Mahesh R. Sananse

  There is a habit that doesn’t look harmful. It doesn’t destroy your health overnight. It doesn’t empty your bank account in one day. And nobody in your family will ever tell you to stop doing it. In fact, people will praise you for it. It’s called waiting until you feel ready. We all live with a silent belief: one day we will wake up confident, clear, and certain — and that will be the day we finally start. Start learning seriously. Start working seriously. Start exercising seriously. Start living seriously. But that day never comes. Because readiness is not a real state. It is a comforting illusion created by the mind to avoid discomfort. Your brain does not want progress. Your brain wants safety. And progress is never safe. The Lie of Perfect Timing You think you will start after you understand everything. You think you will speak confidently after you eliminate fear. You think you will take risks after you become brave. But confidence does not come before acti...

 As an Assistant Professor, I don’t see AI as a threat. I see it as a mirror. It reflects how we teach, how students learn, and how education itself is evolving. There was a time when students would wait for the next lecture to clarify doubts. Now, they walk into class having already explored multiple explanations online. They are more curious, sometimes more confused, but definitely more exposed. AI hasn’t reduced their thinking; it has expanded their access. And that changes my role. I am no longer just a source of information. I am becoming a guide, a filter, a mentor who helps them separate clarity from clutter. Of course, I have my concerns. I worry about dependency. I worry that some students might use AI to complete tasks without truly understanding them. But then I ask myself — didn’t calculators create the same fear once? Didn’t the internet do the same? Every generation faces a new tool that feels disruptive. Over time, we learn not to resist it, but to integrate it wis...

 One of the strangest realities of teaching IT today is that the moment you finish explaining a concept, the industry has already taken a step forward. As an Assistant Professor in computer science, I’ve realised that I don’t just teach technology anymore—I run alongside it, trying not to fall behind. There was a time when learning IT meant picking up one programming language, understanding databases, and having a basic idea of networking. That felt sufficient. Today, students enter the classroom already surrounded by buzzwords—artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science, automation. The real challenge isn’t introducing these terms. The real challenge is helping students separate what is important from what is simply popular. Artificial intelligence, for example, is no longer something we talk about in future tense. It is already influencing hiring decisions, shaping how software is built, redefining business strategies, and even changing how education i...

 Many people believe programming is only for the “talented.” They assume good programmers are born with a special kind of brain, one that understands logic naturally and solves problems effortlessly. If you struggle, you start thinking that maybe you’re just not made for it. That belief is one of the biggest lies in the tech world. Talent may give you a head start, but consistency is what actually takes you far. Programming does not reward people who study once in a while with full enthusiasm. It rewards people who show up regularly, even on days when learning feels boring, confusing, or exhausting. Writing code for thirty minutes every day teaches you more than coding for ten hours once a month. Most beginners quit not because programming is impossible, but because they expect fast results. They want to feel confident quickly. When progress feels slow, they lose faith. What they don’t realize is that slow progress is still progress. Every programmer you admire has written bad...

 Most people think a good programmer is someone who writes complex code at lightning speed, memorizes countless syntax rules, and solves problems in minutes. From the outside, programming looks like a pure technical skill. In reality, it is far more emotional than logical. What truly separates an average programmer from a good one is not intelligence or talent. It is patience. Programming tests your patience every single day. Code rarely works the first time. Sometimes it doesn’t work the tenth time either. You sit in front of a screen, reading the same lines again and again, wondering where things went wrong. The error message looks unfamiliar, the solution is not obvious, and frustration slowly builds up. This is where most people give up. A beginner often sees errors as proof of failure. A good programmer sees errors as part of the process. That difference in thinking does not come from experience alone. It comes from learning how to stay calm when nothing seems to work. De...

he Union Budget 2026 was presented today with a strong sense of expectation around economic growth, employment, and long-term national development. While public discussions often revolve around tax slabs and immediate financial relief, the deeper value of the budget lies in understanding the direction it sets for the country. One of the clearest signals emerging from the Union Budget 2026 is the continued and growing importance of the technology sector in shaping India’s future. Over the past few years, technology has evolved from being a standalone industry into becoming the backbone of nearly every sector of the economy. The current budget reinforces this reality by consistently aligning development goals with digital systems, innovation, and technology-driven solutions. Whether it is governance, education, manufacturing, or services, technology now acts as the underlying engine that enables scale, efficiency, and transparency. This shift indicates that India’s economic strategy is n...