Amazing Auditoriums




                             Who is " Tushar Arvind Mody "




            ((((((      For those who would like to know more about me before calling me for a visit.    )))))))


                                Mechanical  Engineer  from  M.S.University, Vadodara.                           

     

                                                           ( Member of Acoustical Society Of India )         


                                                                                Check out  an article on                                    

                                                              TUSHAR MODY     ( A SOUND IDEA )                    
                                      

                                                                in     "CONSTRUCTION WORLD"      MAGAZINE,     

                                      ( An AASAP Media Pvt Ltd, Publication.) ( October,2007, issue )


            



So, here is my life story :-

Birth :-   

           30 , January, 1959.( Palanpur, North Gujarat ).......( A Town Known for Diamonds Business )
                   ( Age 56 yrs, two months, as on March ,2015 )

Language :- 

                   Gujarati, Hindi, English.( But Mostly speaks Hinglish ) ( Hinglish Bole to .........   )

School :- 

             1 to 6 th std - Modern High School,( English Medium ) Gandhi dham, Kutch, Gujarat.
.
             7 to 11 th ( S.S.C  Board ).Institute Of Our Lady Of Fatima Convent High School,Big Daman                             via  VAPI, GUJARAT.

             From 8 th std to SSC, I had OPTED for TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
            at a nearby Technical high school .

            So from a very young age ,I learnt
     
             ( 1 ) Engineering Drawing.
             ( 2 ) Hot Metal Forging. ( I have Hammered RED Hot Iron into various shapes )
             ( 3 ) Electrical Wiring.
             ( 4 ) Carpentry.
             ( 5 ) Lathe Machine Operating.
             ( 6 ) Engineering Materials Study...etc,etc.

         I thoroughly ENJOYED all SUBJECTS and EXCELLED specially in Engineering Drawing plans,                    Elevations, etc.

         In One EXAM, I was the ONLY student who had RIGHTLY DRAWN the 3 -D OBJECT from the plans          & Elevations.

         The Teacher immediately separated me to a FAR-OFF empty SEAT, so that NOBODY could COPY                   from ME.


          It's a thrill remembering those days.

         I STOOD FIRST  in the ENTIRE CLASS in S.S.C



 College :- 

                The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara.

                Pre-Science - First Class  - 1976.

                B.E ( Mech ) - Second Class -1976-81.

                 I never worked for EXAMS.

                 I EXPLORED BOOKS to " UNDERSTAND " the subjects.

                I went way beyond the course. 

                I was always THIRSTY for 
NEW KNOWLEDGE.






                                                                     JOB EXPERIENCE





 ( 1 )   Industrial Linings :- 

                            Technical Sales Executive.........For .......14 Months.

       
         ( Anti corrossive RUBBER linings to chemical Tanks, vessals, pipelines,

          etc,etc.)
  
         My very first job. I worked very hard,Made many out-station trips.like pune, goa,nashik,vapi & even  

         upto ORIENT PAPER MILLS in ORISSA.

        Also got the BIGGEST ORDER for the company from TOYO ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS.

          LEARNT a LOT about RUBBER.& its Processing.

          RUBBER is a very good Acoustic Material.




 ( 2 )    Synthetic Foams Ltd :-  


                           Technical Sales Executive -.....for........ 10 Months.

     
         ( Making Poly -Urethane Foam insulation & False Ceiling Material

         and taking up some INSULATION & FALSE CEILING contracts).

        I worked very hard ,BUT the atmosphere was not conducive to my  thinking.

        I learnt a LOT about POLY-URETHANE FOAM.

        I learnt the use of FOAM in ACOUSTICS.

        This is the first time I paid MORE ATTENTION to the word " ACOUSTICS "

         A SUBCONSCIOUS LEARNING OF " ACOUSTICS" had  BEGUN .





 ( 3 )  Beardsell Insulation Ltd :-

                           Technical Sales Executive- ....for.......3 Yrs.

     
        ( Making THERMOCOLE,  and PUF, and taking up insulation, interior

         decor and acoustic insulation contracts.)

 
         I used to prepare quotations for insulation, interior & acoustic contracts
         also attended TENDER OPENINGS,site visits to learn, & outstation
         touring.
          ( visited pune, nashik, aurangabad, jalgaon, ahmedabad, ankleshwar, bharuch, lucknow, bhopal, indore,               nagpur, akola, surat,  vyara, etc, )

         These were three years of hectic life,a lot of learning of theory and    

         practical execution,sales, Marketing, etc an all round experience


         Then I became MORE AMBITIOUS........ &......... I decided to START my OWN  BUSINESS.






                                                       ( June ,  1988 ).
 I started


         Urvashi Insulation & Interiors,    
       
 
          as a ONE MAN SHOW


         BEFORE starting, for months, I used to Imagine how exactly I will RUN
         this ONE MAN SHOW.

         NOBODY can IMAGINE the FUN I DERIVED from executing the turnkey
         contracts.

          Everything was in my CONTROL.
         My ONLY AIM was to provide the BEST
         SERVICE to all my clients , and TECHNICALLY a STRONG WORK by REGULAR SITE  VISITS.   



                                                                I executed nearly 125 separate contracts.



                     Here's the PARTIAL LIST  Of Contracts Executed :-



 (1) Speciality Ranbaxy Ltd.  Andheri

 (2) Raymond Wollen Mills Ltd. Thane( Two Separate works )

 (3) Digital Electronics Ltd.  Andheri( Two Separate works )

 (4) Centaur Laboratories Ltd. Goregaon, Kalina( Three jobs )

 (5) Gas Authority Of India Ltd. BKC Bandra.

 (6) B.A.R.C, Sanpada.  Navi Mumbai.

 (7) B.V.Jewels. Andheri. SEEPZ

 (8) Mexx Garments.  Vikhroli.

 (9) Technova Imaging Systems Ltd.  Mahalakshmi.

 (10) Defence Research & Development ( D.R.D.O ),                       Ambernath.  ( Three jobs )

 (11) Bindu Synthetics Ltd.   sanjaan,  silvassa ( Four Jobs )

 (12) Mafatlal Fine Spg & Wvg Ltd. Lower Parel( Two Jobs )

 (13)  Prakash Cotton Mills Ltd.  Lower Parel  

          ( Twenty Large, Repeat orders )

 (14) Vijay Fire Protection Systems Ltd.   Mahape,                          New Mumbai.

 (15) J.K.Bombay Ltd.   Thane,

 (16) Victoria Mills.   Lower Parel 

 (17) Collins & Co ( Bentex Watches ).   Tardeo.

 (18) Holographic Security Marking Systems.   Vasai.

 (19) Lemuir Records Management.   Lower Parel.

 (20) Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd.   Andheri ( Two Jobs )



 (21) Stypen mfg co pvt ltd, ( Flair Pens ).   Goregaon.

 (22) Old Admiral House. ( Naval ).  Cooperage.( Two Jobs )

 (23) Samruddhi Venture park.  Andheri MIDC.

 (24)Lion Tarachand Hospital.  SION. ( Three Jobs )

 (25) G0-COOL Ice-Cream,Gandhinagar,Gujarat.( Two Jobs )

 (26) PVT HUGE POTATO COLD STORAGE.DEESA,                  North Gujarat.

 (27) Rajesh Ice & Cold Storage.  Vashi.

 (28) GANESH BENZOPLAST .   TARAPUR.

 (29) L.I.C Management Training Center.   Borivali.

 (30) A Bank at Parbhani.

 (31) Davy Power Gas,  Kalina, PUNE ( TOTAL seven jobs )

 (32) Two Repeat Jobs of COLD STORAGES,  Ahmednagar.
         ( Two Jobs )

 (33) TATA Liebert Ltd.  Andheri ( Four Jobs )

 (34) Filmistan Studio,  Goregaon.

 (35) Mysore Association Auditorium.  Matunga.

 (36) LLoyd's Steel Ind Ltd.  Wardha.

 (37) Pvt Trading Co. Santa Cruz.

 (38) General Insurance Corporation. Churchgate..

 (39) Russian Consulate,  Peddar Road.

 (40) SKF Bearings.  Charni Road


 (41) Mittal Builders. Nariman Point.

(42)  State Bank Of India.  CBD, Navi mumbai.

 (43) Uhde India Ltd.  Vikhroli.

 (44) Matulya Mills.   Lower Parel,

 (45) St Stanislau's School,   Bandra.

 (46) Saraswati Mandir School,   Mahim

 (47) ETC, ETC
.




HOW I became PASSIONATE about ACOUSTICS 

The word acoustics always fascinated me...........( God Knows Why....... )

In my second job onwards I was always looking for more knowledge on acoustics...........

I started visiting all auditoriums of mumbai...........
Started
wondering about the reasons for various shapes given to the internal surfaces of the auditorium.........

I also attended any plays, lectures in such auditoriums.

( I have attended even marathi Comedy plays, not understanding anything at all.

 My aim was to check acoustics of the auditorium ....:-).



I never knew this was only the............ " TIP OF THE ICEBERG "............... .

I kept on observing and thinking just out of CURIOSITY...........

No detailed knowledge was available from anywhere............

Then,In the year 1991 I did first sound proofing of two cabins for a client.........

This experience set my mind thinking about all possible ways to do it...........

Immediately after this followed the execution of heat insulation of a SEMINAR HALL for, Lloyd's STEEL, Wardha...........

I got exposure to design of its acoustics,so this added to my knowledge.............

Then,searching for a source of knowledge ,When Ever I used to get time I used to visit AMERICAN & BRITISH LIBRARIES..........

I could locate good books on acoustics.I brought them home and started reading the FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS.


Whatever time I got from my business I used to spend in reading................

 The more I read the more CURIOSITY got generated.............

I read & I tried to UNDERSTAND, &
Imagine what's happening in the AIR...............

It was like READING a MURDER MYSTERY................., and that too spread out in so many books...........,with NO CLEAR CONCLUSIONS in ANY BOOK..........

Each Writer had his OWN OUTLOOK.............





Around this time I laid my hands on a SET of



  THE GREAT AMERICAN YELLOW

PAGES  


           A DOZEN..........  ,each 4 inch thick BOOKS.

  There were pages & pages full of ACOUSTICS RELATED SERVICES & PRODUCTS & TESTING LABORATORIES & TESTING INSTRUMENTS.


         in the great " UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ".

  This info really BLEW my MIND.

  I wrote a SPECIAL PRINTED LETTER to ALL THOSE hundreds of COMPANIES.I

 I really spent a small fortune on printing & Air-Mail Postage to U.S.A and Other Countries.


                              

                                                                                             
AND 


 the MIRACLE started to unfold.
............It was a BOOM time in USA..

  Against my one page enquiry letter I started getting LOADS & LOADS of.............

  ACOUSTICAL RELATED CATALOGS...............

  My cupboard started OVER-FLOWING
................

  I planned out a RENOVATION to CATEGORISE those things.

 ( In General, I was as such planning to become an 'INTERIOR DESIGNER ")

  I renovated my bedroom & Drawing room with MAXIMUM POSSIBLE drawers, & sections to classify and store everything in proper order.

  I declared myself as an " ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT ", along with my existing business of hot and cold insulation contracts.

  I designed a basic sound proof door and windows design and got free publicity and write-up in some of those  famous interior decor magazines.

    The study of those catalogs from USA also continued............
 
    My Imagination & thinking on the subject also continued...........

    In fact , all my spare time was devoted to reading those ACOUSTICAL CATALOGS..............

   when I was in my happiest state of mind.............,

  each day was a thrill.....,planning to make more PROGRESS
in my BUSINESS.........

   Planning to BUY a CAR,in place of my existing  two wheeler.............


      I got a  HEART ATTACK ..............( 21, December,peaceful , quiet, sunday evening ,1998 ).

      ( My Age Just 39..........., ).

      I got a SHOCK of my life.............

      HOW come, an Attack in a STATE OF EXTREME HAPPINESS............... ???????.
 
      As USUAL............., my RESEARCH  BASED MIND started working............

       I did deep research............. Lot of reading about heart..........., in all the possible sources.......... 

       like the American  LIBRARY      , British Library     ,Medical libraries      ,etc,etc..



                   Now, it was a question of saving my OWN LIFE      


All this I am writing just to inform you about my nature of investigating a subject.

This Terrific Research on HEART ATTACK which finally culminated in my writing and selling of a UNIQUE BOOK on ATTACK PREVENTION,
which is described in a separate window (BOOK-SALE ). If interested you can read much more.



I continued executing contracts and consultancies even just a month after my attack......

 I had to start a big work at MEXX GARMENTS at Vikhroli, far off from my place,......



          till around 9/11 happened


The slackness in the market affected me. Even if I quoted a LOWEST POSSIBLE price I could not get a contract.this continued for nearly two years.

I decided to STOP contracts & continue with


                                                             ONLY ACOUSTIC CONSULTANCY.


This was around year end of 2004.

In absence of much publicity I got very less works but my study continued.


Now , AUDITORIUMS have became my PASSION.

I tried to know as much as possible.





HERE is a THINKING POINT :-


  ( 1 )   Sound is NOT POSSIBLE in VACUUM.

  ( 2 )  Sound is possible ONLY in a MATTER.It could be AIR, OR any other

          Matter.

  ( 3 )  Now " AIR " is made up of 



                                                                                   78  %   Nitrogen
                                                                                   +
                                                                                   21  %   Oxygen
                                                                                   +
                                                                                   01  %   Argon & other gases ( 0.9  % Argon  )
                                                                               ________
          
                                                                          =    100  %   AIR.



   ( 4 ) Sound is an " ATOMIC  WAVE  ".

          The vibration is atomic.

           Further , when you realise that

 THICKNESS OF A HUMAN HAIR CONTAINS = 10,00,000  atoms.(Ten Lakhs )

 Even just " ONE " Millimeter .= 40,00,000 atoms ( Fourty Lakhs ).


  (  5  )  So when you can imagine these dimensions  you start understanding the  " UNUSUAL " behaviour of                sound.

  (  6  )  You start understanding the TRUE MEANING of

                             LOW- FREQUENCY SOUND

                             MID- FREQUENCY SOUND

                            HIGH -FREQUENCY SOUND

  (  7  )  The GEOMETRY of NITROGEN atoms ( MOLECULES ) which is the majority in the air  & its "                       INTER-ACTION  " with the atoms of ALL OTHER MATTERS


            is the REAL TRUTH OF the SOUND BEHAVIOUR.

There are  a lot of wrong statements made regarding sound behaviour BUT since there is NOBODY to really explain the behaviour, the myths continue.


                     When SOLUTION is available,

                     the PROBLEM should stop existing.


Go, read HUMAN HISTORY & you realise that No problem ever got sorted out

  without deep thinking.


 


   Think Of    "  NITROGEN  "


                
          

                 My next interest is  de-mystifying

             the acoustics of " RECORDING STUDIOS "


   To be continued.........




OFFERING FOOL-PROOF ACOUSTICAL SOLUTIONS

 ......SINCE 1995


 Tushar Mody is looking for EXCITING ...PART-TIME employment...

 as a " TECHNICAL ADVISER - ACOUSTICS " from GOOD COMPANIES...

 offering ACOUSTICAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES.


Your clients and architects may appreciate these services in their projects.


I can also help in general marketing of those products,whenever required.


Those who are interested can call me for an interview.


I want an offer based in mumbai,.........yet I can travel anywhere...


meanwhile I will continue with my own ACOUSTICAL consultancy & SHARE TRADING.


thanks,

Tushar mody



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