Hero around the World and imbibed/absorbed into Microsoft,Hyderabad

Congrats Pranav.

Pranav Mistry(The meaning of the name Pranav is 'Praise; salutation')

This is a person of a great importance for his work and attitude. Do not miss the last 30 seconds of the below video along with the 12 minutes of his inventions and information which makes us feel if its derived from Ramayana/Mahabharata.

" http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tv/TED-India-Pranav-Mistry/videoshow_ted/5231080.cms "

His words:
"I am a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. Before joining MIT I worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft. I received my Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay. I have completed my bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Palanpur is my hometown, which is situated in northern Gujarat in India."

His Accomplishments.
http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/


'AKSHAR' won 'Best Paper' award @ USID2007
I presented my work 'AKSHAR' at USID2007 conference in Hyderabad, India. The paper got selected as 'Best Paper'. (Jun, 2007)
QUICKIES on ZDNet
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das introduced my research 'QUICKIES' to the world in the 'Future of Sticky Notes'. See the video. (Dec, 2008)
My talk @ USID2008 conference in Bangalore, India
I gave a talk on 'Bringing Intelligence to Everyday Objects' at USID2008, Bangalore, India. (Sep, 2008)
'Inktuitive' and 'QUICKIES' at IE08 in Seattle, USA
My work 'Inktuitive' and 'QUICKIES' got presented at the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE08). Seattle, USA. (Jul, 2008)
'QUICKIES' was in NEWS across the world
My research work 'QUICKIES-Intelligent Sticky Notes' was featured in press across the world including ...
Discovery Channel News
Popular Science
The Tech Herald
Gizmodo
Engadget
Slashdot
...& many more. for the complete list, visit 'QUICKIES' project page. (Mar, 2008)
'TaPuMa' @ Ambi-Sys08 in Quebec City, Canada
I presented my research 'TaPuMa - A Tangible Public Map' @ International Conference on Ambient Media and Systems (Amby-Sys 2008). Quebec City, Canada. (Feb, 2008)
QUICKIES @ IUI08 in Canary Islands, Spain
I presented my research project 'QUICKIES' at the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI2008) in Canary Islands, Spain. (Jan, 2008).
INVENTION OF THE YEAR 2009
SixthSense wins INVENTION OF THE YEAR 2009 award by Popular Science (June, 2009)
What people say about his idea? :http://www.flickr.com/photos/pranavzombie/3332966291/
i3D2009
I presented a poster on 'inktuitive' @ ACM SIGGRAPH i3D 2009 conference in Boston, USA (28th Feb, 2009)
'SixthSense' was featured in NEWS across the world
My research work 'SixthSense' (also known as WUW - Wear Ur World) was featured in press across the world including ...
New York Times WIRED News FOX News Mumbai Mirror
Times of India The Sydney Morning Herald Slashdot
Engadget sina.com CNET NEWS The Sun The Gazette
Le Monde
...& many more. for the complete list, visit 'SixthSense' project page. (Feb, 2009)
TED2009
Pattie and I unveiled 'SixthSense' @ TED2009 in Long Beach CA,USA (4th Feb, 2009)
TR35
Won Technology Review TR35 2009 Young Inventor Award. (August, 2009)
HCII2009
Presented a paper on project 'Quickies' @ HCII2009 in San Diego, CA. (July, 2009)
Microsoft Research
I joined Microsoft Research in Redmond as a Research Intern for the summer. (June, 2009)
His research and photos: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/#PICTURES

PT or FT in MBA , Praachi Speaks

Real benefit of PT is money - you can work while you go to school..at times there can be some tuition reimbursement via your employerFurther if you plan to stick to same the industry go for PT----reality is that it's almost impossible to shift career 180 degrees using your part time degree. PT taught on sundays or week nights generally. Thus it takes a great amount of effort to get an MBA and keeping a full- time job in addition is always going to be tough. Time constraints => networking in PT may be minimal Also the FT MBA folks may not recognise PT folks as part of "their" network. At Chicago GSB part-time MBA, for example, the range is 2 1/2 - 5 yrs so time span is generally more than 2 yrs here.(Part-time MBA programes are designed to meet the needs of busy managers and can be taken over two or three years
FT - better recruiting/job opportunities, can join clubs, activities => being much more part of the campus + can devote all your time to your studies and career search.If you are going to switch career going FT is almost a requirement But a career shift, will most probably erode all your previous work experience benefits.It may hurt your ego to be treated as a fresher ---- this is a reality. Applicants are generally intimidated to have a debt but in reality most of the top 20 programs will pay you a pretty good return on investment....Then in FT you get to do an internship to "test out" whether you like the industry or not, you will be getting loads of clubs and company events to see what all the industries are about, and finally, most importantly you will get a "brand name" that will lead into doors in many of the industries you wish to work in. The internship is key for career changers.So Is that worth losing 2 years of 100+K salary, promotions, and being 150+K in debt, just to earn roughly $150K/year --- and to be in a job that makes me happy...well IMO the answer is YES
Recruiting of part-time students is minimal compared to full-time...(In FT program you can go to a recruitment event frequently throughout the year).I think so this is because schools are judged on th basis of FT students, however reason often given for such a move is that the education of part-time MBA students is often funded by their employers, and that the school does not want to be an instrument in separating the student from their current employer. These schools believe that the part-time student whose education is funded by the employer ethically owes working for the current employer at least for some time beyond his/her graduation....so they do not want to lose the same to PT students...to mention here OSU is different from alot of the elite programs in that the elite's usually do not open up their FT career services to PT folks but at OSU, the PT students have the same access to recruiting events as the FT folks .

Ref: Praachi gmat help group. Special thanks for your help.

4 liquid stages of life

Courtesy hareesh

idiot proof (not proff)

Seen on coffee cups : "Careful.The beverage you are about to consume is extremely hot."
Seen on roads : Stop signs. For no reason, you're supposed to stop.
Seen on roads : Yield.
An advertisement: We are the best brand of ----- because we are the best.

a bottle of 'smart water': "you hold in your hand a bottle of vapor distilled, electrolyte enhanced water. once you remove the cap and tilt the bottle into "drinking position," water will begin to flow through your body, purifying and rapidly rehydrating you. if you find the idea of being purer and moister disturbing, please place the bottle back where you found it and continue on your dirty, arid way".

towel machine in the restrooms: "unsafe to put your head inside, might cause serious injury...blah blah.."

forest: 'don't shoot anything except photographs, don't kill anything but time'

PhD

Click the image to view it clearly.

Can we do anything on this?

United States has provided and made life easier to live , survive and depend more and more. This is swiftly perculating across the world.

we know male is considered the bread earner and the female as the house manager. Its a festivity to get married to take such defined responsibilities and continue the sustenance of persistently deteriorating human life(!) on deteriorating world(!).

Merger of bonds, relationships is such festivity and is celebrated elaborately back in the country.

Regardless of how we are brought up or grew up, grandness of the event depends on the present situation of the social bonding and more rightly the capability of the bread earners in the family and the optimum resources at the approriate time.

Luckily the presence of continuous watch and planning to invite, remind cousins from every string of the blood relations along with the friends along with strong event planning by like minded cousins did realise a grand presence and i can say 'success' in that event.

All these boils down to the importance of one major asset to realise in the near future for a grand career which is expected in the developing technological life : "Event Management".

Event Management is a multi-million dollar industry, growing rapidly, with mega shows and events hosted regularly.

Surprisingly, there is no formalized research conducted to assess the growth of this industry.

The industry includes fields such as the MICE (Meetings, Incentives and Events), exhibitions, conferences and seminars as well as live music and sporting events.

The logistics side of the industry is paid less than the sales/sponsorship side, though some may say that these are two different industries. (courtesy Wikipedia)

IIM Indore graduates bag hefty pay packets

Source-rediff business: march 2nd 2007:
Pay packets in the range of Rs 50 lakhs or Rs 5 million (international offer) and Rs 18 lakhs or Rs 1.8 million(domestic offer) per annum were offered to the passing out batch of the country's youngest Indian Institute of Management, Indore, during placements.
"A total of 329 offers were made to 115 students of the eighth batch, which included 12 international offers and an average salary of Rs 12 lakhs (Rs 1.2 million) per annum -- an increase of 45 per cent over last year," IIM Director S P Parashar told reporters on Wednesday. He said 67 companies participated in the placement process and among which 29 took part for the first time. On an average 2.8 jobs were offered per student during the placement.
"The most satisfying aspect of the placement process was that 25 per cent of the batch has been placed in consulting firms of international repute," Parashar said.
In the IT sector, besides Oracle, Capgemini, Headstrong, Cognizant, IBM, Tech Mahindra and Covansys -- Infosys also came back to the campus with an international offer of $110,000 per annum, he added.

do ur job like this

click the image to see what happens
on moday morning(blue door)
to friday evening (beige door)

Oops Concepts…

Oops Concepts…

class Indian_Bachelor_female_professional
{
double styles;
short skirts;
long time_to_understand_problems;
float mind;
void knowledge();
char non_co_operative;
}
;

class Married_female_Software_Professional
{
double weight;
short tempered;
long gossips;
float hopes;
void work();
char unstable;
};


class Female_Engaged_software_professional
{
double time_on_phone;
short attention_on_work;
long boast;
float on_cloud_nine;
void understanding();
char edgy;
};


class Indian_Newly_Married_software_professional {
double dinner_invitations;
short time_at_work;
long lunch_breaks;
float talks;
void bank_balance();
char hen_pecked; };

class Indian_husband_wife_software_professional
{
double income;
short temper;
long time_no_see;
float new_software_company;
void lov
};

Class Guy_who_wrote_this
{
Long time_on_bench;
Void work();
}

only for software engineers

why 5 fingers

lesson first or exam first

How man learnt stuff

Friends donot let you fall

Creativity in Engg