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RKV Sir's Message (A Message of hope)
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IIT SNIPPETS
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JULY - SEPTEMBER 2010 Cover Story
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With Nohria taking the reins of Harvard Business School, one of the world's most iconic universities, the relationship between Harvard and Indian Academia will get strengthened and will take up new initiatives and case studies with focus on India.
Thanks Tha nks Asi Asim, m, you you hav have e done done a trem tremend endous ous job
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Human in Khaki
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'How to reap the best'
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Amazing Mathematics
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Winners (YCCP)
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Winners (PCCP)
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Kamaal ki Bonding
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Olympiad Prowess
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Story of Guru - Shishya
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Hard work sets the pace for VICTORY...
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VICTORY 2010
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Nothing can glimmer as the shimmer of success ritual at Resonance
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Talent Hunt
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IT-BHU
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Reso Seeds
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Reso Associates
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Growth depends on hormones of entrepreneurship
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Think To Win
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IT-BHU alumnus at Resonance
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Rainbow
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Know Mania
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Eureka
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Khul Ja Sim-Sim
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Snap Shots
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Buildin g A New Ideas Nation!!
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ndia has a rich tradition of path breaking ideas, from the zero in abstract mathematics, to the daily jugaad, ingenious improvisation to make up for missing systems and scarce resources. Selling paint in 100 ml tins and shampoo in sachets are India's contribution to global marketing strategies. From the lowest cost car to low-cost water purifiers and dozens of tech innovations, including a way to have email on phones without GPRS, are being churned out of India these days. The power of Indian ideas has been acknowledged by TIME Magazine that inducted five Indians in this year's list of The World's 100 Most Influential People; Manmohan Singh, who is guiding India as Prime Minister in to the ranks of great powers, has made India a critical engine of global growth, a vital partner in global security and a model for democratic development. Sachin Tendulkar's act of scoring a double century-200 runs- in a one day international match- only one
man to do so, has aro used a sense of awe. Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who created a biotech company in her garage, has given new hopes to poor cancer victims by devoting $10 million million to creating the 400- bed Mazumdar Shaw cancer centre in India where where poor patients will be treated for free in the evenings, apart from donating $ 2 million to support help insurance coverage for 100,000 Indian villagers.Chetan Bhagat, a former investment banker broke out as a writer with his novels one night @ the call centre and 5point someone, which inspired the film 3 idiots, the biggest hit in history, has been a ble to inspire brave young people giving their dreams a chance. Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, 64 has nurtured a grass-roots social entrepreneurship by training more than 3 million people for jobs in the modern worlds in buildings so rudimentary; they have dirt floors and no chairs. These “barefoot professionals” then return home to use their new skills as solar engineers, teachers, weavers, architects, doctors and more. Nitin Nohria, an IIT- Bombay alumnus has broken one of the highest glass ceilings in the world with his appointment as the dean of Harvard Business School. A scholar of leadership and organizational change, Nohria is keen on forging a vision for Harvard Business School that will enable it to remain a beacon for business education for the next 100 years. The IITian turned cop Ashok Kumar has evolved the need of a pro-active people oriented approach in policing, which he has practiced in his career and brought out effectively in his book 'Human In Khaki'. We are as yet building much of social and physical infrastructure that ideas need to bloom in to creation of a new value. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better and we have po wer to culminate dreams in to reality.
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f an egg is broken by an outside force..a life ends. If a n egg breaks breaks from with within... in... Life begins. Great thin th ings gs always begin from from with wi thin in . -Anonymous
Keep your head and your heart in the right direction and you will never have to worry worr y about your your feet. Anonymous
"You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints footpri nts away." away." -Arlene Blum an American mountaineer and a writer.
“Strategy is about stretching limited resources to fit ambitious aspirations” – C. K. Prahlad The Management Guru
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aking oneself distinct is the order of the day. Differentiation is necessary to survive in the era of competition. With a strong will and focused attitude we can certainly change the world around us.
With this 11th April 2010, Resonance has successfully entered in its 10th year. I wish to congratulate all my old & new students and all my staff members whose persistently diligent efforts have made this possible. The hard work and labor of my students and staff members that goes in making the brand “Resonance” different, powerful and dependable is sincerely appreciable and it is very much evident from our results of IIT-JEE 2010. IIT-JEE 2010 results opined a new spectrum of progress. Crossing the mark of 1000 selections from Classroom Programmes and achieving almost 50% result of total Hindi medium selected students from the entire country have been accomplishments of remarkable significance. Appreciable increase in the result of girls from 161 in 2009 to 265 in 2010 and the increase in the result of each and every study centre such as Jaipur 86 over 47, Bhopal 42 over 18, Delhi 51 over 19, Lucknow 25 over 13, Kolkata 8 over 2, Mumbai 13 over 10 and Nagpur 27 over 5 of the previous year speak of consistent progress of Resonance. The total classroom result is increased by 25% from 859 to 1078. 14 All India Ranks in top 100 (4 from Yearlong Classroom Contact Programmes and 10 from Distance Learning Programmes) with Mehul Kumar securing AIR-19 (GEN), Gautam Sumu obtaining AIR-36 (GEN), Kanishk Katariya achieving AIR-44 in General Category and AIR-1 in SC Category and Kumar Gautam attaining AIR-60 (GEN), all from Yearlong Classroom Contact Programmes, make Resonance feel proud. Mehul Kumar Sharma, a meritorious student of Yearlong Classroom Contact Programme (YCCP) of Jaipur Study Centre of Resonance has proven the talent of a genius with distinguished mental prowess which he developed by regular practicing and quick improving. Apart from cracking IIT-JEE 2010 with All Indian Rank (AIR)-19 (GEN) and AIEEE 20 10 with AIR-76, he is also one of the five finalists who got selected to represent India in the 41st International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) to be held in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. Amit Panghal, also a student from our Yearlong Classroom Contact Programme at Jaipur Study Centre got selected for the final stage of 42nd International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) (IChO) 2010 to be held from July 19th to July 28th 2010 in JAPAN. He not only qualified qualified IIT-JEE 2010 with All India Rank (AIR) -563 (General Category) but also AIEEE with AIR 364. VICTORY, the Felicitation Function for IIT-JEE -2010 qualified students from Resonance unraveled the proverbial potential of successful students, was organized on June 8, 2010, helped the students in getting familiar with counseling procedure, selection of branches and institutes. Students and faculty members from other centres witnessed the fruits of the indubitable hard work at Resonance. I, on behalf of Resonance wish my selected students a great futu re ahead, full of fame, success and happiness. Resonance had taken an initiative in 2009 to support those students who had utilized their both the attempts in IIT-JEE by starting a course 'AJAY' which met its objective with 83% students succeeding with good ranks. Resonance's stu dents from IIT-JEE division have secured 24, 76, 81, 92, & 93 in top 100 in AIEEE 2010 while cracking IIT-JEE 2010. The fact that 8678 students (Classroom Contact Programme: 6187, Distance Learning Programmes: 2416 & AJAY: 75) from Resonance have achieved success in AIEEE 2010 is an assurance to all JEE aspirants that their hard work will pay them well in other exams also. IIT-JEE 2010 cutoff has been 190 marks over 178 for the General Category, 171 marks over 161 in OBC and 95 marks over 89 in SC/ST and PD Category in 2009. The analysis reveals that the pattern of the questions was not new for Resonance students but there are few things to learn. Students should make efforts to improve the speed so that even a lengthy paper could be managed well. There were too many calculations in the questions this time. The students should therefore attempt at developing their calculation skills instead of depending on calculators while practicing at home. Here, I take an opportunity to also welcome my new students of academic session 2010-11 (VIKAAS, VISHWAAS, VISHESH, VIPUL & VIJAY courses) who have trusted in Resonance to fulfill their dreams to victoriously turn them into reality. Our 'VIJETA' students have already won half the battle. Students of 'VISHWAAS' course can learn from their predecessors who have headed for IITs with their unfailing efforts in 2010. Repeater batch students can depend on the 60% result share of Resonance's successful students of 2010. I assure that with your complete support Resonance with a pool of capable faculty team will certainly benefit you all to help you realize your dreams easily. Lets all try to differentiate ourselves with hard work, persistence and perseverance.
R K Verma B.Tech., IIT-Madras, IIT-Madras, 1994 Managing Director ANUNAAD, July- September 2010
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IIT SNIPPETS IIT Artificial blood vessels developed from jatropha
A biodegradable polymer recently developed from Jatro pha have attracted researchers from IIT-Madras to work towards a project in this direction. The IITians, a Thiruvananthapurambased medical institute Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST) and a Belgiumbased multi-national company have evinced interest in the polymer developed by a Gujarat-based national research institute. The Central Salt Marine Chemicals and Research Institute (CSMCRI) located in Bhavnagar district of the state has hit upon a process by which biodegradable polymers can be developed at almost zero-cost using one of the byproducts of Jatropha a drought-resistant perennial plant that grows even in sandy and saline conditions. The polymer could be used in spinning thin hollow fibers which could act as a substitute for blood vessels. Synthetic grafts in humans are often required in various vascular bypass surgeries. Such surgery is done to open blocked arteries in one part of the body by using a vessel from elsewhere in the body. However, up to 40% of patients (especially those who are diabetic) don't have a vessel suitable f or the procedure. In such cases, surgeons use synthetic grafts or artificial blood vessels. While IITians are looking to develop artificial blood vessels, a Kerala-based institute is looking at the possibilities to develop nano particulate systems which could be used in developing medical instruments for targeted delivery of drugs. The success of the polymer has also attracted the country's Department of Science and Technology which has floated a proposal to fund 70% of the project cost, provided the institute has an industry partner who can fund the remaining 30% of the cost. ANUNAAD, July- September 2010
Tomorrow's Tomorrow's Classroom!
After half-a-century of being an exclusive club, the Indian Institutes of Technology will finally open their gates wider. Assigned the task of reaching out to more Indian students, IIT directors are drawing up plans to set up a virtual university. IIT-Madras director M S Ananth said, “We basically want to make quality education accessible to many more students using modern tools instead of setting up brickand-mortar campuses.'' Ananth added that the details were being to be worked out out and the plan would be rolled out over two years. ''We will involve industry in administering the programme. Moreover, we need to create labs where students can perform experiments. The IITs will take care of the entry, the exit and develop the courses,'' The IITs and the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science have already designed 240 courses that were captured on video in studios set up in the institutes. They will develop 1,000 more courses in the second phase. The IITs have also run pilots on virtual labs. The Union human resource development ministry has allotted Rs 4,600 crore for three years till March 2012 and virtual labs will be created. The idea of a virtual technical university was first mooted by the P Rama Rao Committee, which looked at expanding quality engineering education across the country in 2006
National Aptitudes Test & higher weightage for class XII marks recommended by HRD Panel
In what may mark a major shift away from the current scheme of admission to the country's bluechip engineering institutions, an HRD ministry panel has recommended 70% weightage to class XII marks and 30% for performance in an aptitude test to be conducted more than once a year, for the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination. A cut-off list on the basis of the class XII result and the aptitude test will be prepared in the month of June every year and the top 40,000 will have to take the additional test for IITs. Right now, more than four lakh students appear for IIT-JEE in a single test. The panel headed by Damodar Acharya, director of IIT Kharagpur, that gave its report to HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday, has also suggested that the aptitude test be an ongoing affair which students can take more than once. However, the best score in the aptitude test -- which will have questions on reasoning, numerical ability and communication skills -- should be taken into account. It is only the add-on test for the top students that will have questions on physics, mathematics and chemistry. HRD sources said the ministry's first task would be to bring all state boards as well as CBSE on par with each other by developing a comprehensive weighted performance index so that there is no gross inequality among them and students do not suffer. Already, a core science and mathematics syllabus has been mooted by the HRD ministry and approved by the Council of Board of Secondary Education. "The move will ensure that students from small towns and even those who cannot afford expensive coaching can aim to be in IITs," an HRD source said. Manoj Sharma, Additional Director (A Director (A & M)
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