On New Year's Day in 1983, Ranjit and his wife looked through the airplane's porthole as it prepared to land at Houston International airport. He held her hand and observed, pointing to the cityscape that showcased a marvelous view of skyscrapers and highway interchanges he had never seen before. "Isn't this the paradise that mankind has been searching for? Human potential unleased, to dream and build, unfettered by constraints of traditional norms." He was thinking of two books that have influenced his life, the books his college roommate had suggested he read.Over the course of his life on campus at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, he read all available books by the author of the books his roommate had suggested. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a master's degree in Structural Engineering. He went on to finish a master's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1984.The two books that sparked his journey to the US were the 1943 novel (and 1949 movie starring Gary Cooper and Patricia O'Neal) The Fountainhead and a collection of non-fiction articles in book form titled, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. Both, written by Ayn Rand (https://aynrand.org).He authored five books and wrote hundreds of articles in computer magazines from 1987 to 1999. His fifth book titled Teach Yourself MicroStation/J became his most successful book of its time, published on January 26 in 1999. To get a glimpse of what the book meant to its readers, feel free to browse through its Reader Feedback at this URL https://www.ram-corp.com/index.php/blogs/31-engineering-drawing/117-tymsjHe starts work on his sixth book on April 28, 2024, titled "Infrastructure: It's Future, and Past to Present." Its anticipated date of release is January 26, 2028.There are two ways you may share his journey to writing the book. Watch for the upcoming eponymous user group at Bentley User Communities (https://communities.bentley.com). A LinkedIn post in January 2025 with a form to apply for reviewing drafts of chapters as they are written; several such opportunities will be available each year that follows until the book is released.Should you be interested in having your employer submit details of their most innovative projects in the Gallery of Projects section of the book's introduction, have them reach out to us. Those who took advantage of this opportunity in 1999 included: Amoco Oil & Fluor Daniel, SNWA and MW/Hill, Carilina Power and Light, Maryland DOT, among others.Thank you for stopping by.