1. White Water Rafting

@ River Sita in South Kanara Dist., Karnataka, on 2nd October & on all Saturday & Sundays during October.
T a r i f f : Rs. 900/ ( Rupees nine hundred only) per participant
Contact: (give my reference if you like)
CARE 126, Arora Business Centre, 111, Dickenson Road, Bangalore - 560 052.
Ph: (080) 5586719 / 337/ 627 & 5598128 Mob: 98456 - 95350
E-mail:careadventures AT vsnl.net - www.careadventures.com


2. Hindustani Music Concert

Sunaad , group of music enthusiasts is presenting an evening of Hindustani Classical Music on September 27 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall , 7pm onwards .

The performance Bhav Yatra will have a blend of rhythm and song with traditional art of storry telling and movements .The show has been conceptualised by Aditi Upadhaya and Tara Kini . Tickets are available at KC Das, Church Street and Canara Union , Malleshwaram.For details contact -> 9886277747

Those missing out will be really missing something which is new,exciting yet having the blend of Traditional Classical Music .

3. Screening of Harivillu

We are glad to invite you to the premier of Harivillu (The Rainbow) directed by B. Narsing Rao on Monday, 29 September 2003, at 6.00 pm at Badami House.

Mr. B. Narsing Rao, the director of the film, will be present on the occasion and will introduce the film and interact with the audience at the end of the screening.

Please find below the programme schedule.

6.00 pm - Tea and snacks
6.30 pm - Introduction to the film followed by screening
8.05 pm - Interaction with the film director

4. Queering Bangalore- 3, 4, 5 October 2003

3 days. 12 award winning films - Indian and International. Queer life journeys.
Documentaries and Features. Reading Performances. Panel Discussions.

Pedestrian Pictures, Scorus, Swabhava Trust

Present

Queering Bangalore
a film festival on queer lives

over three days - 3, 4, 5 October 2003
at Attakalari, (behind Gallery Sumukha)
Bus Depot Road, Wilson Garden, Bangalore

Queering Bangalore is the first public film festival in Bangalore focussing entirely on queer rights. Featured at the festival are award winning documentaries and features, commended for their portrayal of life stories and issues facing lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, hijras, kothis and others identifying as 'queer.' They have reached audiences in film festivals across the world from Montreal to Berlin and have successfully created spaces for the queer community everywhere. Our intention here in Bangalore is to not only focus on the violence perpetrated by society, law, the State, family and other such institutions but more importantly to celebrate a community with all its complexities. the panel discussions meant to sharpen focus will feature activists and others who have worked with and on the issues facing the queer movement in Ind! ia today.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
3 October 2003 (Friday): 5 to 7 p.m. - Inaugural address followed by a short film and discussion on "queer"
4 October 2003 (Saturday): 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Celluloid Closet, Before Stonewall, The Wedding Banquet, Ma Vie En Rose (My life in Pink), Beautiful Thing ! ;
5 October 2003 (Sunday): 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. - Paper Flowers, Kee Kautha Taahar Shaathe, Dark and Lovely, Soft and Free, The Brandon Teena Story, The Watermelon Woman, Before Night Falls, My Beautiful Laundrette

Queering Bangalore is an attempt to focus on the lives and experiences of a community invisibilised by systemic homophobia and transphobia. In history's weave of cultural tapestry these are the life stories that are missing and left untold. And yet it is the queer movement in India and elsewhere that is providing the much needed challenges to heteronormativity, i.e. the binding definitions of what a marriage and family is, the gendered role plays within these etc. At a time when we are surrounded by shackling definitions of the 'ideal family', 'ideal husband, wife, daughter-in-law', it becomes important to recognize and highlight these challenges inherent in our society.

Pedestrian Pictures is a media activist group based in Bangalore, working for the past 2 years against the development paradigm in place today. The medium of films is our tool to initiate discussions and hence actions on issues ranging from war and militarisation to adivasi rights and queer rights.

Scorus is an endeavour to create social spaces for the queer community.

Swabhava Trust (est. 1999) is a non-government organisation that works with sexuality, HIV/AIDS and sexual health concerns, providing access to support services for the queer community.

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For details, synopses and complete schedules, contact
Pedestrian Pictures: 5670 2232, Scorus: 98440 49503, Swabhava Trust - 212 4441
Email - queeringbangalore AT rediffmail.com

Folks!
Due to bungling between GOI and ISPs, for many of us, it is not possible to access the yahoo groups site at all !!!

GOI had asked the ISPs to block access to a particular yahoogroup site, however, many ISPs have blocked access to entire yahoogroups site. (It may not effect many yahoogroups members, but it does hinder moderators to do their job - and therefore, the effectiveness of the groups)

I am enlosing a copy of a copy of the government GO, which is also available at:

http://corporate.ddsl.net/images/sc1.gif It is from the Ministry of Communications and IT - LR Cell, signed by Jayant Kumar, Director, LR II (tel # 011 23372601). It tells ISPs to block http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/kynhun/ - and definitely not to block the whole of yahoogroups.

The only recourse is to send petition to the Hon'ble Minister of Communiation and IT, Mr Arun Shourie, to intervene. I am pasting a message below, and request you to cut-copy-paste it, and send to his mailids (which are give below) Please forward this message to as many yahoogroups as you can (and not listed in "To:" above)

thanks for your initiative and cooperation

ciao madhukar
=================================
Dr Madhukar Shukla
Prof (OB & Strategic Management)
XLRI, CH Area (East), Jamshedpur
India 831 001
email: madhukar@xlri.ac.in
webpage: http://www.madhukarshukla.com/
ph: 91 657 2225506 x 300(O)/ 603(R) fax: 91 657 2227814

E-mail: ashourie@yojana.nic.in,minister@mit.gov.in Mail Off: Electronic Niketan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Fax Off: 24364484 Mail Res : A-31, Westend Enclave, New Delhi-110021 Fax Res: 24100012

______________________________________________________


Sh. Arun Shourie, Hon'ble Minister for Communication and Information Technology Government of India

Dear Sh. Shourie,

Sub: Protection of Right to freedom of speech & expression

Please refer to order No. 820-1/2003-LR(Vol.I) dated 10/09/2003 of Department of Telecommunication under your Ministry regarding directions to block Internet website "groups.yahoo.com/groups/kynhu" .

We believe that the Ministry of Communication must be having necessary reasons to block the above website. Any such censoring in National Interest / National Security is welcome. However it is pointed out that certain ISP's have implemented the said order by blocking the entire domain groups.yahoo.com.

Consequently a number of citizens in the country are not able to access various yahoo groups across the country. It is brought to your notice that the citizens use the free services of yahoo to exchange ideas and remain connected with one another. However consequent to the above order the exchange of free flow of information has come to a halt.

Having known you as a former Editor and champion of Freedom of Speech , it was surprising to know that such an order can come through a Ministry headed by you.

The Intellectuals across the country feel that censoring of Internet may lead the citizens of the country far behind in the fast changing world. Time memorial have proved that no censorship has ever worked in the country. Despite all odds in the country it is this freedom to speech that makes Indian citizens feel proud of their nation. It is this freedom that makes India different from China.

We therefore request you to personally intervene and either ensure the proper implementation of the order whereby only "groups.yahoo.com/groups/kynhu" is blocked by ISP's or alternately withdraw the above order and ensure Right to freedom of speech & expression of all Citizens.

It is further requested that the rules under which the above order was passed may be re-looked and if possible a representative from amongst the Journalist world may be brought in the committee which examines such blockage of website. It should not happen that Bureaucrats/ Politicians use above tool to infringe the fundamental right to freedom of speech of citizens.

With a special appeal to the Journalist in you.

Best Regards,

A Concerned Citizen

From: Students Cultural Committee
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:35 AM
Subject: Did u say SOCIALS???

SOCIALS with NIFT !!!

Participation is open to guys'n'gals from IIMB and gals from NIFT... Promising fun-filled games that require you to pair up with a cool partner.. And win prizes... And most important of all, break free from the monotony of acad life.

Date: 21 Sept 2:00 Pm onwards
Venue: IIMB (where else?)

Terms and Conditions:
1) A nominal participation fee (max upto Rs. 50, depending on no. of participants) will be charged, to cover expenses.
2) There will be no more conditions :-)

Cheers,
Culcom

1. Sankalp - Business Plan Contest

T.A Pai Management Institute,as part of their management fest Atharva are organizing Sankalp - Business Plan Contest, scheduled for the 5th of December 2003.This event carries a total prize worth Rs 75,000/-.

2. INTAGLIO 2003: THE CONSULTING KNIGHTS AWARD- ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRELIMS

Hi,

Please find attached the invitation and details of the Consulting Contest as part of the IIM Calcutta annual business school meet INTAGLIO - "THE CONSULTING KNIGHTS AWARD".The Prelims for the event starts today onwards. Please note that the deadline for submission of required documents for Prelims is 27th of September, 2003.

For further information please refer to the document attached. The details can also be found under "Strategy Games" on our website at http://www.iimcal.ac.in/intaglio/events.htm

One of the biggest and challenging consulting contest in the country, this event attracts huge participation from Indian MBA Schools as well as schools from abroad. Please post your queries at consults@email.iimcal.ac.in for Consulting Knight related details. Please post your queries at controlz_intaglio@yahoo.com or controlz_intaglio1@yahoo.com for any general queries regarding INTAGLIO.

Hoping to see you at IIM CALCUTTA.

Regards
Samrat Ghosh

TEAM INTAGLIO

1. DISHA: B-plan competition Website: http://www.nifindia.org/
-----Original Message-----
From: Startup Club
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:25 PM
To: @FPM Students
Subject: DISHA: B-plan competition

Hi All,

A unique B-plan competition is being conducted by National Innovation Foundation.

Key Dates:

1] Deadline for initial registration is 11:59 pm, 25th September 2003.
2] Teams will be assigned innovations from database by 27th September
2003
3] Final Submission 11:59 pm, 28th November 2003

Team StartUp

2. Next trek2clean trek - 27th Sept Saturday, World Tourism day!

Hi Guys,

Some more garbage collection! After having done a preliminary trek2clean trek to Shivagange in June, its time to get going on a much more larger and intense scale as such is the pollution (mainly plastic) over here.

For those who don't know, this place is about 60km from Bangalore, known for the Shivagange math, but is also famous as a trek route and a great spot for rock climbers. There is a big temple complex at the early part of the hill, then a long trek to a natural spring half way to the top, now part of a temple. Further up there is a long route (steep towards the end) to the top, where there is a huge 'Nandi' carved onto the peak.

Though the stretch seems quite clean initially, there is a lot lot of plastics as we go higher till the spring, and then there is another spot at the peak that is bad.

The plan is as below:

6.30 am Assemble at Victoria Statue, Cubbon Park (near Jewel de Paragon).

6.45 am Departure

8.15 am Reach Shivagange, breakfast time!

9.00 am Start the trek to clean.

12.30 am Break for lunch and some maasti!

3.00 pm Start cleaning again.

5.30 pm Start winding up.

6.00 pm Head back home.

7.45 pm Back at Victoria statue.

Costs should be within Rs. 175/-, the balance money will go into the trek2clean corpus. To confirm your participation, you have hand over an advance of Rs. 175/- advance to Sheila Castelino or one of the group members mentioned below by 23rd Sept Tuesday evening latest.

Breakfast, Lunch, juice breaks and energy packs will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing - tracks/ cargo pants, T shirts. Light colors would be ideal. Please wear sports shoes which are comfortable for long walks, but also good for climbing.

Please bring the following. It would be preferable to carry these items in a SMALL BACK PACK, so that your hands are free..

- 2 bottles of 2 liters of water. This is a must.
- cap - recommended, or maybe a bandana or something to protect you from the
heat.
- torch with batteries (good to carry for any trek).
- sun tan lotion - advisable
- gloves - advisable
- sun glasses -optional
- camera - optional

You will be handed a sack and a prong to collect garbage. We also have some other tools to help us. This is booze free trek.

Await your confirmations by return mail, by 23rd Sept (Tuesday) latest!
Please reply to:
Sheila Castelino - sheila@blr.cmc.net.in / 2272425 / extn 406
or
Arti Yadav - artiyadav@hotmail.com / 98440 14734
or
Sandeep Shetty - shetty_sandeep@yahoo.com / 98454 48586
or
Rakesh Soman - rakeshsoman@eth.net / 98451 99202

You can liaise with one of them as to who you need to hand over the advance to. Please do not 'reply to all', thanks.

It will be nice you can post the attached notice about the trek on the notice board in your office / gym / dance class / apartment block / supermarket / college...etc, thanks! Please spread the word around and get as many people as you can to join in.

Rgds,
Rakesh.

If any body needs to be removed from this mailing list, please let me know.

3. Xilinx Workshop


Invitation

2003 Xilinx University Workshop


"Xilinx University Program" team (XUP) and CG-CoreEl Programmables in association with Mentor Graphics and IIT Bombay (under the Special Manpower Development Project of the Ministry of Information Technology) are organizing a two-day Professor's Workshop at IIT Bombay, on Sep 30th and October 1st, 2003.

It's always Xilinx mission to lead the industry with technological breakthroughs. By attending this 2-day workshop, you will learn the latest technology trends of FPGA, Xilinx latest development system (ISE5) and practical hands-on laboratories for educational purpose. You will also learn about the Xilinx Programmable Logic Flow from Mentor Graphics along with lab exercises. We are writing to invite you to join us for this event.

The SMDP Programme under which the workshop is being organized by IIT Bombay and CG-CoreEl is to promote VLSI education in the Universities and also in integrating state-of-the-art programmable logic technology into your curriculum.

There will be additional gifts, prizes and attractive discount packages announced by the Xilinx distributor, Insight-Memec and their resellers, which will be exclusively available for participants of this workshop.

Date & Time : Sep 30th and October 1st, 2003 (Tue & Wed) 09:00~17:30
Venue : F.C.Kohli Auditorium, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai
Agenda
Date : Tuesday, 30th Sept, 2003

Section I/II/III: Introduction to Xilinx, Virtex-II and Spartan-II architectures, Introduction to Foundation ISE

? ISE Flows (Lab 1: ISE Flows)

? HDL Synthesis (Lab 2: HDL Synthesis)

? Reading Reports (Lab 4: Analyzing Rpts)

Date : Wednesday, 1st Oct, 2003

Session I : FPGA Advantage by Mentor Graphics

Section II/III Introduction to FPGA Design and XUP

? Mentor Graphics FPGA Advantage Lab

? State CAD (Lab 4: StateCAD)

? Global Constraints (Lab 1: Global Timing Constraints)

? FPGA Design Techniques

? HDL Bencher (Lab 5: HDL Bencher)

Since the workshop seating is limited, Registrations will be done on a First-Come-First-Served Basis. Registration fee for the workshop is Rs. 250 per participant for two days. It includes Tea/Coffee and Lunch during the breaks.

Submit your registration request today by sending a Demand Draft of Rs. 250/- in favour of 'CG-CoreEl Programmable Solutions Pvt. Ltd', Payable at Bangalore. Registrations will be confirmed only upon receipt of payment along with registration information in attached format.

Modes of Registration:

: Online at www.cg-coreel.com/xup OR

: Fax the attached registration form to CG-CoreEl Office at 080-5528955, Attn: Ms. Priya Gururaj OR

: Email the registration details in the attached format to priya@cg-coreel.om / xteam@cg-coreel.com

For information, please call: CG-CoreEl office at 080-5526775/6/7, Ms. Priya Gururaj or Mr. Veeresh

A Note on Accommodation: We request you to kindly make your own arrangements for Travel, Lodging and Boarding. However, we will provide limited accommodation, free of cost, on a twin sharing basis in the IIT Bombay staff hostels for the first 32 confirmed registrations strictly on a first come first serve basis.

Yours Sincerely,

Neeraj Varma

Business Manager

4. SHASTRARTH 2003

We at IIM Calcutta take pleasure in announcing our management paper presentation contest, SHASTRARTH 2003. (Please check our e-board)

PAPERS ARE INVITED IN FIVE STREAMS UNDER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

ECONOMICS
1. Energy Security for India in the 21st century.
2. India's Economic Growth is More Stable than China: A Comparison.

FINANCE
1. Do financial instruments in Indian market provide enough opportunity
to manage financial risk?
2. Commodity derivatives and their future in India.

MARKETING
1. How should the Indian IT industry build global brands?
2. Is network marketing going to be the model for the new millennium?

STRATEGY
1. Strategic responses to technological threats.
2. Managing strategic innovation and change.

SYSTEMS
1. Vertical Integration in the knowledge industry.
2. Strategic use of IT in Government organization.

All entries should be written in English with a maximum size of 3,000 words and must also include a 200-word synopsis. Three entries will be short-listed per stream and the authors will be invited to make a presentation at IIMC during Intaglio. The invited team members will be entitled to 3rd AC railway return fare from their respective cities to Calcutta.

Prizes

The following prizes will be given for the two best papers in each stream as adjudged by the jury. First Prize: Rs. 12,000 Second Prize: Rs. 8,000

PLEASE NOTE:

1. The papers must be submitted in MS Word, RTF or PDF formats to the following mailing address: shastrarth@email.iimcal.ac.in , with the subject line as the stream which the paper addresses. Please include a cover page for the article, which does not count toward the word limit, and which contains the name and full contact details of the author(s). The same details should not be repeated elsewhere in the paper. There is no need to send a hardcopy of the entry. Please avoid sending multiple mails. Receipt of each entry will be confirmed, by email, within a few hours of receipt.

2. The maximum number of authors per entry is two. The same team cannot send more than one entry, though an author can be a part of many teams.

3. The submissions should be the original work of the author(s). The jury, which will be a mix of eminent personalities from the academia and the industry, will be looking for quality papers which merit wide attention and which add new analysis, perspective, judgments or ideas.

4. Entries must reach us by 6 p.m. (IST) on 21st September 2003. Any entries received after this date will not be eligible for entry into the competition.

5. The short listed teams will be intimated through email, by 30th September 2003, and the same details shall be available at the shastrarth website.

Important Dates

Last Date of receipt of the entries through e-mail: 21st September 2003 Declaration of shortlist of selected papers: 30th September 2003 Presentation at IIMC: 30th to 12th October 2003

For further queries please do contact us at shastrarth@email.iimcal.ac.in
Team Shastrarth 2003

5. Subject: Quo Vadis'03 Paper Writnig and Presentation

To, The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

"Knowledge has surpassed machines and the stored value of money itself, as the driving force behind the world economy."


The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is conducting Quo Vadis'03, its Flagship Paper Writing and Presentation Event, in November this year for students of business schools across the country.

The theme for the paper writing competition is

"Corporate Governance: A Tool for National and Global Competitiveness"


The competition will be held in two stages. In the first stage all the papers will be evaluated by a panel of distinguished judges. The authors of the best 6 papers will be invited to present the paper at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi on the 15th of November 2003.

IIFT cordially invites "The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore" to participate in Quo Vadis'03. For Further Details look up www.iift.edu or browse the Attached PDF file.


Regards

Pallavi Chari

(Student Coordinator) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade B-21 Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi 110063Dated: 11th September 2003

6. River Rafting, parasailing, paragliding

Hi Mr. Anurag Jain

I have pleasure in informing you that we will be conducting an exciting and thrilling aqua sport i.e. River Rafting in Cauvery River in Kanakapura Wild life Sanctuary. This place is around 100 Kms from Bangalore. Since we will be able to accommodate a maximum of 16 participants per batch, we would request you to kindly register your name immediately. In the meantime, I would request you to kindly the circular to your colleagues & friends.

Non-swimmers can take part in the rafting event because all the participants will be provided with life jackets
Dates of the Rafting programme:
20th, 21st , 27th & 28th ( Saturdays & Sundays )
Tariff
Rs. 1,200/ - this includes

( 1 ) rafting equipment hire charges, guides fee and vehicle hire charges from the end point ( i.e. Galibore ) to the starting point ( Bhimeeshwari) - after completion of the rafting event, the participants will be brought back to the starting point through the forest in a jeep.
&
( 2 ) Travelling from Bangalore to the Starting point & back to Bangalore in a Chartered vehicle

Note - Optional - Food charges extra @ Rs. 250/- per person, which will be served by the Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd., which includes Lunch ( veg & non-veg ) , evening snacks & tea. However, the participants have the liberty of bringing their own food.

Tentative Schedule

Batch no
Dep from Bangalore
Return to Bangalore

A
7.00 am
6.00 pm

B
10.00 am
9.00 pm
Registration form

Name of the Applicant
No of Participants

Date of the Rafting programme
Preference I
Preference II
Batch no.


Preference - I
Preference - II
Contact Nos.
Mob no
Off no.
Res no.
E-mail Ids
Official
Personal

Parasailing & Microlight flying events will be held on 21st & 28th Sept ( Sundays ) at Jakkur Aerodrome, Bangalore. For details, kindly go through our web.

Sheshadri S.K.
CARE ( Centre for Adventure and Rejuvenation of Environment )
126, Arora Business Centre, 111, Dickenson Road ( Near Manipal Centre) Bangalore - 560 052
Tel no. 5586627 & 5586337 - Mob: 98456 - 95350
E-mail - careadventures@vsnl.net - Web: www.careadventures.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Students Cultural Committee
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 12:18 AM
To: President - PGP Students
Subject: Yana Gupta hits IIMB !!!

Well guys, that was just an attention grabber.. Yana's not dancing at our OAT..at least not tomorrow.. but MCC definitely is...so is JNC... and Christ college and Joseph's and NIFT...

This Saturday nite at OAT, get your spirits high and start the countdown for this year's Unmaad.

Welcome to the "THE ECSTACY OF GOLD", a one-of-a-kind Acoustic Western Music and Dance Competition, where we play host to some of the top colleges in town.

Starting at sundown (6 PM) on the 13th of Sept (read as today), this event will go on till 11 PM and will be followed by a welcome party for the new batch of exchange students. As you can see, this weekend is going to be very very special, and all you have to do is be there!

Cheers,
Culcom

"We aim to entertain!"

1. Screening of "The City of Angels"
-----Original Message-----
From: Film Club
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:19 PM
To: Film Club
Subject: Dress Circle welcomes you to this weekend's movie screening!! (Friday, 12th September at 8.30 pm at the IIMB Auditorium)


Ladies and Gentlemen,

We invite you to the screening of one of the most loved movies of the '90s on Friday, 12 September 2003.

Movie: The City of Angels
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz
Directed by:Brad Silberling
Timing: 8:30 PM
Venue: IIMB Auditorium
Runtime:114 minutes
Language: English
Rating:PG 15 - Parental Guidance recommended. Children below 15 to be
accompanied by an adult.

The synopsis of the movie is available on http://spidi
Looking forward to your presence at the screening.

Regards,

Film Club - The IIMB Film Club
"Keep Watching"


2. Forest Outing: Navdarshanam
-----Original Message-----
From: Prakriti - The Nature Club
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:35 AM
To: @FPM Students
Subject: Forest Outing: Navdarshanam


Dear IIMB Community Members

To refresh you and give you a healthy break from daily hectic routine at IIMB,the club is organizing a trip to Navadarshanam - a nascent forest and an Ashram near a small lush green village. We would leave at 12 pm on Sunday (14/09/03) and come back by 5 pm.

If you want to be among the lucky ones who would experience the most nature friendly place around and taste the healthy organic food, prepared with pesticide-free ingredients then email us by 2 pm. tomm. or write your name in the sheet, which will be put on mess notice board tommorow morning.

Those of you are sure of going, should reply indicating whether you want to have the food or not. Based on the number of people, the food will be ordered and mode of transportation will be arranged.

Approximate expenditure would be Rs. 100 per person for organic food and small token money to the ashram + transportation charges which would be nominal depending on the number of persons going.A guide would also accompany us to explain the things.

The Navdarshanam has following distinctiveness:

 Eco-restoration: A wasteland converted to a small forest. Thousands of trees have appeared, planted by mysterious forces of nature invisible to the senses. Soil conditions have improved dramatically.

 Natural farming: No chemicals and pesticides are used, the faith being that a healthy soil will take care of all plants in its bosom.

 Health and food: Food items and cooking methods have been classified according to the digestibility/acidity-alkalinity. Diseases are seen as 'absence of ease,' caused by undigested food, which disturb the ecology of the of the body.

 Energy: Because of the ecologically damaging nature of the technologies that generate power these days, all power requirements, including that for pumping water and for lighting, is generated through solar panels and systems.

 Housing: All dwelling units at Navadarshanam have been aesthetically designed and constructed with the help of alternative technologies, using eco-friendly concepts and locally available material and labour.

Looking forward to explore a different world with you.

Regards

Prakriti@IIMB


3. Invitation for a talk by Mr. Munjal Shah

Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

is pleased to invite you for a talk on

"Profitable International Internet Start-up…Impossible?"
Come learn the story of Andale and how Munjal Shah did it
by

Munjal Shah
Co-founder, President and CEO of Andale

On

17th September 2003
at
Auditorium, IIM Bangalore

Time: 6-30 to 7-30 pm

For registration, contact 6993721 or email nsrcel@iimb.ernet.in
As there are limited seats, please register early to facilitate arrangements

As the President and CEO of Andale, Munjal is charged with building the Andale vision and strategy. Over the past 3 years, he has raised over 60 million dollars for the company, brought the company to cash flow breakeven and grown the subscriber base to 42,000 paying users. In 2001, Munjal was also named to Business Week's Top 10 CEO's to Watch.

Moving forward, Munjal will stay focused on driving the company to become the business management partner for every auction seller and strives to deliver products and services that support every part of the auction sellers' business cycle - empowering every Andale user to grow their business, while maximizing their profits.

Previously, Munjal led the Internet Marketing and E-commerce Group for the Baan Company and led product management and marketing activities for BlackSun Interactive, an Internet community software company funded by CMGI @Ventures. At IBM, Munjal worked with the initial home banking applications group and was part of the team that brought Nation's Bank and Bank of America into the online home banking business for the first time, at the start of the Internet revolution.

Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University. Bachelors in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego.


4. Hindustani Music Concerts

Few Concerts are comming up this month .

A.
22 nd September : 6:30pm
Artist :Parmeshwar Hegde (Vocal)
Accomp : Ravindra Yavagal , Vyasmurti Katti .
venue : Ananya Sabagana
91/2 4th Main
Malleshwaram
Blr -3

B.
Sunday 28th : 5:00pm
Artist :
a . Mr Basvaraj G (Vocal)
b . Mr Medini Udaya (Vocal)
c. Ustad Hamid Khan ( Sitar)
d. Ustad Fayaz Ahmed Khan ( Sarangi)
Venue : same as above


The Concerts are free and open to all .


5. International conference on finance, ICFAI university


Call for Papers

International Conference on Finance
Hosted by ICFAI University, India and Philadelphia University, USA
Sponsored by Monash University, Australia*
15th & 16th December 2003
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

It gives us immense pleasure to invite you, your colleagues and your doctoral level students to share your unpublished research findings in the following broad areas:

Asset Pricing
Capital Markets
Market Microstructure
Corporate Finance
Investment Management and Performance
Banking & Insurance and other financial services
Derivatives
International Finance
Regulatory Challenges: Financial Markets; Corporates; Intermediaries and Regulations of Financial Reporting.

Important Instructions:

The abstracts not exceeding 300 words should reach us on or before 20th October 2003. The authors must clearly indicate the broad area mentioned above in which their papers should be considered.
Short listed authors will be communicated within 7 days to submit a copy of complete research paper on or before 10th November 2003.
The manuscripts will be subjected to double blind review process. Decision of the reviewers would be final and binding.
The decision of acceptance or non-acceptance of the paper will be communicated by 30th November 2003.
The authors of the short listed papers would be invited to present their papers at the conference.
All manuscripts should be in English and typed in MS - Office Word in Times New Roman (12-size font) in double space only on one side of the paper with a wide margin on both the sides. All Tables must be consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals with appropriate titles. Footnotes should be listed consecutively in the text with superscript arabic numerals. Bibliographical references should be on a separate sheet of paper as indicated below.

Reference:
Book:
Damodaran Aswath, Damodaran on Valuation - Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance: New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994

Article:
Miles, J.A., and I. Shaked (1983), "Does Business Diversification Affect Performance?," Financial Management Vol. 13, pp.5-14

A brief resume of the Author(s) should accompany the Abstract.

Best Research Paper Award:

Research awards comprising of a citation, cash prize and memento will be awarded to author(s) of three best papers based on the recommendation of the paper review committee.

Copyright and Publication:

ICFAI would hold the copyright of all the papers accepted for the conference. The papers accepted for the conference would be published in a book and in a special edition of the referred journal "ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance (IJAF)" published by ICFAI Press.

Mailing Address:
Mail us your abstracts and papers at conference@icfai.org

Or

Dr. Niranjan Swain
Chairman - Conference Committee
ICFAI Business School, ICFAI University
# 62, Nagarjuna Hills, Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh, India - 500 082
Ph: 040 - 2343 0453 to 0457
Fax: 040 - 2343 0458

www.icfai.org

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-----Original Message-----
From: Students Cultural Committee
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:28 AM
Subject: Enter party zone

Two announcements:

1) We are organising an inter-collegiate music / dance (read as western acoustics / choreo) competition in the OAT on the 13th of this month. We have confirmed participation from the top 5 colleges in Bangalore. IIMB would participate in the event on a non-competitive basis. The event would be followed by a Welcom party for the exchange students.

2) Lots of PGP1s have been asking us whether we would have a party on the 21st of Sept (so that they can change their ticket reservations accordingly). We have three possible answers - yes, Yes and YES... Let's celebrate the end of term 1 with a big party.

Cheers,
Culcom

De-bug wrote at 6:58 am on Mon, Sep 8 2003:
Grand Launch today!!!

'Puttum Kadalayum'
The IIMB Mallu Club
ONASHAMSAKAL!

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY ONAM!

The lunch today is an Onam special feast...make sure u r there!

From: SEP Office
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:47 PM

Hello,

You are cordially invited to a dance recital on the evening of Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 6:00pm in the Auditorium. The function is to welcome exchange students who have arrived from universities around the world. The recital will be performed by dancers from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts who specialize in, and are renowned for, interdisciplinary and fusion dance forms. A short write-up on the Centre is appended below.

You are welcome to come with your family.

With Warm Regards,

Rahul De' Chairperson SEP

Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts

Established in Alwaye in Kerala since 1992, Attakkalari has moved to our new premises in Bangalore since July 2001. Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts is committed to interdisciplinary performance work and is an umbrella organization facilitating and producing international arts events. ACMA is engaged in creating a context for contemporary physical expressions in India by making information from Indian performance traditions as well as international performing arts scene available in an accessible format for young artists and for the general public alike. It=FFs a public charitable trust formed by artists from different disciplines to facilitate the development of contemporary expressions in dance in India. Attakkalari is supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trust. Its creative projects are often supported by central and state Culture Departments, central and state Sangeet Natak Akademi, South Zone Cultural Centre, central and state Tourism Departments, India Foundation for the Arts, ICCR, British Council, Max Mueller Bhavan, Alliance Francaise, business houses etc. as well as various arts organisations from India and abroad.


Apart from its ongoing training, production and education outreach work, Attakkalari has conducted several national and international events including festivals, seminars and residencies. Attakkalari=FFs productions often are in the cross-art genre using cutting edge technology and digital arts. Attakkalari has an extensive education outreach programme.

SPIC MACAY, Bangalore Chapter presents a Teachers Day Special event, Sarod recital by Pt. Rajeev Taranath.

Date: 5th Sep 2003 Venue: National Law School Time: 4.30 PM

About the Artiste:

Internationally acclaimed performer and award-winning composer, Pt. Rajeev Taranath is today one of the world's leading exponents of the sarod. A distinguished disciple of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, his performances masterfully combine the depth and rigor of the tradition of Hindustani classical music with an inspired imagination and emotional intensity. He has been hailed by The New York Times by commenting with great enthusiasm about the exuberance and versatility of his playing, which ranged from the spiritual to the spirited.

For further details check our website http://www.spicmacayblr.org/blrevents.htm or contact Ms. Nivedita Honnatti, Email: spicmacayblr@hotmail.com

About SPICMACAY:

SPICMACAY, The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth is a non-profit, voluntary, apolitical and participatory student movement. It is dedicated to enriching education through the spread and appreciation of India's classical heritage and sensitizing the average student to the aesthetics of the Indian classical milieu, especially to the performing arts.

The movement seeks to provoke thought and a genuine spirit of enquiry in the young and provide a solid value based education, which involves the absorption and aesthetics and spirituality in an increasingly technical, mundane and competitive world.

SPICMACAY is a youth movement, educational in spirit and locates itself only in schools and colleges. All our events are non-commercial, non-ticketed and organized only in educational institutions. We hope that every person's life becomes just that much more enhanced, not only by attending a programme but also by getting involved with the movement.

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[Bangalore Chapter of The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music & Culture Amongst Youth]