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My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.

While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.

When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.

While I was at community college, I studied industrial design because I thought maybe I'd be an automotive designer - I grew up in Detroit - and I also studied, geology because I was interested in science, a little bit.

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.

I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.

I come from a family of doctors and engineers, and everyone expected me to take up a similar career. That was the most natural thing to do!

Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.

I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.