Sunday, December 20, 2009

CAMPUS STARTUP :The magic touch

Increasing numbers of start up are emerging from third-level incubation centres.

The halls of academia may once have been associated with dusty books and tweed-suited lecturers, but the third-level sector is building a new image for itself as a springboard for start-up companies.

In recent years, the majority of institutions have established campus ‘incubation’ centres.

These facilities are designed to foster entrepreneurship and provide a commercialisation route for research carried out at the educational institutions.

Start-up companies are typically provided with office space at a reduced rent, access to a wide range of support services and business mentoring.

Because they are located on campus, the companies can also have access to the next generation of skilled workers.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

business idea or business plan

Which one is more valuable - the business idea or the business plan?


Many of us can relate somehow - it's like the question we ask about "what came first, the egg or the chicken?" And which one is more important in the process?
In today's modern world of business & entrepreneurship, a creative mind and innovation is crucial to developing a business idea and pursuing a plan of action to make it happen. I thought to myself.... would my business idea work even if I have a weak business plan? OR, would a good business plan make a business idea <> work?
Then what comes to my rescue is the centuries old saying learning by doing. I decided to study few recent start up and tried judging them on my gut feeling and knowledge in the process i found a very interesting example of http://www.meracareerguide.com/
they started with what seems to be a common problem in India" educational conselling" and advice.
And in due process the content they developed is something to look out for as in
1.career assesment test
2.course planner
3.musings
4.career options
5.job hunt
and many more
it's definitely avery promising startup and something to learn from . It can rightly be called "ONE STOP DESTINATION FOR ALL YOUR CAREER NEED"
hats off to meracareer for creating such a promosing and effective tool to ease out the career decision maikng of students and guardian

Thursday, November 19, 2009

2 MIN Management tips....

A priest offered a Nun a lift.

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident.

After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Am i WRong?

Made me ask if we know competition is what pushes us on, why do we love to get out of it. I mean most of us have been through two gruelling years (doesn't matter how much you actually studied, those were years of uncertainty and competition) to get into the colleges we are in now. And then we started discovering life for all it could be.

What developed slowly was a hard feeling towards tests and then towards people who fared well, the former seemed to stop us from having fun and the latter just proved to us that we weren't as good we thought at the only things we knew, hence the introduction of sarcasm. With time we found others who shared this opinion and we all gave each other the confidence that success in exams isn't everything.

I agree, it is not. But the reason we dropped out of the race was because we decided not to compete and get mauled. I know it is near-impossible to quantify every single activity that you do in terms of worthiness and generate a cumulative score for comparison between a me and my branch topper. No university I know does that. But even if we could do that, are we sure we have done a lot to risk putting ourselves in for comparison.

The question is why do we hide from the fact that we dropped out of the race using these mysterious other activities as an excuse with the real reason being the unwillingness to fight. I'd love to quote examples from people I know to validate my points, those who left everythign to follow their passion, those who didn't find a passion just to continue studying, as well as those who have aced both. You could bring them to prove yours. That doesn't solve the problem, which is the attitude shift from fighting it out on the pitch to settling in the audience.

How did we become losers, worse quitters? Of course, decrying the system is and shall always be cool. Should we recreate competition and performance benchmarks?

Monday, August 17, 2009

mmm..yeah its lyk...ur sitting on a beach...with ur beloved...n a wave of water stikes ur feet....n derz a candle light dinner arranged for yew....n den slowly u get cozy with d surrounding....which gradually turns a bit hot....u get over her...ur lipz start feeling herz n den d water finally decends !!

Friday, July 31, 2009

beatiful poetic message

be like d flowing river,
silent in d nite.
b not afraid of d dark.
if there r stars in d sky reflect them back.
if there r clouds in d sky ,
remember clouds ,like d flowing river,r water,
so,gladly reflect them too,
in your own tranquil depth.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

This is a Call for Research Paper for the International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing, ARTCom 2009, from October 27-28, 2009, Kottayam, Kerala, India. ARTCom 2009 is Technically Co-sponsored by the IEEE-Computational Intelligence Society. CD media of the Proceeding of the ARTCom 2009 International Conference will be published by the Conference Publishing Services. All the accepted papers will be archived in the IEEE Xplore and IEEE CS Digital Library.
We invite you to submit or encourage (the graduate students and scholars) to submit the full papers to ARTCom 2009.
We look forward to welcoming you to IJJCE 2009
--
Prof. PM Thankachan
Organizing Chair, ARTCom 2009
Email: artcom.chair@gmail.com
http://www.icartcom.com/
============= CALL FOR PAPERS ===============
International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing, ARTCom 2009

October 27-28, 2009, Kottayam, Kerala, India
http://www.icartcom.com/
International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing, ARTCom 2009, is an ACEEE's annual world congress on Engineering and Technology, aims at bringing together the Researchers, Scientists, Engineers, and Scholar students in all areas of Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Engineering and Technology, and provides an international forum for the dissemination of original research results, new ideas and practical development experiences which concentrate on both theory and practices. The conference focuses on the frontier topics in the Computer Science and Engineering subjects
ARTCom 2009 is organised by the The Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE) - Network Security Group. ARTCom 2009 is technically Co-sponsored by the IEEE-Computational Intelligence Society. CD media of the Proceeding of the ARTCom 2009 International Conference will be published by the Conference Publishing Services. All the accepted papers will be archived in the IEEE Xplore and IEEE CS Digital Library. Detailed PDF copy of the CALL FOR PAPERS is attached along with this email.
All papers must conform to standard double-column format and must be submitted as pdf file format and can be submitted through the Easy chair
Conference papers submission system or to the email artcom.paper@gmail.com. Use following Easy chair link to submit your papers.
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=artcom2009
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Early Paper Registration: 25 Aug 2009Late Paper Registration: 05 Sep 2009
We look forward to welcoming you to ARTCom 2009
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

son for the millions in India who have just risen into the middle class. Successes of capitalism produce over time enervating influences when a generation committed to saving is replaced by one devoted to spending. Ferocious competition is a feature of the free market and it can be corrosive. But competition is also an economic stimulant that promotes human welfare. The choice is not between the free market and central planning but in getting the right mix of regulation. No one wants state ownership of production where the absence of competition corrodes the character even more. The answer is not to seek moral perfection which inevitably leads to theocracy and dictatorship. Since it is in man's nature to want more, let's learn to live with human imperfection, and seek regulation that not only tames crooks in the market but also rewards dharma-like behaviour. 

A person who lost her job because of troubles on Wall Street, insistently asks, "Why me? What did I do to deserve this?" Draupadi asked the same question in the Mahabharata. "When everything was going well for us, why was our kingdom stolen in a rigged game of dice?" She wants her husband to raise an army, and win it back. But Yudhishthira says that he has given his word. "But what is the point of being good?" she asks. To which he replies, "I act because I must". It is the uncompromising, compelling voice of dharma. This is an answer that the investment bankers might ponder.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

LETS PROMOTE BITS-PILANI


We are back! "Lets Promote BITS-Pilani", an initiative with an aim to get the brightest minds to BITS-Pilani campuses and generate awareness about BITS-Pilani across the nation. In last phase we recruited students from Goa and Pilani campus. We now invite you to be a part of the biggest grassroots brand building exercise for BITS-Pilani!

What? An initiative - "Lets Promote BITS-Pilani"; we want to get the brightest minds to BITS-Pilani campuses and ensure that awareness is generated.
Why? There were growing concerns on the popularity of BITS-Pilani among the student community.
How? By conducting BITS-Pilani info sessions across schools and colleges, highlighting student life on campuses and unique features of BITS-Pilani education system.
When? A dedicated team with the support of more than 200 on-campus volunteers has already laid the foundation. It has been further strengthened by the support of more than 100 alumni members.
Targets? More than 7000 students across 50 schools have been covered by the volunteers of this initiative till now. Many of the sessions had attendance of more than 200 students. Our aim is to reach around 60000 students across 400 schools and we can't do that without your help.
We are looking for students who are interested to conduct such info sessions on BITS-Pilani in various schools and colleges.
We are looking for students who are interested to conduct such info sessions on BITS-Pilani in various schools and colleges. More details in the presentation slides attached.
Read more at: http://www.bitsaa.org/?lpbphowcanstudhelp
For any queries email to: ask-lpbp@bitsaa.org
Join us and lead them the light!
Team
Let's Promote BITS-Pilani

Sunday, April 12, 2009

sharing or recollectin memories of insti like BITS - Pilani(where in d guys to gal  ratio is really screwed ) is a bit indecent  n hahaha vulgar......i mean d ingenious way of having fun wid bhavan inmates in gen n wingies in particular........everytym wen u screw ur tut ,t1,t2 or compre ....u cry chud gayi yaar...seriously ppl cry n ghontu pretends to b modest .........it really sucks n  den u plan wid ur wingies to grill dem.... now very intrstng thing ........
u know i am a room pop juz in six mnth ...it usually takes a bitsian xactly one acad. year to have room son, but my wingies n frens in pilani n all d guys out in hyd campus know dat   i am having room son juz in 6 mnth...hahaha..yeah i feel proud to b a room pop(sry deepen ,my room son) n dat too in six  mnth ...xtraordinary achievement 

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  • BITSIAN LINGUA.......

sac=simple n comfrtbl(used 4 course n profs in gen)

gen=general
comp sci( eski)=computer science
oasis=open air s*x in shiv ganga(its juz amng stdnts)
ghontu=genrat heat on table(4 bookworms)..................... 

ps: lite is d most comon wrd on campus......

have fun  n help me develop dis....... 

Entrepreneurship in the world's 2 most populous nations, China and India, has through modern times been somewhat asleep. But now, says HBS professor Tarun Khanna in a new book, both societies "have woken up," and the results could reshape business, politics, and society worldwide.

"In some sense people in these societies are running faster than their rules and laws can keep up. So they are creating the rules as they go along. And entrepreneurship is, after all, doing things in new ways, ahead of social norms and customs, and establishing the rules and laws. In both countries, these processes are unfolding not just in the mainstream business sector but in society writ large and even in politics and civil society.


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

hi guys
last week i have been on the higher side of xperiences....v (me n my fren ambareesha) were d only ug team qualified for d finals of stratman(an event organised by DOMS @IIT Roorkee in annual tech fest of 2k9)......we went , we played(d final)n yeah we conqured .......clinched third positions beating d likes of iimk,nitie mumbai,imt ghzbd,mdi gurgaon........initially i had  d impression dat v being just a first year undergrads cant beat the certified managers.....but thnx to akki (akash raman) made me go wid d mindset dat they r just d one who r 3-4 years older than  us .n dats it!!.....  n dat culminated in  outshining performance n commendable sucees...hey loads  of thnx to u AKKI... to quote  MR GD BIRLA....."U TAKE D FIRST STEP REST WILL FOLLOW U".....ye dats MAKTUB!!!!!!!!

Friday, February 20, 2009

"Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful." -- Daisaku Ikeda

Monday, February 16, 2009

I AM BEING ROWED THROUGH PARADISE ON A RIVER OF HELL:     Exquisite ghost, it is night. The paddle is a heart, it breaks the porcelain waves: It is still night.The paddle is a lotus: I am rowed-as it withers-toward the breeze which is soft as            if it had pity on me...... The hope is dat someday the war they were fighting & the reasons for its existence wud disappear like footsteps on winter snow in my childhood.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

 
For every sin that thine record may show against me,i shall cite a privation to show a desire unfulfilled.Then how,O God,wil justice be done,if my unfulfilled desires exceed the sins..... - Ghalib

Saturday, February 7, 2009

hey its  rumi( urdu poet)Confused and Distraught

Again I am raging, 
I am in such a state by your soul that every
bond you bind, I break, by your soul.
I am like heaven, like the moon, like a candle by your glow; 
I am all reason, all love, all soul, by your soul.

My joy is of your doing, my hangover of your thorn; 
whatever side you turn your face, 
I turn mine, by your soul.
I spoke in error; 
it is not surprising to speak in error in this state, 
for this moment I cannot tell cup from wine, by your soul.
I am that madman in bonds who binds the 
"divs"; I, the madman,am a Solomon with the "divs", 
by your soul.

Whatever form other than love raises up its head from my 
heart, forthwith I drive it out of the court of my heart, 
by your soul.
Come, you who have departed, for the thing that departs
comes back; neither you are that, 
by my soul, nor I am that, by your soul.

Disbeliever, do not conceal disbelief in your soul, for I will recite
the secret of your destiny, by your soul.
Out of love of Sham-e Tabrizi, 
through wakefulness or nightrising, 
like a spinning mote I am distraught, by your soul.

 

  transltd 4m urdu....its amazin..........hey comments mandatory.mind it!!!!!!!!!!