Bangalore Traffic information Systesms (BTIS) August 8, 2007

At last, the silicon valley of India – Bengalooru (Bangalore) had got some online information systems to find way to roam the city.  BTIS is a partnership of Mapunity, Airtel, and Bangalore Traffic Police.

At a first look, the site provides a decent live traffic conditions and directions.  I tried giving my home location and work location – the route or directions given is almost close to best possible route.  But the auto fares given at site is not close to the actual rates we have to pay for the given distance.

Nice job … keep it up.  Its a good source for any one new to Bangalore.

Conference for Java, Enterprise Architecture and SOA in India January 29, 2007

SDA India magazine and JAX magazine announced an Indian edition of their conferences at Bengalooru, India starting 28th May 2007.

There are three conferences

• JAX India 2007
• Enterprise Architecture Conference (EACon) India 2007
• Eclipse Forum India 2007

The last date for submitting papers is 6th Feb 2007 (for all the three conferences)

Securewars – IT Pro Security Contest for Indian IT Professionals December 4, 2006

Microsoft India announced an multistage contest on IT security to promote the concepts of information system security among Indian IT professionals.

The contest is called Securewars. You can get more details here.

Registration process started on 30th Nov 2006 and its open till 31st Dec 2006.

Stages:

Stage I: 

• Online quiz – 50 questions on various topics
• Starts on 7th Dec 2006  -  end on 31st Dec 2006
• Multiple choice questions
• Test duration is 60 mins
• Negative marks for wrong answers
• Top 1000 participants will be selected for stage II

Stage II:

• Online quiz  – 50 questions
• Starts on 3rd Jan 2007  – ends on 15th Jan 2007
• Multiple choice questions
• Test duration is 60 mins
• Negative marks for wrong answers
• Top 100 participants will be selected for stage III

Stage III:

• Scenario based case studies
• Expecting architectural proposal for IT security
• Starts on 17th Jan 2007 – ends on 31st Jan 2007
• Microsoft panel will review submitted proposals
• Top 10 participants will be announced on 14th Feb 2007

Stage IV:

• Interview by Microsoft panel

Its a good chance for any Indian IT professional to demonstrate their expertise.

Don’t Call / Do not Disturb webpages for India November 21, 2006

Everyday, I get few telemarketing calls to sell Credit cards, Insurance packages,etc etc.  As in today at Bengalooru, I guess almost every other person who has a mobile number is affected by this telemarketing spams.

Today I saw a very good post from one of my favorite blogger Venkatarangan, listing Don’t call / Do not disturb repositories for Banks.

Here is few links:

• ICICI Bank
• Standard Chartered Bank
• Citibank
• ABN Amro Bank
• Deutsche Bank
• HDFC

I am going to personally register myself on each bank to avoid these telemarketing calls. As venkat mentioned there, its is recent effort by Reserve Bank of India warning banks against.

Google Wordmasters Challenge – to find and reward India’s best writers September 21, 2006

Google is searching for writers through their Wordmasters Challenge. The contest is open only to the first 300 participants and deadline for entries is 25th Sep 2006.

The contest will take place on Sat 30th Sep 2006

India’s Modern Architectural Wonders September 20, 2006

 A recent article on Business week, displays India’s forthcoming wave of slick contemporary architecture as a slide show.  This article runs through 10 examples and most of them were underdevelopment now.

The GRE Guide May 17, 2006

Guru Panguji had compilied an excellent resource list for GRE aspirants.

GRE – the Graduate Record Examination, a test conducted by ETS- Educational Testing Services, based in Princeton, New Jersey. In India, this test is seen as gateway for entring US universities to do their graduate studies. This tests a person’s ability in verbal, math and analytical sections.

Why What’s Good for India is good for us March 2, 2006

Bharathi, a blogger from Tamil blogosphere pointed me to this interesting article on Yahoo Finance by Charles Wheelan, which provides an alternative view about India.

“So far, India has attracted mainstream attention mostly as the place where the guy booking your airline ticket — or transcribing your medical records or even preparing your taxes — happens to be sitting. That’s true enough. But India is far more than a telemarketing curiosity, and “outsourcing” is only a tiny piece of the economic transformation going on there. Having grown at roughly 6 percent a year for the past decade with the potential to do even better, India is likely to be one of the most important economic stories of the next decade.”

To read further – link to the article here

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