Reflecting on the projects and connections from college years that Gita Balakrishnan felt were transformative, she mentions her favorite professors, takeaways, and major projects that made an impact. She remarks how she feels disappointed at the work she had produced back then. She also notes how very few have the maturity it takes to produce educated works and talks about the factors that may have contributed to it for her. She recalls that in her third year she developed more interesting concepts while she describes the many extensive projects in various places she engaged with in the following years. Getting back to the drawing table, she mentions the impressions that her guide Ajoy Choudhury had on her. She recalls the immense amount of reading and research that went into the study projects and the essential guide system that helped her through the process. 

Moving on, she goes into the very heavy technical learnings she gained from her trip to the Centre for Building Performance and Diagnostics, US. She mentions the strong views of other architects that Professor Voulkar Hardcoff expressed, the story behind taking the trip, and her experience studying under him. She further reflects on the choices regarding internships, especially on her six-month stint in the US, that she undertook during her college years. She concludes by saying she feels thoroughly fulfilled by the experiences.