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Founder Secretarys Message:

Time has now come to realize your dream to be in the main stream of your professional career and must be a great feeling to be a part of most prestigious Pune University which has a history of more than 150 years. In recent years degree in the technical education like Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA and PGDBM has become the foremost academic qualification for all leading industries. Government and Non Government sectors. Academicians and industrialists alike have recognized the value of the degree in developing challenges of the rapidly changing business environment.

One of the strength of our campus is the diversity of programs and members background and experiences. The range of functional, professional and vocational skills and knowledge that participants bring to the program allow the lecturing faculty to test the validity of theoretical concept against of rich background of personal and organizational outlooks. The Campus environment and work culture will encourage individuals from all walks of life and from all special and economic backgrounds. To be Engineers, Pharmacist, Managers and other technically based professionals, can all benefit from the experience at this beautiful campus. Indeed the campus at SES is rooted in the belief that the wider the range of students background and experiences the more it aids the learning process. In the past you must have conquered many exams and various tests but now you are in your final frontier and I wish you all for all the success and all your dreams to come true.

SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY NOT A DESTINATION Ensure That You Are In The Right Direction, Instead Of Just At The Right Speed.
Prof T. J. Sawant

Founder Secretary

Principals Desk
Let us think of education as a means of developing our

greatest ability, because in each of us, there is a private hope and dream which if fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of our society and nation.

Nothing can surmount the feeling of satisfaction that I am getting while witnessing dreams being translated into reality. The dream to provide one of the best institutes of technology for students is being realized with the development of Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering year after year. The institute in a very short span of time has managed to carve a name in the list of the most reputed institutes of Central India . Each new session comes with its own sets of achievement. We have taken the onus to equip ourselves with the skills and tools required to survive in this world of fierce competition.

With great deal of pride and satisfaction I welcome the future generation of Engineers and Technologist to Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology , and I assure you that the institute will provide you the apt launching pad to fly high motivated by great leadership and inspiring faculty members.

Dr. D.S.Bormane Principal,RSCOE

HOD Desk
Today we find that information technology has become overwhelmingly pervasive, while its parent, computing science, has become correspondingly hard to find. While many CS educational institutions have shifted focus from core CS and become specialty providers for the IT industry, or else please permit me to say these mass producers of vocationally trained personnel, a few institutions continue to emphasis the pristine science underlying the diverse aspects of computing. This is the single most important attribute of the education offered here. Our department has remained true to the vision on which it was founded.

There are several ways to present the canonical core of computer science. Over the years we have developed a distinct style and method that bridges the theory practice divide while remaining grounded in the core. Technology changes rapidly, especially in the field of computing, whereas the science, if it changes at all, does so much more gradually. Our understanding is that persons who are clear and thorough about the fundamentals can adapt to rapid changes in technology relatively easily. We want the education imparted to our students to be the basis of a life time of learning. Our Department has produced hundreds of professionals and has established a name for itself in the country and abroad. They have consistently excelled in the highly competitive industrial environment, Best Employer/ awards in top-ranking companies. I attribute this success to the winning combination of a dedicated faculty that works hard at imparting quality education, a well-planned syllabus and last but not least, our students.

Learning is a continuous process and does not end with the acquisition of a degree, especially because steady and rapid advances in computing technologies shorten the life of tools and techniques prevalent today. Therefore we do not aim to make our students walking manuals of any language or package. Instead, they are given a strong foundation in computer science and problem-solving techniques, and are made adaptable to changes. We believe that this approach to teaching-learning, coupled with practical experience gained during Industrial Training in reputed organizations, equips our students to handle the challenges posed by the software industry. I am confident that you will find our students worthy of your organization. Prof S.V.Kedar H.O.D I.T.

/*****to be added******/ Prof G.S.Mate Editor

No one will manufacture a lock without a key. Similarly the God does not give problems without solutions. Only we should have patience and courage to find them.

Department Information
Department of Information Technology was established in the year 2002.Wo do have the current intake capacity of 60 students. In this academic year i.e. year 2009-10 our total strength is of 223 students. Our

department is featured with the Internet lab which is well equipped by the RF Line with the speed of 2 Mbps. Students can access the Internet for 24 hours. The departmental Library has more than 250 titles and IEEE journals. We have opened the ISTE Student and Staff Chapter, as well as the CSI chapter for students. For the purpose of the overall development of the students we are organizing the technical, nontechnical and social activities at the state and national level. We are developing the Industry ready engineers and also keeping the timely interaction between the Industries and the institute. We are also organizing the Industrial Visits for the students. Our department is having four Assistant Professors and ten Lecturers. Most of the staff members have completed their post graduation. Most of the staff members are involved in publishing books in the fields of their interest and specialization.

Faculty Details Sr.No. Faculty Details

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Paper Published at Conference: Prof. S. V. Kedar 14 3International 8 - National Books Published: 5

Paper Published at Conference: Prof. A. N. Banubakode 11 3International 5- National

Prof. G. S. Mate

11

Paper Published at

Conference: 1International 8 - National Books Published: 2

Paper Published at Conference: Prof. A. J. Jadhav 11 2International 4- National Books Published:01

5
7 Prof. Nihar Ranjan

Paper Published at Conference: 4- National Books Published:01

6
8 Prof.M. A. Ansari

Paper Published at Conference: 4- National Books Published:03

Prof. D. T. Mane

Paper Published at Conference: 1International 2International

Journal 2 - National Books Published:02

Paper Published at Conference: 6 Prof. A. R. Zade 5International 2International Journal Books Published 01

Paper Published at Conference: 10 Prof. D. H. Patil 2International 2- National Books Published:01

10

Paper Published at Conference: Prof. S. V. Kolekar 6 1 - National Books Published:01

11

Prof. M. Shaikh

Paper Published at Conference: 5 1International Books

Published : 01

12
6 Prof. M. P. Deshmukh

Paper Published at Conference: 1- National

13
9 Prof. A. S. More

Paper Published at Conference: 1 - National

14
4 Prof. N. V. Kimmatkar

Paper Published at Conference: 2 - National Books Published:01

15
3 Prof. V. V. Dakhode

Paper Published at Conference: 1- National Books Published:02

16
Prof. D.T. Salunkhe 4

Paper Published at Conference: Books Published:02

Department Result
Toppers

SE IT Name of the Student Percentage of Passing .

Rank

1 2 3 4 5

Bhawsar Rakesh Potbhare Amol Gayatri Nagare Thorve Akshay Rathi Aswini

73.00% 71.60% 67.73% 65.73% 65.60%

TE IT Name of the Student Sumit Sudam Sayali Gaikwad Namdev Waghmare Vadhawar Gauri Abhijit Dilip D. Percentage of Passing 71.34% 69.74% 67.87% 67.74% 67.20%

Rank 1 2 3 4 5

BEIT Name of the Student Sweta Karkhanis Ruhi Gupta Chetan Patil Kunal Mahajan Satyavijay Shelake Percentage of Passing . 72.14% 72.14% 71.46% 70.26% 69.2%

Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Students Achievements BE IT
Pratik Shelar of B.E.I.T. has performed in a Hindi Commercial film Humne Jeena Seekh

Liya.
Pratik Shelar of B.E.I.T. is performing in one commercial Marathi play Cotton Bridge at

Balgandharv.
Shekhar menon of B.E.I.T. Selected in National Level Basketball Team. Rohan Raut & Dattprasad Patil BEIT secured Third position all over India in Widget

Design Competition organized by KPIT Commins. .

Vinit Goyal and Shaikh Eherar of B.E.I.T. won First Prize in C/C++ Programming Contest

Organized by Pune University.

TE IT
Meghana, Rujuta & Bhavana of TEIT won 1st Prize in Zanpark event at Zensar Company. Mahesh Takale, Bhavana and Group won 2nd Prize in Presentation Competition event at

Zensar Company.

SE IT
Vipul Oswal of S.E.I.T won 13 Prizes in Drawing Competition at different colleges. S.E.I.T Students won Third Prize in Firodiya Inter College Event.

Luck is not in your hands. But work is in your hands. Your works can make your luck but luck can not take your works. So always trust yourself.

***Special Achievements***

College level Basket Ball Team

Robotics (Drag War) @ Innovision 09 1st Prize Harsh Malewar

2ndRunner up for band competition at Harsh Malewar

Youthopia 2009.

Department Activities
Sr. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14 Seminar on Opportunities in Mobile Side Computing Seminar on Virus Brain Mapping Seminar on Object Oriented Concepts Social Activity Tree Plantation Seminar on Java Design Pattern Workshop on Lunix Administration Seminar on Soft Skillfor IT Students Guest Lecture on DBMS Seminar on Ethical Hacking Workshop on 2D & 3D Animation Social Activity Tree Nutrition Soicial Activity Free HB Checking Camp Seminar on SoftSkill Technical Event Innovision10 18/7/09 31/7/09 1/8/09 30/7/09 29/8/09 19/9/09 22/9/09 23/9/09 29/9/09 04/10/09 20/1/10 6/2/10 21/2/10 22/3/10 & 23/3/10 Nature of Activity Date

1.C,C++Completation 2.Apptitude Cracker 3.Gaming(CS,NFS Sudoko,Box Cricket) 15 16. 17 18. 19. 20. 21 22. Seminar on GCC One Day Workshop on Internet Networking CSI Student Chapter Inauguration Seminar onNetwork Time Protocol Seminar on Information Security Management System Parent Teacher Meet Seminar on Student Problems & Remedies 28/3/10 10/1/10 11/2/10 11/2/10 11/2/10 20/3/10 20/3/10

Interactive Session between BE placed students and TEIT 2/4/10 Students

23 24

One Day Workshop on Basics of Computer Networking Seminar on Stress Management

09/4/10 13/4/10

Mega Events Organized by Department

TECHNOTONIC' 07 : Successfully organized a National Level Technical Event for

students which contained events like C/C++ Programming, Paper Presentation, Computer Gaming, Quiz, Project Designing.
ETEM-08: Two days National level Conference on Emerging trends in engineering and

Management for staff and PG students and Industry person was organized on 3-4th Mar 2008.
Innovision-2009: Website Design Competition, C, C++ Competition, Computer Gaming

etc events were organized by IT dept under Innovision 08 on 18- 19th Feb 2009.
Gandharva-10 and Sports Week: Actively participated in college level cultural event was

organized on 2/03/10 to 9/03/10.

****Technical Articles****

What is Global Warming

Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its related effects. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about 0.8 C(1.4 F) with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and scientists are more than 90% certain most of it is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuel. These findings are recognized by the national science academies of all the major industrialized countries.

The main cause of global warming

It took more than 20 years to broadly accept that mankind is causing global warming with the emission of greenhouse gases. The drastic increase in the emission of CO2 (carbon dioxide) within the last 30 years caused by burning fossil fuels has been identified as the major reason for the change of temperature in the atmosphere
More than 80% of the world-wide energy demand is currently supplied by the fossil fuels coal, oil or gas. It will be impossible to find alternative sources, which could

replace fossil fuels in the short or medium term. The energy demand is simply too high. Another issue is the non-renewable characteristic of fossil fuels: It took nature millions of years to generate these resources, however we will have used them up within the next decades. Alone the shrinking supply will not make it possible to continue as usual for a longer time. What Causes the Greenhouse Effect? Life on earth depends on energy from the sun. About 30 percent of the sunlight that beams toward Earth is deflected by the outer atmosphere and scattered back into space. The rest reaches the planet's surface and is reflected upward again as a type of slow-moving energy called infrared radiation. The heat caused by infrared radiation is absorbed by "greenhouse gases" such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone and methane, which slows its escape from the atmosphere. Although greenhouse gases make up only about 1 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, they regulate our climate by trapping heat and holding it in a kind of warm-air blanket that surrounds the planet. This phenomenon is what scientists call the "greenhouse effect."

GLOBAL WARMING AWARENESS

Global Warming Skeptics - Skeptics of global warming think that global warming is not an ecological trouble. Global Warming Facts 8 Facts about Global Warming Causes of Global Warming - The Green house gases are the main culprits of the global warming. The green house gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are playing hazards in the

present times. Green House Gasses are the ingredients of the atmosphere that add to the greenhouse effect. Al Gore Global Warming Initiative - Gore has written a book that archives his advice that Earth is dashing toward an immensely warmer future.

The average facade temperature of the globe has augmented more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900 and the speed of warming has been almost three folds the century long average since 1970. This increase in earths average temperature is called Global warming. More or less all specialists studying the climate record of the earth have the same opinion now that human actions, mainly the discharge of green house gases from smokestacks, vehicles, and burning forests, are perhaps the leading power driving the fashion.

The gases append to the planet's normal greenhouse effect, permitting sunlight in, but stopping some of the ensuing heat from radiating back to space. Based on the study on past climate shifts, notes of current situations, and computer simulations, many climate scientists say that lacking of big curbs in greenhouse gas discharges, the 21st century might see temperatures rise of about 3 to 8 degrees, climate patterns piercingly shift, ice sheets contract and seas rise several feet. With the probable exemption of one more world war, a huge asteroid, or a fatal plague, global warming may be the only most danger to our planet earth. BY-Mrunal Patil SE IT

K-12 Technology Trends for 2010

With technology evolving at the speed of light, and everyone looking to benefit from the latest, greatest hardware and software, keeping up can be challenging for educators, administrators, and school districts themselves. To help, The article spoke with a handful of technology experts and came up with a short list of top tech trends you'll want to watch in the new year. Here they are: 1. E-Books Will Continue to Proliferate:

E-Book readers aren't going to replace traditional math and English textbooks anytime soon, but J. Gerry Purdy, chief analyst, mobile and wireless, for business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan in Atlanta, said the devices will gain traction in the K-12 arena this year.

"The eBook phenomenon is gaining ground in the consumer space, where people are using them to read both fiction and non-fiction," said Purdy. "The way the stars are aligned, it won't be long before someone adapts eBooks out of the consumer space and makes textbooks available on these portable devices."

While eBooks would literally lessen the load that students have to carry around with them in backpacks all day, Purdy said, the devices aren't "quite there yet" when it comes to color, graphics, and symbols. "The eBook readers are mostly black-and-white right now," he added, "but when the technology advances to the point where color and animation can be integrated, it will become much more viable for the textbook market."

2. Net book Functionality Will Grow:

One-to-one computer initiatives are proliferating throughout United States schools and are expected to become even more popular in 2010 as netbooks become even more affordable. Priced at $200 to $300, these small, inexpensive computers are helping to bridge the technology divide that exists at those schools where individual students don't have access to their own laptops.

Net books, Purdy said, are opening the door for students to tap the Web as a learning tool, along with general computing--which will eliminate the need for multiple devices (one for computing, another for Web browsing, and so forth) by students, said Purdy, and will help streamline technology initiatives at the district level. "I know that if were administration, I wouldn't want to issue two to three devices to each student," he said. "I'd want one device that would fulfill multiple needs."

3. More Teachers Will Use Interactive Whiteboards:

Large, interactive display systems that allow teachers and students to work together in ways that traditional blackboards could not are gaining ground in the K-12 environment. Expect the trend to continue this year, said Sheryl Abshire, chief technology officer for Calcasieu Parish Public Schools in Lake Charles, LA.

"These tools have been around for a while, but the educational landscape wasn't ready to use them 10 years ago," said Abshire. Abshire said she credits federal economic stimulus funds for helping to advance the use of whiteboards, many of which are just now being installed and used in the nation's K-12 schools. "We're seeing a big resurgence in their use, and I expect that to continue in 2010," she said. "The buzzword for the 21st century is 'engaged learning,' and the whiteboards will serve as a catalyst for getting students out of their seats and up to the board to learn."

4. Personal Devices Will Infiltrate the Classroom

Sometimes barred from the classroom owing to perceptions of security risks and student "distractions," smart phones and iPods are now making their way into the K-12 space, and with teachers' and administrators' blessings. "We're definitely on the cusp of seeing more of these personal devices in the classroom," Abshire predicted.

The fact that most smart phones come with wireless capabilities and larger screens makes them particularly relevant in the K-12 space, where "after the stimulus money runs out, we're going to be in trouble in terms of federal money for technology," said Abshire. "The next logical step is for the devices to come into school."

Purdy concurred and said the fact that some students are getting their own wireless devices by second or third grade will accelerate the trend. "We used to think this was a 'teen' phenomenon," said Purdy. "But its now culturally acceptable for someone as young as seven or eight years old to have a cell phone. It won't be long before every student will have access to one or more wireless, portable devices in the classroom."

5. Technology Will Enable Tailored Curricula: On educators' and administrators' wish lists right now is an easier, tech-based way to assess, record and track individual student performance in the classroom. David Stienes, principal with private equity fund LLR Partners in Philadelphia, said those wishes could come true this year, courtesy of several emerging companies that are working on new student assessment tools. Once ready for prime time, the programs will allow teachers to track a child's progression through the K-12 years on a weekly basis to ensure that "things are going according to plan," said Stienes. The programs will also integrate benchmarking data for measuring a student's progress against other children, thus paving the way for more individualized, customized curriculum options. "Historically, schools have given specialized attention to students who 'fall out of the system,' but not when it comes to applying individual curriculum to a broader population," said Stienes. "Look for technology to change that in the near future."

By Bhagyashree Pachkor SE IT

Software Factory for Wireless Sensor Networks

The vast majority of publications in the field of WSNs refer to environmental or habitat monitoring as the typical application for WSNs. You could expect that WSNs are already widely used in field research because they are often advertised with high sensing accuracy, long runtimes, and easy deployment. However, this is still not the case.

Figure 1: A conceptual example of a simple data flow Research in the area of WSNs has previously focused on hardware design, self-organization, various routing algorithms, or energy saving patterns. This trend is already changing but the available tools typically target experienced software developers and not researchers from outside the computer science field. As of today, domain experts such as environmental scientists need extensive support from hardware and software engineers during planning, deploying and management of WSNs. This makes a wide adoption of WSNs in real-world scenarios difficult and, in combination with poor tool support, makes such adoption slow and error prone. We have designed and developed a Software Factory to address this gap. Software Factories are modeldriven development environments. Our solution is based on a data centric programming model where data flows are used to describe how data should be processed (e.g. Figure 1). We will refer to our Software Factory as Flow. We prototyped Flow for the resource constrained ScatterWeb WSN platform MSB-430 [3] with 55kB flash memory and 5kB RAM. The prototype is available fordownload and evaluation [4]. THE SOFTWARE FACTORY IN BRIEF

Flow provides a visual editor for modeling of applications for WSNs and a native code generator. Flow focuses on the visual representation and execution of data flows at a very high abstraction level (e.g. Figure 2). It is not a visual programming language for describing program control flow in such scenarios the textual representation is very often easier to be written and understood.

Figure 2: Simplified data flow handling detection of a RFID tag Our Software Factory does not leverage a Virtual Machine. With this approach, we expect to achieve higher execution performance. The use of native C applicationcode has an important advantage: it makes the implementation of drivers for Flow less time-consuming and allows easy integration of specialized C code blocks to handle advanced cases. Domain experts use the provided visual Domain-Specific Language (DSL) to define data flows and thus specify the behavior of nodes in the network. The modeled data flows are validated at design time and the user is provided with visual feedback. After successful validation, application code is generated. With Flow, domain experts no longer need to develop or maintain native C application code. The WSN was used to monitor the behavior of Manx Shearwaters, a burrow nesting seabird. We recorded birds' activity around entrances to the burrows as well as the

identity of tagged individuals. In addition, we collected high resolution environmental data about the temperature and humidity inside and outside the burrows. In March 2008 an updated version of the system was deployed.

Figure 3: Sensor Node deployed on Skomer Island in 2008

During the deployments we observed that our expertise in software development for embedded systems was required in every phase of the project. The research goals shifted often and we had to update the deployed applications each time. High complexity of required changes prevented domain experts from modifying the application code themselves. The dependency on us was a big disadvantage it resulted not only in delays but also distracted scholars in their research. We use the Skomer Island scenario in our research to investigate how high levels of programming abstraction can be used in order to make WSNs more attractive as a tool in areas outside the computer science field.

Latest Technology Trends:

The results of the second annual global study on the quality of broadband connections done at end of 2009 reveal that 62 out of the 66 countries analyzed had improved the quality of consumer broadband services since last year. However, new data from the study highlights the extent of the digital quality divide between urban and rural areas and, for the first time, compares the quality of fixed and mobile broadband services. The first groundbreaking Broadband Quality Study was published in September 2008 to highlight each countrys ability to benefit from next-generation web applications and services. The research team found that broadband quality is linked to a nations advancement as a knowledge economy and countries with broadband on their national agenda had the highest broadband quality. This years report covers an additional 24 countries and includes new analysis on broadband quality in more than 240 cities. Highlights / Key Facts:

Overall average broadband quality increased across the globe:

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Global average download throughput increased by 49% to 4.75 Megabits per second (Mbps)

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Global average upload throughput increased by 69% to 1.3 Mbps Global average latency decreased by 21% to 170 milliseconds

South Korea tops the 2009 Broadband Leadership table.

Broadband Penetration (% of households) Broadband Quality Score 2009

Broadband Leadership 2009 1 South Korea 97% 66 139 2 Japan 64% 64 115 3 Hong Kong 99% 33 111 4 Sweden 69% 57 110 5 Switzerland 90% 40 108

6 Netherlands 83% 46 108 7 Singapore 96% 32 107 8 Luxembourg 99% 27 107 9 Denmark 82% 45 106 10 Norway 84% 38 102

South Korea rose just above last years broadband quality leader Japan with a 72% improvement in its Broadband Quality Score (BQS). This improvement has been driven by continuous efforts by the government to strengthen the countrys position as one of the worlds ICT leaders. Combined with higher broadband penetration, South Korea rises above Japan in the global Broadband Leadership rankings.

Japan stands out as having the cities with the highest BQS in the world, with Yokohama and Nagoya leading the BQS rankings and Sapporo not far behind.

Sweden has the highest quality broadband internet in Europe. It is rapidly catching up with Japan and South Korea as its BQS improves 38% from 2008. Sweden is the most successful country in closing the broadband quality gap with residents outside the most populated cities enjoying better quality than those in the cities.

Lithuania, Bulgaria and Latvia come just behind Sweden in quality boosted by recent citybased fibre rollouts and cable improvements but low broadband penetration means these countries have yet to break into the broadband leaders category.

39 countries have a BQS above the threshold required to deliver a consistent quality of experience for the most common web applications today, such as social networking, streaming low-definition video, web communications and sharing small files such as photos and music.

Nine countries, South Korea, Japan, Sweden, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia, The Netherlands, Denmark and Romania, were found to have the broadband quality required for future web applications, such as high definition Internet TV viewing and high-quality video communications (such as home telepresence) that will become mainstream in the next 3 to 5 years. In 2008, only Japan exceeded this threshold.

The research compares countries according to their stage of economic development :

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Amongst the developed, innovation-driven economies, South Korea achieved the greatest improvement in broadband quality over the past year with a 73% increase in BQS. Sweden, the USA and the Czech Republic also saw significant above average improvements.

Amongst efficiency-driven economies, Bulgaria topped the most improved list with a 57% increase in BQS from 2009. Lithuania, Romania and Latvia also achieved above average improvements.

Amongst factor-driven economies, Kenya actually trebled its BQS but the overall score for Kenya remains well below the threshold required for todays applications. Vietnam and Qatar followed Kenya as having made the most progress in broadband quality for countries in this stage of economic development.

The cities with the highest BQS of all the countries in the study were: BQS 85 82 79 72 68 67 65 60 57 56 Next 10 Cities Rotterdam, The Netherlands Riga, Latvia Copenhagen, Denmark Bucharest, Romania Stockholm, Sweden Vilnius, Lithuania Zurich, Switzerland Tokyo, Japan Goteborg, Sweden Kosice, Slovakia BQS 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 49 49 48

Top 10 Cities Yokohama, Japan Nagoya, Japan Kaunas, Lithuania Sapporo, Japan Seoul, South Korea Malmo, Sweden Osaka, Japan Wuhan, China Uppsala, Sweden Sofia, Bulgaria

The research team compared the difference between the BQS in the most populated cities with the BQS in the rest of the country. Although a digital quality divide was found in the majority of countries, 13 countries showed significant differences in BQS between its major cities and the rest of the country. Lithuania, Russia and Latvia had the biggest digital quality divide, while rural residents in Sweden, United Arab Emirates and Iceland enjoyed similar, if not slightly higher quality broadband services than their city counterparts.

The country with the highest broadband quality outside of its major cities was Japan, followed by Korea and Sweden.

The study also included data on the quality of mobile broadband services for the first time. On average, mobile devices connecting to WiFi services meet the broadband quality threshold required for todays mobile Internet applications. The average BQS of 3G and 3G+ technologies do not currently meet the threshold due to low upload throughput. By Vrushali Balasaheb Nikam SE-IT.

Indira Gandhi : A Woman of India

Indian history witness to only one female Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi. She was the third Prime Minister of India and the daughter of the first - Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru. Her charm, intelligence and charisma made her a powerful statesperson, much loved and admired by her people. A Politically Charged Childhood

Born on 19th November 1917, in Allahabad, she was greatly loved by her parents and her grandfather Motilal Nehru, who was a famous lawyer, and a public figure in his own right. Her father had joined the freedom struggle, so little Indira, or Priyadarshani as she was lovingly called, was exposed to politics from the age of 3 or 4 years. Her house was the centre of political activity, as all the important leaders stayed there on visiting Allahabad. Mahatma Gandhi was a frequent visitor to her father's residence and she was greatly affected by his thinking. A visit to the Sabarmati Ashram left an indelible mark on her psyche and she was impressed by the simple, hard life and patriotic feelings that she witnessed there. She passed her Metric from Pune University and was then sent on to Shantiniketan, formed by Rabindranath Tagore. Here she was made to lead a strict highly disciplined life. From here she went on to study in Switzerland and then to Oxford University in London. Her Father's Daughter After her return to India she married Feroze Gandhi, in March 1941 much against the wishes of the conservative Hindu community, as he was a Parsee. But Nehru was on her side. When Indira's father was in jail he used to write beautiful, long letters to her about his patriotic feelings and the current political situation. This led her to understand the intricacies of the nation, better than the most. In 1942, she joined the 'Quit India' Movement along with her husband and was arrested and jailed. After India gained freedom, Pandit Nehru was elected Prime Minister. After his death in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri took over. And then in 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected leader of the Congress. Her Tenure As Prime Minister Indira will be remembered for her commendable efforts in the development and progress of science, space exploration, irrigation, as well as policies like the nationalisation of banks and the 20-point programme. But on the other hand, the enormity of the problems she faced was the cause of much heartache. There were problems in Assam, Punjab as well as East Bengal. And in 1971, Pakistan attacked India and forced another smaller partition - the creation of Bangladesh. On June 26th, 1975, Mrs. Gandhi declared an emergency, due to the turbulent political situation in the country at that time. Janta Party leaders like J.P. Narayan were arrested and jailed. But Mrs. Gandhi lost out to them in the next election in 1977 and was re-elected to power in 1980. Later, in Punjab there was a demand for a separate state of Khalistan, and the Sardarji's were up in arms.

But their demands were not met and this was the cause of her ultimate assassination. The End On Wednesday, October 31, 1984, when Indira Gandhi was proceeding to her office, she was gunned down by her own bodyguards. This day has gone down in History as national Unity Day, as a tribute to the memory of a Great lady, leader and statesperson. Prof A.J.Jadhav A.P.

Research Methodology
Research can be defined as the scientific

search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method. The primary purpose for basic research (as opposed to applied research) is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe. Scientific research relies on the application of the scientific method, a harnessing of curiosity. This research provides scientific information and theories for the explanation of the nature and the properties of the world around us. It makes

practical applications possible. Scientific research is funded by public authorities, by charitable organizations and by private groups, including many companies. Scientific research can be subdivided into different classifications according to their academic and application disciplines. Artistic research, also seen as 'practice-based research', can take form when creative works are considered both the research and the object of research itself. It is the debatable body of thought which offers an alternative to purely scientific methods in research in its search for knowledge and truth. Historical research is embodied in the historical method. Historians use primary sources and other evidence to systematically investigate a topic, and then to write histories in the form of accounts of the past. The phrase my research is also used loosely to describe a person's entire collection of information about a particular subject.

Steps in conducting research

The major steps in conducting research are:[4]

Identification of research problem Literature review Specifying the purpose of research Data collection Analyzing and interpreting the data Reporting and evaluating research

The steps generally represent the overall process, however they should be viewed as an everchanging process rather than a fixed set of steps [5]. Most research begin with a general statement of the problem, or rather, the purpose for engaging in the study
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. The literature review identifies

flaws or holes in previous research which provides justification for the study. The purpose of the research identifies a specific hypothesis. The researcher(s) collects data to test the hypothesis. The

researcher(s) then analyzes and interprets the data via a variety of statistical methods, engaging in what is known as Empirical research. The results of the data analysis in confirming or failing to reject the Null hypothesis are then reported and evaluated. At the end the researcher may discuss avenues for further research. Generally, research is understood to follow a certain structural process. Though step order may vary depending on the subject matter and researcher, the following steps are usually part of most formal research, both basic and applied:
1. Observations and Formation of the topic: Consist of the subject area of ones interest and

following that subject area to conduct subject related research. The subject area should not be randomly chosen since it requires reading a vast amount of literature on the topic to determine the gap in the literature the researcher intends to narrow. A keen interest in the chosen subject area is advisable. The research will have to be justified by linking its importance to already existing knowledge about the topic.
2. Hypothesis: A testable prediction which designates the relationship between two or more

variables.
3. Conceptual definition: Description of a concept by relating it to other concepts. 4. Operational definition: Details in regards to defining the variables and how they will be

measured/assessed in the study.

5. Gathering of data: Consists of identifying a population and selecting samples, gathering

information from and/or about these samples by using specific research instruments. The instruments used for data collection must be valid and reliable.
6. Analysis of data: Involves breaking down the individual pieces of data in order to draw

conclusions about it.

7. Data Interpretation: This can be represented through tables, figures and pictures, and then

described in words.
8. Test, revising of hypothesis 9. Conclusion, reiteration if necessary

Research methods

The goal of the research process is to produce new knowledge, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. This process takes three main forms Exploratory research, which structures and identifies new problems

Constructive research, which develops solutions to a problem Empirical research, which tests the feasibility of a solution using empirical evidenc Research can also fall into two distinct types: Primary research Original findings Secondary research Summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research In social sciences and later in other disciplines, the following two research methods can be applied, depending on the properties of the subject matter and on the objective of the research:

Qualitative research Understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. Asking a broad question and collecting word-type data that is analyzed searching for themes. This type of research looks to describe a population without attempting to quantifiably measure variables or look to potential relationships between variables. It is viewed as more restrictive in testing hypotheses because it is extremely expensive and time consuming, and typically limited to a single set of research subjects. Qualitative research is often used as a method of exploratory research as a basis for later quantitative research hypotheses.

Quantitative research Systematic empirical investigation of quantitative properties and phenomena and their relationships. Asking a narrow question and collecting numerical data to analyze utilizing statistical methods. The quantitative research designs are experimental, correlational, and survey (or descriptive).[9] Statistics derived from quantitative research can be used to establish the existence of associative or causal relationships between variables.

The Quantitative data collection methods, rely on random sampling and structured data collection instruments that fit diverse experiences into predetermined response categories. They produce results that are easy to summarize, compare, and generalize.Quantitative

research is concerned with testing hypotheses derived from theory and/or being able to estimate the size of a phenomenon of interest. Depending on the research question, participants may be randomly assigned to different treatments. If this is not feasible, the researcher may collect data on participant and situational characteristics in order to statistically control for their influence on the dependent, or outcome, variable. If the intent is to generalize from the research participants to a larger population, the researcher will employ probability sampling to select participants.[10]

Research is often conducted using the hourglass model structure of research.[11] The hourglass model starts with a broad spectrum for research, focusing in on the required information through the methodology of the project (like the neck of the hourglass), then expands the research in the form of discussion and results. .Prof A.N.Banobakode ..A.P.I.T. Dept

E-learning in India: The electronic way to learning

INDIA IS embracing e-learning in a big way. India has learned lessons from the success of the e-way in the West and today the grim educational picture is being replaced by e-governances-classroom, e-tutorials. It is a matter of pride for the country in general and agencies in particular for the popularization of the mission mode programmes on e-governance. The major advantage of e-learning is that it is self-paced and learning is done at the learners pace. The content can be repeated until the trainee understands it. E learning is interactive too. With the growth of e-learning, more and more pupils will opt for it, as there would be no worry that the maths teacher will beat them for a sum gone wrong. Also, there will also be no fear of coming late to class and then standing outside the classroom waiting for permission to enter.

More and more working professionals would be interested in learning the e-way because of flexibility that e-learning offers. E-learning will soon become a great tool to

enhance qualifications and getting promotions in the job market. So, to sum up, the future of e-learning is bright.

However, one of the problems with e-learning in India is the lack of course content, especially outside the mainstream focus areas of IT education, English-language content and tutorial-like courses. There will be high demand for people who can develop multi-lingual courseware that addresses various topics. Statistics reveal that one of the top 10 positions among Global 1000 companies of the future will be that of an online learning designer.

However, there is significant knowledge retention. High quality e-learning solutions are being developed in India with the right technology and industry support in sectors as distinct as steel, IT, automobiles, cement and telecom. Industry watchers estimate that because of its advantages, India is bound to grow in stature as the hub for elearning programmes.

Interestingly, many companies are booming up here in India for providing e-classes. Places like Mumbai and Bangalore are becoming prominent centres for providing etutorials. It's booming but the big question is what is the future of e-learning? Everyone be it educators, parents or students has this question in mind but no one is able to answer. To check it out, its imperative to look to the trends concerned with elearning, which are already taking control in our world.

It seems imperative that e-learning would coexist with other technologies and ways of acquiring knowledge. And as soon as low cost PCs would be made available and broadband will penetrate deeper, particularly in rural areas, there are chances that elearning will strengthen.

Over the past five years, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has been busy attaining the goal of making education accessible to every child, particularly among the marginalised sections in the rural areas. Also addressing the gap that exists between the market demands and the available skill sets among professionals through the participation of private sector in the curriculum framework. Furthermore, the government is roping in as many colleges as possible under the

ambit of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to upgrade their quality. The UGC and AICTE are also pursuing various measures to lure fresh graduates into research and teaching professions.

The government launched the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). An amount of Rs 4612 crore is being incurred during the 11th Five Year Plan for the scheme. There was a budget provision of Rs 502 crore for the financial year 2008-09.

However, the 11th Five-Year Plan has kept a target of raising the gross enrollment ratio to 15 per cent by the end of the plan year. This is where ICT steps in. Integration of ICT in education will give an impetus to our efforts to attain our target of increasing our gross enrollment ratio by widening the reach of education to the remote and marginalised areas of our country. The role of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) systems, which have accepted and integrated ICT in their functioning and outreach, particularly finds mention here.

In 2002, deliberations of various committees were held that led to the setting up of the UGC-INFONET towards the end of 2004. UGC also joined this crusade of introducing e-learning. Wholly funded by UGC, UGC-INFONET provides electronic access to scholarly literature available over the Internet in all areas of learning to the university sector in India.

Yet another project to provide web based training is the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), which is being funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD.) This was first conceived in 1999, to pave the way for introducing multimedia and web technology to enhance learning of basic science and engineering concepts, was launched in September 2006.

Significant infrastructure has been set up for production of video-based teaching material by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), the Bangalore based Indian Institutes of Sciences (IISc) and Technical Teacher Training Institutes (TTTI.) Gyan Darshan, which was launched on January 26, 2000, as an exclusive higher education TV channel to provide quality distance education by IGNOU, can be considered as an effective effort in India.

At the institutional level many institutes, mainly private as of now, have entered into online distance education and the much talked about NIIT Varsity offers training to 500,000 students annually across 33 countries. One of the world's leading management schools, the Indian Institute of Management at Calcutta (IIM-C), amongst others, entered into a strategic alliance with NIIT, to offer executive development programmes through virtual classrooms.

Researchers, academics, teachers, and students worldwide are excitedly embracing blogs (web logs. ) Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, a state in South India played host to a bloggers' conference held at the TIDEL Park. CDAC and IGNOU are two of India's most esteemed organizations in their respective fields, which have held conferences in the field of e-learning every year.

It is very difficult for a person of my stature to issue a declaration on the issue but I suggest that higher educational institutions in India, which plan to venture into elearning should take a lesson from this and must first follow the education and communication strategy of organisational change where the stakeholders should be informed as to how the change will affect them.

The government needs to stimulate a learning culture and e-learning must become a policy issue. Government must recognise the e-learning industry as a separate forum and not treat it as part of the IT enabled services (ITeS) or a sub sector of the IT industry.

Here are some Good Thoughts for all of us.

1.Dont hurt anyone- It takes only a few seconds to hurt people you love, and it can take years to heal. 2.Live today-There are two eternities that can break you down. Yesterday and tomorrow. One is gone and the other does nt exist. So live today. 3.Value - What is most vulnerable is not, What you have in your life but who you have in your life. 4. Money- Money can buy every thing but happiness. 5. Marriage- Do not marry a person that you know that you can live with; only marry someone that you can not live without. 6.Trust- It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.

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