Minutes of the 46th meeting of the Council of IITs held on January 7th‚ 2013 The 46th meeting of the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was held under the chairmanship of Dr. M.M. PallamRaju‚ Minister of Human Resource Development on 7th January‚ 2013 at IIT Delhi. The list of participants is at Annexure–I. At the outset‚ the Chairman welcomed all the participants. He emphasized that both the quality and quantity of faculty were key to improving the standards of technical
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assam [æˈsæm] pronunciation (help·info) /ɔxɔm/ (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India. Its capital is Dispur‚ located within the municipal area of Guwahati city. Located south of the eastern Himalayas‚ Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30‚285 square miles (78‚438 km²). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh‚ Nagaland‚ Manipur‚ Mizoram‚ Tripura and
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WATER LOGGING AND SALINITY Naheed Ghazanfar Izhar & Associates Consulting 5.1 CLASSIFICATION OF WATER LOGGED AND SALINE AREAS BY DEGREE The existing irrigation system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was developed in late 1800s over a century ago. This system was designed for the farming at that time which was much lower than the cropping intensities of today. This system had limited provision for drainage‚ resulting in a rise in groundwater and the occurrence of salinity. |Table
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zonal offices at Bombay‚ Calcutta‚ Delhi‚ Jalandhar‚ Madras‚ Ahmedabad and Bangalore. The zonal offices are headed by the Dy. Directors * The Directorate has 9 sub zonal offices at Agra‚Srinagar‚ Jaipur‚ Varanasi‚ Trivendrum‚ Calicut‚ Hyderabad‚ Guwahati and Goa‚ which are headed by the Asstt. Directors. FEMA 1999 ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE Established by Central Govt to investigate due adherence to the provisions of the Act by market participants. Concerned with enforcement of the provisions of
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Kumar with 87% ISC pays Rs.185000 in an engineering college and Rajiv with 56% ISC pays Rs.80000 only in the same college. What made this difference? The answer is “caste based reservation”. Kumar belonged to a Brahmin family whereas Rajiv was from ‘scheduled caste’. Admittedly‚ caste is a social reality and a mechanism of oppression in an Indian society. But going deep into this society two main questions arise – Is caste only the mechanism of oppression? Is everyone amongst the ‘upper castes’
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Direct seeding establishes trees‚ shrubs‚ and understorey plants by sowing seed directly onto the site to be revegetated. Whether sowing by machine or by hand‚ good site preparation and effective weed control are essential for success. Advantages The advantages of direct seeding over tubestock planting are many: * Direct seeding is much cheaper (10 - 20% or less of the cost of planting tubestock)‚ and requires minimal labour. * Existing farm equipment can be used. Alternatively‚ several
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Landslide Landslides are downward and outward movement of slope materials such as rock debris and earth‚ under the influence of gravity. Strategies for Landslide Risk Treatment Landslide risk treatment is the ultimate objective of the risk management process which aims to mitigate the effects of the hazard. This encompasses a five-pronged strategy comprising: i) Treating vulnerable slopes and existing hazardous landslides. ii) Restricting development in landslide-prone areas. iii) Preparing
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Beauty of Indian subcontinent is incomplete without mentioning its North Eastern region. It comprises of seven states which are otherwise called “Seven sisters “because of their uncanny resemblance in terms of natural beauty. They are - MMMANAT - no this is not some Bollywood flick! It is the abbreviation for Northeast India’s seven sisters - Manipur‚ Mizoram‚ Meghalaya‚ Arunachal Pradesh‚ Nagaland‚ Assam and Tripura. When India became independent from the United
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IMPACT OF MGNREGA ON THE LIVING CONDITION OF RURAL POOR A STUDY IN THE BARPETA AND MORIGAON DISTRICTS OF ASSAM WRITE UP FOR PRESENTATION IN FINAL REGISTRATION SEMINAR FOR Ph.D DEGREE UNDER GAUHATI UNIVERSITY BY HIMANGSHU KALITA SUPERVISER GOPAL BARDOLOI STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Poverty and unemployment are two acute problems common to most of the underdeveloped economies
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and The Annual Techno-Management Festival st th 1 - 4 September 2011 present JUNIOR SQUAD TEAM DETAILS Duration: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 164 Names of Participants: 1. 2. Team Registration No: Name of School: State: City: 1 General Instructions Please read the following very carefully before attempting the paper. Failure to do so could cost you dearly. 1. Candidates must ll the Team Details in the space provided‚ before starting to attempt
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