Education broadens one s horizons.
I believe that research is a beautiful and rich activity that has immense intellectual benefits and that life is also beautiful but only if one gets involved. Professor Mahajan was presented with the John Bardeen Award from TMS, the Albert Sauvier Achievement Award from ASM, is a Fellow of ASM and is currently the editor of 3 research journals. I am particularly proud of my work on the origins of defects in semiconductors and their influence on device behavior as well as deformation twinning. Students should be self-motivated, industrious, and bright. He or she should require only minimal guidance.