Bridge[Matrix] is an initiative started by Dr. Praveen Kulkarni and Dr. Saurabh Puri to help budding engineers and young graduates to bridge the missing gap between today's academic world and today's tech industry.  This podcast is part of that initiative in order to help connect with young minds back home.  This is an introductory episode where Praveen and Saurabh will share useful information on what this podcast will cover and how this podcast can help numerous undergrad students and young audiences who are struggling to find good guidance on various topics that surrounds student community such as how to apply for universities abroad for higher studies, how to prepare well for higher studies while in bachelors, what foreign universities or which country to apply, is Canada better or Germany for higher studies, is it worth studying in the US in 2020 and so on.  We will also invite excellent guests from industry and academia on this podcast platform to discuss on recent trends in tech industry, emerging field of research, emerging sectors where engineers may find jobs in future, how to prepare for upcoming challenges posed by new emerging technological areas such as Machine learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Graphics, Video and Game Streaming and many more such topics.  Please feel free to join our Facebook group for more information on planned free webinar sessions with our experts and other free training sessions, online classes, educational contents, projects and so on. Do subscribe us on your favorite podcast app. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bridgematrix If you think this can help you in any way, please make sure to subscribe, rate and comment on any podcast app. Please share this podcast within the student communities and with someone you may think it might help.  You can also connect with me and Praveen at our LinkedIn account at Saurabh Puri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-puri/ Praveen Kulkarni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-kulkarni-60b18018/ Thank you.