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TRIBUTE TO DR. V. KURIEN ON HIS 101st BIRTHDAY : 26 November

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TRIBUTE TO DR. V. KURIEN ON HIS 101st BIRTHDAY : 26 November This is a Tribute to Dr. V. Kurien, on the "National Milk Day" which is being celebrated on 26-November ( falling on 26-November-2022 ), the Birth Day of Dr. Verghese Kurien, otherwise also, called as the "Milk Man of India" as well as "The Father of the White Revolution of India". Volumes have been written on Dr. Kurien and his story can not be finished in some words, for his significant contributions towards the Dairy Development in India and in other spheres, during his lifetime, that has helped uplift the economic wellbeing of millions of farmers, both men and women spread over more than 6-decades of his effort, across India nationally. His contribution in terms of building and nurturing excellent institutions to sustain resiliently on long term basis in the interest of the society is well known. I have also tried the little I could and have written a number of articles and notes on Dr. Kurie

THE DECISION OF UGC TO DO AWAY WITH PRE-PUBLICATION IN JOURNALS BEFORE FINAL Ph.D. THESIS IS WELCOME

THE DECISION OF UGC TO DO AWAY WITH PRE-PUBLICATION IN JOURNALS BEFORE FINAL Ph.D. THESIS IS WELCOME This is a piece of Good News for Scholars who may be pursuing or looking forward to pursue Ph.D. in their academic pursuits further in India. This is also a Good News for all in the Society, where the Scholars may be pursuing or may be looking forward to pursuing M.Phil. or Ph.D. Degrees in India. In a recent regulatory decision, the UGC ( University Grants Commission ) who is  the academic Regulator for the Universities and Educational Institutions of India has done away with the following requirements that were made mandatory some time back for the M.Phil. and Ph.D. Candidates as follows: 1. For M.Phil - present at least one research paper in a conference or seminar before submission of final Thesis for evaluation. 2. For Ph.D. - publish at least one research paper in a refereed journal and make two paper presentations in conferences or seminars before submission of final Thesis for e

Pollution by Individual Richest Billionaires of the World : A Million Times of an Individual of Common Humans

Pollution by Individual Richest Billionaires of the World : A Million Times of an Individual of Common Humans An Oxfam America Report and Press Release, released on yesterday, the 06-November-2022 says : " The investments of just 125 billionaires emit 393 million tonnes of CO2e each year – the equivalent of France – at an individual annual average that is a million times higher than someone in the bottom 90 percent of humanity." Here is the link of the Press Release of Oxfam America : https://www.oxfamamerica.org/ press/press-releases/a- billionaire-emits-a-million- times-more-greenhouse-gases- than-the-average-person/ This Press Release of Oxfam America is based on their own report with the title : "Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people". This Original Report of Oxfam is also available through a link given in the above Press Release of Oxfam America. The Green House Gas emissions that pollute the Atmosphere of the World and eve

LOOK AT THIS TRANSPARENCY IN A BUSINESS: HOW WILL ANY ONE BE ABLE TO BEAT IT ? IT WILL KEEP THE CUSTOMER GLUED

LOOK AT THIS TRANSPARENCY IN A BUSINESS: HOW WILL ANY ONE BE ABLE TO BEAT IT ? IT WILL KEEP THE CUSTOMER GLUED What I am explaining here is an exemplary transparency in a business operation. A couple of years Back not very long ago, I had visited a Cold-Storage in the industrial zone of Dubai in some context. It was a cold storage operation, where the owner primarily ran it as a business of Renting out the Cold Storage Space for various products which were merchandise of Different Shops or Traders who were trading it from their Shops at different locations in the Dubai City. The Shop Owners of Dubai were keeping their refrigerated products in this Cold Storage on rental basis. The Cold Storage was built primarily on German Technology, that was Sate of the Art of its time. It had different temperature zones where different products can be stored as per Refrigerated Temperature Need of the Products. For example, Ice Creams are supposed to be stored at Temperature -18 degree C ; thus -18

"BRAND FUDGING" IS A PREDICAMENT FOR POPULAR BRANDS : FIGHTING IT OUT IS THE WAY

"BRAND FUDGING" IS A PREDICAMENT FOR POPULAR BRANDS : FIGHTING IT OUT IS THE WAY "Brand Fudging" which in legal terminology called as "Trademark Infringement" is a regular problem and predicament, the Popular Brands face world wide, however, in India it has been prevalent from time to time frequently, and is quite painful for the popular brand owners. The More Popular is the Brand, it becomes more prone to "Brand Fudging" in the market and there is no choice other than fighting it out legally and seek legal protection for the Brand from the fudging (infringement) efforts of others trying to take undue advantage out of the Brand Properties. While a Popular Brand gets built over years and decades with lot of expenditure and a bundle of comprehensive marketing efforts with Quality and Service combined together, some others try to Fudge the Brand, with related, non-related or allied products to take a quick and extra-mile in business with