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Hello sir, I was a student at western, and graduated with the Nadir Ahmed Shah Business Analyst Inov8 Limited |
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Dear Prof Nazim,
The last time I saw you was in
McGill just before you left to Best Regards, Ebrahim |
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Hi Nazim, I’ve sent emails out to all the
students who didn’t submit drill 1 or 2, to let them know that they can still
do so. There have been a couple of people who wrote back with different
stories. One only submitted a softcopy to XXX, so I didn’t get.
Another had gotten an extension and was still finishing it up, intending to
submit tomorrow. Anyway, it looks like sending those emails out was
worth it to get that information. One of the students also had some
positive things to say about your teaching that I thought I’d forward to you.
>Also, Nazim is a great professor, and I was amazed how he puts what we actually learn over how we are able to adhere to deadlines. I have seen enough instructors who couldn't care less if you could make the dealine or not. This can do more damage to student's attitude towards the course, and sometimes the whole field, than anything else. Stuff happens without our control and not every instructor is supportive. Hopefully that’ll make your
Monday morning pass a little faster. James |
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Sent: Dear Mr. Szemberg,
I would
like to offer my enthusiastic support for the nomination of Prof.
I have been a past student of Prof. Nazim and in my eight years in the industry, I have continued to collaborate with him on research issues. My relationship with him has evolved from him being my instructor (when I took courses under him), to him being my mentor and research guru (when I conducted graduate research under him), to him now being an intellectual friend insofar as our profession and areas of academic interest/research are concerned.
Prof. Madhavji excels in nurturing his initial academic relationships with his students and gradually transforming them into personal relationships. This unique ability enables him to build and grow a solid network of contacts across the world, in academia and industry. He is able to effectively leverage this network for conducting research in areas of mutual interest with a variety of people having rich and diverse professional experience. He thus makes an invaluable contribution to his profession by fostering collaborative work between those in the academic world and those in the industry.
I have observed firsthand that Prof. Madhavji consistently pushes the envelope and makes one think about what may not be readily obvious. This is an innate gift and skill for a researcher to excel in his field.
Prof. Madhavji is
Regards, Sr. Ulticom Inc. |
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To: Wodek Szemberg, Big Ideas M4T 2T1 (TV Ontario) Dear Mr. Wodek, This is in response to your call for nominating I have known Prof. Madhavji
for the past two years, since I came to He is always motivational. He would like to spend
several lecture hours as a motivation phase for the students to a new course,
to help them establish the motivations to learn something new, and to create
something in the courses. In this sense, there is no wonder that we achieved
a He is always encouraging discussing, debating and
innovation. He has spent much more than “office hour” time every week with
students in discussing issues and giving feedback. He also created a “Let’s
talk shop” session in the department, held every two weeks to encourage
undergraduate and graduate students to exchange their innovative ideas. He is always willing to help. Every time the
students have a question about the course, or an issue about the team
project, or have some new ideas about research, Prof. Madhavji
is always willing to sit down with you to Definitely there are much more than what I have
mentioned which I believe Prof. Madhavji is a great
candidate for this award. Best regards, |
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> Sent: > To: bigideas@tvo.org > Subject: > > > This is a letter to nominate Professor Nazim H.Madhavji, > > > Professor Madhavji's
> > Professor Madhavji
has developed a unique teaching approach that emphasizes > learning over grade
achievement. As a result, students become passionate about > learning both within and outside the
university credited course. I enrolled in > one of Nazim's
undergraduate > his graduate students and currently work in
the domain that I was introduced to > by Nazim. Of particular mention, is the participation of
many of his students in > several small group sessions to discuss
current research arti > and other fellow
students, completely independent of university credit. In the > > students to seek out and learn vast amounts of
information on their own, > instead of simply
memorizing what they're told. > His approach to teaching is so unique that
I've never seen anything like it or seen anything as successful. Even so, Nazim,
regularly asks students for one-on-one feedback on how his Although some many of his students, who become inspired by his
passion for learning. This is the core of Nazim's
teaching philosophy, which has had a major impact on the careers of many of his students. > > In > discuss his teaching approach in greater
detail. I am
convinced that you will agree that Professor Nazim is one of > > Best regards, > > Motorola Inc. |
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> Hey Nazim, > > just to keep you
informed, I got the job at Teekay. > It pays $XX.00 an hour which works out to be
about > $XXK per annum. I am really excited right now. I > actually made reference to your > discussing the importance of documentation for
traceability > issues and they
seemed pretty impressed. > > Thanks again > > Dean |
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Subject: Job news Hello Nazim!
I just
wanted to share some excellent news with you! I just received a job
offer from
Also,
you advertised earlier about having former students come and talk to your
students next year. I’d be willing to come in and do that if I
can. I’m moving to
I may also be able to provide a “real world” point of view. As a “Business/Systems Analyst” my first project is to revamp their billing system. So I’m sure Requirements Engineering and Architecture are going to come into play in a major way!
Thanks again, Steve |
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I have
to say that although this paper has been a pretty massive undertaking, I've
really enjoyed doing it. As I kept
working I began to really start to enjoy the work. I found it must more intrinsically
rewarding to do this kind of work than the usual assignments and projects
which are assigned. Sincerely, James |
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> However, only > after I started working on the enrichment
study, i realized > the investigative nature of graduate-type work
which showed > me what research is
truly about. I am very glad
experienced > first hand the type of work i would be involved with in > graduate school. It is at this point when i realized that I > would much rather enjoy working in the
software development > field where i would
be able to explore the methods involved > in process development as well as issues and
conflicts that > arise from it.
This gives me the opportunity to not only > research technical issues but also people
issues too. > Cheers, > Vlora |
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Hey Nazim and Remo, On behalf of Group 16, I would like to thank-you
again for all of your dedication to helping us this semester. I know I
speak for the whole group when I say that the two group projects were a great
learning tool, and your desire to motivate us was an inspiration. Thanks again |
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You're very welcome!!! Actually, I should be thanking you for giving me
the opportunity to TA such an interesting and creative course. Although it was difficult at times, we got
through it and I really believe everyone has learned a lot from being
involved. For myself, I feel much more
confident, not only with the content of software architecting, but of working
with people, communicating, and thinking 'outside the box' after TA'ing not only this course, but 473 as well. These skills and knowledge will aid me
throughout my life in every area, and I thank you for helping to bring those
out. Looking forward to more interesting work in the
summer, Remo |
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Dear Prof Madhavji, Though the course is not over yet, I wanted to
thank you for the diligent effort that you have put in to teach the course.
However, I would not deny that I have cribbed the whole term about the course
workload:) Taking your course was a great experience.Your
innovtaive techniques of delivering lectures will
be something that will stay with me forever, especially if I go on to become
an educationalist. Thank you! Warm Regards, Parul. |
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I have appreciated your use of the Socratic method
throughout 471 and 473; it has always kept me on my toes and provided the motivatation to prepare for your lectures well. Your
enthusiasm is always infectious, even when the work load seemed a little
overwhelming :) So my thesis is done, I can finally sleep and I
hope I have not damaged my reputation too much in the interim. Thank you for
your time (again). Sincerely, Richard |
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Sent: Nazim, you rock! I’m
glad I took this course with you and no other prof! Luke
Just to let you know, I feel really
guilty for missing almost last 2 weeks of I’ll be back this week thoughJ. I’ve read chapters
4, 5 and 7 from the book and the book is great too. One thing that I wish it did was to show
the UML digrams of patterns they mention, such as
factory patters etc., to solve specificc design
issues. Love this Kind regards, Luke Nazim, huge thanks for taking your time to describe the books. I really appreciate it. Wish we had more
faculty members like yourself J. Luke What do I need to do to get a reference letter from
you? J J
J I’m in your 471 I can’t think of anyone better to get such a
recommendation from. J Kind regards, Luke P. |