My Independence Day Speech

The country has achieved many things in these 65  years after independence and successful in saving our democracy in spite of India being a very diversified country and able to with stand the wars against china and Pakistan. Indian is one of the largest democracy whose freedom and constitution due the sacrifices of our great leader but I think we failed to some extent in continuing the greatest legacy and statesmanship our freedom fighters like Gandhi, Nehru, Subash Chandar Bose, and Bagath singh  many more.

        Today Gandhian philosophy of Non violence is more relevant in maintaining the global peace considering nuclear world. and The spirit of Patel and Bose required to fight against the terrorism. The courage of Bagath Singh more relevant for young India and it needs to get inspiration from Bagath Singh and ready for the sacrifices for the country and for themselves.

        As Engineers point of view the science and technology is one of the important and major contributor for the development of country. We achieved many things in this area , India has advanced missile system. launch vehicle technology , world's major IT services provider. Compared with the developed countries we are far behind.

               The biggest challenges that India facing are Internal Security in the form of terrorism, external security like threat from china and pakistan, energy security that is India is not self sufficient in power example is recent collapse of power grid, corruption and economic recession , and bigger and bigger problem is poverty .

In addressing all these issues Engineers has to play a major role and we will strive for the betterment of the people and the country and moving the people of India to think towards Gross Domestic Happiness rather than Gross Domestic Product and involve ourselves for  building healthy India ad young Indian make Indian a Global Power fighting for our fundamental rights and respecting our fundamental duties enshrined in our Constitution.

 " Let us prove the words of Gurujada Apparao --- Deshamante Matti Kadoy... Desha Mante Manujuloy ..."

   Jai Hind .....        Thank You for Giving this opportunity .....

Coconut water is known as Mother Nature's ownsports drink.

Coconut water is known as Mother Nature's ownsports drink.

An Indian origin scientist has now confirmed that the natural beverage really does deserve its popular reputation.

However, people who engage in strenuous exercisethat involves a lot of sweat might want to take it all with a grain of salt literally or stick with a more traditional sports drink like Gatorade, said Chhandashri Bhattacharya, Ph.D, who conducted a new scientific analysis of coconut water.

"Coconut water is a natural drink that has everything your average sports drink has and more. It has five times more potassium than Gatorade or Powerade," said Bhattacharya.

"Whenever you get cramps in your muscles, potassium will help you to get rid of the cramps. It's a healthy drink that replenishes the nutrients that your body has lost during a moderate workout," she stated.

Bhattacharya said that the potassium in coconut water also might benefit other people who do not exercise.

The typical American diet is low in potassium and high in sodium, which is found in table salt. Other research has shown that such an imbalance is unhealthy. In one study, people who ate foods low in potassium and high in sodium had twice the risk of death from heart disease and a 50 percent higher risk of death from all causes. Other analyses indicate that a 12-ounce serving of coconut water has more potassium than a banana.

And it is high in healthful antioxidants, added Bhattacharya, who is with Indiana University Southeast in New Albany.

Bhattacharya's team analyzed coconut water, Gatorade and Powerade and found that coconut water contained up to 1,500 mg/liter of potassium, compared to up to 300 mg/liter for Powerade and Gatorade.

Coconut water, however, had 400 mg/liter of sodium compared to 600 for the other two drinks. It had comparable quantities of magnesium and carbohydrates as the other drinks.

Coconut water's lower sodium content is where it fails as a good sports drink for people who engage in strenuous exercise that produces a lot of sweating, Bhattacharya said.

Sweating makes people lose more sodium than potassium, and coconut water alone can't replace that lost sodium

She presented her finding at the 244th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society(ACS), the world's largest scientific society, which is meeting here this week.

AICTE surveys engineering institutions

Survey is an attempt to map best practices being followed by institutions and industry, to recognise them and to create a benchmark of quality education in the country

An industry-institute survey initiated by the AICTE, in collaboration with the CII, aims to showcase the best practices in AICTE-approved institutes.

An industry-institute survey initiated by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has evoked a positive response from engineering institutions across the country.

The survey aims to showcase the best practices in AICTE-approved institutes in the branches of Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communication and Computer Science and Information Technology (the two taken together).

The survey is an attempt to map best practices being followed by institutions and industry, to recognise them and to create a benchmark of quality education in the country. CII representatives associated with the survey told The Hindu-EducationPlus that 250 institutions had registered for the online survey.

Eligible institutions need to fill up an online questionnaire, available on the institute login for AICTE institutes and university departments. The deadline is August 15. The survey is part of the University-Industry Congress initiative to stimulate industry-academia collaborations both towards achieving excellence in higher education and benefiting industry by producing quality human resource and research outputs.

Key imperative

AICTE officials said it was a key imperative of growth for both the universities and the industry to map the current situation. The survey of higher educational institutes on their industry linkages would capture success stories and best practices of such linkages and create a roadmap for others to follow.

In 2012, the scope of the University-Industry Congress will be limited to the six branches. Future surveys are expected to be for other specialisations and disciplines.

A national publication featuring the profiles of overall top 50 engineering institutions, stream-wise top five engineering institutions and top three faculties and the top engineering institution in each State, mapped on the parameters of their industry linkages, will be published based on the outcome of the survey.

The compendium will also carry the profiles of companies who are leaders in industry-institute linkages. The CII will promote this publication in India and overseas for promoting the top institutions for increased industry linkages.

A national-level recognition by way of a citation, trophy and cash award sponsored by CII member companies will be given to institutions and the faculty having the strongest industry linkage in categories that include overall best engineering institute (three awards); best engineering institute (six awards: one for each stream); and best engineering faculty (18 awards: three for each stream).

Stream-wise best institution will be presented an opportunity to enter into a MoU with the sponsor company to enhance their curriculum, placements and student internships and to depute industry experts as visiting faculty. Top institution, one in each state, will be chosen to house an AICTE-CII Industry Institute-Interface Cell, which will be manned by professionals to facilitate industry-institute collaborations in the States on a sustainable basis.

Normative ranking will be conducted against seven parameters of industry linkages in institutes including governance; curriculum; faculty; infrastructure; services; entrepreneurship and innovation; and placements. AICTE-approved engineering institutes and university departments which have been in existence for at least 10 years as on August 1, offering degree courses in at least three of the six streams are eligible to participate in the survey.