Ohio State Governor Ted Strickland has banned outsourcing of all IT and back-office projects to India by government departments. He has given the reason that outsourcing IT jobs to India, undermines economic development in the state, has security risks and has bad impact on the local businesses. The Indian IT sector has declared this decision as discriminatory and said it is a trade barrier. The Indian IT sector gets 60 per cent of its export revenue from the US. Indian IT giants like Infosys, TCS have expressed concern over this decision. Last month also, the US Congress passed a controversial legislation increasing H-1B visa fees.

What I feel that Ted Strickland is running behind his Republican opponent John Kasich by 12 percentage points in coming November gubernatorial polls. And by taking such protectionist measure, he thinks that he could be able to perform better in the November elections.

“We are concerned with the recent news from US about banning offshore outsourcing by Ohio State government departments. Infosys’ initiative in the Public Services sector is focused on creating a domestic Delivery Center in the US hence this should not be affected.” Infosys CEO & Managing Director Kris Gopalakrishnan.

Today whole country is celebrating Teachers’ Day. Teachers’ day is celebrated across India on 5th September to honor the teachers for their contribution to society, with great verve and enthusiasm. This day is considered a “celebration” day in schools and colleges, where the usual classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. Actually in India, the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India, is celebrated as “Teachers’ Day”. S. Radhakrishnan is regarded as the most famous Indian teacher and philosopher of all times. He was Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, before taking over as the President of India in May 1962.

There is one story behind the origin of Teachers’ day. When S. Radhakrishnan became President of India, some of his students and friends requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, September 5. He replied, “Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers’ Day.” His birthday has since been celebrated as Teachers’ Day in India.

A great Hindi Song for Teachers’ Day Celebrations from ‘Sir’ Movie.

On the occasion of Teachers’ day, let’s read a great speech delivered by the former Indian President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam on Teachers’ Day, 2003.

Dear listeners of All India Radio and teachers, my greetings to all of you.

I am talking to you on the special occasion of Teachers’ Day. On this day, we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, whose dream was that “Teachers should be the best minds in the country”. Hence, Teachers’ Day is very important for all our people, for our students and even for all the parents, as the teachers lay the foundation for creating enlightened citizens for the nation. On this day, I would like to recall three teachers who helped me in shaping my life.

To begin with I am going to talk to you about my father Janab Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen, as a teacher. My father taught me a great lesson when I was a young boy. What was that lesson? It was just after India got Independence. At that time Panchayat board elections took place at Rameswaram. My father was elected Panchayat Board member and on the same day he was also elected the president of the Rameswaram Panchayat Board. Rameswaram Island was a beautiful place with 30,000 populations. At that time they elected my father as Panchayat Board president not because he belonged to a particular religion or a particular caste or spoke a particular language or for his economic status. He was elected only on the basis of his nobility of mind and for being a good human being. Dear listeners, I would like to narrate one incident that took place on the day he was elected president of the Panchayat Board.

I was at that time studying in school. Those days we did not have electricity and we used to study under ration kerosene lamps. I was reading the lessons loudly and I heard a knock at the door. We never used to lock the door in Rameswaram in those days. Somebody opened the door, came in and asked me where my father was? I told him that father had gone for the evening namaz. Then he said, I have brought something for him, can I keep it here? Since my father had gone for namaz, I shouted for my mother to get her permission to receive the item. Since she was also on the amaz there was no response. I asked the person to leave the item on the cot. After that I continued my studies.

I used to learn by reading aloud in my younger days. I was reading loud and fully concentrating on my studies. At that time my father came in and saw a tambalum kept in the cot. He asked me “What is this? Who has given that?” I told him, “Somebody came and has kept this for you”. He opened the cover of the tambalum and found there was a costly dhoti, angawastram, some fruits and some sweets and he could see the slip that the person had left behind. I was the youngest child of my father, he really loved me and I also loved him a lot. He was upset at the sight of the tambalum and gifts.

That was the first time I saw him very angry and also that was the first time I had got a thorough beating from him. I got frightened and started weeping. My mother embraced and consoled me. Then my father came and touched my shoulder lovingly with affection and advised me not to receive any gift without his permission. He quoted an Islamic Hadith, which states that, “When the Almighty appoints a person to a position, He takes care of his provision. If a person takes anything beyond that, it is an illegal gain.” Then he told me that it is not a good habit. A gift is always accompanied by some purpose and a gift is a dangerous thing. It is like touching a snake and getting the poison in turn. This lesson stands out always in my mind even when I am in my seventies. This incident, taught me a very valuable lesson for my life. It is deeply embedded in my mind.

I would like also to mention the writings in Manu Smriti which states that “By accepting gifts the divine light in the person gets extinguished”. Manu warns every individual against accepting gifts for the reason that it places the acceptor under an obligation in favour of the person who gave the gift and ultimately it results in making a person to do things which are not permitted according to law.

I am sharing this thought, with all of you, particularly the young ones, do not be carried away by any gift which comes with a purpose and through which one loses his personality greatly. Do you think, you can follow this in your life? I will be very happy if you can practice this sincerely.

When I think of my second teacher, I am reminded of my childhood days when I was studying in 8th class at the age of 13. I had a teacher, Shri Siva Subramania Iyer. He was one of the very good teachers in our school. All of us loved to attend his class and hear him. One day he was teaching about a bird’s flight. He drew a diagram of a bird on the blackboard depicting the wings, tail and the body structure with the head. He explained how birds create the lift and fly. He also explained to us how they change direction while flying. For nearly 25 minutes he gave the lecture with various information such as lift, drag, how the birds fly in a formation of 10, 20 or 30. At the end of the class, he wanted to know whether we understood how birds fly. I said, I did not understand. When I said this, the teacher asked the other students whether they understood or not. Many students said that they also did not understand. He did not get upset by our response since he was a committed teacher.

Our teacher said that he would take all of us to the sea shore. That evening the whole class was at the sea shore of Rameswaram. We enjoyed the roaring sea waves knocking at the sandy hills in the pleasant evening. Birds were flying with sweet chirping voice. He showed the sea birds in formations of 10 to 20 numbers. We saw the marvellous formations of birds with a purpose and we were all amazed. He showed us the birds and asked us to see that when the birds fly, what they looked like. We saw the wings flapping. He asked us to look at the tail portion with the combination of flapping wings and twisting tail. We noticed closely and found that the birds in that condition flew in the direction they desired. Then he asked us a question, “Where the engine is and how it is powered”?

The bird is powered by its own life and the motivation of what it wants. All these things were explained to us within fifteen minutes. We all understood the dynamics from this practical example. How nice it was. Our teacher was a great teacher; he could give us a theoretical lesson coupled with a live practical example available in nature. This is real teaching. I am sure many of the teachers in schools and colleges will follow this example.

For me, it was not merely an understanding of how a bird flies. The bird’s flight entered into me and created a special feeling. From that evening, I thought that my future study has to be with reference to flight and flight systems. I am saying this because my teacher’s teaching and the event that I witnessed decided my future career.Then one evening after the classes, I asked the teacher, “Sir, please tell me, how to progress further in learning all about flight.” He patiently explained to me that I should complete 8th class, and then go to high school, and then I should go to engineering college that may lead to education on flight. If I complete all my education with excellence, I might do something connected with flight sciences. This advice and the bird flying exercise given by my teacher, really gave me a goal and a mission for my life. When I went to college, I took physics. When I went to engineering in Madras Institute of Technology, I took aeronautical engineering.

Thus my life was transformed as a rocket engineer, aerospace engineer and technologist. That one incident of my teacher teaching the lesson, showing the visual live example proved to be a turning point in my life which eventually shaped my profession.

A student during his school life upto 10+2 spends 25,000 hours in the school campus. His life is, more influenced by the teachers and the school environment. Therefore, the school must have the best of teachers with ability to, teach and love teaching and build moral qualities. Teachers should become role models. Similarly, the student must be alert to build himself with best of qualities and to get ignited with a vision for his or her future life.

I would like to share with you another experience with my teacher Prof. Satish Dhawan. First, I worked in Delhi with the Ministry of Defence. Later I joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1958 at the Aeronautical Development Establishment at Bangalore. There with the advice of the Director, I took up the development of hovercraft. Hovercraft design needed the development of a ducted contra-rotating propeller for creating a smooth flow balancing the torques. I did not know how to design a contra-rotating propeller though I knew how to design a conventional propeller. Some of my friends told me that I could approach Prof. Satish Dhawan of the Indian Institute of Science, who was well known for his aeronautical research, for help.

I took permission from my Director Dr Mediratta and went to Prof Dhawan who was sitting in a small room in the Indian Institute of Science with a lot of books in the background and a blackboard on the wall. Prof Dhawan asked me what the problem was that I wanted to discuss. I explained the problem.. He told me that it was really a challenging task and he would teach me the design if I attended his classes in IISc between 2 pm to 3 pm on all Saturdays for the next six weeks.

He was a visionary teacher. He prepared the schedule for the entire course and wrote it on the black board. He also gave me the reference material and books I should read before I start attending the course. I considered, this as a great opportunity and I started attending the discussion and started meeting him regularly. Before commencing each meeting, he would ask critical questions and assess my understanding of the subject. That was for the first time that I realized how a good teacher prepares himself for teaching with meticulous planning and prepares the student for acquisition of knowledge. This process continued for the next six weeks. I got the capability for designing the contra-rotating propeller. Prof Dhawan told me that I was ready for developing the contra-rotating propeller for a given hovercraft configuration. That was the time I realized that Prof Dhawan was not only a teacher but also a fantastic development engineer of aeronautical systems.

Later during the critical phases of testing, Prof Dhawan was with me to witness the test and find solutions to the problems. After reaching the smooth test phase, the contra-rotating propeller went through 50 hours of continuous testing. Prof Dhawan witnessed the test himself and congratulated me. That was a great day for me when I saw the contra rotating propeller designed by my team performing to the mission requirement in the hovercraft. However, at that time, I did not realize that Prof Dhawan would become chairman, ISRO and that I would get the opportunity to work with him as a project director in the development of the satellite launch vehicle SLV-3 for injecting the Rohini satellite into the orbit. Nature has its own way to link the student’s dream and real life later.

This was the first design in my career which gave me the confidence to design many complex aerospace systems in future. The hovercraft could fly just above the ground level carrying two passengers. I was the first pilot for this hovercraft and I could control and maneuver the vehicle in any direction. Through this project I learnt the techniques of designing and developing the contra-rotating propeller. Above all, I learnt that in a project, problems will always crop up; we should not allow problems to be our masters but we should defeat the problems. Then successes will sparkle.

The three teachers in my life; what did they give me? In an integrated way it can be said, that any enlightened human being can be created by three unique characteristics. One is moral value system. That I got from my father the hard way. Secondly, the teacher becoming a role model. Not only does the student learn, but the teacher shapes his life with great dreams and aims. Finally, the education and learning process has to culminate in the creation of professional capability leading to confidence and will power to make a design, to make a product, to make a system, bravely combating many problems. What a fortune and blessing I had from my three teachers.

Among the listeners, there may be many parents, many teachers and a large number of students. Every one of us in this planet creates a page in human history irrespective of who he/she is. I realize my experience is a small dot in human life, but that dot has a life and light. This light, let it light many lamps.

My best wishes to all of you on this occasion of Teachers’ Day. Thank you.

The XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, located in Jamshedpur is one of the top 5 B Schools in India. It was established in 1949. XLRI offers a full-time 2 year post graduate program in Business Management and Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, one year General Management program, doctoral programs and many executive education programs. MBA aspirants desirous of joining XLRI, XIMB and other 70 Indian B Schools to appear for XAT 2011.

XAT 2011 will be conducted on 2nd January 2011 in 33 Indian cities; Test Timings: 2 ½ hours. The test is to multiple choice type which will be of 2 hours duration followed by an additional test which is of 20 minutes duration. The format of the additional test may range from an open-ended essay or a multiple-choice type. Results will be available on the website by 31st January 2011. XAT scores will be used by more than 70 Indian B Schools including XLRI and XIMB.

XAT 2011 Centres ::

Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam.

Candidates can choose to obtain XAT bulletin:

• From select branch of Axis Bank
• by sending a demand draft
• by making online payment using credit card/debit card/net banking after online registration, from 01 September 2010 to 30 November 2010.

B Schools which use XAT scores ::

For more details visit, http://xlri.net.in/

The Managing Director of Prometric, Soumitra Roy has said that each question paper would be a little different from the other, but its evaluation would be done on the same scale. Since each question paper would be different, it might be possible that some questions are tougher than others. Meanwhile, Prometric has uploaded a number of short videos on YouTube on all aspects of CAT 2010. CAT aspirtants are strongly advised to view all these videos. The online CAT 2010 test will be held across 33 cities between Oct 27 and Nov 24 for the academic year 2010.

Introduction to CAT 2010 from Soumitra Roy, Managing Director, Prometric India

Introduction to CAT 2010 from Professor Himanshu Rai, Convenor, CAT 2010

CAT 2010 Registration & Scheduling Process

CAT 2010 Test Day Procedure

CAT 2010 Test Format

CAT 2010 Scoring Process

CAT 2010 Additional Information

CAT Candidate Care (IVRS/Phone Support)

Finally the controversial ‘fake IPL player’ has revealed himself on Times Now on Saturday. So Anupam Mukherji is the fake IPL player. He revealed himself on Times Now News Channel. He got inspiration of Fake IPL Player blog from a fake blog on Steve Jobs. Anupam said that cricket was always his passion and that he never imagined that his idea of Fake IPL Player Blog would create such a huge media speculation and response from Cricket fans. According to the Cricket Pundits, his blog was one of the biggest hoaxes in Indian cricket.

Fake IPL Player blog (http://www.fakeiplplayer.com/) was started on April 18, 2009, during second season of Indian Premier League matches. This blog was at its peak, on 26 April, 150,000 visitors, who each spent 15 minutes on the site. In this blog, the IPL players were referred by pseudonyms and details of apparent happenings in the IPL back-rooms were also described. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) managemen team called this blog “poison pen writing of the dirtiest variety.”

“The entire speculation was created by the media. The stories that I wrote, the nicknames I provided etc were all based on my imagination and research on the Kolkata Knight Riders. Everyone was made to believe that it was an insider. In fact, I had conducted a poll as well in the middle where I asked the readers whom they thought the fake IPL player was and maximum votes were given to the option of none of the above. This certainly showed that everyone had their own idea of the fake IPL player.” Anupam Mukherji

Last night, the Mozart of Madras, A.R. Rahman enthralled the audience with “Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeeto”, when he performed the 2010 Commonwealth Games Theme Song live during the launch at the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon. He had been working on the composition of the song for the past six months. The 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event ever conducted in India. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia. Let’s enjoy the Commonwealth Games 2010 Theme Song.

After the huge success of Wanted, Salman is back in action with one more cop movie, Dabangg. This is actually an action movie directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan. It is scheduled to be released on 10 September 2010. Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha are in lead roles. Sonakshi is daughter of famous Bollywood star and Indian politician Shatrughan Sinha. The film also features Om Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, and Mahie Gill in supporting roles while Sonu Sood is in negative role.

Dabangg Movie Synopsis ::

“I do not want to be sheltered from dangers. I want to be fearless while facing them.”

Set in Laalgurj, Uttar Pradesh, Dabangg is a story of Chulbul Pandey (Salman Khan), a totally fearless but corrupt police officer with unorthodox working methods. But even the most fearless at times face a tough fight with their innermost demons. Chulbul has had a bitter childhood. His father passed away when he was very young after which his mother Naini (Dimpla Kapadia) married Prajapati Pandey (Vinod Khanna). Together, they had a son Makhanchan (Arbaaz Khan). Prajapati favors Makhanchan which does not go down well with Chulbul. He decides to take control of his destiny and detaches himself from his stepfather and half brother. His sole attachment is his mother. However after his mother’s demise and an unsuccessful attempt to mend wounds, Chulbul snaps all ties with his stepfather and half brother. Rajo (Sonakshi Sinha) with her unique perspective of life enters his world and turns life upside down. Chulbul starts to see life more positively and also gets sensitized to the value of a family.

But his detractors especially the dubious Cheddi Singh (Sonu Sood) have their own vested interests and emerge as spokes in the wheels, putting one brother against the other. Makhanchan ends up carrying out act oblivious to the consequences. When he realizes he has been used, he turns to Chulbul.

Will Chulbul take his extended hand?
Will the brothers be able to thwart their detractors?
Will this time, Chulbul’s fearlessness channels itself positively and reunites him with his family?

Dabangg is a hard-hitting, entertaining, emotional narrative that unfolds grippingly in the region that has place only for the fearless.

Dabangg Cast ::

• Salman Khan (Chulbul Pandey)
• Sonakshi Sinha (Rajo)
• Arbaaz Khan (Makhanchand Pandey)
• Sonu Sood (Cheddi Singh)
• Mahie Gill
• Vinod Khanna (Prajapati Pandey)
• Dimple Kapadia (Naini)
• Om Puri
• Anupam Kher
• Tinu Anand
• Mahesh Manjrekar (Rajo’s father)
• Malaika Arora Munni
• Amitosh Nagpal

Dabangg Movie Characters:

Salman Khan as Chulbul Pandey – Chulbul Pandey plays a fearless but corrupt police officer who very early in his life learns to take control of his destiny. He meets each of life’s challenges with elan.

Sonakshi Sinha as Rajo – Rajo is the girl who changes Chulbul Pandey’s life with her positive effervescence. She is unable to think of her own future as she is devoted to her alcoholic father.

Arbaaz Khan as Makhanchan – Makhanchan the dim wit, is the younger half brother of Chulbul Pandey. They share a love-hate relationship.

Sonu Sood as Cheddi Singh – Cheddi Singh plays the prime antagonist. He uses one brother against the other to attain his own selfish goals.

Vinod Khanna as Prajapati Pandey – Prajapati Pandey is father of Makhanchan and step father od Chulbul. His relationship with Chulbul is turbulent and things take a turn for the worse after the death of Nalini, Chulbul’s mother.

Sajid-Wajid has composed the music.

Dabangg Movie Snaps ::

Dabangg Movie Trailer ::

According to the latest report by research firm comScore, Facebook has overtaken its competitors like Orkut and Yahoo in India to become the largest social networking site with more than 20 million visitors in July this year. Facebook registered a growth of 179 per cent whil Orkut is lagging behind at a growth rate of only 16 per cent. Currently, India is the seventh largest market worldwide for social networking, after the US, China, Germany, Russia, Brazil and the UK. The total Indian social networking audience grew 43 percent in the past year, more than tripling the rate of growth of the total Internet audience in India. India along with Brazil were the two markets that were dominated by Orkut when it came to social networking services.

“The social networking phenomenon continues to gain steam worldwide, and India represents one of the fastest growing markets at the moment,” comScore Executive Vice President (Asia-Pacific) Will Hodgman said.

ComScore is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital marketing intelligence.

Finally the former Union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor tied the knot with his Dubai-based fiance Sunanda Pushkar on Sunday. It was a typical Malayali wedding ceremony. The marriage was held in the presence of Tharoor’s 94-year-old grandmother, Jayasankari Amma, Tharoor’s sons and other family members. The function was held at the 200-year-old ancestral home of Tharoor at Elavanchery village near Kollangodu at about 8.30 am on Sunday. During the marriage Tharoor was clad in traditional Malayali attire of kurtha and mundu whereas 48-year-old Sunanda, a Kashmiri dressed in ‘veshti-mundu set’ like any Malayali bride.

Today, CAT 2010 advertisement has been published in the leading Indian newspapers. It has provided almost all the main details regarding CAT 2010. It is scheduled to be held during the period Wednesday 27 Oct. to Wednesday 24 Nov 2010. The CAT 2010 vouchers can be obtained from selected Axis Bank branches between Monday, 30 August – Monday, 27 September 2010 for Rs. 1400/- (Rs. 700/- for SC/ST candidates). Online registrations are open from Monday, 30 August 2010 – Thursday, 30 September 2010. The online CAT 2010 Exam will be a two and a half hour paper including a 15 minute tutorial. It will consist of 60 questions distributed over 3 sections viz. QA, VA & DILR. CAT 2010 results will be declared on 12 January 2011 on the website www.catiim.in.

CAT 2010 Test Paper Pattern ::

The duration of the test is 2 hours and 30 minutes including initial 15 minute tutorial. No breaks will be given during the test. The test consists of questions that evaluate a candidate’s quantitative, verbal, and logical & data interpretation abilities. Therefore, there are a total of three sections in the test. There will be about 60 questions in the test. At the test venue, each candidate will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and he/she will be provided with a scratch paper for calculations. After the test, candidate must leave the scratch paper at the desk. Rough work cannot be done on any other paper/sheet, as nothing will be allowed inside the testing room

Important Dates regarding CAT 2010 ::

For more details, visit CAT website (www.catiim.in).