Sunday, December 31, 2006

New year and term exams...

Something I have promised to do and failed repeatedly for the last few months is to be more regular in updating my blog. Blame it on more pressing engagements or my laziness, however expect to see this page being updated more regularly from now on....

Its new year eve today and guess what am I doing, yeah reading for the exam tomorrow ( yeas an exam on the first day of the new year) . I have just one exam this term, for the remaining three courses we have a take home assignment or a project. Although at first the proposition of a take home test or a term project seems attractive , believe me its not. If an exam kills you for one day projects mean a much prolonged misery.

See you soon in the new year 2007...

Thursday, December 07, 2006

all in a days work...

When prime minister Dr.Manmohan Singh visited Hyderabad yesterday he had two major items on his agenda. A function to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the Administrative Staff College of India, an institution reminiscent of the older socialist era, served as a place to train the most important and influential component in the controlled economy, the bureaucrats. The institution is rediscovering its relevance in the liberalised Indian economy driven by free markets.

The other function on the PM’s agenda was the fifth anniversary celebration at the ISB, a private institution with no government intervention. ISB is truly a product of the a transformational thought driven by economic freedom and develops the most important component in the capitalist system , the managers who run the corporations. The prime minister on one hand paid homage to a relic from bygone era and at the same time underlined the importance of institutions like the ISB as partners in the growth and development of the country… all in a days work.

Ps: didnt want to write about the event and his speach since you might already have read enough about it in the medis :)