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Mumbai, December 11, 2011 IIT-Bombay was the second IIT to be established in India in 1958 with assistance from Unesco and the Soviet Union BRIEFLY No placements please! These IITians want to be bizmen

Pallavi Smart cal engineering, are working on viding underprivileged students also working hard for my ven- setting up a practical knowl- guidance and support to crack ture to be a success.” While most students at the Indi- edge-based school in his home- competitive examinations. While IIT-B is mulling over al- an Institute of Technology-Bom- town, Indore. “I want to work here for at lowing extension of a year to bay (IIT-B) are being lured by fat “I decided to opt out of the least two years and then pur- wannabe entrepreneurs in the pay packages at the ongoing placement procedure because sue higher education to help placement procedure, the reso- placements, there are a few who it was clashing with my visits Avanti Fellows grow,” said the lution is yet inconclusive. are holding on to their dream of for basic groundwork to differ- student, who did not want to “If the venture is not a suc- being entrepreneurs. ent parts of the country where be named. cess within the time frame, the Among the pathbreakers such innovative schools exist,” Then there are other students student can enrol for place- who have opted out of the said Gupta. who want to be entrepreneurs, ments,” said an official from placement procedure is Ak- Another mechanical engi- but have enrolled for place- IIT-B. “Should the venture only Push for entrepreneurship Priests perform pooja at Banganga shay Gupta, a chemical engi- neering student too opted out of ments “just to be safe”. be technical? How do we mon- IIT-B’s E-Cell is working hard toward encouraging entrepreneurship neering student. the placement procedure to An IITian, who has started his itor success? These are a few on Saturday —Salman Ansari.DNA among students. In the ongoing annual festival, Eureka 2011, the E-Cell is Gupta and Yograj Patel, who work on Avanti Fellows, an NGO e-commerce business venture, issues on which the authorities conducting “start-up pathshalas” for wannabe entrepreneurs, in is in the fourth year of his dual he had started with his friend. said: “While I have applied for need to decide on before im- association with Talent Nurture Academy, which guides budding 350 Sena men detained degree programme in mechani- Avanti Fellows focuses on pro- job through placements, I am plementation.” entrepreneurs for disrupting function On Saturday, around 350 party workers of Shiv Sena were detained by Mumbai police in Building owner Mulund for disrupting a private function. The workers were protesting against Karnataka Faulty screws led CM Sadanand Gauda. Gauda is in Mumbai for barricades a private function. Sena workers protested regarding Maharashtra-Karnataka border parking slot issue. Sena has been vocal about inclusion of to Bhandup rail Belgaum in Maharashtra. Gauda was expected Mustafa Plumber at the function but had not arrived during the Sena protest. Recently, the Shiv Sena Space in Mumbai comes at a protested against a Karnataka minister in mishap: Probe premium, but a building owner Pune, too. in Juhu took this fact to anoth- er level. Bizman cheated of Rs8L Akshay Deshmane Owner Smita Kapadia, owns by two employees Train tragedy building Laxmi Sadan, a ground- On November 21, at around The Santacruz police have registered a case Preliminary findings of the in- plus-nine storey tower at Juhu quiry conducted by the Com- 8.45 am, between Nahur and Village in Andheri. To safeguard of cheating and theft against two employees Mulund railway stations, the of a businessman for allegedly stealing his missioner for Rail safety (CRS), her parking space, which she Central Circle, into the Novem- door flap of the compartment claims other tenants of her build- cheque and siphoning of Rs8 lakh. The police of a CST-bound Ambernath fast have identified the accused as M Jery Stone ber 21 railway accident at ing use when she isn’t, Kapadia Bhandup have revealed that al- train, came loose and hit the S- has put up collapsible gates to and AR Shirom. The accused worked in a 10 compartment of the ladies cosmetics shop which belongs to the most all screws came off the Mumbai-Bangalore Udyan protect his parking space. victim. A few months ago, the shop had to be door panel of the train. It Express. The flap hit 35-year- The Brihanmumbai Municipal shut down due to the losses. The employees, caused the panel to detach old Chandrabai, who suffered a Corporation (BMC) considers this however, were not removed, the police from the frame of the rake and severe hand injury, and four- as an illegal development and added. The sleuths added that the accused eventually hit the windows and year-old Sharun Dev Appa, has issued the owner a notice stole a cheque belonging to the complainant’s door of the Udyan Express, injuring his palm. Another under section 55 of the Mumbai partner transferred it to the Manipur. It was which was moving closely but victim suffered scratches and Regional Town Planning Act drawn from there. When the complainant in the opposite direction. Two was given first aid (MRTP), claiming that Kapadia realised this on Tuesday, he approached the passengers lost their limbs in should remove the illegal con- policeIIT Powai camp. the accident. within by attaching chains or struction or else action would be A senior official from the latches. However, in the light of taken as the collapsible gates Commuter helps nab Central Railway (CR), on the this new information, it seems were not part of the original con- youth carrying knife condition of anonymity, said, the CR will have more work on ONCE IN A BLUE MOON struction plan submitted to the “Contrary to reports which its hands once the entire report A partial lunar eclipse is seen beyond a masjid’s minaret during the last total lunar eclipse of civic body. A commuter helped the railway police nab a the year on Saturday —Salman Ansari.DNA drunk 22-year-old boy carrying a knife at stated that the maintenance of investigations is tabled to Smita Kapadia has moved the Borivli railway station on Friday. The youth personnel had forgotten to check how these accidents can Bombay High court, challenging was identified as Makbul Khan, 22, and is a place the screws in the door be prevented in the future. the said notice issued to it by the resident of Goregaon (East). During the panel, investigations con- “We are expecting the CRS to corporation. interrogation, Khan revealed that he had ducted by the CRS have re- give us the detailed report of Dev Anand given a tearful farewell According to her petition, it bought the knife to cut the vegetables and vealed that more than 20 of the investigations in the next ten was in 2003 that she gave the fruits at home. The commuter, Preety Shah, total 23 screws which are sup- days or fortnight,” the official On Saturday, Dev Anand, who Crematorium in London. sioner of India Rakesh Prasad, his rights to redevelop her building alighted from the second class ladies posed to hold together the quoted earlier said. ruled the hearts of millions for His body kept in a casket, close friend Kartar Lalvani, Lord and the new tenants were given compartment of a Borivali local at Borivali. frame, were torn due to rea- A 35-year-old commuter, over six decades, was bid a tear- decked with flowers, was taken Karan Billimoria, and Baroness flats on tenancy basis while she She noticed a drunk Khan, suspected foul play sons which are not clear yet.” Chandrabai Hadkamal, who ful adieu as his mortal remains to the crematorium in a motor- Shreela Flather. occupied the ninth floor. The and informed the police personnel patrolling It is unclear if there was any was sitting at the door in a were consigned to flames amid cade as his admirers paid him Dev Anand died on December building has 30 slots available for the platform. The cops asked him to wait and defect in the screws or negli- compartment of the Udyan the tunes of some of his memo- rich tributes. His wife Kalpana 3 at the age of 88 with his son by car parking on the stilt (20) and but he ran on the railway tracks to evade the gence on part of the mainte- Express, and a four-year-old rable songs Abhi Na Jao Chhod kar Kartik could not attend as she his side. His ashes will be flown podium (10). arrest. The two cops chased and nabbed Khan nance personnel that led to the boy, Sharanu Kumbhar who and Gata Rahe Mera Dil. had high blood pressure and re- back to Mumbai. A memorial In 2005, that the new tenants who tried to manhandle the cops. unusual accident which has had rested his hand on the The funeral ceremony was mained behind in the Washing- service will be held at the were allotted flats. Kapadia has raised questions about the window, were hit by the door joined in by many people, includ- ton Mayfair hotel where the ac- Mehboob studio in Mumbai on two cars, and parking space allot- Hinduja Hosp celebrates quality of safety on CR. panel. Farukh Sheikh (30) also ing his family and close friends tor breathed his last. December 15. ted on the stilt. However, she diamond jubilee A day after the incident, the received minor injuries on his like Lord Meghnad Desai and Sa- Besides his son Suneil and True to his full-of-life image, found that her parking space was On Saturday, Municipal Commissioner CR administration had declared hand. Chandrabai lost her hara chief Subroto Roy, as his last daughter Devina, his sister Sheila his final journey saw some of his being used by other tenants. The Subodh Kumar inaugurated a two-day that it will “secure” the high right arm and Sharanu lost his rites were held according to Hin- Kapoor, were also present. So remarkable songs being sung as a issue escalated so much that in medical camp, to mark the commencement tension compartments from left hand. du tradition at the Putney Vale were the acting High Commis- tribute. Agencies 2008-09 she installed the col- of the diamond jubilee celebrations of Hinduja lapsible gates. She also moved Hospital, a not-for-profit institution. Over 200 the Dindoshi Civil court to get a elderly citizens participated in the camp. A permanent injunction against photo exhibition on the sidelines provided a the tenants from parking their glimpse of the 60 year journey of the 450 Buddhist monks march for peace cars on her parking space. institution. The renowned tertiary care multi However, on October 29, the specialty hospital, began its journey as a DNA Correspondent national and international and Aurangabad. corporation issued Kapadia a no- small OPD clinic on December 10, 1951. celebrities and Drukpa followers. Talking about this quest and tice, claiming that the develop- A strong contingent of 450 This is the fifth yatra by His spiritual adventure Gyalwang ment of temporary nature is MSRTC to ply AC Volvos monks and nuns, led by His Holi- Holiness, who since 2006, has Drukpa said, “This yatra symbol- unauthourised. Kapadia replied to Udaipur and Goa ness the Gyalwang Drukpa (spir- taken students on foot journeys ises the journey from self to self- to the notice on November 9. itual head of the 1000-year-old through Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, lessness. It is an effort to raise However, the civic body sent her From December 15, air-conditioned semi- Drukpa Lineage) embarked on a Ladakh, Manali, Sikkim and Dar- awareness about the environ- another notice on December 2, sleeper Volvo buses will ply between Udaipur pad yatra from Mumbai to Sanchi jeeling. On each of the yatras, the ment, and ensure that there is overlooking her reply and asking and Panaji. The Maharashtra State Road via Ajanta Ellora spreading the yatris picked up more than one education on sustainability.” her to remove the gates within Transport Corporation’s (MSRTC) will start the message of peace, harmony and ton of non-biodegradable waste Gyalwang Drukpa, the Indian- seven days. service to meet the rush of passengers respect for the environment. and educated people in remote born spiritual teacher and phil- Kapadia’s advocate argued travelling to the destinations for Christmas The pad yatra, which was areas about the importance of anthropist, is an active proponent that the collapsible gates do not and New Years’ eve. Buses will run on these flagged off from Colaba, will pass keeping environment clean. The of universal peace and harmony, inconvenience anyone and the routes along with other inter-state routes from through Ajanta and Ellora be- yatra, which aims to bridge spiri- and a United Nations Millennium tenants’ parking spaces are not other major cities in the state. These include services from Pune to Surat and Ahmadabad, tween December 24 and January tuality and materialism through Development Goals (MDG) obstructed. Division bench of and Nagpur to Hyderabad. In January, the 2, before ending in Bhopal on promoting a life in harmony with Award recipient and Green Hero Justice P B Majmudar and Justice MSRTC will kickstart AC semi-sleeper Volvo January 6. Thousands of people, nature, will cover other destina- of India. He founded the school in M R Bhatkar, said “If we allow services from Mumbai to Konkan, especially to including 450 monks and nuns, tions like Kanheri Caves, Ele- Ladakh which featured in 3 Idiots, you to carry on, others will come Kankavli in Sindhudurg, too. The pad yatra of the Buddhist monks was flagged off from followers and supporters are tak- phanta Caves, Kondana Caves, and is popularly known as “Ran- forward. People might even start Colaba. (Inset) His Holiness, the Gyalwang Drukpa ing part in the yatra, with various Karjat, Rajmarchi, Karla Bhaja cho’s School”. living in parking spaces.”

Letters Freaky fire locality, particularly one that take rest and cannot be ex- a refuge area in case of fire. In Enforce tamper-free enforcing this law take a suit- people by printing their pho- is overcrowded. Many of the pected to always be with us! India, rules should not be hin- number plates. able action? tograph in newspaper and to the high-rise buildings, malls, –Prem K Menon, Parel drance. No city in India has –Kumar Balram Bhatia, sending a copy to the higher hospitals, multiplexes, etc do II helicopters to fight fires. Hu- via email authorities. editor not fall in the safe zone. Many man life is cheap in India. –Deepak Datt Kakra, Bhandup of the fire extinguishers are This refers to the front page –Deendayal M Lulla, via email Helmets for not in working conditions report, ‘Act is in place, action How real is Tem while fire safety equipments awaited’ (DNA, December 10). III policemen are not regularly checked. The very basic thing is that in India is no stranger to lives lost Anna? Lack of proper ventilation every building, the meter in accidental fire. People, dur- Apropos to the news item Apropos ‘Singhvi sets up and no free passage to escape room is right there at the en- ing the last one decade, have that the Apex Court has di- showdown with Hazare’ in times of emergency are trance of the building. Ideally, died in fires that broke out in rected the state Governments (DNA, December 10), even if very common in most of the it should be behind the build- community halls, marriage to ensure tamper-free, high his panel had included all the commercial units. Hospitals ing because in case of fire in halls, fairs and cinema halls. security number plates of the suggestions of the septuage- are more vulnerable to casu- the meter room due to short But fire in hospitals has been vehicles for the national secu- narian’s team in the final alties because of the immo- circuit or any other reason, relatively rare. Given the ease rity, I have always been won- draft, still there would still be bility of the patients. It is residents of the building can- with which punitive action for dering why there has been no dissatisfied because their sin- time that the authorities not escape. How many soci- non-adherence to rules and respect shown to the Indian gle-point agenda has all along The City Edit “Luck, not all should not allow occupation eties take care to see that the regulations can be warded off Standards already formulated been to oppose anything the time” (DNA, December of any property or building fire fighting equipment, even by greasing the right palms, by the Institutue which speci- coming from the government. 10) should serve as an eye- unless it is safe and all the the basic thing like sprinklers the hospital’s owners ignored fies; All the number plates As for the sixteen notes of dis- opener to the entire society. fire-safety norms are com- are in working condition? You the warning by civic officials should be in English, the size sent, it needs to be pointed Though we fear fire, many of plied with. Any negligence in install the equipment and for- about the mess in its base- and font of the letters should I would like to put in your no- out that they were all for dif- us do not exercise caution or this regard should be taken to get about it. Many high rise ment and asked to clean up, be what is specified, no other tice about the undisciplined ferent clauses in the draft and take adequate precautionary task. Fire Department should buildings are supposed to Every time such tragic acci- such things as the political manner of our police staff. not on the whole draft. When measures, thereby ignoring be given full and final author- have fire escape chutes, where dents take place, they expose party’s flags or any other Helmets are compulsory for there are thirty members, and overlooking the danger ity to ensure that all the ex- one can slide down from a the pathetic state of our sys- writings allowed on the num- citizens only and if we are there are bound to be diver- we are exposed to. It is only isting establishments are fire- floor earmarked as escape tems and response. The night- ber plates. Still there are vio- found without one, authori- gences of opinion on drafting when accidents of the nature safety and if not corrective route. Tell me whether even a mare in Kolkata or elsewhere lations of these standards by ties slap fines on us. However, such a major document. In of the one at the AMRI hospi- measures need to be taken single high rise has such also raises questions about the having the number plates most of the police jawans any case, the draft has tal at Kolkata take place that expeditiously. No human be- chutes. If anybody has seen preventive measures available written in Hindi, Marathi or drive motorbikes without hel- reached the parliament and is The editor we tend to act and that too, ing is fire-proof and therefore them then DNA should report in the hospital, the training any other local languages as mets. If police will break the slated for discussion on De- welcomes your with ill-equipped tools and it is essential that all precau- it. One floor is left vacant and and work culture of its em- well as even some number law openly then how they ex- cember 19. Until then any views and instruments. Certainly, fire is tions are taken to prevent be- even that floor is used as stor- ployees and the response by plates in Arabic languages pect law and order from com- criticism and attendant agita- feedback: [email protected] probably the most potent, ing a prey to the vagaries of age space by the residents the Fire Brigade to the crisis. which is a total violation. Will mon man? DNA should start a tion are totally redundant. ever-present danger in any fire. Luck is also permitted to themselves forgetting that it is –J Akshobya, Mysore the authorities responsible for drive against those police –Dr V Subramanyan, Mumbai

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