नोव्हेंबर 21, 2009
नोव्हेंबर 5, 2008
Modern Panchtantra Story
Modern Panchtantra Story
Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday market.
One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (the woodcutter and the axe)
He started praying to the River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer in the river.
As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match box and asked, ” Is this your computer ?” Disappointed by the Goddess’ lack of computer awareness, the engineer replied, ” No.”
She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.
Annoyed, the engineer said “No, not at all !!”Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said ” Yes.”The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give him all three items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked her, “Don’t you know that you’re supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?”
The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, “I know that, you stupid donkey! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !”. So saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!
Moral :If you’re not up-to-date with technology trends , it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
ऑक्टोबर 24, 2008
सप्टेंबर 12, 2008
Kalam to teach at IIM-Ahmedabad
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam will teach students of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Globalising and Resurgent India through Innovative Transformation(GRIT) from September 13.Dr Kalam will start his lectures to a bench of around 70 students from Saturday, IIM-A sources said.
The ‘Missile Man’ is likely to include his vision 2010 for the country in the course material and teach students about the same.
After initial lectures, students would be expected to submit project proposals for creating scenarios based on multiple and if necessary, contending options for specific policy and institutional changes.
The faculty would comment on these proposals and the project teams would be enabled to consult the subject matter specialists through invited lectures and interactions or visit to them.
The final reports will be presented in open sessions in which other faculty members and the students may also be invited to ask questions and make comments.
The reports will be revised and those of them, which are of outstanding quality, may be published for wider debate every year.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Kalam_to_teach_at_IIM-Ahmedabad/articleshow/3472913.cms











