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Publishers and societies take action against Research Gate’s copyright infringements Following unsuccessful attempts to jointly find ways for scholarly collaboration network ResearchGate to run its service in a copyright-compliant way, a coalition of information analytics businesses, publishers and societies is now left with no other choice but to take formal steps to remedy the illicit hosting of millions of subscription articles on the ResearchGate site. Exchanging research and collaborating has been an integral part of academic work for centuries. Today, cooperation across geographic boundaries and disciplines has become easier than ever with online tools making connections in real-time, opening up infinite ways for breakthrough discoveries. These are true achievements and publishers of academic research welcome them and have helped to facilitate them. To read more, visit http://www.responsiblesharing. org/coalition-statement / (accessed on October 13, 2017)

Copy + Paste = Delete No more copying or padding up assignments with information off the net. A new UGC guideline asks institutions to set up committees to cross check for copying THOUGH PLAGIARISM WILL NOW BE PUNISHABLE UNDER THE NEW UGC GUIDELINES, IT IS NOT A LEGAL OFFENCE It starts with copying homework from a classmate at school because you were too lazy to do yours. Then you begin copying a few lines from Wikipedia to pad up an assignment. ILLUSTRATION: SHRIKRISHNA PATKAR For a disturbingly large number of Indian students, plagiarism – the practice of taking someone else’s idea or work and passing it as your own – is part of academic life. It’s ignored by school and college until almost the post-graduate level, where regulations are stricter. Now, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is taking active steps to promote academic integrity and prevent plagiarism i...

This article is written by Dr. Abhay Bang in which he is sharing his experience studying at Nayee Taleem School set up by Mahatma Gandhi on how he studied mathematics not sitting in class but by constructing a water tank in school's cowshed, how they learnt cooking nutritious food by themselves by cooking in school kitchen in a very limited budget etc. You will love this article, do read it when you get time. Dr. Abhay Bang is a social activist and researcher in the field of community health. I am sharing with you the PDF of the article and also the digital copy the booklet. https://archive.org/details/MyMagicalSchool-English-Dr.AbhayBang http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/magic-school-eng-drbang.pdf Information Courtesy: Ms. Navyatha Uchil Source: http://mylibraryinternshipprogram.blogspot.in/

The Library of St. Francis Institute of Technology celebrated 15 th October 2015 as the Reading Inspiration Day for the first time. The former President of India, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam 's birth anniversary is observed as 'Vaachan Prerna Din' (Reading Inspiration Day) across Maharashtra, every year. The key objective of the initiative is to ensure that students get inspired by the late Dr. Kalam's distinguished life. About Dr. Kalam: Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980 and made India an exclusive member of Space Club. In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam's books - "Wings of Fire", "Indi...

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC (September 1 – 30, 2017) Sr. No. Member No. of Transactions 1 CRASTA RYAN RONALD LEENA 13 2 MISHRA PRIYA VINOD REKHA 12 3 PINTO GLEN JOHNSON LEENA 12 4 GAIKWAD SHREYA SHIVAJI SANGITA 12 5 ANTONY ALEX LEENA 11 6 PINTO RODNEY ROMAN VEENA 11 7 SHANBHAG ANUSHREE ANIL VEENA 10 8 SALUNKE NEHA RAJENDRA SNEHA 10 9 TRIVEDI BINA DINESH NEETA 10 10 SHIVANI ROY 10 11 VISHWAJEET MISHRA 10 12 HRISHIKESH MAHESH TELANG 10 13 SHRUTI SURESHAN RAJANI 10 14 SHAILIN SHAH 10 15 PATIL SHUBHAM SUJAN ASHA 10 16 NIRAJ YADAV 10 17 TARUN YADAV 9 18 VINIT NEOGI 9 19 PEREIRA COLLIN CHRISTOPHER WAVENEY 9 20 RISHA...

Campus hires get roles in hot technologies Shalina Pillai Bengaluru:   Shortage Of Talent In Fields Like Big Data Forces Cos To Recruit Freshers & Train Them Campus placements and available job roles for engineering college graduates are going through a big change, given the emergence of a variety of new technologies that are disrupting every industry . The soaring demand for jobs in big data and analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, ...

Ref. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2kqrqyN1YIJTlF5Y09NaS1yUms/view GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Website Opens Friday 1 st September 2017 Last Date for Submission of (Online) Application (through website) Thursday 5 th October 2017 Last Date for Requesting Change of Examination City (an additional fee will be applicable) Friday 17 th November 2017 Admit card will be available in the Online Application Portal (for printing) Friday 5 th January 2018 GATE 2018 Examination Forenoon: 9.00 am to 12.00 noon Afternoon: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday 3 rd February 2018 4 th February 2018 10 th February 2018 11 th February 2018 Announcement of the Results in the Online Application Portal Saturday 17 th March 2018