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What is happening to our Udaipur students?

The noon of December 17 2012 brought the news which shocked the whole city.  The city of Lakes seemed turned into the Red City. Two groups from different college collapsed with each other and their thirst quenched with taking life of one of the student from Bhupal Noble’s College Jaipal Singh.

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Photo via : UdaipurNews.in

If we really go into the deep to investigate the matter; the real cause of this serious incident would shock us one more time. A simple debate on a cultural event turned aggressive and finally had led to the bloodshed which took life of one of the student. So far the reasons of murder were mostly matter related to money, kidnap, land, robbery and sexual harassment etc. Such cause of murdering has added one more chapter in the queue which needs a serious exercise to be done.

Let us analyze the aftermath of the whole scenario and try to understand the whole story. What do you think? What would be going to happen next? Some of you might know very well. There would be a lot of aggression and agitation in the mass. Many students from college and hostels would get back to their home till the matter saturates. People and organizations would protest and they would demand for the compensation. Police and administration would fulfill their duties. After a certain time the matter would settle down. This is all what going to happen. Every citizen has respect for law and order and has sympathy for the student who lost his life. Similarly they are even burning from within and are eager to sentence all those who have committed this crime.

What for the next year? Yes, what is the plan for the next year? Life won’t stop for all of us. Colleges would reopen. Elections too would take place next year in college and universities. Cultural activities will also be organized and perhaps such incident might also get repeated in the coming year. Are we really ready for it?

It is a question for all of us. The cultural programs, activities and functions in colleges and universities are the events where students from various institutions gather at one place. At times this provokes them to race with each other. Groups are formed, agitation rotates, a plot is generated, and finally it reaches to the climax and we face a horrible dead end. This might happen in the next year’s program too. Friends, now the time has come to think and act so that we can stop such useless mishaps before it starts. What things can we do? This is a big question.

Well preparation and educating students is the only one important medium which can save such accidents. There are lots of things which can be planned and implemented at the time of activities when students gather. Some of them we can summarize.

  • All colleges and hostel should be scrutinized and a thorough checking should be performed for weapons or any illegal material.
  • Places where these programs are organized should be kept fool proof with tightened security. Usually this is avoided.
  • All cultural activities should be kept under surveillance.
  • Among students; groups should be formed from various colleges and universities who could help to manage proper security and other necessary arrangements. This could be done by taking their voluntary service.
  • If required additional security could be enforced.
  • Help of police and local administration should also be enhanced during such activities.
  • A normal debate or aggression should be taken care seriously. Students involved in such debate should be kept under strong monitoring.
  • A better plan should be made to manage the whole list of activities and proper responsibilities should be delegated so that such situations could be avoided. College and University administration’s strong participation needs to be involved in delegation.
  • Above all what is felt is there is a need to study or survey the trend – why our students are becoming so violent? What is the psychology which is playing behind the scene? Students taking admissions into college to complete their academic carrier are turning into a killer or murderer. This factor needs to be studied very deeply.

Although all these things which are covered would certainly require more finance to manage the event. But, it would definitely cost less than the life of an innocent student.

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IIM Udaipur launches “Campus Connect” – A Social initiative

IIM Udaipur

Contrary to just thinking about case studies, calculating the return on investment and thinking about landing high-paying corporate jobs, IIM Udaipur students took the initiative to provide career guidance to local students, mainly from government schools. The students of class 9 and class 10, of Shikshaniketan high school were invited to the IIM campus, to spend a day and understand life in an IIM.

The program, “Campus Connect”, was organized by Prayatna, the social club of IIM Udaipur. The program was intended to inspire students and guide them to take careers which would really interest them. The purpose of the program was to motivate them to not give up their dreams and put in sincere and honest efforts to achieve.

The program began with an introductory session for the students. Each student was first asked to come onto the stage and speak about his/her self and his/her aspirations, for 2 minutes. The intention was to build confidence and break the initial ice. Most of the students came up with bright aspirations; one of them wanted to become an engineer, another, doctor, a few wanted to join the Indian Army and some wanted to get into the Civil Services.

The IIM students began their presentation about career options that were available after they completed their class 10. The presentation clearly explained the various paths which would lead them to their goal.

The session also included motivational snippets from the biography of our former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. His life history, highlighting the hard work and obstacles he had to face, to reach the pinnacle of success, was shared with the young minds to motivate them to think “BIG”.

IIM Udaipur – Creating tomorrow’s Leaders: The students were also explained about an MBA and life in an IIM. They were told that IIMs are the premier institutes in India which train young graduates to become efficient managers. The children were shown various motivational videos, like the success story of Govind Jaiswal – a rickshaw puller’s son, who secured All India Rank 48 in Civil Service Exam in 2006.

Then the students proceeded to participate in personality development games. The games subjected them to various situations which they might face in their daily lives. These games taught them the importance of team dynamics, especially in the world after school.

Personal Mentorship: The students of IIM Udaipur want this initiative to be fruitful, so each school student has been assigned an IIM-U Student as their mentor. They would remain in constant touch with the school students and guide them in their career in the years to come.

Prof. Shah interacting with the students

Dr. Janat Shah-The Director of IIM Udaipur expressed his happiness at such an innovative initiative, by the students of IIM Udaipur. He said “We are extremely grateful to Udaipur which has given us immense support in establishing IIM in Udaipur. We are always committed to nation building and this initiative by my students is just a step towards contributing for the wellbeing and development of Udaipur”. He advised the students to work harder in life and never give up until the goal was achieved.

The students of IIM Udaipur expressed their happiness and promised to extend this personal mentorship to many other students in and around Udaipur, to guide them in their careers and help them Dream BIG!!!

 

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IW-MCC 2012 at Techno India NJR Concludes

Techno India NJR Workshop

The International Workshop on Mobile and Cloud Computing (iw-mcc) 2012 being organized by Techno India NJR, and with the joint efforts of IEEE India Computer Society from 4th-5th Dec 2012 concluded successfully.

The second day started with sessions by Kaushal Upadhyay (Hardware Engineer, Google) he shared his views on Explosion of Cloud and Mobile Computing. Followed by session of Mr. Bharath Raj (Enterprises Solutions Performance Analyst, IBM).

There held a Valedictory Session in which students who outperformed in IEEE Student Branch Activities were felicitated with Certificate of Appreciation by John Walz, President IEEE Computer Society.

Piyush Javeria was honoured by John Walz, IEEE Computer Society President for his dedication and work during the year for the IEEE.

Piyush Javeria Felicitated

John Walz also spoke to students regarding IEEE student chapter setups and cleared queries of attendees.

John Walz

Ketan Bhatt was guest of honor at valedictory. Dr. Dharm Singh, VP, CSI Udaipur Chapter, was also present among the dignitaries.

Piyush Javeria, Chairperson of Organizing Committee of IW-MCC delivered the vote of thanks.

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Day 1 at International Workshop on Mobile and Cloud Computing (IW-MCC 2012) concluded successfully

Workshop in Techno NJR on Cloud Computing

The International Workshop on Mobile and Cloud Computing (iw-mcc) 2012 being organized by Techno India NJR, and with the joint efforts of IEEE India Educational Society from 4th-5th Dec 2012 had its first day today. Inaugurated by John Walz, president, IEEE Computer Society, the workshop was followed by his Keynote speech. The workshop started with a houseful session by Madhukar Dubey, CEO, Fusion eSolutions LLC, USA over basics of Cloud Computing and Innovations, followed by speech of Gaurav Mantri founder, Cerebrata Softwares and Windows Azure MVP (Most Valuable Professional) over Windows Azure details. In the later session, Ravi Singhal (IBM AIX Expert) took a session over Data Warehousing and Application for Datacenter, and gave students a hands-on session on the IBM AIX servers. Mr. Ananya Singhal, Group Head IT & Infrastructure, Secure meters was the Guest of Honour.

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Madhukar Dubey and Gaurav Mantri Udaipur

 

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IIM-U welcomes Vedanta resources chairman, Mr. Anil Agarwal

Anil Agarwal IIM Udaipur

Mr. Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman of Vedanta resources visited the IIM Udaipur campus to interact with the students. He was accompanied by Mr. Akhilesh Joshi – CEO Hindustan Zinc Ltd., Mr. A. Thiru – HR head, Vedanta Resources, Ms. Queenie Dhody – renowned columnist and socialite, and Mr. Zafar, an oil and gas entrepreneur from Oman.

Mr. Agarwal spoke about his life as an entrepreneur and how he has built the $ 50 billion Vedanta group into one of the largest natural resources groups in the world. He encouraged the students to become entrepreneurs or work in a company which allows entrepreneurial ideas to flourish. He said that the students should learn from the people of Rajasthan, who are hardworking and business-minded yet have their head firmly on their shoulders.

In a lively and interactive Q&A session with the students, Mr. Agarwal went on to talk about social upliftment and the CSR activities which the Vedanta group has undertaken as part of socially inclusive development of their mining sites. He also spoke about his possible retirement in the next 3-4 years, his interest in eradicating child malnutrition, developing the higher education system in India and the opening of Vedanta University – at par with Ivy League universities.

Mr. Agarwal also spoke about India becoming self-sufficient in the field of natural resources and energy and exhorted the students to work towards stopping India from becoming an import based economy. He said that this can be done by utilising our natural resources more efficiently and manufacturing using our own facilities instead of importing goods.

The session ended with Ms. Queenie Dhody expressing her happiness on seeing the gender diversity amongst the students of IIM Udaipur.

The interaction was a great learning experience for the students who got an opportunity to be inspired by a self-made man such as Mr. Agarwal.

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Akon & Priyanka Chopra to perform in wedding ceremony at Jagmandir

akon in udaipur
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The News sources reveal that Udaipur is all set to witness a Big Fat wedding of Businessman Puru Sethia, who belongs to the Sethia business family in UK. All the major hotels and palaces in udaipur have been booked between 21 November – 24 November.

According to news the international music sensation Akon will be performing a duet with Priyanka Chopra in Sangeet ceremony to be held in Jag Mandir Palace on 22 November. Other performers at the wedding will include Singer Kailash Kher and DJ Aqeel.

The alluring beauty and hospitality of Udaipur is so convincing that every year Udaipur gets to witness such Big Functions. 😉

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News Source : Times Group

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Puru Sethia Wedding pictures

Puru Sethia Wedding pictures

Puru Sethia Wedding pictures

Puru Sethia Wedding pictures

Puru Sethia Wedding pictures

Sangeet Ceremony : (22 November) – Jagmandir Palace:

Wedding in Jagmandir

Performances in Jagmandir

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[Pictures] Sky Full of Lighters…. @ Fatehsagar

sky full of lighters

 

What a lovely hour it was!! Totally majestic, beauteous and perfectly magical!! It was a breathtakingly fantabulous moment to watch more than 100 lanterns going higher and higher in the sky and then disappearing all of a sudden. Clusters of these lighters flying above cherished the entire sky with the warmth of happiness and love.

This was a special effort made by the youth of Udaipur for encouraging an eco friendly Diwali among all the Udaipurites. An event organized by UdaipurBlog.com & Astronomia Shoppe came out to be a great success and was totally worth it.

The environment was filled with the air of mixed emotions and made everyone delightful. Lots of people came by and enthusiastically participated to float the lighters in the blues of heaven.

Everyone’s eyes were resting on the sky to see the lanterns going on and on and on till they fade away. The event started at about 6:30 pm and continued smoothly and superbly for an hour.

A bunch of happy souls interestingly taking part in the event made the environment absolutely refreshing and lively.

The event with its freshness and uniqueness became a memorable one in every individual’s heart and will be enshrined forever.

For those who missed it, I must say you missed something really fascinating. But again, abiding by our duty to provide you every interesting update of Udaipur, here we present the photographs, by the readers of UB and supporters of events.  🙂

 

Kids enjoying with Lanterns

 

Night Sky Lanterns

 

Igniting Sky Lanterns

 

Sky Lanterns in Udaipur

 

Hot air Balloons

 

Buy Sky Lanterns

 

Sky Lanterns in Udaipur

 

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Sky lanterns in udaipur

 

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Sky lanterns in udaipur

 

Sky lanterns in udaipur

 

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Sky lanterns in udaipur

 

Sanjit and Friends

 

Sky lanterns celebration in udaipur

 

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Sky lanterns celebration in udaipur

 

Sky lanterns celebration in udaipur

 

Sky lanterns celebration in udaipur

 

Sky lanterns celebration in udaipur

 

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Photos By: Lakhan Sharma, Yash Sharma, Aditya Bhaskar, Chirag Mehta 🙂

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Pizza Hut & KFC opened in Lakecity Mall, Udaipur

Udaipur – All set for PIZZA HUT & KFC??

kfc and pizza hut in udaipur

“Udaipur is known as the Venice of the east”.

This line reckons the enterprises to get attracted towards the beauty of the Udaipur city. The much awaited mall located in the hearts of the city after the heritage mall of the Udaipur is all set. Everybody’s unrestrained excitement and wishes will be fulfilled by the modern and the enchanting features of the new upcoming mall – The Lakecity Mall, Ashok Nagar Road.

Lakecity mall, udaipur
Lakecity mall, udaipur – rsgindia.co.in

The amenities including Large food court area accommodating around 250 persons, dining restaurant, 4 screen multiplex having an area of approx. 1000 people seating, stadium, Kids food zone, simulation games, hall for marriage ceremonies, roof-top swimming pool, meditation room, well- equipped spa, conference hall and a lot more.

After reading these facilitative things, not only our Udaipur localities’ instead tourists will also come in an impatient expectancy state. But this is not only the end; Its confirmed that the first few shops includes Pizza Hut & KFC.

Pizza Hut in Udaipur

Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with dishes including pastas, bread sticks and garlic bread. Pizza Hut is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., the world’s largest restaurant company.

In addition to this, another flavoring and yummy-yum KFC, A subsidiary of the same Yum Bands, Inc. will also be functional by 22 October, 2012 (Confirmed date by Mall Staff).

 

KFC Udaipur

 

KFC Udaipur

KFC Udaipur
KFC @ The Lakecity Mall – Before the Official Launch

 

Pizza hut presently provides the takeaway services rather than home delivery in Udaipur. 🙂

 

An Article by : Smriti Goyal

*PIZZA HUT : OPENED

*KFC : OPENED

*INOX with 4 screen also getting ready to open soon by the end of this month 🙂

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Pacific Students become the first ever team from Rajasthan to bag the AIMA-SMG 2012 National Trophy

Grand moment of success achieved by the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of students from Udaipur. Breathtaking performance by the students of Pacific Institute of Management in 16th AIMA SMG 2012. For the first time in the history of Rajasthan , Pacific University was the only team to be selected  from the state to compete in the Nationals of AIMA Student Management Games 2012. Not only this, They also bagged the first position and were entitled with the crown of National Champions. The MBA students of Pacific University did a great job in achieving success for their college as well as Udaipur. The semi-final and final round of the competition was held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 31st Oct and 1st Nov respectively.

Pacific SMG 2012
It’s a proud moment for Udaipurites when tremendous efforts of our students have brought laurels for the state. Going over the facts, the All India Management Association (AIMA) organised Student Management Games 2012 in which 272 teams from all over the country participated, where Pacific College topped the competition, defeating many big players across the nation, closely chased by Nirma University, Gujarat, that stood as the 1st Runner up in the competition. The winning team comprised of Sonali Mehta, Sheeba Parveen, Sidhanshu Bikaneria, and Deepesh Bokadia. They were awarded with the prestigious national championship trophy, a cash prize of Rs. 80,000, a paid holiday package to Uttarakhand, along with lots of gift hampers.

Pacific SMG 2012
In Student Management Games (SMG 2012), an artificial environment is provided to the contestants in which they have to deal with a real business situation and manage it keeping in mind all the tits and bits of a company. Thus, it helps in grooming the managerial skills, team work and leadership qualities of an individual. The maximum profit yielding company was evaluated using a software called Chanakya, and was declared the winner.

Team UdaipurBlog wishes all the very best to the winning team.

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Udaipur Based startup C2CConnect launches Online and Offline Grooming and recruitment service for Fresher graduates

Indian IT industry needs 2 lakh fresher in next two years. Every year lakhs of graduates pass out from colleges, however only 18 % are employable. Despite having such a huge demand of fresher candidates are still unemployable. C2C connect has initiated program to make student employable through grooming program and take candidate closer to their dream job.

C2CConnect a Udaipur based educational start up is launching its beta version of online and offline grooming and recruitment services for engineering graduates in Rajasthan. IT companies have these criteria’s for selecting a potential candidate.

  • Aptitude test
  • Technical test
  • English Writing Test
  • Group Discussion
  • Technical Interview
  • HR interview

Each section is knock-out round. If a student is good in one area and not good in others student loses his dream job. C2CConnects grooms candidate for each round and test your performance continuously. At the end of successful course completion you could face challenges by any IT organization.

C2CConnect has its online system. When a student is enrolled with C2CConnect a pre assessment test is conducted where student is checked on all the parameter aptitude test, technical test, English writing, Group discussion, Technical interview and HR interview. A score is attached with the student profile and based on the score of each section, student is groomed. If a student is good in aptitude and not good in technical C2CConnect would focus more on improving technical skill for student.

Aptitude, technical and English test are conducted online on our website. Group discussion, Technical Interview and HR Interview assessment is done using video conferencing and offline at C2CConnect premises. A Score is updated with student profiles after each assessment cycle Students can check their progress continuously and find which areas they are weak and which areas they are strong.

To Groom students on technical front C2CConnect has corporate simulation program where they teach basic of application development tools starting with agile tools TFS and JIRA. Students are put directly in the live project with their sister company Siddiwebs. A mentor is assigned to each student who grooms student on complete Software development life cycle. C2CConnect uses same practices which companies like Microsoft and Google follow for application development like working in small teams, understanding requirement, coding, testing, bug fixing then deployment.

C2Cconnect founders have more than 6 years of IT experience with companies like CSC, SAP and Advaiya in the senior position and executed projects in the latest technologies SharePoint, Windows azure, .Net, MVC.

C2CConnect has strong focus on recruitment. C2CConnect  has big and mid size companies associated with them. C2CConnect works closely with the employer and focus only on those technologies and skills which employer seeks.

The reason companies are hiring from C2C Connect.

  • Hiring a suitable fresher is big challenge for IT companies. Selection ratio is 40:4 which means out of 40 short listed candidates only 4 are selected.
  • Companies have to invest lots of money in selecting, grooming fresher on technology and corporate processes.
  • It takes at least 6 month for a fresher to be billable for a company
  • A fresher hired from C2C connect is win to win proposal for IT companies.
  • Companies save money and time and get ready to work professionals which are as good as 6- 12 month of experienced IT professional.

C2CConnect is coming up with its first pool campus for B tech and MCA fresher in Udaipur in December. Bringing companies for fresher require lots of effort.

This Pool campus is open for 2012 pass out and 2013 passing out for CS, IT, Mechanical and Electronic branches. Companies from streams IT, mechanical and Electronics would be visiting to pick up suitable candidates.

The biggest asset of any country is its human resources. Young Indian are the engines of growth for Indian economy. C2CConnect understand student’s potential and knows that each student is going to play important role in shaping Indian economy. C2CConnect is committed to connect fresh graduates with mainstream economy.

Web site : www.c2cconnect.com

Face book page : http://www.facebook.com/C2CConnect