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IPL 2015 Schedule

2015-03-31T04:39:00.001-07:00

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IPL 2015- List of teams and IPL 8 players

2015-03-31T04:37:00.003-07:00

IPL 2015 Latest list of teams and IPL 8 players

IPL 2015 auction for teams and players are over and IPL 2015 Teams has seen a lot of changes and players were hand picked by their bosses. ICC Cricket world cup has ended and all eyes are on our own IPL 2015 T20 tournament . IPL 2015 Trading window ended on 12th december 2015. Dalmiya is the new BCCI Chief. Dhoni has announced that he will concentrate on IPL format and One day cricket from 2015. IPL 2015 will be firing under Dhoni. Meanwhile Srinivasan is out of Ipl2015. Shane Bond has been roped in as bowling coach of Mumbai Indians. Kolkata Knight Riders have released Jacques Kallis, Debabrata Das, Sayan Mondal from their IPL 2015 Team. Delhi Daredevils team will have an additional Rs 28.50 crores to spend in the auction to be held in January 2015. Rajasthan Royals have released five players, batsman Brad Hodge and West Indies all-rounder Kevon Cooper. Ankit Sharma, Amit Sharma and Ankush Bains are the three others, who have been released by the franchise. This IPL 2015 teams are eagerly awaited as few players have withdrawn and there are chances of Pakisthan players playing this season 8 IPL 2015. Excitement is growing. IPL 8 Auctions are the most expected event of 2014. IPL 2015 season 8 Auctions is expected to bring a new set of team to the fore. Give your review of the teams and the best review about the teams and players will be displayed here.

Top comments about IPL 2015 Teams and players:

after tasting the bitter truth that we are no match to the mighty Australians, we can only watch and console ourselves watching IPL. WHICH EVER TEAM WINS, IT’S INDIAN TEAM.. Raina should retire from Test cricket to concentrate on IPL. Save a few, the present generation of Indian cricketers doesn’t respect Test cricket. IPL’s their holy grail. Ashes and World Cup. Great cricket year. Better than crap IPL anytime. David Warner reveals he may quit Test cricket. Sunanda’s death is a sub-plot of controversy. Main plot relates to crime and corruption had been exposed in the IPL league cricket matches. Why the hell is Tony (australia) commentating the cricket?

Here are some changes due to Trading window.

Changes in IPL 2015 Team Players

Parthiv Patel is with Mumbai Indians team now.
Manvinder Bisla is with Royal Challengers Bangalore now.
Unmukt Chand is with Mumbai Indians.
R. Vinay Kumar is with Mumbai Indians too.
Delhi Daredevils have signed former India batsman Pravin Amre as assistant coach from the 2015 season.

Chennai Super Kings (2015)

MS Dhoni (Retained Player)
Ravindra Jadeja (Retained Player)
Ravichandran Ashwin (Retained Player)
Dwayne Bravo (Retained Player)
Suresh Raina (Retained Player)
Faf Du Plessis
Dwayne Smith
Brendon McCullum
Ashish Nehra
Mohit Sharma
Ishwar Chandra Pandey
Samuel Badree
Matt Henry
Mithun Manhas
Ronit More
Baba Aparajith
Pawan Negi
Michael Hussey
Rahul Sharma
Kyle Abbott
Irfan Pathan
Pratyush Singh
Ankush Bains
Eklavya Dwivedi
Andrew Tye
CSK IPL 2015 (Released Players):David Hussey, Ben Hilfenhaus, John Hastings, Vijay Shankar.

Rajasthan Royals(2015)

Shane Watson (Retained Player)
James Faulkner (Retained Player)
Stuart Binny (Retained Player)
Ajinkya Rahane (Retained Player)
Sanju Samson (Retained Player)
Steven Smith
Rajat Bhatia
Tim Southee
Dhawal Kulkarni
Abhishek Nayar
Kane Richardson
Ben Cutting
Karun Nair
Unmukt Chand
Iqbal Abdullah
Deepak Hooda
Dishant Yagnik
Kevon Cooper
Vikramjeet Malik
Ankit Nagendra Sharma
Rahul Tewatia
Pravin Tambe
Chris Morris
Juan Theron
Barinder Singh Saran
Dinesh Salunkhe
Sagar Trivedi
Pardeep Sahu
Rajasthan Royals (Released Players): Amit Mishra, Ankush Bains, Brad Hodge.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Shikhar Dhawan (Retained Player)
Dale Steyn (Retained Player)
David Warner
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Karn Sharma
Ishant Sharma
Moises Henriques
KL Rahul
Parveez Rasool
Naman Ojha
Ashish Reddy
Ricky Bhui
Chama Milind
Kevin Pietersen
Eoin Morgan
Kane Williamson
Ravi Bopara
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Praveen Kumar
Trent Boult
Hanuma Vihari
Prasanth Padmanabha
Siddarth Kaul
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Released Players): Aaron Finch, Amit Mishra, Amit Paunikar, Brendan Taylor, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Jason Holder, Manprit Juneja, Prasanth Parameswaran, Srikkanth Anirudha, Venugopal Rao.

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (Retained Player)
Lasith Malinga (Retained Player)
Harbhajan Singh (Retained Player)
Ambati Rayudu (Retained Player)
Kieron Pollard (Retained Player)
Corey Anderson
Aditya Tare
Jasprit Bumrah
Josh Hazlewood
Marchant De Lange
Pawan Suyal
Shreyas Gopal
Aaron Finch
Pragyan Ojha
Mitchell McClenaghan
Akshay Wakhare
Aiden Blizzard
Hardik Pandya
Siddhesh Lad
J Suchith
Nitish Rana
Abhimanyu Mithun
Mumbai Indians (Released Players): Michael Hussey, Praveen Kumar, Ben Dunk, Pragyan Ojha, Jalaj Saxena, Krismar Santokie, Sushant Marathe, Apoorv Wankhade, Zaheer Khan, C.M. Gautam.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli (Retained Player)
Chris Gayle (Retained Player)
AB De Villiers (Retained Player)
Mitchell Starc
Varun Aaron
Ashok Dinda
Parthiv Patel
Nic Maddinson
Harshal Patel
Vijay Zol
Abu Nechim Ahmed
Sandeep Warrier
Yogesh Takawale
Yuzvendra Singh Chahal
Dinesh Karthik
Subramaniam Badrinath
Darren Sammy
Sean Abbott
Adam Milne
David Wiese
Jalaj Saxena
Sarfaraz Naushad Khan
Shishir Bhavane
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Released Players): Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravi Rampaul, Sachin Rana, Shadab Jakati, Tanmay Mishra, Yuvraj Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Gautam Gambhir (R’etained Player)
Sunil Narine (Retained Player)
Robin Uthappa
Piyush Chawla
Yusuf Pathan
Shakib Al Hasan
Morne Morkel
Vinay Kumar
Umesh Yadav
Manish Pandey
Chris Lynn
Patrick Cummins
Ryan Ten Doeschate
Suryakumar Yadav
Andre Russell
Manvinder Bisla
Veer Pratap Singh
Kuldeep Singh Yadav
James Neesham
Brad Hogg
Aditya Garhwal
Sumit Narwal
KC Cariappa
Vaibhav Rawal
Sheldon Jackson
Kolkata Knight Riders (Released Players): Debabrata Das, Sayan Sekhar Mandal, Jacques Kallis.

Kings XI Punjab

Manan Vohra (Retained Player)
David Miller (Retained Player)
Mitchell Johnson
Glenn Maxwell
George Bailey
Virender Sehwag
Rishi Dhawan
Wriddhiman Saha
Shaun Marsh
Beuran Hendricks
Thisara Perera
Gurkirat Singh Mann
Sandeep Sharma
Mandeep Hardev Singh
Akshar Rajesh Patel
Parvinder Awana
Shardul Narendra Thakur
Anureet Singh
Shivam Sharma
Karanveer Singh
Murali Vijay
Nikhil Naik
Yogesh Golwalkar
Kings XI Punjab (Released Players): Cheteshwar Pujara, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Murali Kartik.

Delhi Daredevils

Mohammad Shami
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Quinton De Kock
Manoj Tiwary
Jean-Paul Duminy
Kedar Jadhav
Mayank Agarwal
Shahbaz Nadeem
Saurabh Tiwary
Jayant Yadav
Milind Kumar
Angelo Mathews
Yuvraj Singh
Amit Mishra
Jaydev Unadkat
Gurinder Sandhu
Shreyas Iyer
CM Gautam
Dominic Muthuswamy
Albie Morkel
Travis Head
Marcus Stoinis
Kona Srikar Bharat
KK Jiyaz
Zaheer Khan
Delhi Daredevils (Released Players): Dinesh Karthik, HS Sharath, James Neesham, Jaydev Unadkat, Kevin Pietersen, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Milind Kumar, Murali Vijay, Rahul Sharma, Rahul Shukla, Ross Taylor, Siddarth Kaul, Wayne Parnell.

Universal Remote Set-Up for Airtel Digital TV Remote

2015-03-18T09:54:00.001-07:00

Ever wonder whether you can use a single remote to use both, your TV as well as your Set-top box? Yes, Now you can. Just use the following steps:

There are 5 basic functions which your new Airtel remote needs to learn about your TV

1. TV Power code

2. TV Mute code

3. AV code

4. TV VOL + code

5. TV VOL – code

Steps for Universal remote setup:

Step 1: Bring Airtel digital TV remote in learning mode. Press and hold ‘’OK + Numeric 2” key for 3 seconds. The LED blinks twice to indicate that your Airtel remote is ready to learn.

Explanation: When you keep your Airtel Digital TV remote and your TV remote in front of each other (preferably on a table or bed to keep them in front of each other), after pressing OK + '2' in STB remote, your remote will blink two times and Red LED will remain on after that. This means that your STB remote is now ready to learn.

Step 2 : Hold the source remote and Airtel remote in front of each other ( 3cm-6m apart).

Step 3: Press & release the key (First on Airtel remote and then on Source remote) which needs to be programmed in Airtel remote.

Example: Press and release the TV Power key on both remotes and release. The Airtel remote blinks twice to indicate a successful learning of ‘TV power code’.

Step 4: Now Press & release other keys ( on both remotes simultaneously) : Mute , AV, Vol +/-.

Step 5: Press "OK" on Airtel remote to store the new information about your TV. The LED will blink twice to indicate successful transfer to knowledge from your current TV remote to the new Airtel remote.

If the Airtel remote blinks four times, it means the learning failed. Go to Step 1 again.

Sometimes it takes two-three attempts to teach your STB remote all the functionality of your TV remote. Nevertheless, keep trying and you would be able to do it.

BIHAR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (BPSC) RECRUITMENT 2015 – 100 VACANCY – ACCOUNTS OFFICER – 34,800 SALARY – B.A/ B.SC

2015-02-06T05:14:00.000-08:00

Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has issued a recruitment notification for the recruitment of Accounts Officer through recruitment notification. Candidates who have completed B.A/ B.Sc can apply for the new recruitment notification from BiharPublic Service Commission (BPSC)

Eligible candidates can apply offline for the Accounts Officer Job on or before 16-03-2015. Find more information about the vacancy like Age limit, Selection Process, Qualification, Application fee, How to apply etc can be found below.

Company Name	Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
Vacancy Name	Accounts Officer
Educational Qualification	B.A/ B.Sc
Total No of Vacancy	100 posts
Salary	Rs.9,300-34,800/- p.m.
Job Location	Patna
Last Date to Apply for this job	16-03-2015
Address for the Job Vacancy	Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna

DETAIL OF BIHAR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (BPSC) – ACCOUNTS OFFICER RECRUITMENT:

SL. No	Name of the Post	Qualification	No. of Vacancies	Pay Scale
1	Accounts Officer	Graduate in Commerce/ Mathematics/ Economics/ Statistics or equivalent	100	Rs. 9300- 34800

Age : 21 – 37 years (Male), 21 – 40 years (Female)

SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR BIHAR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (BPSC) – ACCOUNTS OFFICER POST:

Candidates can apply on or before 16-03-2015.
No detailed information about the selection procedure is mentioned in therecruitment notification.

HOW TO APPLY FOR ACCOUNTS OFFICER - VACANCY IN BIHAR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (BPSC):

Last Date of Receipt Application Form is on 16-03-2015

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER :

Last Date to Apply for this job 16-03-2015

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2014-04-15T02:22:00.003-07:00

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2014-03-21T01:32:00.003-07:00

CDAC NOTIFICATION FOR AUGUST 2013 BATCH

2013-05-27T21:36:00.001-07:00

INTRODUCTION

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is a scientific society of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, carrying out Research and Development (R&D) in IT, electronics and associated areas. Since its inception in 1988, C-DAC has been undertaking development of multiple generations of the PARAM series of supercomputers. Different thematic areas of C-DAC's research include high performance computing, grid and cloud computing, multilingual computing, professional electronics, software technologies, cyber security, health informatics, and ubiquitous computing.

As an institution for high-end R&D, C-DAC has been at the forefront of the IT revolution in the country, constantly building capacities in emerging/enabling technologies, and innovating and leveraging its expertise, calibre and skill sets to develop and deploy IT products and solutions for diverse sectors. A major spin-off of the challenging expeditions into the various realms of state-of-the-art technologies has been the emergence of a high-quality intellectual resource base at C-DAC in the form of expert teams with specialised knowledge of various facets of advanced computing.

With such a rich resource base at its command, C-DAC has set up the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) to meet the ever-increasing skilled manpower requirements of the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) industry as well as supplement its intellectual resource base for cutting-edge research and development. Over the years C-DAC has designed and delivered various postgraduate and undergraduate degree and diploma programmes. In addition, C-DAC imparts ICT training to state and national governments and agencies, strategic sectors, corporate and industries, foreign countries and international students, based on specific requirements.

Presently C-DAC is offering courses through its own training centres in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Noida, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram, and its network of 22 Affiliated Training Centres (ATC) spread across the country. Each year, thousands of students and professionals are trained at these centres, enhancing their knowledge-base and equipping them with the latest methodologies in advanced computing so as to make their mark in the ICT industry. So far more than a quarter million students have passed out from C-DAC. Many of them today are successful employees of multinational and premier Indian ICT companies, and many of them have become booming entrepreneurs.

C-DAC is committed to nation building and is the first Indian government agency that has expanded its training horizons globally, extending its high quality training services to countries like Armenia, Belarus, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Ghana, Grenada, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

List of C-DAC’s PG Diploma Courses, Fees and Eligibility Criteria

The list of CDAC’s Post Graduate Diploma courses, their fees and eligibility criteria are given in Table 1. All PG Diploma courses, except PG-DST, are full-time 6-month courses. PG-DST is a one year full-time course. Details of these PG Diploma courses are given in the last section of this booklet. There is no age restriction for admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses.
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Common Eligibility Criteria for all the PG Diploma Courses of C-DAC

Graduate in Engineering or equivalent (e.g. BE/ BTech/ 4-year BSc Engg/ AMIE/ AIETE/ DoEACC B Level, etc.) in Electronics/ Electrical/ Computer Science/ IT or related areas

Post Graduate in Engineering Sciences (e.g. MCA/ MSc Engg/ MSc (CS, IT, EE, Electronics, Instrumentation, etc.))

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In addition to the common eligibility criteria given above, candidates with the course-specific qualifications mentioned in Table 1 are ALSO ELIGIBLE for the particular course.Minimum percentage of marks required in the qualifying examination is also stated in Table 1. The minimum percentage of marks will be considered as per the norms of the university from where the candidate has graduated.

Table 1: Category-wise listing of PG Diploma courses, their fees and eligibility criteria.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	FEES(Rs)	ELIGIBILITY	MIN. %
CATEGORY I (Section A in C-CAT)
PG-DGi	Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics	79,000	Common eligibility criteria,OR Post Graduate in Physics/ Computational Sciences/ Applied Sciences/ Geography/ Geology/ Mathematics or allied areas	50 %
PG-DHI	Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Informatics	79,000	Common eligibility criteria,OR Post Graduate in Physics/ Computational Sciences/ Life Sciences/ Chemistry/ Mathematics or allied areas, OR Graduate (minimum 4-year) in Medical/ Biomedical/ Pharmaceutical Sciences	50 %
CATEGORY II (Sections A+B in C-CAT)
PG-DAC	Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing	79,000	Common eligibility criteria,OR Graduate in any discipline of Engineering or equivalent, OR Post Graduate in Physics/ Comput-ational Sciences/ Computing/ Mathematics or allied areas, OR Post Graduate in Management with graduation degree in Science	50 %
PG-DWiMC	Post Graduate Diploma in Wireless & Mobile Computing	79,000	Common eligibility criteria,OR Post Graduate in Mathematics or allied areas	50 %
PG-DSSD	Post Graduate Diploma in System Software Development	69,000	Common eligibility criteria	55 %
PG-DITISS	Post Graduate Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security	69,000	Common eligibility criteria,OR Post Graduate in Mathematics or allied areas	55 %
CATEGORY III (Sections A+B+C in C-CAT)
PG-DESD	Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded Systems Design	69,000	Common eligibility criteria	55 %
PG-DVLSI	Post Graduate Diploma in VLSI Design	79,000	Common eligibility criteria	55 %
PG- DIVESD	Post Graduate Diploma in Integrated VLSI & Embedded Systems Design	79,000	Common eligibility criteria	55 %
PG-DASS	Post Graduate Diploma in Automation & SCADA Systems	79,000	Common eligibility criteria,OR Post Graduate in Mathematics or allied areas	55 %
CST Exam
PG-DST (1-year course)	Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology	79,000	Graduate in any discipline	Pass

Candidates who have appeared for the final examination of their qualifying degree in 2013 will also be considered for admission to the above courses. By qualifying in C-DAC's admission tests of June/July 2013, these candidates can apply for provisional admission subject to the condition that:

(a) All parts of their qualifying degree examination shall be completed by the date of joining the course, and

(b) Proof of having passed the qualifying degree with at least the required minimum marks shall be submitted at C-DAC by 30 November 2013.
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Important Note:Candidates are required to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria of the courses for which they are applying. In case a candidate is found to be non-eligible during any stage of the admission process or course delivery, his/her admission will be cancelled with immediate effect. The penalty clauses as given in the section Cancellation & Refund will be applied to such candidates.

Highlights of C-DAC's PG Diploma Courses

Well established courses with excellent placement records.
24-week full-time courses with >900 hours' theory/lab.
Courses designed and developed in consultation with the domain experts in C-DAC, academia and ICT industry.
Syllabus regularly updated with the latest trends in the ICT industry.
Expert faculty from C-DAC and ICT industry with extensive domain knowledge.
Well equipped laboratory that can be accessed 24 hours.
Tutorials and hands-on relevant to the standards of the ICT industry.
Placement assistance and region-wise common campus placements.
Training on aptitude and soft skills.

Common Campus Placement Programme

Over the last two decades, C-DAC has shaped the careers of around 1 lakh IT professionals in software development and other specialised advanced computing domains. The Placement Cells of C-DAC organise Common Campus Placement Programmes (CCPP) for the PG Diploma students. Every year, C-DAC's CCPP are conducted in August and February at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Noida and Pune. All the C-DAC training centres actively coordinate the task of organising the campus interviews for all their PG Diploma students. About 200 companies participated in the CCPP of February 2013.

C-DAC has always been the ICT recruiters’ first choice when it comes to recruiting ready-to-deploy manpower for their turnkey projects. Top ICT companies like 3DPLM, 3i Infotech, Amdocs, Atos, Barclays, Canon, Capgemini, Capsilon, CISCO, Cumulus, Cybage, Fiserv, Fujitsu, Happiest Minds, HSBC, iGate-Patni, IVY Comptech, John Deere, KPIT, LSI, Maxxton, Mindtree, Microsoft, NEC HCL, Nihilent, OnMobile, Prorigo, QLogic, Rockwell Collins, SanDisk, Sears, Softlink, SQS, Samsung, Sasken, Siemens, SunGard, Varian, and many more have shown faith in CDAC-trained resources by recruiting them through CCPP. C-DAC has also recruited some of the students for its R&D projects.

C-DAC’s Common Admission Test (C-CAT)

Admissions to all PG Diploma courses of C-DAC, except PG-DST, are done through C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT). PG-DST admission is done through a separate examination (Competence in Software Technology - CST) that will be held on 14 July 2013. Candidates have to apply for C-CAT online at www.cdac.in. Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June/July (for August admissions) and December (for February admissions). Candidates who clear the June/July 2013 C-CAT will be considered for admission to C-DAC's PG Diploma courses of August 2013 batch on the basis of their C-CAT ranks and centre/course preferences.

5.1 C-CAT Test Papers

C-CAT has three sections (Section A, Section B, Section C) of one hour duration each. As shown in Table 2, depending on the course(s) applied by the candidate, he/she will have to either appear for just one test paper (Section A) or two test papers (Section A and Section B) or all the three test papers (Section A, Section B and Section C). The medium of C-CAT is English.

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Important Note: A candidate can appear only for the specific section(s) in C-CAT as per the course(s) opted by him/her at the time of filling the online application form.

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Every section will have 50 objective-type questions of 3 marks each (maximum 150 marks for any one section). Each objective-type question in C-CAT will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer and -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer. Multiple answers to a question will be treated as a wrong answer. For each un-attempted question, 0 (zero) mark will be awarded.

Table 2: List of PG Diploma courses and the corresponding test paper(s) in C-CAT.

COURSE CATEGORY	COURSE NAME	TEST PAPER(S)
I	PG Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)	Section A
	PG Diploma in Healthcare Informatics (PG-DHI)

II	PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)	Section A + Section B
	PG Diploma in Wireless & Mobile Computing (PG-DWiMC)
	PG Diploma in System Software Design (PG-DSSD)
	PG Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)
III	PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)	Section A + Section B + Section C
	PG Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)
	PG Diploma in Automation & SCADA Systems (PG-DASS)
	PG Diploma in Integrated VLSI & Embedded Systems Design (PG-DIVESD)

5.2 C-CAT Syllabus

Table 3a indicates the syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT.

Table 3a: Syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT.

TEST PAPER	TOPICS	DURATION
Section A	English, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude	1 hour
Section B	Computer Fundamentals, C Programming, Data Structures, Data Communications & Networks, Object Oriented Programming, Operating Systems	1 hour
Section C	Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors	1 hour

The list of reference books for the various topics of June/July 2013 C-CAT is given in Table 3b. Candidates are, however, advised to read more books than the ones specified in this table

Table 3b: Reference books for the various topics in C-CAT.

SECTION	TOPIC	REFERENCE BOOK
A	English	Any High School Grammar Book
A	Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude Fully Solved (R. S. Aggrawal) Quantitative Aptitude (M Tyara) Barron’s New GRE 2012
B	General Reference Book	Foundations of Computing (Pradeep Sinha & Priti Sinha)
	Data Communication & Networking	CompTIA Network+ Study Guide (Todd Lammle)
	Programming in C	Test your C Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar) Let Us C (Yashavant Kanetkar) Exploring C (Yashavant Kanetkar)
	Data Structures	Data Structures Through C in Depth (S. K. Srivastava)
	Operating System	Operating System Principles (Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne)
	OOPs Concept	Test Your C ++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar)
C	Digital Logic	Digital Fundamentals, 10th Edition (Thomas L. Floyed) Digital Design, 4th Edition (M Morris Mano)
C	Microprocessor	The Intel Microprocessor, 8th Edition (Barry B. Brey) Microprocessor Architecture Programming & Application with 8085, 5th Edition (Ramesh Gaonkar) The Intel Microprocessor (Barry Brey)

5.3 C-CAT Schedule

C-CAT for admission to the August 2013 batch of PG Diploma courses will be held on 30th June 2013 and 7th July 2013. Candidates may choose one of these dates as per their convenience while filling the online application. The schedule for different test papers of C-CAT is given below.

Table 4: Schedule of June/July 2013 C-CAT.

C-CAT Date	Test Paper	Morning Slot Timings	Afternoon Slot Timings
30 June 2013 ; 7 July 2013	Section A	9:30 am – 10:30 am	2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
	Section B	10:45 am – 11:45 pm	3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
	Section C	12:00 noon – 1:00 pm	4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

5.4 C-CAT Centres

The C-CATs of June/July 2013 will be conducted in computerized mode in various cities across India. The list of cities where C-CAT will be conducted in June/July 2013 is given in Table 5. The C-CAT centres will be allocated to candidates on a first-come, first-served basis of application, depending on the centres' seating capacity.

Table 5: Cities where C-CAT will be conducted in June/July 2013.

Agartala	Ahmedabad	Allahabad	Bengaluru
Bhopal	Bhubaneshwar	Chennai	Dhanbad
Gwalior	Hyderabad	Indore	Jaipur
Karad	Kochi	Kolhapur	Kolkata
Lucknow	Mohali	Mumbai	Nagpur
Nashik	New Delhi	Noida	Patna
Pune	Raipur	Solapur
Thiruvananthapuram	Vishakhapatnam

The C-CAT date and city once selected in the online application form cannot be changed unless approved in writing by C-DAC. All such signed letters of requests with valid reasons should be received at C-DAC ACTS, NSG IT Park, Aundh, Pune-411007, before the last date of application.

C-CAT Application Fee

The basic application fee for C-CAT would be Rs. 1000/- and thereafter Rs. 100/- for every course opted in the online application. Hence the application fee for one course will be Rs. 1100/-, for two courses Rs. 1200/-, and so on. After filling the online application form, the application fee may be paid online OR in cash through the 'Make Payment' step on the main menu of the online application. No cheque or demand draft (DD) will be accepted towards payment of C-CAT application fees.

Online: The application fee can be paid using both credit and debit cards through the payment gateway provided along with the online application.

Cash: The application fee can also be paid in cash at any of the C-DAC centres or C-DAC's Affiliated Training Centres (ATC) listed in Tables 7a and 7b. After filling the online application, the applicant should print the form and submit it along with the fee (in cash) at any of the C-DAC training centres on or before the last date of application.

On receiving the application fee at C-DAC, the 'Make Payment' step on the main menu of the online application will be tick-marked, and the status of payment will be updated on the 'Status Check'menu. The pdf application form obtained by clicking the 'View/Print Application Form' on the main menu will now have the transaction details of the payment made.

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Important Notes: (i) Application forms and cash sent by post/courier will not be accepted at any of the C-DAC training centres. (ii) Candidates are advised to view the seat availability for C-CAT at various cities before paying the application fee through cash or online. (iii) Candidates facing any issues during online payment may contact C-DAC ACTS Pune through phone (020-25503100) or email (acts-tcm@cdac.in). ___________________________________________________________________________

C-CAT Admit Cards

Candidates can download their admit cards from C-DAC's website during the dates mentioned underImportant Dates. No candidate will be permitted to appear for C-CAT without a valid admit card. The admit card should be presented to the C-CAT officials/invigilators for verification at the time of the test.

The venue, date and time of C-CAT will be communicated to the candidates on the Admit Cards.Candidates must appear for C-CAT on the specified date and time at the venue mentioned on the admit card.

Use of logarithmic tables/calculators/mobile phones/electronic gadgets is not permitted in the examination hall. Use of unfair means by a candidate, whether detected at the time of the test, evaluation or at any other stage, will lead to cancellation of his/her candidature.

C-CAT Ranking

Candidates will be provided ranks based on their performance in Section A, Sections A+B, Sections A+B+C. Along with the ranking, information on how many candidates are there above him/her in the courses applied will also be indicated.

If a candidate appears for multiple sections, he/she will be provided multiple ranks depending on his/her choice of courses at the time of filling the application form. For example, if a candidate appears for Sections A and B and had chosen courses under Category I and Category II in the application form, he/she shall be provided two ranks: (i) based on the performance in Section A, and (ii) based on the performance in Sections A+B. However, if a candidate appears for Sections A and B but had chosen only courses under Category II in the application form, he/she will be provided only one rank based on the performance in Sections A+B.

Candidates with the lowest 10% performances in Section A, Section B and Section C will not be considered for ranking in any category. Even after the removal of the lowest 10% performers as stated above, if there exist candidates in any category with zero or less than zero marks, then these candidates are also not considered for ranking. The remaining candidates will be ranked based on their performance in Section A (for candidates who have applied for Category I courses), total performance in Sections A+B (for candidates who have applied for Category II courses), and total performance in Sections A+B+C (for candidates who have applied for Category III courses).

If two or more candidates have acquired the same marks in Section A or Sections A+B or Sections A+B+C, then the candidate having more marks in Section A will be given the higher rank. If these candidates have the same marks in Section A also, then the candidate having higher value in the ratio of 'number of correct answers / number of attempted questions' in the specific section required only for that category of courses will be given the higher rank. Candidates who have the same value of this ratio and having the same total marks as well as marks in Section A will be given the same rank.

Admissions to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses at various training centres will be offered in the order of ranks obtained in C-CAT and based on the preferences of courses and centres given by the candidates. Only those candidates who are in the C-CAT rank-list will be considered for admissions to C-DAC's PG Diploma courses.

Rank-lists of June/July 2013 C-CATs are only applicable for admission to the August 2013 intake of C-DAC's PG Diploma courses. Candidates should note that mere appearance in C-CAT or being in any of the rank-lists neither guarantees nor provides any automatic entitlement to admission. Qualified candidates will have to apply for admission as per the prescribed procedure.

Processes of Admission to C-DAC's PG Diploma Courses

IMPORTANT DATES

Table 6: Important dates related to admission to C-DAC’s PG Diploma courses of August 2013 batch.

No.	Event	Dates
a	Beginning of Online Registration and Application	27 May 2013
b	Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of Application Fee	20 June 2013
c	Downloading of Admit Cards	26 June 2013 – 5 July 2013
d	C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT)	30 June 2013	7 July 2013
e	Announcement of C-CAT Ranks	12 July 2013
f	Online Selection of Course and Centre (1st Counselling)	12 – 17 July 2013
g	Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation	20 July 2013
h	Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the first round	30 July 2013
i	Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation	2 August 2013
j	Last Date of Payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the second round	8 August 2013
K	Online Selection of Course and Centre (2nd Counselling)	13 – 15 August 2013
L	Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation (based on 2nd Counselling)	17 August 2013
M	Last Date of Payment of Full/Balance Course Fees	23 August 2013
N	Registration of Students at Training Centres	26 August 2013
O	Commencement of PG Diploma Courses	27 August 2013

What Happens on These Important Dates?

(a)

Beginning of Online Registration and Application

27 May 2013

The process of admission to C-DAC's PG Diploma courses begins with registration of prospective candidates on the C-DAC website, www.cdac.in. Candidates are advised to read carefully the instructions on the C-DAC website while filling the online registration and application forms. Upon registering, candidates will get their form number that can be used to log in and fill the C-CAT application form online. The form number must be remembered by the candidate as it will be the reference number and login ID of the candidate during the whole admission process.

Once candidates have completed registration, the next step is to log in and fill the C-CAT application form. After entering the personal data and qualifying degree details, candidates have to select the PG Diploma courses which they wish to apply. Depending on their eligibility and interest, candidates have the option to select as many as 10 courses that are offered through C-CAT in the August 2013 batch of C-DAC. Candidates may note that on selection of courses, Rs. 100/- per course will be added to the basic application fee of Rs. 1000/-. Once submitted online, candidates will not have option to add/delete/change any course in the application form.

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Important Notes: (i) Candidates are advised to verify the eligibility of each course before opting for it. It will entirely be the responsibility of the candidates to prove that they satisfy the minimum eligibility requirements of the courses for which they are seeking admission.

(ii) All further processing of admission at C-DAC will be based on the PG Diploma courses selected in the application form. Therefore candidates are required to be extremely cautious while opting for the courses in the form. ___________________________________________________________________________

Candidates may view the seat availability for C-CAT at various cities before submitting the application form. They are advised to print their filled-in application form that can be obtained by clicking the 'View/Print Application Form' on the main menu and keep it for their records.

After filling the application form, candidates have to upload their passport size photograph. The next step is payment of C-CAT application fee that may be paid online or in cash. The details of payment are given in the section C-CAT Application Fee.

Once the application fee is paid, candidates can choose the city and date for appearing C-CAT (either 30 June 2013 or 7 July 2013). The cities where C-CAT will be conducted in June/July 2013 are listed in Table 5. Candidates can view the seat availability for C-CAT at various cities by clicking the 'Select Exam City & Date' on the main menu of the application form. Depending on the seat availability, candidates can choose one date and city for appearing C-CAT.

C-CAT centres will be sequentially allocated to candidates (on first-come, first-served basis) as per their online applications. Once the capacity of a particular C-CAT city is full on any C-CAT date, that city will no longer be shown in the drop-down list of the online application form on that date. C-DAC reserves the right to cancel a C-CAT centre, in which case an alternate centre will be offered to the candidates.

The steps successfully completed in the application process are shown with a tick-mark on the main menu of the online application. Candidates facing any issues during online registration and application may contact C-DAC ACTS Pune through phone (020-25503100) or e-mail (acts-tcm@cdac.in).

(b)

Closing of Online Registration & Application, and Payment of Fees

20 June 2013

The online registration and application of candidates will close on 20 June 2013. The payment of application fee through cash as well as online mode will also be closed on this date. If the application fee is paid in cash, it should strictly be submitted at any of the C-DAC training centres (listed in Tables 7a and 7b) before 5 pm on 20 June 2013. Delays due to any reason are not acceptable.

(c)

Downloading of Admit Cards

26 June – 5 July, 2013

Candidates can download their admit cards during these periods by logging in on the C-DAC website. After downloading the admit cards, candidates should examine all the entries therein and also carefully read and follow the instructions on the cards. In case of any discrepancy in the details provided, or if candidates are unable to download the online admit card, then they should contact C-DAC ACTS Pune immediately through phone (020-25503100) or e-mail (acts-tcm@cdac.in), giving their name and application form number. No candidate will be permitted to appear for C-CAT without a valid admit card.

Candidates will not be able to download their admit cards, if they have not made the payment of CCAT application fees before the last date of payment.

(d)

C-DAC's Common Admission Test (C-CAT)

30 June 2013

7 July 2013

The computer-based C-CAT for admission to the August 2013 batch of PG Diploma courses will be conducted on two dates, viz., 30 June 2013 and 7 July 2013, in various cities across India. The details of C-CAT are given in the section C-DAC's Common Admission Test.Candidates must appear for C-CAT on the specified date at the venue mentioned on their admit card. The computers for appearing for C-CAT will be provided by the C-CAT centre.

Before attempting the computer-based questions during C-CAT, candidates are advised to carefully read and follow the instructions given along with the question paper.

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Important Note: Important Note: Candidates are advised to read the C-CAT User Manual and become familiar with the computer-based C-CAT through the practice sessions available on the C-DAC website.

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(e)

Announcement of C-CAT Results

12 July 2013

C-CAT results will be published on the C-DAC website on this date. When a candidate checks results through his/her login, along with the rank, information on how many candidates are there above him/her in the courses applied will also be indicated. Candidates will be provided ranks based on their performance in Section A, Sections A+B and Sections A+B+C. If a candidate appears for multiple sections, he/she will be provided multiple ranks as explained in the section C-CAT Ranking.

In order to be considered for admission to a desired course, a candidate’s name must appear in the rank-list of the category corresponding to that particular course and also satisfy its minimum eligibility criteria.

(f)

Online Selection of Course and Centre (1st Counselling)

12-17 July 2013

During these dates, candidates are required to give (online) their order of preferences of courses and training centres. Depending on their ranks, candidates will be allocated seats based on their order of preferences of courses and centres. Instructions on how to use the Choice Filling software are provided in the Counselling Brochure available online during the counselling process. Candidates facing any issues during online selection of course/centre may contact C-DAC Mumbai through phone (022-26201606/26703251) or e-mail (entrance-mumbai@cdac.in).

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Important Note: Candidates will be permitted to give preferences for only those courses which they had opted at the time of applying for C-CAT. They cannot opt/apply for any additional course(s) other than what they had initially applied for.

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The list of courses offered and the maximum number of seats available at all training centres of C-DAC are given in Tables 7(a) and 7(b) of this booklet. A candidate may give as many course-training centre preferences as desired, and the rank-wise seat allocation will be done based on these preferences and the availability of seats. Under any circumstance, a candidate will not be allocated another course/centre, which was not given as a preference during this stage.

While choosing the preferred courses and centres in the Choice Filling software, candidates have the option to save and lock their preferences. Candidates after choosing their preferred courses and centres, should save their preferences. The unsaved preference list will be shown in red colour. The saved preference list (shown in green color) can be modified (if required) by the candidate until 17 July 2013. Once the candidate is sure about the preferences, he/she should lock them so that the choices will not be modified by mistake. The saved preferences will be locked automatically after 17 July 2013 if the candidate has not locked them before. The locked preferences are non-editable and are shown with a white background. These preferences will be considered in the seat allocation process in their order of preferences. Candidates will have the option to print the list of course-centre preferences given by them.

Candidates can add or delete preferences and also change their order before locking them. Once locked, the preferences cannot be edited later. Preferences once given by the candidate will be considered as final and he/she cannot opt for a lower preferred choice if he/she is allocated a better preference in any round of seat allocation.

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Important Note: If a candidate has not given preference for a particular course or a centre during this stage, he/she will not be considered for this particular course/centre in any further admission process. Once the preferences are locked, there is no provision for a candidate to edit/add/delete any preferences, even for the second round of seat allocations.

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(g)

Declaration of First Round of Seat Allocation

20 July 2013

The course and centre allocated to the candidates are published online on this date. Admissions to various courses at different training centres are offered in the order of C-CAT ranks and preferences of courses and training centres given by the candidate and the number of seats available for the course at the particular centre. If some candidates' ranks are not good enough to get them their top preferences, they may be offered their lower preferred courses/centres depending on their ranks.

Candidates will get to know the course/centre allocated to them by logging in on the C-DAC website. All the candidates who have got their seats allocated will also receive an e-mail notification. Once a candidate is allocated a centre, no manual request for transfer to another centre will be permitted at any stage. Seat allocation will happen only as per the order of preferences already given by the candidates.

(h)

Last date of payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats through the first round

30 July 2013

Once a seat is offered to a candidate, he/she must pay the first installment fees of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) as a token amount to confirm the admission. The mode of payment of fees is explained in the section Payment of Course Fees. If this token amount is paid through Demand Draft (DD), the DD should strictly reach C-DAC before 5 pm on 30 July 2013. The delays due to postal or any other reason are not acceptable.

Candidates who have been offered courses through the first round of seat allocation, but have not paid the token amount on or before 30 July 2013 will not be considered for the second round of seat allocation. It will be considered as these candidates do not want to take any admission and their names will be removed from second round seat allocation processing. Therefore, in order to be considered for the second round seat allocation, candidates are advised to pay the token amount and confirm their admission, even if the course/centre allocated in the first round of allocation is not their top preference. It may happen that the candidate may be allocated a higher-preferred course/centre in the second round of seat allocation.

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Important Note: Candidates who have been allocated seats in the first round of seat allocation, but have failed to confirm their admission (by paying the token amount of Rs 10,000/-) will not be considered for the second round of seat allocation.
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(i)

Declaration of Second Round of Seat Allocation

2 August 2013

Candidates who are in the rank-list but were not offered seats in the first round of seat allocation will be considered in the second round of seat allocation. In addition, candidates who have been already allocated seats in the first round of seat allocation, but did not get their top preferences, will also be considered in this round of seat allocation for their higher-preferred courses. The second round of seat allocation will be based on the preferences already given by the candidates before the first round of allocation.Candidates may note that the seats allocated as per the second round are their final seat and there will be no further movement of seats.

Upon logging in on the C-DAC website, candidates will get to know the course/centre allocated to them in the second round. All the candidates who have got their seats allocated in this round will also receive an e-mail notification.

(j)

Last date of payment of Rs 10,000/- for candidates allocated seats first-time through the second round

8 August 2013

Candidates who are allocated seats for the first time through the second round are required to pay the first installment fees of Rs 10,000/- as a token amount to confirm their admission. The mode of payment of fees is explained in the section Payment of Course Fees. If this token amount is paid through DD, the DD should strictly reach C-DAC before 5 pm on 8 August 2013. The delays due to postal or any other reason are not acceptable. Candidates who have already paid Rs 10,000/- after the first round of seat allocation are not required to pay this amount again.

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Important Note: The token amount of Rs 10,000/- once paid will not be refunded in case the candidate is found to be non-eligible for the course during verification of certificates at the time of registration.
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(k)

Online Selection of Course and Centre (2nd Counselling)

13 - 15 August 2013

All the candidates who have C-CAT ranks but are not allocated seats in the first two rounds of allocation are eligible for the fresh 2nd counselling process. Candidates who have not paid the first installment fees after the first and second rounds of seat allocation are also eligible for the 2nd counselling. The 2nd counselling is done only for the vacant seats available at the various training centres as on 12 August 2013. The centre-wise vacancy list will be mailed to all eligible candidates on this date.

The eligible candidates can give (online) their new order of preferences of the vacant courses and training centres during 13-15 August 2013. The details of the counselling process are given in section 11(f) of this Admission Booklet. Candidates facing any issues during online selection of course/centre may contact C-DAC Mumbai through phone (022-26201606/26703251) or e-mail (entrance-mumbai@cdac.in).

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Important Note:During the 2nd counselling and the resulting third round seat allocation processes, the allocations of candidates whose admissions are already confirmed as per the second round of seat allocation list will not be changed at all.
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(l)

Declaration of Third Round of Seat Allocation

17 August 2013

The course and centre allocated to the candidates who participated in the 2nd counselling are published online on this date. Candidates are allocated the vacant seats based on their ranks and fresh preferences given in the 2nd counselling. They will get to know the course/centre allocated to them by logging in on the C-DAC website. All the allocated candidates will also receive an e-mail notification.

(m)

Last Date of Payment of Full/Balance Course Fees

23 August 2013

All the candidates who are allocated seats for the first time through the third round (based on 2nd counselling) will have to pay their full course fees in a single installment. Candidates who have already paid Rs 10,000/- after the first and second rounds of seat allocation are required to pay only the balance course fees before this last date. The amount should be paid using a demand draft at the respective C-DAC training centre where the course will be pursued by the candidate. The detailed mode of payment of fees is explained in the section Payment of Course Fees.

(n)

Registration of Students at Training Centres

26 August 2013

Upon payment of full fees and proving the course eligibility, the selected candidates will be enrolled as C-DAC students at the respective training centres.

At the time of registration, candidates need to show their photo identity cards for identification, submit three passport-size colour photographs and photocopies of qualifying degree certificate or provisional/passing certificate from the university. The original certificates should be presented for verification at the time of registration.

Candidates who do not have their qualifying degree certificate (including students who have appeared for the qualifying examination and awaiting results) will be given provisional admission on submitting (at the admitting centre) the proof that they have already taken all the examinations for their qualifying degree at the time of registration. These students will have to submit (at the admitted centre) the proof of having passed the qualifying degree with the required minimum marks by 30 November 2013 to confirm their admission.

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Important Notes: Candidates who are provisionally admitted as CDAC students but are unable to produce the proof of qualification by 30 November 2013 will have their admissions cancelled. They will not be eligible for any refund. ___________________________________________________________________________

(o)

Commencement of PG Diploma Courses

27 August 2013

Classes for the August 2013 batch of all the PG Diploma courses at all training centres of C-DAC will begin on 27 August 2013.

Candidates/students wishing to withdraw their admission during any stage of the admission process or course delivery must follow the guidelines mentioned in the section Cancellation & Refund.Penalties levied on such candidates/students are also explained in this section.

Requests of students to relocate to another centre after taking admissions at one centre, will not be entertained except in certain exceptional cases like serious medical reasons. Such request letters are to be addressed to the Director General, C-DAC, though the heads of the transferring and transferee training centres.

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Important Notes: (i) C-DAC reserves the right to cancel a course at any centre, if conducting the course is unviable due to lack of the required minimum number of students. If a course is cancelled, the fees paid will be refunded to the candidates or alternate admission will be offered as per their ranks. (ii) C-DAC has the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of any candidate who is found to have been admitted to a course to which he/she is not entitled, being unqualified or ineligible in accordance with the rules and regulations in force. ___________________________________________________________________________

Training Centres

Across India, C-DAC’s PG Diploma Courses are offered at C-DAC’s own centres and also through the Authorized Training Centres (ATC) affiliated to C-DAC. The address and contact details of these training centres can be found at http://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=cdaccenters.Candidates may note that the address of C-DAC ACTS Pune is likely to be changed. Once changed, the new address will be updated on the C-DAC website.

The tables 7a and 7b show the courses offered and the seat capacity at the various training centres of C-DAC. Candidates are advised to visit the training centres of their preference and see the facilities offered before opting for courses at these centres.

Table 7a: Seat capacity at C-DAC centres.

Sr. No.	City	PG-DAC	PG- DWiMC	PG-DESD	PG-DSSD	PG-DITISS	PG-DVLSI	PG-DIVESD	PG-DASS	PG-DGi	PG-DHI	PG-DST
1	Bengaluru (Knowledge Park)	90	56	90	50				50
2	Bengaluru (Electronics City)	120				60
3	Chennai	40		50	30
4	Hyderabad	60		60	60
5	Kolkata	40	40	40
6	Mohali	60		40	40	40
7	Mumbai (Juhu)		60
8	Mumbai (Kharghar)	100										100
9	Noida	120	40	40		40		80		30	30
10	Pune	240	60	120		40	40			30	30
11	Thiruvanantha-puram	60		40

Table 7b: Seat capacity at C-DAC’s affiliated training centres.

Sr. No.	City	Centre Name	PG-DAC	PG-DWiMC	PG-DITISS	PG-DVLSI	PG-DIVESD
1	Agartala	NIT	20
2	Allahabad	MNNIT	60	60
3	Bengaluru	Vimarshana, Marathahalli	120	60
4	Bhubaneswar	Lakshya	60
5	Indore	Mastishka Advanced Computing School	120
6	Jaipur	NETCOM	60
7	Karad	Sunbeam	120
8	Kolhapur	Global Infotech Learning	120
9	Mumbai	MET - IIT, Bandra	120
10	Mumbai	TICA, Kandivali				40	40
11	Mumbai	VITA, Juhu	120
12	Mumbai	YCP - AIT, Nariman Point	120
13	Nagpur	Soft Polynomials	60			40	40
14	Nashik	MET - IIT	60
15	New Delhi	Bytes Softech, Okhla	120		40
16	Pune	IACSD, Akurdi	220
17	Pune	Institute of Emerging Technology, Kothrud	136
18	Pune	Infoway, Kothrud	90
19	Pune	Know-IT, Baner Road	100
20	Pune	Sunbeam, Gultekdi	220	120			60
21	Solapur	Ashwath Infotech	60

Hostel Facilities

Hostel (limited number) and canteen facilities are available for students at some of the C-DAC training centres as shown in Table 8. Hostel allotments are made on a first-come, first-served basis. However, outstation candidates will be given preference when the allotment is done. Local students can apply for hostel accommodation, if any vacancy is there. Some of the centres, which are not offering hostel facilities, may provide assistance to find out suitable boarding and lodging to their students.

Candidates interested to avail hostel accommodation should send their written requests to the Administrative Officers at the respective training centres, after the admission lists are published. Hostel/canteen fees, room availability and other related information may be obtained by communicating to the respective centre’s contact person whose name is mentioned athttp://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=cdaccenters

Table 8: Hostel/canteen facility at the Training Centres.

Training Centre	Hostel	Canteen
C-DAC, Bengaluru (Knowledge Park)		ü
C-DAC, Bengaluru (Electronics City)	ü	ü
C-DAC, Kolkata		ü
C-DAC, Mohali	ü	ü
C-DAC, Mumbai (Juhu)		ü
C-DAC, Mumbai (Kharghar)	ü	ü
C-DAC, Noida	ü	ü
C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram		ü
MNNIT, Allahabad		ü
Lakshya, Bhubaneswar	ü	ü
Sunbeam, Karad	ü	ü
MET-IIT, Mumbai (Bandra)		ü
TICA, Mumbai (Kandivali)	ü	ü
VITA, Mumbai (Juhu)		ü
YCP-AIT, Mumbai (Nariman Point)		ü
MET-IIT, Nashik	ü	ü
IACSD, Pune (Akurdi)	ü	ü
Infoway, Pune (Kothrud)		ü
Ashwath, Solapur		ü

Payment of Course Fees

The fees of all the PG Diploma courses offered by C-DAC are given in Table 1 of this booklet. The fees mentioned are inclusive of the service tax. The course fee includes the cost of course materials, computer lab usage, examinations, final mark-list/certificate, and placement assistance provided at the training centre. The fees for all the PG Diploma courses are to be paid in two installments.Candidates may take note that no cheque or cash will be accepted towards payment of any installment of course fees.

(i) The first installment of Rs 10,000/- is to be paid as per the schedule given under Important Dates. It can be paid either online or by a demand draft.

Online: The first installment can be paid using both credit and debit cards through the payment gateway provided on the C-DAC website. Candidates are advised to follow the guidelines given therein, and also to print the transaction details for their record.

Demand Draft (DD): The first installment of Rs 10,000/- can also be paid by a crossed DD drawn from a nationalised bank in favour of 'C-DAC ACTS' payable at Pune.

Candidate should enter the DD details like DD number, DD issuing bank and DD date, after logging in on the C-DAC website. The candidate should also write his/her name and form number on the reverse side of the DD, and send it at the address given below:

C-DAC ACTS
NSG IT Park
Aundh, Pune 411 007
Phone: 020-25503100

The candidate should write ‘Fee for PG Diploma course’ on top of the envelope in which the DD is sent. The DD should strictly reach the above-mentioned address before 5 pm on the scheduled last date given in Table 6. C-DAC will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity or loss in postal transit.

Alternatively, candidates may submit the DD in person at any C-DAC centre (listed in Table 7a) convenient to them before the scheduled last date. Before submitting the DD at any C-DAC centre, candidates should ensure that the DD is drawn in favor of ‘C-DAC ACTS’ and payable at Pune.

On receiving the token amount (DD/online) at C-DAC ACTS Pune, the status of payment of first installment will be shown as 'Paid' when the candidate logs in on the C-DAC website. Candidates have the option to print online receipt for their records. Candidates are advised to write letter to the above address regarding any issues they face during online or DD payment.

(ii) The second (final) installment is to be paid before 23rd August 2013. It should be paid at the respective C-DAC centre (listed in Table 7a) where the course will be pursued by the candidate, using a crossed DD drawn in favour of 'C-DAC' payable at the particular city of the C-DAC centre. (For e.g., if a candidate is taking admission at C-DAC Bengaluru, the DD should be drawn in favour of 'C-DAC' payable at Bengaluru.) However, for candidates taking admission at C-DAC Pune, the DD should be drawn in favour of 'C-DAC ACTS' payable at Pune. Candidates may take note that the second installment can be paid only through DD. If a candidate is taking admission at any of the C-DAC’s Affiliated Training Centres (ATC) he/she should pay the second (final) installment at the ATC where he/she is taking admission, using a crossed DD drawn in favour of 'C-DAC ACTS' payable at Pune.

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Important Note: All the candidates who are allocated seats through the third round of seat allocation (based on 2nd counselling) will have to pay their full course fees in a single installment as given in section (ii) above.

Cancellation & Refund

Candidates must read and understand the rules pertaining to payment and refund of fees, before seeking admission to any course. No disputes regarding refunds will be entertained once the fees are paid.

If a course at a particular training centre is cancelled by C-DAC due to lack of the minimum required number of students, the course fees paid will be refunded to the candidates. However, these candidates may be offered admission to (i) the same course at another training centre preferred by them, or (ii) another course preferred by them at the same centre or another centre of their choice, where seats are available as per their ranks. In such cases, the candidates have the option to choose the alternate centre/course before withdrawing the fees paid.

During verification of the certificates at the time of registration, if any candidate is found to be non-eligible for the admitted course, the first installment fees of Rs 10,000/- will not be refunded. Provisionally admitted students who are unable to produce the proof of qualification for the admitted course by 30 November 2013 will not be eligible for any refund of fees paid.

Candidates desiring to withdraw their admission during any stage of the admission process (i.e. before the date of commencement of the course) may do so by online filling the withdrawal form that can be accessed using their login on the C-DAC website. After submitting the form online, candidates should print the withdrawal form, sign it and send it to the below-given address.

C-DAC ACTS
NSG IT Park
Aundh, Pune 411 007
Phones: 020-25503100

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Details of PG Diploma Courses

16.1 Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC)

PG-DAC is the most popular PG Diploma course of C-DAC. The course is targeted towards engineers and IT professionals who wish to venture into the domain of advanced computing. The course aims to groom the students to enable them to work on current technology scenarios as well as prepare them to keep pace with the changing face of technology and the requirements of the growing IT industry. The entire course syllabus, courseware, teaching methodology and the course delivery have been derived from the rich research and development background of C-DAC. Running successfully for more than fifteen years, the PG-DAC course has yielded thousands of students, who are well positioned in the industry today. The major modules covered in PG-DAC are:

Operating System Concepts
C++ & Data structures Using C++
Software Application Development Tools & Techniques
Advanced Web Programming
Database Technologies
J2SE - Core Java
J2EE - Enterprise Java
Microsoft .Net Technologies
Upcoming Technologies
Aptitude & Business Communication
Project

16.2 Post Graduate Diploma in Wireless and Mobile Computing (PG-DWiMC)

PG-DWiMC is one of the most sought-after courses of C-DAC. The course is targeted towards engineers who wish to venture into the domain of wireless and mobile computing. The course aims to groom the students to enable them to work on current technology scenarios as well as prepare them to keep pace with the changing face of technology and requirements of an exponentially growing mobile and wireless industry. The entire course syllabus, courseware, teaching methodology and the course delivery have been derived from the rich research and development background of C-DAC. The major modules covered in PG-DWiMC are:

C++ Programming & Data Structures
System Development Methodology
OS Concepts & Linux Programming
Introduction to RDBMS
Java Programming
Mobile and Wireless Technologies & Introduction to J2ME
Windows Mobile Application Development
iOS Programming
Android Programming
Introduction to Hybrid Programming
Aptitude & Business Communication
Project

16.3 Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (PG-DESD)

Realizing the growth of embedded systems in day-to-day life and the need for trained manpower in this promising area, C-DAC launched PG-DESD for engineers in computers, electronics and IT. Embedded systems is a unique field, where engineers need to have sound knowledge in hardware and software design. Keeping this aspect in view, C-DAC has designed this course giving equal emphasis to hardware and software, enabling engineers to face challenges in the design and development of state-of-the-art embedded systems. The latest curriculum includes a module on wireless embedded systems design, specifically focusing on wireless technologies and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The major modules covered in PG-DESD are:

Introduction to Embedded Systems Design
Programming Concepts
Microcontrollers and Interfacing
Embedded Operating Systems
Real-Time Operating Systems
Data Communications and Mobile Programming
Digital Signal Processing
Project and Seminar

16.4 Post Graduate Diploma in System Software Development (PG-DSSD)

System software is an important area of the computer system. It helps in managing and controlling the hardware and also provides convenient environment for the application software. Developing this kind of software is a challenging task as knowledge of system internals and quality programming skills are required. Demand for these skill sets is fast growing in the development of software specific to domains like telecommunications, networking, cyber security, operating systems, grid computing, ubiquitous computing and medical instrumentation. C-DAC has taken up the challenge to address the need for trained system software development professionals by introducing the in-depth course, PG-DSSD, giving emphasis on secure software design and implementation practices as per the industry needs. This career-oriented course is designed and developed for engineers and postgraduates in electronics, computer science and IT. The major modules covered in PG-DSSD are:

Advanced C/C++ Programming
Computer Networking & Security
Software Engineering
Linux System Programming and Driver Development
Windows System Programming and Driver Development
Mobile Computing and Android Programming
Parallel Programming
Project

16.5 Post Graduate Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems & Security (PG-DITISS)

PG-DITISS is targeted towards grooming students in the arena of human-computer interaction and cyber and network security. The objective of this course is to enable the students to understand the concepts of network security and learn the techniques of detecting the attacks and securing a network from internal and external attacks. At the end of the course, the student will be able to recognise a variety of generic security threats and vulnerabilities, understand the principles and practices of cryptographic techniques, identify and analyze particular security problems for a given application and apply appropriate security techniques to solve the security issues. The major modules covered in PG-DITISS are:

Fundamentals of Computer Networks
Concepts of Operating System and Administration
Java Programming with Crypto API
Security Concepts
Network Defense and Countermeasures (NDC)
Auditing, Securing Standards and Best Practices
Cyber Forensics & Cyber Laws
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
IT Infrastructure Management
Aptitude & Business Communication
Project

16.6 Post Graduate Diploma in VLSI Design (PG-DVLSI)

PG-DVLSI is a pioneering course offered by C-DAC to assist engineers who wish to gain theoretical as well as practical knowledge in the field of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design. It will also prepare them to keep pace with the changing trends of VLSI technology and the requirements of an ever-growing VLSI design industry. The entire course syllabus, courseware, teaching methodology and the course delivery have been derived from the rich research and development background of C-DAC, which has a legacy of designing the PARAM range of supercomputers. The major modules covered in PG-DVLSI are:

Advanced Digital Design
System Architecture
Programming Fundamentals
High Level Design Methodology
Verilog (In accordance with IEEE 1364-2005 and 2009)
ASIC Design Issues
CMOS VLSI Design
Verification using System Verilog
Linux Shell Scripting
Aptitude & Business Communication
Project

16.7 Post Graduate Diploma in Integrated VLSI and Embedded Systems Design (PG-DIVESD)

PG-DIVESD is targeted towards grooming students in the areas of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) and embedded systems designing. It has the following modules.

Programming Concepts, Object Oriented Programming with C++ and Data Structures for Language Processing
Advanced Microcontroller programming with 8 bit microcontrollers, ARM Processor and their programming techniques
RTOS Concepts and Programming in Real Time with RT Linux, with Device Driver and Perl script
Digital Electronics
VHDL
Verilog & System Verilog
CMOS
HDL Synthesis & System Architecture
ASIC Design
Project

16.8 Post Graduate Diploma in Automation and SCADA Systems (PG-DASS)

PG-DASS is ideally suited for fresh engineering graduates who would like to make good career in the field of process automation and smart systems in the utilities sector. It is also suited for professionals in the related areas to up their skills to higher levels in the ever demanding industry. PG-DASS aims to groom students in learning concepts for development needed in the process industry. Students are exposed to work on the latest technologies in SCADA and automation. The exhaustive research experience in C-DAC has been utilised for developing the appropriate course curriculum, courseware and pedagogy. Overall the course has been designed keeping in view of the various skill requirements of the industry. The major modules covered in PG-DASS are:

C Programming in Real-time Domain
Java and XML – GUI Programming
Advanced OS and RTO
Oracle and Database Systems
Network Programming and Industrial Ethernet
Fundamentals of SCADA and Automation
SCADA Systems Operations and Integration
Security for SCADA Systems
Autonomic Middleware
Specialised SE for RT Systems
Domain-specific Models and Applications
Introduction to Smart Grid Architecture
Project

16.9 Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Informatics (PG-DHI)

PG-DHI is targeted towards grooming students in the area of healthcare informatics. The objective of this course is to enable the students to understand the applicable science of introducing, managing and organizing information and technologies related to human healthcare, and making them useful for problem solving using the latest state-of-the-art technologies. At the end of the course the students will be proficient in the concepts of healthcare informatics, learn the technologies and skills required for and issues involved in aggregation and analysis of information regarding various factors interacting in healthcare. They will be able to apply appropriate techniques to solve problems in various application areas in healthcare informatics. The major modules covered in PG-DHI are:

Introduction to Healthcare Informatics & IT
Application Areas
Databases Technologies
Electronic Health Records, Hospital Information Systems & Terminologies
Java and Web Technologies
Interoperability including Standards
Software Engineering and Project Managemet
Managing Technological Change for Healthcare IT
Aptitude & Business Communication
Project

16.10 Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics (PG-DGi)

Geoinformatics or Geomatics is the synergy of multiple disciplines, namely, GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, cartography, GPS and geodesy. It is fundamental to all the disciplines that use data identified by their locations. PG-DGi aims to provide conceptual knowledge on GIS, remote sensing and related fields, and hands-on training in GIS, satellite data interpretation, digital image processing, digital photogrammetry, digital cartography and GPS. There are also three electives, i.e., GIS Development, RDBMS and Geomatics Business & Project Management. Application of Geoinformatics in various development contexts are analysed through appropriate case studies. The course contents have been designed keeping in view the emerging trends in the field of Geoinformatics and the increasing needs of skilled manpower. The modules covered in PG-DGi are:

Geographic Information Systems
Global Positioning Systems
Remote Sensing
Digital Image Processing
Spatial Analysis
Trends in Geoinformatics
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications
Geospatial Programming
Aptitude & Business Communication
Project & Seminar

16.11 Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology (PG-DST)

PG-DST is a one-year full-time course designed to provide expertise in different facets of software technology along with in-depth hands-on experience, thus enabling the students to have a valuable profile in the IT industry. The course has a special focus on the various aspects of the software development process so that the students are conversant with the entire process chain thus contributing to any aspect of it. It has the following modules.

Programming & Problem Solving - Procedural programming (C), Object oriented programming (C++/Java), Data structures, Algorithm analysis, File handling, Multi-threaded programming
Operating System Concepts & Networking - Resource & CPU scheduling, Concurrency control, Memory management, Networking protocols, OSI layers & functions, Network security
Database Technologies - SQL & query optimisation, Database design, Relational databases (MySQL/Oracle), Object oriented databases, ORM technologies (Hibernate), Unstructured data & NoSQL
Web Application Development - Client server architecture/Multi-tier architecture, JavaScript, HTML5, GUI design, Server side programming with PHP, Web development framework (Spring), Web services and SOA
Software Engineering - Requirement gathering, Analysis & design, Software development life cycle including agile, Bug tracking (Redmine), Version control (Git), Software architecture including design patterns
Advanced Topics - Machine Learning, Data mining, Mobile computing, Cloud computing, Semantic web
Soft Skills - Communication, Presentation, Time management, Team handling, etc.
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2013-01-25T22:42:00.003-08:00

Big Data Profile: Mike Capone, ADP

2013-01-23T22:43:00.000-08:00

We sat down with Mike Capone, senior VP and CIO at HR software provider ADP, to discuss career decisions, analytics trends and more.

By Ellis Booker InformationWeek
January 02, 2013 02:21 PM

Michael Capone, CIO, Automatic Data Processing

With approximately 600,000 clients worldwide and more than $10 billion in annual revenues, ADP provides human resource, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions. It is one of the world's largest business-to-business software providers. In 2011, ADP ranked 7th on the InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative business Technology organizations and ranked highest among human capital management and business process outsourcing solution providers. It was on the InformationWeek 500 again in 2012. Mike Capone, a 24-year veteran of ADP, is the company's senior VP for product development and chief information officer.

Name: Mike Capone
Tenure at current job: 4.5 years
Size of IT group: 8,000
Career accomplishment of which I'm most proud: When I took on the role [of CIO], it was highly decentralized, with a lot of the R&D functions pushed into the operating units. Over the last three or four years, I've been fortunate enough to be able to consolidate those organizations.
Decision I wish I could do over: I left IT for a while to run a large P&L. [Capone was senior vice president and general manager of ADP GlobalView, a multilingual, multicurrency human resources outsourcing solution.] I did that after 15 or 16 years in IT. I'd had a couple of other opportunities to do that earlier in my career, and I passed on them. And I wish I'd done it earlier. It was one of the greatest experiences I've had, and I don't think I could do the job I'm doing today without having had that experience.
Most important career influencer: My father was one of the very first people ever to hold the title of CIO. He started out an accountant at Standard Oil. They gave an aptitude test to see if he could be a programmer -- they'd bought this IBM mainframe and didn't know what to do with it. He scored really high, moved his way up as a programmer, and ultimately moved to J.C. Penney and became CIO there. When I was getting ready to go to college, he said, "You know what, you can major in whatever you want to major in, but I want you to get a computer science degree also. I think you'll be highly employable if you do that." I'd say that's about as good an influence as you can have.
Current top initiatives: Building social capabilities into our product set for our end users. Continuing the trend with mobility, ensuring all our new development is focused on mobile endpoints. [Big data] and mining analytics, not only to be more effective in our business and our processes, but also to provide value to our clients.
Most disruptive force in my industry: Big data and analytics. We've forever been the best transaction-processing company in our space. In the last couple of years, technology has evolved to where it's a lot easier to process a lot of unstructured data. Our clients, typically HR practitioners, are looking for metrics to drive their business at their fingertips and become more competitive. So we're seeing a lot of innovation in that space, and we obviously want to be out in front of that.
We've come to market with analytics in current products, visualization and dashboards to manage a workforce. What we're going to market with [beta testing in December and general availability this spring] is analyzing your HR data, but also benchmarks. Aggregated information across our base. Imagine your company with the ability to benchmark your company, your hiring practices, your compensation with other companies in your industry and your geography.
One thing I'm looking to do better: Agility. The market is moving faster and faster. The ability to drive agility, to bring products to market faster.
What I've learned about getting the most out of a team: You have to invest [them] in the outcome. My perspective changed and opened up when I was running a global outsourcing business. Clients like Intel, Cisco, JPMorgan, Microsoft and Apple -- obviously very innovative companies. When I got back to IT and product development, I noticed there wasn't an emotional connection to products or a first-hand view of the outcomes. So my team now is focused on living and breathing what the client's living and breathing. Everybody goes on sales calls, everybody listens to client service calls, everybody goes out and meets clients. That is the most motivating thing that we've ever done.
What I look for in an employee: We got away from narrow technology hiring and are now very much into hiring for aptitude, knowing that technologies shift.
Most common reason IT projects go wrong: Inspect what you expect. Very often management gets focused on project plans and paper reviews of things. In today's world, the market is moving so fast, what you start out building... you may not have a need for a year later. We've moved to six-week cycles. We look at touching and feeling the products every six weeks.
[And] you've got to be able to pull the plug. As long as you have a generally good track record, you should have the courage to go to the boss -- in my case, the CEO -- and say, "We have to stop spending good money after bad."
A promising technology: Open source has really taken hold, giving CIOs choices. With big data, you have traditional players but also open source. So you're not locked into one vendor.
Most overrated IT movement: Big data will solve a lot of problems. But the hype is kind of outpacing the actual impact.
What I want from tech vendors: There's a huge amount of inconsistency in vendor approaches. Price isn't out biggest driver. We actually pay more for certain products when we know that the vendor has the right approach. "Be part of our strategy," I tell vendors. "Structure your contracts in a way that your success is our success." If [we're] not successful, they shouldn't make tons of money off of us.

Mike Capone At A Glance

Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Dickinson College and an MBA in Finance from Pace University. Person I'd most like to have lunch with: Thomas Jefferson. First job: My first job was as a paperboy. My first paycheck was a [summer] construction job at the World Financial center in New York City, laying down steel so they could pour the concrete. If I weren't involved in IT: I'm on the boards of four different nonprofits, two healthcare and two universities. I'd love to be the CEO of a nonprofit.

Why Indian IT companies are going slow on hiring

2013-01-23T22:32:00.004-08:00

Times of India ||Posted By: reena sharma

The software services industry whose frenetic hiring helped create a large slice of India's middle class in less than two decades may be nearing the end of a phase as the most prolific employer of college graduates, industry professionals and analysts said.

Hiring by India's top software exporters has been trending downwards in the past few quarters, a development which has been attributed to unfavourable market conditions. But alongside the crimped demand, experts believe there is a structural shift in the offshore outsourcing business which will mean that companies such as Infosys and HCL Technologies will no longer add software engineers in the numbers we are used to witnessing.

"What you saw in terms of productivity gains in manufacturing is finding its way to services," said TK Kurien, the chief executive officer of Wipro, India's third-largest software company which employs 1.4 lakh professionals.

Some of the sluggishness in hiring may be explained by the slowdown in the $100 billion (Rs5.4 lakh crore) IT services sector, to about 11% anticipated in the year to March 2013 from 17% in the last financial year. The main reason that moderation in hiring is a sign of things to come is that more will be done by fewer people as the grunt work is left to machines.

Kurien compared it to the efficiency improvements that defined the manufacturing industry in the United States. From supporting about 85 million manufacturing jobs in the 1970s, the sector has just about 17 million employees now. While part of it was because of work being outsourced to lower-cost destinations such as China, a lot of it was jobs eliminated because of productivity gains.

In India, the information technology sector supports nearly three million people directly and another nine million indirectly. While software services companies like TCS and Infosys may slow the pace of hiring, other technology companies, many of them startups, are likely to pick up the slack and provide employment opportunities for the more than one million engineers who graduate each year.

IT services firms have started automating routine and repeatable processes that does not necessarily need human effort. Initially, this is happening in areas such as software testing, where software code is tested for accuracy and error.

"Software testing, which was traditionally done manually, has moved to automated processes," said Vijay Sivaram, director for recruitment and staffing at Ikya Human Capital Solutions, which helps IT firms with hiring services. "Even in coding some firms are using software that takes care of the basic work."

Sanchit Vir Gogia, principal analyst at IDC, said that IT services firms are increasingly creating what he called solution accelerators.

"This is nothing but templatising and packaging the basic functions that go into a larger project implementation," Vir Gogia said. "Automation usually impacts the bottom of the pyramid in the service delivery, making it leaner." Companies such as TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant are going one step further to create intellectual property around such reusable components to give themselves a competitive edge.

The need for greater efficiency is driven by the changes in outsourcing market and intense competition for basic technology contracts for managing applications and IT infrastructure.

There have been instances in the recent past where companies have offered more than 10% discounts on existing contracts to win the deal - that means committing to deliver for $900 million a set of services on which the client used to spend $1 billion earlier.

"As more and more technology contracts are given out on outcome-based and fixed price models, service providers would be forced to adopt greater degree of automation in routine, repetitive tasks," said Sid Pai, president for the Asia-Pacific region at ISG Information Services Group.

Microsoft: Four Million Windows 8 Installs Down, 396 Million More to Go

2012-11-04T21:01:00.000-08:00

Back in September, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an ambitious prediction: “One year from now — between Windows phones, Windows tablets and Windows PCs — we’ll see close to … 400 million new devices running those new operating systems.” Now, not two months later, Microsoft is 1 percent of the way toward that goal.
Speaking at the company’s Build conference this morning, Ballmer said Microsoft has sold four million Windows 8 upgrades since the operating system went on sale last Friday. “The level of enthusiasm we’ve seen is exciting,” Ballmer said. “I think we are really resonating across the board with the work we are bringing to market.”
It would seem so. With four million copies of Windows 8 sold to consumers in four days, Microsoft is off to an impressive start with its latest OS. But it’s got a long way to go to hit that 400 million number. Remember, Windows 7 sold about 175 million copies its first year at market, and Windows Phone 8 has not yet proven itself in the smartphone space.
One last point worth noting: Apple sold three million copies of Mountain Lion, the latest version of its OS X operating system, in the same time it took Microsoft to sell four million copies of Windows 8. But in selling those three million copies, Apple hit about 4.5 percent of its installed base of 66 million. In selling four million copies of Windows 8, Microsoft has only reached a third of 1 percent of its base, which is about 1.25 billion right now.
Errata: An earlier version of this post said Apple’s OS X installed base is 60 million.

Windows 8 to hit the floor on October 26

2012-10-21T21:21:00.003-07:00

Windows 8 is coming on October 26. But it is not just any other update to Windows, the most widely used operating system (OS) in the world. According to Microsoft, Windows 8 is re-imagining of the 25-years-old OS.

Windows 8 is publicly available as a Release Preview. I downloaded the 64-bit version, installed it onto a laptop and used it to see what sort of changes it brings for the end users. There are interesting and significant ways in which this Windows is different from its predecessors. All of them affect the way people use computers. Some in a good way and some in bad. Dive in to know how Windows 8 fared on my laptop...

Day one
I got the Windows 8 ISO file from Microsoft website. Downloading the OS is simple: Just select the version you want -- 32-bit or 64-bit -- and hit the download button. If your computer has Core 2 Duo or newer processor and at least 4GB RAM, get the 64-bit version. Or else go for 32-bit OS. I used the USB tool created by Microsoft to convert the ISO file into a bootable pen drive and installed it on a laptop running AMD's A8 Trinity processor, 4GB RAM and AMD HD 7670M graphics card. The installation was smooth and took just 20 minutes.

When I booted into the Windows 8, I found everything worked well. If you are used to the quirky Windows XP, you will be pleasantly surprised by how well Windows 8 can identify the hardware. But the Wi-Fi and touchpad caused some issues. Some tinkering with the system revealed the driver for Wi-Fi chip was missing. The laptop, which was made by Acer, lacked Windows 8 specific driver for the Wi-Fi chip, made by Atheros. But I tried Windows 7 drivers and it worked. I also managed to sort out touchpad issues but couldn't make multi-touch support work on it.

The touchpad also did not support the gestures, like swiping from left to multitask. Apparently there is some confusion about gesture support on touchpad of laptops released before Windows 8 launch. I asked Microsoft but the company was ambiguous in its answer. "Gestures are delivered via driver updates that are not currently broadly available," it said in an email.

Day two
Windows 8 can be personalized in a way similar to a smartphone or tablet. There is an option to use Microsoft Live ID to log into the system. Tying up the ID with a machine in Windows 8 does a lot. It allows users to install apps from Windows Store. It allows users to automatically backup their important files and photos on to SkyDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage system, and it configures the Microsoft email automatically. I also changed the wallpaper on Lockscreen, which could show notifications like amount of unread email, Twitter mentions, time, and weather information etc. This is similar to how lockscreens on tablets and smartphones work.

Unfortunately, beyond the cosmetic options, I did not find too many ways to configure the OS. Wallpaper on the screen can be changed with any photograph, but for background on the Home screen, users are limited to just five abstract drawings. (In the final version of Windows 8 more images have been added but users can't select a custom picture).

More than anything, I disliked the way Windows 8 de-emphasized folders. There is no Start button that can help a user navigate through folders and files. And in the part of the OS that uses Modern UI with big bold tiles, the file system is virtually non-existent. If you are the kind of user who never changes default folders like Download, Pictures or Music in Windows and does not care about meticulously keeping track of files, it may not bother you. In fact, you may even like the way Microsoft is trying to move away from the folder-inside-folder approach of storing files. But to me a machine doesn't feel personal enough unless I don't know exactly where each file is.

Day three
Windows 8 puts a lot of emphasis on Modern UI. And it discourages users from spending time in the Desktop mode, which has been reduced to an app. The command centre in the new OS is the Home screen, which is populated by tiles that replace icons in Windows 8. Some of these tiles can show information such as the number of unread mails and breaking news in almost real time. The Home screen also uses a powerful universal search, which helps users quickly find an application or file.

Despite my best efforts to use Modern UI mode, I found myself switching to the Desktop mode frequently. The reason is simple: There are few apps with Modern UI. You can't help but use the good old apps like 7-ZIP. And when you use an app that lacks Modern UI, the OS kicks the user into the Desktop mode. In fact, the Desktop mode is brought to the front even when a user accesses advanced system options like MS-Config or configures a newly-installed harddisk or uses Windows Explorer, renamed File Explorer in the final version! The to and fro between desktop mode and the Home screen is jarring. And bad if you want to do some serious work on the computer.

Day four
I am slowly getting the hang of the Windows 8. Unlike the earlier Windows, which relied on point-and-click philosophy, Windows 8 uses a lot of gestures. For example, do you want to switch off the computer? Navigate to the bottom right corner of the screen and wait for the charms to appear. Then click on settings and switch off the machine. Want to multitask? Navigate to the top left corner and wait for the open apps to show up. Want to close a program? Go to the top of the window, hold down the mouse button and then drag the window to the bottom.

While I find point-and-click much easier to use, I feel comfortable with gestures on Windows. But it may not turn out to be the same experience for everyone else. Until you are familiar with these gestures, it's kind of a hit and miss. There were times when I navigated to a corner of the screen and nothing happened. Or dragged a window to the bottom of the screen but it didn't close. Depending on your patience, you are either going to love the gestures or may ditch Windows 8 for something like Windows 7 within days.

Day five
As my familiarity with the OS grew, I started to appreciate some of the changes Microsoft had made with Windows 8. I liked the fact that the OS was snappy, with fast performance, and booted within seconds. I liked the revamped file transfer tool and task manager in the desktop mode. I liked the way the OS was always connected to the web and applications like Mail and Weather could pull in the data and showed the information right on the Lock screen. More than anything, I liked the big and bold design of the apps with the Modern UI.

Unfortunately, the availability of these apps is limited at the moment. For example, the Windows store doesn't have Firefox, my favourite browser, with Modern UI. Or WinRar, another of my favourite program. Similarly, there are no CPU-Z, KMPlayer, VLC Player, FoxIT reader, DaemonTools, OpenOffice, Picasa and InfraRecorder. I use these programs on daily basis. And I miss their Modern UI versions.

Instead, a user gets the Internet Explorer 10 (Modern UI) and the inbuilt Video Player. But I didn't like them. IE10 focuses too much on the design at the cost of functionality. For example, to open and access multiple tabs I had to do a right click and then select the tab. When I work, there are often 15 to 20 tabs open in my browsers. Opening this many tabs in IE10 with Modern UI and accessing them proved to be a cumbersome task. Similarly, I found the Video Player too basic. It didn't even utilize the full functionality of AMD graphics card in the laptop to playback HD videos in a better way.

Day six
I love Modern UI for its design but I totally hate the multitasking it provides. When I used Windows 8 in Modern UI mode, I could only open two windows. Of these, one was just a vertical strip on the left or right side of the screen. Apps did run in the background and I could navigate to them using gestures or ALT+Tab but I couldn't keep an eye on more than two windows at a time. When I was in Modern UI mode and wanted to see the programs I had opened on Desktop, I couldn't do it with ALT+Tab. I couldn't resize the windows. By default they took the full screen.

Multitasking is the single biggest drawback with Windows 8. Even on a 15-inch laptop screen I felt the need for a more flexible multitasking. I can only imagine how I am going to feel about running two windows — one taking 80% screen and another 20% — on a 24-inch desktop monitor. It's not pretty!

Day seven
I decided to 'forget' that I am a geek so that I could use Windows 8 the way many of not-so-tech-savvy users would do. I realized that if you were not so particular about multitasking -- and many people who work on one thing at a time might not be - Windows 8 was not that bad.

The dynamic information on the lockscreen is a nice touch. And so is the Settings corner, which has been simplified and now comes with options like Factory Reset. The more advanced settings are available but only in desktop mode.

Installing apps from Windows store is very easy. Just click install and they will be available to you. For uninstalling them, just click on their tile, do a right click and select delete... the app will vanish. There is no mumbo jumbo of click next, next, and next. Every file that is being downloaded goes through security check by default. There is no need for a user to look for the appropriate program to open file. The OS handles all of it automatically.

Yes, there is much to like with Windows 8 if you are not a power user. The only problems for such users are figuring out gestures, which requires patience, and the availability of apps, which Microsoft says will be solved.

Day eight
There is no other way to put it: Windows 8 is an OS with dual personality. I realize that I like both, just not together. The part with Modern UI is completely different from the good old Desktop mode. I personally prefer the Desktop mode but the part with Modern UI has some merits. It terms of design and ease of use, Modern UI part is good and if Microsoft can take care of the app problem, it can be a perfect fit for users who find computers confusing and currently struggle with even tasks like installing a program.

But at the same time, I feel millions of existing Windows users are going to be frustrated with the Windows 8 experience. The real problem is that Microsoft has deliberately made it difficult for users choose between the Modern UI part and the Desktop mode. On desktop computers and laptops, it is either both or none. The persistence of Charms, gestures and Start screen breaks the Windows experience as we know it. At the same time, it is missing crucial bits in terms of multi-tasking and file management.

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Ten facts about Curiosity's journey to Mars

2012-08-06T21:55:00.000-07:00

NASA's Curiosity, packed with sophisticated instruments, touched down on Mars on a quest for signs of whether the planet has evidence of past and present habitable environments. Moments after landing, Curiosity beamed back its first three images from the Martian surface, one of them showing a wheel of the vehicle and the rover's shadow cast on the rocky terrain. The craft's descent through Mars' thin atmosphere, a feat called the most elaborate and risky achievement in the annals of robotic spaceflight, turned out to be short-lived cliffhanger, much to NASA's relief. Here are a few things to know about Curiosity:

1.The purpose of the $2.5 billion mission is to look for evidence that Mars - the planet most similar to Earth - may have once harbored the basic building blocks necessary for microbial life to evolve. It represents NASA's first astrobiology mission since the 1970s-era Viking probes.

2.It has been equipped with 10 scientific instruments, including two for ingesting and analysing samples of powdered rock delivered by the rover's robotic arm.

3.The robotic lab sailed through space for more than eight months, covering 352 million miles (566 million km), before piercing Mars' atmosphere at 13,000 miles(20,921 km) per hour -- 17 times the speed of sound -- before starting its descent.

4.The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, the formal name of the mission deploying the Curiosity rover, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Nov 26, 2011.

5.Curiosity will spend two years exploring Gale Crater and an unusual three-mile (5 km)-high mountain consisting of what appears to be sediments rising from the crater's floor.

6.The craft's descent through Mars' thin atmosphere, a feat called the most elaborate and risky achievement in the annals of robotic spaceflight, turned out to be short-lived cliffhanger, much to NASA's relief.

7.Curiosity, encased in a protective capsule-like shell, utilized a first-of-its kind automated flight entry system to sharply reduce its speed before landing. Then it rode a giant supersonic parachute, a jet-powered backpack and a never-before-used "sky crane" to touch down inside a vast impact basin called Gale Crater, located near the planet's equator in its southern hemisphere.

8.The rover comes equipped with an array of sophisticated instruments capable of analyzing samples of soil, rocks and atmosphere on the spot and beaming results back to Earth. One is a laser gun that can zap a rock from 23 feet (7 meters) away to create a spark whose spectral image is analyzed by a special telescope to discern the mineral's chemical composition.

9.Weighing in at about a ton, Curiosity is too big for the landing bags and thruster rockets that were designed to let previous probes to Mars touch down gently down on its surface. Instead, engineers designed a complicated landing system that navigates through the thin but unpredictable atmosphere, deploys a massive parachute at supersonic speeds and fires up a rocket-powered descent platform. The platform holds an aerial crane to lower the rover on a tether to the surface of Gale Crater and fly away.

10.The landing marks a major milestone for a US space agency beset by budget cuts and the recent loss of its 30-year-old space shuttle program. he last time NASA sent a rover to Mars, it sent two - Spirit and Opportunity, which were dispatched to opposite sides of the planet to hunt for signs of past water. Both outlived their three-month design lives by years. Spirit succumbed to the harsh environment in 2010. Opportunity continues to operate.

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Hackers' next target: Your eyeballs

2012-07-26T21:41:00.001-07:00

Iris scanners aren't as hack-proof as we thought they were.

LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- We know that cybercriminals are attacking our networks and computers every day, but the next thing they come hunting for might be your eyes.
Some passwords for critical systems are gradually being replaced with biometric identifiers like fingerprints and iris scans, which supposedly offer a safer way to log in. Biometric information can't be stolen in a phishing attack, for instance, because the markers are unique (and physically attached) to each user. It's a foolproof system, right?

Ha.
It turns out that fingerprints and iris scans can be hacked just like a password, with a clever bit of reverse-engineering.
When biometric data is entered into a computer, the system doesn't store the actual fingerprint or iris scan. It records a digital template that serves as a trimmed-down representation of the biometric information. When a user goes to log in, his or her characteristics are matched against those templates, and the match is given a similarity score. If it's high enough, the user is let inside.
Last year, researchers at the University of Bologna in Italy were able to reconstruct a fingerprint from the digital template stored in a computer. They were so successful that they were able to build gummy finger versions of the prints that could be pressed up against a reader and used to fool the computer into letting them into someone else's account.
Iris scans shouldn't be susceptible to reverse-engineering, because the human iris is far more complex than a fingerprint and offers extremely low false positives in a scan. It's possible that your fingerprint comes close enough to matching mine, but the chances that your iris could be confused for someone else's are incredibly slim.

Yet new research shows that building an eyeball from a digital iris template is just as plausible as creating a fingerprint from a template.
At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Javier Galbally, a researcher at the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid, Spain, showed how his team did it.
Iris scanners take an image of the eye, stretch the iris out into a rectangle, and then create a template of 0s and 1s called an "iriscode." In image form, it resembles a series of black and white pixels in a long, narrow rectangle. It looks nothing like an actual iris.
But don't tell that to an iris scanning system. By making an image out of the stored iriscode, stretching it into a circle, and feeding it back into the system, Galbally's team was able to get into the system with an 87% success rate.
The iris scanner didn't even care that the background was completely white, with no eyelid surrounding the reconstructed image. In other words, the scanner didn't look to check that the image it was looking at was really a human eye. That's a huge vulnerability, Galbally said, and one that iris scanning systems should fix.
The growing popularity of biometric scanners have raised concerns that bad guys are going to start gruesomely chopping off fingers and cutting out eyeballs to break into critical systems. (Hey, it worked in Demolition Man.)

Microsoft announces Surface: new family of PCs for Windows2012

2012-06-18T22:37:00.002-07:00

LOS ANGELES — June 18, 2012 — Today at an event in Hollywood, Microsoft unveiled Surface: PCs built to be the ultimate stage for Windows. Company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature significant advances in industrial design and attention to detail. Surface is designed to seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise. It delivers the power of amazing software with Windows and the feel of premium hardware in one exciting experience.

Surface: A New Family of PCs for Windows

June 19, 2012

Conceived, designed and engineered entirely by Microsoft employees, and building on the company’s 30-year history manufacturing hardware, Surface is designed to seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise.

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Do you know your processor

2012-06-18T21:06:00.001-07:00

What's a Core i7 and why is it better than an i3? There's also Core i5? And what about AMD? Figuring out your processor is half the battle of buying a PC.

What are cores?
In simple words, a core is the part of the processor responsible for carrying out calculations needed to execute programmes. When a chip has multiple cores, it means it can process multiple instructions at the same time, thus increasing the software's speed.

Intel has three main Core families...
Core i3: Has two cores and Hyper Threading (HT) - a technology that simulates more cores than actually exist on the processor. This improves performance of programs that can utilize the extra cores. The i3, however, lacks Turbo Boost for extra muscle when needed. Ideal for average users.

Core i5: Has four cores, but no HT. Consumes a little more power than i3. The i5 comes with Turbo Boost that allows for an increase in clock speeds in the range of 300 to 400MHz. For example, if the processor has a speed of 2.8GHz, Turbo Boost will push the speed up to 3.1GHz. Ideal for power users

Core i7: Has four to six cores, with HT. The least power-efficient, but the most powerful. Ideal for professionals who work in 3D or edit multimedia.

Don't forget AMD
While AMD doesn't have Intel's raw performance, it's still good enough for everyday tasks and comes at a cheaper price. Of the lot, two AMD processors deserve mention.

The A 3870K: Has four cores and is part of the Fusion series. It promises better graphics at budget prices. Ideal for average users who want a bit of a gaming boost.

The FX 8150: Has eight cores and is part of the Bulldozer series. Not power-efficient and a bit slow in less demanding tasks. But works great in intensive processing tasks like video encoding and 3D modeling. Ideal for a professional on a budget.

The new processors What is Ivy Bridge?
Every year, Intel comes out with a new class of processors. The new Ivy Bridge is the third generation of Core i processors, and can be identified by model numbers that begin with 3. In terms of performance, Ivy Bridge processors average 10% faster than last year's Sandy Bridgeprocessors. They are also more power-efficient.

And what is Trinity?
Trinity is AMD's new architecture, replacing the current A series Llano CPUs like A3870K. They can be identified by model numbers that begin with 5. They will be slightly better in general computing like web-browsing or office work, but offer vastly better performance for 3D gaming.

Satyan Gajwani to be the new CEO of Times Internet; Rishi Khiani plans own venture

2012-06-18T21:05:00.003-07:00

Satyan Gajwani, Director, New Media at The Times of India Group will be taking over as the CEO of Times Internet (Indiatimes) from Rishi Khiani, the present CEO of the company. Gajwani has confirmed the news to India Digital Review saying that Rishi Khiani is moving ahead on an entrepreneurial journey. Though the official timings of this shift in leadership could not be confirmed, Gajwani tells us that Rishi Khiani will remain a part of TImes Internet till August 2012.

“I will be taking over as CEO TIL from Rishi. Rishi's been a great leader, and it's a disappointment to see him go, but we wish him the best as he starts back on his entrepreneurial journey. He's going to still remain close to us, working officially with us through mid-August,” Gajwani has said.

In August 2009, Times Internet had appointed Rishi Khiani as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Times Internet, Khiani was chief operating officer at Web18. Khiani had joined Web18 after he had sold his web design and technology firm UrbanEye to Network18 in 2006. Khiani was instrumental in Indiatimes’ winning the Internet and mobile rights for the Indian Premier League, launching Gaana.com, revamping Indiatimes.com, TimesofIndia.com and EconomicTimes.com, among others.

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What makes Noida preferred BPO destination

2012-05-20T02:26:00.000-07:00

With the BPO sector logged in as the fastest growing industry in the country, companies are looking for greater talent pools and locations to expand their operations. According to industry estimates, around 2.5 lakh jobs will be created inIT-BPO sector alone. A hot destination for establishing BPO business due to various reasons, Noida seems to be all geared up to support the seemingly unstoppable growth of the sector.

Noida is already the fourth largest destination for BPO industry in India with more than 400 IT-BPO companies. In 2008, Noida accounted for 8.6 per cent of the total IT-BPO exports. According to recent data, this industry in Noida created 1.3 lakh direct and 4 lakh indirect jobs. Though there are problems like shortage of power, talent and poor infrastructure, which act as an obstacle, companies have a host of other reasons to establish business in Noida.

Why Noida?

"The reason why we have set up our company here is that the real estate prices are low as compared to other leading IT-BPO destinations. Also, the low cost of operations make Noida an ideal destination for BPO companies," said Pavan Bagai, president and chief operating officer, EXL.

The Nasdaq-listed company, approximately employs 18,900 people globally, of which close to 15,000 are in India. The Noida-based BPO EXL Service Holdings Inc, reported a 43 per cent rise in its first quarter revenues to $105 million, up from the same period last year, backed by an increased cash flow from numerous acquisitions.

"Noida has a rich talent pool, sound infrastructure and its connectivity through Metro within NCR is very good. All this attracts investors towards this place," he added.

The popularity of Noida among employees is as much but due to some other reasons. "Like me, many people from North India come to Noida and Greater Noida in search of jobs," said Parvesh Kumar, an employee with Vcare Corporation. "It (BPO) is a growing industry that can absorb people in hordes, people readily move here in search of livelihood. I have been working with this company for the past seven years and would like to continue in this industry for the rest of my life."

BPO-specific education model

According to Nasscom, facilitating the development of BPO-specific education model would increase employability and tap talent pools. Also, as the report mentions, this would help in capturing the huge addressable market of 280 billion in the next five years.

"It's not only about BPO industry, it's true for all professions. Be it engineering, medicine or any other profession, you need to be presentable. So, either after class 10th or 12th, students should be given an opportunity to develop their soft skills. Also, there should be some kind of short term course, if not full time, to train people according to the requirements of this industry," said Mr. Kaveesh Kapoor, Chairman, Thee Zorba Outsourcing Pvt Ltd, a call centre which has 70 employees in India and an annual turnover of Rs 1.25 crore.

People working with BPOs feel that time has come when students should start looking at this industry as a career option. "My career in this industry was unplanned," said Abhishek Kumar, an employee with EXL.

"I joined out of compulsion to work in a big city but I have found in the past two years that it is an industry which is growing at a very fast pace. We have courses for engineering, medicine, IT etc. Similarly, there should either be full time course or training programmes for BPO industry. Some sort of training before people enter this field would take this industry to a new level," he said.

Training modules

Training will help people in deciding which way to go. "Though both belong to the same industry, requirements for a domestic BPO is different from an international one. Since these two cater to two different cultures, a know-how of technological skills along with the ability to deal with the people of different cultures becomes a must. Also, people working here should be able to cater to different temperaments of individuals and should have the appetite to listen to the problems and solve them," said Jay Singh, who after working in the BPO sector switched to IT.

"Training will help people decide whether they want to stay here or move to other sector as many people switch in a short period of time due to wrong decisions," he added.

"I have been running this company for the last nine years and I have seen that those who are not satisfied with their management, medicine or other jobs join BPO company to earn big bucks. Structuring a course specifically for this industry will make this sector more systematic and give stability to employees," added Mr Kapoor of Thee Zorba Outsourcing.

Doctors, engineers and lawyers are also moving in this industry as it is growing day by day. "We recieve applications from both experienced professionals and freshers. We have hired people who have BPO experience as well as from other sectors. We have employees from diverse professions such as management, accountancy, medicine, law," said Mr Bagai.

Infra woes

If talent shortage is one problem, lack of supporting infrastructure is another. Power shortage, law and order and women safety are major issues. "It is human tendency to crib about things and it is happening in Noida. We have the best infrastructure in the country. Industrial township of Noida and Greater Noida are well established and we have provided everything for the smooth functioning of the city," said Mangal Sen, General Manager, Noida Authority. Talking about the law and order situation of the city, Mr Kapoor said, "Fault lies with the people as sometimes people engage in unwanted activities and later blame the government," said Mr Kapoor.

The Only Facebook Number That Matters: $104.2 Billion

2012-05-20T02:24:00.001-07:00

Facebook became a $104.2 billion company Friday in much the same way it became the world’s biggest social network and a cultural game-changer: by stubbornly forging ahead despite criticism and calls that it couldn’t be done.

Last week, rumors turned into full-blown financial news stories that the initial public offering was getting a lukewarm reception in road-show presentations to investors in New York City, Boston and Palo Alto, Calif. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was criticized for wearing his trademark hoodie to the event in New York and skipping the event altogether in Boston, and some analysts said Facebook could open with a value as low as $75 billion.

And yet, by this week Facebook had raised its expected share price and was making more shares available to meet demand. By the close of markets Thursday afternoon, Facebook had set its opening share price at $38 (after considering levels as high as $40). Whatever happens in trading today, Facebook will be the third-largest IPO in history and will net the company $16 billion.

“It shows tremendous confidence in the guy wearing the hoodie,” Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, told Bloomberg. “He hasn’t specified how he’s going to do it, but he’ll have to do it to justify this price.”

Market Cap Now More Important than Number of Registered Users

But share price doesn't really matter. The most important number for now is that $104.2 billion. The $100 billion marker is symbolic, as is so much that surrounds Facebook’s evolution into a publicly traded company. Beyond the hoodie, Zuckerberg has been sending all sorts of signals that he’ll be a different kind of CEO, from his decision to not travel to New York to ring today’s opening Nasdaq bell, to celebrating the IPO not with champagne but with Red Bull (the company had one of its famed hackathons last night).

And while $104.2 billion can (and will) change as Facebook ebbs and flows through the ups and downs of being a publicly traded company, at least for now it makes the eight-year-old company more valuable than all but a handful of U.S. companies. Facebook is bigger than McDonald’s, bigger than Citigroup and - also symbolically - bigger than Amazon, arguably the biggest success story from the first dot-com boom.

“Facebook is here to stay,” Navin Chaddha, a managing director of the Mayfield Fund, a venture capital firm, told The New York Times. “It’s a virtual economy where people are spending more time than any other Internet property.”

Still, its stock is still highly speculative, leaving investors unsure of what to do. A steady stream of them have been interviewed on cable television and all make the same basic point: Invest in the company and you may see it wither, much as Groupon, last year’s IPO darling, did. Skip putting money down, however, and you may kick yourself if Facebook ends up like Google, which now trades about 100 times higher than its IPO price.

At its open this morning, Facebook was trading at 100 times its earnings for the previous 12 months. By comparison, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index trades at 14 times earnings. People who run the price up today are mainly buying into the hype, and may be too late: The true short-term winners are the company’s early investors, people who bought shares on private exchanges and Zuckerberg (his stake is now worth about $19 billion).

“It could take many years to calculate Facebook’s impact,” Martin Sorrell, chief executive of advertising company WPP, told The New York Times. “There’s a lot of pressure for them to monetize their content and demonstrate productivity, but you can’t do it overnight.”

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2012-05-13T04:10:00.003-07:00

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Indian Railways gets ISRO nod to use its satellite for internet in trains

2012-05-02T04:17:00.002-07:00

Surfing the internet in trains without using data card seems to be a distinct possibility now as the Railways have got the much-awaited clearance from space agency ISRO for using the satellite for the purpose.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has given the clearance for using the frequency from KU band for using the satellite for internet, said a senior Railway Ministry official, adding it will be for the first time that internet will be operational in moving trains through satellite.

Though Railways had proposed two years back to provide internet in trains, the project could not take off due to the absence of ISRO clearance.

"ISRO's clearance for using frequency from satellite for internet is mandatory. Now that we have got the clearance, work on the project will commence soon," said the official.

As per the proposal, three rakes of Howrah Rajdhani will be uplinked with satellite for facilitating internet in coaches on a pilot basis.

Since it is a pilot project the internet service will not be charged from the passengers, said the official.

Railways have sanctioned Rs 6.30 crore for providing internet facility in Howrah Rajdhani. The work will be executed by a Mumbai-based company.

Now custom-made antenna will be installed on the locomotives of the train and coaches will be linked through Wi-Fi connectivity, he said.

According to the procedure to be followed, passenger will get a password in his mobile phoneafter dialling a number given by the TTE. The passenger can make the internet operational with the use of the password.

If the pilot project becomes successful then other trains will also be linked with satellite for internet purpose.