"I still vividly remember my first day in college. I was so excited in meeting new people. College felt like a liberation for me since I was far away from my family. It was my first time to be separated from them.

"The time spent at Vidya Pratishthaan, Baramati, was almost like festival to renew to each other our expressions of mutual regard, and to renew also our recollection of the time when in these classrooms, we were trained for the duties of active life.