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Aakash Android Application Programming Workshop for Students commences at Techno NJR

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Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur as Aakash Project Center is conducting 4 days Aakash Android Application Programming Workshop for Students (23rd – 24th Feb 2013 and 2nd -3rd Mar 2013) under National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) and in association with IIT Bombay.

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It is now well established that the quality of education can be improved considerably by proper use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), to supplement the conventional mode of education. Aakash tablets were launched by MHRD in October 2011. These are Low Cost Access cum- computing Devices. The National Mission on Education using ICT (NME-ICT) envisages that these tablets should be deployed for empowering our students and teachers.

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Through this workshop, IIT Bombay plans to train participants on android application programming for Aakash tablets with two objectives. The first is to test and enhance the effectiveness of these tablets for use in classrooms. The second is development of new open source educational applications and contents for Aakash, largely through final year Research and Development projects done by BE/MCA/ME students.

Following topics will be covered in the workshop:

  • Android Apps Programming:
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Setting up Eclipse for Android Software Development
  • Android Building Blocks
  • Layouts and UI Control.
  • Android Application Resources.
  • Introduction to Animation and Graphics.
  • Data Storage.
  • Web Application Development.
  • Publishing your Application.

Since the workshop is funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Government of India), there is no course fee for participation.

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 Piyush Javeria, Aakash Project Coordinator describes Aakash as an access device in which a Linux environment has been developed atop an Android operating system. Tailored compilers for C, C++, Python and Scilab are ported so that users can write and run programmes on the tablet, emphasizing its use as a full-fledged computer. Powered by a 1GHz processor and backed with a 512 MB RAM, Aakash 2 sports a 7″ capacitive screen, a USB port and micro SD card slot and promises a battery life of 3 hours for normal operations, running at core, the Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich).  He also added that 200 students of pre-final and final years of engineering have registered and are attending this workshop with great enthusiasm. They are getting chance to use Aakash tablet and deploy their own created apps on it. First day concluded with basics of Java and Android with development of simple android application development. Students can also participate in National Software Development Competition on AAKASH tablet  (http://aakashlabs.org/compete) and win prizes worth Rs 1 lac.

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संगीत व नृत्य का महाकुम्भ – 51वाँ महाराणा कुम्भा संगीत समारोह

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हर वर्ष की भांति महाराणा कुभा संगीत परिषद् द्वारा इस वर्ष 51वाँ वार्षिक महाराणा कुम्भ संगीत समारोह दिनांक 22 फरवरी से आयोजित किया जा रहा है। समारोह का आयोजन नगर परिषद् के सुखाडिया रंगमंच पर किया जाएगा। समारोह का शुभारम्भ 22 फरवरी व समापन 24 फरवरी को होगा। सभी दिन कार्यक्रमों की शुरुआत शाम 7 बजे से होगी। समारोह के दौरान विभिन्न नृत्य व भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीत के  कार्यक्रम प्रस्तुत किये जायेंगे। हर बार की तरह इस बार भी देश की नामी हस्तियाँ समारोह में शिरकत करेंगी व समारोह की सफलता में चार चाँद लगाएंगी।

महाराणा कुम्भा संगीत परिषद् के मानद सचिव श्री वाय एस कोठारी ने बताया कि परिषद् की स्थापना सन 1962 में की गयी थी। इसका मुख्य उद्देश्य भारतीय संगीत व नृत्य की विरासत को संजोना व इस मंच के द्वारा आम जन को कला, संगीत और नृत्य से जोड़ना है  स्थापना से लेकर आज तक महाराणा कुम्भा संगीत परिषद् में भारत की जानी मानी हस्तियाँ उदयपुर में अपनी प्रस्तुतियां दे कर दर्शकों का मन मोह चुकी हैं। साथ ही परिषद् नए उभरते कलाकारों को इस मंच के माध्यम से आगे बढ़ने का मार्ग प्रशस्त कराता है। नए कलाकारों के लिए यह बहुत उपयोगी साबित हुआ है।

कुम्भा संगीत परिषद् के कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष सज्जन सिंह राणावत, संयोजक डा पी  पी चटराज, उपाध्यक्ष प्रेम भण्डारी, डा के एन नाग, डी आई खान, कंचन सिंह हिरन, देवेन्द्र सिंह हिरन, व महादेव दमानी के परिषद् के कार्यक्रमों की जानकारी दी तथा इनकी विशेषताओं के बारे में बताया।

प्रस्तुत किये जाने वाले कार्यक्रमों की सूची

22 फरवरी – ध्रुपद गायन – श्री रमाकांत गुंदेचा व श्री उमाकांत गुंदेचा

22 फरवरी – भरतनाट्यम नृत्य – डा मल्लिका साराभाई और साथी

23 फरवरी – बांसुरी वादन – पंडित रोनू मजूमदार

23 फरवरी – ओडिसी नृत्य – डोना गांगुली और साथी

24 फरवरी – सितार वादन – श्री निलाद्री कुमार

24 फरवरी  – गायन – श्रीमती परवीन सुल्ताना व उस्ताद दिलशाद खान

समारोह में निम्न कलाकार भी मुख्य कार्यक्रम के दौरान विभिन्न वाद्यों पर संगत करेंगे – श्री अखिलेश गुंदेचा, श्री सुधीर पांडे, पंडित अनिंदो चटर्जी, श्री मुकुंद राज देव व श्रीनिवास आचार्य।

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The Udaipur Leap-Day LitFest 2013

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The Udaipur Leap-Day Lit Fest (ULLF) is the first-of-its-kind literary fest is being conducted by Potpourri, the Literary Society of IIM-Udaipur on February 28, 2013. The ULLF will be held on the IIMU campus and will have an eminent panel of authors discussing two central themes: ‘Indian Mythology and Fantasy through New Age Fiction’ & ‘The Future of Social Entrepreneurship in India’. The list of participating authors includes literary luminaries like Ms. Rashmi Bansal, Mr. Rajiv G. Menon and Mr. Ashwin Sanghi.

The ULLF will also have the authors interacting individually with the audience on varied topics like what led them to take up writing as a career and how life is like for an up-and-coming Indian author. The goal of the ULLF is to be a celebration of contemporary Indian writing while also promoting the love for reading and writing among business school students in the country. With this in mind, the audience for the first edition will not be limited to just students and staff from IIM Udaipur, but will also have students invited from all over Rajasthan and nearby states, local literary figures and other eminent personalities. The entire Fest will be broadcast Live over the Internet through Youtube.

The Fest aims to be the first annual event of its kind at any top B-School in the country and the organizers have hopes of having it counted amongst the preeminent literary festivals in the country over the coming years.

IIM Udaipur, which is the youngest of the 13 IIMs, has been very active in promoting events that will set it apart from the other top tier business schools. An extension of this has been the efforts of its Literary Society, Potpourri who have already conducted a number of unique events on both the local as well as inter-collegiate levels, such as the recently concluded Udaipur Amazing Race held on February 10.

 

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Author Biography:

 

Rashmi Bansal

Rashmi Bansal is a writer, entrepreneur and a youth expert. She is also the author of four bestselling books on entrepreneurship – Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, Connect the Dots, I Have a Dream, and Poor Little Rich Slum, all of which have attained bestseller status in the country. She is the co-founder and editor of JAM (Just Another Magazine). She writes extensively on youth, careers and entrepreneurship on her blog, Youth Curry.

 

Ashwin Sanghi

Ashwin Sanghi has a B.A. (Economics) from St. Xavier’s College, and an M.B.A. (Finance) from the Yale School of Management. However, unlike other businessmen, Ashwin has managed to build a successful career as a writer of mythological fiction. He has written such bestsellers as The Rozabal Line, Krishna Key and the ever popular Chanakya’s Chant, which has continued to dominate the Indian fiction charts ever since its launch in 2010. The subjects of his works cover wide domains such as Jesus dying in Kashmir to Mauryan political intrigue.

Ashwin is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Creative Writing. Ashwin lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anushika, and his son, Raghuvir.

 

Rajiv G Menon

Before setting out on a writing career, Rajiv G. Menon was an actor, occasional screenwriter, traveler and beach bum. A voracious reader since childhood, he was fascinated by stories and characters from Indian, Greek and Norse Mythology. Thundergod, the first part of his Indra trilogy was born as a result of that fascination. Being of the opinion that the mythology we know now has been written by the winning side, Rajiv feels that there can be an interesting view from the other side as well.

Rajiv lives in Bangalore and has previously made films in Tamil.

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INOX Opened in Lakecity Mall, Udaipur

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INOX Leisure Ltd., India’s favorite movie destination made its entry into Udaipur today with the launch of its first multiplex in the city. Located at Lake City Mall, INOX is now open to guests with 4 screens and 901 seats. This is INOX’s 6th multiplex in Rajasthan. INOX already has 4 multiplexes in Jaipur and 1 in Kota.

Mr. Alok Tandon, CEO – INOX Leisure Ltd. said, “It’s our privilege to open our first multiplex in this beautiful city of Udaipur. Our aim is to revolutionize the movie watching experience in the city with modern comforts, clear uncompressed sound and bright, crystal clear image. We are also pleased that this new multiplex is now part of a historic move by INOX where all screens across the country are equipped with top-of-the-line 2K, DCI compliant digital projectors,” he added.

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Luxury is the corner stone of all INOX multiplexes. Plush seats with ample leg space, lush carpeting in the auditoriums, a spacious lobby and state-of –the –art technolgy; all backed by world-class hospitality, makes it a never seen before movie experience. For easy and convenient ticket booking INOX also offers online booking on www.inoxmovies.com and telebooking number – 0294-2428586.

The movies showcased at INOX – Lake City Mall in the opening week are MURDER 3, JAYANTABHAI KI LOVE STORY, SPECIAL 26, ABCD (Hindi) and ZERO DARK THIRTY (English).

Once at the cinema, the customer experience is further enhanced at ‘Refuel’ the in-house brand of theatre food, which serves an extended menu of flavored popcorn, hot and cold snacks, beverages and a variety of combo meals.

With the launch of this multiplex, INOX now has a total of 45 multiplexes and 178 screens in 29 cities across India.

INOX Lobby Udaipur
Photo by : Ravi Soni

Ticket Rates as per now are Rs. 120, 140 and 300

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LIVE THE MOVIE only at INOX!

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Infinity – The Rocking Launch on 14th Feb

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Infinity a new band of Udaipur would launch on this Valentine’s Day 14th February 2013. Infinity would mark its Presence at FnB Masters Café Rocks through the debut live performance from 8:00 pm onwards. How the name Infinity was decided? Putting the questions with the band members; they revealed that Infinity means Enormous, Endless, Infinite and Indefinite. It has no Limits, no Boundaries, and no Barriers and so is the MUSIC. In fact every art form be it Fine Art, Visual Art or Performing Art is infinite in nature. Music is an art that is appreciated by every human being on this planet. It is a medium which could be explored by ears, felt by the heart and put your mind to relax mode. Keeping mind the indefinite nature of art; the name Infinity was decided unanimously by the team.

Infinity Team

Ashwini Bagga is the rhythm guitarist in the band. Mr. Bagga born and brought up in Jaipur and he is residing at Udaipur from last 3 years. He was passionate about learning guitar from his childhood. But life and circumstances always kept him away from his burning desire. On a fortunate day he came in contact with Mr. Ashok Mukherjee who is a renowned personality in the field of music. Mr. Mukherjee is an excellent music composer, arranger and a vocalist. He took his guitar training under his esteemed guidance. Mr. Bagga is an Ex IT Professional and presently indulged devotedly in Creative Writing and Music. He is also a Guitar Trainer and he is running his own guitar institute Fret Beats School of Guitar since 2007.

Kinshuk Nagar is the Classical Lead Singer at Infinity and he belongs to Jaipur. From last two years he is living in Udaipur. He is a Mechanical Engineer by profession. He took his classical training from Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt at Jaipur. Kinshuk is a man of his own destiny. He makes his own rules to follow and to break them. He is into the extracurricular activities from childhood. He has performed several times for TV & Radio and has given various stage shows. Music is his first and foremost passion.

Yogesh Chanderia is young, energetic young blood at Infinity. He is a management student and pursuing his management degree from in JIMS, Jaipur. He is resident of Udaipur and ripening his experience over his Drums Machine. He is good at playing the percussion instrument, the Drums. Apart from the Management Graduation he wishes to be a renowned artist in the field of music.

To know more about their band and their further activities, you may connect with them on Facebook. Their Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/InfinityUdaipur

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Classic India 2013 – Vintage Car Rally

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About The Event

Classic India 2013 is a Vintage Car Rally Event being organized by ROARR Rallies who have been organizing such events from past 13 years. Total 15 Vintage Cars are taking part in this rally from around the world. The rally would start from Delhi on 24 January and would pass through Rajasthan and would end up in Gujrat.

 

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About The Event Organizers

ROARR Rallies is running car rallies around the world and always keen looking for such enthusiastic and adventurous events. Just last year they organized Great Game rally which ran from Istanbul to Calcutta and it had been a remarkable adventure from the participants and car lovers.

The ROARR Rallies has experienced that they have bypassed the glorious land of Rajasthan and thus they had come up with the plan to include the stateof Rajasthan in their rally. Hence in this rally they have included the land of dunes. The Classic India 2013 Car Rally would track through various states, cities and villages of Rajasthan including Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur and Jaisalmer.

 

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Rally Update

The rally took off on 24th January 2013 from Delhi. Before arriving to Udaipur the participants held a day at Kumbhalgarh. The rally reached Udaipur at evening on 31st January. From Udaipur they would flag off to Dungarpur on 2nd February 2013. The Vintage car lovers across the world have gathered here to participate in the event. The would also explore the cultural heritage of India covering various states and villages of Rajasthan, Gujarat and some parts of MP. The rally would conclude on 21st February 2013.

The most interesting fact about this rally is the participation of Garage Owner of Udaipur Mr. Yunus Hussain who is also famous among the car owners of Udaipur as Bunty. Mr. Yunus has his own car garage in Ayad and he is participating as a Mechanical Squad and holds the responsibility to provide repair and maintenance in entire journey of the rally. Mr. Yumus is supporting such events from past 12 years.

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The Cars 

The cars participating in the rally are from mid 90’s are a few are more than 50 years old. The cars participating in the event includes

  • Jaguar XK150S 1958
  • Mercedes 280SL 1968
  • DeSoto Fireflite 1955
  • Lincoln Capri 1953
  • Alfa Romeo Giulia TI 1965
  • Lanchester 40HP 1925
  • Lagonda L645 1937
  • Volvo PV 544 1965
  • Chevy Convertible 1937
  • Mercedes 450SL 1974
  • Jaguar XK120 1953
  • Jaguar XK120 1954
  • Mercedes 280SL 1970
  • Ambassador Classic
  • Mercedes 280SL 1968

 

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According to the Director and Organizer of ROARR Mr. Conard Brich,  
“The Motive behind this drive is to regain glory of engineering master pieces of its time. I was passionate about vintage since childhood. I grew up amidst these old muscular cars as they were my father’s passion too.”

More information of ROARR could be seen from their website www.roarrallies.com

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Egg Station Udaipur : Now Opened!!

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Egg Station Udaipur, An Egg specialty restaurant situated at Shop No 3 , Near Nand Bhawan and Hotel Royal Inn, 100 Feet Shobhagpura Road , Khara Kua officially opens for public on 31 January 2013, timings of this Egg dedicated restaurant are from 1:00 pm in noon to 10:00 pm in night.

Egg Station Udaipur is a franchise of renowned Egg Station Vadodra. Pioneered and conceptualized by Mr. Nitin Nanavaty who has ventured in much other food restaurant businesses successfully. Egg station further has more branches/restaurants in Mumbai, Vidyanagar and Vadodra in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Egg Station Udaipur is the very first branch/restaurant in Rajasthan, owned and managed by Mr. Shakti Singh Dulawat promoter of Dulawat Food and Hospitality.

Along with egg specialty dishes like different omelets, scrambles, frankies, egg platters, rice & biryani varieties Egg Station Udaipur also serves vegetarian dishes like pasta, sandwich, maggi and veg. platters accompanied with a good range of beverages like fresh fruit juices, soft drinks, flavored tea & coffee.

What makes the Egg station franchise very popular is the fact that it offers premium ambience and top quality meals at an economic price.

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Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone in Udaipur for Shoot of Ram Leela

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali has developed a prolonged anticipatory eagerness into the mass for his next upcoming film Ram Leela. A latest half page print commercial has revealed the release of the film and it has been target to hit cinemas on 29th November 2013. The storyline of the film has yet not been revealed anywhere but it seems to have action as well. The film is still into the production phase and its shooting would also take place in Udaipur.

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are the main lead players in the film. Film is being produced & directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Kishore Lulla. Music and Screen Play is also headed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali himself and Lyrics are written by Siddharth-Garima.

Producer Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali along with other crew members arrived Udaipur last night. They reviewed and inspected various important locations of the city with respect to the shooting of the film. The shooting would commence from 27 January 2013 and would continue for eight days. Most of scenes of the film would be shot at Gangaur Ghat and Jagdish Chowk area.

According to the sources Deepika Padukone would reach Udaipur on 3-4 February and Ranveer Singh is expected to arrive on 28 of January 2013. Udaipur and people of Udaipur are gifted with the celebrities’ walk in with the commencement of the New Year, 2013. We have yet another eleven months to go; so keep your fingers crossed Udaipurites for the next show.

Also Read: Forecast about Udaipur 2013

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Egg Station to Open Soon in Udaipur

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Good news for the Egg Lovers of Udaipur. After endorsing its grand success in cities like Baroda and Vidhya Nagar the Egg Station is coming up in our city to rock your taste buds with its exciting tasty egg delicacies. Soon it would mark its presence in four other cities too along with Udaipur.

What makes Egg Station a unique & memorable experience?

While finding out the details about the specialty of Egg Station we came across certain facts. Egg Stations is committed to serve its guests the Variety of Tasty food prepared with utmost Hygienic ingredients and in Hygienic environment. This is the prime mission of Egg Station. It is maintained in the process from bottom to top, till it is served on the table.

Owner of the Dulawat Food & Hospitality Mr. Shakti Singh Dulawat shared that Egg is the most popular and vital food in the world. It is tasty and healthy and can be cooked in variety of ways. It is the one only vital ingredient of your daily food and food supplement which can be consumed at any part of the meal from breakfast to dinner and of course in any form. Today people consume eggs in variety of ways to absorb its necessary proteins and vitamins, some may eat without cooking, some like to mix it in hot milk, some like semi cooked and some completely cooked. So there are innumerable ways to experiment with this astonishing small oval shaped food the egg. At Egg Station we plan to present to you a platter of tasty egg delicacies that will delight your taste buds and keep bringing you back for more.

Egg Station is committed to serve you and satisfy your taste buds with its variety of countless preparations and delicacies that would deliver a unique and memorable experience that you never had before and of course everything would be purely hygienic. Apart from its tasty and delicious preparations Egg Station offers a place where friends, family and businessman & professionals could enjoy their meals in a comfortable, clean, calm and soothing environment.

Usually if you wish to enjoy eggs then where do you go Udaipur?

Your mindset would certainly revolve around and would stop to a roadside egg stall. This scarcity of such an admirable place where people could sit, gossip and enjoy eggs would be fulfilled by Egg Station very soon. The main objective of Egg Station is to offer an international experience which matches road side cafe style eateries across the world.

At Egg Station you would find yourself confident with their variety and taste and that would certainly meet with your expectations. Their menu is a combination of very popular items and international favorites. There is something for everyone and the choice would certainly attract you. Authentic ingredients and proper cooking techniques are guaranteed to make your experience tasty as well as enjoyable & memorable.

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The final date of launch would be announced very soon. Till the time you could connect with Egg Station’s latest update on their page on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/EggStationUdaipur

 

Egg Station would be soon launched at:

Shop No 3, Near Nand Bhawan, 100 Feet Shobhagpura Road, Khara Kua, Udaipur, Rajasthan – 313001.

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MLSU: Wait for Examination Forms finally over!

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Already facing criticism for not having been able to timely clear the last year’s RL results and administrative mismanagements in the new exam pattern, another introduction proving the yet prevailing suffering of lack of staff is the introduction of Undergraduate Exam Application Forms at the end of the year.

While in the previous year, the exam forms had started being filled in the 3rd week of September itself, being late by more than 3 months directly point towards the shifting of examination dates. Introducing forms at a time when most of the students are home on vacations is also a decision that isn’t turning soothing for the students. Nobody wishes so but if the dates of examination get shifted, the most affected group will be of those in the 2nd & final year: planning to get into another University or looking for free time to prepare for entrance examinations which are held in the second quarter of the year.

On the part of the students, the expectations still lie that the exams take place in March-April, rest depends on the speed of administration and the diligent pushes of the Student Union representation.

As of Monday 24th December 2012, the exam forms for B.Com 1st, 2nd & 3rd year and that of B.A. 1st year have appeared online, you may get it from the following link & submit the filled application form at your respective colleges:

Link for online examination forms: http://mlsu.digiuniv.com/exam/onlineexamfrm.aspx

Wishing the students all the best and a merry Christmas.