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Thursday, November 7, 2019

Bharat Ratna Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman - Biography and Contribution




C. V. Raman was born on 7 November 1888 in his maternal grandfather's house, in a small village of Thiruvanaikaval near Tiruchirapalli (Trichonopoly in 1888), on the bank's of Kaveri in Tamil Nadu. Raman's maternal grandfather Saptarshi Sastri was a great Sanskrit scholar.

Raman's father was  R. Chandrasekhara Iyer.  He became a lecturer in mathematics and physics in Mrs. A.V. Narasimha Rao College, Vishakapatnam (then Vizagapatnam) in Andhra Pradesh. Raman passed his matriculation examination at the age of 11 and he passed his F.A. examination (equivalent to today's Intermediate) with a scholarship at 13. In 1903 Raman joined the Presidency College in Chennai (then Madras) from where he passed the B.A. (1904) and M.A. (1907) examinations. He stood first both in B.A. and M.A. examinations and won all the prizes available. Raman himself wrote : " I finished my school and college career and my university examination at the age of eighteen."

While Raman was a student, he independently undertook original investigations in acoustics and optics. Raman was the first student of the Madras Presidency College to get a research paper published, that too in a prestigious international journal. His first paper on 'unsymmetrical diffraction bands due to a rectangular aperture' was published in the Philosophical Magazine (London) in November 1906. This was the result of Raman's measuring the angles of a prism using an ordinary spectrometer in his college. This was followed by a note in the same journal on a new experimental method of measuring surface tension. Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919) took note of the papers published by Raman as a student. Rayleigh was an outstanding mathematical physicist and a good experimenter, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of argon. Raman and Rayleigh exchanged some correspondence.

Despite his brilliance in scientific investigations, at the instance of his father Raman took the Financial Civil Service (FCS) examination. He stood first in the examination and in the middle of 1907 Raman proceeded to Kolkata (then Calcutta) to join the Indian Finance Department as Assistant Accountant General. He was then 18½ years old. His starting salary was Rs. 400 per month, a fabulous sum in those days. One day while going to office Raman saw a signboard with the words "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science" written on it. The address was 210, Bowbazar Street. On his way back he came to the Association where he first met an individual named Ashutosh Dey (Ashu Babu) who was to be Raman's assistant for 25 years. Ashu Babu took Raman to the Honorary Secretary of the Association, Amrit Lal Sircar, who was overjoyed when he came to know about Raman's intention -- to do research at the Association's laboratory. Raman started working in the laboratory of the association.

There was an interruption to Raman's work at the Association. He was transferred to Rangoon (1909) and Nagpur (1910). However, Raman's research work was not completely stopped. At both places he converted his home into a laboratory and continued his work. He came back to Calcutta in 1911.

Till 1917 Raman continued his research at the Association in his spare time. Doing research in his spare time and that too with very limited facilities Raman could publish his research findings in leading international journals like Nature, The Philosophical Magazine and Physics Review. During this period he published 30 original research papers. His research carried during this period mainly centred on areas of vibrations and acoustics. He studied a number of musical instruments viz., ectara, violin, tambura, veena, mridangam, tabla etc. He published a monograph on his extensive studies on the violin. The monograph was titled 'On the Mechanical Theory of Vibrations of Musical Instruments of the Violin Family with Experimental Verifications of the Results Part- I'. Ashu Babu was his collaborator at the association laboratory and he was a joint author in many papers that Raman published. Ashu Babu was also the sole author of a paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 

In 1917 Raman was invited by Asutosh Mookerjee (1864-1924), to be a professor in the newly established Science College.   Raman was offered the Palit Professorship in Physics. The salary for the professorship was about half the amount that Raman was getting in the Finance Department. However, Raman happily accepted the offer. He joined the Calcutta University as Palit Professor in July 1917. In 1919 Raman took research students for the first time.


Even after joining the Calcutta University,  Raman continued his work at the Association's Laboratories. In fact the Association became the research arm of the University. Following the death of Amrit Lal Sircar in 1919 Raman was elected as Honorary Secretary of the Association, the post he held till 1933, when he left Kolkata.

Raman discovered Raman Effect in 1928. The first paper was published in the Indian Journal of Physics on 31 March 1928. He discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength and amplitude. This phenomenon of scattering of light was named after him – Raman effect. He was given the Nobel Prize for Raman Effect in 1930. In his, Nobel prize address Raman described various experiments carried out by him and his colleagues in Calcutta University in the area of light and colours. He got the inspiration for this area of research by looking at the blue Mediterranean sea on his voyage to England.

Raman's Nobel Lecture
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-lecture.pdf

A Paper on Raman Effect
http://plaza.ufl.edu/dwhahn/Raman%20Scattering%20Theory.pdf

Basic experiment of Raman was explained in:
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/ramaneffect.html


Bharat Ratna C.V. Raman - The Scientist Who Brought Great Glory to India
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In 1933,  Raman was voted out of the Honorary Secretaryship of the Association in a move supported by Meghnad Saha. So Raman decided to move to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, to become its Director. He was the first Indian to become its Director. Raman succeeded Sir Martin Forster, FRS. He served IISc both as  Director during 1933-1937  and aS head of the Physics Department during 1933-1948.

When Raman joined IISc its academic accomplishments were not very high. But its funding position was much better than Calcutta University where Raman worked. Raman brought out the following changes:

A new physics department came into existence
Some of the existing departments were reorganised
Steps were initiated to establish a central workshop for fabricating precision instruments.
The surroundings were improved by planting beautiful flowering gardens.

For achieving academic excellence he himself gathered a team of talented students and faculty and started high quality research in many fields of physics like quantum mechanics, crystal chemistry and vitamins and enzyme chemistry by recruiting outstanding faculty. But his activities were not to the liking of some faculty members who complained and a committee was appointed to investigate the affairs. The committee gave the opinion criticising Raman. Raman resigned from the Director's position and remained a professor and head till 1948.

After retirement from the Institute he concentrated his attention on  building the Raman Research Institute (RRI).  Raman had to gather money for building the Institute as Raman had lost most of his life's savings including his Nobel Prize money in an investment. The Institute was built on a ten acre plot of land gifted by the Maharajah of Mysore way back in 1934  to the Indian Academy of Sciences, and for its related activities.  The Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore, which now publishes some of the best science journals in the country, was established by Raman. The Academy was formed on April 27, 1934. It was registered in Bangalore under the Societies Registration Act. Besides Raman, there were 160 Foundation Fellows. The inaugural meeting of the Academy was held in the campus of Indian Institute of Science in August 1934.


Raman traveled extensively for raising donation for constructing the building for housing the institute. To earn money for the institute he started a few chemical industries (in association with one of his former students). The dividends from these industries were sufficient to support the institute to start with. He gifted away most of his personal properties to the Academy for the benefit of the institute, as also the Lenin Peace Prize money. A museum was built to house Raman's collection of crystals, gems, minerals, rock specimens, shells, stuffed birds, butterflies and so on.

Raman was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1954.

Raman died on November 21, 1970. As per his desire he was cremated in the gardens of his institute.

Condensed from
http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/cvraman/raman1.htm

Documentary on C.V. Raman
http://guide-india.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-quatum-indians-satyendra-nasath.html

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-bio.html

About Nobel Prize to Prof C.V. Raman
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/nov10/articles33.htm

India - National Science Day 28 February 2014
http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200902/physicshistory.cfm

Books on Raman Scattering

N.B. Colthup, L.H. Daly, S.E. Wiberley. Introduction to Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy.
(Third Edition) Academic Press, 1990.
Derek A. Long. The Raman Effect. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2002.
A. Weber (Editor). Raman Spectroscopy of Gases and Liquids. Topics in Current Physics. John
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1979.


Updated on 7 November 2019, 7 November 2014

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

The Quatum Indians - Satyendra Nath Bose, C.V. Raman and Meghnad Saha







In category A - Popular Science Film for Public (duration of more than 20 minutes) - The Quantum Indians bagged the first prize, the Golden Beaver and a cheque of Rs one lakh.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20140202/2332639.html
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Indian Diplomacy upload

Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose devised a statistical theory of counting photons - a revelation even to Albert Einstein -- that paved the way for the two great minds to work in tandem in formulating fundamental theories as the Bose-Einstein Statistics and Bose-Einstein Condensate. Boson, the class of particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics, was named after Dr. S. N. Bose.


Sir C. V. Raman gave the world what is known as the Raman effect, which redefined how we see light and colour. Another contemporary, Dr. Meghnad Saha produced an equation that explained stellar radiation and is regarded as one of the fathers of modern astrophysics. All the three scientists started their careers at the Calcutta University, became Fellows of the Royal Society, and Raman was the first and only Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.

The film is a tribute to the three exemplary minds, the significance of whose contributions was of vital importance during that time, and even today with great strides being made in quantum physics, fibre optics, nuclear science or astrophysics. They were not only great scientists, but were rooted to the social and political realities of the time and dedicated their lives to modern science in India. Along with being institutions by themselves, they built stellar institutions in the country that inspired many great scientists of the following generations.

Running time: 52:02
Release date: 2013
Director: Raja Choudhury
Producers: Public Diplomacy Division Ministry of External Affairs
Category: Documentary



Bharat Ratna Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman - Biography and Contribution
http://guide-india.blogspot.com/2014/11/bharat-ratna-nobel-laureate-cv-raman.html

Updated on 7 November 2019, 1 January 2015

Sunday, October 6, 2019

India - Aspirational Districts - Ranking



Sep 28, 2019

https://twitter.com/NITIAayog/status/1177906377890680835

By improving farming methods for sustainable #agricultural production and adopting #bestpractices for #water management, these are the Five most improved #AspirationalDistricts as per the Delta Ranking in the sector announced by #NITIAayog for the month of August, 2019.
4:52 PM · Sep 28, 2019

1. Jharkhand - Palam
2. Kerala - Wayanad
3. Gujarat - Dahod
4. Jharkhand - Dumka
5. Mizoram - Manit

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

We love our Fellow Indians. Gandhi, Love, Tolerance for Difference

"Hindutva is oneness, it is a unifying factor. We believe the ancestors of 99% of Christians and Muslims in India are Hindus; their identity is Indian." Mr. Sunil Ambekar, ABVP.  Hence we love them and tolerate them. Read Prof Rajeev Bhargava's article in Hindu on 2 October 2019.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/mahatma-gandhi-150th-birth-anniversary-recovering-gandhis-religious-vision/article29568533.ece/amp/

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Radhasoami Faith - Satsang



http://radhasoamifaith.org/



Finding the Jivas in acute distress and delusion, and totally incapable of releasing themselves from the bondages of birth and death, the Supreme Being Radhasoami Dayal was moved with immense compassion. He incarnated Himself in this world in 1818 as Sant Sat Guru, in the form of Param Purush Puran Dhani Soamiji Maharaj and revealed an easy and simple path for the salvation of Jivas.

MSME Sector India - Vision 2020 - 2025 - 2030- 2035



Celebrate  August 21 - World Entrepreneurs’ Day

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CII - MSME Sector -



22 September 2019  What happened so far? A review needs to be made





2017


#PositiveIndia - Employment Potential of Mudra Finance - Employment to 2 Crore Persons per Annum

•Published on 15 Dec 2017
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10 (100 million)  Crore Units - 20 Crore (200 million) Employees - Vision for Micro Units Facilitated by MUDRA Finance Scheme


The last NSSO survey puts the number of micro units at 6 crore (60 mil) and number of employees at 11 crore (110 mil). There is an opportunity to promote one crore (10 million) new firms and provide employment to another one crore (10 million) persons employment through MUDRA finance giving one lakh crore rupees to new firms and giving another one lakh crores to firms with plan to give employment to one more person. This requires two lakh crores as priority Mudra finance and another 1.5 lakh crores can be given to other micro units. Thus the government and Mudra agency can target Rs. 3.5 lakh crore credit under Mudra for the year 2018-19. The target for this year 2017-18 is Rs. 2.44 lakh crores. So providing additonal Rs. 1.06 lakhs crore is within the feasibility tests.

In four years, with the above plan for credit, the employment in micro units can be raised to Rs. 20 crores. The number of units will go up to 10 crore.

Of course many changes are to be brought into micro units promotion and financing based on inputs from users, facilitators, regulating agencies and banks. Research studies from various agencies - academic institutions, NGOs, banks, industry and business associations, and government agencies are needed to identify potential powerful ideas which need to be implemented.


Research on Mudra Finance - Employment Potential 2017

The author of this blog, Prof. K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao is presently involved in a research project on Mudra Finance. The project is based on a survey of MPs,  Bankers and District Industries Centers.

Grant Thornton - FICCI MSME Sector Vision 2020
MSME contributes 8% to India's GDP. Next to Agriculture this is the biggest single biggest grouping.
http://www.ficci.com/spdocument/20143/Grant-Thornton-FICCI%20MSME.pdf

Please give your suggestions and opinions to improve the scheme through comments for improving it.


The Rs 9-lakh crore MSME industry is likely to double in the coming years, and to reach that kind of size and scale, automation will play a big role.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/engineering/make-in-india-india-made-robot-tata-brabo-to-be-launched-in-next-2-months/articleshow/51006144.cms



2016

This table probably presents the right picture of MSME in India.

CONTRIBUTION OF MSME SECTOR IN GDP AND OUTPUT
 (at 2004-05 prices)
Year          Gross Value of       Share of MSME sector in total GDP (%)      Share of MSME
                 Output of MSME    Manufacturing   Services           Total               Manufacturing
                 Manufacturing         Sector MSME   Sector MSME                         output in total
                 Sector                                                                                                 Manufacturing
                 (` in crore)                                                                                          Output (%)
2006-07    1198818                    7.73                  27.40                35.13                 42.02
2007-08    1322777                    7.81                  27.60                35.41                 41.98
2008-09    1375589                    7.52                  28.60                36.12                 40.79
2009-10    1488352                    7.45                 28.60                 36.05                 39.63
2010-11    1653622                    7.39                 29.30                 36.69                 38.50
2011-12    1788584                    7.27                 30.70                 37.97                 37.47
2012-13    1809976                    7.04                 30.50                 37.54                 37.33

Source for the table  Table 2.3 Annual Report 2015 - 16 of Ministry of MSME, Government of India
http://msme.gov.in/WriteReadData/DocumentFile/MEME%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%202015-16%20ENG.pdf

http://www.eaindustry.nic.in/industrial_handbook_200809.pdf

MSME census 2007 - http://fisme.org.in/document/FinalReport010711.pdf

2015

The share of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) contribution to GDP will significantly increase from the current 8 percent to 15 percent by 2020, according to a study report by KPMG-CII.
https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2016/03/The-new-wave-Indian-MSME.pdf

The MSME sector contributed 8% to India's GDP  for 2011-12. India has the potential to increase the share of contribution to GDP from its MSME sector from current 8 percent to about 15 percent by the year 2020," it said.

According to study,  employment to the extent of 50 percent of the overall employment representing 300 million jobs across agricultural, manufacturing and services sectors will be provided by MSME.

The GDP growth rate is likely to achieve 8.5 percent level and India is expected to be an approximately USD 5 trillion economy by the year 2025.
http://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/news/top-stories/2014/Oct/28/share-of-msme-in-gdp-may-reach-15-pc-by-2020-study631653.html



Budget
Government of India has announced founding a apex bank to fund MSME sector through indigenous money lenders and small banks. It also announced Credit Guarantee fund for MSME units. Thus it has taken steps to increase bank credit/finance support to MSME sector in India.


Updated 22 September 2019,    20 August 2017 ,  12 April 2017,   30 July 2016,  17 June 2015

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Thoughts Of Mahatma Gandhi



I am a firm believer in the principle of free and compulsory primary education for India. I also hold that we shall realize this only by teaching the children a useful vocation and utilizing it as a means for cultivating their mental, physical and spiritual faculties. - Mahatma Gandhi



Craft, Art, Health and education should all be integrated into one scheme. Nai Talim is a beautiful blend of all the four and covers the whole education of the individual from the time of conception to the moment of death....Instead of regarding craft & industry as different from education, I will regard the former as the medium for the latter.

It is popularly and correctly described as education through handicrafts.

I hold that, as the largest part of our time is devoted to labour for earning our bread, our children must from their infancy be taught the dignity of such labour. Our children should not be so taught as to despise labour. There is no reason why a peasants son after having gone to school should become useless as he does become, as an agricultural labourer.

Man is neither mere intellect, nor the gross animal body, nor the heart or soul alone. A proper and harmonious combination of all the three is required for the making of the whole man and constitutes the true economics of education....

I am a firm believer in the principle of free and compulsory primary education for India. I also hold that we shall realize this only by teaching the children a useful vocation and utilizing it as a means for cultivating their mental, physical and spiritual faculties.

What kind of vocations are the fittest for being taught to children in urban schools? There is no hard and fast rule about it.

In my scheme of things the hand will handle tools before it draws or traces the writing.

 True development of the mind commences immediately the apprentice is taught at every step why a particular manipulation of the hand or a tool is required. The problem of the unemployment of students can be solved without difficulty, if they will rank themselves among the common labourers.

You have to train the boys in one occupation or another. Around this special occupation you will train up his mind, his body, his handwriting, his artistic sense, and so on. He will be a master of the craft he learns.
Literary training by itself adds not an inch to one's moral height and that character building is independent of literary training.

https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/on-education/buniyadi-shiksha-fundamental-education.php 



Deal with your enemy in such a way that you can become friends.


"You must deal with your enemy so that one day he may be your friend...."  Included in a passage by Shri Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Published in The Speaking Tree, Mumbai dated May 14, 2017, page 4.


    Prof Narayana Rao beside the Gandhi Status in Geneva, Switzerland

                                       
"It is health that is real wealth and not
pieces of gold and silver."
- Mahatma Gandhi
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A 5 hours. 10 minutes.  Documentary covers almost all events and principles of Gandhi's life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values.  



Quotations used in advertisements 2012
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"The shape of the world would indeed be transformed if all of us lived in a spirit of love and amity with one another."


"India can't prosper if rural India lags behind, and I think rural electrification is the first step towards this."

"I would make the spinning wheel the foundation on which to build a sound village life and I would make the wheel the centre around which all other activities will revolve."


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If you love peace
"If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed, but hate these things in yourself, not in another."
 
Labor of a man
The divine law, that man must earn his bread by laboring with his own hands, was first stressed by a Russian writer named T.M.Bondaref. Tolstoy advertised it and gave it wide publicity. In my view the same principle has been set forth in the third chapter of the Gita, where we are told, that he who eats without offering sacrifice eats stolen food. Sacrifice here can only mean bread labor.(Gandhi exhorts every body to put in efforts to create useful articles first and then consume what he needs out of it).
 
In  From Yeravda Mandir, Chap IX. Navjivan Publishing House, 1945
 
Leadership
A leader is only first among equals....
Having made our selection we must follow him or the chain is broken and all is loose.
 
Young India, 8.12.1921
 
Discipline and Freedom
The highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline and humility. Freedom that comes from discipline and humility cannot be denied, unbridled license is a sign of vulgarity alike to self and one's neighbors.
 
Young India, 3.6.1926
 
Congress Ministers
If the Congress wants to continue as a people's organization, the Ministers cannot live as sahib log nor use for private work facilities provided by Government for official duties.
 
Harijan, 29.9.1946
 
Caste System of Hindus
Today Brahmanas, and Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras are mere labels. There is utter confusion of Varna as I understand it and I wish that all the Hindus will voluntarily call themselves Shudras. That is the only way to demonstrate the truth of Brahmanism and to revive Varnadharma in its true state.
 
Harijan, 25.3.1933
 
Children
The real property that  a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.... Parents should seek to make their sons and daughters self-reliant, well able to earn an honest livelihood by the sweat of the brow.
 
Young India, 29.10.1931
 
Our Potential Contribution to World's Problems 
 "The difference between what we are doing and what we are capable of doing would solve most of the world's problems "-
 
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Gandhi's Thoughts
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More Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi
 
Soldier in arms is trained to kill. Even his dreams are about killing
 
Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly
 
The platform of service is as big as the world. It is never overcrowded.
 
Man believes and dies.
 
The morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and in fearless following.
 
If by strength is meant moral power, the woman is immeasurably man's superior
 
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by their humiliation of their fellow beings.
 
I have never in my life regarded any one as my servant, but as a brother and sister.
 
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing
 
Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy , and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves (You can transform human beings throughs display of non violent anger [satyagraha] in support of truth and justice.)
 
Fear of disease killed more than disease itself
 
Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone
 
Take away the idea of perfection, and you take away enthusiasm
 
When you have a good cause, never descend to personalities
 
I must not serve distant neighbors at the expense of the nearest
 
The essence of education lies in drawing out  the very best that is in you
 
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
 
To believe in something and not to live it, is dishonest

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong

Contributed by  Ramam DSS
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 Mahatma Gandhi in Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

First Edition 1938, Twentieth Reprint, November 2008 (10,000 copies), Navjivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad.
 
"It is a bad habit to say that another man's thoughts are bad and ours only are good and that those holding different views from ours are the enemies of the country"

"The seed in never seen. It works underneath the ground, is itself destroyed,and the tree which rises above the ground is alone seen."
 
"The English have not taken India. We have given it to them. They are not in India because of their strength, but because we keep them."
 
"Humdug there undoubtedly is about all religions. Where there is light, there is also shadow."
 
"India cannot cease to be one nation because people belonging to different religions live in it. The introduction of foreigners does not necessarily destroy the nation, they merge in it. A country is one nation only when such a condition obtains in it."
 
"God set a limit to a man's locomotive ambition in the construction of his body. Man immediately proceeded to discover means of overriding the limit. God gifted man with intellect that he might know his Maker. Man abused it so that he might forget his Maker."
 
On Globalization
 "I am so constructed that I can only serve my immediate neighbours, but in my conceit I pretend to have discovered that I must with my body serve every individual in the Universe. In thus attempting the impossible, man comes into contact with different natures, different religions, and is utterly confounded."
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More
A series of knols on Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts on various issues are being developed by me.
 
There are news items all around that copy right of various parties on books and articles written by Mahatma Gandhi have expired and people can print books written by Gandhi without paying royalty to anybody. Hope this will help in spreading Gandhiji's message to more people if some interested parties can come forward and print books at lower costs. But certainly they can be published on the net and made accesible to large number of people.
 
All knols on Gandhiji's thoughts will be open collaboration knols so that visitors can add relevant thoughts and also write their comments on Gandhian philosophy.
 
 

Directory - List of Knols - Thoughts Of Mahatma Gandhi

 
Mahatma Gandhi on Industrialisation
Mahatma Gandhi on Indian Tradition
Mahatma Gandhi on Wages to Workmen
Mahatma Gandhi on Embracing Poverty Voluntarily
Mahatma Gandhi on Alcohol
Mahatma Gandhi on Wisdom
Mahatma Gandhi on Teachers
Mahatma Gandhi on Villages
Mahatma Gandhi on Business and Ethics
Mahatma Gandhi on Brahmacharya
Mahatma Gandhi on Avatars (Incarnations) of God
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About Gandhian thinking by Krishan Saigal

For Gandhi, human existence was chacterized by two fundamental features. First each individual was uniquely constituted and had a right to live by the truth as he saw it. Second, all men were one; what united them was far more important than what divided them and there were no differences that could not be resolved or lived with in the spirit of charity and goodwill. Since  both unity and difference, harmony and disagreement, were the necessary features of human existence, Gandhi argued that every human association must fully acknowledge and find ways of reconciling them. 
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Web Pages Related to Gandhian Thought

http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/
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Mahatma Gandhi - Videos
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Gandhi's Dream for Villages of India


A cow in every house
provided with plentiful green grass

carpenters, tailors

potters and shoppers

business every where

with plenty to share

A doctor to look after

Good leader to administer

A teacher for children to grow

A bank for wealth to flow

Gandhi's dream

For me, it is supreme


by Narayana Rao, Vamsi, Priyanka


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Original Knol Number 909
Coauthors contributed on Knol - D.S.S. Ramam and P.V. Ariel

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More Quotations from Gandhi
• I have nothing to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old the hills
• Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty
• I do not seek kingdom, I do not seek heaven, I do not seek moksha. I pray that the suffering humanity be relieved from pain
• If untouchability lives, Hinduism perishes, and even India perishes
• Knowledge without character is a power for evil only as seen in the instances of so many talented thieves • English is so beautiful that no other language can stand comparable to it
• The king was wearing enough for both of us – M.K.Gandhi when asked why he did not wear a suit to meet the king
• Our temple is in our hearts. A temple constructed of a few stones has no meaning
• A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks that he becomes • The outward behavior of a man is at once the sign and proof of the inner state
• Action expresses priorities
• Truth and non-violence are my God
• The only real dignified human doctrine is the greatest good of all, and this can only be achieved by utmost self-sacrifice
• Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic
• India can win over conquerors culturally, traditionally, spiritually but never politically
• My writing should be cremated with my body. What I have done will endure, not what I have said and written
• He who wants to please all will please none
• Humility is the key to guide success
• No matter how weak a person is in body, if it is a shame to flee, he will stand his ground and die at his post. This would be non-violence and bravery

Contributed By D.S.S. Ramam

Updated  6 September 2019,  2 October 2017,  14 May 2017, 2 October 2014,  29 August 2014, 2 October 2012

Friday, August 16, 2019

Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme - India

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
16-December-2014 13:36 IST
Implementation of ATMA

Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme is under implementation in 640 districts of 29 States & 3 UTs of the country.

Main objectives of the Scheme are to promote decentralized farmer-driven and farmer-accountable extension system through an institutional arrangement for technology dissemination in the form of an Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), encourage multi-agency and broad-based extension strategies, adopt group approach to extension and facilitate convergence of programmes in planning, execution & implementation at district level.

Under the scheme grants-in-aid is released to the States/UTs with an objective to support State Governments efforts in revitalizing the extension system and making available the latest agricultural technologies in different thematic areas to increase production in agriculture & allied sectors through a Cafeteria of Activities which include Farmers Training, Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, Kisan Mela, Mobilization of Farmers Groups, Setting up of Farm School, Innovative Technology Dissemination, Research-Extension Linkages etc.


ATMA under 10th Plan
The scheme is suppported by the Central Government. The funding pattern is 90% by the central Government and 10% by the state government. The 10% state’s share shall consist of cash contribution of the State, beneficiary contribution or the contribution of other non-governmental organizations

Allocation of funds :

The entire X Plan outlay (Rs.226.07 crores) for the scheme shall be utilized for activities to be implemented by States/ districts.  The decision on use of funds will be taken at 3 levels namely – Centre, State and District.
An amount of Rs. 167.56 crores amounting to 77.53% has been allocated for district level programmes.
An amount of Rs. 22.15 crores amounting to 10.25% has been allocated for State level programmes.
An amount of Rs. 26.41 crores amounting to 12.22% shall be available under the control of the Government of India.  This amount shall be utilized for innovative activities to be approved by the Government of India.  However, implementation of these activities will be done by States/districts.
More details of the scheme at the time of 10th plan
http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/atma/atma_intro.html



Information about ATMA - National Level Activities

http://agricoop.gov.in/ministry-major-schemes/atma

https://extensionreforms.dacnet.nic.in/DashBoard_Statusatma.aspx

Activities in States Under Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme


Andhra Pradesh

ATMA Activities in West Godavari District
https://westgodavari.nic.in/atma/

Assam

https://sameti.assam.gov.in/about-us/detail/agricultural-technology-management-agency-atma



Nagaland

Mokochung District



Updated on 17 August 2019


Saturday, August 3, 2019

Nrusimha Karavalamba Stotram




రచన: ఆది శంకరాచార్య

శ్రీమత్పయోనిధినికేతన చక్రపాణే భోగీంద్రభోగమణిరాజిత పుణ్యమూర్తే |
యోగీశ శాశ్వత శరణ్య భవాబ్ధిపోత
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 1 ||

బ్రహ్మేంద్రరుద్రమరుదర్కకిరీటకోటి సంఘట్టితాంఘ్రికమలామలకాంతికాంత |
లక్ష్మీలసత్కుచసరోరుహరాజహంస
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 2 ||

సంసారదావదహనాకర భీకరోరుజ్వాలావళీభిరతిదగ్ధతనూరుహస్య |
త్వత్పాదపద్మసరసీరుహమాగతస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 3 ||

సంసారజాలపతితతస్య జగన్నివాస  సర్వేంద్రియార్థ బడిశాగ్ర ఝషోపమస్య |
ప్రోత్కంపిత ప్రచురతాలుక మస్తకస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 4 ||

సంసారకూమపతిఘోరమగాధమూలం  సంప్రాప్య దుఃఖశతసర్పసమాకులస్య |
దీనస్య దేవ కృపయా పదమాగతస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 5 ||

సంసారభీకరకరీంద్రకరాభిఘాత  నిష్పీడ్యమానవపుషః సకలార్తినాశ |
ప్రాణప్రయాణభవభీతిసమాకులస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 6 ||

సంసారసర్పవిషదిగ్ధమహోగ్రతీవ్ర  దంష్ట్రాగ్రకోటిపరిదష్టవినష్టమూర్తేః |
నాగారివాహన సుధాబ్ధినివాస శౌరే
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 7 ||

సంసారవృక్షబీజమనంతకర్మశాఖాయుతం  కరణపత్రమనంగపుష్పమ్ |
ఆరుహ్య దుఃఖఫలితః చకితః దయాళో
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 8 ||

సంసారసాగరవిశాలకరాళకాళనక్ర  గ్రహగ్రసితనిగ్రహవిగ్రహస్య |
వ్యగ్రస్య రాగనిచయోర్మినిపీడితస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 9 ||

సంసారసాగరనిమజ్జనముహ్యమానం  దీనం విలోకయ విభో కరుణానిధే మామ్ |
ప్రహ్లాదఖేదపరిహారపరావతార
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 10 ||

సంసారఘోరగహనే చరతో మురారే   మారోగ్రభీకరమృగప్రచురార్దితస్య |
ఆర్తస్య మత్సరనిదాఘసుదుఃఖితస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 11 ||

బద్ధ్వా గలే యమభటా బహు తర్జయంత కర్షంతి యత్ర భవపాశశతైర్యుతం మామ్ |
ఏకాకినం పరవశం చకితం దయాళో
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 12 ||

లక్ష్మీపతే కమలనాభ సురేశ విష్ణో   యఙ్ఞేశ యఙ్ఞ మధుసూదన విశ్వరూప |
బ్రహ్మణ్య కేశవ జనార్దన వాసుదేవ
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 13 ||

ఏకేన చక్రమపరేణ కరేణ శంఖం  అన్యేనసింధుతనయామవలంబ్య తిష్ఠన్ |
వామేతరేణ వరదాభయపద్మచిహ్నం
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 14 ||

అంధస్య మే హృతవివేకమహాధనస్య  చోరైర్మహాబలిభిరింద్రియనామధేయైః |
మోహాంధకారకుహరే వినిపాతితస్య
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 15 ||

ప్రహ్లాదనారదపరాశరపుండరీక వ్యాసాదిభాగవతపుంగవహృన్నివాస |
భక్తానురక్తపరిపాలనపారిజాత
లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 16 ||

లక్ష్మీనృసింహచరణాబ్జమధువ్రతేన  స్తోత్రం కృతం శుభకరం భువి శంకరేణ |
యే తత్పఠంతి మనుజా హరిభక్తియుక్తా  స్తే యాంతి తత్పదసరోజమఖండరూపమ్ || 17 ||



Stotram with Telugu Meaning
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV2woisDPBM



రచన: ఆది శంకరాచార్య

శ్రీమత్పయోనిధినికేతన చక్రపాణే భోగీంద్రభోగమణిరాజిత పుణ్యమూర్తే |
యోగీశ శాశ్వత శరణ్య భవాబ్ధిపోత లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 1 ||

బ్రహ్మేంద్రరుద్రమరుదర్కకిరీటకోటి సంఘట్టితాంఘ్రికమలామలకాంతికాంత |
లక్ష్మీలసత్కుచసరోరుహరాజహంస లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 2 ||

సంసారదావదహనాకరభీకరోరు-జ్వాలావళీభిరతిదగ్ధతనూరుహస్య |
త్వత్పాదపద్మసరసీరుహమాగతస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 3 ||

సంసారజాలపతితతస్య జగన్నివాస సర్వేంద్రియార్థ బడిశాగ్ర ఝషోపమస్య |
ప్రోత్కంపిత ప్రచురతాలుక మస్తకస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 4 ||

సంసారకూమపతిఘోరమగాధమూలం సంప్రాప్య దుఃఖశతసర్పసమాకులస్య |
దీనస్య దేవ కృపయా పదమాగతస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 5 ||

సంసారభీకరకరీంద్రకరాభిఘాత నిష్పీడ్యమానవపుషః సకలార్తినాశ |
ప్రాణప్రయాణభవభీతిసమాకులస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 6 ||

సంసారసర్పవిషదిగ్ధమహోగ్రతీవ్ర దంష్ట్రాగ్రకోటిపరిదష్టవినష్టమూర్తేః |
నాగారివాహన సుధాబ్ధినివాస శౌరే లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 7 ||

సంసారవృక్షబీజమనంతకర్మ-శాఖాయుతం కరణపత్రమనంగపుష్పమ్ |
ఆరుహ్య దుఃఖఫలితః చకితః దయాళో లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 8 ||

సంసారసాగరవిశాలకరాళకాళ నక్రగ్రహగ్రసితనిగ్రహవిగ్రహస్య |
వ్యగ్రస్య రాగనిచయోర్మినిపీడితస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 9 ||

సంసారసాగరనిమజ్జనముహ్యమానం దీనం విలోకయ విభో కరుణానిధే మామ్ |
ప్రహ్లాదఖేదపరిహారపరావతార లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 10 ||

సంసారఘోరగహనే చరతో మురారే మారోగ్రభీకరమృగప్రచురార్దితస్య |
ఆర్తస్య మత్సరనిదాఘసుదుఃఖితస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 11 ||

బద్ధ్వా గలే యమభటా బహు తర్జయంత కర్షంతి యత్ర భవపాశశతైర్యుతం మామ్ |
ఏకాకినం పరవశం చకితం దయాళో లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 12 ||

లక్ష్మీపతే కమలనాభ సురేశ విష్ణో యఙ్ఞేశ యఙ్ఞ మధుసూదన విశ్వరూప |
బ్రహ్మణ్య కేశవ జనార్దన వాసుదేవ లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 13 ||

ఏకేన చక్రమపరేణ కరేణ శంఖ-మన్యేన సింధుతనయామవలంబ్య తిష్ఠన్ |
వామేతరేణ వరదాభయపద్మచిహ్నం లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 14 ||

అంధస్య మే హృతవివేకమహాధనస్య చోరైర్మహాబలిభిరింద్రియనామధేయైః |
మోహాంధకారకుహరే వినిపాతితస్య లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 15 ||

ప్రహ్లాదనారదపరాశరపుండరీక-వ్యాసాదిభాగవతపుంగవహృన్నివాస |
భక్తానురక్తపరిపాలనపారిజాత లక్ష్మీనృసింహ మమ దేహి కరావలంబమ్ || 16 ||

లక్ష్మీనృసింహచరణాబ్జమధువ్రతేన స్తోత్రం కృతం శుభకరం భువి శంకరేణ |
యే తత్పఠంతి మనుజా హరిభక్తియుక్తా-స్తే యాంతి తత్పదసరోజమఖండరూపమ్ || 17 ||

Friday, July 12, 2019

Vinayaka Ashtottara Stotram - Telugu - శ్రీ వినాయక అష్టోత్తర శత నామ పూజ



శ్రీ వినాయక అష్టోత్తర శత నామ పూజ


ఓం గజాననాయ నమః
ఓం గణాధ్యక్షాయ నమః
ఓం విఘ్నరాజాయ నమః
ఓం వినాయకాయ నమః
ఓం ద్వైమాతురాయ నమః

ఓం ద్విముఖాయ నమః
ఓం ప్రముఖాయ నమః
ఓం సుముఖాయ నమః
ఓం కృతినే నమః
ఓం సుప్రదీప్తాయ నమః

ఓం సుఖనిధయే నమః
ఓం సురాధ్యక్షాయ నమః
ఓం సురారిఘ్నాయ నమః
ఓం మహాగణపతయే నమః
ఓం మాన్యాయ నమః

ఓం మహాకాలాయ నమః
ఓం మహాబలాయ నమః
ఓం హేరంబాయ నమః
ఓం లంబజఠరాయ నమః
ఓం హయగ్రీవాయ నమః

ఓం ప్రథమాయ నమః
ఓం ప్రాజ్ఞాయ నమః
ఓం ప్రమోదాయ నమః
ఓం మోదకప్రియాయ నమః
ఓం విఘ్నకర్త్రే నమః

ఓం విఘ్నహంత్రే నమః
ఓం విశ్వనేత్రే నమః
ఓం విరాట్పతయే నమః
ఓం శ్రీపతయే నమః
ఓం వాక్పతయే నమః

ఓం శృంగారిణే నమః
ఓం ఆశ్రితవత్సలాయ నమః
ఓం శివప్రియాయ నమః
ఓం శీఘ్రకారిణే నమః
ఓం శాశ్వతాయ నమః

ఓం బల్వాన్వితాయ నమః
ఓం బలోద్దతాయ నమః
ఓం భక్తనిధయే నమః
ఓం భావగమ్యాయ నమః
ఓం భావాత్మజాయ నమః

ఓం అగ్రగామినే నమః
ఓం మంత్రకృతే నమః
ఓం చామీకర ప్రభాయ నమః
ఓం సర్వాయ నమః
ఓం సర్వోపాస్యాయ నమః

ఓం సర్వకర్త్రే నమః
ఓం సర్వ నేత్రే నమః
ఓం నర్వసిద్దిప్రదాయ నమః
ఓం పంచహస్తాయ నమః
ఓం పార్వతీనందనాయ నమః

ఓం ప్రభవే నమః
ఓం కుమార గురవే నమః
ఓం కుంజరాసురభంజనాయ నమః
ఓం కాంతిమతే నమః
ఓం ధృతిమతే నమః

ఓం కామినే నమః
ఓం కపిత్థఫలప్రియాయ నమః
ఓం బ్రహ్మచారిణే నమః
ఓం బ్రహ్మరూపిణే నమః
ఓం మహోదరాయ నమః

ఓం మదోత్కటాయ నమః
ఓం మహావీరాయ నమః
ఓం మంత్రిణే నమః
ఓం మంగళసుస్వరాయ నమః
ఓం ప్రమదాయ నమః

ఓం జ్యాయసే నమః
ఓం యక్షికిన్నరసేవితాయ నమః
ఓం గంగాసుతాయ నమః
ఓం గణాధీశాయ నమః
ఓం గంభీరనినదాయ నమః

ఓం వటవే నమః
ఓం జ్యోతిషే నమః
ఓం అక్రాంతపదచిత్ప్రభవే నమః
ఓం అభీష్టవరదాయ నమః
ఓం మంగళప్రదాయ నమః

ఓం అవ్యక్త రూపాయ నమః
ఓం పురాణపురుషాయ నమః
ఓం పూష్ణే నమః
ఓం పుష్కరోత్ క్షిప్తహరణాయ నమః 
ఓం అగ్రగణ్యాయ నమః

ఓం అగ్రపూజ్యాయ నమః
ఓం అపాకృతపరాక్రమాయ నమః
ఓం సత్యధర్మిణే నమః
ఓం సఖ్యై నమః
ఓం సారాయ నమః

ఓం సరసాంబునిధయే నమః
ఓం మహేశాయ నమః
ఓం విశదాంగాయ నమః
ఓం మణికింకిణీ మేఖలాయ నమః
ఓం సమస్తదేవతామూర్తయే నమః

ఓం సహిష్ణవే నమః
ఓం బ్రహ్మవిద్యాది దానభువే నమః
ఓం విష్ణువే నమః
ఓం విష్ణుప్రియాయ నమః
ఓం భక్తజీవితాయ నమః

ఓం ఐశ్వర్యకారణాయ నమః
ఓం సతతోత్థితాయ నమః
ఓం విష్వగ్దృశేనమః
ఓం విశ్వరక్షావిధానకృతే నమః
ఓం కళ్యాణగురవే నమః

ఓం ఉన్మత్తవేషాయ నమః
ఓం పరజయినే నమః
ఓం సమస్త జగదాధారాయ నమః
ఓం సర్వైశ్వర్యప్రదాయ నమః
ఓం శ్రీ విఘ్నేశ్వరాయ నమః

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For comparison or clarification

https://www.vignanam.org/veda/ganesha-ashtottara-sata-namavali-telugu.html


Updated on  14 July 2019, 29 June 2019, 13 September 2018

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Corruption Perceptions Index - Rank of India


In the 2018 ranks India ranks 78 in the world with 41 point score.  Next to 78 rank is 85. Number of countries are given 78th rank.

https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Alphabetical Govinda Naamamulu - Telugu - గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా


Hymn rearranged in alphabetical order


శ్రీనివాస గోవిందా శ్రీ వెంకటేశా గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

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అభయ హస్త గోవిందా అక్షయ వరదా గోవిందా
అభిషేక ప్రియ గోవిందా ఆపన్నివారణ  గోవిందా
అనాథ రక్షక గోవిందా ఆపధ్భాందవ గోవిందా
ఆనంద రూపా గోవిందా ఆద్యంత  రహితా  గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా


ఇహపర దాయక గోవిందా ఇభరాజ రక్షక గోవిందా
ఏడు కొండల వాడా గోవిందా ఏకత్వ రూపా గోవిందా
కమల దళాక్షా గోవిందా కామిత ఫలదా గోవిందా
కస్తూరి తిలక గోవిందా కాంచనాంబరధర గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

గరుడ వాహనా గోవిందా గజరాజ రక్షక గోవిందా
గోపీజన లోల గోవిందా గోవర్ధనోద్ధార గోవిందా
జనార్ధన మూర్తి గోవిందా జగత్ సాక్షి రూపా గోవిందా
తిరుమలవాసా గోవిందా తులసీ వనమాల గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

దరిద్రజన పోషక గోవిందా ధర్మ సంస్థాపక గోవిందా
దశరధ నందన గోవిందా దశముఖ మర్ధన గోవిందా
దుష్ట సంహార గోవిందా దురిత నివారణ గోవిందా
ధరణీ నాయక గోవిందా దినకర తేజా గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

నిత్య కళ్యాణ గోవిందా నీరజ నాభా గోవిందా
నిత్య నిర్మల గోవిందా నీలమేఘ శ్యామ గోవిందా
నిత్య శుభప్రద   గోవిందా నిఖిల లోకేశా గోవిందా
నంద నందనా గోవిందా నవనీత చోరా గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

పక్షి వాహనా గోవిందా పాండవ ప్రియ గోవిందా
పద్మదళాక్ష గోవిందా పద్మనాభా గోవిందా
పద్మావతీ ప్రియ గోవిందా ప్రసన్న మూర్తే గోవిందా
పశుపాలక శ్రీ గోవిందా పాప విమోచన గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

పాప వినాశక గోవిందా పాహి మురారే గోవిందా
పురాణ పురుషా గోవిందా పుండరీకాక్ష గోవిందా
ప్రత్యక్ష దేవ గోవిందా పరమ దయాకర గోవిందా
బలరామానుజ గోవిందా బౌద్ధ కల్కిధర గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

బిల్వపత్రార్చిత గోవిందా భిక్షుక సంస్తుత గోవిందా
బ్రహ్మానంద రూపా గోవిందా భక్త తారకా గోవిందా
భక్త వత్సల గోవిందా భాగవత ప్రియ గోవిందా
మత్స్య కూర్మ గోవిందా మధు సూధనా హరి గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా


రామ క్రిష్ణా గోవిందా రఘుకుల నందన గోవిందా
లక్ష్మీ వల్లభ గోవిందా లక్ష్మణాగ్రజ గోవిందా
వజ్ర మకుటదర గోవిందా వైజయంతి మాల గోవిందా
వడ్డీ కాసుల వాడా గోవిందా వసుదేవ తనయా గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

వరాహ న్రుసింహ గోవిందా వామన భృగురామ గోవిందా
వానర సేవిత గోవిందా వారథి బంధన గోవిందా
విరజా  తీరస్థ  గోవిందా విరోధి మర్ధన గోవిందా
వేణు గాన ప్రియ గోవిందా వేంకట రమణా గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

శరణాగతవత్సల గోవిందా కరుణా సాగర గోవిందా
శిష్ట పరిపాలక గోవిందా కష్ట నివారణ గోవిందా
శేష సాయి గోవిందా శేషాద్రి నిలయ గోవిందా
శంఖ చక్రధర గోవిందా శారంగ గదాధర గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

శ్రీముద్రాంకిత గోవిందా శ్రీవత్సాంకిత గోవిందా
సాలగ్రామ హర గోవిందా సహస్ర నామ గోవిందా
సీతా నాయక గోవిందా శ్రితపరిపాలక గోవిందా
స్త్రీ పుం రూపా గోవిందా శివకేశవ మూర్తి గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

హతిరామ ప్రియ గోవిందా హరి సర్వోత్తమ గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా
శ్రీ శ్రీనివాసా గోవిందా శ్రీ వేంకటేశా గోవిందా
గోవిందా హరి గోవిందా గోకుల నందన గోవిందా

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Friday, May 24, 2019

Lying by Leaders and Great Leaders


Lying by Leaders, Great Leaders and World Leaders


You are a witness to lying by leaders. You are dejected.  You feel horrible. People are felicitating the leader who is a liar saying he is the most honest person. Person of integrity. A great benefactor of people. While you may feel dejected, sad and disillusioned, many people before had that same feeling. That is the nature of the world.  There is lot of published material on lying by leaders and many leaders might have read that literature and must have decided that lying is the way to go ahead in real life.  At some point in time truth may catch up with many persons. But leaders are living in the present. They are winning in the present. They are celebrating in the present. May be you don't know to keep you living what are sort of deceit has to be done by your defence forces. May be the leaders also indulge in lying many time to keep the society relatively stable.

What is the published material on lying by leaders?


Why Leaders Lie

Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics is a 2011 book by the political scientist John Mearsheimer.

The book argues that leaders lie to foreign audiences as well as their own people because they think it is good for their country.

Lying and leadership

8 Jul 2016|Joseph S. Nye
In his book, When Presidents Lie, the historian Eric Alterman concludes that presidential lies ‘inevitably turn into monsters that strangle their creators’.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard and author of Is the American Century Over?  
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/lying-and-leadership/


Nov 15, 2015
Is It OK For Leaders To Lie?

Brook Manville
Darwinian explanation. People like winning, “Alpha Leaders;” their champion performance trumps the occasional lie. “Who cares if Pete Rose denied his gambling? He was an all-time baseball great, deserves the Hall of Fame.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/2015/11/15/is-it-ok-for-leaders-to-lie

Political Parties, Workers and Candidates - Vote Catching Activities - Relative Importance


There are a large number of activities to be done by political party office bearers, workers and aspiring candidates to get votes during elections.

Political Party Officer bearers

1. Political Party Officer bearers - Political Activities

2. Political Party Officer bearers - Social Activities

3. Political Party Officer bearers - Social Service Activities

4. Political Party Officer bearers - Visits of Party Workers' Homes

5. Political Party Officer bearers - Writing for News Papers and Magazines

6. Political Party Officer bearers - Social Media Web sites

7. Political Party Officer bearers - TV Channels Appearances

8. Political Party Officer bearers - Collection/Ascertaining Public Opinion

9. Political Party Officer bearers - Budget memorandums and Budget Commentaries.

10. Political Party Officer bearers - Interpreting Government Regulations to People

Political Party Workers

11. Political Party Officer bearers - Political Activities

12. Political Party Workers  - Social Activities

13. Political Party Workers  - Social Service Activities

14. Political Party Workers  - Visits to Houses of People in their area 

15. Political Party Workers - Social Media Participation

16. Political Party Workers - Interpreting Government Regulations to People/Informing schemes

17. Political Party Workers - Arranging meetings of people with office bearers

18. Political Party Workers - Visits to Government offices along with people

19. Political Party Workers - Taking care of public facilities of temples, hospitals, libraries and schools.

20. Political Party Workers - Arranging functions to felicitate achievers in the area.

Election Candidate

21.  Election Candidate - Political Activities

22. Election Candidate - Social Activities

23. Election Candidate - Social Service Activities

24. Election Candidate - Visits of Party Workers' Homes

25. Election Candidate - Visits to Houses of People in their area 

26. Election Candidate - Writing for News Papers and Magazines

27. Election Candidate - Social Media Web sites

28. Election Candidate - Collection/Ascertaining Public Opinion

29. Election Candidate - Budget memorandums and Budget Commentaries.

30. Election Candidate -  Interpreting Government Regulations to People

State and National Party Office Bearers






Election Time Efforts/Activities

Saturday, May 18, 2019

India - Economic Policy Suggestions - 2019



100 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA
VISION INDIA 2047 - $20 TRILLION DOLLAR GDP 

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2019 Rising India Summit - Develop Sunrise Sectors

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Provide 2 Crore Persons Jobs in Micro Units


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MPs have to prepare investment plans of their constituencies.

They have to make vision plans also.
Government has to plan a minimum number of Government and Corporate jobs every year. If private sector is not investing, Government has to invest in public sector companies
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Economic Times -10 Point Agenda - 22 January 2019


Economic Times 22 January 2019

10 Point Agenda given by Economic Times

*Improve ecosystem to help manufacturing to get to next stage

*Revitalise PPPs to attract more private investment in infrastructure.
*Stengthen the financials of state-run banks to get credit growth moving again


*Deepen financial inclusion to raise savings of ordinary Indian households.

*Raise tax-gdp ratio to create space for fiscal support to growth.


*Remove shackles on agriculture to make it more market oriented.

Sowing seeds for better farm growth
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/sowing-seeds-for-better-farm-growth/articleshow/67633643.cms

*Emphasis on health, education and skilling to improve manpower.

Making skilling part of education system a challenging task
By Yogima Sharma
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/making-skilling-part-of-education-system-a-challenging-task/articleshow/67633636.cms

*Improve ecosystem for exports to make them more competitive.

*More robust startup system to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship

*Comprehensive energy policy to protect economy from periodic crude shocks



Social Challenges That Need To Be Addressed:
Agrarian Stress: Create jobs to reduce dependence on farming.

Income Inequality: Provide income support to vulnerable till growth ends poverty.

Declining Women At Work: Provide right work environment & incentives.

Jobs: Labour reforms to encourage hiring over automation and capex.

Working group suggests measures to achieve $5 trillion economy by 2025

"India's potential to achieve a $5 trillion GDP by 2024-25 is within the realm of possibility," the report said.
Jan 16, 2019
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/working-group-suggests-measures-to-achieve-5-trillion-economy-by-2025/articleshow/67562058.cms


According to its report, agriculture and manufacturing sectors can contribute USD 1 trillion each, while the contribution from the services sector has been pegged at USD 3 trillion.


Raghuram Rajan on what India needs to do to get a $5-trn economy

ET Now| Dec 12, 2018

one must worry about the extent of job creation in India. Reports of 25 million people applying for 90,000 railway jobs is something that suggests there is not enough supply of jobs in the market.

We have to focus on improving the quality of research or the quality of our universities and as a by-product our companies will also get better.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/raghuram-rajan-on-what-india-needs-to-do-to-get-a-5-trn-economy/articleshow/67060055.cms

11-December-2018

Year End Review 2018- Ministry of Commerce & Industry - Vision of a New India - USD 5 Trillion Economy

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=186255

How to future-proof India’s economy

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/new-india-how-to-future-proof-india-economy-reforms/


Management and India’s economic growth

Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
Date 20 July, 2018
https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/management-and-india-s-economic-growth.html


The India Policy Forum 2018 - Presentations

July 10, 2018
http://www.ncaer.org/event_details.php?EID=226

Updated on 18 May 2019, 22 January 2019

19 May 2019 - Exit Poll Results of Lok Sabha 2019 Election



Political parties are doing the last minute work of Lok Sabha elections 2019. They want to mobilize voter booth wise through their booth committees. BJP made elaborate efforts to tone up their booth committees.

Majority of people are waiting for exit poll results. The channels are trying to air various programmes to vet the thirst of people for information.

ABP Live Video Link
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWVOgCYHUqo

Aaj Tak Live
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVeVtBxoImI


Zee Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwrfD3FLnw
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Be ready for the shows.

Friday, May 10, 2019

Achievements of India in Science, Engineering and Technology



Math, Science, and Technology in India From the Ancient to the Recent
http://asiasociety.org/education/math-science-and-technology-india

2019

India - National Technology Day Greetings - 11 May


Developments in Industrial Engineering From India 


Knol Handbook of Industrial Engineering - 2019
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/05/knol-handbook-of-industrial-engineering.html

Introduction to Industrial Engineering - 2019 Knol Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/introduction-to-industrial-engineering_30.html

Human Effort Engineering - Knol Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/04/human-effort-engineering-knol-book.html



India - National Technology Day Greetings 

11 May

Article on India - National Technology Day - 11 May
https://nraonid.blogspot.com/2014/05/india-national-technology-day-11-may.html


Good number of tweets from CSIR-CMERI  @CSIR_CMERI on achievements of the organization. Visit Twitter and go through them.  I retweeted some of them on 11 May.  @knoltweet.


2018

December 2018

Came to know of development of a process of for making B6. Project led by Dr. T. Ravindranathan.
Came across the case study the book Indigenous R&D in India.


Also came across a patent
Novel substituted 2-(6-benzyl-5-oxo-3-phenyl-(S3,7S,7AR)- perhydroimidazol (1,5-C) (1,3) thiazol-7YL) compounds
Patent Grant No, EP1219625B1 date 2006-05-17

Inventors Subhash Prataprao Chavan, Amar Gopal Chittiboyina, Subhash Krishnaji,  Kamat Uttam Ramrao Kalkote, Thotapallil Ravindranathan

Current Assignee:  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1219625B1/


January

A prototype of Saras, the country's first indigenously developed civil aeroplane, flew successfully on 23 January 2018
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-first-civic-plane-saras-takes-to-the-skies-after-nearly-a-decade-118012400539_1.html



15 May 2016
Indian Railways goes green as solar-powered train set for trial
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-Railways-goes-green-as-solar-powered-train-set-for-trial/articleshow/52249707.cms

Indian Railways’ First Solar Train Prototype Unveiled in Jodhpur
http://www.thequint.com/videos/2016/05/13/indian-railways-first-solar-train-prototype-unveiled-in-jodhpur


A Book Published by Institution of Engineers, India

Achievement of Engineering in India in New Milennium


https://www.ieindia.org/PDF_IMAGES/publication/Advancement%20of%20Engineering.pdf


September 2015

15 September - Engineers' Day in India

IIT-B - 10-inch netbook  costing less than $100
700g - Equipped with a 1GHz dual core processor, 1GB of memory and 8GB Nand Flash - Wifi enabled.
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/HK4y3fHG8kSts2cDK0ykJN/IITB-develops-10inch-netbook-that-costs-less-than-100.html


April 2015

State of the art Scorpene submarine which has superior stealth and has precision guided weapons was undocked on 6 April 2015 by Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar at Mazagon Dock Limited.  MDL has to make five more of these submarines.

January 2015


The 50-tonne inter-continental ballistic missile, Agni-V capable going up to 5000 Km, the country's first such missile, was tested for the first time in a canisterised version. This was the third test-firing of the three-stage missile but first time in canister version.

India's first successful double hand transplant


Indian doctors have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant in a 16-hour-long surgery.
It was conducted at Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi on a 30-year-old train accident victim, who received both hands of a 24-year-old road accident victim.

This transplant has put the Indian scientific community among the league of a few developed nations in the field of composite tissue allotransplant.
Only 110 successful hand transplants have been conducted so far in the US, European countries, China and Australia.

The entire expenses for the transplant were borne by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.




BMC Engineers repaired giant sewage pump check valve giving the ability to repair valves and prolong their life for some more years saving crores of rupees.
News reported in Mumbai Mirror, 7 January 2015
Reported by  Chaitanya.Mapakwar@timesgroup.com
Tweets@chaitanya_pm

Aurobindo Pharma and Lupin got FDA, USA approval for Valsartan

Aurobindo Pharma on Tuesday announced that the company has received final approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to manufacture and market Valsartan Tablets USP, 40mg, 80mg, 160mg and 320mg (ANDA 202223).

Valsartan Tablets are the generic equivalent to Novartis' Diovan Tablets, which is indicated for the treatment of hypertension to lower blood pressure. The product has a market size of approximately $2 billion for the 12 months ending October 2014, according to IMS.

January 06, 2015: Pharma Major Lupin Limited announced today that its US subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively Lupin) has launched its Valsartan Tablets USP, 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg and 320 mg, the generic for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s (Novartis) Diovan® Tablets 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg and 320 mg strengths, having received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Lupin's Valsartan Tablets 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg and 320 mg are the AB rated generic equivalent of Novartis’s Diovan® Tablets and is indicated for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure.
Diovan® Tablets had annual U.S sales of US$ 2.08 billion (IMS MAT September, 2014).
http://www.lupinpharmaceuticals.com/06Jan2015.htm

Updated on 2019  11 May
2018 - 2 Dec 2018, 25 January
  22 Decmber 2017,  26 Mar 2016, 12 Sep 2015