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 | This issue includes many important articles and special reports.
First and foremost is the news about alumnus, Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (PhD, Applied Physics dept. in 1992) received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for his path breaking research in the field of astronomy. His interview along with the impressive list of press releases for him is also attached. There is also a complete coverage and report of our VC’s visit to USA as a part of large govt. delegation. He met and interacted with our alumni there. The issue also announces launch of new website (www.itbhuglobal.org) of our alumni association. We shall be publishing Chronicle from the new website in future. A copy will also be posted on current website (itbhu.org) for next few months. |
Thanking you,
The Chronicle Team
The IT-BHU Alumni Association has launched a new website called itbhuglobal.org. The URL of the website is www.itbhuglobal.org.
The website is the official website of the alumni organization with effect from Sept. 11, 2007, the day it was approved by IT-BHU administration. A copy of the letter sent by alumni association and the approval received from our Director, Prof. S. N. Upadhyay is attached here.
So far we have been using itbhu.org (URL: www.itbhu.org) as our official website. However, due to technical and managerial problem in management of the site, the content were not getting updated on time and not being able to respond to queries. With the hosting of the alumni website under a new name (URL: http://www.itbhuglobal.org) on a different platform, the alumni association can serve the community better. As it can be seen, the new name is more aligned to the global mandate of our association.
All alumni/students/faculty are requested to register their names at new website, if they have not registered so far. Those who have already registered at old website would have their accounts available on the new website. A few names may have been missed out during migration. So if you are not able to log in. Please register again. This is to cover those 400+ people who registered between Dec 2006 and present. We regret the inconvenience.
Please have a look at the new website and feel free to comment.
The new website is planned to be dynamic in nature and a number of new features. It is manned by an editorial team (Email: editor-team[AT]itbhuglobal.org).
The editorial team has following members at present. We need more volunteers to help us.
Yogesh Upadhyaya (Chemical 1977)
Anand Maharana (Metallurgy 1992)
Anshuman Singh (Electrical 1998)
Puneet Bindlish (Mining 2002)
Animesh Pathak (CSE 2003)
The chronicle is being published on itbhu.org website (www.itbhu.org) since its inception in June 2005. However, with the new website (www.itbhuglobal.org) functioning, the publishing of chronicle shall be gradually shifted to the new website. The new website has the advantage of being accessible easily and has tied up with a reliable server managed by a company in California.
The current issue (Sept. 2007) is being published on both the website, old and new. From next issue (Oct. 2007) chronicle shall be published on new website, and a copy shall be posted on old website. From Jan 2008 issue, the chronicle shall be published only on new website.
The address of chronicle on new website is www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle
The new website has an archive of all past issues of chronicle.
We hope that in due time, our readers shall become familiar with the use of new website.
Here are some corrections to the August issue:
- Searching Chronicle issue You can search itbhuglobal.org website and all chronicle issues for a specific name, event or article or a topic. This facility is available on itbhuglobal.org website on right-hand site of Home Page. You can search by entering your key word (s) in the dialog box provided.
- Photo of this year’s Kholu (topper)
In the last issue, we forgot to publish the photo of Mr. Deepesh Reja, Computer Science, who is topper among the students who joined our institute this year.
http://content.msn.co.in/Education/EducationPreT_250907_1253.htm
Education
 | Academic delegation from Switzerland visits BHU Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:54 IST Varanasi: Terming Indian scientific community as the core in the progress of India, Switzerland considers it as a priority country for establishing collaborations for scientific and technological research. |
"India is a priority country for Switzerland for establishing scientific and technological partnership," Dr Naukakis, Chairman of the two-member delegation visiting Banaras Hindu University said yesterday.
The delegation is on a visit to establish bilateral academic exchange programme between India and Switzerland.
They conversed with the students of Institute of Technology at BHU and informed them about the MTech and Ph D programmes available in Switzerland.
He said, Switzerland is like a mini India because it is also a multi-lingual country like India and English is the only language that connects all parts of the Switzerland.
Additional link:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200710061321.htm
Four students of IT-BHU get Jindal Scholarship
Varanasi, Oct. 6 (PTI): Four students of the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), have been awarded OP Jindal Engineering Management Scholarship.
"Four students of the Institute have won the scholarship for the 2007-08 academic session," Siddha Nath Upadhyay, Director IT-BHU said.
The awardees including Abhinav Dube, Abhishek Gupta, S Vighnesh and Sushant Mittal will get a scholarship of Rs 65 thousand each, he added.
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj has received Bhatnagar award for Science. He received the award for overall contributions to the field of Planetary Sciences; and in particular for fundamental contributions and creative ideas to elucidate X-ray emissions from planetary auroras.
His interview is also published in this chronicle issue.
http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/27/stories/2007092755921200.htm
11 scientists selected for Bhatnagar prize
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Wednesday announced the winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prizes for outstanding contributions in various disciplines of science. The 11 scientists selected are : Narayanaswamy Srinivasan and Pundi Narasimhan Rangarajan of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Rama Govindarajan of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore; B.V. Rajarama Bhat of Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore; Budaraju Srinivasa Murthy of IIT, Chennai; A. Ajayaghosh of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram; Anil Bhardwaj of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram; Upinder Singh Bhalla of National Centre for Biological Sciences, Kanpur; Amalendu Chandra of IIT, Kanpur; Yashwant Gupta of National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune; and Pinaki Majumdar of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad.
Department of Science and Technology Secretary T. Ramaswamy, who is holding additional charge as Director General of the CSIR, announced the selection of Mahindra and Mahindra for the CSIR diamond jubilee technology for 2007 for development and commercialisation of its sports utility vehicle ‘Scorpio.’
International league
“With ‘Scorpio’, Mahindra & Mahindra had joined a handful of companies, which have designed and produced world class vehicles. This development has enabled the company to move into international league of automobile manufacturers. Its cutting edge diesel engine technology, voice assist system, lower NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) and 5 zone cushion suspension make every drive an exhilarating experience. The product with its style, convenience, comfort and safety is popular with individuals and institutions in India and abroad,” he said.
He said that the CSIR award for science and Technology innovations for rural development for 2007 was won jointly by National Research Centre on Yak, Dirang, the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, Phaltan, and National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
 | UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION |
| Announcement No. 085
Date: August 20, 2007
To: All NRC Employees
SUBJECT: SELECTION OF SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS (ACRS) I am pleased to announce the following selection: | |
 | Girija Shanker Shukla has been selected for the position of Senior Program Manager for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). Mr. Shukla joined the NRC in 2000 as a Project Manager in the Division of Licensing Project Management in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). He worked in a series of positions of increasing responsibility in NRR, including Project Manager, Lead Project Manager, and Technical Assistant to the Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking. |
Prior to joining the NRC, Mr. Shukla had over 22 years of nuclear industry experience with Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) vendor, an architect-engineer company, and several nuclear utility companies. Mr. Shukla received a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and completed graduate-level studies in Nuclear Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York.
Please join me in congratulating him on his new assignment.
Frank P. Gillespie
Executive Director, ACRS
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Brief intro by Girija Shukla:
Attached is the announcement regarding my promotion with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Brief bio data is as follows:
I graduated with B. Tech. in Mech. Eng. from IT-BHU in 1976. After a short period of experience in the design, development and testing of nuclear reactors, and reactor operations at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, and at Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Bombay, I came to the USA in 1977 with a green card and full scholarship for graduate studies in Nuclear Engineering at the Center for Nuclear Safety Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY. After graduate studies, in 1979 joined Babcock And Wilcox Company (a nuclear reactor manufacturer). Joined Virginia Electric And Power Company (a nuclear power electric co.) in 1981, Bechtel Power Corporation (nuclear power plant constructors) in 1983, Detroit Edison Company in 1987, Florida Power And Light Company (a nuclear power electric co.) in 1998, and the U.S. Govt. Agency responsible for regulating nuclear power in the USA - US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2000.
Currently serving as Senior Program Manager for Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC, USA. My job duties are: to serve as a Senior Program Manager in support for Reactor Safety. Provide guidance and technical advice to Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on policy matters associated with the current NRC regulations. Provide advice to the NRC on the requirements of new regulations. Perform comprehensive policy development studies on new or unusually complex nuclear safety issues. Provide leadership in domestic and international nuclear safety and safeguards issues; and recommend policies and programs consistent with NRC's mission and strategic goals.
G. S. Shukla
Senior Program Manager
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D. C. 20555
e-mail: gss[AT]nrc.gov
e-mail: shuklag[AT]yahoo.com
| UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION |
| Announcement No. 085
Date: August 20, 2007
To: All NRC Employees
SUBJECT: SELECTION OF SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS (ACRS) I am pleased to announce the following selection: | |
| Girija Shanker Shukla has been selected for the position of Senior Program Manager for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). Mr. Shukla joined the NRC in 2000 as a Project Manager in the Division of Licensing Project Management in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). He worked in a series of positions of increasing responsibility in NRR, including Project Manager, Lead Project Manager, and Technical Assistant to the Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking. |
Prior to joining the NRC, Mr. Shukla had over 22 years of nuclear industry experience with Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) vendor, an architect-engineer company, and several nuclear utility companies. Mr. Shukla received a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and completed graduate-level studies in Nuclear Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York.
Please join me in congratulating him on his new assignment.
Frank P. Gillespie
Executive Director, ACRS
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Brief intro by Girija Shukla:
Attached is the announcement regarding my promotion with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Brief bio data is as follows:
I graduated with B. Tech. in Mech. Eng. from IT-BHU in 1976. After a short period of experience in the design, development and testing of nuclear reactors, and reactor operations at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, and at Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Bombay, I came to the USA in 1977 with a green card and full scholarship for graduate studies in Nuclear Engineering at the Center for Nuclear Safety Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY. After graduate studies, in 1979 joined Babcock And Wilcox Company (a nuclear reactor manufacturer). Joined Virginia Electric And Power Company (a nuclear power electric co.) in 1981, Bechtel Power Corporation (nuclear power plant constructors) in 1983, Detroit Edison Company in 1987, Florida Power And Light Company (a nuclear power electric co.) in 1998, and the U.S. Govt. Agency responsible for regulating nuclear power in the USA - US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2000.
Currently serving as Senior Program Manager for Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC, USA. My job duties are: to serve as a Senior Program Manager in support for Reactor Safety. Provide guidance and technical advice to Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on policy matters associated with the current NRC regulations. Provide advice to the NRC on the requirements of new regulations. Perform comprehensive policy development studies on new or unusually complex nuclear safety issues. Provide leadership in domestic and international nuclear safety and safeguards issues; and recommend policies and programs consistent with NRC's mission and strategic goals.
G. S. Shukla
Senior Program Manager
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D. C. 20555
e-mail: gss[AT]nrc.gov
e-mail: shuklag[AT]yahoo.com
http://www.tatasteel.com/newsroom/press377.asp
 | Tata Steel appoints Partha Sengupta as Vice President (Corporate Services)
Jamshedpur, October 01, 2007
Tata Steel, India's largest integrated private steel manufacturer today announced the appointment of Mr. Partha Sengupta as Vice President - Corporate Services of the Company, with effect from October 1st 2007. The following departments will be reporting to Mr. Partha Sengupta in his new role - General Manager (Medical Services), Chief (Corporate Sustainability Services), Chief (Tata Football Academy and Sports), Chief (Security & Administration), Chief (Corporate Communications), Chief Resident Executives at Delhi and Bhubaneswar, Resident Executive at Ranchi, Chief Adventure Programme, Legal Department. |
Mr. Sengupta has done his Bachelors in Metallurgy from IT BHU and he joined Tata Steel as a Graduate Trainee in 1980. In 1995 he was appointed as Commercial Manager in the Managing Director's Office in Calcutta. Thereafter, in 2003 he became the Executive-In-Charge of Tata Steel's Wire Division in Mumbai. In April 2005, he took over as the Principal Executive Officer in the Managing Director's Office.
Additionally in 2006 he was given the responsibility of leading the Jharkhand Steel Project.
About Tata Steel
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel today is the world sixth largest steel producer with geographic footprints in India, South East Asia, UK and Europe. With the recent acquisition of Corus Limited, the combined enterprise has a pro forma crude steel capacity of 25.6 million tonnes with over 84,000 employees across the four continents.
http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=21664&magid=11
AMD India Gets New Director, GM
 | Hiren Israni, as director of finance, will look after finance, and Gautam Mukherjee, as general manager of OEM sales, will ensure the increased adoption of AMD technologies. |
Friday, September 21, 2007: AMD has appointed Hiren Israni to the role of director of finance for high-growth markets and Gautam Mukherjee to the role of general manager of OEM sales. In his new role, Hiren will be responsible for the overall financial operations including sales and marketing, R&D and software development operations. Gautam Mukherjee, on the other hand, will have national responsibility for the increased adoption of AMD technologies amongst the OEMs in the country -- both multinational and local OEMs.
Both Hiren Israni and Gautam Mukherjee form part of the core management team, which is leading the charge for AMD in the region. Hiren joins AMD after a 13-year stint with Motorola, where he most recently served as the director of business operations, mobile devices business for South West Asia and Mukherjee joins AMD from Intel where he served as the worldwide programme manager for the community PC, a part of the emerging markets platforms group.
"Hiren and Gautam form a critical part of the matrix to sustain AMD's growth in the region," said Alok Ohrie, managing director, AMD India. "Hiren joins AMD with a proven track record of operational excellence across the region and Gautam with wide multi-faceted experience in sales and marketing. We look forward to their leadership as we scale our growth and execute on a number of major strategic initiatives in the coming months."
Hiren is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a MBA degree from the Washington University, John M Olin School of Business in St Louis. Gautam holds a B.Tech degree from the Banaras Hindu University and in addition, holds a post graduate management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
Gautam Mukherjee’s Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst Institute CFA, Investments, 2006 — 2009 (expected)
- Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
MBA, Marketing and Systems, 1990 — 1992 - Institute of Technology, BHU
B.Tech, Electronics, 1984 — 1988
http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=21664&magid=11
AMD India Gets New Director, GM
| Hiren Israni, as director of finance, will look after finance, and Gautam Mukherjee, as general manager of OEM sales, will ensure the increased adoption of AMD technologies. |
Friday, September 21, 2007: AMD has appointed Hiren Israni to the role of director of finance for high-growth markets and Gautam Mukherjee to the role of general manager of OEM sales. In his new role, Hiren will be responsible for the overall financial operations including sales and marketing, R&D and software development operations. Gautam Mukherjee, on the other hand, will have national responsibility for the increased adoption of AMD technologies amongst the OEMs in the country -- both multinational and local OEMs.
Both Hiren Israni and Gautam Mukherjee form part of the core management team, which is leading the charge for AMD in the region. Hiren joins AMD after a 13-year stint with Motorola, where he most recently served as the director of business operations, mobile devices business for South West Asia and Mukherjee joins AMD from Intel where he served as the worldwide programme manager for the community PC, a part of the emerging markets platforms group.
"Hiren and Gautam form a critical part of the matrix to sustain AMD's growth in the region," said Alok Ohrie, managing director, AMD India. "Hiren joins AMD with a proven track record of operational excellence across the region and Gautam with wide multi-faceted experience in sales and marketing. We look forward to their leadership as we scale our growth and execute on a number of major strategic initiatives in the coming months."
Hiren is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a MBA degree from the Washington University, John M Olin School of Business in St Louis. Gautam holds a B.Tech degree from the Banaras Hindu University and in addition, holds a post graduate management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
Gautam Mukherjee’s Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst Institute CFA, Investments, 2006 — 2009 (expected)
- Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
MBA, Marketing and Systems, 1990 — 1992 - Institute of Technology, BHU
B.Tech, Electronics, 1984 — 1988
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/225296.html
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New IIMA, IIMB directors: Experts on markets, manufacturing
Shubhajit Roy / AMITAV RANJAN
Posted online: Saturday, October 06, 2007 at 0000 hrs
HRD’s shortlist: Pankaj Chandra of IIMA as Director of IIMB and Sameer K Barua, also of IIMA, as Director of IIMA
Shubhajit Roy / AMITAV RANJAN
(From left) Sameer Barua, G Raghuram, J Ramachandran and Prakash Chandra (?-Should be Pankaj Chandra) | NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 5: Who will be the next directors of the two premier Indian Institutes of Management, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore? The race for the top jobs in the country’s most prestigious business schools has now narrowed down to four of the top faculty at the two IIMs themselves. Two of them have been to IITs, a third to Institute of Technology at BHU, and between them, they cover some of the most significant areas in management and economics: from capital markets and international finance to infrastructure, technology and corporate transformation. |
| The HRD Ministry, sources have confirmed to The Indian Express, has shortlisted Pankaj Chandra of IIMA as Director of IIMB and Sameer K Barua, also of IIMA, as Director of IIMA. The file is with the Department of Personnel & Training from where it will go to the Cabinet Secretary for approval by the Home Minister followed by the Prime Minister.
The Ministry has also named, as “second candidates,” J Ramachandran of IIMB for the top job at IIMB and G Raghuram of IIMA for the directorship at IIMA. These names were sent after the HRD Minister’s approval on the basis of recommendations of the search-cum-selection committee headed by Rediff CEO and IIM Kolkata’s governing body chairman Ajit Balakrishnan. The formal announcement is expected to be made next week as IIMA director Bakul Dholakia retires on October 9. Barua is considered an expert on capital markets, portfolio theory and international finance since 1980, he has prepared policy papers for the Finance Minister, the RBI Governor and FICCI. Barua, the son-in-law of CPI leader A B Bardhan, did his M Tech in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from IIT Kanpur. Author of “The Great Indian Scam: the story of missing Rs 4,000 cr,” Barua is currently one of the members of the IIM-A governing body. He was chairperson of the two-year MBA programme between 2002 and 2004 when there was the maximum increase in seats. He has also been on the Placement committee, Admissions panel of IIM-A, and been awarded “Best Teacher” award at IIM several times. Raghuram, an IIM-A professor in Public Systems group, he is an expert on infrastructure and transportation systems. A B.Tech (Electrical engineering) from IIT-Madras, he got his MBA from IIM-A and PhD from the Kellogg school. He taught at Kellogg’s and at the A B Freeman school of business at Tulane University, before joining IIM-A. His most recent and high-profile work has been the study on Indian Railways and its turnaround. Pankaj Chandra did his B.Tech from the Institute of Technology, BHU, and has a PhD from Wharton. He is currently professor of Operations & Technology Management at IIMA and is chairperson of its doctoral programme. He has taught at McGill University, Montreal, the Universities of Geneva and Philadelphia, and at universities in China and Japan. Chandra’s special areas of interest are supply-chain co-ordination and management of technology in manufacturing. He has been associated with the National Knowledge Commission, the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. J Ramachandran is a professor of business policy at IIM, Bangalore. A CA with a PhD from IIMA, his areas of interest are corporate transformation. He is also studying the globalisation of firms. Ramachandran is a visiting professor at Wharton and has been a consultant to Daimler Chrysler, HP, Wipro, and Infosys. | |
 | Biography of Pankaj Chandra
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty/facultydetails.php?id=120 |
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http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIM/HRD%5Fshortlists%5F4%5Ftop%5Fbiz%5Fexperts%5Fas%5FIIMA%2C%5FIIMB%5FDirectors%5F2178/
His company, TheNextRound is ranked number 9 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program
for New England
 | Vipul Minocha is the Founder and CEO of TheNextRound. He has been extensively involved in creating strategies to meet the business needs of a market and to build highly effective teams.
Prior to founding TheNextRound, Vipul was Chief Technology Officer at two Boston based software firms. As one of the initial management team members he helped with strategic directions of these firms as well as raising venture capital for the companies. Vipul received a B-Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1987 from Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi, India and co-authored 3 books on MS SQL Server. |
Vipul Minocha
CEO,
TheNextRound
P: 508 870 8780 x 201
F: 508 870 8799
E: Vipul[AT]TheNextRound.com
http://www.TheNextRound.com
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TheNextRound Ranked Number 9 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for New England
Westborough MA – (BUSINESS WIRE) – September 24, 2007 – TheNextRound, Inc. has been ranked number 9 to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002–2006.
"It is an honor and a privilege to be selected as one of the fastest growing firms in New England. Our revenue growth, market share and this recognition by Deloitte validates our vision of providing an integrated platform for the Alternative Investment community. We could not have achieved this goal without the dedication of TheNextRound team and support from our clients." said Andy Barrett, Vice President, Business Development at TheNextRound.
“TheNextRound has proven to be one of the fast-growth success stories in New England and we applaud their dedication to making their vision a reality” said Steve DiPietro Partner Deloitte LLP. To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $5,000,000 in 2006, be headquartered in North America, and be a company that owns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.
About TheNextRound, Inc.
TheNextRound (www.TheNextRound.com) is a leading provider of front and back office software solutions to Private Equity and Alternative Investment fund managers and investors. The software is used by General Partners, Limited Partners, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, and Service Providers in more than 15 countries.
TheNextRound is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA and also has offices in New York and London.
About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other's acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names "Deloitte", "Deloitte & Touche", "Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu" or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the US, services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
Contact:
Andy Barrett
Vice President, Business Development
TheNextRound, Inc.
+1.508.870.8780
Andy[AT]TheNextRound.com
www.TheNextRound.com
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All companies of the 2007 New England Fast 50 sorted by rank in ascending order.
(Chronicle note-only top 10 are shown here)
| Rank | Company | 5 Year Percent Growth | CEO Name | City | State |
| 2007 New England Fast 50 | |||||
| 1 | iTech US, Inc. www.itechus.com | 39,392% | Kishore Khandavalli | South Burlington | Vermont |
| 2 | Vestmark, Inc. www.vestmark.com | 11,102% | David Blundin | Wakefield | Massachusetts |
| 3 | Litle & Co. www.litle.com | 9,821% | Thomas J. Litle IV | Lowell | Massachusetts |
| 4 | Airvana www.airvana.com | 3,628% | Randall S. Battat | Chelmsford | Massachusetts |
| 5 | SiGe Semiconductor www.sige.com | 3,517% | Sohail Khan | Methuen | Massachusetts |
| 6 | IneoQuest Technologies, Inc. www.ineoquest.com | 3,400% | Marc Todd | Mansfield | Massachusetts |
| 7 | Endeca www.endeca.com | 2,685% | Steve Papa | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 8 | Idenix Pharmaceuticals www.novirio.com | 1,845% | Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Ph.D. | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 9 | TheNextRound Inc. www.thenextround.com | 1,642% | Vipul Minocha | Westborough | Massachusetts |
| 10 | Bullhorn, Inc. www.bullhorn.com | 1,596% | Arthur Papas | Boston | Massachusetts |
It was the “RYTHM” of dance and music on which whole ITBHU kept shaking their bodies for Sunday evening. This event was faccha dance competition ‘RHYTHM’ that squeezed out every drop of vigour from ITBHU’s crowd.
It was the turn of 1st yearites to show their talent and compete with each other for very first time since they stepped into BHU. Their mind blazing performances created such a magic onto crowd that they kept on dancing and just dancing. But Rahul Reddy (Electrical Engineering) proved himself the real wizard by grabbing the prize of best solo dancer followed by Abhilasha Purwar (Industrial Chemistry). Thus small branches carried their habit of making impact on ITBHU scenario every year.
Final results of group dance competitions were not different from what has been expected. The ceramics engineering students kept their habit of ruling the stage right from their very first appearance in ITBHU; the story nowhere differs here as they were the winners. After the crackers of ceramics, there were chemical engineering students securing 2nd rank followed by electronics students.
As a whole evening of 30th September proved to be completely power packed during which every foot in ITBHU could not resist itself from moving with the beats and ‘RHYTHM’. The second juncture of this chain of enthralling events will be on showcase on 4th October when once again first yearites will compete to prove their marvel in faccha skit competition.
(Forwarded by Dishank Gupta, 2nd year biomedical engineering)
BHU to fuel advanced research via 'Indo-US umbrella'
Tuesday, October 09 2007 19:15 (IST)
Varanasi, Oct 9 (UNI) Fresh from his visit to the US, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) vice-chancellor Panjab Singh today announced to form an 'Indo-US umbrella' to fuel advanced education and research at the central varsity.
''Besides funding from the central government, international support is a crucial instrument for building the right infrastructure to fuel higher education and advanced research at BHU. We plan an Indo-US umbrella through which advanced research and higher education will be promoted by establishing permanent linkage with American universities,'' Prof Singh told newspersons here.
An International Cell, on the lines of the Alumni Cell will be constituted shortly at the central university to foster international support, especially from US and it will prepare a detailed roadmap in the next three month for the corporation.
Prof Singh maintained the cooperation will be in all streams of education spanning from arts and humanities to agriculture and from management and engineering to health sciences.
''Creating the Indo-US umbrella through the International Cell does not imply that BHU is hankering for US funds. The central university, instead wants to share best resources from American universities, especially human expertise in the form of long stints of US scientists at BHU under various faculty exchange programmes.'' The BHU VC was part of a delegation of 11 vice-chancellors of central universities of the country, which toured various US universities between September 17 and 28.
The visit was on the invitation of United State Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the 'International Visitor Leadership Programme.' The team also headed by Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia visited Washington, New Haven, New York, Chicago and Wisconsin during the 12-day trip.
The team visited various US universities, including Howard University, Columbia University, DePaul University, Land Grant University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois and University of Connecticut in New Haven.
At the DePaul University, Prof Singh met faculty members to discuss the administration of a religiously-affiliated school, in efforts to maintain ethnic, cultural and religious diversity of the student population.
http://www.aol.in/news/story/2007101005589022000001/index.html
BHU submits Rs.3,100 cr plan to HRD Ministry
Press Trust of India
Last Updated: October 10, 2007 06:51:04
Varanasi, October 10: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has submitted a Rs.3,100-crore proposal to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, which would transform it into a global educational centre in the coming years.
"The proposal for the 11th five year plan includes Rs.2,800-crore for the main campus and Rs.300 crore for its south campus of the university at Barkachcha in Mirzapur", Vice Chancellor, Prof Panjab Singh said here Tuesday. Besides, the institute was also developing an Ayurveda faculty with a 125-bed hospital, he said.
A proposal of Rs.100 crores to establish an Institute of Sciences was under consideration with the government. The process of setting up an Institute of Law, Management and Social Sciences was also underway, he added.
India to become third largest economy by 2035: Chadha
20 Sep, 2007, 1319 hrs IST, PTI
VARANASI: India would become the third largest economy in the world by 2035 if it continues to grow at the current rate of over nine per cent, Member of the Economic Advisory Council G K Chadha said here on Thursday.
"Sustained nine per cent growth of Indian Economy will make India the third largest economic power of the world in the next quarter of a century," Chadha said at a seminar in Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
Chadha, who was also the ex- Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, said that the present growth rate of the Indian economy is satisfactory and if it is sustained, the country will emerge as an economic super power very soon.
The country's GDP grew by 9.4 per cent in 2006-07 fiscal and in the first quarter of the current financial year, it clocked 9.3 per cent growth.
"By 2025, world will be a bi-polar society wherein China will be the most influential country and by 2035, India would become the third largest economy, making the world tri-polar," he said.
He stressed the need for an inclusive growth, wherein the government needed to focus on the poor and downtrodden.
"It is a matter of concern that 24 crore people still live below the poverty line in our country," he said.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/04univ.htm
A Correspondent in New York | October 04, 2007 21:58 IST
The State University of New York at Buffalo (The University at Buffalo) has established a comprehensive exchange programme with the Banaras Hindu University. The agreement was signed by UB President John B Simpson and Professor Panjab Singh, vice-chancellor, BHU, during Singh's recent two-day visit at UB.
'The UB community is delighted to celebrate the establishment of a formal exchange programme with Banaras Hindu University, a partnership that will enhance our university's ongoing internationalisation and provide an outstanding partner in a critically important region of India,' Simpson said at the signing ceremony.
'India's importance on the world stage -- both as an economic and as a strategic power -- is growing very rapidly, and its global influence will only continue to increase in the years ahead,' he said.
Simpson noted that UB is increasingly active in India, and recently launched a dual master's degree programme with Amrita University. Moreover, India sends more international students to UB than any other country. Some 1,000 Indian nationals currently are enrolled at UB and contribute in many ways to the university.
'I welcome this partnership between our two institutions, as it will be mutually beneficial in terms of joint research, education and other collaborative activities,' Singh said. 'We look forward to promoting and supporting our exchange programme and to receiving visiting faculty and students from UB,' he said.
The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York. UB's more than 27,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programmes. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.
Like UB, BHU is a large comprehensive research university, with more than 20,000 students in 14 faculties and 124 departments. The largest residential university in Asia, BHU has more than 12,000 students living on its campus.
It is anticipated that BHU and UB will exchange both faculty and students, and develop joint research activities in a number of fields of mutual interest. UB expects to develop a study abroad programme at BHU, which will be particularly attractive to UB students interested in studying Indian languages, history, culture and religion.
'We are delighted to formalize our relationship with Banaras Hindu University, a truly world-class institution,' noted Stephen C Dunnett, UB vice provost for international education. 'We look forward to working with Vice-Chancellor Singh and his colleagues to develop a range of collaborative activities of mutual benefit to our universities.'
During his visit, Professor Singh toured UB's three campuses and met with senior administrators and faculty about potential cooperative activities between UB and BHU in a variety of areas.
He also met with a number of BHU alumni who are affiliated with UB, including Satish K Tripathi, provost and executive vice-president for academic affairs, who earned baccalaureate and master's degrees at BHU and who invited him to visit UB.
The affiliation with BHU grew out of initial contacts made by Tripathi and Dunnett during their visit to the BHU campus in January 2006. It was following the visit that Professor Singh was formally invited to visit UB.
(Shubham Basu at right, in white shirt) | 
(Shubham Basu) |
 | New Delhi, 26th September, 2007: Glian - the son of nature, a book written by debutante author Shubham Basu was released today by distinguished journalist Saeed Naqvi at the India International Centre Annexe amidst people from the literary and wildlife conservation fraternity. The book has been published by Srishti Publishers & Distributors.
The launch was followed by a panel discussion on the topic of relationship between man and Mother Nature, which resonated with the interest of the panelist. The panel comprised of distinguished environmental and wildlife conservationists - Mr. Ashok Kumar, Vice Chairman, Wildlife Trust of India, Dr. Diwakar Sharma, Associate Director, Species Conservation Programme, WWF India and Prof. P S Ramakrishnan School of Environmental Science, JNU and Dr. M K Ranjitsinh – Chairman, Wildlife Trust of India. Glian explores the intangible bond humans have with the Mother Nature and pleads for focus on nature and implores humankind to reevaluate its destructive nature. |
For complete press release, please see the attached link
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He can be contacted at:
shubham[AT]gio.in or
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As a news item in Central Chronicle, Bhopal
http://www.centralchronicle.com/20071005/0510304.htm
Friday October 5, 2007
Personal Thought: Love for Mother Nature
Glian - the son of nature, a book written by debutante author Shubham Basu explores the intangible bond humans have with the Mother Nature and pleads for focus on nature and implores humankind to reevaluate its destructive nature.
Speaking about the book and his passion of being close to nature, `Shubham Basu' said, "I always had a penchant for the wild and wilderness. Through this book, I feel that I can carry my voice, the effort to reach people further in my mission to spread awareness and love for Mother Nature. I feel the more time you spend with nature, the more you understand and appreciate nature's splendor and brilliance."
Commenting on the book, JK Bose said,
`Glian - the son of nature is an intense jostle of Shubham's ideas.
Shubham manages to navigate the narrow path that fuses interesting incidents with an engaging narrative making it a must-read for anyone".
The occasion served as a forum for presenting views on current threats to nature and wildlife in India. An interactive session was held after the discussion so as to enable a clear understanding of issues related to environment and wildlife.
Born in 1978 and educated in Lucknow, IT-BHU and Vanderbilt University, USA, Shubham has worked at the Wall Street, NYC, before he decided to move back to India. A travel enthusiast and avid wildlife lover, he is also a sports aficionado and enjoys sports whether he is traveling or working. He appreciates outdoor sports for the thrill he can ride on, and his close encounters with nature.
His first flavour of solo travelling began when he ran away from his home, in his eighth grade. He is very fond of wildlife and can be occasionally seen perched at the watch out towers. His earliest inspirations have been Ruskin Bond, Jim Corbett, Rudyard Kipling and Charles Dickens.
A keen writer, he has published a couple of individual short stories, with ethnic magazines in USA and is an online columnist. This is his first attempt to write fiction as a novel.
Shubham Basu can be spotted riding his bicycle in Gurgaon or just walking around in the Himalayas.
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Additional links:
- Shubham Basu’s personal website: www.shubhambasu.com
- Shubham Basu’s video appearance with NDTV on 21st and 22nd Sept. (seen near the end of the clip)
http://www.shubhambasu.com/media/videos/Ndtv_shubham.wmv
 | Dr. V. K. Raina is a world-renowed civil engineer specializing in bridge and highway design and construction. He did his Civil and Municipal Engineering in 1961 from BHU |
The book titled, “Raina’s Field manual for Highway and Bridge Engineers”, Second Edition is written by Dr. V.K. Raina and Published by Shroff Publishers and Distributors, Mumbai.
Attachments:
Field manual Table of Contents
Publications info:
The Publisher, SHROFF PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, MUMBAI
e-mail : sunilshastri[AT]shroffpublishers.com
This is what Dr. Raina has to say about his book(1400+ pages):
This MANUAL is a COMPENDIUM - 'concise and yet comprehensive'
- Designed to assist the Practicing Professionals in the 'field'.
....WHY this MANUAL????
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- You see, Highways and Bridges form the back-bone of infrastructure in any country’s development and hence all the International Lending Agencies (e.g. the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the Inter-American Bank for Development in South America, the U N D P, the Islamic Development Bank, the Kuwait Fund for Development, etc.) are pumping funds for the construction of Highways and Bridges on an unprecedented scale, unknown hitherto. In addition, the Governments spend their own funds as well.
- The consequent massive field work necessarily engages a large number of 'engineers' - many of whom may not have enough experience to match, who therefore try to LEARN while they EARN.
- They are hard-pressed for appropriate exposure to cutting-edge professional practices and are ever-hungry for ‘knowing the ropes’ - if only someone would have the time, the experience and the patience to train them , preferably in-house.
- Their experienced seniors are far too few and far too busy to ‘also teach’, as it were! The result can therefore be easily comprehended – chaotic in many instances ….. resulting in time over-runs, cost over-runs, shoddy Quality Assurance and Quality Control, accidents, claims, counter-claims, litigation, arbitration and delays !!
- This MANUAL has been designed such that it takes the 'field engineer' by the finger through the labyrinths of the complications in a workman-like manner, and thus caters for the contractor, the client, the practice-oriented policy-maker and the engineer alike!
- The presentation has a flow that moves from the ‘individual’ to the ‘organization’, with ‘practical skills’ and ‘theory’ woven together, offering real-life engineering experience, from 'problem formulation' through to ’implementation’.
- One hopes that this would educate the 'future creators' in understanding the relationship between: 'engineering and international development' and 'ethics in engineering practice'
- Thus enabling them to employ their grounding in engineering to become workman-like partners in the development of the Infrastructure - preparing them for excellence in engineering decision-making.
Your valuable comments will be appreciated, please.
Dr. V. K. Raina
Email: rainavk1[AT]rediffmail.com
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1385963215
Varanasi, 4 Oct. (AKI/Asian Age ) - Nazneen Ansari, a Muslim girl living in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi, in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh has assigned herself a unique task of translating Hindu religious texts into Urdu.
Ansari feels that this will help people of both faiths understand each other better.
"I have done this to bring people closer to each other. There are many people who cannot read Hindi. Now, they can read Hanuman Chalisa [a key Hindu religious text] in Urdu and understand the meaning and moral of the text."
"This is my humble effort towards forging better understanding between the two communities," she told a news channel.
She has already translated Hanuman Chalisa into Urdu and is now working on the Hindu epic Ram Charitra Manas.
Hanuman Chalisa is a Hindi-language poem that has gained enormous popularity among Hindus. Many of them recite it as a prayer every week, generally on Tuesdays or Saturdays.
Happy Birth anniversary of two great Leaders - Mahatma Gandhi & Lal Bahadur Shashtri
October 2, 2007
By Amrit Pal
Today is 2nd of October. It was on this day that two great Indian leaders were born who, through their determination and dedication, immensely contributed to the freedom movement & progress of the country and touched the lives of millions of fellow countrymen.
| Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October, 1869 into the Hindu Modh family in Porbandar. He was the son of Karamchand Gandhi, the diwan (Prime Minister) of Porbandar, and Putlibai. It is said that Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between members of various creeds and sects. |
| "The Father of the Nation" was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence —which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. | |
| "Lal Bahadur Shastri" was born on 2nd October 1904 in Ramnagar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh as Lal Bahadur Srivastava. His father Sharada Prasad was a poor school teacher, who later became a clerk in the Revenue Office at Allahabad. Lal Bahadur's father died when he was only a year and a half old. His mother Ramdulari Devi took him and his two sisters to her father's house and settled down there. |  |
Lal Bahadur Shashtri was the third Prime Minister of independent India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna and a memorial was built for him in Delhi. The slogan, ‘Jai jawan, Jai kisan’ is attributed to Shastriji.
A lot of functions etc. being organized around the world to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. However, there is hardly anything which is being done to celebrate Shashtriji's anniversary.
Let's salute both our Hero's on this great occasion!
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj is the recipient of this year’s Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for excellence in science. He did his doctorate in Applied Physics (Space and Planetary Science) from IT-BHU in 1992. Currently he is working with ISRO and posted at Space Physics Laboratory of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Trivandrum. Chronicle editor Yogesh K. Upadhyaya talks to Dr. Anil Bhardwaj.
For bio-data of Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, click here.
 | Q-1 Sir, congratulation for receiving the Bhatnagar award for the year 2007, the highest award for young scientists in India. Please tell us more about the award.
Thank you for your warm wishes. I am really delighted and honored on being awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. It’s a great recognition for my work, a grand tribute to Planetary Science community in India, and a rich compliment to the Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). I owe this award to my family (my wife and daughters), and to my colleagues and collaborators, and thank my peers, friends, and well-wishers. Finally, I dedicate this award to my Parents – mom Asha Sharma and dad Prof. S. S. Sharma. |
This award is named after the founder Director of the Indian Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), the late Dr. (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology’. The Prize is given each year for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in the following disciplines: (1) Biological, (2) Chemical, (3) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary, (4) Engineering, (5) Mathematical, (6) Medical, and (7) Physical Sciences. Those who are not more than 45 years of age, as reckoned on 31st December of the year preceding the year of the Prize, are eligible.
I have been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the year 2007 in the discipline “Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary”, for pioneering contributions in the field of Planetary Sciences, in particular in the area of Planetary X-ray astronomy and international collaborative research programs. Specifically the CSIR has cited me “for my fundamental contributions and creative ideas to elucidate X-ray emissions from planetary bodies, including aurorae, and advancing its subsequent enrichment, and futuristic potential by attracting international collaboration.”
Q-2: Please describe your discovery two years ago about the use of reflected X-rays?
Actually there were two independent studies on the two largest planets of our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, using the two most sophisticated X-ray Observatories in the world currently operating, viz. Chandra of NASA and XMM-Newton of ESA (European Space Agency). These studies showed for the first time that the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn scatter back a part of the solar X-ray radiation incident onto their atmospheres. In fact, we discovered “X-Ray Flares” from the low-latitude (non-auroral atmospheric region) disk of Jupiter and Saturn, and found that they occur in tandem with the occurrence of the X-ray flare on the Sun (after taking into account the light travel time delays). In other word, you can say that these outer planets are natural mirrors in space that reflect back solar X-ray radiation. However, Jupiter and Saturn atmospheres are not a perfect mirror of sunlight in X-rays – only one in few thousands of solar soft X-ray photons (energy regime - ~100 eV to few keV) are backscattered. Thus, we can say that these planets are “cloudy” or “hazy” mirrors for solar X-rays.
These crucial findings imply that we could use giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn as remote-sensing tools. The result has important implication – in studying the Sun, i.e., X-rays from Jupiter and Saturn can be used to study flaring from solar hemisphere that is otherwise invisible to Earth-orbiting satellites. Also such observations can be used as well to derive solar soft (0.2-2 keV) X-ray fluxes: the energy regime in which there is a dearth of measurements.
NASA and ESA have come out with press releases on these breakthrough researches.
In addition to the above, my other landmark research in the area of planetary X-ray astronomy are: (i) Discovery of X-rays from the Rings of Saturn, (ii) The first and the only observation so far of soft (<2 keV) X-rays from Earth’s aurora, (iii) Unambiguous detection of X-rays from Mars halo (exosphere), (iv) Discovery of X-rays from Jupiter’s satellites Io and Europa, and from the Io plasma torus, and (v) The discovery-observation of the pulsating auroral X-ray hot-spot on Jupiter that has revolutionized our understanding of the Jovian auroral X-ray phenomena. There have been press releases by NASA on some of the above new findings. Moreover, our 1992 model predicted spectrum of bremsstrahlung auroral >2 keV X-rays on Jupiter is confirmed by observations recently made by the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory.
(For press releases and other stuff, search Google by key word [“Anil Bhardwaj + X-rays”]).
Q-3: We would like to know more about your professional career.
Born on June 01, 1967, in a town near Dist. Aligarh in state Uttar Pradesh of India, I had most of my schooling in Lucknow, except for a brief spell of ~2 years of early schooling in Delhi. I did my High School (10th Class) from the Mahanagar Boys High School, Lucknow, and Intermediate (12th Class) from the Christian College, Lucknow.
I did my B.Sc. in Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics from Lucknow University in 1985; B.Sc. Honours in Physics (1986) and M.Sc. Special in Physics, with specialization in Electronics and X-rays, also from Lucknow University in 1987.
For my Ph. D., I joined the Dept. of Applied Physics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and worked under the able guidance of Prof. R. P. Singhal in the area of Planetary and Space Sciences. I was awarded Ph.D. in Applied Physics by BHU in 1992 on my thesis “Aurora and Airglow Processes on Outer Planets and Comets”.
I also did an Under Graduate Diploma in German language from Banaras Hindu University in 1989.
During my Ph.D. days, I was a Research Fellow in ISRO project and subsequently a Senior Research Fellow of CSIR. I joined ISRO in August 1993 as Scientist SD at Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum. I was promoted to the post of Scientist SE in January 1998, Scientist SF in July 2002, and Scientist SG in July 2007. I am currently heading the Planetary Sciences Branch (PSB) at SPL, VSSC.
During January 2004-October 2005, I worked at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, USA, as National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences Senior Research Associate.
I have published over 60 research papers. I have attended more than 40 conferences in India and aboard and presented Invited and contributed papers numbering over 100. I have organized several special sessions at international conferences related to Planetary Sciences.
In addition to planetary X-ray work (mentioned above), I have done theoretical modeling studies related to cometary coma chemistry and emissions, Io-Jupiter Interactions, charged particle degradation in gases with application to planetary aurora and airglow emissions. Further, I have used GMRT (Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope of India near Pune) for the first time to observe synchrotron radio emissions from the radiation belts of Jupiter. In the role of an experimenter, I am the Indian PI of the SARA experiment onboard Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission, a core team member of Small Satellite program of ISRO SENSE, and Member of ASTROSAT mission of ISRO (a multi-wavelength Astronomy satellite observatory) and upcoming planetary missions of ISRO.
Q-4: Please tell us about your BHU days.
My BHU days span ~August 1987 to July 1993. I joined Dept of Applied Physics, IT in August 1987 as a research scholar under the supervision of Prof. R.P. Singhal. That time the department had Profs. (Late) R.N. Singh, K.D. Misra, O.N. Singh, S.P. Ojha, Late Prof. Khastagir, and Drs. B.N. Dwivedi (who has been my colleague and close friend since those days), S.P. Misra, B.B. Srivastava, S.C. Chakravarty, and B. Prasad, O.N. Singh Jr., and few others.
I have very pleasant memories of my days in BHU and in the Dept of Applied Physics. My research fellows and friends in the dept. – Ashish Gupta, UN Singh, Preeta, Sangita, Pandey, Tigistu Hale, as well as my senior Dr. S. A. Haider, who is my very close friend and a great collaborator (we jointly have published 8 research papers so far). Haider and me are always in touch with each other since the BHU days and work together in the field of Planetary Sciences.
I still remember how hard it was for us working with computers during my Ph.D. days – going to computer center to give or collect results (printouts) of programs early morning or late evening – those days we use to have programs punched on cards that were then feed to (I think Cyber system) machine. Any single typing mistake on card or a card miss-fed/torn would result in losing a day work.
Shopping in Lanka area, eating longlata and rasogulla (the famous sweets of Banaras), etc is still fresh in my memories. I remember BHU VC – Prof. Rastogi (if I am not mistaken).
Q-5: Please tell us about your family
My wife Preeti is from Gwalior, M.P. We are married for last 12 years, and have 2 lovely daughters, Misha and Anusha.
We are now settled in Trivandrum. I have been in Trivandrum for last 14 years, except for ~2 years of my stay in USA when I worked at NASA MSFC.
My motto is the Lord Krishna’s preaching to Arjuna in Mahabharata - Keep working hard and do good work without worrying for results – the fruits are bound to come!!
Moreover, I say that one should keep changing with time and realize the importance of events, activities, and circumstances.
Q-6: It was nice talking to you. Thank you, Sir, for providing us with info about you and university.
Thank you so much. It was pleasure talking to you and remembering my ‘good old’ days, and recapitulating and narrating my past: it was quite a revealing experience.
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj can be contacted at:
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj
Head, Planetary Sciences Branch
Space Physics Laboratory
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Trivandrum 695022
INDIA
Anil_Bhardwaj[AT]vssc.gov.in
tel: +91-471-2562330 (work)
fax: +91-471-2706535 (work)
tel: +91-471-2555168 (home)
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Press releases for Dr. Anil Bhardwaj:
Saturn reflects X-rays from Sun…..Ringed Protector of Earth
http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20050525105244793
 | Attached is a reference list of 46 press releases in leading scientific magazines and news media about the scientific discoveries made by Dr. Anil Bhardwaj.
For the complete list of press releases, click here. |
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Additional links:
- Curriculum Vitae of DR. ANIL BHARDWAJ http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2007/docs/cv_bhardwaj.pdf
- IT-BHU Applied Physics Department
http://www.itbhu.ac.in/app/default.shtml - Vikram Sarabhai Space center, Trivandrum
http://www.isro.org/centers/cen_vssc.htm - SS Bhatnagar award for the tear 2007- Government Press Release
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=31504
 | The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and is known as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for science and technology’. The Prize is given each year for outstanding contributions to science and technology. |
SSB Prizes, each of the value of Rs 2,00,000 (Rupees two lakh only), are awarded annually for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in the following disciplines: (1) Biological, (2) Chemical, (3) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary, (4) Engineering, (5) Mathematical, (6) Medical, and (7) Physical Sciences. The award is given as the recognition of outstanding Indian work in science and technology.
Any citizen of India engaged in research in any field of science and technology up to the age of 45 years as reckoned on 31st December of the year preceding the year of the Prize is eligible to apply.
The Prize is bestowed on a person who, in the opinion of CSIR, has made conspicuously important and outstanding contributions to human knowledge and progress – fundamental and applied – in the particular field of endeavour, which is his/her specialization. The Prize is awarded on the basis of contributions made through work done primarily in India during the five years preceding the year of the Prize. (For this purpose ‘primarily’ will mean ‘for the most part’)
About Prof. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (1894-1955):
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Prof. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (Source: Google and Zuula images)
He was the Director-General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Bhatnagar was born on 21 February 1894 at Bhera, in the district of Shapur in Punjab (now in Pakistan). When he was barely 8 months old, his father Parmeshwari Sahai died, and the entire family moved to leave with his grand father (mother’s side) Munshi Pyare Lal at Sikandarabad, Dist. Bulandshahar, UP. He studies for few years at A. V. High School, Sikandarabad.
Shanti came to Lahore in 1908 and joined Dyal Singh High School. At school, Shanti developed an absorbing interest in science, “delighting in scientific experiments.” In 1911, schoolboy Shanti published a letter to the editor in The Leader newspaper (Allahabad) about how to make a substitute for carbon electrodes in a battery, by using molasses and carbonaceous matter under pressure and heat.
On matriculation in 1911, he joined Dyal Singh College under University scholarship. Bhatnagar was greatly inspired by his professor N. N. Godbole, whose enthusiasm for indigenous industrial products he imbibed. In 1913, after finishing his intermediate exam in first division, Bhatnagar joined Forman Christian College, where ‘he did not allow any distraction from his studies in science.” After completing his B. Sc in 1916, he took upon some college assignments and also studied for M. Sc, which he completed in 1919. As part of his degree, he studied surface tension of water.
He joined University of London under private scholarship (1919-1921) and earned D. Sc. degree on surface tension of oils. A travel grant from British department of scientific and industrial research enabled Bhatnagar to visit France and Germany.
Bhatnagar returned to India in August 1921 and he joined the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) as Professor of Chemistry. It may be noted that the BHU was founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1916. Bhatnagar stayed for three years in BHU and during this short span of time he was able to create an active school of physico-chemical research. Bhatnagar wrote the ‘Kulgeet’ (University song) of the University. Justice N.H. Bhagwati, Vice-Chancellor of BHU said: "Many of you perhaps do not know that besides being an eminent scientist, Professor Bhatnagar was a Hindi poet of repute and that during his stay in Banaras, he composed the ‘Kulgeet’ of the University...Prof. Bhatnagar is remembered with reverence in this University and will continue to be so remembered till this University exists."
In 1924, 30-year old Bhatnagar was appointed as Director of Universal Chemical Laboratories, Lahore. The laboratory worked on problems in industrial and applied chemistry brought in by agriculturists and industrialists. He was awarded British Order of Empire in 1936 by British Government.
In August 1940, Bhatnagar took over as Director of the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research, dividing his time between Delhi and Calcutta. To give scientific research more freedom government set up autonomous Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on 26 September, 1942 (celebrated as CSIR foundation day). Bhatnagar remained as its head for 12 years, from its inception till his death in January 1, 1955.
Bhatnagar concurrently held a number of posts in the government. In 1948 and 1949, he worked as secreta