"Race" The movie - Highly Inspirational Video

The following video is of high inspiration to me, and it rejuvenates me during my troubled times. The concept of the video is really great and I am sure you would like it.

"Winning is rising every time you fall" - is the main concept of this.

Click here to watch the video

MTS - The best mobile offer I have ever seen

MTS commercial:
(source - Official MTS India website)





visit the following link to get all its offers:

http://www.mtsindia.in/tn_vouchers-msavers.html


I have been using MTS for around 4 months now and it has been fantastic.....

Pros:
In my plan,

MTS to MTS - 150 mins free per day for around 18 years......

10 messages free per day for lifetime....

MTS to Other phones - 49p per minute for lifetime

If u put a 30Rs. booster unlimited messages (for a month).....

I haven't experienced any tower or technical snag so far...

Its a CDMA phone and it has its own pros compared to GSM...

Cons:

Its a CDMA phone and u cant put it in your GSM phone.....But it is a SIM type and u can put it in any CDMA set.

Visit its website for more details.



(all source from MTS website and my experience. Courtesy to respective party.)

Paradigm ' 09

The most loved, the most wanted, the most attended and the most awaited symposium in the state. Yes!! Paradigm is Back – Bigger and Better than it has ever been. So come over to win exciting prizes, meet smart people and be a part.

Paradigm '09, organized by the Computer Science & Engineering Department of SSNCE, is the confluence of tons of brilliant minds under a single roof. Set in the beginning of September, this symposium sets the stage for talents to be showcased and prizes to be won. This year Paradigm is back with more events and lot more surprises. So get ready to be the example. Be a part of Paradigm '09 and Let Your Fingers Do The Talking. . .

Events:

visit http://www.paradigm09.com/events/ for more details.

Protect Your Dream

Some inspirational lines from the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness",

"Don't ever let somebody tell you that you can't do something. You gotta dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. If you want something go get it. Period. "

Velammal College Symposium

Today was an informative day to me and I had gained a fair amount of knowledge about symposiums and tech fests. There were many events like Paper presentation, Debugging, Gaming, Quiz, Dumb C, Ad zap, Mock interview. I had a chance to participate in everything but paper presentation, Ad zap. It was a wonderful experience and it was really a refreshing one considering the fact that most of the days in the college are really boring and loaded with bookish and academic works.

I went to the symposium with my school friend Arun and six other friends from my college. First we went to debugging prelim where two members are allowed per team. I paired up with my best friend Arun who has a good amount of computer knowledge. We were able to solve c, c++ programs but unfortunately both of us didn’t have any clue about Java programs which eluded us the ticket to the finals. Then we went to the quiz prelim where once I again I paired up with my ssn pal, where we had a narrow miss to the final by failing to answer three star questions having more marks compared to other questions.

Next we landed up to participate in Dumb C, with my team comprising Arun and my another best friend santy. As per our plan Arun was made to enact the phrase. But we didn’t expect to get a difficult phrase (“Axiomatically tight bound”) which I believe is almost impossible for anyone to find in stipulated two minutes time. Then at last we went to Mock interview which is similar to real interview except that we don’t have an aptitude test. We were grouped into sets of 10 and we had Group Discussion (about love and arranged marriages), where we had a good discussion with me more strongly speaking about the latter.

Then I gave Gaming a miss because I personally do not like to play Games much.

I would like to appreciate the organizers of the symposium and a thanks to my HOD for granting me OD.

Totally we had a great day though we could not bag even a single and this makes me more confident that I can win many in the future……………….

Vivek

तुम चलो तो हिंदुस्तान चले

This video is highly inspirational and inculcates patriotism in any Indian(especially youth) who watches it.



Isn't it really good?

Eye of God

Dear All:

This photo is a very rare one, taken by NASA. This kind of event occurs once in 3000 years.
This photo has done miracles in many lives. Make a wish ... you have looked at the eye of God. Surely you will see the changes in your life within a day.Share this with your friends. This is a picture NASA took with the Hubbell telescope called 'The Eye of God.' Too awesome. It is worth sharing.


During the next 60 seconds, Stop whatever you are doing, and take this opportunity.
(Literally it is only One minute!)

IBM great mind Challenge 2009

IBM announces The Great Mind Challenge 2009

Under the company's Academic Initiative programs that provide student programmers with a unique opportunity to develop innovative solutions, using open standards-based IT tools under grueling real time situations, IBM has announced The Great Mind Challenge 2009 - a contest.

IBM also declared the K L N College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu as the winner, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida as the first runners up and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu as the second runners up for the 2008 challenge.

The Great Mind Challenge 2009 will enable participants to get a hands-on experience on IBM software products, namely Tivoli, Information Management, Lotus, Rational, and WebSphere and Eclipse, which runs on Linux platform. Mentors from IBM along with the college faculty will work closely with the students enabling them throughout the program.

At the felicitation ceremony, Himanshu Goyal, Country Manager- Academic Initiative, Developer Works & Globalization IBM Software India/South Asia said "There is no doubt that the industry requires more adaptive innovators - people who have deep proficiency in a specific area, say engineering but at the same time comfortable in soft skills as well. This is primarily because the work environment is increasingly becoming collaborative. The IBM Great Mind Challenge is a platform for students to enhance and showcase their software writing skills besides acquiring skills on being an adaptive innovator. TGMC provides students with the opportunity to work on next-gen technologies, thus preparing them for a smarter planet."

TGMC 2008 had nearly 50,000 students from 1400 colleges participating from across India. There were close to 1050 project submissions out of emerged 20 winners. A total of 400 plus workshops were conducted on the software products around the country in 2008 The winning team from K L N College of Engineering worked on tools such as DB2, Rational Application Developer, Websphere application server, Struts, Ajax, XML and J2EE to develop a project named City without Crime. The team developed an online comprehensive crime reporting system to engage public, NGOs, police and government agencies to be more quick, proactive and responsive to fight with crime and criminals.

The Great Mind Challenge 2009 has been planned to be more extensive than previous years. The registrations for the challenge will commence in May and the challenge will conclude by December 2009. TGMC 2009 wills see a revamped Web site and activities on social networking Web sites and college campuses. The top five project teams will get the opportunity to present their project to key executives from the IBM India Software Lab. Depending on the commercial viability of the projects; IBM will help the students find sponsors for taking these projects live.

"This year the top 20 projects will be put on the Internet to be used without charge by end users and IBM Business Partners. These are also made available to the government agencies, solution providers and academia for feedback, which helps further develop the solutions designed by the participating students." Goyal added.

Apart from this, the IBM Academic Initiative also offers workshops and certification programs on various technologies like Service Oriented Architecture, XML, Infrastructure Management, DB2, WebSphere, and IBM Community Edition Software.

Happy Independence Day

To all my brothers and sisters of India,

I wish you all a happy Independence day.

Vivek

Independent India turns 62 today

India turns 62 year old Independent nation today. During a span of such time, India has encountered various ups and downs, somehow or other survived many scares and today its stand as one of the major power in Asia. Often we speak only about the negative aspects of the country, belittling the positive achievements made by us since the glory on 15th August 1947.

India has grown significantly in several areas and produced world class scientists, engineers, bureaucrats, journalists, sports persons, artists, industrialists and politicians who have made a mark in the world stage. I would like to mention on this occasion about few personalities of modern India, who had made India proud.

In the last few years, India has made decent progress in several areas and produced world class scientists, engineers, bureaucrats, journalists, doctors, sports person, artists, industrialists and politicians, who have made a mark on the world stage.

First of all, we should salute our soldiers who battled for us, in 1962 Indo-China war, 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars, 1999 Kargil war and saved us from the jaws of the enemy many times. They are ever ready to provide us safety, security and tension free sleep. Our scientists have done extraordinary work and India has attained the capability to send satellites and rockets into space and we are now working on a Moon mission.

We have increased life expectancy from 32 years in 1947 to 65 years in 2009. We have built about 1.25 million miles of new roads in this short span of time. In 1947 our literacy rate was 12.2 per cent and it is up to around 70 per cent now.

In the industrial sector, we are marching ahead of many developed countries. We have increased our exports from a few million dollars at the time of independence to more than $125 billion now, with about $150 billion of imports. GDP growth was around 2.3 per cent in 1951-52 and has reached to more then 9 per cent at present.

The economy of India is the twelfth largest economy in the world by market exchange rates and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) basis. India's per capita income is $1016 and we currently account for 1.5 per cent of World trade as of 2007, according to the WTO. Our hard currency reserves have also grown from a mere $1.5 billion in 1991 to over $220 billion today.

India's information technology exports grew from a mere $150 million in 1991-92 to $31.4 billion in 2006-07, and is projected to reach $60 billion by 2010. The Indian IT industry is unique for several reasons. It focused on exports; benchmarked with the best global companies; followed the finest principles of corporate governance; created the largest number of jobs in the organised sector; and demonstrated that Indians, too, could succeed in the competitive global markets.

We are at the eighth position in the world Telecom sector. Total mobile phone users reached 362. 3 million in January 2009 in India and the total subscriber base of fixed lines are more than 50 million. Forty five million Internet user are in India and the number is increasing rapidly.

India is the world's largest producer of films, producing close to a thousand films annually. Indian cinema has found markets in over 90 countries, where our films are screened. Indian artists like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Lata Mangeskar, Amitabh Bachcahn, RajniKanth, Kamal Hasan, Sharukh khan are respected everywhere in world.

When it comes to Business, India has produced vast pool of world class entrepreneurs. As a matter of fact, no of Billionaires in India is more than that in Japan(as per the latest forbes list of Billionaires). We have been able to produce good entrepreneurs like Azim Premji, Narayana murthy, Nandan nilekani.

We have been produce world class politicians like Manmohan singh and visionaries like the great Dr.APJ Abdul kalam whose VISION 2020 has gone into the heart of many Indian Youth.

Now finally coming to sports, Indians are achieving new heights in every kind of sports. In cricket, the Indian team is one of the best teams in every format and of course every one are the fans of Sachin tendulkar. Vishwanathan Anand is world's best chess player, Abhinav Bindra won a gold in Olympics, whereas Saina Nehwal is the latest Badminton sensation.

India has a large number of youth compared to any other developed country in the world. Isn’t this the only force required to over take any superpowers of the world?????????

The kind of potential in each and every one of us is enormous and when it is effectively used U know INDIA WILL BE THE #1 nation in the world. Don’t you think so???

So guys let us all do something and achieve in our field of interest and show to the world who we are and show our might in every field………We soon can have a Microsoft, a Michael phelps, a Barack obama from India….can’t we?????..........

First and foremost we must work towards the vision 2020 emphasized by the people’s president Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.

What do you feel????????

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY friends.

My favorite movie - The Pursuit of happyness

My favorite movie till date is "The pursuit of happyness". The movie has been a great source of inspiration to me. Whenever I feel depressed or whenever i come across a failure, i watch certain scenes in the movie which rejuvenates me. The movie starring Will smith, who plays the role of Chris Gardner has a good script and story line. The way he shines in his life despite infinite no. of hurdles would inspire anyone who watches the movie. The kind of love which he has towards his son christopher and they way he brings him up despite his mother left them, is amazing. I would like to give 10 on 10 for that movie....Really superb film...If u havent seen then do not miss it. Below are my favorite scenes in the movie

Subway scene:




The kind of emotions expressed by will in the above scene is really great and he is one of a genius in acting.


The interview scene:



You can see the confident person in chris gardner.

Finally the happiness phase:



If we work hard with our full dedication, one day we would definitely pursue our dream which eventually would pave way for happiness.

India's Answer to Google Earth

ISRO launches Bhuvan

The Indian Space Research Organisation has finally launched BHUVAN which potentially is a competitor to Google earth. Bhuvan, an ambitious project of ISRO was started to take Indian images and thematic information in multiple spatial resolutions to people through a web portal through easy access to information on basic natural resources in the geospatial domain. Bhuvan showcases Indian images by the superimposition of IRS satellite imageries on 3D globe. The degree of resolution showcased is based on the points of interest and popularity, but most of the Indian terrain is covered upto at least 5.8 meters of resolution with the least spatial resolution being 55 meters from AWifs Sensor.

Bhuvan Features

• Visualise 2D and 3D image data along with rich thematic information on Soil, wasteland, water resources etc.
• Fly to locations ( Flies from the current location directly to the selected location)
• Heads-Up Display ( HUD) naviation controls ( Tilt slider, north indicator, opacity, compass ring, zoom slider)
• Navigation using the 3D view Pop-up menu (Fly-in, Fly out, jump in, jump around, view point)
• 3D Fly through (3D view to fly to locations, objects in the terrain, and navigate freely using the mouse or keyboard)
• Drawing 2D objects (Text labels, polylines, polygons, rectangles, 2D arrows, circles, ellipse)
• Drawing 3D Objects (placing of expressive 3D models, 3D polygons, boxes)
• Snapshot creation (copies the 3D view to a floating window and allows to save to a external file)
• Measurement tools (Horizontal distance, aerial distance, vertical distance, measure area)
• Shadow Analysis (it sets the sun position based on the given time creating shadows and effects the lighting on the terrain)

Really fascinating that India is also trying something...Na?

(source - pluggd.in and PTI)