SELECTION OF TEAMS TO REPRESENT INDIA AT SEARCC INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE COMPETITIONS – 2006

Introduction

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is the premier Industrial R&D Organisation in India. It has been a path setter in the Intellectual Property Movement in the country and a thought leader internationally. CSIR’s own IPR record is enviable. It is by far the largest patent holder in India and ranked amongst one of the top PCT patent filers from all developing countries. On the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee in 2002, CSIR initiated Invention Awards for school children to create awareness, interest and motivation for Intellectual Property amongst children.

This year CSIR announces the ‘Fifth CSIR Diamond Jubilee invention Award for School Children’. The first prize winner would also become eligible for WIPO’s Young Inventor’s Award carrying a medal and a certificate.

The Applicant

Any Indian student enrolled in an Indian school below the age of 18 years as on 31st July 2006 can apply.

The Application

Applicant must provide the details of the invention submitted for the award in not more than 5000 words in English including an abstract (in not more than 100 words), authenticated (by giving seal and date) and sent through the Principal/ Head of the School where the student is enrolled and personal details on a separate page as follows:
Name, date of birth, school and residential address, class, telephone no. (residence/school), e-mail address.

In case of proposals already selected for state, national, international or equivalent awards, only the subject matter covering the improvements need to be submitted for consideration of CDJIA-2006. Published inventions would be considered as per the provisions of the Patent Act.

The applications for the award not exceeding 5000 words only in English with requisite drawings will be considered. The write-up must describe the subject matter in a problem-solution mode and highlighting the novel and non-obviousness feature of the invention.

The Invention

The invention submitted should be one that is globally novel, non-obvious and utilitarian. It could be a new concept or idea or a solution to an existing problem or completely a new method/ process/ device/ utility. It is not essential/ necessary that the invention should have been worked, only the concept of the invention should have been proved through a model, a prototype or experimental data. Details of any assistance/ guidance provided by teachers/parents/friends or others must be appropriately mentioned and acknowledged.

The Submission

Typed applications to be sent by Registered Post/Courier to: Head, Intellectual Property Management Division, CSIR, NISCAIR Building, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110 067 with the envelope marked on top left hand corner ‘CDJIA-2006’. You may send application also by email : head.ipmd@niscair.res.in.

The Deadline

Applications received on or before 15th August 2006 will be considered for the Award.

Prizes

There are in all 60 prizes besides a certificate, as follows:
First Prize (1 No.)Rs. 50,000/-
Second Prize (2 Nos.) Rs. 25,000/- each
Third Prize (3 Nos.) Rs. 15,000/-each
Fourth Prize (4 Nos.) Rs. 10,000/-each
Fifth Prize (50 nos.) Rs. 5,000/- each

Selection

The awardees will be selected by a high level Awards Selection Committee. If required the short listed candidates may be called for Interview at Delhi or at any other appropriate place. The decision of the Awards Selection Committee/CSIR will be final and binding on the applicants and no enquiries/ correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

The Results

The Awards will be announced on CSIR Foundation Day, the 26th September 2006 at New Delhi and would be communicated to the Awardees only.

We’ve got “Gmail for your domain” up and running for exunclan.com after we got the invite from Google. Now, all of us can have email addresses @exunclan.com
Shortest length allowed is 1 character. We have 48 more accounts left, so it’s first come first serve if you want to get the id you want.
Email admin@exunclan.com with the id and password that you want (you can obviously change the password later.), as there is no option for sign-up, only an admin account can create accounts.
So, go get yours!
And you can check your mail here
P.S. I know the logo looks weird, but we’re working on a resized version of it to fit the top block in “gmail for your domain”. It will soon be fixed.

Not much to say, Google is now MSFT’s greatest competitor.

Google Spreadsheets

Apple has pulled out its software development and support operations in India. The company had commenced operations in April and hired about 30 people for its subsidiary, Apple Services India Pvt Ltd. At a meeting on May 29, Apple announced its decision to lay off all its employees. Apple officials told them that “the company is revaluating its operations and has thought of pulling back its Indian operations”.

Apple is giving these employees a severance package of two months salary. It will settle all claims on June 9. When contacted, Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesperson, said, “We have re-evaluated our plans and have decided to put our planned support centre growth in other countries.”

Apple continues to operate its sales and marketing arm in Bangalore which employs 25 people. For most employees it was a bolt from the blue. “It started off with building dreams. We were not given any warning. They just told us the operations would now head back to the US,” said a sacked employee. “On May 15, Apple officials addressed us and were highly appreciative of the workforce and the task it would execute in India. I wonder why they never said anything even then,” said another fired employee.

Considering the low-cost, high-quality talent pool that Bangalore offers, it is unclear why Apple decided to shut shop just over a month after it commenced operations. LoopRumors also reported that Steve Jobs was planning a trip to India in April, which he never did. Apple had set itself a hiring target of 600 by the year-end. After a gala induction ceremony on April 17, the operations team went to Transworks for training. Some of the managers were about to leave for the US for further training when they were asked to stay put.

source: Slashdot, Times of India.

-Abhisheyk

What are the legal options when a webmaster finds his website copied in a code-for-code word-for-word manner on another?

P.S.: No hard feelings or related intentions, I’m just curious.

My Mac is finally here
Have fun
G

Although I had given a prior warning to readers, they still fought over a product which hasnt even launched yet. I merely was showing cons of an over hyped product. But not justifyong myself any further I hereby take back the post so that readers may have their peace and I, mine.

Peace out

Manas

Wii will change everything…
If not, the Wiimote sure will.

Note: I am not a Nintendo fanboy though I posess a Gamecube

The following are nice scraps of news from my site and other places:

• Nintendo recently bought Wiichannel.com, which as of now leads only to their main site. It is supposed to host animations, games and game trailers, TV shows and other audio/visual content for the Wii.
• The Nintendo controller will feature a microphone and will store a user phonebook/address book while it will be used as a VoIP phone and will help gamers communicate while online without the need for a headset. All this comes thanks to a few Nintendo patents unveiled by nrevolutiona which demonstrate exactly how the microphone will be implemented.
• This one you probably know, sensors on the console, wave it like a sword blah blah blah…

I am itcing to release the E3 package but G says it gotta go in the newsletter its been written and scorching my hard disk for weeks…

So thats all for now.

A panoramic QuickTime image of the Apple Store:

http://www.panoramas.dk/newspanos/f20-apple-store.html

— Sahil