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Swaraj University Completed its First Year

3 Idiots watch out – Swaraj University just completes its first full year!

Swaraj University

Innovation cuts across everything we do !!

Swaraj University celebrated its first anniversary on May 30th, 2011  looking back at the excitement, co-creation, friendship, deep questioning, emotional healing, unfolding of self, intense dialogues, discoveries, experiments,mistakes and learning, and all that has been part of the first year of Swaraj University.

Inspired by India’s rich guru-shishya tradition, Mahatma Gandhi’s Nai taleem and RabindranathTagore’s Shantiniketan Ashram, and Rancho’s 3 idiots, Swaraj was established in April 2010 and has been nurturing space for young people to self-design their learning process to become green entrepreneurs. At Swaraj University each learner gets an opportunity to develop his orher own personalized learning program based on their own dreams. Freedom to choose and decide what to learn, how to learn, and from whom to learn makes Swaraj outstanding. Reva Dandage, co-founder of this university, states, “Swaraj is India’s first university dedicated to strengthening our local cultures, local economies and local ecologies. Sustainability, social justice and holistic, healthy living are the core principles of our vision. Within this larger context, They are keen to support young people in putting their dreams into action and developing eco-friendly businesses that make a difference for the world.”

Swaraj university stand as a core community of nineteen enthusiastic and diverse khojis (that’s what the Swaraj University learners call themselves) and four facilitators with international experience who have motivated and guided the khojis in their journeys of learning. Enthused by the values, our principles—friends, family members, faculty mentors, supportorganizations and networks aims to spread all over the world.

Swaraj believes in strong diversity—of age, language, religion, even ideologies and beliefs. The khojis have come from Rajasthan, Gujarat, M.P., Maharashtra, U.P., Delhi and Karnataka,from urban and rural settings. There is no prior degree or diploma required to join. Khojis share a common commitment to do something good for society and the environment. The youngest of the group is 17 years old and the oldest 30 years old. Two-thirds have received partial or full scholarships. Says co-founder, Nitin Paranjape,

“We believe that everyone can learn and do something specific in the world, despite their academic background. They just need a chance to identify their talents, find their inner passions and be in a community of support.The mainstream education system creates a lot of failures. We believe that everyone can be awinner and find success in life.”

Some fellow khojis:

Harshita Wadhya, a young woman from Varanasi, U.P., a graduate from Delhi University decided not to pursue further education within the formal system and is now exploring her interest in alternative healing. Her focus is on energy work/pranic healing, love and forgiveness and its role in healing, and past life regression. She is also keen tolive sustainably, causing least damage to life and the environment around her. Dancing is also one of her passions.. She says that,

“After joining Swaraj University, I have started believing in my dreams and values again and have regained my faith in humanity. I really have enjoyed spending time with my mentor.”

Gyan Shahane, a 20 year-old from Nasik, Maharashtra, is interested in film-making, particularly in the drama/fiction category. He wants to use this powerful medium tobring about positive change in people and the society at large. He decided to leave school after 8th grade as he was fed up with the poor education he was receiving in government schools. His other interests are writing, reading, theatre and photography. He says that,

“The love and acceptance for the person I am that I got after joining Swaraj University gives me the strength and courage to do what I want to do and walk on thepath I have chosen for myself.”

The methods adopted at swaraj make the student think of their own , rather than education being a one way process by faculty. Over the year, they have also witnessed the formation of strong bonds of friendship and trust amongst the group that transcend the barriers of age, class and language.

The Place:

The university has an eco-friendly campus – Tapovan Ashram, an organic farm and nursery 30 kilo meter located far away from the hue and cry of the city , amidst the Aravali hills. Swaraj university offers exclusive resources , a well equiped library, a multimedia lab, residential facilities and a community kitchen there. The first batch of khojis has spent 4 months in the past year living together at Tapovan Ashram (one month every quarter) in Khoji Meets. According to co-founder Reva Dandage,

“The mainstream education institutions focus exclusively on theircurriculum to the exclusion of learners’ relationship with their environment – that they do not have any responsibility and relationship with the food they eat, the energy they consume or the waste they generate.”

Hence, all the khojis and faculty on campus take part in the designing and developing of community spaces like the kitchen, library, dorms, outdoor class rooms, organic farm and shouldering community responsibilities like cooking, cleaning and thinking of what they consume and how it impacts our environment.

“Life on the campus has been exciting, challenging the comforts of some, confronting the deep personal issues of others, while we explore ways of living harmoniously with each other and with nature,” says Sakhi, one of the khojis from Nashik.

Swaraj’s Journey towards excellence ….. Methodology

The course is conducted in Hindi, while keeping in mind each individual’s need for expressionin his/her native language. The program believes in practical learning by doing. The programis divided into Khoji Meets (one month every quarter during the first year), at the university’s campus and Mentorship Periods of 2-3 months anywhere in the country. The khojis spend the Khoji Meets practicing self-awareness, team-work and perspective deepening. Ecological sustainability, healthy living, social justice and self-designed learning are the principles around which Swaraj University’s program has been designed. As part of the perspective building and gaining a deeper understanding of these principles, the khojis watch movies, research topics and organize discussions there after, visit nearby villages, share articles and other resources,do hands-on projects such as building compost toilets and cooking solar food, interact with international students from other countries and invite resource persons to share their perspectives.

During the Meets, khojis also hone in their documentation and presentation skills, design portfolios and the give and take feedback for their learning and growth. Through exercises and sessions organized by the facilitators, khojis identify their individual learning goals, design plansto achieve them, identify skills that need to be built, re-define their dreams and big goals and chart out their mentor-ship periods.

The program believes that the world is confined in our classroom. During the mentor-ship period, the khojis learn skills and practical wisdom from faculty-mentors in fields they want to work in. Swaraj University has a wide pool of mentors, with experience and expertise in fields varying from organic farming to naturopathy and healing, community radio to filmmaking, women’s rights to working with street children, zero waste crafts to healthy cooking, sustainable design to appropriate renewable technologies. They have over 50 ustaad-mentors all over the country asour faculty and the list is growing.

Some of their mentors:

Nandita Dinesh, is a theater artist and director who did her training in the U.S. Shetravels the world, from Mexico to Afghanistan, trying to bring people together in places of conflict and unrest. Currently, she has developed a platform for young artists in Pune called “Mezza”. Her expertise is in participatory and experiential theater.

Praveen Pagare, a documentary film maker, has worked with different socialmovements throughout his career, from the Narmada Bachav Andolan (Medha Patkar) to Ekta Parishad (P.V. Rajgopal). He has worked passionately with Abhivyakti Media for Development, an NGO in Nasik, for many years, making documentaries on various social issues facing our society.

Deepak Suchde, is not your typical farmer. The first thing that strikes you when you meet him is the passion for his work and for his life. When he starts talking about eco-farming you know instantly that here is a person whose knowledge is insurmountable as you are drawn into the world of soil, plants, and the eco-system. He will tell you how to make your ends meet by farming in as small a piece of land as 10 gunthas (quarter of an acre) and live healthily and in harmony with nature. He is busy spreading the need to enrich the degraded soil made worse by use of unlimited chemicals and greed so that we can claim our right to organic living. He lives on his farm near Harda in central India. He has been internationally recognized for his efforts.

Manoj Prajapat, a green entrepreneur from Udaipur, runs a healthy food business “Jasso Ann Vasso Mann” – you are what you eat. He does various experiments in cooking with zero oil, solar and local grains. He runs a slow food café in Udaipur.

It is important to note that Swaraj University does not give out any degrees or certificates. It is a peoples’ university, accredited by the people. According Reva Dandage,

“We want students to have real skills and knowledge to take up real projects in their communities – not just hollow pieces of paper. Over the course of the 2 years, each khoji will develop their ownportfolio of practical experience and references. At the end of 2 years, they will each have the full confidence and vision to start their own green business.”

They are connected with other innovative universities around the world including Gaia University and Peer-to-Peer University.

Personal Highlights:

“As khojis or seekers, it has been an exciting journey of discovery and experimentation for all of us. They learnt through various experiences such as visiting a prison, organising a fair inthe neighbouring village, setting up a food stall made from local grains in a community, silent trekking in the mountains, working with local artisans like potters, puppeteers, etc., interviewing tribal nomads who walk miles with their goats, interacting with youth from foreign countries,tracing the pugmarks of a leopard, attending international conferences amongst many others. One of the highlights of the year was when they participated in an amazing week-long, hands-on, service learning, community building exercise called the Oasis Game in Shivaji Nagar in Udaipur that was conducted by our friend Edgard from Brazil. It pushed our thinking and learning invarious dimensions such as learning the skills of working within a community, knowing how to work for our dreams by making it fun and implementing the social-dialogue tools. For many of us, it ignites a new vision and spirit of sewa.”

“Traveling is a great way to learn. We lay a lot of stress on Learning Journeys in the first year. It creates the magic of bonding us all together, energizing us with fresh new ideas, inspiring uswith new people and social entrepreneurship experiments, widening our world views, givingus the opportunity to interact with other alternative communities and a chance to try our hand at doing things that we always dreamt of. Last year, they went to Pune and Ahmedabad and also did a very unique and inspiring Cycle Yatra, a journey into villages without money, cellphones, food or any other amenities. During the Cycle Yatra, they pushed their own physical and comfort limits, they were questioned their relationship with money and the broader question of dependency, and challenging mindsets of ‘progress, ‘security’ and ‘development’!”

They strongly believe in educating our students by maximum hands on practice which is the key to build ones career in creative segment . Several khojis have already received job offers after their first year. Many are in the process of setting up their own community businesses. Most importantly, they have seen deep growth and transformative changes in the khojis themselves.

For more information, see www.swarajuniversity.org

Admission for the next batch starts in July 2011. There will be an orientation meet on June 17, 2011 in Udaipur for those interested in learning more. 🙂

Article Contribution by : Manish Jain(Co-founder Swaraj University), Chani Soni, Monika jain

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CBSE 10th Class Result Announced – Udaipur sets 10/10

results Class 10th 2011

Thousands of Grade 10 Udaipur pupils received the results of their March examinations this evening. The anxiety made them visit the CBSE site again and again.

Grade 10 pupils at Indian high schools across the World take this standardized examination which is evaluated in Delhi by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Last year, a total of 886,338 students Worldwide sat for this examination.

Two major changes were made to the board system this year to ease the pressure on pupils who take the so-called “boards“: pupils were allowed to opt for internal exams instead of Delhi-marked exams, and the final mark was not based only on the final exam but included a percentage of marks earned throughout the year.

However, most of them spared the anxious moments and possible disappointment, Since the newly introduced grading system of the central board ensured a sense of academic joy for students.

Dismissing initial apprehensions pertaining to the Complete Comprehensive Evaluation, Students have taken well to the new system, where the focus has shifted from rote memory of lessons to overall development of the student. Students have managed to register a good performance, with many of them scoring a full 10 out of 10 in Grades (A1 in all subjects).

The List Of The Students Who Secured 10/10


No. Name School Target
1 Anushka Jrotha D.P.S.
2 Kshati Sarupria The Study Doctor
3 Kanishka Jain St. Patricks IIT
4 Rubina Nath St. Mary’s IIT
5 Kunal Samar St. Gregarious Engineer
6 Dron Adhikari St. Gregarious IIT
7 Meetanshi Maheshwari St. Anthony IIT
8 Irshi Kamesra Kendira Vidhlaya, Eklingragh IIT
9 Sourabh Kabra St. Anthony Mechanical Engineering
10 Siddharth Seth St. Anthony Software Engineer
11 Sahil Swami St. Anthony Civil Engineer
12 Anjana Goyal St. Mary’s IIT
13 Diksha Rangwani St. Anthony IIT
14 Naina Bhushan St. Mary’s IIT
15 Aarchi Sharma St. Mary’s IIT
16 Sheyansh Parakh St. Anthony IIT
17 Aayush Galundiya Seedling Modern Public School IIT
18 Utkarsh Goyal D.P.S. IAS
19 Ishita Kavadia D.P.S. IIT
20 Divyanshu Manorani Kendriya Vidhalay, Pratapnagar Software engineer
21 Pooja Vijayavargia St. Taresa AIEEE
22 Khushboo Chawdhary St. Anthony Cardiologist
No. Name School Target
1 Anushka Jrotha D.P.S.
2 Kshati Sarupria The Study Doctor
3 Kanishka Jain St. Patricks IIT
4 Rubina Nath St. Mary’s IIT
5 Kunal Samar St. Gregarious Engineer
6 Dron Adhikari St. Gregarious IIT
7 Meetanshi Maheshwari St. Anthony IIT
8 Irshi Kamesra Kendira Vidhlaya, Eklingragh IIT
9 Sourabh Kabra St. Anthony Mechanical Engineering
10 Siddharth Seth St. Anthony Software Engineer
11 Sahil Swami St. Anthony Civil Engineer
12 Anjana Goyal St. Mary’s IIT
13 Diksha Rangwani St. Anthony IIT
14 Naina Bhushan St. Mary’s IIT
15 Aarchi Sharma St. Mary’s IIT
16 Sheyansh Parakh St. Anthony IIT
17 Aayush Galundiya Seedling Modern Public School IIT
18 Utkarsh Goyal D.P.S. IAS
19 Ishita Kavadia D.P.S. IIT
20 Divyanshu Manorani Kendriya Vidhalay, Pratapnagar Software engineer
21 Pooja Vijayavargia St. Taresa AIEEE
22 Khushboo Chawdhary St. Anthony Cardiologist
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Plant Kingdom: A Kingdom of Greenery

‘Plant kingdom Garden Centre’ is a unique garden known especially for growing both the indigenous as well as exotic varieties of plants in Udaipur. Here plants from abroad are sowed, grown and developed under the local temperature and climatic conditions.

Plant Kingdom Udaipur

Plant Kingdom Udaipur
Mr. Rakesh Bolia

The idea and the interest developed in 1999 when the piece of land was purchased by Late Mr. Bhawarlal Ji Bolia in the drops of Aravalli’s near Sisarma in 1999. In a conversation with Mr. Rakesh Bolia, he explains “When we purchased the land it was totally barren, no one could find even a grass shrub.”  Now he is standing proudly on a field where no one can see the land part barren. When asked about the caretaker of the garden, Mr. Bolia smiles and points towards his wife, Mrs. Neena Bolia.

Neena Bolia

“We are running this farm since 11 years till present, and it has been a huge success. Today we have 300-400 species of plants in the garden”, explains Mrs.Bolia.  “In the exotic species, we have first grown the Gladiolus in the garden in 2006. We first ordered 90 bulbs and today we have 2500 bulbs of that same plant”, proudly adds Mrs. Bolia, who devotes 2-3 hrs daily in the garden.

They have also started a nursery in garden. The base of farming is purely organic, and one can find many of plants like litchi, Gladiolus American corn, in large numbers, the exotic varieties of flowers which are grown at the nursery are Tulip, Ranunculus,  Zentedeschia, Oxalis, Lillium oriental, Iris, Lillium asiatic, Lillium amaryllis, Hyacinth, Gladiolus, Fressia, Tritonia, Daffodil, Anemone, Narcissus, crocus,carnesian, fressia.
Fruits which are grown are litchi, citrus maxima, orange, 1 kg guava, 10 varieties of mango, cherry, strawberry, peach.which come from entirely different habitats and climates, and are successfully grown here in the dry region. It is worth visiting this place at least once. You can contact them at

PLANT KINGDOM Garden Centre
Farm:
Sisarma Nai road
Near Shyam HP Gas Godown
Village : SISARMA
GIRWA : UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)

Office:
114, hiran magri sector No. 13
Opp. S.T. Work Shop,
Govind Nagar
UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)

Email: plant_kingdom@yahoo.co.in
See link- http://picasaweb.google.com/rakeshbolia11

A glimpse of the Farm is given below. Photos by Prasun Bannerjee

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Litchis Being Grown at Plant Kingdom, Udaipur
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FootBall Lilly at Plant Kingdom Udaipur

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Lotus Plant at Plant Kingdom Udaipur
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American Corns at Plant Kingdom Udaipur
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PVR in Udaipur starts This June

UPDATE: PVR OPENED Check This Post

PVR (Priya Village Roadshow) Cinemas is one of the largest cinema chains in India. The company, which began  ( by the name Pallu Veda Ramasamy)as a joint venture agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited, began its commercial operations in June 1997 with the launch of PVR Anupam in Saket, India’s first multiplex. By introducing the multiplex concept in India, PVR Cinemas brought in a whole new paradigm shift to the cinema viewing experience: high class seating, state-of-the-art screens and audio-visual systems.

PVR Cinemas Udaipur

This chain adds one more to their basket by opening a multiplex in the city of lakes situated at The Celebration Mall, Bhuwana. The PVR cinemas holds a capability of showing 3D movies with the 7.1 Dolby digital surround sound system. The source assures that the multiplex can hold the majority of people say approx 1100 plus people at a time. The multiplex comprises of 4 screens and 3 sitting categories.

The PVR Cinema will be starting in the first week of June probably, with the screening of the Hindi movie “Ready” starring Salman Khan.. The PVR cinema will be showing 16 shows a day (4 shows a day on one screen * 4 screens) and has an excellent heritage interiors and variety of snacks are served in house.  The tickets are also available at competitive rate.

PVR Cinemas Udaipur

 

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[Toppers Speak] Six hours of Daily Studies enough to grab AIR 99 in IIT-JEE: Saleha Hussain

Saleha Hussain believes in maintaining a balance between all things in life. ‘Living it up’ is an equally important aspect of her life as are her studies and academic goals. The student of Bansal Classes Private Limited grabbed the 99 rank (AIR) this year in IIT and is probably first in Udaipur. She wants to join IIT Mumbai and want to be a Computer Engineer

Daily basis studies made this dream came true for her. She not has rocked in IIT-JEE but has also scored 90.04% in Class 12th CBSE. “I devote 6 hours daily for study no matter what” said Saleha. During the conversation with Team UdaipurBlog she proudly shares her experiences. “I want to dedicat this success to my family for undivided attention and unconditional support and Bansal Sir for his constant encouragement and valuable guidance” adds Saleha.

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Saleha Hussain who scored 99th Rank in IIT-JEE 2011

But there is a lighter side of Saleha as well. This topper enjoys watching Tom and Jerry in her free time. Adding in her achievements her mother Prof. Sofiya speaks that she has recently awarded with Maharana Fateh Singh Award. “I have a room full of her laurels both academic and co-curricular activates” she explains proudly with a smile.

Congratulations to Saleha on Behalf of Team UdaipurBlog. We wish all the best for her bright future

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[Toppers Speak] Hard Work is the Key to Every Success: Somya Singhvi

Devoting three hours on school days and five on holidays for studies, bangs the highest position in science by scoring 96% in the CBSE 12th Boards. “Regular studies and undivided attention towards all subjects are my mantra for success.” said Somya Singhvi. He has done his schooling from Alok Senior Secondary School, Hiran Magri and coaching from Catalyst, Sardarpura.

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Somya Singhvi

In a course of conversation with UdaipurBlog he deeply thanked God and gave the credit to his parents for their never ending support and his teachers who guided him in the difficult times. “My teachers’ efforts contributed to my success and the constant encouragement has made this dream possible,” said Somya. But he is not resting on her laurels yet and is getting ready for his next goal in life. Somya wants to be a mechanical engineer. He accompanied by his brother leaving for United States for higher studies. He has to join University of Cornell for which both Somya and is brother Divya received a scholarship of USD 60,000 per year from TATA. He believes that hard work alone can bring victory in any field that one desires.

But at the other side Somya is also good at co-curricular activities. A State level swimmer and has won many laurels he adds. Recalling his achievements somya says that he has also represented India in Japan recently. He has also achieved the first place in the state in Science project.

Somya and Divya are twin brothers. Lastly looking at Divya he proudly says that he has got many advantages just as they are twins.

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Blood Donation Camp By NSUI at Saral Blood Bank

saral blood bank

Rajiv Gandhi not only a part of Nehru- Gandhi family but was also a great man with a charming personality, he is not only a man but is a revolution which will not last. His contribution to the technological advancement will always be memorized and in history his name will be written in golden words. Remembering his contribution National Students’ Union of India organized the blood donation Camp at Saral Blood Bank, Udaipur on 21 May, 2011 death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi at a well known name in Blood Donation Society. The dynamic new generation leader Mr. Gaurav Bhandari President NSUI (Udaipur) led the camp. After successful completion of the camp he quoted

Gaurav NSUI president

“The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of Blood Donation”

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First International Conference on Road Safety Concluded

The Mohanlal Sukhadia University Auditorium yet again welcomed the guests and the delegates of the
First International Conference on Road Safety for the concluding day. The morning session started with
the presentation on ‘Road Safety Audit as National Road Safety Strategy ‘. According to the dates there
are 90million plus vehicles running on the Indian Road. Road Accidents are nothing but the man made
crises. Effective tool for road to cope up with the road safety is also suggested by Mr. P.K. Sikandar, ITC
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi in his presentation. Following the presentation a guest speaks about how video
games can be used to learn traffic control. The schools should also be used as licence authority he
added. Talking about the complex heterogeneous composition of India Roads Dr. Gururaj says that
approx. 450 dies all over India due to Road Accidents.

Mr. Ashutosh Atray, a Consultant in Road Safety discussed the vigorous attitude of the drivers and ‘Me-
first’ Syndrome. Enhancing the Road Safety with Infrastructure Solutions is also discussed by Mr. Anil
Chhikara, MLO Transport Deptt., Govt. Of India, New Delhi.

The conference concluded by presenting the souvenirs to the guests and the speakers. The key role
players who made this conference a success were also awarded.

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Event Covered By- Prasun Bannerjee and Mujtaba R.G.

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Mobile Number Portability: The Truth Behind

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: The following article happens to come from one of our regular readers, Mr. Ashwin Jain, who faced a serious problem regarding the above mentioned title, and got no response at all. The entire mishappening, I felt, must be shared with our other readers too, for the word that how alert are we and/or how much our complains are being entertained. UdaipurBlog does not take any responsibility for the contents of the post that follows, and are solely the author’s own words.

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I am a Reliance user from a long time. 3 months back I decided to port to other operator all thanks to MNP (Mobile Number Portability). When I posted a request for changing the operators (on 20 March), I received a call from Reliance customer care office, the customer care guys requested me to continue my subscription with them and said they will provide me reliance to reliance free for six months (as an incentive to stay their customer). I found the scheme attractive so I agreed to it, at that time they asked me to come to their agency office and sign some papers. The employee got it signed from me stating that this contract is just a part of formality, in reality there was a HIDDEN CLAUSE in it stating that I will not port for another 12 months, the employee intentionally didn’t informed me about this clause.

I signed the contract on March 23, now it’s almost two months and they have not yet activated that reliance to reliance free service on my number. I have called the concerned person several times, but he has stopped picking my calls. When I went to their main office to his Senior for enquiry, even her response was not satisfying, I showed her that her subordinate was not picking my calls and neither my calls were able to connect to Reliance Help Line number 198, she gave me an assurance that “Sir, although the R2R is not yet activated on your phone, but from our side we will give you a waiver after doing the required adjustments”.

Alas, her assurance was of no avail. I am still being charged with normal call rates without any adjustments being done. The problem here is that I cannot go to their main office each month and ask for the waiver again and again. If they can’t add this in my bill then I don’t want Reliance service at all.
Now after getting fed up with all this ambiguity when i again tried to port my number in May, they rejected my request on the basis of the HIDDEN CLAUSE in the contract which they made me sign. They said that while giving you the reliance to reliance free scheme you had signed a paper where you accepted that you won’t port to any other operator for 1 year. They are just fooling by giving me R2R free for six month and asking me to be with reliance for a year. This is FRAUD and CHEATING. The most annoying thing is that they didn’t activate the plan on time. I am tired of these reliance employees and their excuses.

Now after two months they are saying that now your plan is configured and you can use R2R free from next month. This commitment from them came to me on 12 May. Honestly speaking now this R2R free feature is of no use to me. I have cleared all my previous bills without any adjustments. In any case after all these false promises and cheating I don’t want to stay with them, now I just want to port my number to other operator as soon as possible.

I have complained on www.consumercourtforum.in on 12 May after that i got a call from them asking for a receipt i got while signing the contract. I mailed it to them but they haven’t yet responded back. A week has passed (to do a more actual calculation months have passed) but my problem is not yet solved. On 18 May i posted my complaint on Reliance Facebook page and I got a call and they said “We can’t help you, you can take legal action if you want to cancel the contract and want to port.” I thought these employees were hired to sort out issues rather than advising consumers to take legal actions against Reliance.

Now it doesn’t matter how this issue ends, whatever happens Reliance has lost one of its loyal customer and I want all the readers of this post to be careful of Reliance. Also please don’t sign on any document they offer you as they are can cheat you anytime. This company is full of frauds and all its employees only tell lies (and idiotic excuses) to fool the customers. KINDLY BEWARE OF THE FALSE PROMISES MADE AND BE ALERT!!!

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By Ashwin Jain

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Two Laureates from Udaipur in the NIOS Curriculum Committee

Two renowned scholars, Dr. Shrikrishna Jugnu, and Dr. Mahendra Bhanawat from Udaipur are now the members of the curriculum committee of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), a Government body.

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Dr. ShriKrishn Jugnu
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Dr. Mahendra Bhanawat

NIOS is currently preparing a curriculum for study on folklores, folk art, etc at both school and university level nationwide. According to Mr. Kuldeep Agrawal, Director, NIOS, different folk arts, styles and literatures from western India will also be emphasized in the new syllabi. For the same reason, a conference of the committee will be held at Advent Institute, Udaipur on 28th – 29th May.