Dear friends and NGOs in Bihar,
We are writing to let you know about an interesting project that you
can be involved with called Women Aloud: Videoblogging for Empowerment
(WAVE). The project involves training young women around India (one
per state) to become citizen journalists telling video stories about
positive change in their communities to an international audience
online. The WAVE project is funded by the *MacArthur Foundation in the
U.S. and managed by filmmakers Sapna Shahani, Angana Jhaveri and
Mumbai-based NGO, Point of View.

We are looking for help to recruit the best possible female candidate
in your area who fulfils the following criteria:
18-25 years of age
Basic fluency in English
Proficient with computers and internet use
Strong interest in video production
Strong interest in community development
Potential to become a leader in her area
Candidates from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds encouraged
More Information:
A video camera will be provided at no charge for the duration of
participation in the study, after which it would need to be returned.
The candidate would be paid a stipend of about 3000 rupees per month
to compensate for time spent participating in the project (estimated
to be up to one week per month).
The duration of the candidate�s involvement in this project is nine
months between December 2009 and August 2010, post a two-week training
period in Goa in November 2009. All expenses will be covered for the
candidate to attend the training in Goa.
She will be required to research, script and shoot video clips for a
2-5 minute video per month about her perspective on community
development issues, such as health, the environment and the local
economy. These video clips would need to be sent to us via the
internet and we would then edit and publish the video clips on the
WAVE website.

We request your organization to collaborate with the WAVE project in
these ways:
Forward this recruitment email to your organization�s email contact
list.
Post the attached flyer in your office and any other public areas.
Direct any questions about the WAVE project to our team (see contact
info below).
Allow computer and internet use for the winning candidate during the
nine month program.
We feel that the high standards of video training and the nine-month
experience while participating in this project will empower the
candidate to successfully assist with any communication, documentation
or other media needs of your organization in the future. We hope that
your organization will also serve as caretakers of the video camera
provided to the candidate, which may be used for your organization�s
needs when not in use by the candidate. We would also like to extend
an invitation to the media training workshop in Goa in November,
taught by India�s leading documentary filmmakers, to one staff person
from your organization to attend for no charge (We will provide
accommodation in Goa if your organization can bear travel expenses to
and from Goa).
We are attaching a flyer and application form to this email look
forward to hearing from you about helping us in this innovative
national program for women�s empowerment through online media!

Best,

Sapna Shahani and Angana Jhaveri

Contact Information: 09819829310/ womenaloud@...

*This material is based on work supported by John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation under prime grant no. 08-91858-000-HCD and The
Regents of the University of California. Any opinions, findings, and
conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those
of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation or The Regents of the University
of California.




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Death toll rises to 64 in Bihar boat tragedies
Indrajit Singh


PATNA: Rescuers picked up 35 bodies found floating in a river
Wednesday, raising the death toll to 64 in the capsizing of two boats
during a major Hindu festival in Bihar, an official said.

The bodies were spotted as rescuers resumed search operations on the
Kosi river near Alauli, a village nearly 125 miles (200 kilometers)
north of Patna, said district magistrate Abhay Kumar Singh.

The overcrowded boats capsized after participating in festivities
during the Dussehra festival Monday. Thirty people are still missing
from both boats and are feared dead, Singh told The Associated Press.

The 35 bodies found Wednesday were from the first capsized boat, Singh
said. Rescuers found 21 bodies from the boat Tuesday, including those
of 16 children.

A second boat capsized hours after the first on a river in Darbhanga
district with 17 on board. Police recovered eight bodies and rescued
eight people near Kuseshwar Sthan, a village nearly 90 miles (140
kilometers) north of Patna, said Neelmani, a top state police
official, who uses only one name.

Those on board were returning to their village after immersing an idol
of a Hindu goddess in midstream as part of the religious festivities.

Boat accidents are common in India, where many vessels are unsafe and
overloaded. Monsoon rains flood rivers between June and September
every year.

-- AP

Please visit the biharchintan blog site to see the postings on the
topics listed below on http://biharchintan.blogspot.com:

1. Govt may seize properties of corrupt babus
2. 20,000 cops forced to serve retired IPS, IAS officers
3. Centre releases Rs.1158 Cr. for State Police Modernisation to Bihar
4. In Mumbai-Maximum number of migrants are from Maharashtra

Please visit the biharchintan blog to see the postings on the topics
listed below on http://biharchintan.blogspot.com-

1.Drought saves sacrificial goats in Bihar

2. 'Rahul Gandhi Par 'Talab' ka asar (Hindi)

3. Bihar Govt. Reconstitutes Medical Council

4. BALCO tragedy: Nitish announces Rs. 1 lakh compensation

5. 22 mill workers sent back to Bihar, Jharkhand

6. Cow dung cremations catch on in Bihar

7. Inter-linking of rivers a dream or reality

10-member state medical council formed

TNN 25 September 2009, 04:06am IST
PATNA: Bihar government has reconstituted Bihar Council of Medical
Registration after a lapse of five years. Ten doctors have been
nominated to
the council for which the health department has already issued a notification.
Three of them - noted eye surgeon and convenor (community services) of
Bihar Ophthalmological Society Dr Sunil Kumar Singh, PMCH's retired
professor of medicine Dr Ramesh Chandra Sharma and cardio thorasic
surgeon Gyasuddin Rayee, are the government nominees in the 10-member
council.

Others, including Dr Amar Kant Jha `Amar', Dr Sohan Prasad Chowdhary,
Dr Kiran Kumari, Dr Narendra Prasad, Dr D K Chowdhary, Dr Basant Singh
and Dr Sahajanand Prasad Singh, have been selected under different
quotas.

Dr Sunil Kumar Singh said the ten members of the council would soon
elect a president and a registrar from among themselves.

View new postings on http://biharchintan.blogspot.com/. You are welcome to
contribute-especially any counterpoint on the interlinking of rivers.


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*BALCO tragedy: Nitish announces Rs. 1 lakh compensation *
  Shoumojit Banerjee
The Hindu, 27 September 2009

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a
compensation package of Rs. 1 lakh for the families of 17 workers, hailing
from the State, who were killed when a chimney at an under-construction
thermal power plant of the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited caved in at
Korba, 220 km north-east of Raipur on Wednesday.

According to reports, the death toll has mounted to more than 40 as
Chhattisgarh authorities continued rescue operations and search for bodies
under the debris.

Of the 17 workers, 11 were from Chhapra and 6 from Siwan district,
authorities said. The bodies of the workers are yet to be sent to Bihar.
  Official sent to Chhattisgarh

The Bihar administration has also dispatched a senior official from the
Labour Department to Chhattisgarh to probe the accident.


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*22 mill workers sent back to Bihar, Jharkhand*

Staff Reporter
Hindu, 27 September 2009

Coimbatore: Nineteen persons from Bihar and three from Jharkhand, who were
working in a textile mill here, were sent back to their hometowns on Friday
following a skirmish with workers who hailed from Tamil Nadu. The incident
is said to have happened at their place of residence.

Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore Rural, N. Kannan, said a top government
official in Bihar told him over the phone that mill workers from his State
had been injured in a clash with fellow workers here.

Based on the information, the police checked all the textile mills in the
district. The Madukkarai police found that 22 workers of a private textile
mill at Athipalayam in Madukkarai wanted to go back home.

Inquiries revealed that these workers had quarrelled over watching the
channels of their choice on television. The police said no worker was
injured; there had been no violence but only a skirmish.

However, since these workers wanted to leave, the police put them on a train
to their hometowns on Friday. No case was registered as the workers did not
lodge a complaint.

PTI reports from Patna:

Earlier in the day, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had asked authorities
to look into reports that around 20 youths from the State were assaulted in
Coimbatore.

After coming to know about the incident, news of which appeared in a section
of the press here, Mr. Kumar called Principal Secretary (Home) Amir Subhani
and asked him to take it up with his Tamil Nadu counterpart, an official
spokesman said.

Mr. Kumar also asked the Tamil Nadu government to protect the people from
Bihar and take immediate steps to free the youths and arrange for their
transport. According to the Chief Minister, the Bihar government would
provide compensation to the victims, the spokesman said.


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Friends,
Based on the biharchintan e-group, a blog has been started with the
address: http://biharchintan.blogspot.com. All the egroup members are
requested to send in the relevant entries for blog on the emails:
vagishkj@... or kjrajesh@....
We would take postings on the biharchintan egroup also and put the
selected ones on this blog. Experimentally, two entries have been put
on the blog site. In future, we will also carry the name of the
contributor of those entries along with the blog.
Vagish K. Jha, Rajesh K. Jha
Moderators, Bihar Chintan

May like to read the article on the URL:
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10348151.html

  'I broke Kelvin's Grade 10 record at the age of nine'





			 By Nilima Pathak, Correspondent
Published: September 11, 2009, 23:15






New Delhi:
Considered a child prodigy, Tathagat Avatar Tulsi is now India's
youngest Ph.D. holder at 21, from the Indian Institute of Science
(IISc) in Bangalore. He has a long list of achievements behind. Never
keen on toys and naughty pranks, he was always amidst books and loved
discussing mathematics and physics, which people found quite intriguing
from an average boy of his age.
His parents understood
him and neither imposed their will on him nor forced him to play or do
anything beyond his wishes. Tathagat knew his priorities in life and
spurred by records, was at one time in a hurry to complete his Ph.D.
and turn professor by 17. But today, after years of hard work, Tathagat
is a relaxed person.

















The youngster is not
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movies, he does not have any favourites. His ideal is Albert Einstein.
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Thanks for sharing this.

This is a fantastic idea which is quite timely.

A couple of thoughts:

1. Should the school be affiliated to CBSE or to the Bihar board? To my
knowledge (I am not from Neterhat and hence cant say for sure), Neterhat
Vidyalaya was affiliated to Bihar Board. I can recall from The Indian Nation
Newspaper of '70's that the toppers of Bihar board were dominated by Neterhat
boys with some from St John's Ranchi.

This aspect is very important since affiliation with Bihar board will ensure a
certain connection / alignment with the state which will have a rub off impact
on the education of the rest of the state.

2. Computer literacy: These days, computers are an essential part of the
education. The top schools have class room learnings thru computer based
teaching. One of the experts in this field is Sandeep Srivastava of Ranchi who,
after MBA from INSEAD France (arguably the best management institute in the
world) and a successful stint with multinational corproations, has a computer
based learning company at Delhi for the last 10 odd years with several
implementations across the globe. You can involve such people who have their
roots in Bihar and are quite willing to associate themselves with initiatives in
Bihar.

Thanks



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> The presentation may be viewed on the link sent by Mr. Naveen Kumar from
Patna.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 7/9/09, Naveen Kumar <naveen1993_97@...> wrote:
>
> From: Naveen Kumar <naveen1993_97@...>
> Subject: Power point presentation  delivered to CM on 29th Aug 09
> To: mishra.tn20@..., poornashram@...
> Date: Monday, 7 September, 2009, 1:29 PM
>
>
>
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ah61c64/n/Meeting_With_CM_Bihar_Aug_29_2009_ppt
> �
> Click on Free Download option and wait for approax 30 seconds then you will
get link for donwloading the file.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Naveen Kumar <naveen1993_97@...>
> To: mishra.tn20@...; poornashram@...
> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 9:29:05 AM
> Subject: Letter from MHRD
>
>
>
>
> Dear Trinath Ji/ Bajrang JI,
> �Please find the letter issued from MHRD to EDCIL entitling Three of NOBs
(Trinath Ji, Bajrang Ji and Anand Ji) from the link given below.
> �Front page:
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>
>
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> Back side of page:
>
http://s1018.photobucket.com/albums/af308/naveen1993_97/?action=view&current=sca\
n0002.jpg
> �
>
> Regards
> Naveen 93-97
>
>
> Lt. Col. (Retd.) Bajrang Bihari Singh,   HOME: KORLAHIA, SITAMARHI,
BIHAR�843117, 06226-276222  NETARHAT VIDYALAYA:  ROLL NO. 60  BATCH 1961-67�,  
ASHRAMS: GAUTAM &�VIKRAM�
> MOBILE: 91-9871129497
>  NOBA HELPLINE: 011-27601275
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The presentation may be viewed on the link sent by Mr. Naveen Kumar from Patna.


--- On Mon, 7/9/09, Naveen Kumar <naveen1993_97@...> wrote:

From: Naveen Kumar <naveen1993_97@...>
Subject: Power point presentation  delivered to CM on 29th Aug 09
To: mishra.tn20@..., poornashram@...
Date: Monday, 7 September, 2009, 1:29 PM


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link for donwloading the file.





From: Naveen Kumar <naveen1993_97@...>
To: mishra.tn20@...; poornashram@...
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 9:29:05 AM
Subject: Letter from MHRD




Dear Trinath Ji/ Bajrang JI,
�Please find the letter issued from MHRD to EDCIL entitling Three of NOBs
(Trinath Ji, Bajrang Ji and Anand Ji) from the link given below.
�Front page:
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Back side of page:
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Regards
Naveen 93-97


Lt. Col. (Retd.) Bajrang Bihari Singh,   HOME: KORLAHIA, SITAMARHI,
BIHAR�843117, 06226-276222  NETARHAT VIDYALAYA:  ROLL NO. 60  BATCH 1961-67�,  
ASHRAMS: GAUTAM &�VIKRAM�
MOBILE: 91-9871129497
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MUZAFFARPUR'S SHIVI SUDARSHAN BAGS INDIA NEWS BROADCASTER AWARD

My Friend Shivi Sudarshan has made everyone including `News 24' proud. He's been
adjudged the best News Videographer of the Year 2009 at the India News
Broadcaster Awards Night.

Nerves ran high as the nominees for the best News Videographer of the Year were
announced at New Delhi's Intercontinental Hotel amidst young and seasoned
professionals from the journalistic fraternity.

And finally, the videographers who captured the devastating Bihar floods of
August 2008 for News 24- Shivi Sudarshan, Rishi Nath and Shailesh kumar were
announced winners.

Read More in http://neerajbhushan.com/press-releases/

Best Wishes To Shivi & To You All.

Regards.
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Dear All,

Barh Mukti Abhiyan-Bihar along with Kosi Pirit Mukti Morcha (Saharsa) and Kosi
Mukti Sangharsh Samiti (Supaul) is organizing a meeting at Muradpur-Chandrayan
High School, (Navhatta), Saharsa on the 5th September 2009 (10.00 hrs) and at
Vivah Bhawan (Saharsa) on the 6th September 2009 (10.00 hrs) to observe 25th
anniversary of the breach near Kedli village (Navhatta) in the eastern Kosi
embankment on the night of 5th-6th September 1984. This breach had engulfed 196
villages and had submerged 70,000 hectares of land in 7 blocks of Saharsa and
Supaul district and uprooted 4.58 lakh people. If the lessons were taken right
that time, the Kusaha Tragedy could have been averted.

We request your participation

Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Mob: +919431303360


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Dear all Bihar Mitra,
It is great to hear some thing very positive happening in our State.
I know few of you have been struggling for it for a long, but many of
us staying away from the Bihar have been aspiring ever since we left
the motherland.
Let us know if we can do any thing for the Institutions you are going
to build.

Always a Bihari,

Arbind Sinha, Ph.D.
Director,
Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad
Shela
Ahmedabad ? 380 058

Phone: 91-2717-308250, 237946 to 51
Fax  : 91-2717-308349
Email: arbind@...


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I have found an article on SHIMULTALA, where a new Netarhat type of School is
proposed to be opened. Let us hope for the very best.
Bajrang


                                             Shimultala - a tranquil escape



										  




                                               Shimultala – a land of softly
rolling hills, tranquil landscapes and old-fashioned houses.

Located
in the Jamui district of Bihar, Shimultala is a health resort known for
its inviting climate and good water. No shopping malls, no multiplex
movie theaters, no fine-dine restaurants – this is a place where one
lets go of one's worries to enjoy life matching the drunken pace of the
sluggish river flowing aside.

Standing on the pedestrian
bridge of the railway station one can get a panoramic view of the place
– puffs of white cloud floating against a background of azure
firmament, the uneven land dotted with archaic mansions, cattle grazing
in the velvety green valleys, a river flowing by at a distance, the
intoxicating sunlight washing the landscape in gold. Time goes by as
one listens to birds chirping away, trekking the countryside, savoring
the hush of silence as night falls while counting the stars that
illuminate the backdrop of night sky. The happiness of day-to-day life
can be discovered here. Vacationing in Shimultala means peace and
tranquility, long refreshing walks, campfires, spending time with
family and friends, reading books and of course sumptuous meals.

Talking
about food, while visiting Shimultala one should not forget to gulp in
a handful of “Chhanar-Murki”, a traditional sweet dish of the place!

Getting there:
Shimultala
has a small rail station that lies on the Howrah-Delhi mainline route
of Eastern Railway at a distance of 348 km from Howrah.

Site Seeing:
As
far as site seeing is concerned, there are many picturesque spots
across the hamlet. Two of the famous sites are “Haldi Jharna”, an
extremely narrow water fall at a distance of 3 km from the station and
“Lattu Pahar”, the highest of all the neighboring hillocks, situated at
a distance of 2 km from the station. Auto rickshaws, cycle rickshaws
and hired cars are easily available for touring around the place.

Where to stay:
There
are numerous hotels and holiday homes most of which are old
cottages/bungalows renovated for commercial purpose. Accommodation
charges range from cheap to fairly affordable hotels, however because
of its remote location deluxe facilities are not available.




										  




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                                                                     Simultala
A Healthy Place: Once I went Simultala & stayed there 15 days,
after reading your nice description, remembered about that beautiful
place. And must try to go there with my family.



				  













							  



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BIHAR 843117, 06226-276222  NETARHAT VIDYALAYA:  ROLL NO. 60  BATCH 1961-67 ,
ASHRAMS: GAUTAM & VIKRAM 
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Dear All,

The proposal drafted by Naveen (94)  & Sanjay (76) as decided in the NOBA
meeting at VVIT Purnia on August 12, 2009 is as attached  herewith for your
comments please.

The words of the CM was "SHUBHASHYA SHEEGHRAM" in the matter of opening two
school at Simultala & Dehri which was originally proposed in 2005.He wants to
meet Nobaites around August 20, 2009. Please do let me know your consiudered
views.

The matter has picked up due attention at the time of inauguration of VVIT
Purnia. The news item that was published on April 08, 2005 is reproduced below:

Thanks
Bajrang
http://www.patnadaily.com/news05/april/040805/netarhat_type_school_in_bihar..htm\
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Bihar to Have Netarhat-type School in Simultala
                                                                                      
Patna: April 8, 2005
																						 In
order to compete with Jharkhand's Netarhat and provide a healthy
educational environment for the young students of Bihar, the state
government has resolved to open a school in Simultala on the pattern of
Netarhat while also opening a girls school in Dehri on the pattern of
Hazaribagh's Indira Gandhi Girls School, officials in Patna said.



The Center has already released Rs. 2.5 crore each for both projects,
Intermediate and Higher Education secretary Navin Verma said.



Simultala, that falls under Jamui district in Bihar and is on
Patna-Howrah line, provides similar geographical locale as Netarhat
with plenty of greenery and mountainous terrain making it an ideal site
for learning institution.



The new boys and girls schools are to be named Gautam Boys High School
and Maitriye Girls High School respectively highlighting the historical
importance of the state that boasts to be the home of Lord Buddha.



Verma said that the school had the option ot rent buildings for both
school or build them from scratch. The state opted for the latter, he
said.. It would also employ the most qualified and best teachers from
the state and if needed, new teachers would be hired from other states
as well.



The schools will have in-campus boarding facilities and admissions
would be based on entrance tests, Verma said.



																						 The construction works on both sites are expected to begin
soon.



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From: Naveen Kumar <naveen_iimc@...>
Subject: Proposals to present to CM-Bihar
To: vidyavihar@..., poornashram@...
Cc: creer@...
Date: Friday, 14 August, 2009, 5:41 PM

Dear NOBs
   
   
   
As we discussed on a short NOBA meet held after the inauguration of VVIT,
Purnea. Prof Sanjay Ji and I have finally compiled two of the proposals on the
behalf of NOBA to present to CM – Bihar .

Proposal for engagement of individual from NOBA for developing a residential
school on the format of Netarhat School .
Proposal for setting an institute on renewable energy under the guidance of Prof
Sanjay – a NOBA member.
   
   
   
Please find both of the proposals along with the “Letter of Intent” (Letter
of intent is given just for a business salutation for initiating the talk) in
attachment. Kindly go thru it and wherever need of editing/ modification is
required please do that.
   
   
   
Thanks & Regards
Naveen (93-97)





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Dear Elder Brothers &� Friends - One & All,

Wednesday - August 12, 2009 12.30 p.m. the memonet on  which Shri Nitish
Kumarji, Hon'ble Chief Minster of Bihar unveiled the inaugural plaque  of Vidya
Vihar Institute of Technlogy Purnia, may well be registered as a moment of
reckoning on the golden pages of history of the state particularly for all of us
who owe their roots in Bihar, to make it really Vihar, and specially for those
who studied at Netarhat Vidyalaya,  recognized as valued members of Netarhat�
Old Boys' Association (NOBA).

You may like to open some of these attachments at your convenience  and watch
the clips and clap.

Thanks on our behalf have been tendered to all  dignitaries.

Let us acknowledge the gesture of the state functionaries with profound
gratitude the momentum of making quality instituions,� which needs to acquire a
whirldwind impetus for the new resurgent Bihar.

Congratulations also to the Tutorial Venture of Netarhatians Praxis� Education
Services (P) Ltd for winning the award by Hon'ble� CM of Tuesday August 11, 2009
at Patna, concidently a day before VVIt was inugurated.

You may like to share the happiness with all your freinds and families.

Jay Vihar! Jay Bharat! Jay Jagat!

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I am delighted to share that I could make it to Kanwar padyatra second
year in a row. I have taken a few video which I am sharing with you.
These two are the first and the last: there are another 5 in between:
short videos which represent many facets of human behaviour. I am also
trying to write my memoirs like last year, but am delayed due to
influenza and also a hectic work schedule. I do hope you will enjoy
watching as much as I had during the trail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V-epEXHpzk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqqZ5GAM5vA

Thanks

--
Thakur Vikas Sinha

Dear Friends
You may visit  www.ssvk.org or http://ssvk.org/north_bihar_flood.htm#news for
more information on Recent North Bihar Flood.
Thanks
Deepak Bharti


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> As of today, the water levels continue to abate. According to latest
> reports, the breach is almost plugged with about 20 metres remaining. But
> raging issues remain, for Saturday�s discharge was a mere 700 cusecs of
> water.
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> The issue at the heart of the matter is whether dams and embankments are
> the solution to end North Bihar�s sorrow? Or is the unwitting villager
> sitting on a powder keg euphemistically manifesting itself as a
> �strengthened� embankment?
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> Speaking to The Hindu, Barh Mukti Abhiyan (Freedom From Floods Campaign)
> convenor Dinesh Kumar Mishra informs that ever since its completion in 1978
> the Bagmati embankment has been breached at least 50 times.
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> �It was breached earlier in 2007. Though officials put the number at a
> conservative 20, the embankment has been breached at least 50 times, with
> the river causing gaps in 16 points in 1993,� says Mr. Mishra, who has been
> working in the Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins in Bihar since 1992.
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> He said the basic duty of a river is to assimilate water in its catchments,
> but the Bagmati being a very fertile river, it brings along with it a large
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> the breach.
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> high-power committee to probe the quality of the embankments.
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> �Materials used in building the embankments are usually sand walls and
> other locally available stuff, which are not very cohesive at all. As a
> result, water seeps through them,� says Mr. Mishra. This reflects glaring
> loopholes in the embankment work, which was undertaken at a cost of Rs. 792
> crores.
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More than a lakh hit by Bagmati breach



Shoumojit Banerjee



Silt or embankments to blame for deluge?






PATNA: The riparian imbroglio in North Bihar which began on Saturday morning
with the Bagmati breaching its embankment at Tilak Tajpur, affecting more than
one lakh people, has prompted some pertinent questions to be asked of the Nitish
Kumar Government.

As of today, the water levels continue to abate. According to latest reports,
the breach is almost plugged with about 20 metres remaining. But raging issues
remain, for Saturday�s discharge was a mere 700 cusecs of water.

The issue at the heart of the matter is whether dams and embankments are the
solution to end North Bihar�s sorrow? Or is the unwitting villager sitting on a
powder keg euphemistically manifesting itself as a �strengthened� embankment?

Speaking to The Hindu, Barh Mukti Abhiyan (Freedom From Floods Campaign)
convenor Dinesh Kumar Mishra informs that ever since its completion in 1978 the
Bagmati embankment has been breached at least 50 times.

�It was breached earlier in 2007. Though officials put the number at a
conservative 20, the embankment has been breached at least 50 times, with the
river causing gaps in 16 points in 1993,� says Mr. Mishra, who has been working
in the Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins in Bihar since 1992.

He said the basic duty of a river is to assimilate water in its catchments, but
the Bagmati being a very fertile river, it brings along with it a large
proportion of silt and sediment.

The problem starts when this silt, which is confined within the embankments,
starts raising the height of the riverbed. This in turns causes the breach.

According to Mr. Mishra, the other insidious problem was the gradual spreading
of the Bagmati riverbed eastwards towards the Muzzafarpur-Sitamarhi road. �The
river itself is too shallow; it is the riverbed that is aggravated thus causing
the damage. It is like converting cats into tigers,� says he.

Similar concerns were aired by the Chief Minister while talking to media persons
on Monday. He said while the Bagmati itself was subdued, it was �the problem of
draining out the excess floodwater that led to the breach�. The Chief Minister
has accordingly sent out officials from the State Irrigation Department to
rectify the drainage problem apart from constituting a high-power committee to
probe the quality of the embankments.

�Materials used in building the embankments are usually sand walls and other
locally available stuff, which are not very cohesive at all. As a result, water
seeps through them,� says Mr. Mishra. This reflects glaring loopholes in the
embankment work, which was undertaken at a cost of Rs. 792 crores.

While NDRF relief teams are carrying on with distribution of relief material,
the fate of people near the embankments hangs in balance. While more than 20,000
people have taken to open roads, many more are afraid of returning to their
homes fearing a recurrence of events.

�People who chose to live inside the embankments are incessantly mauled by the
river, while those outside live in continual dread of being swept away,� says
Mr. Mishra. He says the main problem lies in rooting out the silt.








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A sustainable engineering disaster
Dinesh Kumar Mishra

SUMIT DAYAL

Dinesh Kumar Mishra looks back at the history of floods in North Bihar and
wonders what this year has in store

Had the Kosi river not breached its eastern embankment at Kusaha last year, 2008
would have gone down as a drought year in North Bihar.

The rains were scanty and there was virtual drought after the breach occurred.
That is why the Kosi hit only 3.3 million people across five districts, 35
blocks, 993 villages and an area of 368,000 hectares (ha) and 527 people were
killed.

Among Bihar�s rivers, the Kosi�s sediment load is high and it meanders. It was
embanked in late 1950s and made to flow in a channel so that 214,000 ha outside
the embankments could be spared the seasonal flood. These embankments are nearly
125 km long on either side and are spaced at an average width of 10 km apart. A
barrage was constructed to regulate water for irrigation and the embankment was
extended upstream. It is in these extensions, called afflux bundhs, that the
breach happened last year.

  The embankments were to stop spilling of floodwater, but they also prevent the
sediments from escaping. This has raised the riverbed, forcing the embankments
to be raised accordingly. But there is a limit to raising and maintaining
embankments. The riverbed rises an average of 10 cm each year, where the breach
took place. It was flowing five metres higher than the level at the time the
river was embanked�this makes for an unstable river that can easily breach
embankments, which also prevent rainwater from draining into the river, causing
water logging outside. On August 18, 2008, that�s what happened for the eighth
time (see list on map).

And this was when the amount of water in the river was less than a sixth�15 per
cent�of the flow that the embankments were designed to endure. After the breach,
nearly 90 per cent of the water flowed through a new course the river had carved
for itself outside where it had been engineered to flow.

�Nothing short of immediate plugging of the breach was acceptable to the people
hit by the floods who were living in the new floodplain of the river,� said
Gautam Chaudhary, a resident of Birpur on the protected countryside of the
eastern embankment. �They were not used to such floods after the embankments
were built. The boats are not there because they were not needed; people have
forgotten how to swim.�


Between Kosi�s embankments

Had the Kosi not breached its sides and run through its designated course, it
would have inundated 414 villages (34 of them in Nepal) that live within the
embankments. When the river was engineered, it was assumed these villages would
get rehabilitated in the land freed from the Kosi�s seasonal floods, but they
would be able to cultivate their lands within the embankments during the lean
season. This did not prove very practical; most residents returned to their
ancestral homes.

�Punarwas to banwas hai� (Rehabilitation is exile), said Manoj Chaudhary of
Saharsa district�s Murali village, located within the Kosi embankments. People
choose to stay where they can earn a living. Most migrate seasonally for
supplementary income.


The suddenly matured Bagmati

The river has three distinct reaches. The lower reaches were embanked in the
1950s and the upper reaches in the 1970s. The middle was left untouched because
the river was said to be unstable here. In 2006, out of the blue, the current
government criticized its predecessor and talked of providing succour to the
people of the middle Bagmati basin. It decided the river had matured here, and
started building embankments.




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It is well known that rivers which carry such high sediments take centuries to
stabilize in a channel. Government�s figures show the Bagmati has breached its
embankments 20 times in the past 20 years; on an equal number of occasions, the
embankments were breached by people within or just outside them to drain flood
waters or logged waters.

�Rising riverbed and water logging outside is the natural outcome of embanking
rivers,� said Ram Swarth Rai, ex- mla of Belsand in Sitamarhi. �If the river is
prevented from spilling, it will either breach the embankment or the people will
cut it.� He reminded this is what happened in 2001 in Surgahi village on the
western embankment of the Bagmati. �The river obliged the villagers before they
could cut it. Embankment busters had approached me to save them from any police
harassment,� he said.


The Mahananda and Kamla

The Mahananda is a boundary between Bihar and West Bengal. In 1998, irate
villagers of Shibganj, located within the embankments in Katihar district, cut
the embankment after the rising flood waters became intolerable. The floodwater
that gushed out of the gap spelled doom on Barahiya Parti and Koch Khali
villages, where the water tried to re-enter the river, smashing the embankment.
Such incidents are par for the course. Villagers on both sides sat together and
reached a consensus�for varying reasons�to oppose the government if it tried to
plug the breach.

They might have sorted out their problems but the water through these gaps is
destined to submerge the blocks of Pranpur, Azamnagar, Amdabad, Manihari and
Dhankhora. The embankment is not in good shape of repairs.

The embankments on the Kamla are restricted to Madhubani district. They are
notorious for the large number of breaches any given year, right since their
completion in 1962. The people here have acquired an expertise in breaching the
embankments in a way that the villages do not get destroyed and the fertile silt
deposits on their fields. �Has the government ever bothered to assess the cost
of the earth that the river puts free of cost on the countryside after a breach?
asked Rameshwar Sah of Gunakarpur village.


Breaches, past and future

There was an unprecedented flood in the Burhi Gandak in 2007. There were seven
breaches in the Bagmati embankments, 14 in the Kamla-Balan embankments, five in
the Burhi Gandak, three in the Masan embankments, and one each in the Bhutahi
Balan, Khiroi and the Kosi.

The government response was a proposal to raise and strengthen the embankments.
Its quixotic approach is illustrated in the handling of the Bhutahi Balan, a
small river in Madhubani district. Flash floods occur in this river without
warning and disappear equally quickly before any remedial action is taken�hence
the name Bhutahi, meaning ghost. Its western side is embanked, so flood waters
push to 52 villages east of the river. People here have demanded an embankment
on their side for a long time. The government obliged, but railways authorities
objected. For, if the embankment is completed, the waters would threaten a
railway bridge. On June 18, 2009, the district administration went to a village
on the bank of the Bhutahi Balan for a mock drill in disaster management. Not
prepared for what they thought was a theatre of the absurd, the people chased
away officials, who returned after completing the formality of driving a
motorboat through whatever water was there in the river.

Government engineering actually keeps disaster in place.

Dinesh Kumar Mishra is a civil engineer and convenor of Barh Mukti Abhiyan. He
has researched and written on floods in Bihar for more than 25 years







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प्रणव कुमार सिंह
व्यवस्थापक
***

Maanyavar,

Namaskar!

We are happy to inform you that the inaugural issue of Maithili's first complete
family magazine, Mithila Darshan, published in April 2009, received overwhelming
response and feedback from Maithili speaking community across the country.

It also gives me immense pleasure to announce the availability of the second
issue of Mithila Darshan. In line with the expectations and aspirations of our
entire community, new columns have been added and we hope to be able to continue
with such innovations in future.

We are enclosing the cover of the first two issues, the contents page of the
second issue, the subscription form as well as the list of places where you may
access Mithila Darshan's latest issue after July 20th.

The success and longevity of your magazine can only be ensured by your  support
and patronage.

We look forward to your subscriptions and also invite you to get your Maithil
friends to become its subscribers.

With regards,

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Mithila Darshan is available at

In Mithilanchal

Darbhanga                 : Sri Bhimnath Jha – 094308 27936
Madhubani                 : Prof. Devkant Jha – 094316 23769
Saharsa                      : Prof. Subhash Chandra Yadav – 090067 40092
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Supaul                        : Sri Kedar Kanan – 093043 39383
Purnea                        : Sri. Prabhat Ranjan Singh – 06454 226164
Begusarai                   : Sri Pradip Bihari – 094312 11543
Samastipur                 : Sri Umashankar Chaudhary – 094300 48302
Muzaffarpur               : Prof. Devendra Jha – 099318 71498
Bhagalpur                   : Prof. Keshkar Thakur – 094304 57204

In Bihar & Jharkhand

Patna                          : Sri Sanjeev Pandey – 097097 16464
Ranchi                        : Sri Siyaram Jha Saras – 099313 46334
   Sri Rajiva Lichan Jha – 093344 37059
Jamshedpur               : Sri Ravindra Kumar Chaudhary – 098353 87546
Dhanbad/Bokaro       : Sri S. K.Jha – 094311 19008

Others

Kolkata                      : Sri Ram Lochan Thakur – 094333 03716
Konnagar/Rishra/Belur: Sri Raj Kumar Jha – 033 2673 2267
Guwahati                    : Sri Satyanand Pathak – 094350 48284
Delhi                           : Sri Pranav Kumar Singh – 098114 06106
Mumbai                      : Smt. Richa Bharadwaj – 098338 98367
Hyderabad                 : Sri Dayanath Jha – 099491 57553

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There is a correction in serials 3 & 13. Also, in the 2nd para. The following
may be read correctly.



Dear Elder/younger Brothers & Friends,



	 * On June 29, 2009 a team of experts from All India Council of Technical
Education New Delhi visited the  campus of VIDYA VIHAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(VVIT) INDUSTRIAL GROWTH CENTRE MARANGA PURNIA to carry out on the spot
assessment for issuing the Letter of Approval (LOA) in order to begin the
admission  process hopefully from July 15, 2009. The  AICTE team recorded its
great appreciation on verifying on the ground - the infrastructure,  facilities
and the faculty led by Prof. (Dr.) Asheshwar Yadav, Ex-VC of BRA University of
Bihar and a noted Physics scholar of distinctions.
	 * We have received the LOA from AICTE yesterday, Sunday at 4.15 p.m. Admission
to VVIT is scheduled to begin from July 15, 2009. Prospectus is being drafted
accordingly. Formal inuguration hopefully by CM Bihar for opening of VVIT is
expected in the first week of August 2009.
	 * Concurrently, Shriman Vasudevanji and all trustees of Vidya Vihar Education
Trust (VVET) have entrusted upon us the mandate of togetherness and faith to
identify if we can join in helping, guiding and supporting them with our
forthright expertise in furtherance of the objectives of making the institute a
real centre of  excellence.
	 * This endeavour is in continuance of the Netarhat Experiment since being
carried forth on the platform of VIDYA VIHAR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL PARORA (VVRS)
for the last 15 years of its establishment in consequence of the pledge to
recreate more institutions on lines of our alma mater, given to Dr. AR Kidwai,
Ex-Governor of the United Bihar in All India NOBA Meet at Ranchi  in 1995.
We have travelled many more miles ahead and we shall keep moving on before we go
to sleep.


	 * Some elder brothers and friends have already assembled twice at Delhi after
issuance iof the Letter of Intent (LOI) on April 02, 2009 to co-ordinate and
identify the Director and other faculty members. On May 22, 2009 Letters of
Offer were issued to the members of faculty for teaching the the three core
disciplines - Electronics & Communication Engg., Computer Science & Technology &
Information Technology. The members were  selected with the help of experts
mostly from National Institute of Technology Patna and with esteemed help of
Dr.Sangeeta Kumar, wife of Dr. Sanjay Kumar (1976) - the solar energy torch
bearers, who are serving in Chandragupta Institute of Management Patna.
	 * The objective of this communication is to invite the members of our alumni 
fraternity from NOBA & also some friends and  associates to respond positively
to join the Council of Advisers with consent giving the following particulars in
brief. The names will be incorporated in the prospectus.
1. Name
2. Qualification
3. Present Position
3. Experience giving area of work and contribution
4. Area in which you may like to contribute
5. Photograph
6. Any other relevant information


	 * You may mail the above particulars on one or all of the following mail ids:
vidyavihar2005@..., poornashram@..., bjrgkor@...,
brajauto@..., mishrabrajesh@..., rajeshmishra@...,


	 * You may also like to congrtulate Shriman Vasudevanji, our inspiration and
founder VVRS on his mobile 09204068906, Prof (Dr.) Asheshwar Yadav, Director
VVIT on  his mobile 09430559192 and Shri Ramesh Chandra Mishra, Managing Trustee
& Chairman VVET on his  09431230055 & 09934681999
	 * Some names proposed as  members of the Concil of Advsors that have listed are
as under:
	 1.  Dr. Mithilesh Kanti, Ex-Principal Netarhat Vidyalaya
	 2. Shri BN Choudhary, Ex-teacher NV, Principal Kendriya Vidyalayas & OSD KV
Sangathan
	 3.  Shri Hari Prakash Agrawal, Industrialist (elder brother of Shri Pawan
Agrawal, 2nd Batch):09871298818
	 4.  Dr. Trinath Mishra, noted scholar, first batch: 09868282024
	 5. Shri Ram Nath Singh, Ex - Manaager Adveretisements HT, first batch:
09810362297

	 6.  Prof. Rabindra Kumar, Ex-Engr, Polytechnic Patna: 9835454798
	 7. Prof. (Dr.) Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, Ex-HOD English, Patna University:
09835440431
	 8.  Dr. Brajendra Kumar Jha, Ex-Engr, now teching BIT Mesra NOIDA Cenfre ,
second batch:09868172964
	 9.  Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, retd. Ex-Engineer SAIL Bokaro, second
batch:06542256854
	 10. Shri Pawan Kr. Agrawal, Engr. in USA, 2nd Batch

	 11.  Prof (Dr.)  Janak Prasad, NIT Jamshedpur, third  batch:09431301902
	 12.  Shri Bijoy Kant, retd.Ex-Engineer, third batch:09968260748
	 13.  Shri Ram Pravesh Singh, retd. Ex-Engr., third batch:09818646021
	 14. Ram Biranjan Sinha, Ex-IIT, Energy Consultanat:

	 15.  Brig. Krishna Nandan (VSM), RN Infra Communications, 4th batch:
0124-4317450

	 16. Prof (Dr.) Narendra Nath Pndey, Ex-Patna Sciience College, fourth batch:

	 17. Shri Anand Kumar, Director R & D IOCL, 61-67 batch:09899218877
	 18.  Shri Anjani Kumar, IRS, 61-67 batch: 09431022497
	 19. Shri Yugal Kishore, Sr. Advocate, 61-67 batch: 09334107621

	 20.  Shri Paras Kr. Chaudhary, CMD CEAT Tyres, 62-68 batch:02224974223
	 21. Shri Vibhuti Jha, Senior Banker Ex-American Express Bank, 63-69 batch, In
USA

	 22.  Dr. Tarkeshwar  Kr. , Director ISM University, 66-71 batch: 09431124066
	 23. Shri Arun Kumar Singh, Accountant General Bihar, 66-71 batch: 09431012840
	 24.  Shri Girish Shankar, IAS, Cabinet  Secretary Bihar, 67-72 batch:
09431012646
	 25. Shri Anant Kumar Singh, IAS, 1970-77 batch:09868948454
	 26.. Kumar Arwind Singh Deo, IAS, 1970-77 batch:09810036359
	 27. Shri Prakash Kumar, Ex-IIT, IAS, now in COSCO, 1972 batch:09868877070
	 28.  Prof.. (Dr. ) Sanjay Kumar, CIM Patna, 1976 batch: 9431239820
	 29. Prof (Dr.) Manindra Nath Thakur, CPC JNU, 09968406430

	 30. Dr. Sangeeta Kumar, CIM Patna: 9431239820
	 31. Shri Rajendra Kumar, Ex-IIT, IAS, 1977 batch:09971748093
	 32.  Shri Rajeev Gupta, GM BHEL, 1977 batch: 09910360075
	 33.  Shri Abhay Jha,  CMD ELKOSTA, 1977 batch : 09810214342
	 34..  Shri Sanjay Kumar, Ex-IIT, SEWA Software: 09811518048
NOTE:

	 1. E & O regretted. The above list is quite short, not exhaystive and may be
enlarged with course of  time. There may be some ommisions or factual
deficiencies in the above particulars, as I have relied on my memory only.

	 2. If there is any observation or objection on formulating the Council of
Advisors, please do not hesitate to call me on: 09871129497

YOU MAY LIKE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND
ASSOCIATES.


REQUEST RESPOND ASAP

Lt. Col. (Retd.) Bajrang Bihari Singh,
HOME: KORLAHIA, SITAMARHI,  BIHAR 843117, 06226-276222
NETARHAT VIDYALAYA:
ROLL NO. 60
BATCH 1961-67 ,
ASHRAMS: GAUTAM & VIKRAM
MOBILE: 91-9871129497
NOBA HELPLINE: 011-27601275

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* PRINCIPAL NETARHAT SCHOOL MAY PLEASE NOTE THE OFFER.
	 * KIND ATTENTION SHRI ANJANI KR. SINGH, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HRD BIHAR
	 * ANANT - MAY PLEASE INFORM CONCERNED OFFICIALS IN MIN OF HRD GOVT. OF INDIA


  lt. Col. (retd.) B.B. Singh



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: H P <hagrawal_2004@...>
To: Bajrang Bihari Singh <poornashram@...>
Sent: Monday, 6 July, 2009 8:20:27 PM
Subject: Foundation For excellence




Dear Bajrang,
  Could you please circulate the following  message to NOBA group and others.

There is one US based non profit organisation helping poor but brilliant
students  in India for higher studies.The basic criteria is that the family
income must not be more than Rs10,000/month and student in class12 / higher
secondary must have obtained at least 85% of of highest mark obtained by the 1st
rank student.
For more details you may visit  the site www.ffe.org.
  I am the facilitator .Unfortunately lot of funds are available but I have not
been able to recommend even a single name.
In case you know any such candidate please ask him to contact me.
Thanks .

H.P..Agrawal
BH-308, Amrapali Village
Nyay Khand-II
Indirapuram
Ghaziabad 201010
I.C 3038
Mobile-9871298818
Resi- 0120-4567520

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Dear Elder/younger Brothers & Friends,



	 * On June 29, 2009 a team of experts from All India Council of Technical
Education New Delhi visited the  campus of VIDYA VIHAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(VVIT) INDUSTRIAL GROWTH CENTRE MARANGA PURNIA to carry out on the spot
assessment for issuing the Letter of Approval (LOA) in order to begin the
admission  process hopefully from July 15, 2009. The  AICTE team recorded its
great appreciation on verifying on the ground - the infrastructure,  facilities
and the faculty led by Prof. (Dr.) Asheshwar Yadav, Ex-VC of BRA University of
Bihar and a noted Physics scholar of distinctions.
	 * We have received the LOA from AICTE yesterday, Sunday at 4.15 p.m. Admission
to VVIT is scheduled to begin from July 15, 2009. Prospectus is being drafted
accordingly. Formal inuguration hopefully by CM Bihar for opening of VVIT is
expected in the first week of May 2009.
	 * Concurrently, Shriman Vasudevanji and all trustees of Vidya Vihar Education
Trust (VVET) have entrusted upon us the mandate of togetherness and faith to
identify if we can join in helping, guiding and supporting them with our
forthright expertise in furtherance of the objectives of making the institute a
real centre of  excellence.
	 * This endeavour is in continuance of the Netarhat Experiment since being
carried forth on the platform of VIDYA VIHAR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL PARORA (VVRS)
for the last 15 years of its establishment in consequence of the pledge to
recreate more institutions on lines of our alma mater, given to Dr. AR Kidwai,
Ex-Governor of the United Bihar in All India NOBA Meet at Ranchi  in 1995.
We have travelled many more miles ahead and we shall keep moving on before we go
to sleep.


	 * Some elder brothers and friends have already assembled twice at Delhi after
issuance iof the Letter of Intent (LOI) on April 02, 2009 to co-ordinate and
identify the Director and other faculty members. On May 22, 2009 Letters of
Offer were issued to the members of faculty for teaching the the three core
disciplines - Electronics & Communication Engg., Computer Science & Technology &
Information Technology. The members were  selected with the help of experts
mostly from National Institute of Technology Patna and with esteemed help of
Dr.Sangeeta Kumar, wife of Dr. Sanjay Kumar (1976) - the solar energy torch
bearers, who are serving in Chandragupta Institute of Management Patna.
	 * The objective of this communication is to invite the members of our alumni 
fraternity from NOBA & also some friends and  associates to respond positively
to join the Council of Advisers with consent giving the following particulars in
brief. The names will be incorporated in the prospectus.
1. Name
2. Qualification
3. Present Position
3. Experience giving area of work and contribution
4. Area in which you may like to contribute
5. Photograph
6. Any other relevant information


	 * You may mail the above particulars on one or all of the following mail ids:
vidyavihar2005@..., poornashram@..., bjrgkor@...,
brajauto@..., mishrabrajesh@..., rajeshmishra@...,


	 * You may also like to congrtulate Shriman Vasudevanji, our inspiration and
founder VVRS on his mobile 09204068906, Prof (Dr.) Asheshwar Yadav, Director
VVIT on  his mobile 09430559192 and Shri Ramesh Chandra Mishra, Managing Trustee
& Chairman VVET on his  09431230055 & 09934681999
	 * Some names proposed as  members of the Concil of Advsors that have listed are
as under:
	 1.  Dr. Mithilesh Kanti, Ex-Principal Netarhat Vidyalaya
	 2. Shri BN Choudhary, Ex-teacher NV, Principal Kendriya Vidyalayas & OSD KV
Sangathan
	 3..  Shri Hari Prasad Agrawal, Industrialist (elder brother of Shri Pawan
Agrawal, 2nd Batch):09871298818
	 4.  Dr. Trinath Mishra, noted scholar, first batch: 09868282024
	 5. Shri Ram Nath Singh, Ex - Manaager Adveretisements HT, first batch:
09810362297

	 6.  Prof. Rabindra Kumar, Ex-Engr, Polytechnic Patna: 9835454798
	 7. Prof. (Dr.) Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, Ex-HOD English, Patna University:
09835440431
	 8.  Dr. Brajendra Kumar Jha, Ex-Engr, now teching BIT Mesra NOIDA Cenfre ,
second batch:09868172964
	 9.  Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, retd. Ex-Engineer SAIL Bokaro, second
batch:06542256854
	 10. Shri Pawan Kr. Agrawal, Engr. in USA, 2nd Batch

	 11.  Prof (Dr.)  Janak Prasad, NIT Jamshedpur, third  batch:09431301902
	 12.  Shri Bijoy Kant, retd.Ex-Engineer, third batch:09968260748
	 13.  Shri Ram Praveshji, retd. Ex-Engr., third batch:09818646021
	 14. Ram Biranjan Sinha, Ex-IIT, Energy Consultanat:

	 15.  Brig. Krishna Nandan (VSM), RN Infra Communications, 4th batch:
0124-4317450

	 16. Prof (Dr.) Narendra Nath Pndey, Ex-Patna Sciience College, fourth batch:

	 17. Shri Anand Kumar, Director R & D IOCL, 61-67 batch:09899218877
	 18.  Shri Anjani Kumar, IRS, 61-67 batch: 09431022497
	 19. Shri Yugal Kishore, Sr. Advocate, 61-67 batch: 09334107621

	 20.  Shri Paras Kr. Chaudhary, CMD CEAT Tyres, 62-68 batch:02224974223
	 21. Shri Vibhuti Jha, Senior Banker Ex-American Express Bank, 63-69 batch, In
USA

	 22.  Dr. Tarkeshwar  Kr. , Director ISM University, 66-71 batch: 09431124066
	 23. Shri Arun Kumar Singh, Accountant General Bihar, 66-71 batch: 09431012840
	 24.  Shri Girish Shankar, IAS, Cabinet  Secretary Bihar, 67-72 batch:
09431012646
	 25. Shri Anant Kumar Singh, IAS, 1970-77 batch:09868948454
	 26. Kumar Arwind Singh Deo, IAS, 1970-77 batch:09810036359
	 27. Shri Prakash Kumar, Ex-IIT, IAS, now in COSCO, 1972 batch:09868877070
	 28.  Prof. (Dr. ) Sanjay Kumar, CIM Patna, 1976 batch: 9431239820
	 29. Prof (Dr.) Manindra Nath Thakur, CPC JNU, 09968406430

	 30. Dr. Sangeeta Kumar, CIM Patna: 9431239820
	 31. Shri Rajendra Kumar, Ex-IIT, IAS, 1977 batch:09971748093
	 32.  Shri Rajeev Gupta, GM BHEL, 1977 batch: 09910360075
	 33.  Shri Abhay Jha,  CMD ELKOSTA, 1977 batch : 09810214342
	 34.  Shri Sanjay Kumar, Ex-IIT, SEWA Software: 09811518048
NOTE:

	 1. E & O regretted. The above list is quite short, not exhaystive and may be
enlarged with course of  time. There may be some ommisions or factual
deficiencies in the above particulars, as I have relied on my memory only.

	 2. If there is any observation or objection on formulating the Council of
Advisors, please do not hesitate to call me on: 09871129497

YOU MAY LIKE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND
ASSOCIATES.


REQUEST RESPOND ASAP

Lt. Col. (Retd.) Bajrang Bihari Singh,
HOME: KORLAHIA, SITAMARHI,  BIHAR 843117, 06226-276222
NETARHAT VIDYALAYA:
ROLL NO. 60
BATCH 1961-67 ,
ASHRAMS: GAUTAM & VIKRAM
MOBILE: 91-9871129497
NOBA HELPLINE: 011-27601275

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http://infochangeindia.org/200808187283/Film-Forum/Documentary/Anjam.html

More than a maid By Huned Contractor
Nishtha Jain’s documentary Lakshmi And Me explores the relationship
between two women -- mistress and maidservant More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200803066967/Film-Forum/Documentary/More-than-a-maid.\
html

When water kills By Huned Contractor
Two documentaries focus on pollution in UP’s Hindon river, and the
consequent health problems of the residents of the area More..
http://infochangeindia.org/200801306885/Film-Forum/Documentary/When-water-kills.\
html
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Case of the mysterious flamingos By Huned Contractor
Ashima Narain's film on the flamingos of Sewri Bay, in Mumbai, is
unique in its attempts to explain why and how scores of these
magnificent birds flock to one of Mumbai's most polluted areas More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200801216836/Film-Forum/Documentary/Case-of-the-myste\
rious-flamingos.html

Worth more than a pinch of salt By Aparna Pallavi
Two films about the life and work of salt workers highlight the
problems of this sadly neglected sector More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200801146804/Film-Forum/Documentary/Worth-more-than-a\
-pinch-of-salt.html

Cinematic views on conflict By C K Meena
A recent film festival in Bangalore featured 14 films dealing with a
range of disputes and differences among family members, between
workers and management, across races, communities and countries. The
films revealed the similarities in the dynamics of conflicts ranging
from a local water dispute to a war between nations More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200711206689/Film-Forum/Documentary/Cinematic-views-o\
n-conflict.html

Tracking the tiger By Huned Contractor
Krishnendu Bose’s Tiger -- The Death Chronicles -- examines the
failure of India’s efforts to protect the tiger. It also highlights
solutions More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200710166688/Film-Forum/Documentary/Tracking-the-tige\
r.html

Lightning rarely leaves a trace By Aseem Shrivastava
Amar Kanwar’s The Lightning Testimonies addresses the theme of public
rape in the South Asian sub-continent, how it is recorded and how it
is remembered, in an understated yet strongly haunting manner More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200709266687/Film-Forum/Documentary/Lightning-rarely-\
leaves-a-trace.html

Cleaners of the waste By Huned Contractor
The documentary Kachra Kondi, produced by Pune's municipal workers'
union, provides a shocking insight into the lives and work of
sanitation workers More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200707126288/Film-Forum/Documentary/Cleaners-of-the-w\
aste.html

Flush and forget By Huned Contractor
Pradip Saha's Faecal Attraction follows water from the toilet to the
Ganga-Yamuna, throwing up several disturbing thoughts about the
disposal of human waste along the way More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200707126287/Film-Forum/Documentary/Flush-and-forget.\
html

Invasion and dissent By Max Martin
The Vibgyor film festival in Thrissur this May focused on invasions of
land, air, water and human rights, and on the dissenters whose voices
are seldom heard More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200705126285/Film-Forum/Documentary/Invasion-and-diss\
ent.html

The grim legacy of war By Huned Contractor
Bangladeshi filmmaker Yasmine Kabir's A Certain Liberation simply
follows Durubhashi, a Bangladeshi woman who lost her family in the
1971 war. Along the way, the film makes a powerful statement on the
futility of war More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200705126284/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-grim-legacy-o\
f-war.html

Save the Onges By Huned Contractor
A new documentary on the Onge tribals of the Andaman Islands explores
the death touch of civilisation More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200705126283/Film-Forum/Documentary/Save-the-Onges.ht\
ml

The gods must be angry By Huned Contractor
Sanjay Barnela's Devta Activists explores the traditions of
conservation promoted by the deities of the Kulu valley and how these
traditions are losing ground to state-sponsored 'development' More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200703126282/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-gods-must-be-\
angry.html

BYOFF: Sun, sand and a bunch of interesting films By Huned Contractor
'Bring Your Own Film Festival', scheduled to kick off on February 21,
at Puri, in Orissa, has no room for hierarchy, bureaucracy or awards.
It's all about film appreciation with no boring add-ons More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200702126281/Film-Forum/Documentary/BYOFF-Sun-sand-an\
d-a-bunch-of-interesting-films.html

The ends justify the means? By Amrita Shah
In the space of a year we have had two films --Rang De Basanti and
Guru -- which tread dangerously close to preaching anarchy More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200702126280/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-ends-justify-\
the-means.html

'A film about people, not religion' By Huned Contractor
Rahul Dholakia discusses his film Parzania, the true story of a boy
who goes missing in the midst of the Gujarat riots More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200701126279/Film-Forum/Documentary/-A-film-about-peo\
ple-not-religion.html

The Yamuna gently weeps By Huned Contractor
Ruzbeh Bharucha's book and documentary film, Yamuna Gently Weeps, on
Delhi's Yamuna Pushta slum demolition, is the story of faulty urban
planning More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200611126278/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Yamuna-gently\
-weeps.html

Celebrating the midwife By Huned Contractor
Delhi-based filmmaker Sameera Jain's documentary Born At Home focuses
on the skills and relevance of almost 1 million traditional midwives
or dais in India More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200609126277/Film-Forum/Documentary/Celebrating-the-m\
idwife.html

After the flood By Huned Contractor
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit's documentary on the July 2005 deluge in
Mumbai attempts to jolt Mumbai's civic administration out of its
slumber More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200607126276/Film-Forum/Documentary/After-the-flood.h\
tml

Thirst :: Struggles against the privatisation of water in Bolivia,
India and the US More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200603126275/Film-Forum/Documentary/Thirst.html

MANY PEOPLE, MANY DESIRES
Two films that explore the prejudices against sexual minorities and
commercial sex workers More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200602126274/Film-Forum/Documentary/MANY-PEOPLE-MANY-\
DESIRES.html

Youth for Bhopal
A student group from Delhi have made a film and published a report on
the continuing tragedy of the gas-affected in Bhopal More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200512126273/Film-Forum/Documentary/Youth-for-Bhopal.\
html

SheWrite
Four women poets in Tamil Nadu claim the inner and outer spaces of
their bodies for themselves. The self-celebrating author of The Vagina
Monologues would find her material completely up-staged here More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200512116272/Film-Forum/Documentary/SheWrite.html

On My Own By Arshia Sattar
India's metropolitan cities allow single women economic and
professional freedom. But the five single women from New Delhi
featured in this documentary find their personal freedom compromised
More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200512106271/Film-Forum/Documentary/On-My-Own.html

The Land of the Diggers By Arshia Sattar
In this film from Jharkhand, India, indigenous people talk about
themselves and their ancestors, their migrations and exiles, their
continued exploitation and marginalisation More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200512096270/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Land-of-the-D\
iggers.html

The Indian Witch Hunt
Filmmaker Rakhi Varma's documentary on witch hunting was declared Best
Film at the ShowReal Asia 2 Awards, and has premiered on the National
Geographic channel. A report on the film, and an interview with the
filmmaker More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200512076269/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Indian-Witch-\
Hunt.html

Work in Progress By Arshia Sattar
This film on the World Social Forum in Mumbai in 2004 is a neat and
comprehensive vehicle for disseminating the big ideas of the WSF
movement More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200512066268/Film-Forum/Documentary/Work-in-Progress.\
html

Warriors on Wheels & Manavya By Arshia Sattar
Two short films that show how alternative communities can be formed
and sustained
http://infochangeindia.org/200506116267/Film-Forum/Documentary/Warriors-on-Wheel\
s-Manavya.html

Dwitiya Paksha
This feature film by Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborti charts the
evolution of an illiterate woman from a dummy panchayat president
elected under the 73rd amendment to a committed, responsible and
empowered leader
http://infochangeindia.org/200506116266/Film-Forum/Documentary/Dwitiya-Paksha.ht\
ml

Where the twain shall meet By Arshia Sattar
This is a film about the dalits of Punjab and their embrace of Sufi
traditions More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200506116265/Film-Forum/Documentary/Where-the-twain-s\
hall-meet.html

A middle-class dream of development By Sharmila Joshi
There are problems with the vision of development that the Hindi
feature film Swades promotes and its portrayal of the upper-caste
educated NRI as the harbinger of social change through quick-fix
solutions More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200504116264/Film-Forum/Documentary/A-middle-class-dr\
eam-of-development.html

My Migrant Soul By Arshia Sattar
Yasmine Kabir's film is a chilling reminder that under the glitz and
neon of the global economy lie buried the hopes and dreams (and
sometimes the bodies) of poor and desperate migrant workers More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200504116263/Film-Forum/Documentary/My-Migrant-Soul.h\
tml

The Great Indian School Show
185 TV cameras keep close watch on every movement of the students at a
Nagpur school. Filmmaker Avinash Deshpande's documentary questions the
impact such surveillance can have on students More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200504116262/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Great-Indian-\
School-Show.html

Close encounters in the fast food nation
Morgan Spurlock's Academy Award-nominated Supersize Me! demonstrates
that junk food of the McDonald's kind will cost us our health and
sanity. But the film would have done well to go further and question
consumerist economies, the manufacture of consent and the power of
advertising More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200504116261/Film-Forum/Documentary/Close-encounters-\
in-the-fast-food-nation.html

The Rock Star and The Mullahs
As the religious right all over the world impinges upon cultural
freedom, a BBC documentary follows rock star Salman Ahmed of the
Pakistani band Junoon into northwest Pakistan, where the mullahs have
banned and silenced all music as un-Islamic More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200504116260/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Rock-Star-and\
-The-Mullahs.html

Page 3 People
Madhur Bhandarkar's film reveals what goes on behind the gloss and
glamour with such gloss and glamour that it inadvertently ends up
glorifying the very ethos it sets out to critique More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200503116259/Film-Forum/Documentary/Page-3-People.htm\
l

Some Roots Grow Upwards: The Theatre of Ratan Thiyam
A timely film on the theatre of Ratan Thiyam explores the feeling of
oppression and injustice that pervades the psyche of the Manipuri
people More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200412116258/Film-Forum/Documentary/Some-Roots-Grow-U\
pwards-The-Theatre-of-Ratan-Thiyam.html

The Source of Life for Sale
Across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi,
local people speak out against commercial interests soaking up their
water resources More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200410116257/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Source-of-Lif\
e-for-Sale.html

The City Beautiful (Sundar Nagari)
A fly-on-the-wall account of two families in a low-income
neighbourhood of New Delhi, living on the edge of globalisation, on
the edge of 'India shining'
http://infochangeindia.org/200409116256/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-City-Beautifu\
l-Sundar-Nagari.html

Tales of the Night Fairies
A film about the confidence and vitality of Sonagachi's sex workers, a
charmed circle where women have control over their bodies, where they
choose their clients, and insist on the use of condoms
http://infochangeindia.org/200409116255/Film-Forum/Documentary/Tales-of-the-Nigh\
t-Fairies.html

Miles To Go
A 6000-km bus journey documents several industrial and environmental
disaster zones in India
http://infochangeindia.org/200409116254/Film-Forum/Documentary/Miles-To-Go.html

Manjuben, Truck Driver
India's only female truck driver wants to travel and be free. And she
has found a way to live the life she wants
http://infochangeindia.org/200408116253/Film-Forum/Documentary/Manjuben-Truck-Dr\
iver.html

A Night of Prophecy
Amar Kanwar's film takes the viewer from Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh,
recording songs of oppression, pain, exclusion and marginalisation
More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408116252/Film-Forum/Documentary/A-Night-of-Prophe\
cy.html

Ladies Special/ A Pyramid of Women
Two recent films explore the supportive and assertive spaces that
women carve out for themselves in the metropolis of Mumbai More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408116251/Film-Forum/Documentary/Ladies-Special/-A\
-Pyramid-of-Women.html

Naata /Ektaa Sandesh
Monteiro and Jayasankar’s Naata is about Bombay, and about Dharavi,
the city’s most economically efficient neighbourhood, but the heart of
the story lies with two extraordinary citizens, Waqar Khan and Bhau
Korde and the making of their film, Ekta Sandesh. More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408106250/Film-Forum/Documentary/Naata-/Ektaa-Sand\
esh.html

Matrubhoomi - A Nation Without Women  By Huned Contractor
Manish Jha's Matrubhoomi - A Nation Without Women, a futuristic story
about a village with no women, has created a storm with its
no-holds-barred presentation of female infanticide More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408096249/Film-Forum/Documentary/Matrubhoomi-A-Nat\
ion-Without-Women.html

Unlimited Girls
A film that centres around a chat room filled with the voices of older
Indian feminists and younger urban women searching the ideologies of
feminism to find a room of their own More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408086248/Film-Forum/Documentary/Unlimited-Girls.h\
tml

Development Flows From the Barrel of a Gun
This film presents and examines orchestrated state violence against
indigenous and local peoples when they protest against development
projects on their lands More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408076247/Film-Forum/Documentary/Development-Flows\
-From-the-Barrel-of-a-Gun.html

In Dark Times
How fascism grows and takes over unsuspecting societies More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408066246/Film-Forum/Documentary/In-Dark-Times.htm\
l

The Bee, the Bear and the Kuruba
A document of the displacement of indigenous lives, not by
‘development’ but by ‘eco’-development More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408056245/Film-Forum/Documentary/The-Bee-the-Bear-\
and-the-Kuruba.html

Kol Tales
The Kols, a tribe that inhabits the badlands of Bundelkhand, struggle
with bonded labour, the fraudulent seizure of their lands and a
national democracy that does not seem to include them in any way at
all More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408046244/Film-Forum/Documentary/Kol-Tales.html

Sita's Family
A portrait not simply of family dynamics, but of the spaces that women
must continually negotiate between the home and the world More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408036243/Film-Forum/Documentary/Sita-s-Family.htm\
l

Words On Water
A film that explores the struggle of the people of the Narmada Valley
against the big dams that threaten to submerge their lands and
displace them from their homes, traditions and cultures More...
http://infochangeindia.org/200408026242/Film-Forum/Documentary/Words-On-Water.ht\
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