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MYRA - "Agri-input Marketing in India" book launched by Shri.Manoj Rajan, IFS, Additional Secretary, Government of Karnataka
by deepa＠isim.ac.in 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

Dear Sir, The Book “Agri-input Marketing in India”, authored by Dr.Venugopal Pingali, Professor of Marketing, XLRI and Mr. Ram Kaundinya, Professor of Strategy, MYRA School of Business and published by SAGE, was launched by MYRA School of Business on September 19, 2014, at the Athena Auditorium of the campus by Shri Manoj Rajan, IFS, Additional Secretary (Market Reforms), Government of Karnataka, in the presence of Chief Guest, Shri P S Vastrad, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka. The program began with a rendering of melodious invocation by MYRAcles Ms. Plavani and Mr. Kashish Vyas. Prof. Shalini R Urs, Founder & Chairperson of MYRA, in her welcome speech set the overarching context of the event by outlining the importance of agriculture sector. While India has reasons cheer for having successfully heralded the Green Revolution since the mid sixties, the exploding population and increasing loss of agricultural land makes it obvious that it needs our attention. MYRA School of Business with its mission of preparing business leaders and managers with a social consciousness is launching this book to sensitize students to consider agribusiness sector as a career choice. Shri Manoj Rajan in his address very passionately and eloquently highlighted enormous stride made by the Karnataka Government in this sector of Agricultural marketing. Quoting the father of Green revolution, Dr. Swaminathan, he said agricultural development is defined by Monsoons and Market. While Monsoon is not in our hands markets are. Hence market reforms have played a key role in bringing about transformation. Rashtriya e-Market Services Private Limited (ReMSL) -- a joint venture company of the Government of Karnataka and the NCDEX Spot Exchange Limited, has set up the online markets and that has been the game changer. He cited the example of how in the district of Tiptur, the online trading helped triple the price of copra increasing from Rs. 6000 to 18,000 per quintal. He talked about Agricultural Marketing Reforms Committee set up by the Government to study all aspects relating to the objectives of providing a barrier-free agricultural market system for the benefit of farmers and consumers and its report and recommendations along with a comprehensive road map and necessary interventions for undertaking the reforms in agricultural marketing in the State. Having carefully considered the report and recommendations the same has been adopted as Karnataka Agricultural Marketing Policy, 2013. The Government of Karnataka is embarking on an ambitious-reforms agenda for Agricultural Marketing through the implementation of this Policy; he shared this important information with the audience. He urged the young management students to consider the Agri-Business sector as a career option that is well paying, challenging as well as satisfying. The other important Senior Government official of the evening was Shri. Vastrad, IAS, till recently the Director, Department of Agricultural Marketing. He spoke about the evolution of the Agri-Business sector and the government’s role in bringing about positive changes to the benefit of both farmers and consumers. While historically “trust” played an important role in ensuring efficiency and fair play, today technology is brought in to ensure the same. The authors of the book are two stalwarts, with vast experience in both academia and industry. While Dr. Pingali Venugopal, Associate Director, XLRI, Centre for Global Management and Responsible Leadership, and Professor (Marketing), comes with more than three decades of significant research work in the Indian context, Mr. Ram Kaundinya, formerly Managing Director, Advanta India Ltd, and Chairman, Association of Biotech Led Enterprises – Agricultural Group (ABLE-AG), member of the Board of Directors of Axis Bank, comes with equal years of experience in the agrochemical & seed industries and banking sector. Mr. Ram Kaundinya also holds a faculty position, and he teaches Strategy, to the students of the MYRA School of Business. According to the authors the book is meant for policy makers, managers and business students. However, the book makes for an easy and interesting read and is accessible to all concerned citizens. Its 220 pages draw on data to show the long distance that India has traveled since Independence. They begin by examining the evolution and impact of India’s agricultural policies. They move on to describe what India is doing today to get agri-inputs like seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and equipment to the farmers. They conclude by making suggestions to increase agricultural productivity in the future. This book is a must read for ordinary citizens who realize that food security is at risk in the foreseeable future. The book is a heady combination of academic scholarship and field realities. Prof. Rajiv Sinha, Dean, MYRA School of Business, in his valedictory address thanked the dignitaries and said that the talk by Shri Manoj Rajan was indeed electrifying. The audience comprised of Trustees, Governing members, special invitees, faculty, staff and the students of the MYRA School of Business. Please circulate among lis forum members. Thanks and Regards, Deepa Jaganath Executive Assistant International School of Information Management Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Global Information Engagement Program in India - Call for Proposals
by Shamprasad Pujar 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

Dear Members, It could be of interest to some of you. Regards, S M Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai ======================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kelly Kowatch <kkowatch(a)umich.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:21 PM Subject: [IFLA-L] Global Information Engagement Program in India - Call for Proposals To: ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr The University of Michigan School of Information <http://si.umich.edu> (UMSI) seeks organizations in India interested in addressing information, technology and design needs in partnership with professional graduate students from the University of Michigan. The mission of the Global Information Engagement Program <http://umsigiep.sites.uofmhosting.net> (GIEP) is to develop sustainable information tools to serve social justice or human development needs in India. In 2014, small teams of GIEP students worked on several projects in India, including developing a website of resources for the disabled, creating an archive and networking platform for human rights lawyers and finding new solutions for data management in a hospital system. Student teams bring with them highly developed skills in needs assessment, application development, product design and a deep understanding of information management. Examples of projects on which students may provide assistance: - development of interactive web-based services - creation or organization of information repositories and archives - development of internal library systems - research and analysis on information policy topics - digital design projects - data analysis and informatics Requirements for organizations to participate are as follows: - a well-developed project proposal that clearly highlights an information challenge - a committed project leader at the organization to work with students and provide resources and information to ensure project success - availability for remote consultation for initial project research and development from January to May, 2015 - workspace and project guidance for 2-4 students during their time in India over approximately 6-8 weeks in the summer of 2015 Proposals for projects are welcome from industry, non-profit, governmental and academic institutions. There is no cost to the organization. Student expenses are fully funded by the University of Michigan. *The deadline to propose a project is October 1, 2014.* The application is available online: umsi.in/giep-proposal Global Information Exchange Program website. giep.si.umich.edu Contact: Joyojeet Pal <joyojeet(a)umich.edu>, Faculty Kelly Kowatch <kkowatch(a)umich.edu>, Service Engagement Program Manager *--Kelly A. Kowatch, Service Engagement Program Manager* *University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI)*3360 North Quad, 105 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (734) 936-8735 | kkowatch(a)umich.edu *Schedule an appointment <https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUNBWU1NTE9EQU1VfGRlZmF1b…>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links Proud to Have 16000+ Members
by Dr. Badan Barman 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Respected forum members, LIS Links become 6 years old recently and today we passed the 16,000 members mark. If you can spare a few minutes take a look at http://www.lislinks.com. If there's anything that could be improved drop your suggestion or feedback athttp://lislinks.com/main/index/feedback. Kindly note that LIS Links is India’s first and largest social networking platform for Library and Information Science professionals. As on Monday, 23 September 2014, LIS Links (http://www.lislinks.com) has 16,002 members, 5,001 Email subscribers (http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=lislinks&loc=en_US) 51 Google Plus followers (https://plus.google.com/+lislinks) 1991 Facebook likes (https://www.facebook.com/lislinksindia) and 349 Twitter followers (https://twitter.com/lislinks) As per Google Analytics statistics, on a daily basis LIS Links website receive 2744 sessions with 11208 pageviews. Badan Barman Assistant Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request for ‘KLA Research Journal: A Peer Reviewed Journal ISSN : 2350-0379
by Ravindra Mendhe 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Dear LIS Professionals Greeting from KLA We take immense pleasure to inform you that The Khandesh Library Association published “*KLA Bulletin”* from 2010 now it is renamed as *“KLA Research Journal”. ‘KLA Research Journal’ *is the official organ of KLA. It’s aim is to disseminate information concerning Library & Information Science, Computer Science and Information Technology. The basic objective of the Journal to promote the writing skills of the Professionals. Khandesh Library Association is publishing its Fortnightly Journal, the *“KLA Research Journal”, which has been registered and assigned ISSN with number 2350-0379*. It is a fortnightly journal published three times in a year in January, May & September. It is multilingual journal published in English, Hindi & Marathi language. It will publish original articles in all areas of Library and Information Science, Computer Science and Information Technology. It covers the recent developments in information technology, its application, and interdisciplinary areas relevant to LIS, and all professional issues. *Call for Research **Articles:* KLA Research Journal will cover all areas of the Library and Information Science subject. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and will publish ; • Original articles • Case studies • Critical reviews, surveys, opinions We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to *E-mails: *atharvapublications(a)gmail.com , Dr. Vinay B. Patil(Chief Editor) patilvinayb(a)gmail.com, ravindramendhe(a)gmail.com <ravindramendhe(a)gmail.com>, for publication. *KLA Objectives:* Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within one month of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next issue. Guide to authors and other details are attached for your information. Thanks, Sincerely, *Ravindra M. Mendhe* Managing Editor KLA Research Journal Jalgoan- 425001 Maharashtra, India. website: http://ravindramendhe.weebly.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/ravindramendhe/ *“New Technology, New Trends, New Ideas; Modifying the Library with the User in Mind'.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Fw: Fwd: Help for studies by Infosys
by Aragonda L Moorthy 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

*Please post this message in the known groups so that it gets circulated.Thanks .......!!!!!* Dr AL Moorthy, Former Director-DESIDOC & Chief Consultant (Inf Sci), BrahMos Aerospace, Hyderabad Centre, Adj: DRDL Rear Gate, Kanchanbagh PO, Hyderabad-500058 Ph: (O) 040-24087058; Mob: 09951212000 *Original Message --------*Subject: Fwd: Help for studies by Infosys From: is meera <meerakkd(a)gmail.com> To: Raghavendra Kumar Chunduri <raghavkumar1988(a)gmail.com>,Raja Gopal < palraj76(a)gmail.com>, Gauri Prasad <gauri04(a)gmail.com>,uma raman < reikiuma(a)gmail.com>, KASTURI RAGHAVA RAO <raokasturi(a)hotmail.com> Please post this message in the known groups so that it gets circulated. Thanks .......!!!!! If you have come across any bright students coming from poor financial background who have finished their 10th standard this year and scored more than 80%, please ask them to contact the NGO - Prerana (Supported by Infosys foundation). The NGO is conducting a written test and those who clear the test will be eligible for financial help for their further studies. Please ask the students to contact the people mentioned below to get form: Postal Address: 580, Shubhakar, 44th cross, 1st A main road, Jayanagar, 7th block, Bangalore. Contact numbers: Mr. Inder +9199009 06338 Mr. Kamlesh +9199866 30301 Mr. Bhaskar +919964534667 Even if you don't know anyone, please pass on this info, someone might be in need of this.. . OUR ONE MESSAGE MAY CHANGE SOMEBODY'S FUTURE.........! Prasad Baru 9949 164 876 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full text Articles
by Supritha Shetty 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Dear Professionals, If you have access to the following article could you please send it to me. 1.Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2014 May;14(5):635-49. Epub 2014 Feb 17.Knee osteoarthritis:hyaluronic acid, platelet-rich plasma or both in association? Andia I1, Abate M. Librarian K.S.Hegde Medical Academy Deralakatte -575018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request article
by Somashekhar Lalasangi 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Dear Professionals friends One of our staff needs following article for her research purpose. If any one of you have access to it, kindly arrange to send the soft copy. *Fine-needle aspiration: Comparison of smear, cytospin, and cell block preparations in diagnostic and cost effectiveness* *Katharine Liu M.D* *Diagnostic Cytopathology* *Volume 19, Issue 1, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199807)19:1%3C%3…>pages 70–74, July 1998* Thanking you Regarding Somashekhar lalasangi Asst librarian Digital Library BLDE University Bijapur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Student Seminar
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore, 560 059 DRTC Seminar-4 Geo-tagging & Spatial Indexing of Text-Specified Data ABSTRACT =========== Standard web search engines, traditionally, used to treat the geographical terms in the same way as other terms. This can result in failure to find relevant documents when there is ambiguity with the place names and names of organizations, people, buildings and streets. Librarians and bibliographers used to maintain authority files for disambiguating among them with proper choice of attribute sets. But, complexity increases when the data is unstructured as in news articles, blogs, tweets. For, successful execution of location-based and feature-based queries, the construction of spatial indices based on the spatial attributes is required, including the integration of text indexing with spatial indexing methods that exploit geo-tagging procedures to categorize documents with respect to geographic space. In this seminar, we will discuss about geo-tagging, possible spatial indexing structures and few research problems in this area. Speaker: Shiv Shakti Ghosh Date:25.09.2014 Time: 2 pm Venue: DRTC, ISI Bangalore All are cordially invited Dr. Biswanath Dutta Seminar Co-ordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles, Books, Presentations on Resource Description and Access (RDA)
by Salman Haider 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

NEW POST IN RDA BLOG: Articles, Books, Presentations on Resource Description and Access (RDA) <http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/2014/09/articles-books-pre…> Salman Haider WEB: www.google.com/+SalmanHaider BLOG: http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) workshop on Presentation Skills
by Rajendra Babu 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Do you get scared speaking in public or giving presentations? Don’t worry, KALA is organising a two day Workshop on developing 'Effective Presentation Skills'. Through this workshop, KALA aims to develop your skills, knowledge and confidence in both formal and informal ways and situations, such as introducing yourself in an interview, meetings, training sessions, presenting your work in conferences and so on. We provide you the opportunity to explore and practice key areas in both preparation and effective delivery of presentations and help you enable yourself in group discussion in this two day workshop. Aims of the workshop 1. Encourage LIS professionals to improve their presentation skills for future. 2. To be able to plan, structure and deliver an effective presentation 3. To overcome nervousness 4. To understand the impact of body language and voice 5. To be able to select and use a range of visual aids to support your presentation 6. To have techniques for gaining and keeping the attention of your audience Participants: About 25-30 maximum to be more effective. Registration: (First-come-first-serve-basis) Rs. 800.00 for KALA members Rs. 1100.00 for non KALA members (KALA life membership will be given free of cost) Includes Tea/ coffee, Lunch and Handouts. Venue: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), # 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-10. Date: 26 & 27 September 2014. Please contact H Rajendra Babu (hrajendra.babu(a)gmail.com) for registering to the workshop, as there are limited seats available. Thanks and Regards, Dr. I H Jahagirdar General Secretary KALA, Bangalore. -- Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H Assistant Professor Dept. of studies and Research in LIS Tumkur University B H Road, Tumkur-572103. Karnataka, India * Please consider your environmental responsibilities before printing this e-mail * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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