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of the Journal / Magazine
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Vol. No.
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Table of Contents
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ABHIGYAN: QUEST FOR
EXCELLENCE
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33
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3
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BUSINESS TODAY
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25
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5
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[The best companies to work for:
AT-People Strong Survey, in association with Naukri.com]
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BUSINESSWORLD
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35
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14
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CARRERS360
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VIII
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3
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[Budget 2016: What's in it for
education India's 100 best universities 2016 Entrance fever: reducing
pressure Law Programmes: Environmental law]
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COORDINATES
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XII
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2
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[GNSS Education: Issues and
Challenges Few Institutions / Universities Human Resources Innovation and new
values by Universities Surveyors are GNSS Experts Enabler of a virtuous value
chain Industry academia interaction]
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CSI COMMUNICATIONS
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39
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12
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[Digital Forensics - an enabler An intelligent prototype to lay
the road to secure next generation networks Introduction, goals and challenges in
Digital Forensic Process Practitioner
Workbench: the secure shell - SSH Research Front: Purity of clusters: kernel
K-means and beyond Security corner: Digital Forensics in cloud computing
Environments: current challenges and solutions for effective forensic
investigation]
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CURRENT SCIENCE
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110
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4
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[Advancements in biotechnology
Dietary spices against hepatocellular carcinoma Indian language families and
their mutual influence]
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DATAQUEST
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XXXIV
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4
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[Big Data: Demystifying big data]
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DIGIT FAST TRACK
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11
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3
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DIGIT: YOUR TECHNOLOGY
NAVIGATOR
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16
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3
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DRDO NEWSLETTER
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36
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2
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[DRDO at Indian Science Congress
2016]
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EDUCATION WORLD: THE HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE
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XVIII
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3
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ELECTRONICS FOR YOU
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48
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3
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[Creating Magic with gestures Top 5 Do-It-Yourself: Infrared Sensor Based
Power Saver Android Smartphone as Barcode/QR Scanner IoT Wi-Fi Temperature
Logging System 4-Channel Multi-mode Audio Amplifier Introduction to Smart
Wi-Fi]
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ELECTRONICS OUTLOOK
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19
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1
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EXAMINER,THE
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167
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11
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FORTUNE INDIA
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6
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6
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[India's Most Profitable PSU's Walgreens'
Quest for Global Dominance TCS Reloaded]
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FRONTLINE
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33
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5
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[Fascism in the air]
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INDIA FORBES
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8
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6
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[GenNext INDIA INC's Future Leaders
The ride of his life: by combining his passion for bikes with a head for
business, Sudarshan Venu, 26, is driving TCS Motor into faster, cooler
terrains]
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INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
SECTION A: INORGANIC,BIO-INORGANIC,PHYSICAL,THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL
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55A
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2
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INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
SECTION B:ORGANIC INCLUDING MEDICINAL
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55B
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2
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INDIAN JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED
PHYSICS
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54
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2
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INVENTI IMPACT ANTENNAS AND
PROPAGATION
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2016
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1
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INVENTI IMPACT ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
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2016
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1
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INVENTI IMPACT CLOUD
COMPUTING
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2016
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1
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INVENTI IMPACT FUZZY SYSTEMS
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2016
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1
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INVENTI IMPACT HUMAN COMPUTER
INTERACTION
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2016
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1
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[WozARd: A Wizard of Oz Method
for Wearable Augmented Reality InteractionA Pilot Study The Importance of
Humancomputer Interaction in Radiology E-learning Solving the Challenges of
Pervasive Computing Modeling and Discovering Human Behavior from Smartphone
Sensing Life-log Data for Identification Purpose Diffusion of the Internet
of Things on the World of Skilled Work and Resulting Consequences for the
Manmachine Interaction]
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INVENTI IMPACT MACHINE
VISION
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2016
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1
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[Multimodal Registration and
Fusion for 3D
Thermal Imaging Image Analysis Implementation for Evaluation of
External Potato Damage Research on Workpiece Sorting System Based on Machine
Vision Mechanism A Master-slave Calibration Algorithm with Fish-eye
Correction]
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INVENTI IMPACT MICROWAVE
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2016
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1
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INVENTI IMPACT SIGNAL
PROCESSING
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2016
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1
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IUP JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT,THE
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XIV
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1
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IUP JOURNAL OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,THE
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[Special Issue: Select Papers
presented at the National Conference on "Advances in Microelectronics,
Instrumentation and Communication" held at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India
on November 20-22, 2015.]
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JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
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75
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2
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ONE INDIA ONE PEOPLE
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19
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6
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OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU
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4
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6
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[HBase: The database for Hadoop Apache CouchDB:
It's time to relax MySQL Cluster: A high Availability DBMS Setting up and
optimizing Apache Cassandra An interview with Nitin Mishra, Senior VP,
Products and Solutions, Netmagic]
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PC QUEST
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[100+free and open source software to succeed in the digital era How face and
voice recognition technology can transform PDS in rural India 5 popular apps
to handle finances Nine free tools to manage social media for your business 8
ways IT is empowering teachers 6 plugins that help solve image problems in
wordpress Three quick steps to set up an enterprise cloud network]
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PC QUEST
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POOL
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PRAMANA: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
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86
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2
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[Proceeding of UNICOS -2014
International Workshop on Unification and Cosmology after Hiigs Discovery and
BICEP2]
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RESONANCE: JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
EDUCATION
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21
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2
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SCIENCE REPORTER
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53
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3
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[Landmark Discovery: Scientists see
gravitational waves from black
holes Interview with Prof. M.S.Swaminathan Embryo editing Food and
Intelligence Quizzes, crossword and puzzles New elements Zika Virus Liver
Health]
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SMALL MEDIUM ENTREPRENEUR
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5
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1
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TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
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24
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1
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UNIVERSITY NEWS
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54
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9
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[Challenges of Open and Distance
Education in India Issues and concerns in the ambit of inclusive classrooms
comprising locomotor disability Reforms in higher education in the context of
Uttarakhand Improving education to handle affluence for the sake of Mother
Earth Changing agriculture from subsistence farming to commercial farming -
convocation address]
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VOICE AND DATA
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23
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2
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[Why Telcos must make convergent
charging the new engine for growth The Smart City Bandwagon Internet
Performance is key How smart cities can make India superpower When smart
cities meet big data]
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Friday, March 18, 2016
Select Table of Contents: March 18, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
City college sets an example by recycling 100 kg waste daily
City college sets an example by recycling 100 kg waste daily
Compost pits at Vivekanand Education Society campus. (Prashant Wayande)
Six kilometers away from Deonar dumping ground, an educational institution has set an example for residents in the vicinity by sending zero waste to the landfill.
The civic body has recognised two campuses of the Vivekanand Education Society (VES), Chembur, as the first educational institutions in the city to recycle wet, dry and electronic waste, which is part of its solid waste disposal programme under the guidance of United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The campuses, spread across four acres each, produce 100 kg wet and dry waste every day. Nearly 70 kg of biodegradable waste is segregated for composting, while the remaining 30 kg of dry waste is collected by NGO Shri Mukhti Sanghatna for recycling.
“The dry waste from the VES campus is collected by a vehicle (not dumper trucks) provided by the municipal corporation, while the wet waste is degraded at the campus itself. The combination of both makes the institution a zero waste campus,” Harshad Kale, assistant municipal commissioner, M ward, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
“We have been inviting residents of M ward to see the project and replicate it in smaller ways at their households,” he said.
In addition to horticultural waste such as garden clippings and dried leaves, a large amount of biodegradable waste comes from the canteens. The dry waste is collected from nine higher education institutes spread across the two campuses, schools, a junior college and their sports academy.
Dr Jayashree Phadnis, principal, VES, said, “The fire at Deonar dumping ground made it difficult for students and teachers to attend college. Awareness about treating our own waste is key to solving the solid waste management problems. Inspired by the project, staff members have begun composting wet waste.”
The institute has spent Rs18,000 for the project that was started under the guidance of NGO Stree Mukhti Sanghatna in 2014. Three tons of organic manure has been generated so far. “The waste fed into each of the two compost pits (6ftx4ft) in a month is 1,800 kg. The quantity of compost produced every month is close to 130 kg that is used at football fields, gardens and potted plants,” said Sunita Patil, coordinator, Stree Mukhti Sanghatna.
Electronic waste such as battery cells and other devices are collected and sold to scrap dealers every six months and the money is used to maintain the compost pits and provide water to the open grounds.
Patil added that the dry waste collected from the institute includes paper, plastic, fiber and glass. “The BMC van drops the dry waste at our Chembur office where it is segregated into eight categories and returned to industries or sent for recycling,” she said.
“The daily news on Deonar dumping ground and hazardous chemical in the air around Chembur is a big concern. The best way to make the city care about the environment is through students and projects like these that will ensure a safer future for them,” said Mahesh Tejwani, president, VES.
Neighbourhood apps: The ‘Quora’ for local queries
Neighbourhood apps: The ‘Quora’ for
local queries
PRASHANT PITTI, founder, NearGroup
Most of
us are unaware of who lives in our neighbourhood and in times of need, we
travel long distances without asking our neighbours ... We think these
(neighbourhood apps) could be mother of all apps in the future
NEW DELHI: Eight years in
Indirapuram has made Rajiv Kaura, 47, an expert on the area. He can tell you
who is a good doctor, where to get a new maid and which shops are better.
And for the past few
months he has been giving such advice to hundreds of people in his neighbourhood,
not directly, but on his smartphone, through a neighbourhood network app.
NearGroup, Omni, NearCircles are some options.
“Most of the questions
come from people who are new to the place”, Kaura says, “The issues range from
advice on higher education to civic amenities.”
Shilpa Abhilash, a ward
councillor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) gets more complaints
through the smartphone than manually. “It is easy because we don’t have to rely
on officials,” she says.
“Most of us are unaware
of who lives in our neighbourhood and in times of need, we travel distances,”
says Prashant Pitti, founder of NearGroup, which has about 20,000 users in the
NCR region.
Pitti ,who is a marathon
runner, got the idea of the app from his troubles in finding a running mate.
The former HSBC executive in the US had Nextdoor, a US-based app launched in
2011 and now a unicorn, to model his idea upon.
Jackson Fernadez,
co-founder of Omni, says, “Lot of valuable information lies in the localities.
It has now become more like a local Quora.” Launched in November 2015, the
application has about 10,000 downloads, mainly from Bangalore. “Indians
generally value a neighbour’s recommendations a lot. There is a very high trust
factor.”
Some of these apps work
similar to dating app Tinder to find people in the user’s locality. Others use
the user’s choice of locality and puts her/him in a group registered from the
same place.
For Suresh Mylavarapu,
the difficulty to connect with the new neighbourhoods overseas, made him
develop Nearcircles. Launched in August 2015 the app has more than 10,000 users
globally. “It is mostly for discussion on local issues,” he says.
Mylavarapu says the
objective is to see these platforms help build offline communities.
However, Ashish Jindal of
CodeYeti solutions, which developed such an application in 2014 thinks they are
extremely difficult to manage. “Most users stalk people, mainly women. Many
female users started complaining,” he says. Unable to raise funding and solve
these complaints, he stopped further development.
Fernadez of Omni agrees
that when more people join it is a challenge to manage the discussions. The app
has a report-abuse option.
NearGroup does multiple
verifications including that of the Facebook account to eliminate fake profiles,
allows anybody to block anybody, and doesn’t allow people to change their
locality for at least for three months. Nearcircles also allows community
managers in each area to watch over the activities on the group.
Source: Hindustan Times dated 15 March, 2016 Page 18
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Certificates Lost? DeitY to save You from Hardships
CHENNAI: Digital depository for school and college certificates, announced in the Union Budget, would act as a one-stop shop for storing, retrieving and verifying all educational certificates whenever necessary.
A top scientist with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) told Express that digital libraries would be set up on a pilot basis, which would be soon expanded into a national library.
Experts believed that the digital depository launched as part of the Centre’s Digital India would eliminate the necessity for physically storing education certificates and be a solution to the increasing fake educational certificate scams across various states.
“DeitY would be providing technical assistance to this initiative to be primarily taken by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD)”, the scientist working in the e-governance group of DeitY told Express.
The scientist added, “At present we are planning to set up a digital library on a pilot basis, which we had earlier developed for research purpose and this would be expanded later.
The MHRD had begun collecting necessary data and at subsequent meetings with the officials they would decide the location for the pilot scheme. “This would save a lot of time, particularly when someone lost their certificates and tried to get a duplicate copy from the authorities”, said M Saravanan, an IT employee. Saravanan had lost all his original certificates on his way to Chennai to attend an interview and was made to run from pillar to post at the TN Directorate of Government Examinations Headquarters, Chennai.
Sources from the School Education department said that this might be linked with the Digital Locker facility introduced earlier to ensure safe online storage and easy access of documents anytime.
“But, this portable locker linked the students’ certificates with their respective personal Aadhaar card identity numbers and despite special camps, several students were left out and yet to receive their cards,” sources added.
Get passport in a week by giving four documents
PUNE: The ministry of external affairs has announced two major changes that will fast-track the process for first-time passport applicants and make it more convenient to secure an appointment at the local passport seva kendra.
Citizens will be granted a fresh passport under the normal category in a week if their applications are accompanied by three documents - copies of Aadhaar card, electoral photo identity card (EPIC) and PAN card - besides an affidavit in the format of Annexure-I (declaration of citizenship, family details and no criminal record).
Until now, the process would take a month, with the police verification eating up a lot of time.
Police verification of such applications will be conducted after the passport is issued. There will be no extra charge for the service, a statement issued by the ministry said. The process is subject to online validation of the Aadhaar number while processing and an approval from the granting officer.
In addition, EPIC and PAN cards may also be validated, if required, through respective databases in real time, before the application is approved. Besides, passports may also be impounded and revoked later, in case of adverse police reports.
The idea of the upgrade is to liberalise the process without compromising on security, explained Anil Kumar Sobti, director of the passport division in the ministry. "There are plenty of inbuilt safeguards in our system which can instantly spot fake identities and forgeries. Most importantly, our system is linked to the Aadhaar database which helps conduct real-time verification of the applicant while s/he is still at the passport seva kendra," he said.
"We are trying to integrate EPIC and PAN cards as well. Additionally, the granting officer interviewing the applicant can use his discretion to extend or withhold the facility. Besides, the option of impounding or revoking the passport post issuance is always available and we have exercised it several times in 2015," Sobti said.
hinges on accurate and complete
Hailing the change as an applicant-friendly initiative, Pune's regional passport officer Atul Gotsurve said, "A smooth rollout of the facility documentation furnished by the applicant.
"Adverse police reports can be avoided if applicants themselves play a pro-active role in their verification to ensure that it is completed within a month since the passport is issued. We will also institutionalise measures to prevent an increase in such cases."
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Get-passport-in-a-week-by-giving-four-documents/articleshow/50749610.cms
Citizens will be granted a fresh passport under the normal category in a week if their applications are accompanied by three documents - copies of Aadhaar card, electoral photo identity card (EPIC) and PAN card - besides an affidavit in the format of Annexure-I (declaration of citizenship, family details and no criminal record).
Until now, the process would take a month, with the police verification eating up a lot of time.
Police verification of such applications will be conducted after the passport is issued. There will be no extra charge for the service, a statement issued by the ministry said. The process is subject to online validation of the Aadhaar number while processing and an approval from the granting officer.
In addition, EPIC and PAN cards may also be validated, if required, through respective databases in real time, before the application is approved. Besides, passports may also be impounded and revoked later, in case of adverse police reports.
The idea of the upgrade is to liberalise the process without compromising on security, explained Anil Kumar Sobti, director of the passport division in the ministry. "There are plenty of inbuilt safeguards in our system which can instantly spot fake identities and forgeries. Most importantly, our system is linked to the Aadhaar database which helps conduct real-time verification of the applicant while s/he is still at the passport seva kendra," he said.
"We are trying to integrate EPIC and PAN cards as well. Additionally, the granting officer interviewing the applicant can use his discretion to extend or withhold the facility. Besides, the option of impounding or revoking the passport post issuance is always available and we have exercised it several times in 2015," Sobti said.
hinges on accurate and complete
Hailing the change as an applicant-friendly initiative, Pune's regional passport officer Atul Gotsurve said, "A smooth rollout of the facility documentation furnished by the applicant.
"Adverse police reports can be avoided if applicants themselves play a pro-active role in their verification to ensure that it is completed within a month since the passport is issued. We will also institutionalise measures to prevent an increase in such cases."
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Get-passport-in-a-week-by-giving-four-documents/articleshow/50749610.cms
Now, get edu documents in stipulated time
Now, get edu
documents in stipulated time
Deadlines
Fixed Under Right To Services Act
A year after the
enactment of the landmark Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act, higher and
technical education secretary Sanjay Chahande on Saturday promulgated an order
to provide retotaling of marks, duplicate marksheet, duplicate degree,
verification of documents and migration eligibility certificate within stipulated
period.
“We have issued
an order to provide basic services linked with the higher and technical
education department. If the competent authority fails to provide the documents
within the stipulated period, stringent action will be taken against himher as
per the provisions of the act. Besides disciplinary action, the law provides for
fine for erring officials,“ a senior bureaucrat told TOI.
Giving the
specifics, the bureaucrat said that now it bureaucrat said that now it will be
mandatory for the competent authority to complete retotaling of marks within 15
days; provide duplicate marksheet and duplicate degree within 15 days; and
migrationeligibility certificate and document verification within 30 days. For
the examinations conducted by the directorate of technical education, score card
of common entrance test will be issued in 30 days, duplicate marksheet within 15
days and for the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Examinations, it has been
mandatory to provide migration eligibility certificate within
21 days.
The bureaucrat
said the order promulgated by the higher and technical education, which controls
all the universities in the state, will go a long way in ending red tape and
harassment of students. “In the absence of stipulated time, students seeking
duplicate documents, verification of documents and migration or eligibility
certificate faced a difficult time. The students were at the mercy of the clerks
in universities. This are also the main areas where students face harassment and
corruption at educational institutions,“ the bureaucrat said.
Google Docs Now Supports Voice. Bye-bye Keyboard!
Type, edit and format with your voice in Docs—no keyboard needed!
February
24, 2016
We launched Voice typing in Docs to help you capture ideas, compose a
letter, or even write the next great novel—all without touching your keyboard.
Starting today, you can also edit and format your documents with your
voice.
To get started, select "Voice typing" in the "Tools" menu when you’re using Docs in Chrome. Say what comes to mind—then start editing and formatting with commands like “copy,” “insert table,” and “highlight.”
Check out the full list of commands in our Help Center or simply say “Voice commands help” when you’re voice typing.
It’s a quick and easy way to get ideas out of your head, and into a doc. So try out Voice typing (and editing and formatting) today!
To get started, select "Voice typing" in the "Tools" menu when you’re using Docs in Chrome. Say what comes to mind—then start editing and formatting with commands like “copy,” “insert table,” and “highlight.”
Check out the full list of commands in our Help Center or simply say “Voice commands help” when you’re voice typing.
It’s a quick and easy way to get ideas out of your head, and into a doc. So try out Voice typing (and editing and formatting) today!
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Build your own app with Google
- 17 Feb 2016
- Hindustan Times (Mumbai)
- HT Correspondent ■ hteducation@hindustantimes.com
Build your own app with Google
If you’re a student with a great idea for a mobile app, here’s your chance to make money. AdMob, Google’s mobile advertising platform specifically designed for mobile apps, is inviting entries for the 2016 AdMob Student App Challenge.
ISTOCKWinners will visit Google’s headquarters in California. The winning app will feature on the Google Play Store.
To compete, applicants need to register their team of not more than five people. If you are looking for other students to join your team, you can visit collabfinder.com.
The second step is to build your app. Once this is done, it’s time to promote the app so that people can see it and start using it. Then, submit the app to Google play Store or Apple’s App Store.
After approvals, send your mobile app to Google by using a form available at www.google. com/admob/mobile-app-submission.html and also submit your business report. The last date for submission is June 28, 2016.
In the first round, teams will earn points for user ratings, downloads and other factors. The top ten teams from each of the four regions – North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific will advance to the next round where the overall qualities of the app will be assessed, including its design and intuitiveness, its value to users, and other factors listed in the terms and conditions.
One finalist will be chosen from each region (four regional finalists in total) to advance to the final round. Finally, the panel of six independent judges will review the regional finalists’ business reports and award the grand prize to one team.
The grand prize winner will enjoy a week-long trip to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View and take home a nifty bag of goodies, including a Google device.
Four regional finalists will take home Google devices and have their app featured on the AdMob website. For more information, visit www.google. com/admob/challenge.html
Source: Hindustan Times e paper dated February 17, 2016
There’s an app for that
There’s an app for that
BEYOND BOOKS To prepare for the upcoming board exams, Class 12 science students are using mobile apps and YouTube channels that break down experiments, have quizzes and question banks, and aid last-minute revision
Students often use websites for question banks. Apps for study are a great idea, but it does depend on how one uses them. If not used sensibly, it can be a big source of distraction as well. MANJU NICHANI, principal of KC College, Churchgate
With her Class 12 board exams just a few weeks away, Sharanya Hegde, a student from New Horizon Public School, Airoli, is busy with last-minute revision. To help jog her memory, she has traded in textbooks for technology.
IMAGESBAZAAR
“I watch videos related to my math and physics syllabus on YouTube,” she says. “Since I need to work harder at physics, I use videos on Khan Academy for topics on integration, and professor Pradeep Kshetrapal’s YouTube channel for electrostatics. This helps me revise my concepts.”
Another Class 12 student, at Royal Junior College in Dombivli, Shivani Deshmukh, says, “I use an app called Robomate, which has lecture videos for physics, chemistry and math. It also contains test papers and chapter summaries — it’s convenient, because I can study these on my way to and from college, on a portable tablet.”
Like Hegde and Deshmukh, several Class 12 students preparing for the upcoming board exams are using new apps, YouTube channels and websites to grasp the syllabus better.
“The best thing about such channels is that they promote self-learning,” says Dhrubesh Deb Sharma, 18, a first-year engineering student of SRM University, Chennai. “I studied organic chemistry and nomenclature through the videos. In school, they would skim through the surface of the syllabus. Here, they would explain each topic in detail, so you really understand what you’re learning.”
Particularly for science students, the practical components of the exams carry substantial weight. “We get to perform each experiment just once in the college laboratory, and that is often not enough. In these videos, the practical experiments are performed live and explained in detail, and going through them a few times before the exam can help refresh your memory,” says Shweta Kuse, Class 12 student of Holy Angels School and Junior College, Dombivli.
While students are using technology for self-study, colleges, too, are turning to it as a teaching tool.
“We use YouTube to discuss case studies with the students, and we share PowerPoint presentations about various subjects through Google Groups for students,” says Indu Shahani, principal of HR College in Churchgate. “We find that this is an effective method that keeps students engaged.”
Counsellors say students can create Facebook or WhatsApp groups with classmates and teachers to discuss doubts. When on study break, students can contact teachers via video conference and create a virtual classroom.
“YouTube is very informative, especially for practical experiments, as you can learn outside the labs as well,” says Shilpa Pathak, counsellor at RN Podar School in Khar (West).
With a few weeks to go for the board exams, here are some apps and YouTube channels you can check out for your final leg of preparation.
TOPPR LEARNING
What: A YouTube channel for HSC and CBSE physics practicals
How i t works: If physics practicals are all Greek to you, and converting galvanometer to voltmeter seems alien, this channel may be your answer. It breaks the experiments down with simple l anguage, and demonstrates live experiments with school-grade equipment.
The practicals are designed to be the same as what is to be taught in the syllabus. The channel is a couple of months old, and clocks more than 5,000 views on most videos.
“I used Toppr Learning to study for the practical component of the exams, and it was great. I had missed some practical sessions in school and had some doubts about those concepts, but the videos helped clear them up. Also, they use the same apparatus as we do in school, so there was little confusion,” says Swayam Pal, Class 11 student of DAV Public School, Panvel.
Where: bit.ly/1R6a5Wb
CBSE PRACTICALS
What: A YouTube channel dedicated to CBSE students, to help them prepare for physics and chemistry practicals
How it works: The video usually begins by explaining the theory on which the experiment is based. With animated videos and live demonstrations, experiments are explained in simple terms. The channel also links viewers to related videos and topics.
CBSE Practicals was launched in September 2015, and has about 5,000 subscribers.
“Because of large class sizes in college, it is difficult to approach professors for every doubt,” says Kuse of Holy Angels school. “We only got the chance to perform each experiment once, and I used the CBSE Practicals and other YouTube channels to revise them.”
Where: bit.ly/1Tlnn39
EDUNOVUS ONLINE
What: For physics and chemistry, CBSE and state-board Class 12 exams
How it works: The videos use a combination of demonstration and animation. Some videos also show related experiments that may not be in the syllabus, but enhance a student’s understanding of a particular concept.
“Physics and chemistry both have theories that are complicated and can be better learned using animation,” says Sagar Malasani, director of Edunovus Online. “Animation helps simplify concepts, and allows for better recall. We have experienced lecturers on board to help formulate the content.”
“The videos are clear and explain the theories well — this, in turn, helped me prepare better for the practicals,” says Deepthi Reddy, Class 12 student of Sai Chaitanya College, Hyderabad.
Where: bit.ly/1QiSr4t
STUDY - NCERT CBSE ICSE & MORE
What: An app built by online learning portal MeritNation, and aimed at students of Class 6 to Class 12, of CBSE and ICSE boards
How it works: Much like the MeritNation website, the app includes solution papers to help revision in the final weeks.
The app, with about 10 lakh downloads, lets you take tests, and provides you with percentile score, so you understand where you stand with respect to other students also taking the tests. It also holds more than 14,000 videos on concepts that are part of the CBSE syllabus.
Once you understand the concept, you can take an unlimited number of same question papers to test yourself.
“For last-minute preparation, our app has revision notes, study material and sample papers,” says Prayag Panchwadkar, vice-president, marketing, MeritNation, which has five apps on the Google Play Store. “The idea is to help students learn on-the-go, on their cellphones or tablets.”
“I have been using the app for quite some time, and find the expert answer section — where students can post questions and get answers — particularly useful. The app also has easy solutions to NCERT questions,” says Jahanavi Dahanke, Class 12 student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Nagpur. Cost: Free
Where: Available on Android
and iOS
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
What: Covers topics related to organic chemistry
How it works: While the app is not tailored to the syllabus of any particular board, it features more than 70 organic reactions and their properties, explains complicated reactions, including alkanes and alkenes benzene, phenol and diazonium salts. It also has chapters on naming compounds and isomerism, important in the Class 12 chemistry syllabus.
“Organic chemistry is a vast topic, but this app helps break it down. The mechanisms and reactions are explained with colour-coded text, which makes it easy to understand. Using the app helped clear my doubts,” says Shreya Mandal, 18, Class 12 student at DAV Public School, Panvel.
Cost: Free Available on: Android
Source: Hindustan Times e paper dated February 17, 2016
More Than 90 Percent Of College Students Prefer Reading Paper Books Over E-Books
More Than 90 Percent Of College Students Prefer Reading Paper Books Over E-Books
By Katherine Derla, Tech Times | February 5, 7:30 AM
Researchers asked more than 420 university students from the U.S., Slovakia, Japan and Germany in 2010 and 2013. They found that 92 percent preferred paper books instead of e-books. The survey was part of the book research from American University's linguistics professor Naomi Baron who penned Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World.
In 2010, the team found that 92 percent of college students in the U.S. favored the paper book version over the e-book version. About 95 percent of German students and 77 percent of Japanese student said the same.
The team also found that the main reason why students used e-books was because they were cheaper than the traditional paper book versions. It wasn't always because it was easier to use or lighter to carry but some of the survey's open answers included space saving reasons and convenience. When it comes to preference, paper trumps the screen.
The team got the same figures in its 2013 survey. Researchers found that if paper books and e-books for leisure cost the same. About 80 percent across the three countries (U.S., Japan and Germany) will still prefer the paper book variant. As for the academic paper books and e-books, about 94 percent of university students in Germany would go for the paper version if the prices are the same.
Those who preferred the digital versions said they were concerned about the environmental consequences that paper books carry, for instance, cutting down trees for the books' raw materials. In 2010, 21 percent of the participants said being eco-friendly was their main reason for getting the digital version.
Baron's new book looks into technology's impact on reading and learning habits around the world. In her interview with New Republic, reporter Alice Robb asked her why she thinks young people still prefer paper books when this demographic is the most adapted to doing things on screen.
Baron said young people are resistant to e-books because they say they are distracted and they had to deal with headaches and physical discomfort such as eyestrain when reading e-book versions of college books.
When her team surveyed Slovakian students, one out of ten said they enjoyed the smell of books when reading in hard copy. There were also other student show said they get this sense of accomplishment when they finish reading a paper book and they want to see it on the bookshelf.
"There really is a physical, tactile, kinesthetic component to reading," said Baron during the New Republic interview.
When it comes to light reading, such as news and other feature articles wherein visual components cover most of the pages, reading on screen seems to be the better choice. However, when it comes to reading best sellers or academic books for school papers, traditional paper text books still rule.
Photo: Francisco Osorio | Flickr
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