best for your new phase in life. Please do remember us poor

guys occasionally!

Kishore Shah 1974

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of

Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters

in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under

its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has given me a

scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I will come back

in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other things, I would

learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the art and science of

evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my knowledge in the

critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone skills

in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training

would help me become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting

task. I was fortunate to get constant support and encouragement from

my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on them whenever I needed

their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my heart

would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

All the best for your new phase in life. Please do remember us poor

guys occasionally!

Kishore Shah 1974

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of

Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters

in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under

its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has given me a

scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I will come back

in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other things, I would

learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the art and science of

evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my knowledge in the

critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone skills

in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training

would help me become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting

task. I was fortunate to get constant support and encouragement from

my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on them whenever I needed

their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my heart

would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

All the best for your new phase in life. Please do remember us poor

guys occasionally!

Kishore Shah 1974

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of

Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters

in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under

its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has given me a

scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I will come back

in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other things, I would

learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the art and science of

evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my knowledge in the

critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone skills

in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training

would help me become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting

task. I was fortunate to get constant support and encouragement from

my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on them whenever I needed

their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my heart

would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

Wish you all the best. Have a swell time !

Ravi `91.

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

Wish you all the best. Have a swell time !

Ravi `91.

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

Wish you all the best. Have a swell time !

Ravi `91.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations and best of luck for the New venture ! I am sure, You are going

to be the best person in University of California,San Fransisco also! You have

the abilities, determination and hard work too with you!!

I admire you sir !!

Mukund (1974)

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of Public

Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters in Public Health

(MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under its Fogarty AIDS

International Training Program has given me a scholarship that would cover my

stipend and tuition. I will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam.

Among other things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my

knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone

skills in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training would help me

become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the last six

months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic hurdles and red

tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting task. I was fortunate to

get constant support and encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always

fall back on them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and tense. I do

hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is emotionally satisfying and

intellectually challenging. Having wished that, let me admit that while San

Francisco can have my head, my heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Congratulations and best of luck for the New venture ! I am sure, You are going

to be the best person in University of California,San Fransisco also! You have

the abilities, determination and hard work too with you!!

I admire you sir !!

Mukund (1974)

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of Public

Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters in Public Health

(MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under its Fogarty AIDS

International Training Program has given me a scholarship that would cover my

stipend and tuition. I will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam.

Among other things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my

knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone

skills in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training would help me

become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the last six

months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic hurdles and red

tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting task. I was fortunate to

get constant support and encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always

fall back on them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and tense. I do

hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is emotionally satisfying and

intellectually challenging. Having wished that, let me admit that while San

Francisco can have my head, my heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Congratulations and best of luck for the New venture ! I am sure, You are going

to be the best person in University of California,San Fransisco also! You have

the abilities, determination and hard work too with you!!

I admire you sir !!

Mukund (1974)

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of Public

Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters in Public Health

(MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under its Fogarty AIDS

International Training Program has given me a scholarship that would cover my

stipend and tuition. I will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam.

Among other things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my

knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone

skills in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training would help me

become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the last six

months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic hurdles and red

tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting task. I was fortunate to

get constant support and encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always

fall back on them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and tense. I do

hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is emotionally satisfying and

intellectually challenging. Having wished that, let me admit that while San

Francisco can have my head, my heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

Congratulations! All the best to you, please do stay in touch!

Ravin '82

[Guest guest]

Dear SP Sir,

Congratulations! All the best to you, please do stay in touch!

Ravin '82

[Guest guest]

Well done Sir,

This is one of the very well deserved thing to have happened to you.

Congratulations and all the very best

to you. I know you will keep in touch on the mail.

Best regards

Raju Shah.

1978

A new phase in my life

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of Public

Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters in Public Health

(MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under its Fogarty AIDS

International Training Program has given me a scholarship that would cover my

stipend and tuition. I will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam.

Among other things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps in my

knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I also plan to hone

skills in designing medical research, doing diagnostic studies and clinical

trials and evaluating published research. I hope that my training would help me

become a better clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the last six

months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic hurdles and red

tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting task. I was fortunate to

get constant support and encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always

fall back on them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and tense. I do

hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is emotionally satisfying and

intellectually challenging. Having wished that, let me admit that while San

Francisco can have my head, my heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@...

sp_kalantri@...

SP

[Guest guest]

Respected Sir,

you have amazing zeal to learn more and more.Infact all of us should take

inspiration from you.I understand how you must be feeling going away from family

for such a long time but sir i am sure you will have lots of fan following as

usual over there too.

all the best for new phase of your life. all of us will miss you in

sewagram.please keep in touch in mgims group.

ALL THE BEST ONCE AGAIN.

Mugdha , Rohit Sharma(89)

Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations Sir !

May God enlighten your path today and always, for you have given the

light of knowledge to thousands like me.

Ayesha

'96

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[Guest guest]

Dear SP sir,

Congratulation and all the best to you on the new venture in

your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning.Even though we

are located on the eastcoast,but if ever all the views of Golden Gate bridge

fail to make you feel at home ........ please,do remember that our doors are

always open to welcome you and you can always visit us anytime......we do have

our own " little India " on this end of USA.And,also please,do let me know if i can

be of any help to you.

Regards,

Neeti'86

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for

San Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to

do Masters in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal

Government under its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has

given me a scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I

will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other

things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps

in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I

also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published

research. I hope that my training would help me become a better

clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a

daunting task. I was fortunate to get constant support and

encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on

them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my

heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@b...

sp_kalantri@r...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear SP sir,

Congratulation and all the best to you on the new venture in

your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning.Even though we

are located on the eastcoast,but if ever all the views of Golden Gate bridge

fail to make you feel at home ........ please,do remember that our doors are

always open to welcome you and you can always visit us anytime......we do have

our own " little India " on this end of USA.And,also please,do let me know if i can

be of any help to you.

Regards,

Neeti'86

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for

San Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to

do Masters in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal

Government under its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has

given me a scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I

will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other

things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps

in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I

also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published

research. I hope that my training would help me become a better

clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a

daunting task. I was fortunate to get constant support and

encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on

them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my

heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@b...

sp_kalantri@r...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear SP sir,

Congratulation and all the best to you on the new venture in

your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning.Even though we

are located on the eastcoast,but if ever all the views of Golden Gate bridge

fail to make you feel at home ........ please,do remember that our doors are

always open to welcome you and you can always visit us anytime......we do have

our own " little India " on this end of USA.And,also please,do let me know if i can

be of any help to you.

Regards,

Neeti'86

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for

San Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to

do Masters in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal

Government under its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has

given me a scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I

will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other

things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps

in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I

also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published

research. I hope that my training would help me become a better

clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a

daunting task. I was fortunate to get constant support and

encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on

them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my

heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@b...

sp_kalantri@r...

SP

[Guest guest]

WOW Neeti...

<<your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning>>

That was eloquent ; ))

Ashok ' 84

wrote:

Dear SP sir,

Congratulation and all the best to you on the new venture in

your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning.Even though we

are located on the eastcoast,but if ever all the views of Golden Gate bridge

fail to make you feel at home ........ please,do remember that our doors are

always open to welcome you and you can always visit us anytime......we do have

our own " little India " on this end of USA.And,also please,do let me know if i can

be of any help to you.

Regards,

Neeti'86

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for

San Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to

do Masters in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal

Government under its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has

given me a scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I

will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other

things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps

in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I

also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published

research. I hope that my training would help me become a better

clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a

daunting task. I was fortunate to get constant support and

encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on

them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my

heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@b...

sp_kalantri@r...

SP

[Guest guest]

WOW Neeti...

<<your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning>>

That was eloquent ; ))

Ashok ' 84

wrote:

Dear SP sir,

Congratulation and all the best to you on the new venture in

your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning.Even though we

are located on the eastcoast,but if ever all the views of Golden Gate bridge

fail to make you feel at home ........ please,do remember that our doors are

always open to welcome you and you can always visit us anytime......we do have

our own " little India " on this end of USA.And,also please,do let me know if i can

be of any help to you.

Regards,

Neeti'86

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for

San Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to

do Masters in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal

Government under its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has

given me a scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I

will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other

things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps

in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I

also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published

research. I hope that my training would help me become a better

clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a

daunting task. I was fortunate to get constant support and

encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on

them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my

heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@b...

sp_kalantri@r...

SP

[Guest guest]

WOW Neeti...

<<your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning>>

That was eloquent ; ))

Ashok ' 84

wrote:

Dear SP sir,

Congratulation and all the best to you on the new venture in

your unquenchable quest for the neverending process of learning.Even though we

are located on the eastcoast,but if ever all the views of Golden Gate bridge

fail to make you feel at home ........ please,do remember that our doors are

always open to welcome you and you can always visit us anytime......we do have

our own " little India " on this end of USA.And,also please,do let me know if i can

be of any help to you.

Regards,

Neeti'86

Dear all,

I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for

San Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to

do Masters in Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal

Government under its Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has

given me a scholarship that would cover my stipend and tuition. I

will come back in June 2005 after taking final MPH exam. Among other

things, I would learn biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and the

art and science of evidence based medicine. I would also fill gaps

in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical literature. I

also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published

research. I hope that my training would help me become a better

clinician, teacher and researcher.

I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the

last six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic

hurdles and red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a

daunting task. I was fortunate to get constant support and

encouragement from my MGIMS friends, and could always fall back on

them whenever I needed their help.

Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and

tense. I do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is

emotionally satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished

that, let me admit that while San Francisco can have my head, my

heart would always be in Sevagram:24/7.

Please note my new e-mail ID:

kalantri@b...

sp_kalantri@r...

SP

[Guest guest]

Dear Murtaza,

In my experience, the American Custom wallahs always empty bottles of

achar diligently as if they were weapons of mass destruction!

(And maybe they are sometimes, when they are HOT!!)

Kishore shah 1974

----- Original Message -----

<<but to be truthfu,l carry a few bottles of pickes and spices with

you..........because thats the thing you are going to miss the most

after your family there.>>

[Guest guest]

Dear Murtaza,

In my experience, the American Custom wallahs always empty bottles of

achar diligently as if they were weapons of mass destruction!

(And maybe they are sometimes, when they are HOT!!)

Kishore shah 1974

----- Original Message -----

<<but to be truthfu,l carry a few bottles of pickes and spices with

you..........because thats the thing you are going to miss the most

after your family there.>>

[Guest guest]

Dear Murtaza,

In my experience, the American Custom wallahs always empty bottles of

achar diligently as if they were weapons of mass destruction!

(And maybe they are sometimes, when they are HOT!!)

Kishore shah 1974

----- Original Message -----

<<but to be truthfu,l carry a few bottles of pickes and spices with

you..........because thats the thing you are going to miss the most

after your family there.>>

[Guest guest]

Pickles are certainly WMD for Americans:)

Can this be the beginning of a new battle strategy for Al-qaida?

sending complimentary *gifts * of achar to Bush to *appease* him?)

Gayatri

1997 Batch.

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. Kalantri,

Congratulations. This is probably the first instance that a faculty from the

dept. of Medicine is going abroad for higher studies. A great move . I wish

you all the best.

Anant.

>

>Reply-To: mgims

>To: <mgims >

>Subject: A new phase in my life

>Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 09:27:05 +0530

>

>Dear all,

>

>I wish to share with the MGIMS family that I am leaving India for San

>Francisco on 12 th August, early morning. I am going to the School of

>Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA to do Masters in

>Public Health (MPH: Epidemiology). The US Federal Government under its

>Fogarty AIDS International Training Program has given me a scholarship that

>would cover my stipend and tuition. I will come back in June 2005 after

>taking final MPH exam. Among other things, I would learn biostatistics,

>clinical epidemiology, and the art and science of evidence based medicine.

>I would also fill gaps in my knowledge in the critical appraisal of medical

>literature. I also plan to hone skills in designing medical research, doing

> diagnostic studies and clinical trials and evaluating published research.

>I hope that my training would help me become a better clinician, teacher

>and researcher.

>

>I would like to thank several alumni who have helped me a lot in the last

>six months. Filing applications, getting past the beauraucratic hurdles and

>red tapes, and acquiring the US visa is indeed a daunting task. I was

>fortunate to get constant support and encouragement from my MGIMS friends,

>and could always fall back on them whenever I needed their help.

>

>Staying away from a family for almost a year makes me nervous and tense. I

>do hope that Berkeley provides me an environment that is emotionally

>satisfying and intellectually challenging. Having wished that, let me admit

>that while San Francisco can have my head, my heart would always be in

>Sevagram:24/7.

>

>Please note my new e-mail ID:

>

>kalantri@...

>sp_kalantri@...

>

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