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[The following is taken from this post of the Aug '08 Chronicle]
So far the process for converting IT-BHU to IIT has been going smooth. A senior advisor of Planning Commission, Mr. Bhasker Chatterji visited our institute on August 11 to discuss about IIT conversion. He was satisfied with the steps being taken by our institute for the conversion and discussed the funding needs of about Rs. 500 crores.
On the other hand, there are two issues which need to be resolved before the conversion process can proceed further. One is about the governance of IIT and other about naming of our institute.
For governance, BHU administration has proposed that Vice-Chancellor of the University should be always head of the Chairman of the Board for the proposed IIT. Currently the Chairman of the Board of each IIT is the outside person appointed by the central government. Usually he is a distinguished person, such as industrialist, academician, scientist, etc. Since he is always a person outside of the institute, the current IIT Council (apex group of all IITs) may not have much objection about appointing VC as the Chairman of the Board of our institute.
However, the second problem is more complex. Our University wants to rename our institute as IIT-BHU, Varanasi after conversion. On the other hand, HRD ministry and IIT council wants to have name similar to other IITs, i.e. IIT, Varanasi only. This is to maintain the brand-image of IITs, as IITs are named after the respective city only. Anything else is not acceptable to them.
Our alumni volunteers are in constant touch with University administration and officials from HRD ministry. We hope that the issue will be quickly resolved as per our expectations and process for conversion of our institute to IIT will move forward.
If you believe you can help in our efforts, please email Yogesh Upadhyay of CHE 1977 at yogesh@ alumni.itbhu.ac.in
I support IIT-BHU, Varanasi. I don't want to detach myself from the glorious past of BHU.
August 30, 2008 8:15 PMI support IIT Varanasi...There is no point living in the past but look one should look at the future and we must accept whatever will give us that...If the govt. says IIT varanasi, then IIT varanasi it is
August 31, 2008 4:23 AMIs there any major problem in resolving the name of IIT BHU/IIT Varanasi?
BHU has a vast resource pool of good faculty (e.g. physics dept) and students have freedom to take various courses in other faculties. Couple of my batch mates took diploma courses in other faculties. IIT-BHU will retain those accesses, with increased funding. Separating IIT totally from BHU will deprive future students from those resources. Then IIT will have to develop those resources from scratch.
August 31, 2008 9:23 AMThe IITs are named as per their location.Accordingly our Institute can be named as IIT,BHU where BHU is the location.No need to include varanasi
August 31, 2008 10:17 PMnot exactly , by a simple MOU one can access all the facilties which one enjoy today directly from BHU. Access of resource pool will not be a prob.
Just happened to come across this article which mentions of IIT-BHU in a ministry of HRD - dept of higher education website. It mentions IIT BHU/IT BHU in the same breath.(http://education.nic.in/scst/SCST-Special.asp)
Personally,I do not think IIT council/HRD ministry would have much probs with our BHU association and hence the IIT BHU name as such, given that we were already a part of IIT JEE for so long. Infact, the name IIT Varanasi could be a bit alien sounding and a dampner for the alumni with fond memories of the glorious university campus.On another thought, why is the Pan IIT website (http://paniit.iitk.ac.in/iits/index.jsp) still chosing to ignore us despite including all new instis ? Any thoughts?
September 1, 2008 4:56 AMAll the IITs have the vast resources that are being talked about here. Hence these resources might also be a part of IITV or IITBHU, with the extra plus of the ease with which the students will be able to use them without any BHU barriers or red tapes.
September 1, 2008 5:22 AMNew institutes are coming up as IITs whereas we are yet in conversion process.Till the conversion process in 99.9% done, we will be officially known as ITBHU. So they cannot include us.
September 1, 2008 8:14 AMShould not even be a question.
MUST be IITV to maintain parity among all IITs.
September 1, 2008 8:22 AMya it is iitv. because iit-bhu sounds something odd..as compairing with other iits....iit should follow its trend naming after city..
September 1, 2008 9:57 AMI guess it should be IITV....I dont want to do again what I have been doing since the day I have entered ITBHU --- explaining to people how we entered through IITJEE, how we are similar to them and how we are autonomous in certain ways and are not in other.
Association will always and can always remain....but to bring it at par with brand..IITV sounds better
September 2, 2008 5:03 AMAll: For now, lets all work on ways to get that extra "I", and the funding that comes with it.
Lets keep discussions on "what is the best name" on a different thread, as this has a lot of potential of becoming a flame-war :).
I have started one here, complete with voting etc :)
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=840. Let all know what you think.
@Anon-with-link: I checked with some people abt that MoEducation link -- they say it is a typo, and nothing is certain about the name yet :-|.
Alumni Volunteer
IIT-V sounds much better than IIT-BHU Varanasi. The latter is a bit too long a name for an IIT
September 2, 2008 7:33 AMleave the name . but what about the inclusion of itbhu in IITs by IIT act modification & exclusion of itbhu from BHU by BHU act modification . I feel only these 2 hurdles to be cleared for which we ... specially our alumni will have to keep their eyes open as soon as parliyment session commences ( i dont know exact date but perhaps it is in octomber !!! ) . baki nam me kya rakha hai ... IIT ke bad kuch bhi likha ho :)
September 2, 2008 2:16 PMWill a duplicate degree certificate bear the new name with IIT in it?
September 3, 2008 12:51 PMI am an IT-BHU alumni. I'd vote for IIT-BHU, Varanasi.
- Pradeep
September 4, 2008 9:55 PMNew IITs a disaster:- Prof CNR Rao
September 5, 2008 3:29 AMhow did that happen that an advisor of PM and an imminent personality comes to know about such an important historical happenings in India like opening of new IITs after students have been admitted into the newly opened institutes even ?
September 5, 2008 8:32 PMThis may be Dr. Rao's personal opinion.
Can any one tell about putting the ITBHU to IIT bill in the Coming Parliamentary session.What is the update
Is Prof. Rao an alumnus of BHU ? Read somewhere that he got his M.SC from BHU in 1955.
September 7, 2008 4:40 PMyes, He got his M.SC from BHU .
And currently he is chairman of SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE PRIME MINISTER
Probably we can contact him for any help regarding this conversion.
September 7, 2008 9:42 PMAnimesh,
Could you please tell about the tabling of ITBHU to IIT bill in the coming session of parliament.
What is the latest progress.And whether Govt. is planing some ordnance.
Could you please tell about the tabling of ITBHU to IIT bill in the coming session of parliament.
What is the latest progress.And whether Govt. is planing some ordnance.
We can have BHU as well.. if IIT Kgp can be there then why not IIT Bhu. I know BHU is not a city still. Call it by all the names like IIT Pawai or IIT B , IIT BHU or IIT V ..
Let it be officially IIT V .
IIT V is better over IIT BHU. Let informal name be IIT BHU but formal be IIT V. If it is IIT V it would be considered on par with other IITs, else keeping BHU name would always keep it separated from other IITs.
September 10, 2008 10:40 AMNothing sustantial has been heard since so long.
What is the progress.What about the tabling of bill the coming parliament session? What about the ordinance plan of Govt.?
Can anyone update on these points.
I am in favor of IIT-BHU. It carries the grandeur legacy of BHU, and will associate us not only with engineering grads but also with all alumni of BHU.
And moreover many ppl in industry still think that our institute name is IIT-BHU not IT-BHU, so we don't need a new name actually.
I would be interested in knowing how BHU and the new IIT resolve issues about common resources like power water etc; and also what the responsibilities of the BHU proctor and security staff would be vis-a-vis the new IIT. Long ago when I was a student at IT-BHU, BHU had to close indefinitley three times, in five years due to what the district adminsitration considered to be serious threats to peace in the campus. These were due to protests that originated in the science and arts departemnts. Sine the IT hostels were in the BHU campus, the IT students had to vacate their hostels. Incidents like these caused serious disruptions to the acdemic sessions and schedules.
September 12, 2008 6:39 PMNo updates on the conversion process????
Itni shanti kyon hai bhai????
If_only;Yogesh Ji; Animesh Pathak;
Could any one of you update on conversion issue. No posting from If_only and Yogesh Upadhaya Since so long.
September 13, 2008 9:58 PMRaj/If_only/others:
My self and other alumni are in constant touch with our institute and our university administration, as well as with HRD ministry.
For the last few weeks, there is no news update. What I have heard is that our university administration has welcomed the IIT status for our institute and requested HRD ministry for IIT-BHU name, keeping university's sentiments in mind. HRD ministry is going through the proposal. The work on modifying BHU Act is also being done simultaneously by the Ministry.
We shall come to know about outcome only when the Parliament meets again in mid-Oct. and the Bill for modifying IIT Act is introduced.
Yogesh K. Upadhyaya
Chemical 1977
Once the bill is ready,
I think there will be no hurdles in passing it.
As due to disturbance and walk outs by opposition in parliament on other issues will allow 95% of bills to be passed without any discussion. ;)
Yogesh Ji ;
Thanks for your update.
Looking for the parliament session.
What is status of Bill Modification for 8 New IITs. Is it complete or it will be done together with IT-BHU ?
Ravi Modi
Well earlier Govt. has announced that they have plan to bring ordinance for New IITs and that too very soon. Till now nothing has processed further in this regard.Now since about one month has left for the next session to be started,no update in this regard(Ordinance). If anyone has got some seroius update on this issue.
Another point some issues regarding BOG chairman and name of our institute has also to be resolved.
Yogesh ji wouold you have some conclusive updates on these issues.Please share.
September 18, 2008 4:28 AMi heard that our vice chancellor has wrote a strong letter to govt.regarding iit bhu.in letter he strongly emphasizes on the fact that it is part of bhu and we can not exclude it from bhu by naming iitv....does it effect all the conversion process????????
September 18, 2008 10:41 AMIs VC implying "Name it as IIT-BHU or No Thanks, we will keep it as IT-BHU" ? Or is he just making a strong case for IIT-BHU ? Second one is good but first one is not.
I hope he is not going to say "No Thanks". Practically this is our last chance.
September 19, 2008 9:32 AMIf they are saying that BHU cannot be excluded, then how are they going to do the conversion process? ITBHU needs to be separated from BHU for conversion. Are the authorities there in BHU changing their minds? It would be great if someone (like Yogesh Sir) can let everyone know what's there in VC's mind, by talking to him.
September 19, 2008 10:08 AMFirst of all, we all need to realize that it is government's call whether or not to convert IT into IIT. And for that matter, it is also their call what to name it as (IITV or IIT-BHU). BHU Admin, including the VC, has the right to make a request.
September 19, 2008 4:41 PMBHU does carry a lot of good past with its name.Other IITs have been developed as independent institutions right from the begining. IT-BHU is being converted to IIT and it does have a long past and strong association. I am in favour of IIT-BHU, Varanasi as its new name.
In reality name has little to do with what this institute will accomplish note worthy in future. It must be up-graded for better resources at its disposal without much fuss over the name. It is always better to follow a standard with a few practical changes if needed.
September 19, 2008 5:03 PMWe Indians have a habit of beating around the bush and not concentrate on the real issue. As in this case, the real issue is IIT coversion, with V/BHU as secondary issue.
I'll like to ask our honarary VC, professors and other administrators only one question:
If ITBHU is named IIT V, would that mean IT wont have any relation with BHU or If it is named IIT BHU would that mean IT would remain a part of BHU.
Well any logical anyswer is a 'NO' in both the cases. I mean I can't understand the fact that so qualified persons could be against the overall recognition and development of the institute.
can you chopp-off your own hands ? obviously no. so why would BHU exclude its only engineering faculty IT-BHU? Would you do that if you were BHU VC.obviously no because you are loosing. and IIT would not allow IT-BHU to be part of IIT becuase it can't be separated out of BHU. so you get the answer.
September 19, 2008 8:25 PMWhenever I hear a news reagarding IIT/ITBHU alumni I found (in most cases) that institute places (like kgp k b .. )come in second or follwing lines. But with ITBHU, It is not the case. Also I always think if something is done by IIT alumini then it is done by 7 IITs and if ITBHU alumini is doing something then it is one ITBHU. So, IIT-BHU sounds good.
September 20, 2008 9:57 AMTo convert IT to IIT is not solely government's call. BHU must agree first to separate it. Only then government comes into picture. And the disturbing thing in the previous post is, that BHU may not allow separation of IT, if it is not named as IIT-BHU.
September 20, 2008 11:06 AMThere has been a interesting debate whether BHU's agreement is required for the Govt to separate IT from BHU. I am not sure of the exact procedure required...and it is also likely that we are in a gray area as there might not be a lot of precedent for separation of faculty from the institute.
However irrespective of what the process, as BHU is a centrally funded institution,if there is the required POLITICAL will, Govt can easily have it's way. MHRD holds tremendous leverage over the VC and BHU administration. VC is appointed by MHRD and is responsible for carrying out agenda of MHRD. All Directors/Faculty members are government employees and have to abide by it's directives.
The Government if it chooses to,at it's will can amend BHU Act in parliament or issue an ordinance to effect any change in the functioning of BHU.
It is all of question of how much punch the politicians at the top are willing to pull...
September 20, 2008 2:41 PMDraft is ready as per the news below but nothing is mentioned about IT-BHU. Agree, this is our last chance and we are very close this time. So we all should be pro-active so that we do not miss it this time and should do everything we can do to make it happen.
it is not mentioned that while converting roorkee, again the act was amended. So i think they are talking about only the newly created IIT's not the converted ones.
September 23, 2008 9:45 AMparliament session starts from 17th octomber .
its not wait & watch for us now . I suggest our honourable alumni to take the atmost urgency for that . I also suggest to all collegegoers students to take out any useful information from the Director cabin & the VC cabin !!!
September 23, 2008 10:22 AMThis news link has mention of IT-BHU. Though Not sure if taken from official news release.
September 23, 2008 10:33 AMyes now, its our alumni job..they have to be in a constant touch with our vc also..
September 23, 2008 11:32 AMThis article mentions IT-BHU in an oblique fashion
Hello Guys!!
Our alumni have put a lot of efforts for all this!!
What is the news further ??
modifying iit act is ok . it can be for itbhu done with other 8 iits . but what about bhu act modification ? is it ready to be produced ?
September 26, 2008 4:03 AMi think it should be IIT Varanasi as after that it will become some what self dependant
September 26, 2008 11:08 PMI heard from the Admin Office that yesterday a team from UGC visited the campus for some work/inspection related to IIT conversion.
September 27, 2008 5:04 AM@gaurabh:-
how did u get this information.Please brief us about the team visit.
September 27, 2008 10:21 PMI don't know anything more.My frnd had gone to admin office and there he heard this.
September 28, 2008 3:43 AMIIT update:
UGC/AICTE team visited our campus over weekend. I had talk with our Director last week. According to him, the visit (by UGC/AICTE) is for the routine funding requirement for our college only and it has nothing to do with IIT issue.
About IIT issue, we are keeping track on the subject. HRD has to consider and act appropriately on the demand by BHU administration, which wants to have partial control over our institute after conversion.
Yogesh Upadhyaya
Chemical 1977
Can the alumini team confirm that the amendment of the IIT act includes IT-BHu conversion to IIT?
partial control! .. so the VC does not want full autonomy to be given to IT/IIT BHU/Varanasi.... I am afraid, we will not be seeing the conversion in the coming year in this case .. why would HRD give partial control ..... Just curious .. if MHRD has included the conversion in the coming amendment of IIT Act .. or not ? ..
September 28, 2008 8:49 PMHello Yogesh Sir,
Can this demand jeopardize the efforts of conversion?
September 29, 2008 7:17 AMif we are in ACT modification draft.. then we may be through ..does any body have any info about that?
September 29, 2008 11:17 AMi prefer for wait after 17th octomber parliament session start ... keeping fingers crossed :)
September 30, 2008 8:59 AMIf we look the parliament schedule
its Oct 21 ( the first day when they will do the bussiness of MHRD) and then Nov 4th, 11th and 18th .. lets see, when the ACT Modification will be tabled ? but the big question, if there is resistence from BHU admin about the conversion, how MHRD will proceed ?
September 30, 2008 9:11 PMI guess we should not just sit with our fingers crossed when we are so close.
We should try to get internal info and if there is some problem put all our efforts to rectify that as we dont have much time left either ....
And please let me know if I can do something in this regard ....
October 1, 2008 2:26 AMI agree with Shailendara...this is the time to act....if we are not included there wont be time to correct it later on...
October 1, 2008 7:39 AMI think now no ordinance for New IITs from Govt.
Let's see what happen in the parliment session. I think next month is very crucial for ITBHU.
can we only do "wait and watch"? cant we confirm from MHRD ministry about BHU Act?
October 5, 2008 11:09 AMEnd of the day. With the new IITs coming in, IT BHU would continue to lose it's equity amongst the rest of the institutes, the change is imperative to keep the reputation alive. We've got to do whatever we can from our end.
October 8, 2008 2:21 AMu r right Mr Anonymous ... where there will never be a itbhu in india's top 10 without being iit there it is also true that if any institute can enter & challenge top 5 IITs then its only ... but only qfter being an IIT ... ( point to be noted in 1972 only 6 institutes were there which participated in IIT Jee ... The top 5 & Itbhu ) .
October 8, 2008 7:21 AMsome news:
what matters is that IT-BHU shd be IIT does not matter , it is IIT-V or IIT-BHU,Varanasi.
October 11, 2008 7:58 AMDoes anyone has any updates on this? The silence indicates that we have missed the bus!!!!!
probably yes :(.. it will be clear any way on 21st .. or so...
October 15, 2008 5:18 AMis it possible for students of ITBHU to hold a rally in support . send representatives to meet to Director first & then to VC ... as soon as possible ? ............... its our last chance afterall !!!
October 15, 2008 3:38 PMsenior faculty members, those who are supposed to know the status, are keeping mum .. and there is a restless silence ..all the signs are not giving a good vibe.. regarding holding the rally .. one need official status from somewhere .....
October 15, 2008 8:20 PMCant we can ask the MHRD as to when they propose to bring up the bill in the parliament under the RTI Act???
From Yogesh Upadhyaya CHE 1977:
The IIT conversion process for our institute is still going on. Our VC is also supporting conversion of our institute into an IIT. MHRD is considering BHU administration's request to have a say in governance of our institute when it becomes an IIT. We shall come to know more only after the government introduces Bill for modifying IIT Act in the parliament. The next parliament is expected to begin around Oct 21.
Yogesh Upadhyaya
Chemical 1977
Following question is listed to be asked in the Rajya Sabha on 10/20/2008. Hopefully some information will be forthcoming then..
New Indian Institutes of Technology
200. SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA: Will the
Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether several new Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been
started, commencing from the current
academic session;
(b) if so, the details thereof, including
the status of their venues, the number of
students under general and reserved
categories admitted vis-a-vis seats offered
and faculties recruited in each and the
courses offered in respective IITs;
(c) the standard norms of facultystudent
ratio prescribed, if any, for the IITs
and the ratio actually prevailing in the IITs,
including in those newly set up; and
(d) the details of funds approved and
allocated to each IIT, old and new, for the
current financial year?
it is going to start tomorrow . but when act is going to be produced in parliament ?
October 16, 2008 5:28 PMThe parliament session is going to be a short one this time, may be just for a few days. So,there is very little room for negotiations. I guess that everything is in order before the bill is tabled.
October 16, 2008 10:54 PMI appreciate efforts of everyone including Mr Anonymous.
October 16, 2008 11:59 PMHRD ministry is saying that it will not introduce the IIT (Ammendment) bill during this session...
looks like the wait is longer...
now we will have to trust the next govt. also. I hope they will not exclude ITBHU.
October 18, 2008 5:43 AMIts really a shocking news.
Now can Mr. Yopgesh Upadhaya throw some light on this.
This is a big big blow, the wait gets longer and a change of guard at the centre likely now you can only cross ur fingers and hope for the best and conversion would not be a top priority for the next government
October 19, 2008 2:33 AMHi all, I would like to thank yogeshji for all the effort he has put in.
Here is my view on this.
We forget that in the conversion process politicians are involved .
A Politician is politician!!!!!!
Iam sorry to say but we need to face reality. Iam in USA and had sleepless nights during vote of confidence to see wheather govt Suvives and IT BHU becomes IIT and have been constantly following updates and contacting IT BHU Office.
Now ...Its better to forget and focuss on our careers and try to get an MBA from world renowned Institues rather dicuss about this never ending process.
October 19, 2008 7:37 AMInteresting article in TOI about implementation hurdles in the 11th plan initiatives (which i presume includes IT-BHU conversion and new iit's)
October 20, 2008 5:14 AMWell lets have this point of view in mind -
There are problems definitely in setting up too many IITs and it might go in our favor.
ITBHU > IIT process needs less money and less time.
I am not sure but if money is problem then these POLITICIANS might want to adjust new admitted students for new IITs into existent ones and hence one more positive point in favor of ITBHU > IIT.
Well just my opinion!!
October 20, 2008 8:04 PMtoday is october 22!!
please...i'm dying to hear some good news.
Question in parliament for 10/27
NARAYAN SINGH: Will the Minister of
be pleased to state:
(a) whether Governmnt has proposed
to set up new IITs, IIITs and IISERs; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and how
many of them are proposed to be set up in
the tribal areas, for the welfare of tribal
i am a student who is in 1st year and left even many world renowned institutes for the iit tag but all seems hopeless now
So i even joined ceramic engineering
There are many sad faces thanks to this news i hope nobody does a suicide
It is good to know that a question is being asked. Lets see what happens.
@dharamveer: There is no reason to be contemplating suicide -- from what I know, a ITBHU CER 2nd year student with his team just won the best invention award in IITM !
you _are_ in a world class insti. See this page for more.
animesh @ alumni.itbhu.ac.in
Its sad tht the government has decided to take these steps...from the TOI article the people in the IISERs are in a worse situation than us or the new IITs...
Many first years here have been discussing the conversion and pinning their hopes on it...
Aditya Prasad
First yr. Ceramic Engineering
Thanks for your comments. Our alumni volunteers are meeting HRD ministry officials, other govt. officials and institute administration almost every month to follow up with the matter. The matter is in govt. hand now and the implementation is slow.
Please read the following links, which state that current winter session of the parliament may be curtailed on Oct. 24 and reconvened on Dec08. Thus earliest possibility of discussing about amendment of IIT Act will be in Dec or perhaps in February budget session:
The reason for postponing the session and IIT discussion are many. The parliament session is postponed and shortened so as to avoid no-trust motion by the opposition on the issue of price rise, etc. In any case, there are a lot of agenda to be discussed in the shortened parliament session, and amendment of IIT Act requires some spare time for discussion.
The govt. plans to put forth in parliament the amendment of the IIT Act, 1961 so as to add 8 new IITs and IT-BHU to be officially declared as IITs.
The bill is delayed due to the fact that:
-Four IITs (Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh) has not finalized location as per HRD requirement and the land is not procured. IIT Act will be amended after all details are clear and agreed upon.
-Review and final approval from Planning Commission about the funding for new IITs. Funding is available, only to be reassessed considering current slow economy and possible reduced income to govt.
-For IT-BHU, BHU Act is to be modified or the consensus should be arrived at.
We can only wait and see. We are still hopeful about the outcome.
Yogesh K Upadhyaya
Chemical 1977
Let's wait for 27th october and keep ur fingers crossed till then.
October 22, 2008 8:16 AMeven IT-BHU is one of the best institution,as we know that placement wise we are not lagging behind from any iit. We should rather focus on making our tag IT-BHU better than any other institution...and leave the never ending topic of conversion. -Imran Rashid -1st year ceramics
October 22, 2008 12:19 PMAnother link which says Parliament session will be adjourned on Friday and reconvene December 8.
October 23, 2008 9:29 AMwe are again back to pavillion
THAT was really bad!!!!!!!!!
A student of IT told me that UGC commision was to visit the campus from Oct 21-24. Has this visit happened ? If yes, does anyone know of the agenda and the outcome ?
October 25, 2008 6:35 PMDear all,
Thanks for your comments. We have posted a new update on this issue at this new page, and the comments on this entry are closed.
The August 2008 edition of the ITBHU Chronicle is now online. Click hereto read more.
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org)IT-BHU Global Alumni Association (IBGAA) is pleased to announce the completion of the documents related to organization structure. The documents available for public review are as shown below:
These documents are interim in nature and subject to revision in future. You are welcome to view the documents and post your comments.
Thanking you,
IT-BHU Global Alumni Association
Dated: 23 August 2008
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org)The Indian economy is arguably at a point from where it can take off like a Superjumbo taking to the skies. Can elephants fly? That is the question! An eminent panel made up of distinguished scientists, economists, technocrats and government representatives will debate and discuss the ways and means by which the Indian economy can take wings in the next 20 years. It can be said that the last 20 years have seen the liberalization of the economy and the unshackling of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit.
The Delhi Chapter of ITBHU alumni association is organizing a panel discussion on "Elephants CAN fly! - Giving India the Wings of Change" on Wednesday, 24th September, 2008, 18:30 hours at Magnolia Hall,India Habitat Centre.
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org)A meeting of the newly formed Washington DC chapter of IT-BHU was held on Aug 2nd, 2008 at Tandoori Nights, Arlington, Virginia for an informal get-together and to know all the Alumni living around Washington DC. The meet was attended by 17 alumni from BHU and IT-BHU, ranging from 1961 to the class of 2006. The meet covered alumni form Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
We were obliged that Dr Vinod Goel, retired professor of International Marketing and Management, University of Maryland with his wife Mrs. Darshi Goel (both alumni of BHU) as a guest of honor to discuss over many issues of common interest. Prof. Goel graduated from BHU in the year 1961 with a M.Com and Law degree.
Highlights of the meeting are as follows:
- Discussion and update of IT-BHU to IIT, discussion on the new name for IT-BHU was concluded to be IIT-BHU as compared to IIT-Varanasi my majority of people.
- Four new volunteers decided for the future events are as follows:
- Lakhwinder Singh (Civil 2006)
- Sanchit Agarwal (Civil 2003)
- Ritu Bajpai (Elect 2006)
- Amit Pandey (Mining 2003)
Others are also welcome to volunteer or initiate a discussion in this group, to do so please contact @ (lakhwinder.singh AT gmail.com). - An active Google group has been made for all the members to keep the flow of relevant information of common interest.
- It was decided to have more formal and informal meetings at least every 6 months. Next meeting may occur based on availability of alumni between (Nov 2008-Jan 2009).
Photos of the meeting can be viewed in the Photo Gallery section of itbhuglobal.org website:
Complete Group of Alumni at the Meet
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org)Mr. Pallab Bhattacharya, PhD Scholar (Supervisor-Dr.Ranjana Patnaik) of School of Biomedical Engineering is selected by the Department Of Physiology, Genetics and Anatomy, University of Oxford to participate and share views in the School of Neuroscience sponsored by the McDonnell Foundation, UK.
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Dear Pallab,
Congratulations !
The Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Bundelkhand University is proud of your achievement.
With best wishes
Dr. Rambir Singh
Reader & Head,
Institute of Biomedical Sciences,
Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
Dear Pallab,
You have to do much better than this.I hope this achievement will give you a platform to do good science in future.
Best wishes,
Dr(Mrs)Ranjana Patnaik,
School of Biomedical Engg,
Institute of Technology,
Hi Pallb..
Congrtazss for this real stuff which u well deserve,
i m sure i will be reckoning such heart throbbing good news in future too..
All the Best man !!!!
keep up ur pace..
with all warm wishes
Shantanu Kumar
Birla Institute Of Technology,Mesra.
Oracle University,USA.
Dear Pallab, Congrates. I am proud to you. Hope you will maintain this spirit throughout your carrer.
With Best wishes
Vinod K Tiwari, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Banaras Hindu University
Dear Pallab,
My best wishes are always with you.Do honest work so that you can achieve many more like this.
All the Best,
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RDS College,
Dear Dadabhai,
I am really proud of you.Keep it up and you have to go a long way.Thats my dear dadabhai.
Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay
Executive-Western India
STARLAB Scientific Pvt.Ltd
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org) IITBHU Global Editor @ 05:51 AMA meeting of Washington DC Chapter of IT-BHU Global Alumni Association was held on August 2 at Tandoori Nights Restaurant, Washington, DC. The report will be posted soon.
Hi :
I am an ITBHU Alum (1990-1994 Comp Sc.) and live in Maryland. Would love to have participated in this meet. Is there someone I can get in touch with to connect with the local Washington DC gang?
Thanks in advance,
Gaurav Pal
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org)This article by our very own Yogesh K. Upadhyaya (Chemical 1977), editor of the ITBHU Chronicle, was prepared by interviewing professors from IIT-Kanpur and Madras, former Chairman of IIT-JEE exam committee and talking with senior engineers who took IIT-JEE in 1960's. Most of the information about the exam is appearing for the first time in news media.
Read more about it in the Chronicle here
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org) IITBHU Global Editor @ 08:58 AMA meeting of the Bangalore chapter of IT-BHU Global Alumni Association was held on July 5, 2008. The meet was attended by 78 alumni ranging from BENCO class of 1950 to the ITBHU class of 2007. It was held at a farmhouse owned by Sridhar Manthani (Electronics 1982)
The alumni meet was organized by Ravish Mishra (Electrical 2004), Girish Gupta (Chemical 2004), Abhishek S L (Chemical 2005), Anuraag Dubey (Electrical 1998), Rahul Hari (CSE 2006) and Sumit Kumar Dey (Electrical 2004)
The pictures of the meet are here.
More details of the meet are here.
Contact the team at bangalore [at] itbhuglobal.org
The meet was really good. I met a lot of alumni, and it was really good to know the efforts of alumni to spread words about ITBHU.
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(if you having troubles, try posting your comment on this page or send an email to chronicle @ itbhuglobal.org) IITBHU Global Editor @ 08:29 AMThe Sydney based members of IT-BHU Global Alumni Association invite fellow alumni with families for an afternoon get-together at Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay. The meeting will be held on August 24, 2008. The exact time and meeting point is yet to be finalized.
The volunteers for the meet are Harpreet Marwah (ECE 2003) [harpreet.marwah @ gmail.com] and Pramod Tewari (Meta 2003) [hellopkt @ gmail.com]
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Warning Signs of Kidney Disease
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- Pain or difficulty urinating
- Elevated blood pressure
- Blood or protein in the urine
- Urine that is foamy, bloody or coffee-colored
- Swelling or puffiness of hands, wrists, feet, thighs, abdomen or around the eyes
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The only way to determine if you have CKD is through the use of laboratory tests. Your health care provider will perform tests of your blood or urine to see how well your kidneys are removing fluid and waste from your body.
One test to determine if kidney disease is present is called glomerular filtration rate (GFR). It is calculated by your health care practitioner after taking a sample of your blood, and it indicates how well your kidneys are functioning. If the results of your test are outside the normal range, it is likely that you will be diagnosed with kidney disease.
When you go to the doctor for a routine check-up, a urine sample is often taken and analyzed. As part of the analysis, your urine will be reviewed for indicators of kidney disease. The person analyzing the sample will be looking at the levels of red blood cells, white blood cells and protein in the urine.
Anyone with diabetes or high blood pressure should have yearly urine tests to determine if kidney disease is present. It is important to make the diagnosis when CKD is in its early stages.
Once diagnosed with kidney disease, laboratory tests are used on a regular basis to check for kidney function. A urine analysis will be used to determine the levels of BUN (blood urea nitrogen) and creatinine (chemical waste filtered by the kidneys) in your urine to see if the disease is progressing. Minerals, including calcium and phosphate, are also monitored. Often the level of parathyroid hormone will increase with kidney disease, so it is monitored to ensure that there is enough calcium and vitamin D in your body to prevent bone damage.
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There is no cure for CKD; however, if kidney disease is diagnosed in the early stages, diet changes and medications may be able to slow its progression so that you feel better, longer. In fact, with early detection, kidney disease can sometimes be halted.
If you are found to have CKD, your dietitian will provide you with an eating plan to balance the amounts of sodium, fluid and protein in your body. If the cause of your kidney disease is diabetes or high blood pressure, treating those conditions may also slow damage to your kidneys. There are many resources available today for people with CKD. You can learn more about kidney disease talking with your doctor and visiting reputable websites online.
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Tuesday, 6 August 2013
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I've been living in Sapporo for just over six years now, and I love it here but for the time being I'm leaving. Updates here have been sporadic to non-existent for a while now because things have been super busy for me. Possibly hyper busy. I've applied for a post-graduate course, been accepted and so I'll be moving to Europe this month to study. So long for now, Sapporo! It's been a blast.
Originally this blog was just a way to make me write everyday, and over time I decided to turn it away from whatever I was digging that day and towards being some kind of useful site for people living in, or visiting Sapporo. I don't know how successful that was, but I think I helped a couple of people out so it was probably worth it. I eat out a lot and love finding new places to eat, and I hope that a few people found places because of this blog.
Also, blogs are dead too. Everyone knows that.
So I'll go through the map and some old posts and clear away any shops that I know have been closed down. I'll try and write a few more reviews and recommendations and maybe finish the independent cafe list-post thing I was working on a while back. And then I'll leave the blog here with the disclaimer that I don't live here any more, and maybe someone can miss that information, find a cafe they want to check out, and then get pissed off when they turn up and it doesn't exist any more.
Oh, and I'll probably be back here someday because my wife is from here. So I reckon I'll pick things up again then!
You're all alarmingly attractive, talented people. Thanks for reading.
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found your blog while looking for info on old postcards that i found in the attic of a house we bought several years ago. i have 8 aerial photos of Sapporo (also a postcard jacket). 3 of the postcards are the same as the 3 your Dad sent to you. Additionally i have postcards of 1) Tukisappu Pasture; 2)Hokkaido Prefecture area; 3)The main street; 4)Hokkaido University; 5)Maruyama Athletic Field. The postcard jacket has, on the front, a photo of a red and white prop plane flying over Sapporo, on the reverse is a map of Sapporo, and the inside flap has some writing in Japanese, the only thing in english characters is the phrase "May Flower"--perhaps the name of the plane. if you are interested in seeing these let me know and i will try and take photos of the postcards and send them to you. They look like old Japanese tourist postcards, but might be interesting to you to see more of the way the city used to look. cheryl


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Missing Since: May 6, 2010 from Albany, New York Classification: Endangered Missing Age: 24 years old Height and Weight: 5'5, 140 - 160 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Carroll has the following tattoos: the name "Arionnah" on her upper left arm, the name "Steve" in red and black ink on her left hand, a rosary with a cross and the name "Maria" on her right foot, the name "Steve" on the left side of her neck, a tribal image on her lower back, a cub on her calf, the words "What goes around comes around" on her right wrist, a tiger on her right calf and cat paws on her right thigh. She may use the last name Ahmed. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A black t-shirt, white or light-colored pajama pants and flip-flops.
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Carroll was last seen when a friend dropped her off in the area of Quail Street and First Street in Albany, New York on May 6, 2010. She is from Troy, New York and had to Albany to see her boyfriend. They had been arguing through text messaging. Carroll's boyfriend stated he never saw her that day. Her mother, who lives in Rensselaer, New York, reported her missing.Carroll reportedly planned to travel to New York City with a friend after she met with her boyfriend, and then return May 9, but there's no indication she ever arrived there. Authorities don't believe she ever made it back to her apartment in Troy, because all of her clothing and jewelry was left there, and she would have taken those things with her. She didn't have a car at the time of her disappearance and depended on others for transportation. Carroll hasn't used her cellular phone since her disappearance; it was last tracked to a location near a friend's home on Marlborough Court in Albany. Her family doesn't believe she would have abandoned her one-year-old daughter.
Both Albany and Rensselaer police are investigating Carroll's disappearance. She is considered to be missing under suspicious circumstances.
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Last week, we discussed the importance of Social Media Analytics. While it is always difficult to measure your marketing and public relation efforts, it is necessary to gather as much information as possible so you can make informed decisions for upcoming messages being released to your fan base. In last week's article, we recommended several useful tools, including Crowdbooster, Sprout Social, Facebook Insights, and Google Analytics. Good as these tools are, you need more to get the entire picture. So we decided to pick up where we left off last week and suggest four more tools to help you gain the competitive edge you need. Best of all, they're free!
Google recently acquired the Wildfire, a marketing company that specializes in social media. Wildfire has created a completely free tool that allows you to compare your likes, check-ins, and followers to those of your competitors.
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I hope and pray that this is a sign of things to come. The heir apparent to the White House is looking pretty vulnerable now. The truth is finally coming out. And all the queen's horse and all the queen's men couldn't put Hillary's lead back together again. Let's hope that the people, not the politicians, win out in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere.
If the democrats were smart, they would line up behind Obama now. He is the candidate who represents some kind of change from the failing establishent - and their failing party. This is their only chance to really bring some momentum into the white house. If they don't do it now, it's over for them.
4 years of Bill in the White House with no official responsibilities and unlimited free time ... I don't think DC is ready for that.
I hope that all the"yellow dog Dems"" will demand the most electable ticket of Al Gore and Barack Obama. I do not care how much money Hillary can raise, she can not be elected. The "swift boaters" have too many accepted lies to use against her. Al Gore won once and can win again, so is Obama!
I'm so sick of polls! Why not just do a constantly running poll where we can check the up to the milisecond results?
The only poll that counts is the elections.
Obama is this year's Howard Dean.
The democrats will vote for the safe establishment candidate like they always do. GOP will vote for the safe, pro-life candidate they always choose.
Obama will win Iowa, New Hampshire and SC.
It'll be like dominoes. Right now they are about tied. He will win Iowa, that boost along with Independant support will carry New Hampshire.
With two significant wins Baracks boost will grow thus turning tied polls into break out leads.
Note about the "comeback kid" scenerio. That was unique to that election. Tom Harkin...who is Iowas senatorial god made Iowa completely unviable and didn't count for anything. No one ran there because of Harkins dominance. Clinton campaigned hard in NH and then won, which gave him the boost to win.
It'll be that way for Barack, winning Iowa and propelling him through the bulk of the rest of the states.
Hillary is the person we need as president at this point. Obama can work as a trainee in her adminstration and then run for office in 2016.
The more people pay attention to the elections the less people will be impressed with Hilary Clinton. She is a nepotist candidate who doesn't stand for anything except getting elected
Obama has an army of under the radar supporters who are growing by the day, as they pay attention and he makes them understand change is within their power and their decisions.
Black folks are listening when he talks of real issues of education, family values and responsibility. Yet all we hear is "they love Clinton" an empty, patronizing, degrading rhetoric.
could it be the reason they are so badly off foolishly being taken for a ride by the Clintons who would rather babysit them than put a mirror infront of their faces for some self reflection?
At this point Hillary should be slippin in the polls...70-80% bad/jealous/spiteful press will do that to you. Question still remains: Can Obama win the general election in the real country of America in 2008? Answer for me....NO! if he could then Tennessee would have a Senator with the last name FORD!
Dems dont be stupid Republicans already admit they wont beat Hillary....Obama they know they can because using race in america works for their memebers.
In this discussion, "experience," whether not so good or lack thereof, seems to be the key to how electable each Dem candidate is. What about Richardson and his incredible resumé? Governor, Energy Secretary, UN Ambassador, Congressman. I think once the country gets to know him, he probably will look good. Is he vulnerable on anything?
I think Resume don't work this time around,change in washington is the key!
I think this shows that Hillary has a certain percent of soft supporters. People who say they back her because they are told on the cable news that she is inevitable and she is loved by all democrats.
But, the democrats who are waking up and seeing that they do indeed have a choice and that there are excellent candidates who are superior to Hillary to pick.
I am an Obama supporter and see how deep his support is. but, if someone who sees that Hillary is not the only candidate and does not want to pick Obama, I hope they look hard at the other ones. I can live very easily with any of our candidates as president as long as it is not Hillary.
I will not vote for her at all. So, yes, this is good news. finally!
I don't really like either of their positions, but in a gun to my head situation, I'll take the self-made friendly socialist(Obama, for you slow thinkers and Clintonistas out there), over the coat-tail-riding shrew socialist who's never probably never even run a lemonade stand, much less anything important(Sen D – NY? How is that a accoplishment? O.J. Simpson could run as a democrat in NY and win).
I would like Hillary to be the first female president. Obama will be the first black President in 2012 if hillary doesn't rerun.
I think this shows that Hillary has a certain percent of soft supporters. People who say they back her because they are told on the cable news that she is inevitable and she is loved by all democrats.
But, the democrats who are waking up and seeing that they do indeed have a choice and that there are excellent candidates who are superior to Hillary to pick.
I am an Obama supporter and see how deep his support is. but, if someone who sees that Hillary is not the only candidate and does not want to pick Obama, I hope they look hard at the other ones. I can live very easily with any of our candidates as president as long as it is not Hillary.
I will not vote for her at all. So, yes, this is good news. finally!
Oh god, time for the rise of all the bad candidates- Huckabee... Obama, omg.
It's intriguing that despite Hillary's campaign's negative diatribes and her desperation, people are listening to Obama more than ever.
I really think her campaign is failing and will be over if she loses in IA and NH.
People are simply too curios as to whethere Obama can do what he wants to do.
They won't give up on him.
I watched the debate and was thoroughly disappointed with ALL the candidates. The format, of course, was a joke, but it wasn't just the format. It was painfully apparent why the trailing candidates are so low in the polls. They had nothing watsoever to say and mostly stumbled. The big disappointments were Clinton and yes, even Obama. Clinton was polished, rehersed and completely on script. For all I knew, I could have been watching a Republican deliver empty sound-bytes. Obama was the real disappointment. While he did better than the others, he, too, was scripted and polished and it was plain that he is now being handled by political strategists. Gone was the Barack Obama, who made me sit up and take notice a few months back. The Democratic tradition of debate and discussion seems to have been killed. My only consolation is that the Republican field is in even worse shape than the Democrats. The problem is that I don't see anyone I want to be my President. All I see are candidates who have been bought and paid for.
I can tell you this for a fact, Democrats in Congress are scared that Obama might be the nominee. They know that he CAN'T win the general. There is only one guy that can save the day now...Senator Edward Kennedy.
I suspect he'll be coming out soon and endorsing Clinton.
I agree with the poster above about all the things Republicans will be tossing at Obama if he is the nominee. Not only that, but he has shifted positions on so many issues. He's a political opportunist, and Repubs will exploit this.
The Democratic party needs to, as a whole, shift their support at least to a non-biased position now. If Obama gets the nomination they want to have been behind him from the start. I could think of a dozen VPs for Obama that could give the Dems a win in a landslide come next November, but they need to start getting behind him now!
I find myself somewhat torn – on one hand Obama is the embodiment of what politics should be and where we should go as a country. On the other hand, we are a very primitive civilization and I can't help but be amazed at Hillary's ability to work the system in a way that Obama never could. There's something to be said for that.
There's also a lot of racists in this country. Even though Obama is a melting pot, I worry – then again, there's a lot of sexists to so maybe it's a wash.
Boy, Edwards has certainly disappeared.
I can't believe people are saying Hillary has less experience than Obama. GIVE ME A BREAK!! Hillary will bounce back from this and win NH and Iowa. No doubt.
I don't post here often, and I admit that I am not pleased Clinton has managed not to consolidate her support over the past few months. However, wouldn't it benefit a supporter of another candidate to appreciate the significance of the WaPo poll, and work against it accordingly, rather than declaim or discount its results?
Obama's cute little retort toward Hillary should remind us what it would be like if she is the nominee. Would she want him to advise her? I think not. Case made.
It is so hard to imagine our electing someone whose education and experience (or lack thereof) in all things statesmanship is just about equal with the person we elected seven years ago. The only difference is that Obama can pronounce more than one syllable words, and GWB is still stumbling. One more thing. I think it would be a good move for Hillary, in order to counter the personal clout Oprah brought to the table, to ask her constituents in New York to tell the country what an excellent job she's done for them over the past seven years.


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Genre: | Action / Adventure |
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Phase: | Release |
Release Date: | May 25, 2001 |
Gross: | $198,539,855 |
Theaters: | n/a |
Print Counts: 3214
A sure-fire blockbuster for Memorial Weekend 2001, Pearl Harbor is billed as a character-driven story of love and war that is centered around the bombing of the Hawaiian sea port. Michael Bay will direct the Jerry Bruckheimer production, which has been written by Braveheart screenwriter Randall Wallace.
The story focuses on two young pilots, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, who are like brothers. Rafe's love for a U.S. Navy nurse, Evelyn Stewart, does not stop him from enlisting to help the English fight the war. In the meantime, Danny and Evelyn are transferred to Hawaii. After learning that Rafe had been killed in combat, the grief-strickened Danny and Evelyn fall in love. However, the return of a very much alive Rafe complicates their relationship in the mist of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Furthermore, both Rafe and Danny are selected by Colonel Doolittle for the suicide bombing raid over Tokyo.
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As part of Australia's celebration of the Year of the Farm, Crystal Creek Meadows is introducing several new projects and experiences for guests that let them taste great local produce and experience our wonderful farms.
So far we have sourced even more locally produced food for our guests to enjoy in their breakfast baskets.
In June we supported the launch of Art & Soul a book (156 pages in full colour) which showcases the wonderful local artisans and farmers in our beautiful valley. Guests can see the book in reception to review and copies can be bought as a souvenir of your visit (proceeds go to help cover the cost of this community cooperative venture).
Later this year Crystal Creek Meadows will have new chickens that lay wonderful chocolate brown and pale green eggs for you to collect. We are all for variety (the spice of life) and helping to maintain our traditional chicken varieties. There will be alpacas to meet and a vegetable garden to provide you with farm fresh food.
Crystal Creek Meadows will be introducing plans to develop local farm visits to celebrate the Year of the Farm.
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Among the proposals outlined in the consultation document is a relaxation of restrictions to the right of flat owners collectively to buy their freehold. At present, for buildings to qualify for enfranchisement, no more than 10 per cent of floor space must be non-residential. This disqualifies smaller blocks, where the ground floor may be laid out as shops. The Government proposes to lift this to 25 per cent.
It is also proposed that the "residence test" - whereby at least half the enfranchisement group must have occupied their flats as principal dwellings in the 12 months before the date when the initial notice is given - simply be applied from the date when that initial notice is given.
Alternatively, would-be enfranchisees will be required only to have been living in their flat for a period totalling 18 months out of five years, rather than three years in the last 10. The proportion of "qualifying" tenants who can call for collective enfranchisement could also be dropped from two-thirds to a half.
Other proposals include:
y regulating the activities of property managers, including the selection of contractors, and improving the security of tenants' funds;
y controls to ensure landlords provide effective insurance cover, stamping out the practice of "placing" insurance to maximise commissions;
y the Lord Chancellor's Department to consult on the introduction of a new type of tenure for flats, called "commonhold", which would give flat owners the individual ownership of the property on which their home stands;
y options to cut down on the arguments over the price of buying a freehold, avoiding the need for expensive professional advice;
y a "no fault" right for leaseholders to take over management of a block without buying the freehold. To qualify, the non-domestic proportion might be limited to 10 per cent, rather than the 25 per cent proposed for enfranchisement.
Terence Michael, spokesman for the Flatowners Network, says: "I welcome the direction the Government is moving in, but the document wastes time on technicalities, it is turgid to read and fill of uncertainties. I want a government that takes a strong lead and makes a powerful stand on crucial issues. The consultation paper suggests they are sitting on the fence."
However, Mr Michael says the primary focus should be on "regulating the new breed of leasehold landlord managers" whether or not they have collectively bought their freehold (known as "enfranchisement") or not.
Mr Michael also points out that the Government's emphasis on simplifying the enfranchisement process must go hand in hand with regulating what happens after this takes place, otherwise it is likely to face a huge backlash in the future. "It's very short-sighted. People with a house that enfranchises are OK, but flat-owners who enfranchise face a whole range of risks they were exposed to with their former nightmare landlord, such as inflated service charges. Leasehold landlord managers, and the property company they run, must be regulated."
Peter Haler, head of the Leasehold Advisory, says: "I'm pleased with the document, although I had hoped for something more solid."
Mr Haler also believes leasehold managers must be subject to strict regulations, whether or not the property has been enfranchised. He says leaseholders must be legally obliged to follow a standard structure, which includes setting up a company designed specifically for this purpose. He adds: "The company that leaseholders set up to run the block must give each individual the same rights to get redress and follow strict procedures for holding annual general meetings and handling disputes, for example.
"It would ensure complete transparency of all expenditures and everything else. The more you can regulate and write down, the fewer problems there will be, because everyone will know where they stand and what their money is being spent on."
In order to prevent new leasehold managers from stepping into the shoes of former landlords, leasehold groups and Mr Haler call for criminal prosecutions, fines and the removal of directors of self-managed companies if they fail to manage according to the rules. Tight regulation should apply in the same way to managing agents and anyone else considered to be assuming the role of a manager.
"I would like to see a regulator and ombudsman rolled into one," says Mr Haler.
The Government could take the Financial Services Act as an example for legislation covering leases. This forced all independent financial advisers to apply and pay for a licence in order to ply their trade, which covers selling investment products. Property is usually the biggest investment a person makes in a lifetime, yet the management of a leaseholder's biggest asset is still not regulated, which is an unpardonable anomaly in British law. This country's two million leaseholders, whose property is worth many billions of pounds, need to be given the protection they deserve, and only an official regulator can provide this. Codes of conduct in this industry only scratch the surface, and those that exist are often ineffective.
Decisive, clear-cut, effective rules that are open to as little interpretation as possible need to be firmly enshrined into law. Campaigners argue that to aid clarity words such as "reasonableness" and "due regard" should be eradicated from every description in the regulations.
Leaseholders are asking the Government to sharpen its focus, taking effective action rather than creating complexities to hide behind, to prevent further abuses of the system a few years down the line.
Karen Woolfson welcomes comments for her column: Write to: Homebattles, c/o Nic Cicutti, Personal Finance Section, `The Independent', 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL. Karen regrets she is unable to reply personally to all letters
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In this masterly work of synthesis, Peter Mansfield, drawing on his experience as a journalist and a historian, explores two centuries of history in the Middle East. He forms a picture of the historical, political, and social history of the meeting point of Occident and Orient, from Bonaparte's marauding invasion of Egypt to the start of the Gulf War. For more than four thousand years, the Middle East has provided a setting for titanic struggles between great civilizations and religions. In this century it became the focus of rivalry between the European powers as the last major Islamic empire of the Ottoman Turks crumbled and collapsed. The discovery of the world's greatest oil reserves gave the region global economic importance as well as a unique strategic value. The foundation of a national state by immigrant Zionist Jews created one of the most insoluble political problems of our era, which is compounded by the reassertion of Islamic consciousness among the great majority of the region's inhabitants. In two penetrating final chapters, Peter Mansfield discusses Saddam Hussein and the prospects for the future.
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"am i the only one who liked this?"
other reviewers seem unimpressed but i thought it was a fine book, covering the whole sweep of the history of the area. it seemed well balanced (at least, moreso than most histories of the area - face it, everyone who writes about the middle east has their axe to grind, but this bloke seemed at least to be trying!) and very informative. well worth the effort!
"Good stuff, what's with all the bad reviews?"
(I am not finished with the book, I'm still in the 1980's)
The sound quality isn't high but I had no trouble understanding it. I had zero problems with the narrator's accent, he speaks well and clearly. The important part - the information - is great stuff. I know a lot more about the M.E. now than I did before, and that was my goal. It doesn't seem excessively biased to me at all. The western world, and later the Israelis, have been a domineering, bullying force in the M.E. for centuries. No surprise there, right? Mansfield doesn't paint western powers as the bad guys, just as the guys with the big stick. How is that inaccurate?
"In Depth, Even Handed Treatment"
The narrator's accent took a few minutes to get used to, and the sound quality was merely adequate, but the content was excellent, and for me, quite enlightening. While covering the whole sweep of history, this book focuses on the last 200 years, giving a crystal clear perspective on how the breakup of the Ottoman Empire resulted in the particular nations that constitute the Middle East.
The stories are well told, I was entertained and informed, what more can I ask?
"Not an introduction"
Very detailed; however, if you are not already familiar with the events, you will have a very hard time keeping up and, as already pointed out, it will sound like someone reading their personal family tree in a fast, dry voice.
"Dry but worth the effort"
This is a solid, straight, history of the Middle East that is well worth reading for a general background on the region. I would recommend it for those of an intellectual bent who are not put off by reading textbooks and the like in exchange for a more scholarly treatment than you'll generally get from the best-seller lists. Would have gotten 5 stars if it were more of a classic and a Great Read like Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
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"Islam history"
It took me forever to listen to this book. First, the British accent of the reader made it very difficult to understand many things that were being read. It was the worst voice I have ever heard on the recorded books. Secondly, this was written like a textbook, with numerous dates, places, names, etc. that were just about impossible to follow in recorded form, much less in written form.
I wanted to learn more about Islam, but this book is certainly not a first choice as it is far too complex and difficult to comprehend.
"Ends in 1990 (First Edition)"
Peter Mansfield's History of the Middle East has become an anglophone classic account of the region, with the emphasis on the long 19th century onwards (most everything prior is covered concisely in the first two chapters). The work has gone through at least 5 editions, updating accordingly; this a lovely recording of the very first, published in 1991. Anyone hoping to learn about the oftentimes confusing modern situation would be advised that this recording ends prior to the swift defeat of Iraqi Forces in the 1991 Gulf War (as it is known to Americans) with profound implications for the contemporary Middle East. Imbued with a little foreknowledge, it is like watching a Western that cuts to credits at the moment the shooters begin unholstering their guns. However, this does not remove the value of the contextual history of the prior centuries, which provides a deeply enriching understanding of today's complicated political, social, and economic situation (the roots of the Syrian War, for example, are very evident even in 1991, admittedly with the benefit of some hindsight). And though Mansfield (who died in 1996) is not supremely prophetic, he does make some predictions that were prescient. The narration is also clear, if not animated (though the one voice modulation, in imitation of Churchill's droning voice, was appreciated if only for its silliness). So it is highly recommended, but with the caveat that it is now almost 30 years dated.
"Great for insomnia . . . and nothing else."
Just plain dry.
No. Dear god, no. Nononononono. Where did they find this guy, the basement of the history department at Oxford, falling asleep into his Earl Grey?
They'd never find a producer that stupid.
I mean, it's a great summary of the history of the region, but the text is about as dry as you can get, and, as I said, this narrator is pretty much every stereotypical boring professor you've seen in a movie and then some. I didn't even know there were still people alive who spoke like this guy.
"A History of The Middle East"
Based on the sample, I fail to detect no problem with the accent what so ever. I look forward to hearing the full book.
If you just want to learn something about Islam, try The Crisis Of Islam by Bernard Lewis. This was excellent.
"Uneven and inevitably badly out of date"
Anyone that writes a history 'up to the present' knows that their work is likely to start dating quite quickly. If you write on the Middle East then events move on at an even greater pace. There are two things you need to know about this book. One is it really only picks up the story at the start of the 19th century, and gradually goes into more and more detail as we travel through time. The second is the book was clearly written in 1990 as the author mentions the build up of forces following Sadaam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, but makes no mention of the war that followed. Just think what has happened since then. The Gulf War, the second Gulf War, Israel invading Lebanon, Iranian threats on nuclear weapons, some self determination for Palestine, the Arab Spring and so on. So much has happened in the last 21 years that this book inevitably leaves the story only half told, and the final chapter, pondering what the 1990s might hold, is naturally redundant to say the least.
Given a book this age that criticism is inevitable, but aside from that this is quite an interesting tale which reveals much of the complexity of inter-arab relations as well as the more obvious problems of the region. The reader never puts a foot wrong but his delivery is not particularly inspiring. Also the quality of the recording can vary, with the sound suddenly becoming a fair bit quieter for a while, then louder again, or the quality of the acoustics change. This is a minor point, but a bit off-putting.
If you are considering downloading this book then clearly you have an interest in the subject, and this book will satisfy that interest, if somewhat dryly. Despite its faults it did the job and I do not begruidge the time I spent listening to it.


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