Events, Lectures, Competitions in India

[Anoushka]

Our friends in Vadapalani are conducting a blood donation camp with the help of Royapettah Govt. Hospital at Vadapalani on 10th Dec 2006. Please see the route map & other details below.

Please pass on the message to your friends.
Note:This is the third year we are conducting the camp.Number of donors in the first year was 46,second year - 100.This year we are aiming for 200 donors.


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Venue : Shakespeare Matriculation School,
No. 52A,South Sivan Koil Street,
Vadapalani,
Chennai - 600 026.
Date : 10th Dec 2006
Time : 10 AM - 1PM
Contact : 98414 00952, 98413 25973

Blood collected will be given to Royapettah Govt. Hospital.

Attached is the route to venue







Why is blood required?

Many lifesaving medical treatments require blood transfusions. What and how many blood products are given to a patient will depend on his or her individual needs. Some of the patients in need of blood transfusion :


Victims of traumatic injuries and accidents
Leukemia patients
Burn patients
Those receiving organ or bone marrow transplants
Premature babies
Cancer patients
Patients undergoing certain surgeries

Here's what you do for donating blood:

Have a good meal and lot of fluids before you donate blood.
You will be asked a few questions about your health, previous blood donation history (if any) and will be given a form to fill up.
All information you provide is confidential and will not be made available to any agency or authority.
You will undergo a medical examination including height, weight, blood pressure and haemoglobin to ensure that you are healthy enough to donate blood.
Donor safety is as important as blood safety. If found fit, you can donate blood.
You will not develop any disease through blood donation.
It takes about 10 minutes to donate blood - less than the time an average telephone call takes.

Eligibility for blood donation:

Age - 18 to 60 years
Weight - above 45 kgs
Haemoglobin - above 12.5g (we will be checking this at the time of donation)
No malaria, jaundice or typhoid or any major surgery in the last 12 months.
No medication 72 hrs prior to donation. Those on medication for diabetes or hypertension cannot donate.
A proper breakfast/lunch before donation.

Some FAQ's about Blood Donation:

Why should I donate Blood?
To save human life, only human blood can be used. It has no substitute.

Will I feel weak if I donate Blood?
No. You have about 5 litres of blood in your body, you donate only 350 ml which is made up by your system within 24 hours to 36 hours in quantity and in 2-3 weeks in quality. You can return to your job immediately after donation.

How do I know that I am fit to donate Blood?
You will be asked to donate blood only if you are declared medically fit and between the age of 18-60 years, and not less than 45 kgs weight.

How often can I donate Blood?
You can safely donate blood once in every three months.

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[Anoushka]

If you and any of your colleagues are interested in arts and paintings, do come to attend the talk.


Professor Richard Ernst, NL, will deliver a Public Lecture on Monday, January 22, 2007. The details are as under:

Title: Science and Heritage: Analysis and Conservation
The Example of Tibetan Painting Art

Speaker: Prof Richard R. Ernst, NL
Laboratorium fr Physikalische Chemie
ETH Hnggerberg HCI
8093 Zrich, Switzerland

Date Monday, 22 January 2007 at 5 .p.m.
Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR, Mumbai 400005

Abstract
Tibetan Painting Art, is closely related to the urgency of preserving cultural heritage. Cultures are our roots. Culture is where we are at home, and it is not only science that fills our hearts, even when we are spending days and nights in our beloved laboratories. Losing our roots means losing our sense in life.

The Tibetan culture has undergone major destruction by ruthless politicians during the Cultural Revolution and before. Most of the monasteries and much of the art have been eradicated. But also today, there are enemies to the preservation of cultural heritage: mainly our profit-oriented monetary thinking. It is one of our academic obligations to actively help preserving our treasures

Richard Ernst's personal encounter with Tibetan art and culture was purely accidental, but it significantly enriched his life through collecting, studying, analyzing, and restoring Tibetan paintings. It brought him into contact with a fascinating culture that opened his eyes to a different world.

The speaker will try to transfer his personal excitement to the audience, hoping that it will be contagious. He will show that science is of great value in the process of conserving ancient art.
\nAbout the speaker
Richard Ernst, Swiss researcher and teacher was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1991 for his development of techniques for high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Ernst's refinements made NMR techniques a basic and indispensable tool in chemistry and also extended their usefulness to other sciences.\n

The lecture is open to all

[Anoushka]

CYBERIA'07
Cyberia, a national level technical fest held by IEEE-SJCE during the even semester is acclaimed to be the most successful technical fete of SJCE.

IEEE-SJCE in its continuing effort of bringing out the best in the technical arena in the undergraduate stream has been conducting CYBERIA, for the past 11 years.
CYBERIA '07, which is scheduled to be held from 22nd to 25th March in the SJCE campus has a stipulated 14 events, each of which is carefully chosen to cater to students,from the various fields of engineering. The response from the students has been tremendous over the years so far and for CYBERIA '07 we are expecting a better response from students from all over Karnataka as well as the whole of India.
Being counted among the best technical events of the country, the fete is expected to attract the
pre-eminent industries as well as distinguished personalities from premier research and educational
institutes.

Be a part of this technical extravaganza! !

For further details please check the website www.ieee.org/sjce

[Anoushka]

The Bangalore Linux Users Group is happy to announce a special event on
April 10th:

T h e O p e n M o k o P r o j e c t
Presented by
Sean Moss-Pultz and Harald Welte
Tuesday, 10th April, 4:00pm
Hotel Chancery, Lavelle Road
Bangalore

OpenMoko (http://openmoko. org) is the world's first integrated Open Source
Mobile Communication Platform. OpenMoko is supposed to run on all kinds of
Linux-capable mobile phones. The first fully supported OpenMoko phone is
the FIC Neo1973.

Sean Moss-Pultz of FIC is the Program manager and driving force behind the
project.

Harald Welte is... ummm.. he's done so much for the FOSS community,
maybe it's better if you just read about him here:
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Harald_Welte

They are going to show off their baby, explain what makes it tick, and how
it works, and how you can get involved in this high-visibility project.

They will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

The event is open to (almost) everyone who is interested in OpenMoko and
wants to learn more about the project. This event is developer oriented,
and of interest to people who wish to contribute to the project at system
(Linux), UI (gtk) or application level.

The "almost" in the paragraph above stems from the fact that no more than
100 people will fit in the venue, and it is therefore first come, first
serve.

There is no cover charge, but you will have to register by sending your
name to openmoko-event@ blug.in latest by Monday, the 9th of April - only
people who register and who receive a confirmation can attend.

Sorry about that, but we have to take into account that the venue can only
hold a fixed number of people, and that we have to tell the hotel in
advance how many people will be coming (for the snacks and tea/coffee
after the event).

We are grateful to Geodesic Information Systems Limited, who have kindly
agreed to cover the expenses of the event.

So if you are interested in embedded/mobile Linux, the OpenMoko project,
and the future of mobile communication, then please send your name to
openmoko-event@ blug.in

Please spend some time going through the material at http://openmoko. org
to prepare. This will help you get the most out of the event.

And if any of you have already started developing for the platform (you
know who you are), please let us know so that we can highlight this during
the event.
--
Tejas Dinkar
http://gja.in

[Anoushka]

Announcement of
India 's Student Sponsorship Program for IAC-2007

(For more details visit website : http://www.iac2007. org)



Astronautical Society of India along with Indian Space Research Organisation is privileged to host International Astronautical Congress (IAC) for the second time in India . After 39th IAC at Bangalore in 1988, Hyderabad has got the honour to host 58th Session of this most prestigious event of Astronautics during September 24-28, 2007 .



This program of IAC offer students a unique opportunity to learn and exchange information with their peers and space professionals from across the globe while creating lasting contacts with academic, industry and space agency representatives.



The Congress primarily attracts students with keen interest in space-related studies. This year, the congress being held in India , a large contingent of 50 students will be selected from India to participate in IAC-2007. For many students this is an opportunity that will strongly motivate towards their studies, research and future career path.



Reflecting the ISRO's commitment to encourage the development of the next generation of space professionals, students from Science, Engineering and Law are invited to participate in the contests for selection to participate in IAC.

[Anoushka]

This is from my friend Thirumani.... those interested please call him.

For those of you who are in Bangalore, if you have the
time this weekend do join in this program.

Global Volunteer Days: A Day with Special Children
22-SEP-2007 10:00 to 17:30
Bangalore, Karnataka India
The plan is to spend a day with the children and
conduct various lively ice breaking games with some
knowledge sharing. We will also invite "yours truly
theatre" group to perform an interactive drama
for the children to entertain the children and end of
the day leave a useful message. We will provide them
with one good meal and conduct sports events to
energise the children.

I am participating in this and can provide more
details if you decide to join in.

You can reach me on my mobile 9740199300

Regards
Thiru

[chevy]

A new site:
http://www.womenswriting.com/

"This unique, searchable database contains up to date profiles of some of South Asia’s most talented women writers – biographies, bibliographies, prizes and photographs. It aims to create a network for women writers and to promote internationally voices that are less frequently heard. The site has developed from a conference organised by the British Council India in 2003, UKSAWWC, which brought together women writers from the UK and South Asia, many for the first time. For more information on that conference, please access www.uksawwc.org"
swarup

nice info...

[chevy]

AMAZING THREAD..

[thamizhvaanan]

Kurukshetra Jan22nd - 25th, 2008

College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, presents KURUKSHETRA ’08 - an International Techno Management fest to be held during January 22nd - 25th, 2008. Kurukshetra’08 will span an event-packed four days, with more than 35 events, mind boggling workshops and loads of contests. The main highlight of Kurukshetra’08 is XCEED - The Nationwide Robotics Challenge scheduled at 5 different zones across the country. The Robotics events are Designer’s quest, Solenopsis, Freightocog and Catch me if u can. The total prize money for Robotics is over 1.6 lakhs!! For further details, visit www.kurukshetra.org.in

Kurukshetra
It started like this. We wanted to create a synthesis of engineering techniques, skills and thought processes.While engineers think differently from doctors and scholars, what is more important is that engineers think differently from each other as well. We decided to create a stage... nay...a battlefield for the exponents of various engineering techniques to showcase their skill, their stamina, their drive to win for what can be better for the engineering community as a whole but a test of strength, a test of character, a test of will. The name Kurukshetra practically chose itself for the event.

Like any proper war there will be a lot of smaller battles. These battles are going to take place in the areas of MODELLING, DESIGN, MECHANICS, PRESENTATIONS, SOFTWARE, QUIZZES and MANAGEMENT. The mother of all battles is going to be in ROBOTICS of course. There are not only the events where you are expected to get down and dirty, sweat and make things work;but also events where you are expected to be suave and poised and cool and calm. Kurukshetra tests not only your qualifications as an engineer it also tests your resolve to be one and your qualifications to be a representative of the engineering community to the rest of the world.


Kurukshetra is being organized this year, from the 22nd to the 25th of January, 2008 at the hallowed grounds of CEG, Anna University, which is Asia’s largest Technical University.
With quests, ranging from "OPC" to "Robotics", from "Business Plan" to "MATLAB contests”, and with a plethora of quizzes, puzzles and coding events to add spice, KURUKSHETRA 08 promises to be a true Multi-Disciplinary concoction.
The winner will be the one, who not just thinks, but enjoys, as well!

[thamizhvaanan]

Guest lectures at K'08

Douglas Osheroff
Professor of Physics & Applied Physics
Stanford University

J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professorship in Physics

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics(1996) -
Discovery of the superfluidic nature of 3He.

Born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington, a logging town in the Pacific Northwest, Osheroff attended public schools and earned his Bachelor's degree in Physics in 1967 from Caltech. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973. His Ph.D. thesis work resulted in the discovery of three superfluid phases of liquid 3He. These phases are neutral analogs to the superconductors, but with greater complexity in their order.

Leaving Cornell in the fall of 1972, he spent the next fifteen years in the physical research division at AT&T Bell Laboratories, the last six as the head of their Low Temperature and Solid State Research Department. Here, in collaboration, he worked on studies of the newly discovered superfluid phases of liquid Helium-3, the nature of nuclear spin order in solid 3He, and made the first observations of weak localization in thin disordered metallic films.

In 1987 he came to Stanford University, where his research still focuses on the properties of condensed matter near the absolute zero of temperature. He has also served as chair of the Physics Department at Stanford from 1993-96, and again from 2001-04.

In 2003 Osheroff served as a member on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, which determined the causes of the accident that led to the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia during re-entry on 1 February, 2003.

Osheroff has received numerous awards for his research. These include the Sir Francis Simon Memorial Award (1976), the Oliver E. Buckley Prize (1981), the MacArthur Prize Fellowship Award (1981), Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching (1991, Stanford University) & the Nobel Prize for Physics. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.


Prasad Ram

Head and Director of R&D
Google India

Dr. Prasad started his career as a researcher at Xerox PARC, where he led the research on Digital Rights Management technology, which was later licensed to Microsoft. Prasad Ram received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1993. Prasad received his B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1987.

At Google, India, he is responsible for the creation of new Google Search, Ads, and Community technologies for global users and innovative products for the Indian consumers. Prasad was previously the CTO of Yahoo India, where he was responsible for providing strategic direction, launching a number of products such as HotJobs, Audio Search, and Podcasting and developing key technologies for vertical search and behavioral targeting.

David Pope Anderson

Research scientist
Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley

Adjunct Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Houston
Director, SETI @ home Project

Anderson was born in 1955. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Wesleyan University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1985 to 1992 he was an Assistant Professor in the UC Berkeley Computer Science Department, where he received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator and IBM Faculty Development Awards.

Initially, his research focused on distributed systems for handling digital audio and video in real time. He later worked at Sonic Solutions, where he developed the first distributed system for digital audio editing, and at Tunes.com, where he developed web-based systems for music discovery based on psychometrics, acoustics, and other models.

In 1995 he joined David Gedye in creating SETI@home - a large volunteer computing project. From 2000 to 2002, he served as CTO of United Devices. In 2002 he created the BOINC - Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing project, which develops an open-source software platform for volunteer computing. The project is funded by NSF and is based at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. BOINC is used by about 40 projects, including SETI@home, Einstein@home, Rosetta@home, and Climateprediction.net.

Mr Vinod K Dasari

Chief Operating Officer
Ashok Leyland Limited

Vinod completed his MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a Masters in Engineering Management from McCormick School of Engineering, both from Northwestern University. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from University of Louisville.

Prior to Ashok Leyland, Vinod was Joint Managing Director of Cummins India Ltd. where he has laid a strong emphasis on various cost reduction measures, enhancement of supply chain to meet customers’ requirements and overall growth in business. He has successfully driven an innovative initiative - TurboKaizen, which blends Six Sigma and Kaizen to drastically improve performance. Vinod commenced his career with the General Electric Company in 1986.

After completing his MBA in 1992, he joined Timken USA as Senior Business Analyst - Manufacturing and Strategy and then moved to Timken’s Indian operations as Director of Manufacturing and Technology. In 1998, he was appointed Managing Director of Timken India. He served as the President of the Global Railroad business of Timken USA for two years, before joining Cummins in 2002. In his role at Timken, Vinod is credited with bringing about significant changes in these organizations and leading them into profitability after a period of sustained losses. Vinod serves on the Boards of Automotive Coaches & Components Ltd, Gulf Ashley Motor Ltd, Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd and Irizar-TVS Ltd.

At Ashok Leyland, he is heading the Company’s Manufacturing, Domestic Marketing, Defense, Engine Business, Strategic Sourcing, Project Planning, Telematics, IT and Corporate Quality Engineering Divisions.