Born and brought up in Shillong, Meghalaya, Alakesh is an architect based in Singapore. He currently works for a consultancy firm called Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd.
He studied in St Edmunds till Class X. He considers Shillong his ‘favourite place in the world’ and misses the hustle and bustle of the small town. ‘It is compact and a complete city for me.’ He then moved to Guwahati where he completed Class XI and XII. The main reason for the shift was coaching classes in order to prepare for entrance exams that he was to face after Class XII. With great support from his teachers at Army School, Narangi, and at FIITJEE Guwahati, he found a place at IIT, Kharagpur, where he studied architecture.
Not knowing at the time what a career in architecture would be like, Alakesh was more swayed by the opportunities and exposure a stint in IIT would offer. But when his course began, he started to enjoy it and was intrigued by the ‘combined attention it seeks from one’s faculties, both in terms of creativity and analytics’. He also enjoyed the process of creating something. ‘I enjoy the sheer joy of creating things and the greatest satisfaction are the small moments of creative brilliance which transcend all material joys.’
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