Make contact, plan first meeting

09/29/09 08:08 - silkboard

First and basic task - find a contact @ BDA to talk to. Idea is to get to understand their budget, and progress on current projects. If no progress on this, or no response, we will plan RTIs.

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Get contacts to connect to - BDA

09/29/09 08:03 - silkboard

First and basic task - find guys to engage with - should be BDA is what everyone says, so will start there. Anyone has contacts or thinks otherwise, leave comment here.

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Sustainable public transport system II

09/28/09 23:00 - n

First pass at adding to blrpraj's document as promised. Additions are in a different font ("Arial") and colour (blue); no modifications or deletions. Comments are welcome.

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Brainstorming Session on Conservation and Management of Urban Lakes - A Report

09/27/09 11:36 - sanjayv

The meeting was held in CiSTUP seminar room from 9 am to 5 pm. The room was full with a good complement of students.

We had the initial round of formalities followed by morning tea/breakfast

The morning session had several speakers discusing various aspects of urban lake conservation after which we had an afternoon discussion/brainstorming session

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ESG Meet 23 September 2009. A Brief Report.

09/27/09 06:55 - psaram42

The Conference was from 9:30 AM to about 4PM. Attended by about 50 odd people. The organizers were disappointed  a little as their expectations were much more.

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Estimating travel patterns in Bangalore - possible approach

09/26/09 18:43 - s_yajaman

Have been chastisized by Tarle for pouring ATF on burning embers in a previous post and not using my praja time on more useful things :). 

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Responsible corporate policy on taxi drives

09/26/09 04:28 - s_yajaman

Last couple of days was in Khandala giving a lecture to one of the big banks on supply chain management.  Won't disclose their name for obvious reasons.

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17% people walk in Bangalore

09/25/09 20:30 - idontspam

Private vehicles in India account for 67.5% of motorised vehicles, carry 37% of the commuters and take up 67% of the road width. Buses account for 24.5% of motorised vehicles on the road and carry around 61% commuters, taking up 38% road width.

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Water and Carbon cycle in Nature and how to mange them safely

09/25/09 05:32 - psaram42

Major portion of our body (90%) is water. Water is the elixir of life. Life on earth which is carbon based has lead to the study of biochemistry. There is a speculation about a possible parallel life system elsewhere in the Universe based on silicon [1].

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BWSSB Rain Water Harvesting rules

09/24/09 15:49 - sanjayv

Folks,  The draft rules for the BWSSB Rain Water Harvesting Amendment Act 2009 have been published on the BWSSB website.  They have generously provided one whole week for feedback from the general public. See the rules here.

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