POLITICS AND ETHICS… CAN THEY GO HAND IN HAND?

It will be an interactive session rather than a monologue and students can voice in their opinions freely.

Speakers Represent: The Citizens’ Initiative
Date: September 18, 2008.
Time: 18:00 hrs.
Venue: L 12

About THE CITIZENS’INITIATIVE
Founded in February 2007, Citizens’ Initiative (CI) is a non-partisan Civil Society platform to address development issues. The Citizens’ Initiative is trying to organize a continuing open discussion on the paradigms of development and the relationship between politics and ethics.
The group of students, researchers, and teachers associated with CI question the cost of development and the growing schism between ethics and contemporary political culture. They have been organizing seminars and photo exhibitions throughout the country to show real picture of issues in Singur. They organized a two day film festival with screenings of several takes on development issues recently. Their most ardent wish is to induce long term reflection on models and ethics of development, and to contribute to reconstructive thought and efforts in the areas adversely affected by the present political take on development.

Abstract of the Talk
The focus of the talk would be Singur. This team from CI has visited Singur 8 times since February 2008. They have extensively photographed life in Singur and how it has been affected by the fencing-off of the land for the Tata Motors factory. Very few people in India actually have any idea of what Singur looks like and press photographs can perhaps tell only a miniscule portion of the story. Their photographs are aimed at covering this invisible distance between the affected villages and the urban centers, or to put it simply, to show how development looks like in reality. They would also wish to propose/introduce alternative means of livelihood for people who have for generations been based in agriculture.

Be there to know more and put forward your views.

Date/ Day: 10/09/08, Wednesday
Venue: L-17

Thanks,
Anurag Sujania, President , Students’ Gymkhana
K. S. Rao, Convener, Students’ Senate

1.) U.S. Presidential Election
2.) Education in the U.S.
3.) Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Initiatives
4.) Elections and U.S. Media

Day/Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
Venue:      L-11

This talk will greatly help students who are going to United States for Internships, Higher Studies and Jobs. Even first year students, who desire a streak in the US later on will find the talk useful. Students may address queries related to Visas, Foreign Policies, etc.

List of Delegates:-
Dr. Satish Kulkarni.
Mr. Brian Ferinden.
Ms. Rebecca Gardner.
Mr. Ramesh Jain.

The specifics-
Day/Date: Thursday/ September 4, 2008.
Venue: L11

More Information-
The European Group of Companies ALTEN(http://www.alten.com/) and the “n+i” Engineering Network have launched an ambitious and innovative project called the ATS: ALTEN TRAINING SOLUTION.
ALTEN is a leading European R&D consulting and advanced Engineering group. The Réseau “n+i” is a non profit making network which brings together over 70 premier post graduate engineering institutions from France. It aims at developing academic ties between India and France in the domain of scientific and technical education and spreading awareness about higher education in France in Engineering.
Under this program, ALTEN and “n+i” and the French Embassy together offer scholarships to meritorious students of Engineering from India. It fully finances post graduate studies in France for two years.

Specifics-
Date: Monday, August 18, 2008
Venue: Outreach Auditorium

About the Speaker-
Mr. Rakesh Pandey is the Principal Research Engineer of the Advanced Analysis Group at Bose Corporation. He is responsible for pioneering major new technologies of interest to Bose and is corporation’s expert in field of computer-based modeling of physical systems. Mr. Pandey holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He received his Master’s degree from Pennsylvania State University where his thesis focused on high-speed mechanisms.
Mr. Pandey joined Bose Corporation in 1980 as a member of the Research team. He has been involved in various research projects at Bose, involving manufacturing processes, mechanisms, control systems and materials. His chief contributions at Bose, however, have been in modeling of physical systems. As member and team leader of the Advanced Analysis Group in the Research Department at Bose , Mr. Pandey has worked on establishing technologies for computer modeling of systems in many fields of interest to Bose Corporation , including magnetic , mechanical , electrical and acoustics domains.
He supports Dr. Rakesh S. Pandey Distinguished Lectures Series in Mechanical Engineering Department.He is the founder of BOSTON Chapter of IIT Kanpur Alumni Association (IITK AA) and a member of IITK AA Board. He is very active in IITK AA work and currently, he is the Convener of Alumni-Student Liaison Committee of IIT Kanpur Alumni Association.

Abstract
The Bhagavad Gita is universally renowned as the jewel of India’s spiritual wisdom. The Gita’s 700 verses provide a definitive guide to the science of self realization. Indeed, no other work even compares in it’s
revelations of man’s essential mature, the world around him,& ultimately of the Supreme Absolute Truth.
The lecture will be followed by a series of lecture on “Science of Self-Realization” for which you may register on the spot.

About the Speaker
Devamrita Das completed his B.E. in Electrical engineering from MS University Baroda and MBA from Bombay University. After serving for few years in Multinational companies, he decided to dedicate his life to spread the Vedic culture and teachings. Thus he joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded by His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
He has been associated with ISKCON for 22 years. He is presently heading the Vrindavan project of ISKCON. Before this he held responsibilities in Karnataka & Mumbai. He actively lectures on the Bhagavad Gita philosophy at many places in India & abroad.He is also involved in setting up a self-sufficient farm community in Karnataka.He has adopted the village Ramanvadi in Kolhapur district of Maharastra through an NGO named Venu Madhuri for holistic development of the village where villagers are adopting a nature-sustainable life impregnated with spiritual values.

Date: April 07, 2008.
Venue: L8

A delegate from the Institute of International Education shall address the session and would talk about the upcoming University and Scholarship Benefits.
Useful Links:-
http://www.iie.org/
http://www.kaust.edu.sa/

Topic: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP and NATION BUILDING
Date: March 28, 2008.
Venue: L-16.

About The Speaker:
It was a journey that began 42 years ago in Sonari, a small, impoverished village in UP’s Sitapur district. The stage shifted to IIT Kanpur, then Tokyo University. A series of start-ups followed, with a stint in the US thrown in.
Mr. R.K. Misra (http://rajendramisra.blogspot.com), an IIT Kanpur alumnus with Masters Degree from Tokyo University, Japan has an established record for public service, especially in relation to issues of public policy and governance. He is a serial entrepreneur, having established and acquired 3 large technology and software businesses.
Mr. R. K. Misra won Lead India initiative of the Times of India and has set-up “CHANGE INDIA” movement (www.changeindia.in) to channelize the voice and efforts of concerned citizens towards social entrepreneurship & civic consciousness. “CHANGE INDIA” provides a platform to participate and influence the formulation & implementation of policies and programs of the government.
He is the India Director for leading European Management Institute INSEAD. He is also the Charter President of Rotary Bangalore IT Corridor and founder Trustee of environmental initiative - Pragati. He works with several governments and organizations in the areas of social entrepreneurship, sustainable rural livelihood & employment generation.

Mr. Sunil Singh, CEO and President, Informance International (http://www.informance.com/)

Mr. Srikant Sastri, Managing Director & Co-founder, Solutions Digitas (http://www.digitas.in/)

Mr. Ranjan Chopra, Chairman & CEO, TEAM Computers (http://www.teamcomputers.com/)

Professor Sanjay Govind Dhande, Director, IIT KANPUR

Mr. Sanjeev Madilla, Managing Partner & Founder, Sumpura Inc. (http://www.sumpura.com/)

Professor C. K. Mohan, Department of EE and Computer Science, Syracuse University

Mr. D. S. Mishra, IAS, Chief Vigilance Airport Authority, INDIA

Professor Sushil Vachani, Strategy & Policy Department, Boston University School of Management

Mr. Ricky Surie, Founder & CEO, Contact Centers Inc.

Mr. Kamal Tiwari, founder & CEO, Spinal Rehabilitation Clinics

Mr. Ketan Bhagat, Global Executive

Mr. D. S. Mathur, Global Executive

Mr. A. S. R. Murthy, Serial Entrepreneur

Mr. Ashok Sinha, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Petoleum Corporation Ltd.

Professor Dr. Alok K. Verma, Director, Lean Institute at Old Dominion University (http://www.lions.odu.edu/~averma/)

Mr. Rakesh Pandey, Principal Research Engineer, Advanced Analysis Group, Bose Corporation (http://www.bose.com)

Mr. Vishwanath Gopalan, BT/EE/1978