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A Childhood Ignition: The Meccano Set of 1952<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To understand the birth of Ramji\u2019s passion, we must rewind time to the 1950s and go on a trip to a small village in Tamil Nadu called Pazhamaneri in Thanjavur district. One amongst five boys, Ramji grew up at his grandparents’ house in this village. Situated at the banks of the river Kaveri, there wasn\u2019t much to do for the young boy then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Ramji\u2019s father, an engineer who was working in Pune, bought him a Meccano set (a model construction system) when he was eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy interest in engineering and making models started thanks to this Meccano set. My father bought it in 1952, and it made a big impression on me. Mind you, it was expensive and had to be imported from the UK. The set cost him Rs 40, which he paid for out of his salary of Rs 300. I would spend hours with this set building different models,\u201d Ramji tells The Better India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Wooden Kits to a Lifelong Love for Engineering<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Seeing his interest in these models, his grandfather, a civil engineer, bought him some wooden kits and blocks the next year. With these kits and blocks, the nine-year-old would build houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few years later, his father bought him some engineering books, which sealed his love for the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe four engineering books that my father bought at Rs 2 in 1961-62 opened up a whole new world to me. Those books are my Bible, and I still have them and the Meccano set with me,\u201d says the 79-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a keen interest in model making and engineering, he went on to pursue mechanical engineering in Pune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n