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My Poem for 2012 New Year Greetings

2011-12-31T22:12:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year 2012

Best wishes for the New Year
With hope for the best for near and dear
Expect a year of cheer
There will be progress in career

Your efforts will be sincere
If required sufficiently severe
Rewards will be grandeur
and recognition in your sphere

For your ideas, every one will have ear
To join your team, nobody will have fear
Let your dreams fly high in a dornier
Greet everybody "Happy New Year".

Narayana Rao
31.12.2011

http://nraopoems.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-new-year-2012.html

Encouragement to start the year with renewed hope

2011-12-31T22:10:00.000-08:00

Practical learning and training free management education worker of the year 2011
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114788987753123175730/posts/5Dn45BEQW9s

Citation by a fellow blogger and knol author.

Thank you Pagandai Vaithianathan Pannir Selvam.

Stop the feature of framing - Protect your adsense earning

2011-12-16T17:22:00.000-08:00

Source blogger gives you the instructions how to do it.

http://sourceblogger.com/are-facebook-and-blog-catalog-stealing-your-adsense-earnings/

New Blogs to Repost Knols

2011-11-26T09:50:00.000-08:00

Knol a good platform for collaborative writing is being discontinued by Google from 1 May 2012 because it is not getting good number of visitors. But Google announced that there is good content and arrangements were made to transfer this content to Wordpress blogs under a specially made theme Annotum.

I am moving all my collaboration based Knols and collections to Annotum. But individual knol articles are being posted in various blogs, both new and old.

New blogs created for this purpose are:

Management Theory Review. This blog will contain all management revision articles - MBA revision articles.

http://www.nraomtr.blogspot.com/

Performance of the blog

2011-11-26T09:49:00.000-08:00

November 26 2011

Monthly page views: 80

Sunmitted a press release through Pageup Press Release Network

2011-11-11T19:26:00.000-08:00

Submitted a press release on MBA - Management Knowledge Revision Guidebook
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http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/mba-management-knowledge-revision/2utb2lsm2k7a/5798#

through pageup press release network on 12.11.2011

Press Release

Network link page
http://pageup-pressrelease-network.com/submit-press-release/

The release in classified under education category

Want to Change the System - Start by changing small things around you

2011-11-11T19:01:00.001-08:00

Video by Nilesh Gore

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Wikipedia and Knol - A Comparison 14.10.2011

2011-10-17T17:49:00.000-07:00

http://www.gwern.net/Wikipedia%20and%20Knol

The article has good points. Even though I do not agree with the idea that Knol has not proved its utility. Knol proved its utility to readers and progressing every day. I made a comment already and I need to go back and make more detailed comment.

Knol Author Foundation Congratulates Professor Rao

2011-10-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

/EINPresswire.com/ Knol Author Foundation (KAF) congratulates Professor K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao, the top contributor, guide and influential leader on the knol platform.

Knol Author Foundation (KAF) congratulates Professor K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, India for achieving 100,000 page views a month for his knol portfolio. Right from day one, he realized the need for cooperation among knol authors to support and promote the newly started wiki-based article platform and he started vigorously posting knols on vital subjects. He encouraged many authors through comments. While the idea of an author association germinated in many authors’ minds, Prof. Rao took significant steps to contact and bring top authors at that time together and played an active role in the formation of Knol Author Federation (KAF). As the president of the foundation, he has worked continuously for the success of the knol platform. Knol author bulletin board, Knol Directory of interesting Knols, and knols on the topic of Knol promotion are some of his significant knols. Apart from writing large number of knols on Industrial Engineering and Management, he has significantly succeeded in recruiting new authors. He has also promoted the Knol platform in social media and took great pains to answer various negative comments on Knol. He is promoting knol on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and Google+. He has a number of followers and fans.

Dr. Narayana Rao presented his course plans and course related material through Knol articles and his students appreciated the focused articles on various topics on the subject. Students also shared their course assignments on Knol, thereby facilitating knowledge sharing among students themselves. He was awarded the first prize for this innovative successful use of Knol in business school pedagogy by the Association of Indian Management Schools . His innovative mind came up with the Knol book concept incorporating chapters and sections in Knol collections (today a feature of Knol) and today a large number of Knol books are available on various subjects. The interesting feature of Knol book is that it combines articles by various authors written at various points in time into a unified whole that is of great benefit to learners. This collection also facilitates identifying gaps and filling those gaps by Knol authors.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

One of the important contributions of Prof. Narayana Rao is coming out with the estimate of unique monthly visitors for Knol and bringing out the fact that Knol is now a Top 1000 website.

Also Knol Author Foundation welcomes ” I love Google Knol campaign.”

Knol author foundation reiterates its faith in Knol as a cutting edge knowledge library in the cloud and specially congratulates Professor Narayana Rao for his wise leadership that has influenced many authors to contribute actively on Knol.

http://stockmarketsreview.com/pressrelease/2011/10/05/knol-author-foundation-congratulates-professor-rao-for-achieving-100000-page-views-a-month/

Gandhiji's Dream - A Poem

2011-10-02T04:53:00.000-07:00

Gandhi's Dream for Villages of India

A cow in every house
provided with plentiful green grass

carpenters, tailors
potters and shoppers
business every where
with plenty to share

A doctor to look after
Good leader to administer
A teacher for children to grow
A bank for wealth to flow

Gandhi's dream
For me, it is supreme

by Narayana Rao, Vamsi, Priyanka

Prosperous Villages - A Dream of Gandhiji

MBA - Management Knowledge Revision Guidebook

2011-09-30T23:45:00.000-07:00

MBA degree holders have to revise their knowledge periodically. But there is no facility for them to do it easily. Management Knowledge Revision Guidebook is developed to create an easy way for the MBA graduates to read one or two articles quickly and keep their basic management knowledge up-to-date. This review and refreshing of the basic management knowledge would help them to bring a much larger set of principles to the solve any problem that they are tackling.

Engineering and Management News

2011-09-30T23:35:00.000-07:00

Engineering and Management News
A Daily Newspaper from Narayana Rao

Paper.li is providing the opportunity for public to create newspapers of their editing and design through the use of Twitter and Facebook. I created the newspaper - Engineering and Management News. I am quiet excited about this form of online presentation. I am now learning its features. Once I understand all its features, I shall be able to provide very good reading experience to my friends, alumni and students. It is a good way to presenting various blog articles and knol articles written by me so far.

Particles travelling at speed higher than light - Observation - 2011

2011-09-25T09:47:00.000-07:00

The OPERA experiments observed that neutrinos are travelling at a speed higher than that of light in vacuum. The scientists were by humble to state the result in a very polite way and calling for further independent studies to confirm their observations.

The original paper and the first seminar video are in public domain for free access. It will be interesting to follow this scientific discovery process to understand how scientific research proceeds in such important issues.

Links to various articles and comments are available in an article on Knol.

Particles travelling at speed higher than light - Observation - 2011

Author Platform

2011-09-24T21:19:00.000-07:00

Author platform is the foundation using which you are going to do mass marketing of your book for publication.

Earlier this platform was developed by publisher's publicity department. Now in the online age, authors themselves have to take up that task.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/booked/2011/07/26/the-new-author-platform-what-writers-need-to-know/

Author platform can be developed in multiple ways.

Famous in a profession, occupation or as artist.
Famous as a speaker
Existing business contacts and fame
Popular blog or website
Big email list of contacts developed through some online activity
Famous as a podcaster
Thousands of followers on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ - Social network followers
Existing successful published books
Successful book promotion experience through Web 2.0 options

How do you build the author platform? You have to build it brick by brick and in digital media click by click. Start participating in online activity as early as possible and build your author platform.

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/06/26/author-platform/

Today I have 150,000 page views to my online articles and blog posts.

When in 2005 I had made my first blog post, I started from scratch. The platform was built over a period of six years and my online page views are equivalent to a successful book today. I shall share my experience in some posts in the future.

Google's Knol Progressing forward

2011-09-03T02:43:00.000-07:00

There are some twitter messages today. Knol still lives?

This message is in response to

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/google-shuts-down-google-desktop-and-nine-other-projects/

Yes, Knol is going forward and growing. So far in this year, 200,000 new knols posted. By year end we will see 300,000. May be next year we will see 500,000. Knol is attracting many new authors.

Page views and visitors are increasing. We estimate 5.23 million unique visitors per month. Momentum is very good and we will reach 6.2 million in two or three months.

Knol authors even though very silent are doing a good job. Congratulations.

Google Knol Home Page

Ganapati Puja - Vinayaka Chaviti Puja in Telugu

2011-08-30T22:23:00.000-07:00

వినాయక చవితి వ్రత కల్ప విధానము - పూజా విధానము

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శ్లోకం:

శుక్లాంబరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్సర్వ విఘ్నోపశాంతయే

ఆచమనం:

ఓం కేశవాయ స్వాహాః
నారాయణాయ స్వాహాః
మాధవాయ స్వాహాః
(అని మూడుసార్లు చేతిలో నీరు వేసుకొని త్రాగవలెను)

గోవిందాయ నమః
విష్ణవే నమః
మధుసూదనాయ నమః
త్రివిక్రమాయ నమః
వామనాయ నమః
శ్రీధరాయ నమః
హృషీకేశాయ నమః
పద్మనాభాయ నమః
దామోదరాయ నమః
సంకర్షణాయ నమః
వాసుదేవాయ నమః
ప్రద్యుమ్నాయ నమః
అనిరుద్దాయ నమః
పురుషోత్తమాయ నమః
అధోక్షజాయ నమః
నారసింహాయ నమః
అచ్యుతాయ నమః
ఉపేంద్రాయ నమః
హరయే నమః
శ్రీ కృష్ణాయ నమః
శ్రీకృష్ణ పరబ్రహ్మణే నమః
సంకల్పం

శుక్లాంబరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం
ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్సర్వ విఘ్నోపశాంతయే

ఓం అపవిత్రః పవిత్రోవా సర్వా వస్థాం గతోపివా
యస్స్మరేత్పుండరీ కాక్షం సబాహ్యాభ్యంతరం శుచిః
శ్రీ గోవింద గోవింద

ఉత్తిష్టంతు భూతపిశాచాః ఏతే భూమిభారకాః ఏతేషాం అవిరోధేన బ్రహ్మకర్మ సమారభే. ఓంభూః ఓం భువః ఓగ్ ం శివః ఓం మహః ఓంజనః ఓంతపః ఓ గ్ం సత్యం ఓంతత్స వితుర్వరేణ్యం భర్గో దేవస్య ధీమహి ధియోయోనః ప్రచోదయాత్ ఓం ఆపోజ్యో తీరసోమృతం బ్రహ్మ భూర్భువస్సువరోం. ప్రాణాయామం (మూడు సార్లు లోపలికి గాలి పీల్చి నెమ్మదిగా వదలడం) చేసి దేశకాలములను స్మరించి సంకల్పం చేయవలెను. మమోపాత్త దురితక్షయద్వారా శ్రీపరమేశ్వర ప్రీత్యర్థం శుభే శోభనే ముహూర్తే శ్రీమహావిష్ణోరాజ్ఞయా ప్రవర్తమానస్య ఆద్యబ్రహ్మణః ద్వితీయ పరార్థే శ్వేత వరాహ కల్పే వైవస్వత మన్వంతరే కలియుగే ప్రథమపాదే జంబూద్వీపే భరత వర్షే భరతఖండే అస్మిన్ వర్తమాన వ్యావహారిక చాంద్రమానేన శ్రీఖర నామ సంవత్సరే దక్షిణాయనే వర్షర్తౌ భాద్రపద మాసే శుక్లపక్షే చతుర్ద్యాం వాసరః గురువాసర యుక్తాయాం శుభనక్షత్రే శుభయోగే శుభకరణ ఏవంగుణ విశేషణ, విశిష్టాయాం అస్యాం శుభతిథౌ శ్రీమాన్ ... గోత్రః ...నామధేయః (ధర్మ పత్నీ సమేతః) మమ ధర్మార్థ కామమోక్ష చతుర్విధ ఫల పురుషార్థ సిధ్యర్థం పుత్రపౌత్రాభివృద్ధ్యర్థం సర్వాభీష్ట సిద్ధ్యర్థం సిద్ది వినాయక ప్రీత్యర్థం ధ్యానావాహనాది షోడశోపచార పూజాం కరిష్యే

భవసంచిత పాపౌఘ విధ్వంసన విచక్షణమ్ విఘ్నాంధకార భాస్వంతం విఘ్నరాజ మహంభజే
ఏకదంతం శూర్పకర్ణం గజవక్త్రం చతుర్భుజం పాశాంకుశధరం దేవమ్ ధ్యాయేత్సిద్ధి వినాయకమ్
ఉత్తమం గణనాథస్య వ్రతం సంపత్కరం శుభం భక్తాభీష్టప్రదం తస్మాత్ ధ్యాయేత్తం విఘ్ననాయకం

షోడశోపచారపూజ

ద్యాయేద్గజాననం దేవం తప్తకాంచనసన్నిభం, చతుర్భుజం మహాకాయం సర్వాభరణ భూషితం॥

శ్రీ మహా గణాధిపతయే నమః ధ్యాయామి

అత్రాగచ్చ జగద్వంద్య సురరాజార్చితేశ్వర అనాథనాథ సర్వజ్ఞ గౌరీగర్భ సముద్బవ

ఆవాహయామి

మౌక్తికైః పుష్యరాగైశ్చ నానారత్నైర్విరాజితం రత్నసింహాసనంచారు ప్రీత్యర్థం ప్రతి గృహ్యాతాం॥

ఆసనం సమర్పయామి

గౌరీపుత్ర నమస్తేస్తు శంకర ప్రియనందన గృహాణార్ఘ్యం మయాదత్తం గంధ పుష్పాక్షతైర్యుతం ॥

ఆర్ఘ్యం సమర్పయామి

గజవక్త్ర నమస్తే~స్తు సర్వాభీష్ట ప్రదాయక భక్త్యాపాద్యం మయాదత్తం గృహాణ ద్విరదానన॥

పాద్యం సమర్పయామి

అనాథనాథ సర్వజ్ఞ గీర్వాణ వరపూజిత గృహాణాచమనం దేవ, తుభ్యం దత్తంమయా ప్రభో ॥

ఆచమనీయం సమర్పయామి.

దధిక్షీర సమాయుక్తం థామద్వాజ్యేన సమన్వితం మధుపర్కం గృహాణేదం గజవక్త్రం నమోస్తుతే ॥

మధుపర్కం సమర్పయామి.

స్నానం పంచామృతైర్దేవ గృహాణ గణనాయక అనాథనాథ సర్వజ్ఞ గీర్వాణ గణపూజిత ॥

పంచామృత స్నానం సమర్పయామి.

గంగాదిసర్వతీర్థేభ్యః ఆహృతైరమలిర్ణలైః స్నానం కురుష్వభగవానుమాపుత్ర నమోస్తుతే॥

శుద్దోదక స్నానం సమర్పయామి.

రక్తవస్త్రద్వయం చారు దేవయోగ్యంచ మంగళం శుభప్రదం గృహాణత్వం లంబోదరహరాత్మజ ॥

వస్త్రయుగ్మం సమర్పయామి.

రాజితం బహ్మసూత్రం చ కాంచనం చో త్తరీయకం గృహాణ సర్వదేవజ్ఞ భక్తానామిష్టదాయక॥

ఉపవీతం సమర్పయామి.

చంద నాగరు కర్పూర కస్తూరీ కుంకుమాన్వితం విలేపనం సురశ్రేష్ఠ ప్రీత్యర్థం ప్రతిగృహ్యాతాం॥

గంధాన్ సమర్పయామి.

అక్షతాన్ ధవళాన్ దివ్యాన్ శాలీయాంస్తండులాన్ శుభాన్, గృహాణ పరమానంద ఈశపుత్ర నమోస్తుతే॥

అక్షతాన్ సమర్పయామి.

సుగంధాని సుపుష్పాణి జాజీకుంద ముఖానిచ ఏక వింశతి పత్రాణి సంగృహాణ నమోస్తుతే॥

పుష్పాణి పూజయామి.

Remaining portion in

http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/5529

Author Performance on Knol - 57,000 monthly visitors

2011-08-28T00:28:00.000-07:00

The monthly visitors number has gone up to 57,000 and monthly page views to 80,000. I thank all visitors to my articles in blogs as well as on Knol.

Created a Knol Home Page recently.

Knol Home Page by Authors

2011-08-28T00:25:00.000-07:00

Knol authors can create Knol landing pages and popularize them.

One author created Knol Home Page

You can Reshare Popular Knols through Your blogs -

2011-07-10T06:54:00.001-07:00

This is the thought of the day.

Captured the idea in a blog post, some knols and some blogs. Excellent material is there on Knol and blog writers can use it to increase content in their knols. Educational institutes can host it on their websites. They have to comply with license. But it is easy. Specify the source clearly and allow access to the material without charging any fee.

My blog post on it on About Knol Blog.

You can use guest bloggers. You can also use reshared online content and expand your blog and provide more to read for your community of readers. There is excellent material on Google Knol.

Knol has the provision for resharing of knols on blogs and websites. There are many knols that specified creative commons license and all these knols can be reshared by interested bloggers and web masters.

I am developing a knol collection for facilitating such resharing.

Knols with Resharing Option - A Knol Collection

Visit the knol collection and click on the search link provided to see very popular knols with 10,000 page views and more available for sharing on your blogs. Share them on your blogs specifying the license and increase content on your blog.

Started a blog to reshare knols.

Google Knols Reshared

Telugu Films on Youtube - Full Movies

2011-06-11T01:48:00.000-07:00

There are many telugu film videos on Youtube. But still many Telugu people do not know about it and hence page views are less.

20.1.2012

A blog is now made to YouTube Video of Full Telugu movies

Telugu Full Movies - YouTube Videos

Collecting a list of Old Telugu Hit movies now

It is a part of Knol Videopedia

Knol Day of Economis

2011-05-14T22:39:00.000-07:00

15 May is birthday of Paul Samuelson.

Today on Knol I am highlighting economics as Knol Day of Economics.

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/2011-knol-day-of-economics-15th-may/2utb2lsm2k7a/4444

50,000 monthly visitors for knol portfolio

2011-05-05T07:50:00.000-07:00

Happy to record the fact that my knol portfolio had 50,000 visitors for the montly period ending on 5.5.2011. Took approximately three years for the milestone. I am hoping that this number will doube in a year's time and my portfolio will have 100,000 (one lakh) visitors.

Knol Page Views and Visitors - Historical Record - K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao

Knols on Industrial Engineering

2011-05-05T07:40:00.000-07:00

Industrial Engineering - Knols of Narayana Rao K V S S

Introduction to Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering
Focus of Industrial Engineering
THE PURPOSE AND EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Fundamentals of Industrial Engineering

Introduction to Industrial Engineering - Course at NITIE Course contents, course lecture notes and course lecture slides

The Component Areas of Industrial Engineering

Human Effort Engineering

Systems Efficiency Engineering - A Focus Area of Industrial Engineeering

Industrial Engineering and Systems Design

Human Effort Engineering - Methods, Techniques and Related Issues

Work Station Design - An Activity of Human Effort Engineering
Principles of Motion Economy
Motion Study - Human Effort Engineering
Motion Study - Operation Analysis - Questions
Ergonomics - Introduction
Man Machine Interface Devices - Design and Use - Industrial Engineering
Biomechanics in Industrial Engineering Curriculum
Safety Aspect of Human Effort Engineering - A Manual to Support
Safety Gloves
Human Effort - Nature and Effects
The Concept of Human Effort Engineering: HR Dimension

Human Body Science Knols - Bulletin Board

Systems Efficiency Engineering - Methods, Techniques and Related Issues

Efficiency: A Focus Area of Industrial Engineering - Jesse Brogan
Method Study
Process Analysis - Questions/Check List
Installing Proposed Methods
5S System - Work Place Design (Industrial Engineering)
Fact Gathering for Office System Efficiency Engineering Studies
Value Engineering - Introduction
Statistical Quality Control – Industrial Engineering
Operations Research - An Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

Systems Design, Installation and Improvement Management
Methods, Techniques and Related Issues

Engineering Economy or Engineering Economics: Economic Decision Making by Engineers
Productivity Measurement
Systems Engineering - INCOSE View
System Engineering Process and Its Management
Systems Engineering Fundamentals - Book Information and Review

Pioneers and Expert Practitioners of Industrial Engineering

Frank B. Gilbreth: Some of His Industrial Engineering Achievements

Knol Day of Industrial Engineering Birth Day of Frank Gilbreth

Harrington Emerson - A Pioneer Industrial Engineer

Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) - Industrial Engineer

Shigeo Shingo - The Japanese Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineering and Scientific Management in Japan

Organizing Industrial Engineering Department

Management and Industrial Engineer
Organizing for Industrial Engineering: Historical Evolution of Thinking
The Role and Career of the Industrial Engineer
A New Charter for Industrial Engineers

Industrial Engineering and Other Departments and Disciplines

Ergonomist - Is He an Industrial Engineer
Management and Industrial Engineer
The Concept of Human Effort Engineering: HR Dimension

Industrial Engineering Programs

Industrial Engineering - Proposed Curriculum

Good Industrial Engineering Programs
Teaching Industrial Engineering
The First Industrial Engineering Program in the World at The Pennsylvania State University

Articles, Books, Bulletin Boards, Course Pages

Article Series Directory – Management – Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering - Bulletin Board
Industrial Engineering Course Pages

Industrial Engineering - Articles and Books (Free Download)

Industrial EngineeringTechniques - Articles, Books, Courses
Industrial Engineering Methods and Practices - Vijay Sheth
Knol Magazine of Industrial Engineering
Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook - Book Information and Review Articles

Teaching Industrial Engineering

Innovations in Industrial Engineering

SMED - Single Minute Exchange of Dies - An Industrial Engineering Innovation
5S System - Work Place Design (Industrial Engineering)

Articles and Notes on Research Methodology on Knol

2011-05-05T07:38:00.000-07:00

Research and Research Methodology - Knols by KVSSNRao

Article Directory - European Journal Of Business Research Methods

Developing Theory from Observations - Creativity in Inductive Thinking - Research Methodology

Doing Research and Writing Thesis – Web References

Knol Sub-Directory - Research Methodology or Methods

Ph.D. Research Supervision – Some Thoughts

Research -Development - Application - Higher Education

Research and Development - Knol Bulletin Board

Research Hypotheses - Mergers and Acquisitions

Research Paper Templates

Review of Research in Management (2010) - Course Research Papers

Review of Research in Management - Course Plan

Theoretical Research Strategy: Introduction

IPL 4 Match 39 Full Match Video uploaded to Youtube

2011-05-01T20:43:00.000-07:00

Full match of Match 39 between Chennai and Deccan Chargers uploaded to youtube.

IPL 4 Match 38 Highlights uploaded to youtube

2011-05-01T20:41:00.000-07:00

Highlights of Match 38 between Rajastan Royals and Pune Warriors uploaded to youtube.

Content gives page views on article platforms

2011-05-01T02:17:00.000-07:00

Knol is an article platform. The platform is still to attract million articles. Content is essential to attract page views to the platform. Knol authors have to make efforts to recruit more authors and accumulate million articles quickly. Simultaneously they can make efforts to improve quality of each article and for creating backlinks for them.

A comparison of various article platforms in now available to observe this phenomenon.

IPL 4 Matches Videos

2011-05-01T02:14:00.000-07:00

IPL 4 matches videos are available on Youtube and they can be arranged in a nice way on Knol so that it is easy to access them and view them whenever a reader wants to.

Similar collections can be done for other games also.

Nrao - Two Million Page View Online Author

2011-04-14T02:17:00.000-07:00

I started this blog in rather strange circumstances. Today I am happy to reach the milestone of two million online page views. This blog is the first step in online journey of mine.

The first blog post of mine.

http://kvssnrao.blogspot.com/2006/02/became-blogger.html

February 8th 2006

Became a blogger

Wanted to post a comment. In the process started this blog.

Nrao

I am documenting my mile online writing adventure for four years on Knol

Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. - Reaches 2 Million Page View Milestone in April 2011

My thanks to all visitors to my blog posts and knol articles.

New Blog on IIT JEE started

2011-04-08T22:03:00.000-07:00

Learning and Studying for IIT JEE

http://lsiitjee.blogspot.com/

Cyber Tour of World Monuments and Tourist Spots through Google Street View

2011-03-30T09:36:00.001-07:00

It was interesting application. One can see the world's important monuments from close quarters through our PCs. Hope this project will succeed and many more spots are added to the gallery.

Cyber Tour of Historic Sites through Google Street View

Now we can cyber tour the world World cyber tour

Knol has Good Content

2011-03-21T09:16:00.000-07:00

I always advocated that on Knol many authors have posted good content. But there is no way we can easily find out good content on Knol and highlight them to all.

I prepared today one page directory of interesting knols.

Knol Search Directory of Interesting Knols

10 Million Page Views for Online Articles Possible

2011-02-20T02:10:00.001-08:00

There are online article writers on Hubpages, Associated content, Ezine, etc. with 10 million page views (Details of 10 million authors ). Even on Knol there is one author now with 5 million page views and in a year's time, he will reach 10 million page views. There are some more authors who will reach such milestones on Knol. I am presently having 35,000 page views and some time back, the number could be 50,000 page views. The number is likely to increase as the Knol platform becomes more popular and authors support each other more.

So there is scope for online writing even now. Especially when the area of writing is areas where online content is sparse, the chance of success increases significantly.

Popular Knols by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

2011-01-01T12:50:00.000-08:00

Popular Knols - Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. - List 1

Knols with page views more than 5000

Popular Knols - Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. - List 2

Knols with page views more than 3000

Popular Knols - Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. - List 3

Knols with page views more than 1000

Interesting Knols of Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

Knols with page views more than 500

Knol Books - Good Brand to Promote - 2

2010-12-31T08:13:00.000-08:00

Knol is a platform for academic and learning materials. It is appropriate to promote Knol Books on the platform.

Corporate Governance - Knol Book

Cost Accounting - Knol Book of Readings

Creativity and Innovation - Knol Book

Cultural History of India - Knol Book

Data Structures - Knol Book

Database Management Systems (DBMS) - Knol Book

Derivatives - Knol Book

Design of Machine Elements - Knol Book

Dressing for Fashion, Power, Style and Success - knol Book

Econometrics - Knol Book

List of 100 books

Knol Books - Good Brand to Promote

2010-12-29T19:46:00.000-08:00

Knol is an article publishing platform with focus on academic or learning content. Knol Book is a good concept and brand to promote on this platform. I thought so and created 100 book collections so far. Some of them are:

1. Algorithms - Design, Analysis & Improvement and Applications - Knol Book

2. Auditing - Knol Book

3. Automobile Engineering - Knol Book

4. Basic Electronics - Knol Book

5. Business, Corporate and Managerial Ethics - Knol Book

6. Central Excise - India - Knol Book

7. Chemistry (K-12 or 12th Standard) - Knol Book

8. Communication Skills - Knol Book

9. Computer Architecture & Organization - Knol Book

10. Computer Programs and Programming Languages - Knol Book

List of 100 Knol Books

Knol Textbook on Industrial Engineering by Narayana Rao

2010-11-06T09:38:00.000-07:00

Started the project of a textbook on Knol on Industrial engineering. It will take around two years to complete the book. Initially, existing articles are being assembled in collections. But these will be rewritten in the days to come and fresh articles will be added to assemble the textbook.

Introduction to Industrial Engineering - Online Textbook on Knol

Faculty members can write Textbooks on Knol

2010-11-05T06:36:00.000-07:00

Knol is a wiki-based predominantly academic article writing platform promoted by Google. The platform has promoted writing textbooks on it. Textbooks can be written in various models on it. One model is to write it as one knol or one web page for each section of a chapter. That way a book can be written in around 300 pages and an automatic navigation is provided by the Knol collection feature.

There is convenience and reward for writing a textbook on Knol. The expected revenue earned can be same as print publication as there is global audience on Knol.

See the article on Knol for more details

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/textbook-writing-online-publishing/2utb2lsm2k7a/3178#

Industrial Engineering also got Total Tag - Total Industrial Engineering

2010-10-26T08:48:00.000-07:00

H. Yamashina of Japan developed World Class Manufacturing approach and he included Total Industrial Engineering along with Total Quality Management, Total productive Maintenance and Cost Deployment.

According to him TQM is the brain, TPM is the muscle and TIE is the humanware.

I am trying to find out the details of the concept. So far I could only access three or four slides on the concept. Covered in a post on Knol.

Total Industrial Engineering - H. Yamashina

Knol is A Unique ICT Resource for Faculty Members

2010-08-29T09:02:00.000-07:00

What are the unique features of Knol?

1. Wiki technology.

Wiki technology makes collaboration possible and also makes it easy. Groups of authors can come together and write articles or prepare lists.

2. Author identification

Very essential for identification of course plans and course materials by individual faculty members. Also when students post their assignments, author identify is very essential. Author identity on a popular wiki platform is a unique feature of Knol. Google's ownership makes it a popular platform. Authors join it without hesitation once they appreciate its utility.

3. Scope for diverse articles on the same topic.

Different faculty members from different institutions have to post their materials and course plans. Hence the platform must have the willingness to support many different knols/articles/essays on the platform. Another distinct feature of the knol that makes it ideal for use by faculty members.

4. Comments

Facilitates interaction among learners, subject faculty, other faculty of the same institute, other faculty of different institutes, alumni, and practitioners. Provides evaluation of learning of any institute by global a community

5. Knol Collection Facility

Provides an ability to assemble Globally best study material support for any course.

Source:

Knol - A Unique ICT Resource for Faculty Members

Knol is Thriving

2010-08-25T07:44:00.000-07:00

Knol, Google's article writing platform is thriving.

http://knol.google.com

Many authors are writing articles every day and many are reading. There are popular authors whose articles have page views of thousands and they are still updating their pages and writing new knols.

Knol thus proved its utility to both authors and visitors.

7th July 2010 knol-day-of-industrial-engineering

2010-07-06T17:49:00.000-07:00

Birth Day of Frank Gilbreth 7th July is celebrated as the Knol Day of Industrial Engineering for the year 2010. Many articles on Industrial Engineering are being written for the occasion.

Students of NITIE are posting number of articles which are summaries of various articles published in Industrial Engineer magazine

Index of articles written by IE students of NITIE, Mumbai, India on the occasion of Knol Day of Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineer Magazine Article Summaries by 2010 IE Students NITIE, Mumbai, India

All visitors are requested to write comments on various issues related to industrial engineering in comments blocks.

Knol Day of Industrial Engineering

By Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

Million page views for knol portfolio

2010-04-16T01:32:00.000-07:00

My knol portfolio completed million page views according to knol counter on 15.4.2010. That makes me the first English language individual knol author to cross million page views.

Knols of Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

Good Collection of Miracles by Saints

2010-03-18T08:31:00.000-07:00

http://mskmg.blogspot.com/2009/12/miracles-than-some-revered-persons-have.html

Not Able to Access Knol for Reading or Posting

2010-02-20T23:55:00.000-08:00

Right from the morning 6.30 am (IST) on 21.2.2010 to till now 1.25 pm (IST - Ind. Std. Time) I am not able to access knol.

Wanted to post a new knol on productivity Improvement Principles

800,000 knol page views

2010-02-19T07:33:00.000-08:00

Today my knol page view count will reach 800,000. The global rank is at four now.

Presently writing knols on engineering topics

Crankshaft design and machining

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/crank-shaft-machining-for-reference-in/2utb2lsm2k7a/2319#view

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/industrial-engineering-projects-and/2utb2lsm2k7a/2324#

Operations Research - System Efficiency Tools

2010-02-07T04:53:00.000-08:00

Operations Research - An Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

Operations research is a system efficiency improvement tool in the hands of industrial engineers. I expanded this thought into an article on google knol platform

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/operations-research-an-efficiency/2utb2lsm2k7a/2271#

Knol Handbook of Industrial Engineering (Year 2010 Version)

2010-02-07T04:25:00.000-08:00

A knol is developed as a handbook of industrial engineering. It is developed on the lines of an engineering management handbook assembled on ASEM website. I my self prepared 50 articles on Industrial Engineering. I am also assembling various web pages and articles that complement the articles that I prepared. Thus the handbook contains my online articles as well as online articles by others.

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/knol-handbook-of-industrial-engineering/2utb2lsm2k7a/2263#

Sharing a Current Concern with Amitabh bachchan - Memory Problems in Old Age

2010-01-14T02:20:00.000-08:00

"As one grows older one notices many such incidents creeping in. The need to go into another room to fetch an object required for work or for use, will indeed take you to the other room, but as you get there you discover that the reason to be there has disappeared from your mind. You may be wearing your spectacles on top of your head for easy access later on, but when the time comes to use it you look for it through hill and dale, until someone pulls it off your head and thrusts it in front of you !!"

"In the privacy of your room or home this would not be given much attention, but when it appears in public, the repercussions could be quite severe."

http://bigb.bigadda.com/?p=4392

Well there is a price becoming big and old with age.

National Youth Day of India - 12 January

2010-01-10T01:29:00.000-08:00

It is Swami Vivekananda's Birth day.

Let us do something to improve some tangible things in the society and do something to improve intangible things - our behaviour and behavior of our community members.

Some details of the days celebrations are being collected in an article

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/national-youth-day-of-india-12-january/2utb2lsm2k7a/2139

Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-01T03:18:00.000-08:00

SEASONS GREETINGS - HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2010

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/2071#view

Core Activities of Industrial Engineering

2009-12-18T07:02:00.000-08:00

Core areas of Industrial Engineering are Human Effort Engineering and System Efficiency Engineeering.

Augmented area is systems engineering or systems design management.

Industrial engineering is a specialty engineering area. It is not a functional design discipline.

http://knol.google.com/k/industrial-engineering

Industrial Engineering - Definition

2009-12-17T05:41:00.000-08:00

"Industrial Engineering is Human Effort Engineering and System Efficiency Engineeering. It is an engineering discipline that deals with the design of human effort and system efficiency in all occupations: agricultural, manufacturing and service. The objectives of Industrial Engineering are optimization of productivity of work-systems and occupational comfort, health, safety and income of persons involved."

Industrial Engineering
Definition, Explanation, History, and Programs
A Knol
http://knol.google.com/k/industrial-engineering#

Super Earth Discovered

2009-12-16T16:58:00.000-08:00

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091216/tsc-scientists-discover-earth-like-water-c2ff8aa.html

Astronomers have discovered a new Earth-like planet that is larger than our own and may be more than half covered with water, according to a study published Wednesday in the science journal Nature.

Industrial Engineering - Three Components

2009-09-01T05:38:00.000-07:00

I grouped IE activities into three.

1. Human effort engineering

2. Systems efficiency engineering

3. Systems design, installation and improvement management.

Articles related to all three
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-knols-of/2utb2lsm2k7a/1674#

Swine Flu - H1N1 - Treatment Facilities in Mumbai-Thane

2009-08-14T23:30:00.000-07:00

I prepared two knols on Swine Flu in India and Mumbai/Thane

Swine Flu - Influenza A - H1N1 - Mumbai - Thane -Problem and Treatment Facilities
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http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/swine-flu-influenza-a-h1n1-mumbai-thane/2utb2lsm2k7a/1630

Swine flu India
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http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/swine-flu-influenza-a-h1n1-indian/2utb2lsm2k7a/1625#

Moving to Knol

2009-08-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

I moved this blog theme to knol. The second post in the knol opened for this purpose is

Enjoy the effort and accept the result

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/read-heard-viewed-thought-by-nrao/2utb2lsm2k7a/1590#Enjoy_the_Effort_and_Accept_the_Result

Friendship Day 2009 - 2 August 2009

2009-08-03T03:06:00.000-07:00

I came to know in the night of 1 August 2009 that the next day would be Friendship day and got into action.

Created a knol on friendship day and included a set of activities that can be done on friendship day. Eight of the activities were done by me next day. Got in touch with kids in my building as well as my friends all over India and abroad. The day was spent with action and enthusiasm.

The knol that I created
Friendship Day - First Sunday of August

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/friendship-day-first-sunday-of-august/2utb2lsm2k7a/1556

Knol Directory

2009-07-18T07:44:00.000-07:00

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/knol-directory-of-interesting-knols/2utb2lsm2k7a/1308#

I am preparing a knol directory of interesting knols. For many days, many of the visitors and authors felt a directory of knols is not there to find good knols easily. I hope this attempt by me will fill that void and provide a window for knol visitors to find interesting knols on various topics easily.

Handbook of Business Management

2009-07-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

Knol has helped me to assemble a handbook of management knowledge revision and also a handbook of business management.

This handbook will have articles on all subjects of management curriculum including various elective streams (finance, HR, Marketing, Operations etc.) in due course of time. All the articles will be articles appreciated by sizeable number of readers. All the articles are available for free download by readers. The articles keep on improving as authors update them and the handbook will also keep improving as more articles are added to the collection.

Handbook of Business Management
Knol Sub-Directory - Management Subjects
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http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/knol-sub-directory-management-subjects/2utb2lsm2k7a/1390#

IIIT JEE 2010 and 2011 Study Plan and Study Guide

2009-04-30T22:09:00.000-07:00

I just completed posting detailed study plans for each of the chapters in Mathematics. That leaves only XII portion of chemistry to be posted now. I shall do it in this week.

As I prepared these plans, now I realize, students can plan and study the subject without stress with a disciplined effort. They require a genuine interest in knowledge. As each day they acquire more knowledge their happiness should increase and this will create a relaxation in the body and mind. A structured and planned study will help the brain in storing and recollecting the information with less effort. This will further decrease mental strain and increase happiness.

IIT JEE Mathematics Study Plan

2009-04-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

These days I am spending time on developing study plan for various chapters of IIT text books. I already published annual plans for all three subjects for JEE 2010 and JEE 2011. These give the daily minimum study required to complete the course by 31 December end of the respective year.

Candidates can customise the chapters based on the chapter being taught by their college teachers/coaching class teachers. But it gives a milestone chart for candidates to redesign their plan.

Just now I posted the chapter study plan for Binomial theorem.

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/9-binomial-theorem-revision-facilitator.html

IIT JEE 2011 Study Plan

2009-04-20T22:33:00.000-07:00

Based on the experience I had with my child, I think it is important to have a study plan right from the day one of the preparation. That will give you an idea of the work involved in learning for a slot in the top 5000 students of India at this point in time. It is good that more and more persons are trying to prove their capability in this examination. Even if someone does not get a rank in this examination, his determination and effort to succeed will stay with him throughout his life and some of the persons may gain in ranking subsequently even though they may not get the rank now.

Life give more chances to prove your worth, and therefore even if you do not succeed at one chance, you need not give up. You can try for another chance.

I prepared study plans for two years 2009-10 (XI portion) and 2010-11(XII portion) and published them in a blog IIT JEE 2011. The physics plan of the 2009-10 can be accessed from

http://iit-jee-2011.blogspot.com/2009/04/it-jee-2011-annual-study-plan-for.html

Stock Market Poems

2009-03-21T09:21:00.000-07:00

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/stock-market-poems/2utb2lsm2k7a/1157#

I started writing poems on 21.3.2009

A collection of poems/rhymes on stock market

Some snippets

Keep your charts up-to-date
Watch your charts with a trend template
Trend is the horse
That draws your capital cart in the bourse.
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The stock broker says, what is your stop loss?
The customer says, why should I stop my loss?
I am in it for profit
Why should I drop it?

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Risk does not mean only reward and capital gain
It also means loss and mental pain.

Intersting Thought by William Arthur Ward

2009-02-06T01:33:00.000-08:00

“Every person has the power to make others happy.

Some do it simply by entering a room --

others by leaving the room.

Some individuals leave trails of gloom;

others, trails of joy.

Some leave trails of hate and bitterness;

others, trails of love and harmony.

Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism;

others trails of faith and optimism.

Some leave trails of criticism and resignation;

others trails of gratitude and hope.

What kind of trails do you leave?”

William Arthur Ward

Ask questions and answer questions about various subjects

2009-01-01T02:49:00.000-08:00

KNOWLEDGE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOARD
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/654#

400 Knols

2008-10-27T18:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I posted my 400th knol on Bearmarket speculation on longterm equity portfolio.

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/narayana-rao-kvss/2utb2lsm2k7a/400

Happy Diwali

2008-10-27T18:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Diwali

Best Wishes for a Diwali with Hope and Cheer

My advice to my friends is to buy equity for long term portfolio during this downtrend.
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/narayana-rao-kvss/2utb2lsm2k7a/1

Mobile Slums - Mumbai Local Trains

2008-09-11T10:33:00.000-07:00

I made an entry with this title in mumbai local train orkut community.

All subsidies have to be removed in Mumbai for decongesting it.

Subsidies and incentives may be given in other cities to promote their development.

Even central and state governments should increase city compensatory allowance for their employees properly. The government knows the expense it incurs by keeping government employees in Mumbai. It will make efforts to shift people to other cities.

No subsidized kerosene in Mumbai.

Marketing Management Article Directory in Knol

2008-09-04T02:38:00.000-07:00

I have created marketing article series to facilitate revision of knowledge by MBAs and management professionals in the basic subject of marketing management. The main text which was used for developing the articles is Marketing Management by Philip Kotler.

The page id is

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/marketing-management-article-directory/2utb2lsm2k7a/130#

Learning for IIT JEE 2010

2008-09-04T02:30:00.000-07:00

I started a new blog

iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com

The blog will give a daily schedule of sections to be studied in chapter and examples and problems that are to be done for chemistry, mathematics and physics. The idea is to come out with a six month schedule during which all the problems and questions are attempted along with the lessons and examples within the lessons.

Then the aspirants can develop their own plan for revising and practicing so that they can recollect the material comfortably.

Knols on KNOL and Authors

2008-08-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/knol-authors-from-india-list/2utb2lsm2k7a/90#

Knols by Nrao on Selling Process

2008-08-17T06:19:00.000-07:00

I am capturing my understandng of various topics in management in articles on Knol. this knol writing is giving me an opportunity to reread the concerned texts, my notes, articles etc. I am revising the material first and then presenting it as an article that will be useful as revision material to managers and MBA grads.

I hope to develop them into full fledged articles that will be useful even to beginners probably in the next round of writing after an year or so. By that I hope to complete the round of writing revision focused articles.

Posts on selling process

1. Selling Process
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/38#

2. Interacting with the Prospect – Customer
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/76#

75th Knol published

2008-08-17T00:47:00.000-07:00

75. The Process of Strategic Change – Product-Market Combination Change

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/75#

This article contains the steps involving in introducing a new product-market combination in the portfolio of a company. Top management is actively in the process.

Search link of my knols

http://knol.google.com/k/knol/system/knol/pages/Search?&q=narayana-rao-kvss&locale=en&restrict=general&useall=on#

Knols on Sociology

2008-08-14T01:48:00.000-07:00

I started posting knols on Sociology

41. Sociology: An Introduction
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/you-want-to-develop-a-business-plan-for/2utb2lsm2k7a/41

49. Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/you-want-to-develop-a-business-plan-for/2utb2lsm2k7a/49

Is it a spam blog

2008-08-08T22:14:00.000-07:00

http://physicsbuk.blogspot.com/2008/08/concept-review-chapter-1-introduction.html

http://physicsbuk.blogspot.com/

Posts by NRao in Organization Behavior in Google Knol

2008-08-08T22:07:00.000-07:00

Theories of Leadership
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/theories-of-leadership/2utb2lsm2k7a/25#

Posts in Google Knol on Industrial Engineering

2008-08-08T21:44:00.000-07:00

My posts in knol on Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering - Proposed Curriculum for 2-Year Post-Graduate Program

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/6#

Statistical Quality Control – Industrial Engineering
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/8#

Method Study
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/9#

Knol Posts - Focus of Industrial Engineering

2008-08-08T01:20:00.000-07:00

I am now active on the knol platform. My present plan is to create a Reviewpedia for Management and Industrial Engineering on this platform.

Knol posts will be a complement to blogs that I have created so far. Knol posts are much more formal. Blog posts have more informal content as well as record day to day thoughts and activities.

My first knol post was on focus of Industrial Engineering

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/focus-of-industrial-engineering/2utb2lsm2k7a/2#

Thought/Nrao is more actively hosted on knol

Joyfully Achieve

2008-08-02T03:11:00.000-07:00

Do not sacrifice a joy-filled life for the sake of achievement.

Instead, joyfully achieve.

Leadership Through Worklife Balance

by Robin Sharma

http://knol.google.com/k/robin-sharma/leadership-through-worklife-balance/3g2km6aciunkz/4#

"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari"

IITs and IIMs are not Brands

2008-07-28T22:26:00.000-07:00

I read the following piece from a new item on IIT meet at New York (IIT Bombay Golden Jubilee Conference 2008, held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel Times Square in New York City, July 18-20)

Touching upon the challenges, Roopa Gir (Director, Corporate Technology Watch, Schlumberger) pointed out that with the announcement of reservations for OBCs, the quotas have gone up from 22-and-half percent to almost 50 percent now for students; 30-40 percent faculty positions have fallen vacant and as more students get admissions under the quota, the faculty ratio of vacancies will go up to 50 percent.Gir said that students have cracked the IIT-JEE entrance examination and so nearly 90 percent students who qualify for admissions are not of high quality.

The IIT-JEE private coaching has emerged as a multi-billion dollar business in India, she further pointed out. "Just preparing students for the IIT entrance exam is a Rs. 20,000 crore (approx $4.5 billion) business."The other points she raised were of faculty development and diversification of IITs to include disciplines in medicine, law, arts and so on.Talking of capacity constraints in existing IITs, Victor Menezes (former Vice Chairman, Citigroup) said, "We take great pride that only one percent of students who qualify get admission to IITs.

That's a ridiculous statistic to be proud of. It's like being in a luxury liner vainly polishing the brass while sailing in a sea of icebergs."Menezes said that while a lot is being done to project the brand IIT, the brand itself is getting outstripped. "I don't believe it's about buildings or money, but it's about governance and accountability."With 90% of the funding coming from the government, IITs will never achieve independence.

Echoing Menezes' sentiments on brand IIT, Girish Reddy, Co-founder of Prisma Capital Partners said, "We are under significant threat of brand dilution because of various factors like growth, expansion, more students, lack of faculty, and so on. It was Reddy who mooted the idea of developing centers of excellence rather than go for multi-disciplinary IITs.Reddy also criticized the Indian government's rapid expansion plans. "The new expansion is based on the cookie-cutter model cast 50 years ago.

That won't work," he said.Touching on the issue of caste-based reservations, Rajat Gupta, Sr. Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, said that along with quality of education and expansion, there has to be inclusiveness in education. "We can't say 'no' to reservations and need to change our attitude on that," he added.As for viability of the institutions, Gupta pointed out that world over institutions imparting higher education are by and large, not-for-profit institutions. "But that doesn't mean they cannot make profits," he adds.

"It should be profitable, but the profits should be ploughed back. In India, there are many higher educational institutions which run only for profit, and they are all of bad quality."The tripling of the IITs in 50 years since the first one was set up is just one percent growth and it's not enough, Gupta stressed.The panel felt that teaching and research needed to be integrated within the academic institution itself in order to retain faculty.

My opinion is that people should not look at IITs and IIMs as Brands, which are to be protected so that its past alumni enjoy brand benefits. They should be viewed as successful education institution models in India, and an effort has to be made to expand them both in their current locations and in new locations.

Expansion of high quality higher education institutes requires and whenever government feels it has the necessary resources it will expand.

Frequently, people talk of lack of faculty. The current faculty must be prepared to develop the existing resources rather than condemning the existing resources as not fit for development. Such elitist attitude "except we no body can" is not proper attitude. Teachers must have willingness to develop students who gather around them through some process. They should not reject any student provided they have a seat which can be offered to him. When society is willing to set up high quality institutions, the present faculty must come forward to upgrade the knowledge and skill levels of others who are willing to be faculty in the new institutes rather than declaring opposition to them with the argument that high quality faculty are not available in the country.

Come out with a processs to improve the faculty and potential faculty currently existing in the country are around. Brilliance of the existing faculty must be used to expand the faculty resources.

Blogs and web sites - Kambhampati

2008-06-23T21:29:00.000-07:00

drswayamprakash.com/

Subbarao Kampbhampati
http://cse574-s08.blogspot.com/

Srini Kambhampati
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/entomology/Srini/index.htm

Dr. Ravindranath Kambhampati, MD
2820 Crooks Road Suite 200
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Ravindranath-Kambhampati-MD-4C425161.cfm

Professor Uma Kambhampati
http://www.reading.ac.uk/economics/about/staff/u-s-kambhampati.asp

Dr Chandrasekhar Kambhampati
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/neat/cicck/index.html

Vamsi Kambhampati
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~vamsi/

http://danielprince.net/

Effort and result

2008-04-22T20:44:00.000-07:00

In a competitive world, the ability to put in the required efforts is much more important than result on a day.

My Grandmother

2008-04-09T03:54:00.000-07:00

My grandmother left us for heavenly abode at the age of 98.

Sukla Yajurveda by Devichand

2008-04-09T03:52:00.000-07:00

Publisher:
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt,. Ltd.
Address:
54 Rani Jahnsi Road, New Delhi, 110055

This book is an excellent easy to read book available at a price below Rs.400.
One orkut member asked me for the publisher's address. I am posting the address here for reference for some more persons.

IIT JEE Study Guide, Tutorial, Revision Material, Notes

2008-04-04T01:04:00.000-07:00

I am very happy that the blogs started by me for JEE Physics and Chemistry have developed well and they are being used by many aspirants in the recent days. I hope to improve them during the course of the year to make them more useful for JEE 2009.

Presently I am writing concept review material for the chapters of book 2 of HC Verma. HC Verma is a very good book for Physics. If one reads the book very thorougly he will be able to answer all objective questions that were asked so far in IIT JEE. I checked this in answering questions related to thermal physics so far.

Blogs

Physics
www.iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com

Chemistry
www.iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com

NITIE Alumni in USA

2008-03-23T01:58:00.000-07:00

As I am trying to assemble a blog on NITIE alumni, I am coming across useful information. Today I find that an alumnus is a vice president in a company associated with trading on Madison Avenue in New York. I was there in October 2007 roaming the avenue for two days. I could have said hello to him if I knew it then.

NITIE Alumni Blogs

2008-03-21T22:07:00.000-07:00

Opening the page/post for every batch is helping me think about them after a long gap.

http://www.nitie-alumni.blogspot.com/

http://www.nitie-im-alumni.blogspot.com/

Two new blogs on NITIE Alumni

2008-03-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

PGDIE Alumni
http://www.nitie-alumni.blogspot.com/

PGDIM Alumni
http://www.nitie-im-alumni.blogspot.com/

I hope they will provide an additional vehicle for alumni interaction

The Art of War Sun Tzu

2008-03-03T23:49:00.000-08:00

It seems this book is compulsory reading for senior Japanese executives.

I started posting the contents of the book in blog

http://smi-strategy.blogspot.com/2008/03/sun-tzu-chapter-1.html

I can write a commentary on the book and also review its coverage in various strategy books.

India Budget 2008-09 - A Critical Look

2008-03-01T01:58:00.000-08:00

The budget can be subjected to a critical analysis.

One has to look at alternative investments that government could have made and has not made.

You may be surprised to find many shortcoming of this budget.

http://indeco-news.blogspot.com/2008/03/india-budget-2008-09-critical-look.html

Budget India 2008-09

2008-02-29T02:34:00.000-08:00

Budget details were posted by me in

www.indeco-news.blogspot.com

The detailed posts are

http://indeco-news.blogspot.com/2008/02/budget-speech-of-finance-minister-2008.html

http://indeco-news.blogspot.com/2008/02/budget-documents.html

http://indeco-news.blogspot.com/2008/02/download-budget-documents.html

http://indeco-news.blogspot.com/2008/02/union-budget-2008-09-highlights.html

Central plan outlay
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2008-09/bag/bag4.htm

Central plan outlay by sectors

http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2008-09/bag/bag4-1.htm

Central Plan Outlay by Ministries/Departments
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2008-09/bag/bag4-2.htm

IIT JEE Revision Points

2008-02-10T16:37:00.000-08:00

My IIT JEE Revision points in Chemistry (www.iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com) are found useful by various persons. The candidates are circulating them through other sites. I saw earlier posting by NITU. Now I saw the posting in Goiit community discussions.

IIT-JEE Revision !!--Atomic Strucure, core points !!
http://www.goiit.com/posts/list/community-shelf-iit-jee-revision-atomic-strucure-core-points-42075.htm

IIT-JEE Revision !!--Atomic Strucure, core points !!
submitted by netkid07 (1326 m) on 7 Feb 2008 22:51:39 IST (25 comments 306 views)

http://www.goiit.com/search/showTopicsByTag/1688.htm

It is good that my idea is found useful.

Problogger

2008-02-02T06:22:00.000-08:00

www.problogger.net

I visited problogger.net and it seems to have interesting information for bloggers.

I found the post on earning from sites interesting. The sources of revenue for the publisher of the site are given as

1. Chitika

They offer a variety of ad units and income streams - eMiniMalls, Related Product Units and Shoplincs.

Problogger has plenty of Chitika Optimization tips.

2. AdSense

The most popular form of advertising on blogs is AdSense (according to a few studies that I’ve seen). For tips on optimizing AdSense on your blog check out 8 part series - www.problogger.net.

3. Text Link Ads

While they have a ceiling in what they earn per site they are another good solid earner for me - particularly now that they’ve added feedvertising (RSS ads) which out performs any other type of RSS ad that I’ve tried. I’m hearing from many bloggers that TLA is their biggest earner now. It works best on sites that have been around for a while - you don’t need big traffic to be accepted - but having a page rank and some search engine presence helps.

4. Amazon Associates
The forth Quarter of each year tends to be a good one for me when it comes to commissions from Amazon. The last quarter is a time that people are in a buying mood in the lead up to Christmas - can bring great conversions. The key is picking relevant products to promote. Read more tips on affiliate programs for blogs for a few other tips on optimizing Amazon on www.problogger.net.

5. BlogAds

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/02/08/how-i-make-money-from-blogs-my-top-earners/

CFA Level 1 Alternative Investments

2008-01-31T19:56:00.000-08:00

I started posting material about alternative investments study sesssion in my blog

http://www.nrao-cfal1.blogspot.com/

It may take a fortnight to post the material for all the LOSs.

New Blog on CFA

2008-01-30T22:30:00.000-08:00

I started a new blog on CFA

http://www.nrao-cfal1.blogspot.com/

I want to post some material on various topics of the CFA syllabus. My blog on security analysis will also complement this blog

www.nrao-sapm-handbook.blogspot.com

My IIT JEE Material

2008-01-18T22:55:00.000-08:00

I am happy to find that my iit jee material is getting some appreciation and persons are including it in their blogs. Today I found one of posts in this blog being maintained by Nitu

http://iitjee-iit-jee.blogspot.com/2008/01/ch28-carboxylic-acid-core-points-for.html

My IIT Chemistry blog

www.iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com

I am currently posting core revision points for various chapters. working on the chapter on solutions now.

2008-01-01T01:38:00.000-08:00

comparison of the advertising rates on the three most popular blogs on earth.

TechCrunch.com - This Mecca of Web 2.0 generation generates over 2 million page views per month. Advertisers can rent prominent 125x125 banner space on Techcrunch for a fee of $10,000 per month which translates to a $5 CPM.

Lifehacker.com - The average CPM for image banners is $8 while a 7-day text link on Lifehacker is available for $100.

Lifehacker receives around 200,000 views per day so a month long banner campaign on Lifehacker could cost you $48k @ $8CPM.

BoingBoing.net - This directory of wonderful things handles close to half a million hits per day.
A 125x125 text ad on BoingBoing costs $350 for a week while rectangular banner ads are available at $20 CPM.

Portfolio Analysis

2007-12-13T20:36:00.000-08:00

My paper on portfolio analysis

PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: APPLICATION AND EVALUATION IN INDIAN STOCK MARKET

K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao*

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg3h8m78_2hqm5bkdf