Welcome to the Homepage of Alok Vyas
Hi !!
I have just gotten to creating my webpage, so feel free to suggest additions that you feel I should not be missing out on. E-mail your suggestions to : [email protected]

This is me !! (Fall 1998) at the University of Michigan’s
Media Union
and FOB (fresh off the boat)
I am an Indian in America !
! Vande Mataram !
And Yeah,
I do not have all those intellectual stolen (don't you just lift them from somewhere ?) wordings to adorn my webpage. I think that my webpage has to say what I want to say and not simply repeat what others said some time back in history. Right ?
So what do I do ?

Well, nothing much...like most people do here in the United States, study in this new desh. I still remember those days when I was aspiring to come here, preparing my Statement of Purpose, took two months off from work to work on my Architectural Portfolio, and prepare for GRE and TOEFL. Its one of those things that everyone who comes here does and probably never forgets !

Now, I pursue Master of Urban Planning at the Urban and Regional Planning Program of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. I hope to finish my post graduation in two years… atleast some aim to start with.

What have I done till now ?

I am an Architect by profession. I completed my professional Bachelors education in Architecture from Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai (formarly Bombay), INDIA. I also worked at home for a couple of years in a well known Architectural firm before I decided that I had to learn more. To find out the most updated information about me, take a look at my resume.

My Research Assistant works :

Currently, I am working as a Graduate Student Research Assistant for Michelle Barnes of Great Lakes Center for Truck and Transit Research (GLCTTR) at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), for the Winter 1999 semester. The work primarily is to develop an interactive web structure for the official GLCTTR university web-site.

I worked as a Graduate Student Research Assistant for Prof. Jonathan Levine in Fall 1998 semester, for the Transportation and Society Seminar course that was offered in the forth-coming Winter semester 1999. I was entrusted with the task of making arrangements for the successful staging of the seminar, including preparing the schedule of the speakers, contacting them and making reservations, food, venue, travel arrangements, publicity, etc. This work was really interesting, but equally tiring ! : )

My academic research papers :

These are my papers for the courses in the Urban and Regional Planning Program and I would be glad to share them with you. Please feel free to send me your comments or suggestions.

Rockefeller Center : An Adventure in Urban Design
dated December 14th, fall semester 1998

This was my third assignment for the UP519 Urban Design Class where I was required to take up a subject that described its relevance to Urban Design. It dealt primarily with procuring and getting familiarized with the vast resources of literature available on Urban Design concepts and topics.

Contact me ?
I am currently staying at,
1066 Island Drive Court, Apartment # 106
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 USA.
Phone : (734) 741-8585 (h)

[email protected]  or  [email protected]

My favourite links :
The Times of India, my country' s most famous news paper

Crickert, get updated on what's currently happening in cricket !

Bodyscapes, some shockingly explicit body photographs, but on nice concept !

Want to Return to India ? check out this site for " how to " !

Lost pals ? Click there to locate lost friends by their names, schools, colleges etc. if they are already registered there !

Want to Fool anybody ? go here to know how. This is really funny !

MP3z ? Check this site. Pick whatever you want !
Site has direct ftp connection to Hemanth's server and lot others !!


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