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Shifting of utilities major problem for Mumbai Metro

Shifting of utilities major problem for Mumbai Metro The Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are conducting a joint inspection to determine the exact areas along the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro Rail corridor, where utilities will have to be shifted. The corridor heralds the beginning of the Mumbai Metro Rail project. In the joint inspection which will go on till Monday (it began on Thursday), we are determining the utilities (like water and sewage lines) which will have to be shifted. The diversion proposals and the estimates will be made after the inspection is over, said Subhash

The Rising: ITs The Right Choice For Women

Its a new cliché for a new age: Behind every successful information technology (IT) firm are a bunch of talented women. Women now comprise 25 per cent of the 2 lakh-strong employee strength of Indian IT majors like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, Infosys and Satyam. Most of these companies have seen a huge jump in the number of female employees in the past two years. Twenty-eight per cent of Infosyss employees are women, up 22 per cent from the 2004 financial year. Similarly, women comprise 24 per cent of the workforce in Wipro and TCS. Thats up 55 per cent and 58

Experts Report On Alang Ship-Breaking Yard Next Month

An expert committee set up by the ministry of environment and forests to study facilities at the country's biggest ship-breaking yard at Alang in Gujarat will submit its report to the Supreme Court by July-end, a top official said Tuesday. The committee to study the yard's capability to handle toxic and hazardous ship waste is headed by Environment Secretary Prodipto Ghosh and includes representatives from the Central Pollution Control Board, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, IIT Kharagpur and retired naval officials who were in-charge of ship-building activities. "The technical expert committee will submit its report by July 31 to the

GLAM brings Liam Sullivan to IIT

lying in from Los Angeles, actor/comedian Liam Sullivan visited IIT on Wednesday, April 18 to perform his routine A Liam Show, a collection of short films, monologues, music videos and songs. Liam has gained recent popularity on YouTube from his comedic videos, the most popular of which is titled Shoes, where he plays a shoe obsessed teen named Kelly. Liam brought in a huge crowd and big laughs, not only from IIT students and faculty, but from college students from all over the Chicago area who flocked to the HUB auditorium for the show. One visiting student was even spotted

OpenDocument Gaining New Grounds In Belgium, India

OpenDocument made additional strides in establishing itself this week, as the Belgian government certified the OASIS format as the only acceptable standard for internal documents. In addition, OpenDocument backers are promoting the format in India at the IIT Delhi conference. The proposal to standardize on OpenDocument was approved Friday by Belgium's Council of Ministers, according to a report in ZDNet Belgium. Beginning in 2008, all documents sent between government services must be in ODF, after the final proposal removed Microsoft's Office Open XML formats as a viable option. OpenDocument was accepted in draft form by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in

IIT at Vithura in Thiruvananthapuram district

The Union Budget has belied the hopes of the State for an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The State has been pressing the Centre for an IIT for quite some time. It has also been seeking a Central University. The UDF Government had taken some initiatives for getting an IIT established at Vithura in Thiruvananthapuram district. However, after the present Government came to power, Palakkad was proposed as an alternate location. The resignation of A.E. Muthunayagam as executive vice-president of the State Council for Science, Technology and Environment also affected the proposal, as he was one of the key movers.

Amid spate of suicides, IITian takes a reel look

Amid spate of suicides, IITian takes a reel look Any unstable chemical product is useless, till the time it becomes a stable product. Its a routine lecture taking place in the chemical engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). But the words unstable and useless keep drumming in Dhananjays head. With the spate of suicides on its campus, it could well be a scene playing in the mind of a troubled student. Only, its all happening on screen as director Anshul Singhals film Deja Vu deals with an issue thats simmering on IIT campuses. The protagonist of Deja Vu,

Sanskrit i pays

We explore the West's enchantment with our Dev-Bhasha and finds that the mindset of Sanskrit takers here is to primarily find jobs. The world is amazed to know that ancient Sanskrit texts describe the concepts of zero, the earth revolving around the sun, gravity, geometry, trigonometry, infinity, the decimal system and time. One of the oldest living languages, Sanskrit is the most scientific and unambiguous, according to a study by a NASA scientist Rick Briggs in 1985! Despite our apathy, it's interesting to note that foreign universities have a penchant for unravelling our ancient sciences, philosophy and arts scripted in

Six-point development programme for hill populations

Six-point development programme for hill populations There are two models for development of hill people. The common one is the Isolationist. The United States has adopted that approach to protect American Indians and preserve their culture. American Indians have exclusive spaces for themselves, called Reservations, and special laws to govern them. Indian politicians, administrators, intellectuals and social activists, too, favour this approach. The second, rarely visualised, option is Integrationist. Switzerland and Iceland are its most successful examples. It is an outgoing approach. It is export-oriented and integrates its economy with the rest of the world. While the Isolationist Model excludes outsiders,

Naveen demands IIT for Orissa

Naveen demands IIT for Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology in Orissa. Taking exception to the Centres move to set up greenfield IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar, the Chief Minister said in his letter on Wednesday that establishment of an IIT in Orissa was necessary to support the rapid industrial growth taking place in the State. Stating that the State was attracting huge investments in various sectors including the mega steel plant projects of Arcelor Mittal and Posco, Patnaik said there was every reason