Dear all, You can now access the Mar 2013 issue of IEEE India Info, the newsletter of the IEEE India Council at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1303/icnl-iii-2013-03.pdf and also at the India Council website http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council/newsletters/2013/mar13.pdf You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. provide your feedback by email to ieeeindiainfo@gmail.com With regards HR Mohan Editor IEEE India Info Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Email: hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com Blog: http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/icnl/1303/index.html -- Message from Chairman -- Message from Editor -- Call For Proposals - SIGHT -- A Compendium of Learning Principles -- Advt. -- PLASMA -- Social Impact: It Really is Very Simple… -- Whistle Blowing -- Importance of Life Skills for Engineering Students -- IT in February 2013 -- SIGHT -- Information Resources -- Book: Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices (Wiley India) -- Book: Engineering Optimization – A Modern Approach (Universities Press) -- TechQuiz 2013-03 -- News from Sections: Madras -- Forthcoming Events -- Announcements TechQuiz – 2013-03 =============== (Two Prizes to win. Books reviewed in this issue will be presented to the winners) 1. Expand: WEEE. 2. Who coined the term “electricity” 3. The energy efficiency of a computer is expressed as ------. 4. What is the name of the IEEE's highest award, which recognizes an individual for an exceptional contribution or extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest. 5. ------ is a robot-seal therapeutic pet, being used in assisting people with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and autism. Email your answers by 10th Apr 2013 to ieee.techquiz@gmail.com with subject “techquiz-2013-03”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TWO prizes to win. Two prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com). Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of TechQuiz-2013-02 =============================== China, Tetsuro Mori, HEVC -- High Efficiency Video Coding / H.265, Advancing technology for Humanity, Sir Issac Asimov “Signals and Systems” from Wiley India to Arshia Sharma (Chandigarh) “Paths of Innovators (Volume 2)” from Universities Press to J. Jerald Inico (Chennai) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.