Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

The cost of continued education is soaring, and rate increases still loom on the horizon for many college students. Couple this with the fact that tuition costs are rising faster than inflation, and it’s not surprising in the least to see college-age kids starting to look elsewhere for education alternatives. 1. Codecademy We've talked about Codecademy a few times. Its approach to learning is rapidly acquiring new users and co-founder Zach Sims tells us he's already hired a developer who learned how to code using the platform. Coding is a modern-day form of literacy that can quickly lead to employment in an array of different industries. The site offers lessons in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and Python, using gamification techniques to make it fun and encourage friendly competition among friends. To date, Codecademy users have competed more than 100 million tutorials . 2. Goodwill Community Foundation International Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF)

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Website: http://www.iitk.ac.in/ Established in 1959 as one of the first Indian Institutes of Technology, the institute was created with the assistance of a consortium of nine leading US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP). Previous Ranking : 2011: 1 2010: 1 2009: 3 2008: 2 2007: 1 2006: 2 2005: 4 2. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Website: http://www.iitd.ac.in/ The institute was established as College of Engineering and Technology, New Delhi, on August 21, 1961. It was upgraded as an Indian Institute of Technology in 1963. Previous Ranking : 2011: 2 2010: 2 2009: 1 2008: 1 2007: 2 2006: 1 2005: 1 3. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal Website: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/ The first IIT it was established in 1951 to train engineers and scientists. Among IITs, the Kharagpur institute has the largest campus (2,100 acres), the most departments, an

The generic name is the official medical name for the active ingredient of the medicine. List of Generic Medicines stores in India: http://janaushadhi.gov.in/jastores.pdf Medicines will often have more than one name: a generic name, which is the active ingredient of the medicine a brand name, which is the trade name the manufacturer gives to the medicine. The generic name is the official medical name for the active ingredient of the medicine. The brand name is chosen by the manufacturer, usually on the basis that it can be recognised, pronounced and remembered by health professionals and members of the public. An example would be Viagra - this is the well-known brand name given by Pfizer to the generic medicine sildenafil. (Brand names are capitalised; generic names are not.) Once the licence has been granted by the MHRA, the pharmaceutical company can then market the generic medicine under a brand name. The company then has exclusive rights t

The iPhone 5 is rumored to be coming later this year, with an official announcement expected in June around Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Based on some of the latest rumors regarding the phone and what we can expect, one artist, Jon Fawcett, created some concept pictures of what he thinks Apple’s newest iPhone will look like when it hits store shelves. Rumor has it that the next version of the iPhone will be made of LiquidMetal. A mix of several different metals, LiquidMetal could allow the phone to be more durable. Light like plastic but durable like aluminum, it would also allow the phone to weigh less and have a thinner profile. Measuring at 4.14″ x 2.25″, Fawcett’s concept phone is just 7mm thick and has a 4-inch widescreen multitouch display. The phone has a 10-megapixel rear-facing camera, 5-megapixel forward-facing cam for video chatting, and quad speakers for listening to tunes or watching videos in both portrait and landscape mode. Fawcett isn’t affi

Daughters Are Precious In this episode Aamir talks about the killing of unborn girls, or female foeticide, an alarming and frightening reality. It involves the collusion of families, doctors and a social structure that encourages the desire for a boy child - at any cost. The result has been the death of over 3 crore unborn girls since independence and a generation of young men, many amongst whom will find it very tough to get a life partner.   

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