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4. Eminent Persons who visited IIT Delhi

Dr. Charles Kleiber, State Secretary for Education and Research, Switzerland receiving a bouquet from Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Delhi on his visit to the Institute on 28th April 2007.

Ms. Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, USA in a Roundtable Meeting with Higher Education Leaders on 29th March 2007 at the Senate Room of the Institute.

Prof. Gerard Degallaix, Dean of Research, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France exchanging MoU with Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT Delhi. The MoU was signed between Ecole Centrale de Lille, France and IIT Delhi on 9th March 2007.

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand being received at the Porch by Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT Delhi. HRH visited the Institute on 6th March 2007.

5. 256hertz.com

An alumni club - 256Hertz has been formed by IITD Alumni. The objective of this club is to provide a platform to alumni musicians and singers.
The club will organize musical events where alumni singers and musicians
perform. It will also keep the nostalgia amongst IITD alumni alive. The
club will also circulate clippings of alumni singers and musicians thru internet.

The following are the key persons in this club:

Ravi Sagar - President

Alok Sahdev - Secretary

DP Thripati - Jt Secretary

IITDAA recognizes 256Hertz as an alumni club of IIT Delhi.

6. ISWA National Award for Science and Technology Communication

Mr. L. D. Kala, STA in the Centre for Energy Studies has been recently awarded by the Indian Science

Writers’ Association (ISWA) for his contribution in the field of science and technology writing. He has been awarded with the ISWA National Award for Science Writing and Science Communication. ISWA

confers this award to a science writer/science communicator on the basis of his work in this area during

preceding five years. ISWA is a national professional body of science writers and science communicators

and is affiliated to the International Science Writers’ Association. Recently Ministry of Environment

and Forests has also brought out a booklet based on the writings of Mr. Kala in the area of Biosafety.

7. IIT Delhi holds WIPO Roundtable on Economics of Intellectual Property

I.I.T. Delhi conducted “WIPO Roundtable on Economics of Intellectual Property” during 6-7

March 2007. Most renowned economists from USA and UK participated in the Roundtable along

with most of the economists actively working in the field of IPRs in different IITs, IIMs, Delhi School of

Economics, ICRIER, RIS and other premier institutions in the country.

This Roundtable was WIPO’s first initiative that would be repeated in a few more countries in the world with the purpose of generating more research on relationship of various aspects of IPRs with economics. Dr. Sudhir K.Jain, Coordinator of IPR Cell, Department of Management Studies, was the coordinator of the

Roundtable.

8. Super-30 Story and Documentary

See wikipedia entry for Super-30 institute
(which prepares talented poor to appear for JEE for IIT admissions)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-30_Institute

A Japanese film team is making a documentary on Super-30 Institute.
http://www.patnadaicaste background. ^[2] The Institute provides such children with the educational resources needed for gaining admission into the prestigious and fiercely competitive Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). ^[1] Those who are lucky enough to be chosen to be admitted in the institute opened to 22 in 2004, 26 in 2005, and 28 in 2006. In 2006, a six-member Japanese media team arrived in Bihar to make a documentary on the Super-30. ^[3]

9. Faculty dearth at IITs needs urgent solution by Prof. S.K. Gulati

The link is as below:

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=162559

10. Vinesh Saxena family foundation needs volunteers.

He is from the 1967 Mechanical Engineering batch and founder of Vinesh Saxena Family Foundation ( a private registered charitable foundation)

One of the objectives of the above foundation is to “Help the people” to control their life & destiny. In our society a good number of people lead a normal life however on the other side there are people who can not even afford the things to which the normal people take for granted. These less fortunate people lead a life of deprivation. The “VSF foundation” is committed to help these needy people.

This foundation helps these people financially to bring the hope in their life.

As a founder I will also teach & make you aware of the seven key principles by which anybody can bring his/her life on track and control their destiny.

If you are in this under privileged category and either you or your guardians feel helplessness, you can apply for assistance from this foundation. Go to the web site www.vsffoundation.ca.

If you are fortunate & know these less fortunate cases, you can also refer them to the foundation. My objective is also to open “Life with hope centers” where these underprivileged people can live & bring their life on track and make their dreams come true,

I need volunteers, if you want to help financially or in any other material way or in organizing by providing time in these centers please contact me at Founder@vsffoundation.ca. It is a great feeling to be able to help others.

11. New Master's Degree in Supply Chain management

A new Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) program will be offered by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan beginning January 2008. The admission deadline for the inaugural class is Aug. 1, 2007.

The supply chain touches almost every function of global commerce. Business leaders view supply chain management as the central nervous system of the global economy . That's why companies are increasingly looking for innovative leaders with the vision and skill to manage their supply chains.

The one-year program is designed to add both breadth and depth of knowledge in business and supply chain management. Key highlights of the curriculum include:

• Basic Business fundamentals
• Extensive training in supply chain specialization
• Team-based faculty-supervised project with a company during the summer
• Business electives that connect with the supply chain in areas like strategy, finance, marketing, international business

Selected students will have the opportunity to participate in the programs of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations

All students will have access to excellent job placement services through the Ross School.

More information and an application can be found at www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/MSCM/

12. DRAMATECH's audio plays- Sherlock Holmes stories in Hindi- are now available on the net.

You can dowload them from-

http://www.archive.org/details/SherlockHolmesStories-DramatisedInHindi

The stories are- The Speckled Band; and The Valley of Fear.

Adapted and Directed by Ravi Raj Sagar (1978 Mech).

Dramatech is a theatre group of IITD alumni. Actors in this audio play include alumni Sanjiv Chopra, Renu Chopra, Rakesh Gupta, Hemant Kathuria, Saurabh and others.The plays were broadcast by AIR as well.