What will work in INDIA

What steps are taken by district collectors (IAS officers ) to delegate authority to the next in line across the districts to ensure things happen as planned? What is the necessity for an IAS office to visit a PHC or a school to make it perform as expected. If powers are delegated, the local authorities can make things happen. All that an IAS officer has to do is to have a website to log in issues by citizens and question the local authorities if things do not happen as required.

E-Wastes

Now a days every one has a need to own a cell phone.
Check up with your Gardner, Car Driver, Dhobhi or your Servant Maid if they need your old cell phones before you store it in your dump yard.
You can also get rid of your guilt of generating e-waste this way if you donate them to the needy.
While this segment of people who support us in managing our daily chores can pay the recurring expense and get into a plan that suites them, they find it difficult to pay and buy a phone upfront.

Are we responsible corporate citizens ?

Each desk top PC consumes 30 watts per hour when it is kept switched on. Of the 24 hours in a day close to 8 to 10 hours is what a PC is used in a working day. When most of the PC users leave their PCs on during off office hours during a week day and during weekends- 4 units of power goes wasted every week. Just because we can afford to pay the bills, doesn't entitle us to waste the resource that is at our disposal.
LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE HUMANS.

80,000 tree sapling created in 2 months

Thanks to the Project Green Hands(PGH), who hold the Guiness book of world records for planting over 185,000 tree saplings in a single day.
We(1800 of us) at my office actively participated, starting 2011 Sep for 2 months to prepare 80,000 tree saplings through PGH

This is how the year 2012 started for me

Thanks to the Isha Organizers to invite me to be part of the first Isha Arogya inauguration in Chennai.

புதியதலைமுறை தமிழர் விருது

On 15th April 2012, a legend "புதியதலைமுறை" was creating a history which when properly used can sow the seeds for a new culture in தமிழ் நாடு and in the media industry.

The award winners and the program was unique and worth a ton of gold if not diamond.

Tremor in Chennai

There were 2 tremors one at 2:15pm & the other at 4:30pm today 11th April 2012. I felt the first one ... Lasted for well over 25 seconds. In the next 5 min the building was evacuated. The twice a year mock drill we performed came in handy. There was no commotion or confusion. While there were tsunami warning around 5:00pm and the coastal road and settlements (shops and public) were evacuated , later the warning was with drawn.

Simple systems

Why in well established offices like HDFC there are no token system to regulate visiting customers.

Using Montecarlo simulation

Using Montecarlo simulation to arrive at the PFE (potential future exposure) of the Credit limits extended to the clients.

Agasthyar temple at T Nagar

One temple where I saw a statue of Agasthyar and his wife Lopamudhra

Bellaria - an ice cream shop with a difference

Enjoying an address adjacent to Park Sheraton, this shop is one of it's kind in Chennai that makes ice creams to order.
Your choice of ingredients shape up into an ice cream of your choice in 10 to 15 minutes in front of your eyes.
You could choose the base - from low fat milk, soya milk, coconut milk or rice milk.
Tiramisu flavor was the one I "picked".
Coconut milk blended well too.

Opportunities a plenty but no one to take it

Building maintenance is poorly done with people involved not being trained or certified.

This leads to poor maintenance and hence leading to poor standard of living.

There are no takers to create this vital infrastructure. An institute with certification course on plumbing, electrical, carpentry and masonry can go a long way lifting the poverty line a big way in india.

This could create job opportunities and also improve the service level.

Samsung Smart TV with 3D

You could connect this TV to Internet.
Remote Control using your iPhone or iPad
Play any Internet based videos seamlessly accessing the content through any smart device and using Allshare feature of the Smart TV.
The 3D feature is awesome in this model UA40D6600.

Is not taking risk the riskiest thing in life ?

The bar is kept moving high in the minds of people as to what it really means that one has arrived in to the success zone.
This trend deprives human race of it's potential to explore the new and higher possibilities. As the majority of time is spent in survival game.
It is necessary a social structure is put in place with the government intervention to put an end to this direction less race. So that higher possibilities can be achieved by human specie.
Is it true that the future evolution that is awaiting to happen may be in several thousands of years is something to do with inner aspects of human being than on physiological changes ?
This aspect of evolution is getting delayed because of current culture that predominantly makes human spend their precious time in the current trend on survival game.