Reading Inspiration Week 9th October to 15th October 2019: Report

To commemorate the birth anniversary of our Ex-President and Visionary Scientist, Late Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam on 15^th October, the Learning and Information Resource Centre will be organizing the following activities:

Day	Activity
9th October 2019	Face-a-Book An Exhibition of In-House Books
11th October 2019	Sale of Weeded Out Books Come, grab the books at a nominal cost of Rs. 20/-
14th October 2019	Free Take Away of CDs
15th October 2019	Free Take Away of Donated Books

9-15 October 2019	Book Mark Design Contest	Theme – Read to Lead
9-15 October 2019	Share your thoughts on	Why I love books…
9-15 October 2019	Essay Competition on	I just love reading books

Participants of the Contest: Chaitanya Shirodkar, Sneha Patange and Manasvi Bhand

Best Readers of the Academic Year 2018 – 2019 Awards:

SN	NAME OF THE BEST USER	NO. OF TRANSACTIONS
1	MASCARENHAS RACHEL	278
2	LOBO ANDREA	222
3	GUPTA PRADEEP	196
4	CHAVAN ANKITA	187
5	PRASAD KAUSHAL	177
6	CRASTA RYAN	174
7	ANTONY ALEX	171
7	YADAV ANKIT KUMAR	171
8	OJHA ANOOP	167
9	BISHT SHIVANI	164
10	PHILIP FRANCIS FERNANDES	163

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC SEPTEMBER 2019

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC

(1^st September to 30th September 2019)

 All the below Active Users are eligible for one extra library card for the month of October 2019

Sr. No.	Member	No of Transaction
1	CLETUS AGNELLO DSOUZA	22
2	MASCARENHAS RACHEL NOEL JACINTA	20
3	D'SOUZA JOYAL PREETHAM LAWRENCE CLERA	20
4	ANDHALE SHREYA VILAS URMILA	20
5	MELVIN YOHANNAN MARIAMMA YOHANNAN	19
6	NELKIN ELDHO	18
7	CHAUHAN DEEPAK DINANATH SHEELA	16
8	BHATNAGAR RISHABH SUSHIL RITU BHATNAGAR	16
9	BHATT KEDAR NIMESH YAMINI	16
10	SHOBHAN AKSHAY GIRIDHARAN HEMA	16
11	NADAR AKHIL SUKUMARAN SREEJA	16
12	GAIKWAD NEITRIK JAGANNATH JYOSTNA	16
13	GHOSH SUPRIYO SHANKAR KEYA	16
14	SAHU MADHUSHREE DAMBARUDHAR SONALI	16

Elon Musk Unveils New Mars Rocket Prototype, Expects Missions in Months

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company's newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centrepiece vehicle of SpaceX's quest to launch humans to the moon and Mars.

Elon Musk showed a crowd of space enthusiasts and reporters at SpaceX's rocket development site late on Saturday in the remote village of Boca Chica, Texas, animat.......

Read the full article at:

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/elon-musk-unveils-new-mars-rocket-prototype-expects-missions-in-months-2109363

The 7 Biggest Technology Trends In 2020 Everyone Must Get Ready For Now

We are amidst the 4th Industrial Revolution, and technology is evolving faster than ever. Companies and individuals that don't keep up with some of the major tech trends run the risk of being left behind. Understanding the key trends will allow people and businesses to prepare and grasp the opportunities. As a business and technology futurist, it is my job to look ahead and identify the most important trends. In this article, I share with you the seven most imminent trends everyone should get ready for in 2020.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/09/30/the-7-biggest-technology-trends-in-2020-everyone-must-get-ready-for-now/#740f03802261

Researchers Develop A New Chip That Could Bridge The Gap Between Classical And Quantum Computing

Quantum Computers are highly powerful machines that process information at a subatomic level. But, the quantum computers that we have today do not have the advanced capabilities needed in a real quantum computer. To that end, researchers have now developed a hardware aimed at bridging the gap between real advanced quantum computers and the standard computers. This hardware has been created for a “probabilistic” computer called p-bits that performs a calculation comparable to that of a real quantum computer.

Read more at:
https://in.mashable.com/tech/7230/researchers-develop-a-new-chip-that-could-bridge-the-gap-between-classical-and-quantum-computing

Studying STEM Isn’t The Career Boost We Think

For some understandable yet deeply misguided reasons, a defining majority of our country’s discourse has focused on the financial outcomes of college – the blindingly narrow “return on investment.”

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2019/09/29/studying-stem-isnt-the-career-boost-we-think/#6ef0c3bb2539

IITs have a plan: Weak students to exit in 3 years with BSc in engineering

The proposal is on the agenda of the IIT Council meeting called Friday, The Indian Express has learned. The Council, headed by the Human Resource Development Minister, is the highest decision-making body of all the 23 institutes.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iits-have-a-plan-weak-students-to-exit-in-3-years-with-bsc-in-engineering-6029521/