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The Bangalore Chapter Alumni Meet is planned on Sunday, July 11. The following announcement was sent by Sumit Kumar Dey (Electrical 2004). He can be contacted at: sumitkrdey@gmail.com.
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Dear Fellow Members of the ITBHU Family,
The Bangalore chapter of the ITBHU Global Alumni Association (IBGAA) is pleased to announce its Alumni Lunch Meet on Sunday, July 11 at the Kamala Garden School, Jayanagar, Bangalore.
Event Details
When: Sunday July 11, at 11:00 AM - 2.30 PM
Where: Kamala Garden School, Jayanagar, Bangalore.
#15, 9th Main Road, 3rd Block Jayanagar
Bangalore -560011
http://maps.google.com/maps/?q=kamala%20gardeb%20school
Donation: Minimum Rs. 500 per person attending
Contact: Sumit at sumitkrdey@gmail.com or call at 9844725620 for anything related to the event.
We look forward for your suggestions and participation to make the event successful.
Best wishes,
Sumit Kumar Dey (Electrical 2004)
For ITBHU Global Alumni Association-Bangalore Chapter
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chapters/geo/bangalore
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http://www.topnews.in/acma-appoints-vinnie-mehta-its-executive-director-2264327
Submitted by Devang Murthy on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 22:04.
ACMA appoints Vinnie Mehta as its Executive Director. Under a recent major announcement, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has announced the appointment of Vinnie Mehta as its new Executive Director.
(Vinnie Mehta)
While Mehta will take charge by the 1st of July this year, the announcement was made by Jayant Davar who is the president of the association at an Executive Committee Meeting held in the Capital on the 5th of June 2010.
An Electrical Engineer from IT-BHU and an MBA from FMS, University of Delhi, Mehta also holds a Masters in International Trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). Notably, Mehta has been involved in the promotion of the Information Technology Industry in India since 1992.
While he has been involved in setting up a framework and adequate policies for the Indian IT industry, in his last role he was heading the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT), the apex body of the IT Industry in India.
Jayant Davar, President, ACMA said that the vast experience that Mehta will bring on to the table to surely help the Indian components industry to grow and outshine its challenges.
Davar also highlighted the fact that he is confident of Mehta playing an important role in the growth of the Indian components industry.
Vinnie Mehta can be contacted at: vmehta68@yahoo.com
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Additional links:
*Profile of Vinnie Mehta in LinkedIn:
http://in.linkedin.com/pub/vinnie-mehta/0/529/952
*MAIT (Manufacturers Association of Information Technology)
*ACMA (Automotive Component Manufacturers Association)
http://www.mait.com/popup.php?photoID=33
MAIT signs MOUs with Gujarat Government and Institute of Information
Mr Vinnie Mehta exchanging the MoU with Mr N. Vittal in the presence of Hon'ble Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat
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http://www.wheelsunplugged.com/ViewNews.aspx?newsid=6758
Editor Posted on 06/10/2010
Leading international car rental company Avis has become the designated car rental service supplier for World Expo 2010 being held at Shanghai between May 2010 and October 2010. This partnership ensures that visitors from India can get around the city hassle free. With more than 70 million people to converge this event, widely seen as the ‘Olympic Games’ of economy, Science and technology, it offers the chance for visitors and exhibitors to network on an international scale.
Sunil Gupta, CEO Avis India comments, “We are delighted to be an official partner of such an exciting and internationally renowned event. Avis is committed to fulfill the travel needs of its customers and we want to make it as easy as possible for attendees from India to navigate their way around Shanghai. Our chauffeur driven service will ensure people are able to enjoy the event without the stress of driving in a foreign country.”
As international drivers permits are not recognized in China and the traffic can be very unpredictable, Avis offers the fastest and most convenient way of traveling in China. It is also offering competitive rates during the World Expo on its chauffeur-driven rentals.
In preparation for the Expo, Avis has bought over 100 new vehicles, including brands from Buick to Audi and Mercedes Benz. It has also hired more than 100 additional chauffeurs. “This means that visitors can choose from a fleet of high quality vehicles which are driven by professionally trained and highly experienced drivers. What’s more, most of the chauffeurs can speak English, from basic to fluent, and customers can also access Avis’ bilingual call centre providing vital information on the city” further added Gupta.
Avis is supplying the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office with 20 Mercedes Benz S600 for VIP guests and is also providing 25 new environmentally-friendly chauffeur driven Hybrid Smart cars to the exhibition’s Swiss pavilion. In addition to this, Avis has also partnered with Xinlv travel agency as part of a joint project to provide vehicles for guests at 30 five star hotels in Shanghai.
It is to be mentioned that World Expo has been running for 150 years, giving countries from around the world including India the opportunity to showcase their achievements and unique culture and to exchange ideas and developments on the world economy, culture, science and technology.
Highlights of this year’s World Expo include a Samba dance and football extravaganza at the Brazil stand, cable car ride at the Swiss pavilion, an Olympic corner in the UK area and a hip-hop act performance on the German Stand. Avis is also the official fleet sponsor of the Belgium pavilion, providing seven Buick GL8 and Lacrosses chauffeur drive services.
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Sunil Gupta can be reached at: sunilgupta23@hotmail.com
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We are pleased to announce again the 2010 Scholarship Awards for Publications by students/faculty. The earlier announcement was made in April 2010 issue of chronicle.
So far we have received the following applications for different groups
a) Undergraduate student category- 8
b) Postgraduate student category- 1
c) PhD/Research scholars- 9
d) Faculty- 9
Total = 27 applications received as on June 17.
To receive more applications from students/faculty who might have missed out our earlier deadline for applying (May 31), we are extending our deadline as follows:
* New deadline for submitting application for the scholarship is now extended to July 31.
*Details about application process, application form and selection criteria are provided below.
* Articles published in journals between May 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010 will be considered.
* For sending completed application or for any enquiry, please contact:
revanth_babu@yahoo.com; singh.anshuman@gmail.com
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2010 Scholarship Awards-Revised announcement
We are now pleased to announce the 2010 Scholarship awards for publications by all students / faculty of the institute. The award will be given to the selected students/faculty who publish their articles in national/international technical/scientific journals or at seminar/conference between May 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010.
Submission
Students intending to apply for this scholarship should send the following information in an email to scholarships@itbhuglobal.org by July 31, 2010. Please fill out the application form, which is attached here
2010 Scholarship Awards for Publications-Application Form.xlsThe order of precedence and the number of points per publication/presentation are determined based on the place as per “Rules and Regulations for calculating points” Section at the end.
The scholarship awards will be administered by a dedicated group of alumni lead by Revanth Babu Mutyala (Chemical 2001) and Anshuman Singh (Electrical 1998).
Contact email: revanth_babu@yahoo.com; singh.anshuman@gmail.com
For the scholarship special interest group: sig.scholarships@itbhuglobal.org
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2010 Scholarship awards for publications by students/faculty - funding by alumni association
For the 2010 Scholarship award, following rules shall apply.
a) All publications by students/faculty in national/international journals or in seminar/conference are eligible.
b) The articles must be published between 1st May 2009 and 30th April 2010.
e) Deadlines:
For applying- July 31, 2010
For announcing winners of the awards- August 31, 2010
For distributing prize money to winners - October 31, 2010
c) The prize winner shall be decided based on point system as described elsewhere here.
d) There will be 4 categories of prizes, and each will have equal number and amount of prizes.
* Undergraduate student category-for B. Tech students and students studying in first 4 years of integrated dual degree (IDD) M. Tech. course.
* Postgraduate student category-for M. Tech. students and students in final year of IDD M. Tech. course.
* Doctorate/post-doctorate student category-for PhD/post-doctorate students
*Faculty category-open for any faculty member engaged in teaching/research
Each category will have total 5 prizes. The top 3 student/faculty who scores maximum number of points will be awarded a sum of Rs. 5,000 in each category. The next 2 in each category shall be awarded Rs. 2,500 each.
Top 3 prizes- Rs. 5,000 each
Second 2 prizes- Rs. 2,500 each
Total prize amount per category = Rs. 20,000
Total prize amount for all the 4 categories = Rs. 80,000
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Rules and Regulations for calculating points
1. The order of precedence and the number of points per publication/presentation are determined based on the points as follows
a. Highly-reputed world-class peer-reviewed journal with Page Rank >7 (For e.g., Science, Nature, Macromolecules, Langmuir, etc.) 10
b. Reputed peer-reviewed international journal with Page Rank >3 (e.g., Journal of Amer. Chem. Society) 8
c. Other international journal publications 7
d. International conference papers/presentations 6
e. National journal publications 5
f. National conference papers/presentations 4
g. Student conferences (1st/2nd/3rd Award receiver at any of the conferences at IITs, IISc, IT-BHU, NITs & other reputed Institutions) 2
h. Student Conferences (Others at any of the IITs, IISc, IT-BHU, NITs & other reputed Institutions) 0.5
2. The number of points will be determined by a sum of all the publications/presentations.
3. If there is a tie, the student who has maximum points according to the order of precedence will be awarded. For example, A has published in 1 international journal and 1 national journal, while B has presented in two international conferences; both have 18 points, but the scholarship goes to A.
4. Presentation implies oral presentation. Demonstrations, posters will be scored as
publication / presentation minus 1 point.
5. The order of the authors in a publication is not a criterion. If two or more students are involved in the publication all the students will be considered for scoring. In case of a presentation the presenter will be considered for scoring. The rest of the student authors will be awarded main presenter minus 2 points.
6. Same subject matter published/presented at multiple locations will not be taken into consideration. The student can determine which publication/presentation should be taken into consideration. If there is a significant development after the first publication/ presentation, please submit both the publications/presentations for consideration.
Award committee will decide which is taken into final scoring.
7. GPA is not a qualification and/or rate of measure for this award. All the decisions are made by the award committee and are final.
* - Even though the name suggests that the conference is international, the points are decided based on the Affiliated Association(s)/sponsor(s), number of attendees, number of presenters, location of conference, chair person(s) of the conference, etc. The decision of award committee on the merit of a venue will be final.
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