After my first degree, I had decided to pursue Physics for my Master's degree and was admitted for the M.Sc. Course in Saint Berchmans College in 1970. Mgr. Kalasserry had retired as the Principal and Rev. Fr. Kurialasserry had taken over from him. We had the same cream of professors and lecturers. There were 20 seats for M.Sc. (Physics), 15 boys and 5 girls. Everybody had one goal, holding the future in their hands. We immersed ourselves in the theory and practical lessons with enthusiasm and confidence.

Many great Physicists had passed through our lives throughout the course. From Galileo's experiment at the tower of Pisa, through Newton's law of gravity, Maxwell's theory of propagation of light, Michelson-Morley experiment, Einstein' theory of relativity and photoelectric effect, Kepler's laws, Hubble's telescope, Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle, Schrodinger equation, Plank's constant, Bohr atom model, Rutherford scattering experiment, Chadwick's discovery of neutron, Pauli's exclusion principle, Madam Curie - Pierre Curie experiments on Radioactivity, all influenced our research through day and night. Through the pages of textbooks, we saw them explaining to us the mysteries of each phenomenon.

Friends are at their best when it comes to corporate learning. My association with Zacharias, Antony James, K.G. Rajan, T.S. Sebastian, Sally Joseph, Valsala, and Jaya in physics tutorials helped me to understand the subject better. During the final year, we held an academic seminar called colloquium every week. Each student had to prepare a topic and delivered to the students and attended by the professors. The physics library was great. I spend a lot of time in the library doing research and preparing notes for the colloquium and when it was delivered on a Wednesday afternoon it was superb.

The Master's degree program ended in May 1972 with the final exams. We all left Saint Berchmans with the uncertainty of the future in the world of unemployment, holding the spirit of hope.

A university is the citadel of education. The experience is brilliant and overwhelming. It creates a spark in you which will ignite throughout your life. The diversity, the dynamism, the zealous, the inclusiveness, the maturity and the independence will make you a complete man. I climbed the tower of Saint Berchmans with flying colors. Any time in my life, if I happened to pass by Saint Berchmans, I bow my head in reverence and touch my heart. You are the tallest, my great Alma Mater.