Tata Sons Director Gopalakrishnan talks about corruption

15th PoleStar Award Winners - From left to right: Geetika Rustagi from Mint, Ayushman Baruah from InformationWeek (India), R Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons, Arun Jain, Founder, PoleStar Foundation and Chairman & Group CEO, Polaris Financial Technology Limited, Srikanth RP, from InformationWeek (India) and  Kandula Subramaniam from Outlook Business Chennai based Pole Star Foundation honoured 4 Indian journalists on 4th...

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Negative voting allowed by Supreme Court may bring electoral revolution

On 27th Sep 2013, Indian Supreme Court directed Election Commission to include a button called 'None of the above' (NOTA) in the Electronic Voting machines (EVMs) with immediate effect.  (download the judgement copy). This judgement has generated a ray of hope among the Indian voters to clean the politics.  Presently, all the parties put up persons  of doubtful background as their party candidates.  Since the voters had...

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Convocation (Graduation day) address at Jaya Institute of Technology by Prime Point Srinivasan

Jaya Institute of Technology (JIT) Jaya Institute of Technology (JIT), one of the Jaya Group of Colleges organised 8th Graduation Day on Friday the 17th May 2013.  Nearly 120 engineering graduates who passed out in April / May 2012 received the degree certificates. Prof. A Kanagaraj Prof. A Kanagaraj, Chairman of Jaya Group of Colleges presided over the event.  In his presidential address, he stressed the importance of self confidence...

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Sansad Ratna Awards 2013 - Award winning MP Arjun Ram Meghwal talks about disruption in Parliament

Mr T S Krishna Murthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India)presenting Sansad Ratna Award 2013 to Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal,Member of Parliament from Bikanir, Rajasthan Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal, Member of Parliament from Bikanir, Rajasthan ranks No 1 among all the MPs of Lok Sabha for participation in debates and he received the Sansad Ratna Award 2013 in a function held at IIT Madras.  The Award is instituted by Prime Point Foundation.  Mr...

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Sansad Ratna Awards 2013 - Overview of Indian Parliament - Presentation by Chakshu Rai

Chakshu Rai of PRS Legislative Research  A National Seminar on politics, democracy and governance was held by Prime Point Foundation on 20th April 2013 jointly with IIT Madras in their Auditorium.  The National Seminar was inaugurated by Dr K Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu.  Top performing Lok Sabha MPs were presented with Sansad Ratna 2013 Awards, instituted by Prime Point Foundation. As part of the National Seminar, Mr Chakshu...

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Presentation of Sansad Ratna Awards 2013

T S Krishna Murthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India)  and Dr K Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu In our earlier posting, we had published a brief report about the presentation of Sansad Ratna Awards and launching of ezine PreSense to mark the inauguration of National Seminar on politics, democracy and governance. Mr T S Krishna Murthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India presented the Awards to six top performing...

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“My success is because of the difficulties and not despite the difficulties” – Inspiring Story of Navin Gulia, 100% medically disabled person

Navin Gulia (39), from Delhi with 100% medical disability is one of the national role models and inspiration for young and old.  He has converted every challenge into an opportunity to showcase his talents. Hailing from a family of army officers, right from his childhood, he nurtured the idea of joining Indian Army as a ‘Commando’. It is the most challenging and risky job in the Army.  Right from his early days, he was mentally preparing...

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Hanging of Afzal Guru - Analysis of Supreme Court Judgement

Hanging of Afzal Guru On 9th February morning, Afzal Guru, the mastermind behind the 2001 Parliament attack was hanged in secrecy after the rejection of his mercy petition by President of India.   Now some of the media and the Human Rights Activists have started glorifying the terrorist Afzal Guru and are spreading views against the hanging of Afzal Guru. Objections raised by Human Right activists They raise three points.  (1)...

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“Every Challenge is an Experience" – Inspiring Story of Narendra, Manager turned Leader

M. Narendra When the nation is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda (original name Narendra), we feature another  Narendra, who transformed himself from a manager to a leader.  Narendra, presently the Chairman and Managing Director of the public sector, Indian Overseas Bank, has almost doubled the business within two years of his taking charge, galvanising 27000-plus employees, who lacked motivation in the...

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30 Years of Modern Internet – Legendary Dr Vinton G Cerf, Father of Internet Speaks Exclusively to PodUniversal

Emergence of modern internet Thirty years ago, on 1st January 1983, the world entered a new era of communication with the birth of ‘Modern Internet’ which we use today.  This communication revolution was made by the TCP/IP protocol, was developed by Dr. Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn.  They are now considered ‘Fathers of Modern Internet’. In those days, ARPANET was the wide-area network sponsored by the US Defence Advanced...

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“Arjun Ram Meghwal, MP from Bikanir – Top performing Parliamentary debater”

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Member of Parliament from Bikanir (Rajasthan) is one of the top performing MPs of the current 15th Lok Sabha.  Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal, a Rajasthan cadre IAS turned politician, hails from a poor family.  With his hard work and passion to serve the society, he became one of the law makers of the country. No 1 for debates among all MPs Till the end of the 12th Session of the 15th Lok Sabha, he has participated in 345...

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Doomsday Phobia - Whether world will end on 21st Dec 2012 as per Mayan Calendar?

PodUniversal Edition 158 World over rumours are getting spread through mainline and social media about the 'Doomsday'.   The news is getting spread that as per Mayan Calendar, the world will end on 21st December 2012. Reports are also coming that many people in developed countries have donated their properties for  charities, to get ready for the 'Doomsday'. Mr D K Hari, Founder of Bharath Gyan has recently authored a book...

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