Bird's-eye view - dated November 19th, 2013

1. Professional/personal development

• Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere - MarketExpress by Ezilarsan P K P
• Open Source Hardware Becoming A Reality by Dr. Mohan K. Bavirisetty
• Employee disengagement is a worldwide phenomenon and the numbers are very bad by Hemant Khandelwal

2. Entrepreneurship ideas

• Ekam Eco Solutions Pvt Ltd - our new startup in the IIT Delhi Technology Business Incubator by Vijayaraghavan Chariar
• Looking to setup a incubation center in Chandigarh and looking for a team any help is appreciated by Vikram Ahuja

3. Life in general

• Rajul with Shashi Tharoor on France 24 TV by Dinesh Singh

5. Others

• IITD latest updation - https://www.facebook.com/iitdalumni by IIT Delhi Alumni Association
• Interview About IIT 2013 Global Conference by Pradeep Anand

Bird's-eye view - dated October 28th, 2013

1. Career corner 

• Online Course on Aerodynamic !!! (FREE) by Sandip Jadhav

2. Professional/personal development

• A short story by Anvita Bajpai

  Love and Long Term... by DEEPTI SRIVASTAVA

3. Entrepreneurship ideas

• IIT alumni among top 10 sources of alumni starting VC funded companies in the USA! by Gunjan Bagla

  Wireless sensor-based home automation project by IIT-KGP alumnus is now live at US crowd-funding site Kickstarter! Sincerely look forward for all your backing :) by Avishek Roy

  Way to go... by Niranjan Kanvinde

  Brand new tech start-up by IIT Alumni by Shaunak Roy

  
  

4. Life in general

• India's Secret to Low-Cost Health Care - Harvard Business Review by Dr. Mohan K. Bavirisetty 

  Raghuram rajan committee on backwardness of states - by Ezilarsan P K P

  Join hands for a better India! by Anirban Dasgupta PMP

5. Others

• Some more reasons to attend IIT 2013 Conference by Krishna Kumar

Bird's-eye view - dated October 15th, 2013

1. Professional/personal development

A few discussions/articles worth checking out are -

• A Banking Case Study by Roopam Upadhyay
• Top 50 Mobile app developers, you need to know! by Ashwin Ramasamy
• How Magento plays an important role in business promotion? by Saurabh Bhardwaj
• The Importance of Spatial Thinking Now by Dr. Mohan K. Bavirisetty

2. Entrepreneurship ideas/help

• "Protect Your Retail Business - Here's a breakthrough Techno-Marketing product from Point Blank, which will enrich your customer's..." by Abhijeet Kumar
• Mobile Web Apps platform for Businesses, Digital Marketing agencies, and Web development companies by Sunny Sharma
• CouponVoodoo by Devesh
• ‘PowerStart’ accelerator program for current/aspiring cleantech entrepreneurs in India - http://goo.gl/1NnguZ by Amber Maheshwari

3. Life in general

• An interesting concept, that eases the life of an MNC employee of today - Facebook's Company Town online.wsj.com by J Debasis

4. Others - the IIT alumni corner 

• You may want to check out PanIIT Newsletter September 2013 and also participate in Pan IIT Alumni Give Back: 2 Minute Survey posted by Priyank Saxena
• PAN IIT 2013 Conference @Houston (Dec 6-8th) - Please register to listen, to talk, to connect, to be benefited and also to feel nostalgic.

IIT 2013 Conference @Houston (Dec 6-8th)

The IIT 2013 Global Conference is turning out to be the largest, most prominent "Professional Indian" conference in Houston yet, and we want you to join us. Why? Because it is about Fundas and Fun, and you'll enjoy the experience. The conference is open to all. Today, we have 825+ registrants; about 25% are not IIT alumni. Please click here to register

Fundas

Conference Theme: Inspiring Innovation for Tomorrow By 2045, the world's population is expected to rise to 9 Billion people, all of whom would expect a decent education and a healthy, quality life. To assure a bright future, the world will need 50% more food, 30% more water and 50% more energy. The conference has chosen STEEL threads--Sustainability, Technology, Education, Energy, Life Sciences/Health--to weave a tapestry of innovations for the future. Consequently, our confirmed speakers include :

Amartya Sen (Nobel Laureate, Professor of Economics, Harvard University)Andrew Gould (Chairman, BG Group, Former Chairman/CEO Schlumberger) Vicente Fox (Former President of Mexico),
Andrew Ng (Co-founder Coursera, Professor Computer Science, Stanford Univ)Peter Diamandis (Founder, X-Prize), Blake Irving  (GoDaddy CEO),Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande (President/Chairman, Sparta LLC), Bharat Desai (Chairman/Co-founder, Syntel; NASDAQ SYNT),
Dick Flanigan (Senior Vice President, Cerner)
Emma Fauss (CEO & Co-Founder Medical Informatics Corp)
Elisabeth H Tørstad (Senior Vice President and Group Chief Technology Officer DNV GL)
Ram Shenoy (Chief Technology Officer, ConocoPhillips)Annise Parker (Mayor, City of Houston), Renu Khator (Chancellor/President, University of Houston), David Leebron (President, Rice University).
Partha Ghosh  (Partha Ghosh & Associates), Madhav Chavan (Co-Founder & CEO-President, Pratham) and
Spencer Berthelsen (Chairman/Managing Director, Kelsey Seybold Clinic)
Devesh Kapur (Director, Center for Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania),
Jigar Shah (CEO, Jigar Shah Consulting),
Inderpreet Wadhwa (Founder and CEO, Azure Power)

Click here to see the full list of confirmed speakers.

Fun

The conference has a thought- and action-provoking main course, sprinkled with time and opportunities to socialize, reignite old friendships and create new ones, and for lightheartedness and entertainment. Usha Uthup, the popular Indian pop, jazz and Filmfare Award-winning playback singer, will lead the entertainment lineup. Dan Nainan will add a comedic edge to the proceedings. The Fab Five will provide musical entertainment. Yes, there's good food; there's always good food at Indian events. Want to see who are attending the conference? Click here to see each individual's name and affiliation.

Take a tour at www.iit2013.org and Register Now to enjoy a Cup of Eye Eye Tea!

After December 8, 2013, we want you to proudly say, "Yes, we were there!"

Bird's-eye view - dated October 1st, 2013

1. Career corner 

• Great Opportunity for the right candidate - Position: Video Architect Location - Miami, FL - a job posted by Neeraj.

• EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEAVY MINERALS CONFERENCE 2013 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10th OCTOBER – 2013 - as informed by Arjeth.

2. Professional/personal development

• Value of IITs... is posted by Niranjan. The shared article draws attention and conversations by group members. Worth checking it out.

• Further at professional end, articles worth noticing are - Big Data Analytics in Pharma Industry shared by Roopam.

• This blog talks about why personalization and customer experience are so important in any online business shared by Saurabh.

3. Entrepreneurship ideas

• A few ideas are shared for brainstorming in Futuristic Technologies, Life and Hindu Mythology..

4. Life in general

• Univ of Tokyo offers scholarship to JEE aspirant from Bihar's Super 30! shared by Sunil.

• Three Wheels United: helping Bangalore’s auto drivers go green and earn extra money shared by J Debasis.

Bird's-eye view - dated September 20th, 2013

This Bird's-eye view on weekly posts is coming after a gap, as I was away for a vacation. 

I browsed through the articles in last two weeks - thinking that I should write it for posts during last two weeks. However, the posts that caught my eye were mostly from this week only.

1. Professional/personal development

• First post that caught my attention was put by Sunil, titled "Who is Raghu Rajan? The fascinating career path of the IIT Delhi educated economist." - an interesting read.

2. Entrepreneurship ideas

• I liked "BREAKTHROUGH: Zero Point Energy harnessed for creating energy from nothing" by Shalender.
• "QueryHome: Your Technical Social Network" by Salil is another interesting idea that is in demand. Now a days when most of us meet and share online - 'finding relevance' efficiently is a challenge. A refined version of the idea is really required by the community.
• Another interesting concepts that pulls me towards the days of assembling a PC is "An idea - http://9gag.com/gag/axN0Nr2?ref=fb.s - a must watch video .."

3. Life in general

• Topics of maximum interest in the the posts were 'Big Data' and 'E-commerce'. 
• An interesting post is "A Case for Wise Models in Analytics" by Roopam.
• A thought posted by Deepti "What would you do if you had all the money in this world?" is interesting to checkout.
• Further, an interesting thought shared was "To all my TEACHERS, including my daughter", on teachers day.

4. MUST NOTICE

• A helping post by Priyank "URGENT WEATHER ALERT!!! Colorado floods" can be relevant to a few".

More again next week :)

Bird's-eye view - dated August 26th, 2013

Posts in IITAlumni LinkedIn group, compiled by AnvitaBajpai, dated 26^th August, 2013

1. Career corner 

• "CodeForIndia" (by Amit) is a tech-driven non-profit that aims to improve everyday life of a billion+ people in India by developing open source software using a crowd-sourced model for public service infrastructure in partnership with local NGOs/government.
• "Inviting nominations for Advisory and Editorial Board, for a new Value Creation Journal to be published globally" (by Gautam).
• "Michael Page Analytics" created by Raghav - an IIT Bombay alumni, is a LinkedIn group focusing on latest jobs in the world of Analytics | Big Data & Machine learning.

2. Professional/personal development

• The term 'big data' is clarified in "Breaking Down the 5 Most Common Big Data Myths" (posted by Dr. Mohan K.).
• Another good know-how|what article is "Digital Transformations | The Crossroads Model: Winning with Code Halos | SOA World Magazine" (posted by Dr. Mohan K.).
• "How To Build a High-Performing Digital Team" (posted by Dr. Mohan K.) is an interesting article helps to understand skills required to succeed.
• As part of his routine sharing, Hemant Karandikar, an IIT Bombay alumni, studies personal and environmental factors that help one to outperform professionally - in his articles - "Are you ready to improve your leadership skills?" and "Why talented young people quit?"

3. Entrepreneurship ideas

• "Hyperloop: A New Layer of Infrastructure? | SOA World Magazine" (posted by Dr. Mohan K.) is an interesting idea when it comes to green and cost effective innovations.
• I like the idea “www.bijlibachao.com a website for residential customers and small offices” (by Abhishek), for its moral values. The name of the startup just clicks the concept.
• Other interesting ideas are "Six Eyed Concept" (by Devesh), and "Brand Me" (by Pranat).

4. Personal/financial/real-estate corner

• "Sliding with the Rupee" (by Ramaswamy) provides a positive view on the depreciating value of the Indian Rupee.

5. Life in general

• As part of his routine sharing Vikram Karve puts an interesting post “YOU WILL GET THE LEADERS YOU DESERVE”. He also discusses women related social and political issues in "WOMEN’S VOTEBANK".

6. Others

• An event focusing on future of mobiles "Always On Real-Time Access" (by Chetan).
• Another important update by Sunil is “Exclusive IITian discounts at PanIIT's magazine TheIITian.com - Register on site and become a part of a PanIIT fraternity”.