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PART 3
                                                             March 2013 |
Volume 1 | Issue 2




                                     India’s most prestigious magazine dedicated to
                                                            Engineering Community




                     HARBINGERS OF


SARASWAT THAROOR                          BANERJEE
ELEVATING INDIA’S STATURE ON THE GLOBAL ENGINEERING MAP
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ENGINEERING
                                                                                                                                                    Economy

     DHOLERA : SPECIAL INVESTMENT REGION

                                                         Society




94   GUJARAT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TEC-CITY (GIFT)




      KANKARIYA LAKE FRONT, AHMEDABAD



                                                                                                                                    Environment
                                                     Editor’s Note
                                                     From the dawn of Indus Valley Civilization to the current times, Gujarat has registered an impeccable presence. It was the
                                                     first to give refuge to the survivors of religious persecution in Iran and faced the very initial brunt of foreign invaders who
                                                     made an attempt to abrogate its indigenous culture & prosperity of its industrious populace. The Gujarati resilience never
                                                     gave up. It erected a strong resistance time and again and emerged victorious despite all odds.
                 NARMADA CANAL
                                                     The astounding progress made by the people of Gujarat in the last decade has become a global talking point. It has become
                                                     one of the most industrialized states of the country with a per capita income well above the national average. The
                                                     accomplishments on several other developmental parameters have been mesmerizing as well.

                                                     What is it in Gujarat that makes it such a vibrant place and how can its success story be replicated in other parts of the
                                                     country? To understand the same our Director Relationships, Ravi Pokharna underwent a 3 day educational tour to Gujarat
                                                     aptly named as "Prakash Yatra", along with a group of 10 select youngsters who were chosen from a pool of 200 applicants
                                                     from across the country.

                                                     Engineering India, the Gujarat Way is thereby a compilation of the first hand experiences of these youngsters. Hope this
                                                     booklet would somewhat help in understanding the innate DNA of Gujarat's success.

            SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT


     www.engineeringwatch.in/gujarat
INDIA
         THE GUJARAT WAY
Prakash Yatra - An Introduction
This Governance tourism trip was meant for          development project nationally.
the individuals interested in seeing the
developmental work of Gujarat.                      Longest trip in the 3 days was to Charanka (130      JANMARG :: AHMEDABAD BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM
                                                    km) which houses a huge solar park which
More tha n 200 young students a nd                  produces 600mw of electricity, a project which
professionals applied to be the part of the trip.   has helped Gujarat put itself as an energy
Finally a group of 15 was selected by an            surplus state from being an energy deficit one
academic jury.                                      few years back.

During the three day trip the group got an          Visit to Mahatma Gandhi Ashram brought into
opportunity to meet and hear from the               light the rich cultural and historical role
leadership of the a) Sardar Sarovar Narmada         Gujarat plays on the national map. The warm
Nigam- The Sardar Sarovar project built on          reception by the senior team at Gujarat State
Narmada, known as the lifeline of Gujarat is        Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) was very                                                                95
                                                                                                                  GUJARAT SOLAR PARK
benefitting the irrigation, drinking water          appreciated by everyone in the group.
supply situation, power conditions, wild life
conservation along with flood control; b)           The last but certainly not the least, visit was at
Gujarat International Finance Tech City better      BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space
known as GIFT - being built as a global financial   Applications and Geo- Informatics). The group
hub with the support of world class                 was pleasantly shocked to see what a small
infrastructure and resources; c) Dholera            team at BISAG is able to achieve which remains
Special Investment Region – being developed         a distant dream in the other states of country.
as a global manufacturing and trading hub. It is    With the effective use of space technology and
a very ambitious project aiming to double the       its innovative usage in solving regular rural and
employment potential, triple the industrial         urban issues sets high benchmarks for the
output and quadruple the exports from Gujarat       other India states to achieve.                       GUJARAT STATE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
in the next five years; d) Water and Sanitation
Management Organization - the highly                The group couldn’t have asked for more. One
successful community managed program of             hour free flowing unrestrained chat with one of
water management and sanitation; e) GMB             the most popular leaders of the country, Hon
Ports                                               Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi. And what
                                                    inspiring aura that he carries, everyone got
The BRT bus ride of Janmarg which is awarded        awestruck with his presence. Rather than
as the Best Mass Transit Project by GOI and also    choosing to hear laurels of his government he
bagged the Award of excellence in the Best          instead kept on insisting everyone to give him
ITMS project category by GOI, made everyone         feedback and suggestions to further improve
realize what visionary planning and effective       the governance of the state. Towards the end he
governance can achieve. A model which has           appreciated RMP for its efforts and invited                 GUJARAT MARITIME BOARD
tragically failed in States like Delhi has been     more such group for the governance tour of
executed so well and efficiently in Gujarat goes    Gujarat.
on to say that the leadership does matter.
                                                    Indeed the trip was a memorable one for all of
The group also visited the Sabarmati River          us.
Front and the Kankariya Lake Project which is
one of the highly acclaimed and awarded urban                                       Ravi Pokharna




                                                                                                                 SABARMATI RIVER FRONT



                                                                                                         March 2013 | Engineering Watch
Pawan Kumar                                      Anand Shekhar                                        Jagriti Chhateja


     Mesmerised By
          The ownership spirit of Gujaratis for their    The Ownership and Pride demonstrated by                    The Economic growth and the percolation
          state.                                         different departments of their role and                    of benefits till the lowest class and villages
96                                                       contribution to the development of                         unlike in many other states.
                                                         Gujarat.



     3 Differentiators of Gujarat
          Industry oriented planning and                 Ÿ    World Class Infrastructure                            Ÿ   Organised Government work
          development.                                   Ÿ    Motivated work force                                  Ÿ   Support to businesses that in turn
                                                         Ÿ    Team work and conjoint action                             leads to economic growth
                                                              (bureaucracy and polity)                              Ÿ   Facilities even in villages (such as 20hr
                                                                                                                        plus electricity which is difficult even
                                                                                                                        in cities in my home state of UP)

     Opinion about replicating the Gujarat growth story to other states of the country
          Others state can copy the 'willingness' and    Gujarat has demonstrated a feasible and                    I think it is not going to be easy, but it is
          'approach' of Gujarat to development.          doable model of development comprising                     possible. But what it needs more than
          Copying the model might be challenging         of conjoint planning and action by                         anything else is the willingness from the
          keeping in view different contexts for         bureaucracy & polity facilitated by IT and                 political parties/leaders and stringent
          different states.                              technology to monitor progress and                         actions against bribes.
                                                         performance.

     One project you visited made you feel like visiting a facility of global scale and repute
          Gujarat Solar Power Project producing 500      GSPC :: They seem to be emerging as a                      Kids City, Kankaria Lake.
          MW power is really very ambitious,             n a t i o n a l t re n d s e t t e r a n d s e t t i n g
          sophisticated and fascinating to visit.        benchmarks for the sector.
          Private-Public partnership at such a scale
          and with such a futuristic approach is
          appreciable.

     Single most important factor which has led to the immense progress which Gujarat has made
          Trust and backing of Gujarat people on         Political leadership and commitment of Mr.                 Stringent laws against corruption and
          their political leadership allows the          Narendra Modi.                                             bribery. A professional & progressive work
          government to function and perform. It                                                                    environment even in Government.
          generates a strong political will and vision
          for the government. This becomes a vicious
          circle over time.


     www.engineeringwatch.in/gujarat
From L to R
    Nikita Dugar, Abhishek Chaudhari, Mukul Priyadarshi, Pawan Kumar, Ravi Pokharna, Mohammad Shahbaaz, Vinay
    Mavalankar, Rachit Sharma, Jagriti Chhateja, Anand Shekhar, Naitik Vyas, Anoop AJ, Ankur Sharma




                             Naitik Vyas                              Rachit Sharma                                     Ankur Sharma


Mesmerised By
     Satellite education                            The vision of the Government of Gujarat        Roads(Highways)
                                                    which is not thinking of just the 5 year
                                                    political terms but undertaking ambitious
                                                                                                                                                97
                                                    projects like BRTS and GIFT which will
                                                    create immense value in the long run.


3 Differentiators of Gujarat
     Ÿ    Bureaucrats’ attitude                     Ÿ   Commendable law & order                    Ÿ   Peace(Law and order)
     Ÿ    Marketing strategy                        Ÿ   Professional Management of public          Ÿ   Uninterrupted Power Supply
     Ÿ    Leadership quality of Chief Minister          service points                             Ÿ   Roads(Highways)
                                                    Ÿ   No lags or corruption faced by the
                                                        citizens in getting issues resolved.


Opinion about replicating the Gujarat growth story to other states of the country
     More interaction with youth of the same        It will be very difficult unless the           It requires a Strong will power of a State
     state to find new ways of doing things. Also   leadership desires it. Gujarat has been able   head, so I don't think my state(Uttar
     doing the marketing for their project in       to create an atmosphere where                  Pradesh) can replicate this…..atleast in
     better way. May be use of social media.        development has become the core and it         next 5years.
                                                    will be extremely hard to replicate unless
                                                    similar leadership is shown by other states.

One project you visited made you feel like visiting a facility of global scale and repute
     Gift city                                      The solar project in its scale, novelty and    Gujarat Solar Park
                                                    ambition is absolutely world class.




Single most important factor which has led to the immense progress which Gujarat has made
     Leadership quality of Chief Minister           The clear, concise political will which        Strong Will Power
     and vision as well.                            instated by Shri Narendra Modi. The leader
                                                    defines the path on which the office bearers
                                                    tread.




                                                                                                        March 2013 | Engineering Watch
OPINION
                                                                            Indian universities are able to establish their
                                                                            credentials as far as research is concerned and also
                                                                            when their work culture improves.

                                                                            Foreign students may come to India, but it is most likely
                                                                            that they would be from the Third world and not from the
                                                                            developed countries. The small number that may come
                                                                            from the developed countries would be basically to get
                                                                            a 'feel' of the Indian environment and also to develop
                                                                            linkages that could help in trade or other business
                                                                            ventures later.

                                                                            India's middle class is growing and the parents have
                                                                            the propensity and the capacity to pay for their higher
                                                                            education. Further, as the middle class expands, more
                                                                            job opportunities are likely to be created within the
                                                                            country, thereby, motivating Indian graduates to
                                                                            remain in India rather than immigrate. In that
                                                                            eventuality the number of students going abroad for
                                                                            higher studies may drastically reduce.

                                                                            Such a development would have an adverse effect on
                                                                            the capacity of universities in the developed world. In
                                                                            addition, the recession in the world economy has had
      Brig (Dr) R S Grewal, VSM                                             an adverse effect on the budget allotment and
      Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University                                  consequently the research activities in the developed
                                                                            world. The universities in the West are apprehensive
98                                                                          that consequences of paucity of funds may trigger a
                                                                            more robust two-way flow of talent between Asian

              REVERSING                                                     countries, on the one hand, and North American and
                                                                            European nations, on the other. Such an environment
                                                                            may motivate students, faculty and university
              THE BRAIN DRAIN                                               administrators from the Western countries to accept
                                                                            assignments in Asia.
        Shifting the focus from teacher, text and tests to problem-         If the Indian politicians, regulatory bodies and the
                   solving and small-group collaboration                    bureaucrats show the required political will and
                                                                            maturity, the higher education system can still be
                                                                            rejuvenated. Lack of good quality research is a big
     Indian higher education institutions lack a research culture. The      inhibitor to attract talent from abroad and to motivate
     main reason for the state of affairs is that the country's             NRIs to return.
     universities suffer from "the 3 T's" - i.e., too much emphasis on
     teacher, text and tests and too little engagement in problem-          The budgetary allocations for research may have to be
     solving and small-group collaboration.                                 increased substantially and the academia would have
                                                                            to ensure that it measures up to the faith reposed in it
     Thus, many students go abroad for higher studies mainly                by being sincere and diligent in developing a credible
     because of the quality of education. On the other hand not many        research culture. An expanding higher education
     students from developed countries opt to study in India. This          sector in India faced with shortage of good faculty and
     one-way flow is likely to continue till the time Indian universities   academic administrators would be able to absorb
     are able to ensure that meaningful research is carried out,            talent from abroad easily.
     preferably, in collaboration with the Industry and other research
     establishments.                                                        If we want to compete with China, Malaysia,
                                                                            Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, Indian policy
     In addition, involvement of local communities in encouraging           planners would need to initiate steps to ensure that we
     research is vital. Indian society would also have to adopt             pay attention to the quality of research in our
     philanthropy as a concept to give a boost to the research              universities.
     activities in the universities. That can happen only when the



     www.engineeringwatch.in/rsgrewal
e-books and e-highlights!                                       the real point of this story. While reading a physical or e-
Some of the best uses of technology for
                                                                book, if I come across a great quote, an interesting story,

you and me!                                                     an anecdote or a lesson, I highlight it. (Yeah, I know... it
                                                                ruins the physical book etc etc, but that's the only way I
                                                                can speed-revise my books!!)

                                                                So, this is what a typical highlight in a physical book
                                                                would look like:



                                            Alok
                                            “Rodinhood”
                                                                This is from page 335 in the book 'Miracle of Love' -
                                            Kerjiwal            stories about Neem Karoli Baba compiled by Ram Das.
As a digital entrepreneur, I often feel that there is a great   However much I may want to, it's difficult to share all
divide between people who 'get' technology and those            these actual highlights and sentences in physical books
who don't. For those who don't dig technology (and I am         with my friends and family.
sure for good reasons of their own), I observe that these
people get intimidated by Tech and withdraw from using          Now, consider what I suddenly discovered when I was
'it' (devices) and its services 'web' etc.                      reading the book 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by
                                                                Paramhansa Yogananda on the Kindle app on my iPad
I want to inspire them through this column by                   (the book was bought by me on Amazon.com available to
showcasing real examples of simple technology and how           be read via the Kindle app for iPad):
that can delight our daily lives. I want to push them to
accept that tech adoption is a must! On this note, I invite
everyone to be a contributor to these series to help and
inspire others!!                                                                                                               99
So, this is my physical book library at home:

                                                                Kindle (Amazon) actually records what other people
                                                                reading the same book, have highlighted in their version
                                                                of the book; and then gently suggests the same to me
                                                                when I am reading the same book!! What better and
Now, imagine carrying this book shelf with me on a plane,       more delightful example of consumer delight technology
or into a hotel. It's impossible.                               can there be, better than this one?

You may ask me, "Why on earth would you carry a                 How Amazon does it, is so simple. Regularly, 'e-
bookshelf on a trip? Just carry a couple of books, and          highlights' of all e-books get pushed by the tablets they
don't behave like a moron.... I 'would' have agreed, until      are being read on, to the Amazon servers for compiling
the tablets (iPad, Kindle) allowed me to actually carry as      and indexing; and these highlights get pushed back into
many books and bookshelves with me, wherever I                  each book as often as possible, with combined scores and
wanted - in a plane, in a cave, on a mountain top, in a         counts!
bathroom.
                                                                So, going forward, I need to read an e-book, and while I
Check out my iPad 'e-book' shelf:                               may be lazy, or may not be that attentive in reading the
                                                                subtler parts (especially in a religious book), these
                                                                'Crowd Sourced' highlights, that pop up in non intrusive
                                                                ways, could delight me and make me understand and
                                                                appreciate the book even better!! These highlights could
                                                                even be used as 'excerpts' for me to read before buying a
                                                                book, since they would give me a great glimpse of what's
So, e-books help in ease of reading, transportability, etc      in the book, by regular readers like you and me (rather
etc etc.                                                        than some fancy reviewer)!
Now, we knew that all along, didn't we? So, let's move on


www.engineeringwatch.in/alokkejriwal                                                  March 2013 | Engineering Watch
MOOCs
                    Massive Open Online Courses
      Opening new gateways to premium quality higher-education
                    Manish Upadhyay (Co-founder, LIQVID) & Amitava Maitra (Head –Content, OKS Education)


      Higher education: The problems of scaling quality              past. Solutions have been tried out in the garb of distance
      and business models which don’t work                           education and in the past through various forms of
      Like any other service, quality education is tough to          technology based learning including Television and
      scale. In today’s era where knowledge is becoming              computers. However, they have consistently failed
      increasingly complex, interdisciplinary, highly                because of few, simple reasons.
      specialized and prone to very rapid obsolescence –
100   quality higher education as a consequence has proven to        For starters these materials have never been pushed by
      be very resistant to scaling. This has resulted in a pan-      some well-known brands be it elite institutions or
      world scenario where while there have been                     celebrity professors. Two – related or unrelated to
      unprecedented demand, the supply of premium                    reason one- the quality of materials have been fairly poor
      education has been restricted to the elite few who have        and mostly non-interactive in nature. Thirdly both the
      the wherewithal to gain entry into the hallowed                print and the early computer or internet based materials
      precincts of a very few niche institutes of higher learning.   failed to deliver on the social aspect of learning –they
      Across the world, it’s a well-known fact that most of          simply did not allow students to form communities and
      these premier institutes are either funded by                  learn together.
      governments or run off by massive endowments set up
      by some philanthropic trust. Most other institutes find it     Technology and MOOC
      nearly impossible to find faculty who are both                 Today’ technologies however allow for all the above and
      knowledgeable and have the ability to teach such               that’s ushered in a completely new movement called
      courses.                                                       MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses. It must be
                                                                     pointed out that while open content has been around as a
      Simply put, in a scenario where there are a vast number        while, the packaging into distinct open courses which
      of geographically distributed and dispersed students           run with start and finish times, with on-line batches of
      with modest financial means and a few institutes with          students has been a fairly recent one. But already there
      the capability to offer a high quality education,              are quite a few names which have become famous.
      conventional brick and mortar based education business
      models just don’t work. And just to compound this is the       MIT has launched MITx, Harvard has Harvardx and
      fact that increasingly in the future people will need to       together they will offer courses on a platform called EDx,
      continuously upgrade their skills in niche areas – a fact      as has Stanford. And if numbers are anything to go by, the
      which renders the traditional higher education supply          response has been more than staggering. Stanford’s
      chain incapable of passing muster.                             MOOC in “Artificial Intelligence” attracted over 100,000
                                                                     students from across 90 countries. Udacity which offers
      Feeble attempts at solutions                                   a course called “Building a Search Engine” has seen
      It’s not that this problem had not been recognized in the      around yet another 100,000 students enrolling. And




      www.engineeringwatch.in/moocs
there are many other organizations which offer MOOCs          existing infrastructure to provide internet access hubs
–such as “Coursera” and “Udemy”.                              where students can come and learn. Further investments
                                                              also need to be made to provide cheap broadband
How do MOOCs work?                                            connectivity and low cost computing devices such as
Typically MOOCs are created by top professors from top        tablets which can then be used by students to access
universities both of whom have iconic statuses. While         MOOCs. Policy initiatives should ensure that MOOCs are
there are many variants, a typical course has video           recognized as ‘legitimate’ learning and as a result are
tutorials with embedded quizzes and tests. On-line            recognized by both the government and industry.
technological platforms allow learners to collaborate         Needless to say, this cannot happen without developing
and answer each other’s questions, discuss topics and         proper assessments and certification infrastructure
review and critique each other’s assignments and              involving proctored, technology driven systems.
reports –thus fostering a sense of community and peer
based learning. The collaboration based creation of           Higher Education
courses and learning makes for rapid changes,                 India has an acute shortage of premier institutes in the
improvements and additions in terms of moderated user         realm of higher education and thus the case for low cost,
generated content.                                            high quality MOOCs is very compelling one given the
                                                              large demand in terms of sheer volumes. While leading
The large numbers of learners on a technology platform        Indian universities and institutes of learning have to take
also allows the meaningful deployment of ‘learning            the initiative in developing MOOCs where the content is
analytics’- a branch of study which looks at how learners     India specific, for other domains – they can collaborate
learn. This then can be taken into consideration in the       with universities abroad to localize the content. While
next version of the course – thus completing the classical    the theoretical and knowledge aspects can be dealt with
loop of the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development,             in MOOCs, the brick and mortar infrastructure can focus
Implementation and Evaluation) model . While today’s          on lab, practical work and skill development. Also other
courses feature mostly recorded video tutorials, in the       institutes which do not carry the ‘premier’ tag and
future materials are bound to include simulations, games      perhaps lack high quality teaching manpower can
and technologies which allow on-line project work and         facilitate the delivery of MOOC content rather than in
assignments which can be evaluated through a blend of         trying to build and deliver original content. The
technology and human interventions. Sites like                combination of these two factors can free existing            101
“Academic Earth” actually provide recordings of live          capacity and build scale.
lectures (instead of specially recorded faculty only video
of Coursera type of sites), thus making the experience a      Vocational Education
fairly authentic one.                                         As per estimates of MHRD, MLE and NSDC, India needs to
                                                              train more than 500 million people in vocational skills.
Business Models                                               Though there is in theory a massive demand this is also
While many institutions offer free MOOCs, some                an extremely price sensitive audience and thus the cost
organizations are for-profit. But by and large, the learner   for ‘premium’ learning becomes a hampering factor.
benefits by getting free courses. Accreditations or           Thus it becomes a ripe case for investments in MOOCs
certifications are what students have to pay a modest         which can be jointly funded and operated by the industry
sum of money for. This makes sense for both the               which needs this trained manpower and the government
educational institution and the student. While the            which wants to facilitate the training. Just as we
institutions get to reach out to huge number of students      described in higher education, MOOCs can allow an
which using ordinary delivery channels they would             optimal usage of ‘brick and mortar’ infrastructure for
never be able to, the students get to attend courses for      practical, hands on work and thus help in scaling high
free and have to pay only for certifications or other         quality content delivery.
premium services. As is the case with other internet
enabled ventures, innovative business models will surely      Conclusion
come into play too. For example, Udacity, which is a for      The MOOCs and the open learning movement they
profit organization plans to make its monies by offering a    embody is here to stay and it’s not just the students who
list of students with proven skills to recruiters and         stand to lose out if such offerings are not made available
collect a fee in return.                                      in India, even the institutes who don’t participate in this
                                                              movement will be in the long run wiped out by those who
MOOCs in India: Some imperatives Infrastructure               do.
and Policies:
In India where broadband penetration is still very poor,
educational organizations can also leverage their



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                           OF TECHNOLOGY, BANDA

         Glorious                             in the service of Bundelkhand
                                                                                                                           YEARS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      No. 1 Engineering College in Bundelkhand Region




                    2003-2013
                         KCNIT is a glaring example of an
                         Institution inspired & instigated by the
                         ideal of creating a meaningful
                         difference through techno-managerial
                         education. Established by Mr. Arun
                         Kumar Nigam, a former IFS officer,
                         KCNIT organizes an annual contest
                         namely Bundelkhand Pratibha Samman
                         which reaches out to the remotest
102                      terrains of this backward region and
                         hunts for the future Ramajunams and
                         Ramans. Probably, Mr. Nigam and his
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mr. Arun Kumar Nigam
                         dedicated band of team is delivering                                                                                                                                                                                   Chairman
                         much more for the cause of                                                                                                                                                                          Kali Charan Nigam institute of Technology, Banda
                         Bundelkhand than their political and
                         bureaucratic counterparts. Following
                         are glimpses of Bundelkhand Pratibha
                         Samman 2013 which has assumed the
                         stature of a sacred ritual amidst the
                         students of the region.




                                                       AMBALA
                                                            YAMUNANAGAR
                                                   KURUKSHETRA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mr. Shyam Ji Nigam
                                                                SAHARANPUR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Training & Placement Office,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               KCNIT
                                                               MUZAFFARNAGAR
                                                                                     BIJNOR

                                                               BAGHPAT
                                                                         MEERUT
                                                                                    JYOTIBA
                                                                                  PHULE NAGAR
                                                                     GHAZIABAD                       RAMPUR

                                                                     GAUTAM        MORADABAD
                                                                                                                      PILIBHIT
                                                                     BUDDHA
                                                                     NAGAR                              BAREILLY
                                                                         BULANDSHAHR
                                                                                              BUDAUN                             LAKHIMPUR
                                                                        ALIGARH                                                    KHERI
                                                                                                              SHAHJAHANPUR
                                                                                         KANSHI RAM
                                                                                           NAGAR                                                        SHRAVASTI
                                                                              MAHAMAYA
                                                                    MATHURA                   ETAH                                                 BAHRAICH
                                                                               NAGAR                                                  SITAPUR                       BALRAMPUR
                                                                                                      FARRUKHABAD HARDOI
                                                                                                                                                                            SIDDHARTH
                                                                                                  MAINPURI            UTTAR PRADESH                                           NAGAR   MAHARAJGANJ
                                                                                     FIROZABAD                                                                GONDA
                                                                          AGRA                                KANNAUJ
                                                                                                                                                BARABANKI                          ST. KABIR
                                                                                                  ETAWAH                                                                            NAGAR          KUSHINAGAR
                                                                                                                                         LUCKNOW                           BASTI



                                                                        MORENA
                                                                                          BHIND
                                                                                                       UTTAR PRADESH
                                                                                                         AURAIYA
                                                                                                                 RAMABAI
                                                                                                                  NAGAR
                                                                                                                                 UNNAO                        FAIZABAD
                                                                                                                                                                          AMBEDKAR
                                                                                                                                                                                          GORAKHPUR


                                                                                                                                                                           NAGAR                     DEORIA
                                                                                                                           KANPUR
                                                                                                                           (URBAN)                          SULTANPUR
                                                                                                                                           RAE BARELI
                                                                                                                                                                                   AZAMGARH
                                                                                GWALIOR
                                                                                                       ORAI                                                                               MAUNATH
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Engineering watch march issue part3

  • 1. PART 3 March 2013 | Volume 1 | Issue 2 India’s most prestigious magazine dedicated to Engineering Community HARBINGERS OF SARASWAT THAROOR BANERJEE ELEVATING INDIA’S STATURE ON THE GLOBAL ENGINEERING MAP www.engineeringwatch.in
  • 2. ENGINEERING Economy DHOLERA : SPECIAL INVESTMENT REGION Society 94 GUJARAT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TEC-CITY (GIFT) KANKARIYA LAKE FRONT, AHMEDABAD Environment Editor’s Note From the dawn of Indus Valley Civilization to the current times, Gujarat has registered an impeccable presence. It was the first to give refuge to the survivors of religious persecution in Iran and faced the very initial brunt of foreign invaders who made an attempt to abrogate its indigenous culture & prosperity of its industrious populace. The Gujarati resilience never gave up. It erected a strong resistance time and again and emerged victorious despite all odds. NARMADA CANAL The astounding progress made by the people of Gujarat in the last decade has become a global talking point. It has become one of the most industrialized states of the country with a per capita income well above the national average. The accomplishments on several other developmental parameters have been mesmerizing as well. What is it in Gujarat that makes it such a vibrant place and how can its success story be replicated in other parts of the country? To understand the same our Director Relationships, Ravi Pokharna underwent a 3 day educational tour to Gujarat aptly named as "Prakash Yatra", along with a group of 10 select youngsters who were chosen from a pool of 200 applicants from across the country. Engineering India, the Gujarat Way is thereby a compilation of the first hand experiences of these youngsters. Hope this booklet would somewhat help in understanding the innate DNA of Gujarat's success. SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT www.engineeringwatch.in/gujarat
  • 3. INDIA THE GUJARAT WAY Prakash Yatra - An Introduction This Governance tourism trip was meant for development project nationally. the individuals interested in seeing the developmental work of Gujarat. Longest trip in the 3 days was to Charanka (130 JANMARG :: AHMEDABAD BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM km) which houses a huge solar park which More tha n 200 young students a nd produces 600mw of electricity, a project which professionals applied to be the part of the trip. has helped Gujarat put itself as an energy Finally a group of 15 was selected by an surplus state from being an energy deficit one academic jury. few years back. During the three day trip the group got an Visit to Mahatma Gandhi Ashram brought into opportunity to meet and hear from the light the rich cultural and historical role leadership of the a) Sardar Sarovar Narmada Gujarat plays on the national map. The warm Nigam- The Sardar Sarovar project built on reception by the senior team at Gujarat State Narmada, known as the lifeline of Gujarat is Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) was very 95 GUJARAT SOLAR PARK benefitting the irrigation, drinking water appreciated by everyone in the group. supply situation, power conditions, wild life conservation along with flood control; b) The last but certainly not the least, visit was at Gujarat International Finance Tech City better BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space known as GIFT - being built as a global financial Applications and Geo- Informatics). The group hub with the support of world class was pleasantly shocked to see what a small infrastructure and resources; c) Dholera team at BISAG is able to achieve which remains Special Investment Region – being developed a distant dream in the other states of country. as a global manufacturing and trading hub. It is With the effective use of space technology and a very ambitious project aiming to double the its innovative usage in solving regular rural and employment potential, triple the industrial urban issues sets high benchmarks for the output and quadruple the exports from Gujarat other India states to achieve. GUJARAT STATE PETROLEUM CORPORATION in the next five years; d) Water and Sanitation Management Organization - the highly The group couldn’t have asked for more. One successful community managed program of hour free flowing unrestrained chat with one of water management and sanitation; e) GMB the most popular leaders of the country, Hon Ports Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi. And what inspiring aura that he carries, everyone got The BRT bus ride of Janmarg which is awarded awestruck with his presence. Rather than as the Best Mass Transit Project by GOI and also choosing to hear laurels of his government he bagged the Award of excellence in the Best instead kept on insisting everyone to give him ITMS project category by GOI, made everyone feedback and suggestions to further improve realize what visionary planning and effective the governance of the state. Towards the end he governance can achieve. A model which has appreciated RMP for its efforts and invited GUJARAT MARITIME BOARD tragically failed in States like Delhi has been more such group for the governance tour of executed so well and efficiently in Gujarat goes Gujarat. on to say that the leadership does matter. Indeed the trip was a memorable one for all of The group also visited the Sabarmati River us. Front and the Kankariya Lake Project which is one of the highly acclaimed and awarded urban Ravi Pokharna SABARMATI RIVER FRONT March 2013 | Engineering Watch
  • 4. Pawan Kumar Anand Shekhar Jagriti Chhateja Mesmerised By The ownership spirit of Gujaratis for their The Ownership and Pride demonstrated by The Economic growth and the percolation state. different departments of their role and of benefits till the lowest class and villages 96 contribution to the development of unlike in many other states. Gujarat. 3 Differentiators of Gujarat Industry oriented planning and Ÿ World Class Infrastructure Ÿ Organised Government work development. Ÿ Motivated work force Ÿ Support to businesses that in turn Ÿ Team work and conjoint action leads to economic growth (bureaucracy and polity) Ÿ Facilities even in villages (such as 20hr plus electricity which is difficult even in cities in my home state of UP) Opinion about replicating the Gujarat growth story to other states of the country Others state can copy the 'willingness' and Gujarat has demonstrated a feasible and I think it is not going to be easy, but it is 'approach' of Gujarat to development. doable model of development comprising possible. But what it needs more than Copying the model might be challenging of conjoint planning and action by anything else is the willingness from the keeping in view different contexts for bureaucracy & polity facilitated by IT and political parties/leaders and stringent different states. technology to monitor progress and actions against bribes. performance. One project you visited made you feel like visiting a facility of global scale and repute Gujarat Solar Power Project producing 500 GSPC :: They seem to be emerging as a Kids City, Kankaria Lake. MW power is really very ambitious, n a t i o n a l t re n d s e t t e r a n d s e t t i n g sophisticated and fascinating to visit. benchmarks for the sector. Private-Public partnership at such a scale and with such a futuristic approach is appreciable. Single most important factor which has led to the immense progress which Gujarat has made Trust and backing of Gujarat people on Political leadership and commitment of Mr. Stringent laws against corruption and their political leadership allows the Narendra Modi. bribery. A professional & progressive work government to function and perform. It environment even in Government. generates a strong political will and vision for the government. This becomes a vicious circle over time. www.engineeringwatch.in/gujarat
  • 5. From L to R Nikita Dugar, Abhishek Chaudhari, Mukul Priyadarshi, Pawan Kumar, Ravi Pokharna, Mohammad Shahbaaz, Vinay Mavalankar, Rachit Sharma, Jagriti Chhateja, Anand Shekhar, Naitik Vyas, Anoop AJ, Ankur Sharma Naitik Vyas Rachit Sharma Ankur Sharma Mesmerised By Satellite education The vision of the Government of Gujarat Roads(Highways) which is not thinking of just the 5 year political terms but undertaking ambitious 97 projects like BRTS and GIFT which will create immense value in the long run. 3 Differentiators of Gujarat Ÿ Bureaucrats’ attitude Ÿ Commendable law & order Ÿ Peace(Law and order) Ÿ Marketing strategy Ÿ Professional Management of public Ÿ Uninterrupted Power Supply Ÿ Leadership quality of Chief Minister service points Ÿ Roads(Highways) Ÿ No lags or corruption faced by the citizens in getting issues resolved. Opinion about replicating the Gujarat growth story to other states of the country More interaction with youth of the same It will be very difficult unless the It requires a Strong will power of a State state to find new ways of doing things. Also leadership desires it. Gujarat has been able head, so I don't think my state(Uttar doing the marketing for their project in to create an atmosphere where Pradesh) can replicate this…..atleast in better way. May be use of social media. development has become the core and it next 5years. will be extremely hard to replicate unless similar leadership is shown by other states. One project you visited made you feel like visiting a facility of global scale and repute Gift city The solar project in its scale, novelty and Gujarat Solar Park ambition is absolutely world class. Single most important factor which has led to the immense progress which Gujarat has made Leadership quality of Chief Minister The clear, concise political will which Strong Will Power and vision as well. instated by Shri Narendra Modi. The leader defines the path on which the office bearers tread. March 2013 | Engineering Watch
  • 6. OPINION Indian universities are able to establish their credentials as far as research is concerned and also when their work culture improves. Foreign students may come to India, but it is most likely that they would be from the Third world and not from the developed countries. The small number that may come from the developed countries would be basically to get a 'feel' of the Indian environment and also to develop linkages that could help in trade or other business ventures later. India's middle class is growing and the parents have the propensity and the capacity to pay for their higher education. Further, as the middle class expands, more job opportunities are likely to be created within the country, thereby, motivating Indian graduates to remain in India rather than immigrate. In that eventuality the number of students going abroad for higher studies may drastically reduce. Such a development would have an adverse effect on the capacity of universities in the developed world. In addition, the recession in the world economy has had Brig (Dr) R S Grewal, VSM an adverse effect on the budget allotment and Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University consequently the research activities in the developed world. The universities in the West are apprehensive 98 that consequences of paucity of funds may trigger a more robust two-way flow of talent between Asian REVERSING countries, on the one hand, and North American and European nations, on the other. Such an environment may motivate students, faculty and university THE BRAIN DRAIN administrators from the Western countries to accept assignments in Asia. Shifting the focus from teacher, text and tests to problem- If the Indian politicians, regulatory bodies and the solving and small-group collaboration bureaucrats show the required political will and maturity, the higher education system can still be rejuvenated. Lack of good quality research is a big Indian higher education institutions lack a research culture. The inhibitor to attract talent from abroad and to motivate main reason for the state of affairs is that the country's NRIs to return. universities suffer from "the 3 T's" - i.e., too much emphasis on teacher, text and tests and too little engagement in problem- The budgetary allocations for research may have to be solving and small-group collaboration. increased substantially and the academia would have to ensure that it measures up to the faith reposed in it Thus, many students go abroad for higher studies mainly by being sincere and diligent in developing a credible because of the quality of education. On the other hand not many research culture. An expanding higher education students from developed countries opt to study in India. This sector in India faced with shortage of good faculty and one-way flow is likely to continue till the time Indian universities academic administrators would be able to absorb are able to ensure that meaningful research is carried out, talent from abroad easily. preferably, in collaboration with the Industry and other research establishments. If we want to compete with China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, Indian policy In addition, involvement of local communities in encouraging planners would need to initiate steps to ensure that we research is vital. Indian society would also have to adopt pay attention to the quality of research in our philanthropy as a concept to give a boost to the research universities. activities in the universities. That can happen only when the www.engineeringwatch.in/rsgrewal
  • 7. e-books and e-highlights! the real point of this story. While reading a physical or e- Some of the best uses of technology for book, if I come across a great quote, an interesting story, you and me! an anecdote or a lesson, I highlight it. (Yeah, I know... it ruins the physical book etc etc, but that's the only way I can speed-revise my books!!) So, this is what a typical highlight in a physical book would look like: Alok “Rodinhood” This is from page 335 in the book 'Miracle of Love' - Kerjiwal stories about Neem Karoli Baba compiled by Ram Das. As a digital entrepreneur, I often feel that there is a great However much I may want to, it's difficult to share all divide between people who 'get' technology and those these actual highlights and sentences in physical books who don't. For those who don't dig technology (and I am with my friends and family. sure for good reasons of their own), I observe that these people get intimidated by Tech and withdraw from using Now, consider what I suddenly discovered when I was 'it' (devices) and its services 'web' etc. reading the book 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramhansa Yogananda on the Kindle app on my iPad I want to inspire them through this column by (the book was bought by me on Amazon.com available to showcasing real examples of simple technology and how be read via the Kindle app for iPad): that can delight our daily lives. I want to push them to accept that tech adoption is a must! On this note, I invite everyone to be a contributor to these series to help and inspire others!! 99 So, this is my physical book library at home: Kindle (Amazon) actually records what other people reading the same book, have highlighted in their version of the book; and then gently suggests the same to me when I am reading the same book!! What better and Now, imagine carrying this book shelf with me on a plane, more delightful example of consumer delight technology or into a hotel. It's impossible. can there be, better than this one? You may ask me, "Why on earth would you carry a How Amazon does it, is so simple. Regularly, 'e- bookshelf on a trip? Just carry a couple of books, and highlights' of all e-books get pushed by the tablets they don't behave like a moron.... I 'would' have agreed, until are being read on, to the Amazon servers for compiling the tablets (iPad, Kindle) allowed me to actually carry as and indexing; and these highlights get pushed back into many books and bookshelves with me, wherever I each book as often as possible, with combined scores and wanted - in a plane, in a cave, on a mountain top, in a counts! bathroom. So, going forward, I need to read an e-book, and while I Check out my iPad 'e-book' shelf: may be lazy, or may not be that attentive in reading the subtler parts (especially in a religious book), these 'Crowd Sourced' highlights, that pop up in non intrusive ways, could delight me and make me understand and appreciate the book even better!! These highlights could even be used as 'excerpts' for me to read before buying a book, since they would give me a great glimpse of what's So, e-books help in ease of reading, transportability, etc in the book, by regular readers like you and me (rather etc etc. than some fancy reviewer)! Now, we knew that all along, didn't we? So, let's move on www.engineeringwatch.in/alokkejriwal March 2013 | Engineering Watch
  • 8. MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses Opening new gateways to premium quality higher-education Manish Upadhyay (Co-founder, LIQVID) & Amitava Maitra (Head –Content, OKS Education) Higher education: The problems of scaling quality past. Solutions have been tried out in the garb of distance and business models which don’t work education and in the past through various forms of Like any other service, quality education is tough to technology based learning including Television and scale. In today’s era where knowledge is becoming computers. However, they have consistently failed increasingly complex, interdisciplinary, highly because of few, simple reasons. specialized and prone to very rapid obsolescence – 100 quality higher education as a consequence has proven to For starters these materials have never been pushed by be very resistant to scaling. This has resulted in a pan- some well-known brands be it elite institutions or world scenario where while there have been celebrity professors. Two – related or unrelated to unprecedented demand, the supply of premium reason one- the quality of materials have been fairly poor education has been restricted to the elite few who have and mostly non-interactive in nature. Thirdly both the the wherewithal to gain entry into the hallowed print and the early computer or internet based materials precincts of a very few niche institutes of higher learning. failed to deliver on the social aspect of learning –they Across the world, it’s a well-known fact that most of simply did not allow students to form communities and these premier institutes are either funded by learn together. governments or run off by massive endowments set up by some philanthropic trust. Most other institutes find it Technology and MOOC nearly impossible to find faculty who are both Today’ technologies however allow for all the above and knowledgeable and have the ability to teach such that’s ushered in a completely new movement called courses. MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses. It must be pointed out that while open content has been around as a Simply put, in a scenario where there are a vast number while, the packaging into distinct open courses which of geographically distributed and dispersed students run with start and finish times, with on-line batches of with modest financial means and a few institutes with students has been a fairly recent one. But already there the capability to offer a high quality education, are quite a few names which have become famous. conventional brick and mortar based education business models just don’t work. And just to compound this is the MIT has launched MITx, Harvard has Harvardx and fact that increasingly in the future people will need to together they will offer courses on a platform called EDx, continuously upgrade their skills in niche areas – a fact as has Stanford. And if numbers are anything to go by, the which renders the traditional higher education supply response has been more than staggering. Stanford’s chain incapable of passing muster. MOOC in “Artificial Intelligence” attracted over 100,000 students from across 90 countries. Udacity which offers Feeble attempts at solutions a course called “Building a Search Engine” has seen It’s not that this problem had not been recognized in the around yet another 100,000 students enrolling. And www.engineeringwatch.in/moocs
  • 9. there are many other organizations which offer MOOCs existing infrastructure to provide internet access hubs –such as “Coursera” and “Udemy”. where students can come and learn. Further investments also need to be made to provide cheap broadband How do MOOCs work? connectivity and low cost computing devices such as Typically MOOCs are created by top professors from top tablets which can then be used by students to access universities both of whom have iconic statuses. While MOOCs. Policy initiatives should ensure that MOOCs are there are many variants, a typical course has video recognized as ‘legitimate’ learning and as a result are tutorials with embedded quizzes and tests. On-line recognized by both the government and industry. technological platforms allow learners to collaborate Needless to say, this cannot happen without developing and answer each other’s questions, discuss topics and proper assessments and certification infrastructure review and critique each other’s assignments and involving proctored, technology driven systems. reports –thus fostering a sense of community and peer based learning. The collaboration based creation of Higher Education courses and learning makes for rapid changes, India has an acute shortage of premier institutes in the improvements and additions in terms of moderated user realm of higher education and thus the case for low cost, generated content. high quality MOOCs is very compelling one given the large demand in terms of sheer volumes. While leading The large numbers of learners on a technology platform Indian universities and institutes of learning have to take also allows the meaningful deployment of ‘learning the initiative in developing MOOCs where the content is analytics’- a branch of study which looks at how learners India specific, for other domains – they can collaborate learn. This then can be taken into consideration in the with universities abroad to localize the content. While next version of the course – thus completing the classical the theoretical and knowledge aspects can be dealt with loop of the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, in MOOCs, the brick and mortar infrastructure can focus Implementation and Evaluation) model . While today’s on lab, practical work and skill development. Also other courses feature mostly recorded video tutorials, in the institutes which do not carry the ‘premier’ tag and future materials are bound to include simulations, games perhaps lack high quality teaching manpower can and technologies which allow on-line project work and facilitate the delivery of MOOC content rather than in assignments which can be evaluated through a blend of trying to build and deliver original content. The technology and human interventions. Sites like combination of these two factors can free existing 101 “Academic Earth” actually provide recordings of live capacity and build scale. lectures (instead of specially recorded faculty only video of Coursera type of sites), thus making the experience a Vocational Education fairly authentic one. As per estimates of MHRD, MLE and NSDC, India needs to train more than 500 million people in vocational skills. Business Models Though there is in theory a massive demand this is also While many institutions offer free MOOCs, some an extremely price sensitive audience and thus the cost organizations are for-profit. But by and large, the learner for ‘premium’ learning becomes a hampering factor. benefits by getting free courses. Accreditations or Thus it becomes a ripe case for investments in MOOCs certifications are what students have to pay a modest which can be jointly funded and operated by the industry sum of money for. This makes sense for both the which needs this trained manpower and the government educational institution and the student. While the which wants to facilitate the training. Just as we institutions get to reach out to huge number of students described in higher education, MOOCs can allow an which using ordinary delivery channels they would optimal usage of ‘brick and mortar’ infrastructure for never be able to, the students get to attend courses for practical, hands on work and thus help in scaling high free and have to pay only for certifications or other quality content delivery. premium services. As is the case with other internet enabled ventures, innovative business models will surely Conclusion come into play too. For example, Udacity, which is a for The MOOCs and the open learning movement they profit organization plans to make its monies by offering a embody is here to stay and it’s not just the students who list of students with proven skills to recruiters and stand to lose out if such offerings are not made available collect a fee in return. in India, even the institutes who don’t participate in this movement will be in the long run wiped out by those who MOOCs in India: Some imperatives Infrastructure do. and Policies: In India where broadband penetration is still very poor, educational organizations can also leverage their March 2013 | Engineering Watch
  • 10. INSTITUT AM E A RA N NIG OF TECHNO CH L LI OG 10 KA Y KALI CHARAN NIGAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BANDA Glorious in the service of Bundelkhand YEARS No. 1 Engineering College in Bundelkhand Region 2003-2013 KCNIT is a glaring example of an Institution inspired & instigated by the ideal of creating a meaningful difference through techno-managerial education. Established by Mr. Arun Kumar Nigam, a former IFS officer, KCNIT organizes an annual contest namely Bundelkhand Pratibha Samman which reaches out to the remotest 102 terrains of this backward region and hunts for the future Ramajunams and Ramans. Probably, Mr. Nigam and his Mr. Arun Kumar Nigam dedicated band of team is delivering Chairman much more for the cause of Kali Charan Nigam institute of Technology, Banda Bundelkhand than their political and bureaucratic counterparts. Following are glimpses of Bundelkhand Pratibha Samman 2013 which has assumed the stature of a sacred ritual amidst the students of the region. AMBALA YAMUNANAGAR KURUKSHETRA Mr. Shyam Ji Nigam SAHARANPUR Training & Placement Office, KCNIT MUZAFFARNAGAR BIJNOR BAGHPAT MEERUT JYOTIBA PHULE NAGAR GHAZIABAD RAMPUR GAUTAM MORADABAD PILIBHIT BUDDHA NAGAR BAREILLY BULANDSHAHR BUDAUN LAKHIMPUR ALIGARH KHERI SHAHJAHANPUR KANSHI RAM NAGAR SHRAVASTI MAHAMAYA MATHURA ETAH BAHRAICH NAGAR SITAPUR BALRAMPUR FARRUKHABAD HARDOI SIDDHARTH MAINPURI UTTAR PRADESH NAGAR MAHARAJGANJ FIROZABAD GONDA AGRA KANNAUJ BARABANKI ST. KABIR ETAWAH NAGAR KUSHINAGAR LUCKNOW BASTI MORENA BHIND UTTAR PRADESH AURAIYA RAMABAI NAGAR UNNAO FAIZABAD AMBEDKAR GORAKHPUR NAGAR DEORIA KANPUR (URBAN) SULTANPUR RAE BARELI AZAMGARH GWALIOR ORAI MAUNATH BHANJAN BALLIA SHEOPUR DATIA PRATAPGARH HAMIRPUR FATEHPUR JAUNPUR GHAZIPUR SHIVPURI JHANSI KAUSHAMBI VARANASI BANDA ST. RAVIDAS NAGAR CHANDAULI ALLAHABAD MAHOBA TIKAMGARH CHITRAKUT ASHOK CHHATARPUR NEEMUCH LALITPUR NAGAR SATNA SONBHADRA JHALAWAR GUNA MANDSAUR PANNA SIDHI SINGRAULI RAJGARH VIDISHA SAGAR KATNI SHAHDOL RATLAM DAMOH Mr. Ravi Pokharna, Mr. Neeraj Sharma UMARIA UJJAIN SHAJAPUR BHOPAL RAISEN JABALPUR ANUPPUR JHABUA MADHYA PRADESH SEHORE NARSINHAPUR ALIRAJPUR DHAR INDORE DEWAS HOSHANGABAD MANDLA DINDORI Director Relationships, Co-Founder, BARWANI WEST NIMAR EAST NIMAR HARDA BETUL CHHINDWARA SEONI Engineering Watch Investors’ Forum India BALAGHAT BURHANPUR www.engineeringwatch.in/kcnit
  • 11. Quiz Time 103 Free Laptop Distribution by Chairman Mr. Arun Kumar Nigam Prize Distribution Career Guidence by Participants in Mega Final Bundelkhand Famous Mr. Himesh Madaan Diwari Folk Dance (Youngest Motivational Speaker) March 2013 | Engineering Watch
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