Mumbai 2 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.