Prof SS Mantha, acting Chairman of AICTE since August 2009 has now been appointed as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Mantha, an eminent academician and an administrator joined AICTE in March 2009 as a Vice Chairman.
He was at the forefront for bringing radical changes for transparency and accountability at AICTE. Mantha had taken over as the acting Chairman of AICTE in 2009, when the then chairman Ram Avtar Yadav was suspended by the Minister of HRD.
Mantha has taught Robotics for more than 15 years out of over 25 years of his academic career, along with courses in Control Theory and Artificial Intelligence. A Ph D in Combustion modeling from University of Mumbai, he also had several administrative assignments at the University of Mumbai. He was the Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering for six years at VJTI after which he was the Pro Vice Chancellor, SNDT Women’s University by the Government of Maharashtra which he served for two years with distinction. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the M S University, Baroda, and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai.
He was instrumental in setting up a state of art Robotics / CAD / CAM laboratory at VJTI, providing consultancy in the area of Industrial Automation to the Industries in Mumbai and Pune. He implemented the first e - governance project, automating the workflows, for the department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra in 1995 and provided the IT expertise for IT initiatives of its several departments. The Citizen Facilitation Centre, Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, an e – governance initiative that won many National and International awards was also completed with his expertise amongst others.
Mantha has more than 180 publications in National and International Journals and Conferences to his credit as also 12 Ph D students who have completed their Ph D under him. He has published a book titled “Objet Oriented Programming in C++ Published by Wiley India.
The Government of Maharashtra conferred the best teacher award of the State in 2002. He is also the recipient of INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom award for 2010 and the HR Nexus – the HR & Network, Leadership award in the field of Education, 2010. The e – governance project implemented in AICTE has also won the Silver Edge Award instituted by United Business Media and Information Week and the Good Governance National Technology Award, 2010 instituted by the Good Governance Magazine
The e- Governance development at AICTE is a complete web enabled application, where the entire process of receiving the applications to processing the same until an approval is given is on-line. This has greatly improved the transparency and accountability. The Portal also provides complete information along with video of more than 11500 institutions in the public domain. The Business intelligence reports generated provides for comprehensive statistics on technical education in the country. The development using Oracle-Siebel CRM is extremely robust and scalable providing for several features that aid the student and the teacher community.
Prof Mantha is currently working on the National Vocational Education Qualification frame work which would help in promoting skill based competency modules to be integrated into seven certification levels where a student can undergo skill based learning that enhances employability and employment opportunities and also allowing him/her the flexibility to pursue formal education or take up an appropriate job at the end of any level of certification.
The 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) will be held from 2-4 February, 2012 at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. The theme for this year’s DSDS is ‘Protecting The Global Commons: 20 Years Post Rio’
Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh will be inaugurating the summit on 2nd February 2012. Decision makers from governments, corporates, NGOs, multi / bilateral organizations, academia and research institutions will be attending the summit.
DSDS 2012 will be first important congregation of global leaders preceding Rio+20 Summit scheduled for June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The importance of the event is manifold as it marks the completion of two decades since the Earth Summit of 1992 where the real attempts to protect our natural endowments were conceptualized and set in motion. The sub-themes at the Summit will address varied strands of commons, which are resources, not owned by anyone but shared by a community. Prominent among these strands include biodiversity; forests & wildlife; oceans & coastal areas; water; and atmosphere.
Some of the key dignitaries who have confirmed their participation include Heads of States/Governments/Ministers/Corporates like: Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, H.E Ms Tarja Halonen, President, Finland, H.E. Mr James Alix Michel, President, Government of Seychelles, Heidi Hautala, Minister for International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister, Government of Assam,India, Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi, Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Mohamed Aslam, Minister of Housing and Environment, Republic of Maldives, Assunção Cristas, Minister for Agriculture, Maritime Affairs, Environment and Regional Planning, Portugal, Dr Yves Bolduc, Minister of Health, Quebec, Maurice Strong, Founder Chairman, Cosmos International Inc., China, Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank, London, UK, Yvo de Boer, Special Global Advisor, Climate Change and Sustainability, KPMG International, U.K., Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway and Member of the UN Secretary General's Global Sustainability Panel, Norway and Malik Amin Aslam, Former Minister of State (Environment), Pakistan.
The Nobel Laureates who will speak at the Summit are: Prof. Paul J Crutzen, Director Emeritus Max-Planck institute for Chemistry, Germany and Dr Elinor Ostrom, Professor, Indiana University, USA.
DSDS 2012 will be preceded by the World CEO Sustainability Summit, on 1 February, 2012. The event is co-organized by the TERI Business Council for Sustainable Development, India and, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva. The Summit will engage the renowned from the world of corporate and environmental policymakers to come up with possible methods of, ‘Doing Business, While Protecting the Global Commons’.
TERI at DSDS 2012 will decorate its eighth recipient with the Sustainable Development Leadership Award. Instituted in 2005, the Award felicitates leaders in the field of sustainable development, whose past recipients include the Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh. To align the global with the local, DSDS 2012 will also reach out to stakeholders at the sub-national level through a series of State Level Sustainable Development Summits in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu where sessions on sub-themes of ‘biodiversity’ and ‘water’ will engage the regional populace.
The 12th Edition of DSDS allows for the enthusiasm of the young to mesh well with the wisdom of the learned. The YUVA (Youth Unites for Voluntary Action) Meet at DSDS 2012 will bring together the brightest young minds from across international and national borders to spin webs exchanging knowledge about the best means to be adopted in preserving the ‘global commons’. The YUVA Meet 2012 under the theme of ‘Conserving Global Commons: Transforming Knowledge into Action’ aims at engaging the youth, recognizing the fact that all articulation in the discourse on preserving the environment stands to benefit from the acceptance and action of the young.
Nepal Industry Minister Anil Jha met his Indian counterpart Anand Sharma and assured quick resolution of issues pertaining to Indian investment in Nepal. Jha in his meeting with Sharma singled out Karnali and Arun power projects for fast-track clearances.
Anand Sharma said that “this move on the part of Nepal will send a very positive signal for deepening of economic relations and boosting investor confidence.” Indian firms are the biggest investors in Nepal accounting for about 47.5% of total approved foreign direct investments. There are about 150 operating Indian ventures in Nepal engaged in manufacturing, services (banking, insurance, dry port, education and telecom), power sector and tourism industries. Indian joint ventures in Nepal have contributed significantly to increase in Nepal’s exports to India. They also provide direct employment to around 30,000 Nepali citizens and indirect employment to more than twice that number. As per extant FDI policy there is no restriction for inflows of FDI from Nepal. Both Governments have signed the text of bilateral investment protection and promotion agreement. Sharma assured of continued special relationship with Nepal.
The Nepalese Minister asked for better concessions for the jute products from Nepal and made a strong pitch for further concessions for Nepal imports and more investments from India. The bilateral trade between the two countries has increased from US$ 1985 mn in 2009-10 to around US$ 2700 in 2010-11 registering an increase of around 36%. Exports from Nepal to India have also grown from US$ 452mn in 2009-10 to US$ 476mn in 2010-11 (an increase of around 5.3%).
The growing mutual cooperation in the development of the hydropower potential of Nepal confirms the special relationship between India and Nepal. India would like to accelerate such cooperation which would usher in a new era of prosperity for citizens of Nepal. It is estimated that sale of electricity from the 40,000 MW hydropower potential of Nepal can generate revenues of more than 10 billion US$ per annum. Nepal could also attract a lot of investment in manufacturing/services sector by overcoming its present power shortage.
Bihar Tourism Roadshow was inaugurated today at the Shangri La Hotel in Delhi today. The programme will conclude tomorrow.
There was presentation of film on various circuits of Bihar followed by powerpoint presentation on Bihar's tourism potential by Bihar tourism. In the interaction withmedia, the details of the tourist sites and facilities were also discussed.
The event was open for the travel agents and general visitors who were seen busy discussing the tourism spots and giving their frank feedback.
The travel agent meet was held in the evening was addressed by Navin Kumar, DGM, Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation. He unveiled the ambitious plans of the state government that included airport at Rajgir and star hotels at Patna, Rajgir-Nalanda and, Bodhgaya. The session was moderated by Rohit Hangal of Sphere Travelmedia.
In the question and answer session Rajat Sawhney, General Secretary, Association of Domestic Tour Operators wanted to know more about the enhancement of infrastructure and eating joints between Varanasi and Bodhgaya. The event was organised by Sphere Travelmedia & Exhibitions. The folk songs of Bihar were highly appreciated.
Mr KL Meena, Secretary, Information & Public Relations Department, Rajasthan with our Editor, Ajit Kumar after successfull media management, coverage and communications of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2012.
At the PBD 2012, the Conclave on Gender dwelt at many issues related to women and the girl child.
S Priyadarsan, Indian Film Director, Sarita Boodhoo, Assistant Secretary, GOPIO Mauritius
Bina Kak, Minister for Tourism, Art & Culture, Government of Rajasthan, Khalid Hameed, , CEO London International Hospital, Dr Girija Vyas, Member of Parliament, Dr Nandini Tondon, Venture Capitalist & Mamta Sharma, Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (left to right).
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Prof SS Mantha, currently acting Chairman appointed as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education
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12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit from 2-4 February, 2012 at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi
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Nepal to Fast Track Karnali and Arun Projects: Anil Jha, Industry Minister, Nepal
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Bihar Tourism Roadshow inaugurated today at Delhi's Shangri La Hotel
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Mr KL Meena, Secretary, Information & Public Relations Department, Rajasthan with our Editor, Ajit Kumar
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PBD 2012: Conclave on Gender has Minister Bina Kak & Priyadarsan, Indian Film Director
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