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A new website concerned with quizzes in general has been launched in
Delhi. Check it at:

http://www.kutubquizzers.com/index.html

Our best wishes for the success of the new venture.

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A marketplace site for security research. In other words, where bugs can
be sold or purchased. The name is derived from two Japanese words -
wabi and sabi – and represents a world view based on transience
acknowledging "three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is
finished, and nothing is perfect." Launched by a Switzerland-based
company. Check for details



http://www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/home.do
<http://www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/home.do> ? (accessed: July 22, 2007)



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Cyber Quiz: News-70: Microsoft Research India Announces Ph.D. Fellowship
Awards for 2007



If interested, check this item* at



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Dr D.C.Misra

July 17, 2007

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*Microsoft Research India Announces Ph.D. Fellowship Awards for 2007
Ph.D. Fellowship Program offers funding, travel grant and internship at
Microsoft Research India; aims to encourage students to pursue careers
in research.
BANGALORE, India — July 17, 2007 — Microsoft Research India
today announced its Ph.D. Fellowship Program awards for 2007. The Ph.D.
Fellowship Program aims to encourage students to take up doctoral
education in computer science and help the growth of the research
community in India. The Ph.D. fellowships, instituted by Microsoft
Research's External Research & Programs group, are awarded to
students after a rigorous selection process that includes nomination by
their faculty and selection by a panel of leading researchers. Through
the Ph.D. Fellowship Program, Microsoft Research India offers the
recipients funding of $20,000 (U.S.) over four years and a travel
allowance of $5,000 (U.S.) to attend international conferences and
seminars. As part of the Ph.D. Fellowship Program, the selected students
will also be given a laptop computer and an internship opportunity of
three to six months at Microsoft Research India during the first two
years of their fellowship.

Ph.D. fellowships for this year have been awarded to Shanmuganathan R.
(Indian Institute of Technology [IIT] Bombay), B.V.N. Silpa (IIT Delhi),
Arnab Sarkar (IIT Kharagpur), Arpita Patra (IIT Madras) and Rama Suri
Narayanam ( Indian Institute of Science).

"Research is critical to innovation, which leads to technological
leadership," said P. Anandan, managing director of Microsoft
Research India. "India has a large pool of bright young students who
would make great researchers, but unfortunately very few of them go on
to pursue advanced studies. These Ph.D. fellowships are meant to
encourage talented students to pursue a doctorate degree and go on to a
career in research."

"Microsoft Research India is committed to increasing the Ph.D.
pipeline and advancing the growth of research in India," said Vidya
Natampally, director of strategy at Microsoft Research India. "The
Ph.D. Fellowship Program identifies and provides support to some of the
best research talent in the country. The Ph.D. fellowships also enable
these students to travel to the most important conferences around the
world and meet and learn from the top researchers in the field as well
as their peers."

The fellowships are granted to candidates studying in a department
oriented toward research in electrical engineering, computer science and
engineering from renowned Indian technical institutes.

Microsoft has been in India since 1990 and employs over 4,000 people
across its offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai,
Hyderabad and Pune.

About Microsoft Research India

Microsoft Research India was established in January 2005, and is engaged
in cutting-edge basic and applied research in multiple fields in
computing, information technology and related areas. One of Microsoft
Research India's key objectives is to further the state of the art
in computing research by partnering with key institutions and academics
in India.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in software, services and solutions that help people and
businesses realize their full potential.

Note to editors: If you are interested in viewing additional information
on Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft® Web page at
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Three Indian teams, Army Institute of Technology, University of Pune,
Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, and ABES Engineering
College, Ghaziabad, are slated to participate in AUVSI Aerial
International Robotics Competition 2007 to be held on July 23 – 27,
2007 at the Soldier Battle Lab's McKenna Urban Operations Site at
Fort Benning, Georgia. AUVSI stands for Association for Unmanned Vehicle
Systems International. Check for details



http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html
<http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html>  (accessed:
July 9, 2007)



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July 9, 2007



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A real good performance by any standards.* Our congratulations to young
Mr Harshvardhan Chamaria.



Dr D.C.Misra

May 29, 2007

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_

*His SAT score: 2,370 out of 2,400



Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey | TNN



Kolkata: Harshvardhan Chamria was always known as a special talent at La
Martinere for Boys (LMB). Though he had consistently set higher academic
standards for himself, no one expected him to achieve what he has now
made possible. Not only is Harsh, possibly, the highest scorer in SAT
— the mandatory entrance test that candidates have to take for entry
to US universities — from Kolkata this year, he is perhaps the only
plus-two passout ever who has been invited by at least seven of the Ivy
League universities in the US to join their undergraduate degree
programmes.


Harsh has just passed his ISC exams with a score of 96%, which, his
teachers say, was expected. After completing ICSE from Doon School, he
joined LMB in 2005. Since then, all eyes were trained on him, who
combined academic brilliance with athleticism. A good student, a tennis
champion, an award winning quizzer, a debater, a dancer and a member of
the computer science core team who led the school up to the national
level in the international computer Olympiads — Harsh has done it
all.



Harsh has scored a staggering 2,370 out of 2,400 in SAT, in physics and
two papers in maths, for entry to computer engineering in US
universities. He had applied to seven US universities — Cornell
University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pennsylvania,
University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Georgia Institute of Technology — and
has received invitations from each of them. The Northwestern University
has even identified Harsh as its dean's scholar among the students,
who have been offered admission this year.



``It was indeed a difficult choice with so many universities
offering me admission. But I have finally zeroed in on Cornell
University,'' says Harsh. His four-year engineering degree course
starts from the fall session in August. ``It's expensive to
study in the US and though I might eventually land a part-time job that
will help me support myself, for the time being, I have to shell out Rs
20 lakh annually to cover my expenses,'' he said.



LMB principal Sunirmal Chakraborty was ecstatic. ``Harsh is not a
typical bookworm that one expects toppers to be. He is a well-rounded
person who, during his time at Doon School, had helped clean the Ganges
near Dehra Dun, gone on difficult treks and became the state tennis
champion from Uttaranchal. He is the school tennis champion in the city.
To add to his credit, Harsh has taken LMB to the national-level in
computer Olympiad and has even worked for corporate houses during summer
vacations.''



Harsh wants to come back after finishing study in the US and start his
own IT firm that will help to spread network in rural areas.



(Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, May 29, 2007, Tuesday, p-11,
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=CAP&l\
ogin=drdcmisra
<http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=CAP&\
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Check

*Sachdeva, Sujata Dutta (2007): Innovative ideas: Look to college kids,Times of
India, New Delhi, May 27, Sunday, p-10,
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=CAP&l\ogin=dr\
dcmisra (registration required)

Dr D.C.Misra
May 28, 2007

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*Innovative ideas: Look to college kids

From `Recog', which finds meaning in content, to
`Aabha', which prepares an automatic summary, Indian innovators
are making their presence felt in the world

Sujata Dutta Sachdeva | TNN

Their names may not ring a bell today. But a few years from now, the
world could be toasting this trio for creating another search engine
like google or maybe something even better that could touch people's
lives. Batchmates Deepak Jagdish, Vasundhara Kantroo, and Avi Mehta are making
waves for `Recog', their unique innovation which has won
them first prize at a nationallevel competition recently. The trio
competed against hundreds of other college-students, innovators in their own
right, from all across India and emerged victorious.

Recog is a software platform that integrates handwritten notes,
textbook pages, newspaper cuttings and other printed media. It
identifies the context of the content and tries to find meaning in it.

The trio which calls itself Team Blue Leaf are final-year BTech
students at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute for Information and Communication
Technology, Ahmedabad. The threesome are now packing their bags to go to Seoul
and take on innovators from around the globe at the Imagine Cup,world's premier
student technology competition, where more than 1,00,000 students from nearly
every country in the world will compete with their innovations.

Interestingly, Jagdish, Kantroo and Avi are not alone. Academic
institutions across India are full of young innovators who are
incubating ideas, creating new technology platforms and coming up with
real-world solutions. Just like Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Bin who
had met at Stanford University and created history by creating the most popular
search-engine on the Net today, our home-grown college-going innovators too are
doing their bit for the world.

Most often, these young innovators are a bunch of enthusiastic and
motivated batchmates, who share a common passion for creating
cutting-edge software platforms that can make a difference to mankind.
Dedicated and focused, many of them have been researching their ideas
for months before coming up. Many of them eventually manage to make a
mark and win accolades for their bright ideas, some are even lucky to
have their ideas picked up by companies. But the rest are simply
forgotten with time.... their innovation gathering dust, while team
members move on to nurture their individual career goals.

Yet, every year a new bunch makes their mark and their numbers are
growing each year. For example, this year approximately 12,000 students from
over a 1,000 colleges participated for the India leg of the Imagine Cup, a huge
leap from the average 2,000 participants they had in the first two years of the
competition.

Take Vaibhav Rastogi, Anand Mohan, Shailendra Sason and Patel Alkesh
Maganbhai for example. The four BTech batchmates from IIIT Allahabad,
have created `Aabha' a multilingual document summariser.
It's a software which when given a document, automatically prepares
its summary. ``Our system can summarise documents in English,
Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Telugu. Moreover, the design is so modular and generic
that given a few linguistic modules, it will work for most
languages,'' says Rastogi. That's not all, the foursome have
quite a few innovations to their credit. For example, they have created a
multilingual chat and conferencing module which facilities
multilingual chatting, conferencing, PowerPoint presentation sharing et al.

Similarly, Pranav and Shivanand Thakur from the Army Institute of
Technology, Pune and IGNOU Lucknow have created `Educational Content
Identification and Grabbing System' (ECIGS). A software that
minimises search options on the Net and increases efficiency in finding relevant
and useful content.

Roshan Sumbaly and his friends from BITS Pilani, Goa created,
`eduGRID'. It's aimed at solving the problem of `low
student:teacher ratio' in educational institutions. "Gone are
the days when a teacher used to give personal attention to every
student. Students can use our software to learn themselves. It answers
queries in an interactive and conversational fashion (speech as well as text).
Indeed it can't be a `replacement' for a teacher, but
yes, it can be a `substitute' when a teacher is not around,"
explains Sumbaly.

The good news is that many of these youngsters from India are also
making a mark globally now. As Tarun Gulati, GM, developer and platform
evangelism, Microsoft India says, ``Indian teams have featured twice in the
global top three in the last five years of Imagine Cup and once in the top 12.''
In fact, in 2003, students from the Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of
Technology, Mumbai, won the second prize globally for their solution Sanjeevani
aimed at the healthcare industry.So are Indian educational institutions becoming
nurturing grounds for innovators then? No, says Rajdeep Sahrawat,
vice-president, Nasscom. He feels there's a lot more that needs to be done.
``There is a romantic notion about garage start-ups, but for every success
story,there are many more failures. Indeed, there is a need for creating an
innovation ecosystem in India. And these young innovators are our innovation
evangelists — they are role-models for their peers,'' says Sahrawat. However,
unlike the US and Israel where they nurture innovation, India lacks the
ecosystem to nurture innovators. ``There is an urgent need for VC firms who
could provide seed capital for them. Of course, it's happening gradually with
some universities and IITs providing early-stage funds for students, but there
is a long way to go,'' Sahrawat says.

No wonder, very few innovations become mainline products. As Sumbaly
says, ``What's needed is a place where these innovations can be
nurtured and allowed to grow. Ideas come fast and fade off faster.
Hence, to nourish these ideas we need to set up incubation centres
across the country.''In fact, some companies are already taking the initiative.
Microsoft for example provides additional support to students on business
development of their innovations and further software development guidance to
students who are interested in commercialising their solutions. Many projects in
India have already gone into incubation stages. A few youngsters have also been
given an opportunity to work with some companies because of their ideas.
Perhaps, these innovation evangelists will show the way to India Inc one day.

sujata.sachdeva@...

(Source: Times of India, New Delhi, May 27, Sunday, p-10,
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Hi everybody,

Drop a visit to my latest Quiz at:  http://quiz-o-maniac.blogspot.com/

Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:    QuizOManiac.googlepages.com


Happy Quizzing,
Daniel.

Interested in brand equity quiz? And are you in Mumbai? Consider then
attending the quiz on Sunday, May 6,2007 in Turf Club, Mumbai.
Request passes from teaml.et@.... Check up the write-up
too in to-day's Economic Times.*

Dr D.C.Misra
May 2, 2007
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*The national finals of the Brand Equity Quiz is just around the
corner. Will you be there?


IT'LL BE a high-stakes race of a different kind, at a venue that's
used to neck-and-neck contests. After two months of action-packed
quizzing, The Brand Equity Quiz 2007, presented by IDEA, is all set
to conclude with a big bang. The Grand Finale will come this Sunday,
May 6, when the national finals of the biggest corporate quiz in Asia
will kick off at the Turf Club in Mumbai. So here's a call to all the
quizzers out there — start burning the midnight oil, book your
tickets and get ready to play.

This year, the Quiz was even bigger than it's ever been, with new
centres Kochi and Indore bringing the total number of regional rounds
up to ten. Quizmaster Derek O'Brien, and his secret-agent avatar,
have wowed the crowds across the country, and there's plenty of that
in store for Mumbai as well. As always, the Brand Equity Quiz has
hundreds of prizes for audience members — and the contestants aren't
complaining, because the national winners will be driving away in a
brand new Ford Ikon each.

The ten teams who will be in the running for that trophy — Savoir
Faire from Pune, NTPC from Delhi, Mudra from Ahmedabad, Ray +
Keshavan from Bangalore, Vizag Steel from Hyderabad, Sanmar from
Chennai, Malayala Manorama from Kochi, TCS from Kolkata, Deutsche
Bank from Mumbai and Bhilai Steel Plant from Indore — are the cream
of corporate quizzers. They've beaten a total of 319 teams across the
country — Mumbai and Bangalore saw the highest participation levels,
with over 50 teams in their preliminary rounds. Needless to say, this
will make the slugfest at the finals even fiercer, so get set for a
battle royale.

The Brand Equity Quiz 2007 is presented by IDEA, and the grand
prize sponsor is Ford Ikon. The airline sponsor is Kingfisher
Airlines and the event is powered by Indiatimes.com. Innovation
partner for the Brand Equity Quiz 2007 is Wipro. The associate
partners are Times Now and Radio Mirchi, and the official time
partner is Pierre Cardin. The national prize sponsors are Kaya Skin
Clinic, Provogue, Gitanjali, Lee, Vedic Village Spa & Resorts,
Fujifilm FinePix Digital Cameras, Digjam and Antivirus Quick Heal.
The beverage sponsor for the quiz is Kingfisher. The hospitality
partner is Hilton Towers Mumbai, and official travel partner is
yatra.com.

(Source: Economic Times, New Delhi, May 2, 2007, Wednesday, Brand Equity
Supplement, p-4, http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/ET/navigator.asp?
Daily=ETD&login=drdcmisra

The National Management Quiz, according to the web site of All India
Management Association (AIMA), "has been designed as an innovative,
interactive programme to facilitate a copious flow of knowledge and
ideas packaged in exciting rounds. Learning through management quizzing
is fun and goes beyond the traditional bounds of management
training." Check it at



http://www.aima-ind.org/md_nmq.asp <http://www.aima-ind.org/md_nmq.asp>



Dr D.C.Misra

April 10, 2007



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The Indian Computing Olympiad, according to the website "is a nationwide
competition organized annually" by Indian Association for Research in
Computing Sciences (IARCS), in coordination with Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE). "The goal of the competition is to identify
school students with outstanding skills in algorithms and computer
programming.

The Indian Computing Olympiad is used to select the team of four
students to represent India at the International Olympiad for
Informatics (IOI). IOI is one of the six prominent Science Olympiads
held annually. The other five Science Olympiads are held in Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy. IOI-2007 will be held in
Zagreb, Croatia in August, 2007."

The Computing Olympiad is "open to all school students across the
country, from any school board."

Check the site for details:

http://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/ <http://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/>

Dr D.C.Misra
March 31, 2007




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IIT-Delhi to represent India at international robotics event

Check the news item* at
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=226803

and the website of Robocon India at
http://www.roboconindia.com/index.htm

Dr D.C.Misra
March 16, 2007

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*IIT-Delhi to represent India at international robotics event

Considered the biggest robotics event for undergraduates in the Asia-
pacific region, Robocon International will see the institute vying
with 35 teams

Pallavi Singh

New Delhi, March 15: Come August, a bunch of 20 students from IIT-
Delhi will swing robots in Hanoi, Vietnam to win an international
Robotics competition. In the five years of the event, this is the
first time that IIT-Delhi is going to represent India at the event.
The Robotics team this week registered a win over more than 25
competing colleges from across the country, including three IITs to
emerge as national champion. Financially supported by IIT-Delhi
administration, the team has developed three robots — one manual and
two automated — over the last 12 months for the competition with a
budget of around Rs 2 lakh.

Robocon International, organised every year by Asia Pacific
Broadcasting Union of which Doordarshan is a member, is considered
the biggest robotics event for under-graduate students in the Asia-
pacific region. While Vietnam has been a winner for the first three
years of the event, India has never gone beyond quarterfinals.
"Our country's performance at the event has so far been dismal. We
are analysing videos of previous years' events and are in the process
of identifying our weak points," said Dr SK Saha, project coordinator
for the event.

This year's Robocon theme is based on an old Vietnam legend wherein
dragons engage in a contest to capture the Vietnamese islands. In the
game, robots will signify the dragons and try to accomplish the task
of putting cylindrical "pearls" into pole-shaped "islands".

While Dr Saha terms it a "difficult" game, the students are in high
spirits after becoming national champions and feel that the
competition as well as the fabrication of the robots was a thrilling
adventure. Shailesh Jain, mechanical coordinator of the participating
team, said: "We not only need good robots, but strategy and mind
games to win the game. We hope to display our technological skills
and emerge winners."

And, to ensure a smooth run at the event, the team also is in need of
sponsors. "Our institute has already extended a financial support of
Rs 2 lakhs for our endeavour. We are looking for sponsors to help us
further," said Jain.

(Source: Delhi Newsline, Page One,
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=226803, accessed:
March 16, 2007)

Cyber Quiz: Tata Crucible: The Campus Quiz 2007: SIBM, Pune Wins
National Finals

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, led by Rohit and
Nikhil, won the national finals of Tata Crucible: The Campus Quiz 2007
held on March 5, 2007 in Mumbai, according to a press release by Tata
Sons. The first runner-up was the team from IMT Ghaziabad, and the
second runners-up was a tie between KJ Somaiya Institute of Management,
Mumbai, and College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. The quiz rounds
were conducted by noted quiz master Giri Balasubramaniam,
aka 'pickbrain'. Check the full press release at:

http://tatawestside.com/tata_sons/releases/20070306.htm, March 6, 2007
(accessed: March 14, 2007)

Dr D.C.Misra
March 14, 2007

Hello everybody,

Checkout my latest Quiz at:
http://quiz-o-maniac.blogspot.com/

Just incase if you have a very busy schedule, have a look at the
questions here.

The questions are as follows:

1) To start with a sitter, Connect all these four...?
Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.


2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal...!
The name is derived from the TODA word "othakal-mund" which means
house in mountains." It stands at 7,347 feet above sea level. It was
founded in the 19th century stands at 7,347 feet above sea level, and
served as the summer headquarters of the Madras Presidency. What am i
talking about..?


3) It's cricket time..!

NEO sports: India :: _____________ : Pakistan.
(Clue: As you might be aware of the controversy between Nibuus
communications and Doordarshan about the 7-min delay in cricket match
telecast)


4) Connect all these....?(Clue:The pic on left is of a famous railway
station)
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.


5) Flock : Sheep :: ________ : Ferrets.


6) Can you identify to which country this registration plate belong
to..?
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.


8) Yet another connect: - Italian word meaning 'to rock, roll'.
**For PICS, you need to visit my page.


9) How do we better know Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jung-mok..?


10) A Connect to end with... Connect these...?
Lalbagh Road,Bangalore, India.
   **For PICS, you need to visit my page.


   Happy Quizzing,
   Daniel.


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Hello everybody,

Checkout my latest Quiz at:
http://quiz-o-maniac.blogspot.com/

Just incase if you have a very busy schedule, have a look at the
questions here.

Regards,
Daniel.

The questions are as follows:

1) To start with a sitter, Connect all these four...?
Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

**For PICS, you need to visit my page.


2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal...!
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house in mountains." It stands at 7,347 feet above sea level. It was
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--- In rti4ngo@yahoogroups.com, "Dhirendra Krishna"
<dhirendrakrishna@...> wrote:

Friends,

Saakshi Trust of Bangalore has done a very good job by drafting  RTI
Applications in the field of education. Guide prepared by them has
been added as one of the files in rti4ngo.

RTI can be used to demand better performance. This can be elaborated
by raising issues of persistent  failures, despite the existing
systems of checks and balances. In fact, it is quite common to bury
adverse findings in the files instead of taking the required
corrective measures. Public pressures on grass-root authorities can be
more effective than administrative controls.

Following steps are needed for making the applications under RTI more
sophisticated, that forces the grass-root level authorities to improve
governance processes, by taking corrective measures.

·         Budget of Education Department of Karnataka provides details
of expenditure under Plan / Non-Plan schemes. Issues can be raised
under RTI regarding the suo moto public disclosure of benefits
expected from these schemes by the Grass-root authorities. Such
disclosures should enable the "potential beneficiaries" to evaluate
whether the intended benefits of the public expenditure is reaching them.

·         Qualitative aspect of education provided by Government
funded educational institutions is a major issue. There may be
internal checks like annual inspection of schools. The findings of
such inspection can be obtained under RTI. Public pressure may lead to
qualitative improvements, based on the internal procedures of the
education department.

·         Administrative and financial controls are reflected in the
regular reports submitted to the superior authorities. Findings of
Internal Audit and C&AG reflect failures in administration and
management of finance. Despite these checks and balances, there can be
rampant waste/misuse of public funds. RTI can enable a citizen to
obtain copy of such reports.

·         Corruption related findings are available in the reports
prepared by the vigilance Department and RTI enables any citizen to
ask for copy of reports where investigation is complete.


Next issue is how to motivate persons at District /Block /Village
level to file such applications. District level NGOs may be requested
for using RTI to demand better services from the public authorities.
Education is a State subject and each state would have its own system
of checks and balances. RTI Application can be standardized for each
State, taking these variations into account.





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As you might be aware, m-Government is fast becoming one of the most
important subsets of all inclusive e-Government. There is a strong
need of dialogue among the telecom service providers, government
agencies , industry and citizens as the stakeholders for evolving
innovative solutions in the domain.

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case studies, the technologies available and the future potential of
the mobile government services. The results f the research will be
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the practitioners from the public sector agencies for implemening
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OPEN LETTER TO SHRI WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH

Dear Shri Habibullah,

1.Your patience and tact in dealing with the campaign by RTI
Activists aimed at "sacking" you was quite admirable.  Same group of
activists had initiated an on-line campaign to the President of
India against you. They believe that you are personally responsible
for non-implementation of RTI. Campaign was aimed at getting maximum
media exposure. In my opinion, a clearer understanding of the
complexities in implementation of RTI Act in the public
administration system in India is required, to fix responsibility
for its non-implementation.

2. Implementation is the primary responsibility of public
authorities under the Central and State Governments. CIC /SICs are
the Appellate Authorities and oversee the implementation of RTI Act
by the executive authorities, to submit their report to Parliament /
State Legislatures. Monitoring and reporting duties of CIC / SICs
are identical to the Audit Report of C&AG. Traditionally, C&AG does
not undertake executive responsibilities, as it would interfere with
his independence as an auditor.

3. Your critics are putting the entire blame for non-implementation
on you, ignoring the provisions of RTI Act, which define your role.
This aspect was also overlooked in the national convention. It may
be your personal decency that you did not emphasize upon the failure
of executive, to ward off the personal criticism levied on you.

4. Main issues relating implementation pertain to Appropriate
Government and Public Authority. CIC and SICs have peripheral role
of monitoring and reporting to Parliament / State Legislature. If
RTI Act is implemented in letter and spirit, it constitutes a major
administrative reform, leading to higher degree of public
accountability, transparency and quicker response to the aspiration
of the people. Only the public authorities can carry out such
administrative changes. In our administrative set-up, CIC / SICs
will not be able to make any significant contribution in following
aspects of implementation, except making recommendations to
Government and highlighting the non-implementation in their
reports:

q Changes in record keeping by public authorities u/s 4(1)(a),
to make information readily accessible to the citizens.

q Suo moto disclosure of information needed by citizens, to
avoid resort to applications under RTI Act.


q Appointment of CPIO/SPIO and publicity regarding their
appointment.

q Departmental instructions by each public authority to
facilitate the work of CPIO/SPIO, so that each official understands
his responsibilities under the RTI Act.

q Educational programs under section 25 are the responsibility
of the Central and State Government. This is a huge task, which
cannot be performed without using entire administrative machinery
available with the Government, including the educational
institutions. This also requires well-planned schemes and funding by
the Government.

q Major stumbling block is the negative attitude of the
officials towards the RTI Act, who are likely to resist enhanced
pubic accountability and transparency.

4. During the first year of implementation, Central and State
Governments have not been able to fulfill all these legal
obligations.  Proposed amendments to Section 18 of RTI Act seems to
be an attempt to pass on the entire responsibility of implementation
to Central Information Commission / State Information Commissions.
They do not have the requisite administrative and financial
resources, at there command. If this amendment to TI Act were
approved by the Parliament, public authorities would continue to
ignore their duties regarding implementation.

5. Whereas the RTI Activists are very vociferous about "file
notings" aspect of the amendments, they have not made adequate noise
about the far-reaching consequences of amending section 18.  These
are complex administrative issues, which were not considered in
the  "National Convention on One Year of RTI".

6. In my opinion CIC and SICs should bring their administrative
limitations to the notice of Central and State Governments. It is
essential to emphasize that implementation responsibility of the
Appropriate Government/ Public Authorities, cannot be imposed on
them.  On the other hand, there is a need for an effective audit
mechanism to enable CIC / SICs to conduct an independent review and
evaluate the implementation of RTI Act by the Public Authorities.
Report by CIC / SICs to Parliament / State Legislature should not
totally rely upon the information given by the Government, without
independent audit scrutiny.

7. RTI Activists have raised the issue of the "soft approach" of
CIC / SICs.  Every administrator knows that there are stages where
soft approach is much better than the "hard approach."  At he
initial stages of the learning curve, it is desirable to be soft,
one can get harder after a certain stage of learning. Although CIC/
SICs do not have the executive responsibility for implementing the
RTI Act, their reports to Parliament / State Legislature would
reflect that every one is at the initial stages of learning curve.
In view of the Citizen's demand for punishment to CPIO / SPIO in
every case of default, there can be a cut-off date for such
mechanical imposition of penalty.

8. In the national convention most of the speakers talked about the
negative attitude of bureaucracy towards RTI Act, but no worthwhile
practical suggestions have emerged. I would suggest that from the
year 2007-08 onwards, the Annual Confidential Report of every
officer should reflect how he / she has contributed towards
implementation of RTI Act, to motivate them to be more responsive
towards the citizens.

9. Attitude of an officer towards the public is a realistic
indicator of his /her capabilities. Good Officers would  (a) Make
every possible effort to improve record keeping, (b) Make suo-moto
disclose information of public interest to avoid public resort to
RTI Act, (c) Use increased public accountability as a tool for
administrative reforms, (d) Use disclosure of information under RTI
Act as an effective tool of preventive vigilance, (e) Use RTI Act to
ward off undue political pressures, (g) Use the implementation of
RTI Act as an opportunity for administrative reforms to make their
organisations more attuned to the requirements of the citizens.

10. On the other hand Officers of poor administrative ability would
deny information to hide their inefficiencies. Corrupt officers
would be very reluctant to disclose information, which would expose
them.  Attitude of an officer towards RTI Act, which imposes greater
transparency and public accountability, shows his competence as a
public servant. Suitable instructions for adding these aspects in
the Annual Confidential Report of Officers may be considered by the
Central and State Governments.

11. This open letter to you is a public document. It is being placed
on various Internet groups, including the yahoo group "rti4ngo"
initiated by me, where several administrative aspects of
implementing RTI Act have also been posted.  Many RTI Activists may
disagree with me, as hey have publicly held you personally
responsible for non–implementation of RTI Act. I hope to initiate a
public debate regarding these practical administrative issues.

          Best wishes for the Second Year of RTI,



                   Yours sincerely,



Dhirendra Krishna IA&AS (Retired)
17.10.2006
Email: dhirendrakrishna@...

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