Apr 7 - Car Free Day

04/06/10 08:36 - Ravi_D

On occasion of World Health Day on 7/Apr/2010 under WHO's 1000 Cities campaign, People of India is planning for a Car Free Day. 

"Calling People of Bengaluru to observe Car Free Day from Midnight to Noon of 7th April 2010".

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National Open School

04/06/10 07:42 - surajnair

Distance Education at Secondary Level in India: The National Open School.

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Upload NIOS PPT using slideshare

04/05/10 18:43 - vinod_shankar

Upload an introduction ppt w.r.t NIOS.

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Proud of my Corporator?

04/05/10 18:23 - Srivatsava

I just went across the profile of the candidate whom has won the BBMP election from my ward. I 'shamefully' admit to have voted for this person. Given that I had little info on the three candidates contesting, I just went by the party.

Now, I do realise that this great person is a 2nd PUC failure!!

Do you have any better luck, corporators that you be proud of?

And, considering that we have pushed ourselves in the levels of education since the Constitution was drafted in 1950, and considering that the urban electorate is a little more educated than the semi-urban or rural parts - Isnt it the time for us to review the minimal educational requirements of our candidates, atleast for urban local bodies?

With only such candidates on offer, can we ever expect them to understand the various issues of administration, let alone solve them? Your thoughts, rants, and solutions appreciated!!

-Srivatsava V

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Soapbox Session: Politics of 74th Amendment

04/05/10 17:08 - shekhar_mittal

The BBMP elections are over. The results are out.

We have been hearing a lot about implementation of the 74th Amendment. What is it? Why is it so important? Why are our leaders wary of implementing it?

The next soapbox is "74th amendment" explained. I have a feeling. This topic will get our juices flowing :)

Speaker: Vishwanath Srikantaiah ( Zenrainman)
Topic: Politics of 74th Amendment
Category of Topic: Politics, Citizen Participation,Democracy
Time: 3pm
Venue: Cubbon Park, Opposite Tennis Stadium
Date: 11th April Sunday

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How about a public transportation Index?

04/05/10 04:56 - silkboard

On the lines of this water index project, how about a separate group of people come forward to build a public transportation index for Bengaluru? Idea would be to build a single number, publish it month over month or quarter over quarter to show some trends on how public transportation related investments or policy changes are working for our city.

It is tempting to try a traffic and transportation index instead. But public transport is the bigger and better defined service that citizens want to consume. Traffic is a different beast, it caters to movement of goods and private as well as public means of mobility.

Unlike for water domain, transportation area may already have with lot of published data points. Further, thanks to a Wilbur Smith report for MoUD (Central Ministry of Urban Development), a lot of thinking too is available to borrow from.

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JP (Jayaprakash Narayan) of Lok Satta - public event in Bangalore

04/04/10 13:52 - sanjayv

The president of Lok Satta party will be in Bangalore on Tuesday and will hold a Public Interaction. 

VENUE-----------ROTARY HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP,

                         NEXT TO HOTEL RAMA
                         LAVELLE ROAD.

Interested folks are welcome.

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Route Search is available on BMTC Website

04/04/10 03:20 - kbsyed61

Happened to visit the BMTC website to check if anything has changed. Got a surprise to find that its link for 'Route Search' is active and it did allows route search.

Searched few routes and seems to the results presented were correct and useful. here is the link for BMTC route Search

http://www.yulopindia.com/bmtc//index.php/bus/redirect_to_route_search

Vinod,s8, srivatsava, manish, could you all pls check this out and report if this feature reports the correct routes and people can rely on the results for planning their travel in Bengaluru.

Syed

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IISc Alumina Association (IIScAA) Science Forum – Popular Lecture Series

04/03/10 15:21 - psaram42

To enhance the scientific temperament amongst the community at large and inspire young aspirants in particular, IIScAA Science Forum – Popular Lecture Series was launched today at the Faculty Hall at IISc campus. It was hoped to promote the quality of the dialogue on the new roles and challenges of scientific knowledge within today’s global society. 

IIScAA Science Forum would be disseminating the emerging frontiers of Science & Technology globally to the society, along with history & philosophy, discoveries, inventions, revolutions, limitations, use & abuse of Science & Technology and the impact of Science & Technology on society. The IIScAA Science Forum will also share with the society the contribution of IISc in Science & Technology by arranging Lectures by eminent scientists of repute from IISc & outside. 

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Check out JNNURM benchmarks on water

04/03/10 14:02 - shekhar_mittal

Check out JNNURM benchmarks on water and ensure we have not missed out anything in the list of parameters which we intend to track.

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