CENSUS 2011: The count starts now
- 13 Apr 10
The famous Madhuri Dixit song, “Ek Do Teen, Char Paanch... ” best describes the process of counting. Every ten years, the govt. of India sings this song to count the no. of heads in the country. This is called CENSUS. Year 2011 will witness the 15th CENSUS in the country.
The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characteristics), Economic Activity, Literacy & Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanization, Fertility and Mortality, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Language, Religion, Migration, Disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data since 1872.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2010 07:40.
IIT student produces electricity from waste water!
- 21 Apr 10
Waste water management has been a big issue across the globe and more so in India due to the acute shortage in several places. A 23-year-old student of IIT Kharagpur has not only found a solution to this problem but has also demonstrated how to produce electricity from it.
Meet Manoj Mandelia, a student of integrated MTech at IIT Kharagpur, who has developed this product which could well be the solution that the world has been waiting for to protect earth’s resources.The product uses the concept of microbial fuel cell (MFC is a bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature), which can not only treat waste water but also produce electricity in the process.
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 May 2010 05:25.
MBA Admissions: How recession has changed the game?
- 26 Mar 10
The recession almost ripped the sheen from the surface of an MBA degree but the recovery came into effect, just in time. While thousands losing jobs underlined the period of the downturn, B-School placement reports were another key indicator of the turmoil. Indian economy was largely resilient, but the B-Schools certainly faced the brunt of the recession. Downgrade in average salaries, extended placement weeks and unemployed students were the key evidence to the bloodbath in the MBA fraternity. Now that we are out of recession, B-Schools are still a worried lot.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 16:18.
Developed by Indian company Notion Ink and the brain child of Rohan Shravan, an engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur , the Adam runs on NVIDIA’s Tegra T20 chipset and Android. It supports 1080p Full HD video playback, has integrated WiFi, Bluetooth and UMTS/HSDPA, A-GPS, a digital compass, accelerometer and proximity, ambient light and water sensors.