Working in Tanzania Niranjan Vedantam It was during October 2005, I got very busy with Environmental Field monitoring projects, where I had to organize the weekly field monitoring, depending on the number of sampling stations in the project area. This was when I used to work with Vimta Labs Pvt Ltd. I was sent to Rayagada which falls in Odisha State. This was for the first time ever I had been to Odisha. There was an ongoing project which was sponsored by EIL (Engineers India Limited). I had been challenged by extreme working conditions in Odisha. Even I had stretched a bit more than I can both physically and mentally and still maintained my mental balance. This really helped me in learning though things with calm mind. This also increased my acumen and perception of things. Keeping this experience in view, my management in Vimta Labs decided to send me to Mufindi Paper Mills, based in Mgololo, Tanzania for organizing a 3 months baseline environmental monitoring. It was durin...