Most Inspirational Intern awarded to MS student Nikhil Tripathi
Second year Masters student Nikhil Tripathi was awarded the 'Most Inspirational Intern' award at Corbis, where he recently completed his summer internship. Corbis, founded by Bill Gates, is described in its own words as "a creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals, providing a comprehensive selection of photography, illustration, footage, typefaces and rights clearance services." http://www.corbisimages.com/.
Nikhil's work mainly focused on developing web pages for the Corbis web site, but also included solving bugs and implementing some requirements. The award mainly highlights Nikhil's ability to deliver assigned work on time, enthusiasm about each task at hand and being friendly and helpful to other colleagues.
At Corbis, people whom Nikhil considers as his inspiration are Kathy Golden, Larry Cohen and Sunny Zhang. Also in the department, the professors who have been inspirational to Nikhil are Prof. Dejing Dou and Prof. Chris Wilson.