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Archive for April 20, 2007
April 20, 2007 at 7:34 am
· City
indianexpress: IN a first-of-its-kind agreement between universities in the State, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between four of Maharashtra’s top universities, University of Pune, University of Mumbai, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) Nashik, which aims at making coordinated efforts for greater knowledge exchange and interaction between the universities.
The MoU, which was signed in the presence of Governor SM Krishna in Mumbai on Wednesday, will involve 200 student fellowships for postgraduate courses in various fields. “As part of this MoU, 50 student scholarships will be instituted by each of the four universities, to pursue various post-graduate courses at the other three universities,” said Pune University Vice Chancellor Narendra Jadhav.
Apart from this, there will also be an exchange of facilities and expertise needed for various research projects and schemes undertaken by the universities. “Thus, all the research facilities available at the four universities can be used mutually whenever necessary. The faculty and manpower required for research can also be provided,” said Jadhav.
This means a student or professor from University of Pune who wishes to pursue research in a particular subject can make use of the research facilities like laboratories and so on available at, say, MUHS or Shivaji University.
The MoU will also include distance learning across the jurisdiction of the Universities in the state, high speed data links, online digital libraries, and so on. In a statement to the press issued on Thursday, MUHS pro-vice Chancellor Lahankar said the possibility of student exchanges and joint degrees will also be explored.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:33 am
· City
indianexpress: WHEN wanna-be corporators sought the people’s mandate to reach the civic corridors before the February 1 polls, they promised Pune’s development.
Two months later, the promised development can be found inside the civic corridors with deputy mayor Chandrakant Mokate (Shiv Sena) and leader of house Anil Bhosale (NCP) gifting themselves customised offices including tiles, split ACs, false ceiling, bouncy sofas and expensive chairs. Existing walls and partitions are being pulled down to make more space for the new office-bearers to hold their daily ‘darbars’. Separate arrangements have been made for their personal assistants.
The bill has amounted to a cool Rs 6.5 lakh. While renovation of the deputy mayor’s office is complete, the office of leader of the house will take another 10 days.
All office-bearers, including mayor, deputy mayor, leader of house, leader of opposition and standing committee chairman, are eligible for office space in the Pune Municipal Corporation and a budgetary allocation allows them to make changes in their official residences and offices. The municipal secretary’s office looks into demands for renovation and bills are paid by the civic exchequer.
Mokate’s tastes have cost the civic exchequer Rs 2.5 lakh while another Rs 4 lakh is estimated to fulfill Bhosale’s needs. Deputy city engineer (building) N Barapatre said the civic administration was ‘duty bound’. “We have to fulfill whatever demands are made,” he added.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:32 am
· City
indianexpress: GOING by the urbanisation and rising crime rate in Pimpri-Chinchwad—police stations record some 700-800 crime cases a year— the twin township needs a separate police commissionerate. Instead, it is likely to get the status of sub-headquarters of the Pune police with Shivajinagar continuing to remain its headquarters.
Police Commissioner Jayant Umranikar announced this while inaugurating the new office of Pimpri-Chinchwad Shramik Patrakar Sangh in Pimpri on Thursday.
The proposal for a separate police commissionerate had been rejected by the government, presumably because of the high cost involved in setting up the required infrastructure. “Around Rs 12 crore is required to set up the police commissionerate in Pimpri-Chinchwad and the annual expenses will be around Rs one crore,” he said.
However, the police commissioner acknowledged the fact that Pimpri-Chinchwad met all the norms to seek a commissionerate.
“It has a population of over 12 lakh, is witnessing rapid industrialisation and urbanisation and the crime rate is above normal. One police station should ideally have not more than 300-350 crime cases registered in one year. But police stations in Pimpri-Chinchwad are recording 700-800 crime cases a year,” he said.
Umranikar said his office has prepared a proposal for a police’s sub-headquarters at Wakad in Pimpri-Chinchwad and would be sending it to the State government soon. “I am sure the proposal would be accepted,” he said.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:31 am
· City
indianexpress: WHILE the Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) continues to be banned in the University Chowk after being termed as a ‘heavy vehicle’, Commissioner of Police Jayant Umranikar on Thursday categorically said that the transport body was given the option of starting mini-buses.
“If we allow PMT buses, other heavy vehicles will also start plying in the area, which will create a hindrance in completion of the flyover work. So we have put barricades and crossbars to ensure that no heavy vehicles enter the area,” he said.
However, Umranikar maintained that the transport body was given the option of plying mini-buses which could have been allowed as light vehicles.
Nonetheless, for the PMT the mini bus option was anything but feasible. At the moment, the transport body has mini buses running on a few roads in the city including Shivaji Road, Padmavati etc. According to PMT committee chairman Bhimrao Patole the option is not viable since it would mean removing these buses from their present locations and making them ply through the University Chowk. “The internal city roads, where the buses are plying now, will be hit badly. Moreover, the schedules run by PMT through the University Chowk can’t be managed by the present fleet of mini buses,” he said.
But Patole suggested other options to ensure that if permitted only the PMT will run through the route without other heavy vehicles entering the area. “We will keep our people along with the traffic police to check that only the PMT is allowed at University chowk,” he said.
At the same time, Patole also pointed out that the PMT has received assurance from the Commissionerate about commencing the bus services in next couple of days.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:30 am
· City
indianexpress: NANDAN Nilekani, CEO and MD of Infosys Technologies Limited, made a strong plea to bring the reforms agenda back on the nation’s centerstage as he felt we could not afford to blow up the growth opportunity that has come India’s way this time. The problem with pursuing reforms is we have failed to articulate their benefits to the poor, he said.
Nilekani said reforms were perceived to be pro-rich while it was not the case. Reforms in education would mean greater access to education while labour reforms meant more investments leading to more jobs and reforms in the agriculture sector meant a single market for farmers and a better price for their produce. “We have not been able to articulate that these things are good for more people,” Nilekani said. “A quick resolution to the ideological stalemate was needed. “India has to create a development model that is superior to anything seen before,” he said.
He spelt his vision for India’s future at the Praj Industries Annual Lecture in Pune on Thursday. He voted in favour of urbanisation and making cities the engine for growth. According to him, the Parliament and state assemblies did not reflect the urbanisation that was taking place in the country and so the urban voter was not reflected.
“The debate between urban and rural boils down to creating jobs. It is not about urbanisation at the cost of the rural sector,” he said.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:29 am
· City · History
indianexpress: AN impressive gate with motifs to welcome visitors, automatic doors, five extensive galleries each touching upon an enchanting aspect of tribal culture…
These are some of the features of the renovation being planned for the Tribal Research & Training Institute (TRTI) this year. Finally, the State government appears to have woken up, as this is the first time the institute is being renovated since it took off in 1962, a gap of 45 years. Over the years, the institute has gained in importance: It is the only government-owned museum on tribals in the State. Besides, the museum gets around 900 visitors from abroad each year.
“We have a good plan for redesigning the museum all over again. In fact, we are working to enhance its aesthetic appeal this year,” says Commissioner Dr Sharad Kinkar, who is supervising the renovation.
The idea of renovation was initiated during the tenure of ex-commissioner YPS Tomar. “Last year, we had a talk with Minister of Tribal Development Dr Vijay Kumar Gavit, but the work started only after Dr Kinkar took over,” says Dr Robin Tribhuvan, a postgraduate in Museology and the curator at the museum. The project has a budget of Rs 45 lakh. The 2,000-odd artifacts classified as paintings, Warli, musical instruments and ornaments will be re-organised.
“Dr Tomar and I visited museums in Delhi, Bhopal, Mumbai and Hyderabad last year. We were accompanied by the government-appointed architect. Keeping our experiences in mind, we are working on the new design,” says Tribhuvan.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:27 am
· City
indianexpress: KEEPING up the traditional treasure of calligraphic penmanship and a possible utilisation of state-of-the art digital technology, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is conducting a two-day workshop on calligraphy and typography that started on Thurday. Speaking on the occasion, S C Purohit, director, C-DAC, spoke of India’s richness of languages which prompts to achieve lengths in script technology.
Dr Vijay Bhatkar, Chairman, ETH Research Lab expressed the significance of working out fonts for Indian languages without a standard script of their own and their subsequent digitalisation while adhering to aesthetics. Bhatkar also presented a proposal for a unique museum on calligraphy in the city.
The seminar that saw papers presentations on Brahmi-based typography, Scripts and Computer media and issues in applied typography among others, focussed on the role of fontographers for need to fill the gap between calligraphy and typography. It stressed on the need for a national guild which would collaborate on related issues with its international counterparts.
Meanwhile, plans are on cards to organise a seminar-cum-workshop on an international level with eminent speakers from the field.
As the first day’s session concluded, speakers called for more national level workshops, papers, discussions and direct interactions amongst distinguished and prolific calligraphers from different parts of the country.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:24 am
· Technology
bbc: British engineers are designing a Moon landing mission that would also test key technologies to take to Mars.
The MoonTwins concept would put two probes on the lunar surface - one at each pole - to do science experiments.
The work is being undertaken by the aerospace company Astrium at the request of the European Space Agency.
Esa plans eventually to go to the Red Planet to retrieve rocks for analysis on Earth, and the Moon is seen as a good place to develop the know-how.
“A Mars sample return mission would be very challenging and MoonTwins would help us understand some of the technology elements that would be needed,” Mike Healy, director of space science at Astrium, told BBC News.
The agency expects to fly a demonstrator in the period 2015 to 2018. It will run a number of design phases before deciding on a final architecture.
In the MoonTwins (Moon Technological Walk-through and In-situ Network Science) scenario, the two spacecraft would be launched on the same rocket but would make their own way to the Earth’s satellite.
In lunar orbit, they would practise coupling - a manoeuvre that would be required on any multi-stage Mars mission - before making their way down to the Moon’s surface.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:23 am
· Technology
bbc: Microsoft software will sell for just $3 (£1.50) in some parts of the world in an attempt to double the number of global PC users.
The firm wants to bring computing to a further one billion people by 2015.
Governments in developing countries can purchase the cut-price software, if they provide free PCs for schools.
Other companies and organisations are also trying to boost computer literacy in developing countries, notably the One Laptop per Child project.
The OLPC are in the final stages of developing a low cost, durable laptop, designed to work specifically in an educational context.
Millions of laptops will be start to be delivered to developing nations this summer.
This is not a philanthropic effort, this is a business
The eventual aim is to sell the machine to developing countries for $100 but the current cost of the machine is about $150.
The first countries to sign up to buying the machine, which is officially dubbed XO, include Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Rwanda, Nigeria and Libya.
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April 20, 2007 at 7:22 am
· Technology
bbc: A robotic caterpillar has been designed which can crawl across the surface of the heart to deliver treatment.
New Scientist reports a prototype of the HeartLander device, created by US researchers, has been tested on pigs.
The tiny robot, just a few centimetres long, can move at up to 18 centimetres per minute, controlled by “push and pull” wires from outside the body.
The British Heart Foundation said the “caterpillar” could one day be useful, but much more research was needed.
The HeartLander has been designed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The study on pigs found it could fit pacemaker leads and inject dye into the animals’ hearts.
It uses two sucker-like feet with which it can crawl across the heart.
It is inserted below the ribcage by keyhole surgery and is attached to the heart via a vacuum line to the suckers.
Dr Cameron Riviere, who led the research, says its use could allow procedures to be carried out without having to stop the heart, reducing the risk of illness linked to heart bypass procedures.
He added that not having to stop the heart, and being able to implant the device directly onto the heart rather than having to go past the lungs could benefit patients in other ways.
“It could mean a patient did not need general anaesthetic, and may be able to go home the same day.”
The team also hope it will be possible to add a radio-frequency probe to the robot to treat faulty heart rhythms by killing damaged tissue.
This is interesting, but currently a long way from practical use in heart therapy
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