TCS to develop data centre to connect government departments

PATNA: In its endeavour to implement the state information and communication technology policy, the state government is mulling an IT hub at Bihta. For this the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has already been assigned with the responsibility of developing a main data centre which will provide IT link to all government departments. The centre will formally be launched in March 2013 on the premises of Beltron Bhawan.

A regional centre of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology ( NIEIT) will also be developed at Bihta.

IT minister Shahid Ali Khan said the department of information technology is committed to make Bihar an IT destination with establishment of IT industries in the state. "The land for IT park has already been selected and bidding process for selection of consultancy company for promotion of IT park has almost completed," he said.

JOINING DATES FOR 2011 BATCH PEOPLES....

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar:

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07-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

07-06-12: GITAM VIZAG

07-06-12 DDIT, Nadiad

14-06-12: GPREC, kurnool

14-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

14-06-12:Jabalpur Engineering college,Jabalpur

25-06-12: TCE, Madurai

25-06-12: Punjab Engg College, Chandigarh

27-06-12: L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

03-09-12: Pondicherry Engg College,Pondicherry

03-09-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

10-09-12: DJ Sanghvi, mumbai

24-09-12: SRM University, Chennai

24-09-12: Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok

03-10-12: Orissa Engineering College,Bhubaneswar

03-10-12: Ymca,faridhabhad

08-10-12: BVB college of engg & tech, Hubli

08-10-12: ZHCET,AMU,Aligarh(ITIS)

11-10-12: SVITS, Indore

03-12-12: Valliammai Engineering College,Chennai

03-12-12:Medicaps Institute of Technology and Management , indore

10-12-12: IPS Academy Indore

10-12-12:Kalasalingam University

10-12-12: BVRIT , HYD

10-12-12: Fr.C.R.I.T, Vashi

10-12-12: ADIT,New Vallabh Vidyanagar

10-12-12:Terna Engineering College ,Nerul

17-12-2012:GRKIST,Jabalpur

24-12-2012 IEC COllege of Engg & Technology, Greater Noida

Banglore:(ITIS)

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02-07-12:Sikkim Manipal University,Gangtok

02-07-12: GMRIT,RAJAM,ANDHRAPRADESH.

24-09-12:PES Modern College of Engg, Pune.

29-10-12: KITS , Warangal

29-10-12:SUSCET,Tangori

29-10-2012 SFIT , Mumbai

17-12-2012: SJCIT, Chickballapur, Bangalore

Chennai:

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02-08-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

09-08-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

23-08-12: SRM University, Chennai

23-08-12: Velammal Engg College,Chennai

30-08-12: Easwari Engg College, Chennai

06-09-12: Sri Sai Ram Engineering college, Chennai

06-09-12: RMDEC, Kavaraipettai

13-09-12: Sri Sai Ram Engineering college, Chennai

20-09-12: KIIT University, Bhubaneswar

20-09-12: Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok

20-09-12: Sri Sai Ram Engineering college, Chennai

20-09-12: NIT, Silchar

26-09-12:GNDU,ASR

27-09-12: NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KOLKATA

08-10-12:VEL TECH,CHENNAI

08-10-12:GMRIT,A.P.(ITIS)

11-10-12: OEC, Orissa

11-10-12: RMK, Chennai

11-10-12: GVPCE, Vizag

1-11-12: Velammal Engineering College,Chennai

15-11-12: Sri Krishna college of Engg & Tech,Coimbatore & govt clg of engg tirunelveli .

22-11-12: I.G.I.T., Sarang (Orissa)

22-11-12: Institute of Road and Transport Technology,Erode

22-11-12:GCE,Salem

29-11-12: Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi.

03-12-12:Audisankara College of Engg and Tech, Gudur, AP

06-12-12:M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering,karur

06-12-12: Valliammai Engineering College,Chennai

13-12-12: Kalasalingam University

13-12-12: K.S.R college of tech, tiruchengode

20-12-12:Kalasalingam University

20-12-12:Bapatla Engineering College,Bapatla,Andhra Pradesh(GUNTUR)

20-12-12:MGIT,Hyderabad

Coimbatore:

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26-06-12: Sikkim Manipal University,Gangtok

26-06-12: L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

23-07-12:Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok(ITIS)

26-07-12:I.M.S Engineering College,Ghaziabad U.P(ITIS)

24-09-12:PES Modern College of Engg, Pune.

24-09-12: Medi-Caps Istitute of Tech & Mangmt, Indore(ITIS)

19-11-2012 : Shah and Anchor,Mumbai (ITIS)

Guwahati:

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26-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

26-06-12:Jabalpur Engineering college,Jabalpur

10-09-12: Velammal Engg College,Chennai

26-12-12: Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai.

26-12-12 Truba College of Engineering and Technology,Indore

26-12-12 Technocrats Institute of Technology Excellence Bhopal

26-12-12 Technocrats Institute of Technology Bhopal

Hyderabad:

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11-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

18-06-12: GITAM, VIZAG.

18-06-12: VNR VJIET, Hyd.

22-06-12: ANITS ,visakhapatnam

22-06-12: DA-IICT, Gandhinagar

09-07-12: Kalyani Govt. Engg. College,WB

09-07-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

16-07-12:LNCT,Bhopal

23-07-12: Jadavpur University,Kolkata

23-07-12: Vignan, Guntur

06-08-12: BMSCE, Bangalore

06-08-12: SRM university,chennai

06-08-12: Pondicherry Engg College,Pondicherry

05-09-12:Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering,Visakhapatnam

05-09-12: SRM University,Chennai

17-09-12: GNDU,ASR

25-09-12: Asansol Engineering College

25-09-12: DEI, Agra

25-09-12: ZHCET,AMU,Aligarh(B.TECH& MCA)

04-10-12: Svit, Gujarat

04-10-12: NIT, Allahabad

04-10-12: DJ Sanghvi, mumbai

11-10-12: Dr. Ambedkar Institute, Bangalore

22-10-12: CET, Orissa

22-10-12: OEC,Bhubaneswar

22-10-12: BVB college of engg & tech, Hubli

05-11-12: JNNCE,Shimoga (Karnataka)

05-11-12: SSIT,Tumkur(Karnataka)

03-12-12: BVRIT, HYDERABAD

03-12-12: GRIET, HYDERABAD

11-12-12:Bapatla Engineering college BAPATLA(GUNTUR)

11-12-12: SIES College of Management Studies, Mumbai

11-12-12: Shah n anchor ,Mumbai

11-12-12: MGIT, Hyderabad

11-12-12: Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune.

17-12-12: I.G.I.T., Sarang (Orissa)

17-12-12:Bapatla Engineering College,Bapatla(GUNTUR)

17-12-12: Vardhaman College of Engineering(Hyderabad)

26-12-12 Technocrats Institute of Technology Bhopal

26-12-12 : MIET, Meerut

Kolkata:

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11-06-12: Kalyani Govt. Engg. College,WB

11-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

11-06-12: Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok

04-07-12: Jadavpur University,Kolkata

13-08-12: MCKV Inst. of Engg, Howrah

10-09-12: NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KOLKATA

10-09-12: Kalyani Govt. Engg. College,WB

15-10-12: Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar

15-10-12: Bangalore Institute of Technology,Bangalore

15-10-12: Bharati vidyapeeths clg of engg , delhi

15-10-12: Sri Krishna college of Engg,TN

15-10-12: GCE,Salem,TN

15-10-12: I.G.I.T. sarang, odisha

08-11-12:I.G.I.T. sarang, odisha

10-12-12: GRIET, Hyderabad

10-12-12:Bapatla Engineering College(GUNTUR).

10-12-12:Kalasalingam University

10-12-12:Valliammai Engineering College,Chennai

10-12-12:B.N.M.IT, Banglore

10-12-12:Barkatullah University Institute of Technology, Bhopal

10-12-2012: Guru Ramdas Khalsa Institue of Science & Tech , Jabalpur , MP

10-12-12: Hitkarni College Of Engg & Tech, Jabalpur , MP

10-12-12: I.E.R.T,Alld

10-12-12:MGIT,Hyderabad

Pune:

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18-06-12: GITAM,Vizag

18-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

18-06-12 DDIT, Nadiad

18-06-02: Vignan University, Guntur.

18-06-12: DA-IICT, Gandhinagar (Only 1 guy from DA-IICT)

18-06-12:Jabalpur Engineering college,Jabalpur

11-07-12: BVM,Gujarat

11-07-12: Jadavpur University,Kolkata

11-07-12:LNCT, Bhopal

01-08-12: SRM University, Chennai

01-08-12: Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain

31-08-12: ZHCET/AMU, Aligarh

28-09-12: SRM University, Chennai

28-09-12: GEC, Aurangabad

31-08-12: GNDU, ASR

29-10-12: BVB college of engg & tech, Hubli

29-10-12: BVCE, Pune

29-10-12: GVPCE, Vizag

01-11-12:Medicaps Institute of Technology and Management , indore

28-12-12 BVRIT,HYD

28-12-12 NIET, Gr. Noida

Trivandrum:

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04-06-12: GITAM,VIZAG

04-06-12: KL University, Vijayawada

04-06-12: Vignan, Guntur

04-06-12: ITER, Bhubaneswar

18-06-12:VNRVJIET,Hyderabad

24-06-12: GPREC, Kurnool

25-06-12: CUSAT,Kerala

25-06-12: BVM,Gujarat

25-06-12: Vignan, Guntur

02-07-12: SRM University, Chennai

02-07-12: Vignan, Guntur

02-07-12: Jadavpur University,Kolkata

03-07-12: BVM,Gujarat

23-07-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

23-07-12: BVM,Gujarat

23-07-12: GCT, Coimbatore

06-08-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

03-09-12: SRM University, Chennai

03-09-12: SASTRA University, Kumbakonam

03-09-12: Asansol Engineering College

03-09-12: DEI, Agra

10-09-12: SRM University, Chennai

17-09-12: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

17-09-12: ZHCET,AMU, Aligarh

27-09-12: Sir MVIT,Bangalore

27-09-12: Banasthali University, Rajasthan

01-10-12: Rajalakshmi Engineering College,Chennai

01-10-12: NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana

01-10-12: GVPCE, Vizag

01-10-12: CET, Orissa

05-11-12: GNDU, Amritsar

05-11-12: Orissa Engineering College,Bhubaneswar

05-11-12: COE TRIVANDRUM GRADE A

03-12-12:GCE,Salem

03-12-12: SRMCEM, Lucknow

03-12-12: CIT,Gujarat

03-12-12: L.D. Collge of Engineering

03-12-12: GCET, Gujarat

03-12-12: Institute of Road and Transport Technology,Erode

03-12-12: Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi.

10-12-12: BVCOE, Delhi

10-12-12: K.S.R college of tech, Tiruchengode

10-12-12: Bangalore Institute Of Technology, Bangalore

10-12-12: I.E.R.T., Alld

17-12-12: Hitkarni College Of Engg & Tech, Jabalpur , MP

17-12-12:BIT,chattisgarh

26-12-12: ZHCET,AMU,ALIAGRH (EIS)

26-12-12:NHCE,BANGALORE

26-12-12 :NIET,Gr.NOIDA,UPTU

26-12-12 : vignan vizag

26-12-12: VNR VJIET,HYD(EIS)

26-12-12: GITAM, Vizag

26-12-12: BVB college of engg & tech, Hubli(EIS)

How to use window 7 themes in xp and vista?

First, launch the official Windows 7 themes directory and download some of the themes you like to your Windows XP or Vista desktop.

These files have a unique .themepack extension which is just another zip format containing all of the elements of a theme including the background images, Aero glass colors, sounds, cursors, icons, screen savers, etc.

To use these files on an older version of Windows, you first need to extract them as only Windows 7 can natively understand the themepack format. You can either change the file extension of the Windows 7 theme file from .themepack to .cab and then extract the files with a right-click, or install the free 7-Zip utility as 7-Zip can automatically hand the themepack file format.

Once extracted, your theme files will now be in a new folder that has the same name as your original themepack.

Aero Glass Border and Desktop Backgrounds

Now that you have all the required files, its time to activate the Windows 7 theme on your non-Windows 7 computer.

If your computer is running Windows Vista that supports Aero, simply double-click the .theme file that is present in the them folder you just extracted.   This will set your windows border glass to the color of the Windows 7 theme and your wallpaper to the default background of the theme. However, this background picture will disappear when you reboot your computer, so you need to set that as a permanent background.

Windows XP does not support Aero glass, but you can still use the background images from downloaded Windows 7 theme on your XP desktop. You can find the backgrounds inside the themepack folder itself or in a sub-folder named DesktopBackground. Pick any image, right click on it, and select “Set as Desktop Background.”

Windows 7 like Desktop Slideshows for XP and Vista

Most Windows 7 themes consist of multiple background images and Windows 7 will automatically change your desktop background at periodic intervals using one of the images from the themepack. Windows Vista and XP do not support desktop slideshows, but you can easily bring that feature use the excellent and free John’s Background Switcher program.

To create a desktop slideshow, click the add button and choose “A folder on your computer.” Now select the Windows 7 theme folder that contains all the background images. The program allows lot of tweaking but you can skip that because the default settings are very similar to what you need for simulating Windows 7 behavior on your XP or Vista computer.

However, John’s Background Switcher by default shows the name of the image in the top right hand corner of the picture.   To remove this, click the “More…” button that has a gear icon on it. Uncheck the box beside the 3rd entry which says “Show picture info on the top-right corner of the screen.” Now click Ok, and then click Ok in the main window, and your desktop slideshow is all ready.

For RSS-enabled Windows 7 Themes

Some Windows 7 themes download images from the internet (via RSS feeds) when switching desktop backgrounds.

To know if the theme you are looking to port on your Vista or XP computer uses RSS or not, open the .theme file in a text editor like Notepad. Then search for the string “RssFeed” without the quotes. If you find that string, copy the link address of the RSS feed and, you can then use the “RSS photo feed” option in John’s Background Switcher program to create an RSS powered desktop slideshow on your XP or Vista machines.

Windows 7 Sounds, Cursor, Screensavers, etc.

Most Windows 7 themes only contain a glass color and desktop backgrounds.   However, some may contain screensavers, sounds, cursors, and icons as well. The good part is that you can use the elements on your Vista / XP theme as well.

Sounds - You can copy the sound files (.wav) to the default media folder (C:\Windows\Media), and if you have set the Windows 7 theme in Windows Vista as described above, it will automatically these sounds. Else, you will have to manually change your sounds from the Control Panel.

Icons - If the Windows 7 theme that you plan to use with XP or Vista contains a different set of desktop and system icons (.ico files), you may follow the directions below to apply them on your version of Windows:

A. For Windows Vista – Right-click on the desktop, select Personalize and choose “Change Desktop Icons.” Select the items you which to change, click “Change Icons,” and browse to the location of new icons that are part of the Windows 7 theme.

B. For Windows XP – Right-click on the desktop, select Properties and choose “Customize Desktop” under the Desktop tab. Select the items you wish to change, click “Change Icon,” and browse to the location of the icons from your theme.

To change icons of individual programs, simply right-click on the program shortcut on your desktop, select Properties, and click the button that says “Change Icon” in the Shortcut tab. Browse to the location of the icon extract from the Windows 7 theme and select the one you want to apply.

Screensavers – For using a Windows 7 screensaver inside XP or Vista, just copy the relevant screensaver files (.scr) into your Windows system folder usually located at C:\Windows\System32.   Now, change your system screensaver using the usual method. Please remember that not all Windows 7 screensavers will work correctly on previous versions of Windows.

How to edit the pdf files?

The PDF file format was originally created by Adobe in the early ’90s and there are now over 700+ million PDF documents on the Internet according to Google (search for filetype:pdf).

There are several reasons why the PDF file format is so popular for exchanging all sorts of documents including presentations, CAD Drawings, invoices and even legal forms.

• PDF files are generally more compact (smaller in size) than the source document and they preserve the original formatting.
• Unlike Word and other popular document formats, the content of a PDF file cannot be modified easily. You can also prevent other users from printing or copying text from PDF documents.
• You can open a PDF file on any computer or mobile device with free software like Adobe Acrobat Reader. Google Chrome can read PDFs without requiring plugins and it can create PDF'S.

Edit PDF Files using Free Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat

While PDF Files are “read only” by default, there are ways by which you can edit certain elements* of a PDF document for free without requiring the source files or any of the commercial PDF editing tools like Adobe Acrobat.

We will primarily focus on tools that let you alter the actual contents of a PDF file>. If you are looking to manipulate the PDF file structure itself like rearranging pages or merging multiple PDFs into one, please refer to this detailed Adobe PDF Guide.

An Online PDF Editor for Basic Tasks

Sometimes you need to make minor changes to a PDF file. For instance, you may want to hide your personal phone number from a PDF file before uploading it online or may want to annotate a page with notes and freehand drawings.

You can perform such edits in a PDF easily with PDFEscape.com, an online PDF editor that is free and also lets you edit password-protected PDF documents in the browser.

With PDF Escape, you can hide* parts of a PDF file using the whiteout tool or add annotations with the help of custom shapes, arrows, text boxes and sticky notes. You can add hyperlinks to other PDF pages / web documents.

[*] Hiding is different from redaction because here we aren’t changing the associated metadata of a PDF file but just hiding certain visible parts of a PDF file by pasting an opaque rectangle over that region so that the stuff beneath the rectangle stays invisible.

Change Metadata of PDF Files

If you would like to edit the meta-data associated* with a PDF document, check out Becy PDFMetaEdit. This is a free utility that can help you edit properties of a PDF document including the title, author name, creation data, keywords, etc.

The tool can also be used for removing PDF passwords as well as for encrypting PDF documents such that only users who know the password can read the contents of your PDF files. And since this PDF metadata plus bookmarks editor can be executed from the command line, you can use it to update information in multiple PDF files in a batch.

[*] If you planning to post your PDF files on the web, you should consider adding proper metadata to all the files as that will help improve the organic rankings of your PDF files in Google search results.

Edit the Text of a PDF File

If you want to edit the text in a PDF file but don’t have access to the source documents, your best bet is that you convert the PDF file into an editable Word document or an Excel spreadsheet depending on the contents of the PDF.

Then edit these converted PDFs in Microsoft Office (or Google Docs) and export the modified files back into PDF format using any PDF writer.

If your PDF document is mostly text, you may use the desktop version of Stanza to convert that PDF into a Word document. If the document includes images, charts, tables and other complex formatting, try the online PDF to Word converter from BCL Research or the one from NitroPDF – the former offers instant conversion while the latter service can take up to a day though its yields more accurate results.

Advanced PDF Editing (Images, text, etc.)

Now that you know the basic PDF editing tools, let’s look at another set of PDF editors that are also free but can help you do some more advanced editing like replacing images on a PDF file, adding signatures, removing blocks of text without breaking the flow of the document, etc.

First there’s PDF XChange, a free PDF viewer and editor that you also may use for typing text directly on any PDF page. PDF XChange also supports image stamps so you may use the tool for signing PDF files or for inserting images anywhere on a PDF page.

Then you have Inkscape, a free vector drawing tool (like Adobe Illustrator) that can natively import and export PDF content.

With Inkscape, you can select any object on a PDF page (including text, graphics, tables, etc.) and move them to a different location or even remove them permanently from the PDF file. You can also annotate PDF files with Inkscape or draw freehand on a page using the built-in pencil tool.

The next tool in the category of advanced PDF editors is OpenOffice Draw with the PDFImport extension. OpenOffice Draw supports inline editing so you can easily fix typos in a PDF document or make formatting related changes like replacing color, increasing or decreasing the text size, replacing the default font-family, etc.

Like Inkscape, the OpenOffice toolbox also includes support for annotations, shapes, images, tables, charts, etc. but here you have more choices and the software also looks less complex.

The OpenOffice suite is a little bulky (they don’t provide a standalone installer for Draw) but if you have the bandwidth, OpenOffice is the best tool for manipulating PDF documents when you don’t have the budget for Adobe Acrobat.

A Lean GreenTech Approach

                                          

I am a greentech enthusiast and I have been closely following the greentech VC investment landscape. The VCs like Kleiner Perkins who have had a large greentech portfolio including companies such as Bloom Energy are scaling down on greentech investment. Their current investment is not likely to get any returns close to what a VC would expect. The fundamental challenge with such greentech (excluding software) investment is that they are open ended capital-intensive; you just don't know home much time it would take to build the technology/product, how much it would cost, and how much you would be able to sell it for. The market fluctuations make things even worse. This is not only true in the case of start-ups but also true for the large companies; Applied Materials' grand plan to revolutionize thin-film solar business ended up in a bust.

There's a different way to approach this monumental challenge.

Just look at how open source has evolved. It started out as non-commercial academia projects where a few individuals challenged the way the existing systems behaved and created new systems. These open source projects found corporate sponsors who embraced them and helped them find a permanent home. This also resulted in a vibrant ecosystem around it to extend those projects. A few entrepreneurs looked at these open source projects and built companies to commercialize them with the help of VC funding. Time after time, this business model has worked. Technologists are great at building technology, companies are great at throwing money at people, entrepreneurs are great at extending and combining existing technology to create new products, and VCs are great at funding those companies to help entrepreneurs build businesses. What VCs are not good at is doling out very large sum of money to bet on technology that doesn't yet exist.

If we need to make it work, we need a three-way relationship. People in academia should work on capital-intensive greentech technology projects that are funded by corporations through traditional grants. These projects should become available in public domain with an open source like license or even a commercial license. The entrepreneurs can license these technology, open source or not, and raise venture money to build a profitable business. The companies that are constantly contributing their greentech initiatives to public domain should continue to do so. Facebook's Open Compute project is gaining traction in its second year and Google continues to share their green data center design.

The important aspect is to differentiate technology from a product. The VCs are not that good at investing into (non-software) technology but are certainly good at investing into products. For many greentech companies, technology is a key piece such as a battery, a specific kind of a solar film, a fuel cell etc. Commercializing this technology is a completely different story. This requires setting up key partnerships such as eBay's new data center using Bloombox and Israeli government committing to a nationwide all-electric car infrastructure with Better Place.

Many large companies have set up their incubators or "labs" to find something that is fundamentally disruptive that could help their business. Later, there have been a very few success stories of these incubators or labs because the start-up world is way more efficient to do what big companies want to do. These labs are also torn between technology and products. My suggestion to them would be to go back to what they were good at - hiring great scientists from academia and working with academia on the next-generation technology to create a business model by either using that technology in your products or to license it to others who want to build business. This shifts the investment from a few VCs to a relatively large number of corporations.

What we really need is a lean greentech approach.