Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Elephant Rope - Failure is part of learning; We should never give up the struggle in life.
The Elephant Rope
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not..!!
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not..!!
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
“Well,” trainer said, “When they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them.., As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, Simply because we failed at it once before..?
Moral:
Failure is part of learning; We should never give up the struggle in life.
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Dr. M S Sodha / Prof. Mahendra Singh Sodha
Professor Mahendra Singh Sodha pursued his higher education at Allahabad University obtaining D.Phil. in 1955. He worked briefly at Defence Science Laboratory in Delhi. During 1956-1964, he worked in Canada and USA in different capacities. He joined as Professor in the Physics Department at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1964. He has made outstanding contributions in the area of Energy, Fusion Plasma, Solid State Physics, Optics, Combustion and Ballistics. He has published more than 500 research papers in national and international journals of repute. He has to his credit 13 books and 12 reviews. He has also supervised more than sixty-five doctoral students at IIT Delhi and other Universities.
Professor Sodha served IIT Delhi in many capacities including Head, Department of Physics (1966-68 and 1986- 88); Head, Center for Energy Studies (1978-82); Dean
(Science, Students, PG Studies) during 1970-76 and Deputy Director (1982-85). He has also been the Vice chancellor of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore(1988-92), Lucknow University (1992-95), Director at IPS Academy Indore (1996-1997),Vice chancellor Barkatullah University, Bhopal(1998-2000).
He has played an active role for the promotion of higher technical education in India. He has been instrumental in setting up the Center for Energy Studies
at IIT Delhi and the Faculty of Engineering Science at DAVV, Indore.
Professor Sodha was awarded the prestigious S.S. Bhatnagar Award in 1974, Hari Om Ashram Prerit Shri S.S. Bhatnagar Award in 1978 and Padmashree in 2003 for his outstanding contributions in Science and Engineering. He is fellow of several professional bodies including Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Science, India.
He is currently a Ramanna Fellow and visiting Professor at the Department of Education & Physics, Lucknow University.
COMPARISON OF COMMUTATION TECHNOLOGY IN HVDC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AT ADANI POWER LTD.
Abstract: This paper presents commutation technology of HVDC system. In the early 19th centuries HVAC system was used for the long distance transmission. Because of the more power losses in HVAC system HVDC system adopted in mid 19th century for the long distance transmission. The Thyristors are used for the commutation in HVDC system. Now advancement in thyristor capacity and by using IGBT VSC based technology HVDC system is improved.
Monday, February 6, 2012
E-recharge portal Freecharge.in - Kunal Shah, the Co-Founder and CEO of Accelyst Solutions
Freecharge.in
"There are over 600 million pre-paid mobile phone users in India and we're offering them a convenient and easy way to recharge their phones or pay their DTH bills online and we offer them discounts of equal value at a merchant of their choice," Kunal Shah, the Co-Founder and CEO of Accelyst Solutions, the parent company of Freecharge.in".
Source with thanks http://www.financialexpress.com/news/freecharge.in-raises-rs-20-cr-from-sequoia-capital/903957/1
Brand Management Strategies: 10 Key Points
By Mary J. Hildebrand and Jacqueline Klosek
Role of Action Research in achieving better students learning in Mechanical Engineering Courses
Dr. R. J. Lalwani, Eminent Educationist
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract
With the explosion of knowledge and the aim of developing a knowledge society it has become crucial to develop more effective, interesting and action oriented teaching learning process. University of Malaya as a pioneering research university in Malaysia has encouraged its dedicated faculty members to develop innovative teaching
learning methodologies to make it student centric. Under the umbrella of Action Research group this research started in 2009 and the salient features along with the methodology, process, outcome and analysis are discussed in this paper. Many engineering subjects are highly mathematical, analytical and descriptive. To keep the students attached to the basic concepts, theory, analysis, design and application, new teaching – learning systems are to be developed. One of this is Start, Stop, and Continue technique. In this all the students were divided in small groups of 4 students per group. Each group was given three coloured cards to use them during the delivery of the lecture in the class. A green card to indicate start, a red card to stop and a yellow card to continue were made available to each student of the each group. This was highly appreciated by the students specially those who were shy of asking questions in the class. The data collected in 12 weeks duration of 6 cycles of 3 different activities subdivided further in 2 sub activities made all the students very active and collaborative learners. The three main activities were:
1. Classroom activities: a. Lectures b. Multimedia c. Conversations
2. Online activities: a. moodle b. e-forum c. e-resources
3. Group initiatives: a. group discussion b. active learning c. collaborative learning
From the present study it is concluded that given an ambient environment the learning process can be made very effective and all the course objectives can be achieved. Action research has helped empowerment of the student in acquiring knowledge. With this approach the students’ performance improved from mediocre to very good. Their ability to perform as a good engineer after graduation is obvious now.
learning methodologies to make it student centric. Under the umbrella of Action Research group this research started in 2009 and the salient features along with the methodology, process, outcome and analysis are discussed in this paper. Many engineering subjects are highly mathematical, analytical and descriptive. To keep the students attached to the basic concepts, theory, analysis, design and application, new teaching – learning systems are to be developed. One of this is Start, Stop, and Continue technique. In this all the students were divided in small groups of 4 students per group. Each group was given three coloured cards to use them during the delivery of the lecture in the class. A green card to indicate start, a red card to stop and a yellow card to continue were made available to each student of the each group. This was highly appreciated by the students specially those who were shy of asking questions in the class. The data collected in 12 weeks duration of 6 cycles of 3 different activities subdivided further in 2 sub activities made all the students very active and collaborative learners. The three main activities were:
1. Classroom activities: a. Lectures b. Multimedia c. Conversations
2. Online activities: a. moodle b. e-forum c. e-resources
3. Group initiatives: a. group discussion b. active learning c. collaborative learning
From the present study it is concluded that given an ambient environment the learning process can be made very effective and all the course objectives can be achieved. Action research has helped empowerment of the student in acquiring knowledge. With this approach the students’ performance improved from mediocre to very good. Their ability to perform as a good engineer after graduation is obvious now.
Medical Monitoring, Observation, Treatment and Solutions under Bluetooth technology
ABSTRACT
Later days we cannot imagine that IT will strongly support to humanities. The Bluetooth technology is a wireless technology with very low frequency and short distance technology although very important for communication. This technology also works with remote mode using other communication and transmission technology. The great aspect is that Bluetooth works on very less power consumption and supporting utilities.
This paper focus on advance future application for business and remote medical diagnosis with on-line 24 hours observation of patients. A doctor can check the observation of patient by his mobile phone or through networking. Replace painful wired medical equipment with Bluetooth.
If you need more information contact by email to the author.
MAKING INDIA INNOVATIVE - Grassroots Innovations
National Innovation Foundation
India In Support of Grassroots Innovations
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Examination (BITSAT)
http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/
Biju Varghese - Retrofitted car for physically challenged
Bicycle with rider and terrain induced forces for transmission system
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