KNOWLEDGE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOARD
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/654#
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Monday, October 27, 2008
400 Knols
Yesterday I posted my 400th knol on Bearmarket speculation on longterm equity portfolio.
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/narayana-rao-kvss/2utb2lsm2k7a/400
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/narayana-rao-kvss/2utb2lsm2k7a/400
Happy Diwali
Happy Diwali
Best Wishes for a Diwali with Hope and Cheer
My advice to my friends is to buy equity for long term portfolio during this downtrend.
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/narayana-rao-kvss/2utb2lsm2k7a/1
Best Wishes for a Diwali with Hope and Cheer
My advice to my friends is to buy equity for long term portfolio during this downtrend.
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/narayana-rao-kvss/2utb2lsm2k7a/1
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Mobile Slums - Mumbai Local Trains
I made an entry with this title in mumbai local train orkut community.
All subsidies have to be removed in Mumbai for decongesting it.
Subsidies and incentives may be given in other cities to promote their development.
Even central and state governments should increase city compensatory allowance for their employees properly. The government knows the expense it incurs by keeping government employees in Mumbai. It will make efforts to shift people to other cities.
No subsidized kerosene in Mumbai.
All subsidies have to be removed in Mumbai for decongesting it.
Subsidies and incentives may be given in other cities to promote their development.
Even central and state governments should increase city compensatory allowance for their employees properly. The government knows the expense it incurs by keeping government employees in Mumbai. It will make efforts to shift people to other cities.
No subsidized kerosene in Mumbai.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Marketing Management Article Directory in Knol
I have created marketing article series to facilitate revision of knowledge by MBAs and management professionals in the basic subject of marketing management. The main text which was used for developing the articles is Marketing Management by Philip Kotler.
The page id is
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/marketing-management-article-directory/2utb2lsm2k7a/130#
The page id is
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/marketing-management-article-directory/2utb2lsm2k7a/130#
Learning for IIT JEE 2010
I started a new blog
iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com
The blog will give a daily schedule of sections to be studied in chapter and examples and problems that are to be done for chemistry, mathematics and physics. The idea is to come out with a six month schedule during which all the problems and questions are attempted along with the lessons and examples within the lessons.
Then the aspirants can develop their own plan for revising and practicing so that they can recollect the material comfortably.
iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com
The blog will give a daily schedule of sections to be studied in chapter and examples and problems that are to be done for chemistry, mathematics and physics. The idea is to come out with a six month schedule during which all the problems and questions are attempted along with the lessons and examples within the lessons.
Then the aspirants can develop their own plan for revising and practicing so that they can recollect the material comfortably.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Knols by Nrao on Selling Process
I am capturing my understandng of various topics in management in articles on Knol. this knol writing is giving me an opportunity to reread the concerned texts, my notes, articles etc. I am revising the material first and then presenting it as an article that will be useful as revision material to managers and MBA grads.
I hope to develop them into full fledged articles that will be useful even to beginners probably in the next round of writing after an year or so. By that I hope to complete the round of writing revision focused articles.
Posts on selling process
1. Selling Process
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/38#
2. Interacting with the Prospect – Customer
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/76#
I hope to develop them into full fledged articles that will be useful even to beginners probably in the next round of writing after an year or so. By that I hope to complete the round of writing revision focused articles.
Posts on selling process
1. Selling Process
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/38#
2. Interacting with the Prospect – Customer
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/76#
75th Knol published
75. The Process of Strategic Change – Product-Market Combination Change
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/75#
This article contains the steps involving in introducing a new product-market combination in the portfolio of a company. Top management is actively in the process.
Search link of my knols
http://knol.google.com/k/knol/system/knol/pages/Search?&q=narayana-rao-kvss&locale=en&restrict=general&useall=on#
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/75#
This article contains the steps involving in introducing a new product-market combination in the portfolio of a company. Top management is actively in the process.
Search link of my knols
http://knol.google.com/k/knol/system/knol/pages/Search?&q=narayana-rao-kvss&locale=en&restrict=general&useall=on#
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Knols on Sociology
I started posting knols on Sociology
41. Sociology: An Introduction
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/you-want-to-develop-a-business-plan-for/2utb2lsm2k7a/41
49. Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/you-want-to-develop-a-business-plan-for/2utb2lsm2k7a/49
41. Sociology: An Introduction
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/you-want-to-develop-a-business-plan-for/2utb2lsm2k7a/41
49. Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/you-want-to-develop-a-business-plan-for/2utb2lsm2k7a/49
Friday, August 08, 2008
Is it a spam blog
http://physicsbuk.blogspot.com/2008/08/concept-review-chapter-1-introduction.html
http://physicsbuk.blogspot.com/
http://physicsbuk.blogspot.com/
Posts in Google Knol on Industrial Engineering
My posts in knol on Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering - Proposed Curriculum for 2-Year Post-Graduate Program
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/6#
Statistical Quality Control – Industrial Engineering
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/8#
Method Study
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/9#
Industrial Engineering - Proposed Curriculum for 2-Year Post-Graduate Program
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/6#
Statistical Quality Control – Industrial Engineering
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/8#
Method Study
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/industrial-engineering-proposed/2utb2lsm2k7a/9#
Knol Posts - Focus of Industrial Engineering
I am now active on the knol platform. My present plan is to create a Reviewpedia for Management and Industrial Engineering on this platform.
Knol posts will be a complement to blogs that I have created so far. Knol posts are much more formal. Blog posts have more informal content as well as record day to day thoughts and activities.
My first knol post was on focus of Industrial Engineering
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/focus-of-industrial-engineering/2utb2lsm2k7a/2#
Thought/Nrao is more actively hosted on knol
Knol posts will be a complement to blogs that I have created so far. Knol posts are much more formal. Blog posts have more informal content as well as record day to day thoughts and activities.
My first knol post was on focus of Industrial Engineering
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/focus-of-industrial-engineering/2utb2lsm2k7a/2#
Thought/Nrao is more actively hosted on knol
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Joyfully Achieve
Do not sacrifice a joy-filled life for the sake of achievement.
Instead, joyfully achieve.
Leadership Through Worklife Balance
by Robin Sharma
http://knol.google.com/k/robin-sharma/leadership-through-worklife-balance/3g2km6aciunkz/4#
"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari"
Instead, joyfully achieve.
Leadership Through Worklife Balance
by Robin Sharma
http://knol.google.com/k/robin-sharma/leadership-through-worklife-balance/3g2km6aciunkz/4#
"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari"
Monday, July 28, 2008
IITs and IIMs are not Brands
I read the following piece from a new item on IIT meet at New York (IIT Bombay Golden Jubilee Conference 2008, held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel Times Square in New York City, July 18-20)
Touching upon the challenges, Roopa Gir (Director, Corporate Technology Watch, Schlumberger) pointed out that with the announcement of reservations for OBCs, the quotas have gone up from 22-and-half percent to almost 50 percent now for students; 30-40 percent faculty positions have fallen vacant and as more students get admissions under the quota, the faculty ratio of vacancies will go up to 50 percent.Gir said that students have cracked the IIT-JEE entrance examination and so nearly 90 percent students who qualify for admissions are not of high quality.
The IIT-JEE private coaching has emerged as a multi-billion dollar business in India, she further pointed out. "Just preparing students for the IIT entrance exam is a Rs. 20,000 crore (approx $4.5 billion) business."The other points she raised were of faculty development and diversification of IITs to include disciplines in medicine, law, arts and so on.Talking of capacity constraints in existing IITs, Victor Menezes (former Vice Chairman, Citigroup) said, "We take great pride that only one percent of students who qualify get admission to IITs.
That's a ridiculous statistic to be proud of. It's like being in a luxury liner vainly polishing the brass while sailing in a sea of icebergs."Menezes said that while a lot is being done to project the brand IIT, the brand itself is getting outstripped. "I don't believe it's about buildings or money, but it's about governance and accountability."With 90% of the funding coming from the government, IITs will never achieve independence.
Echoing Menezes' sentiments on brand IIT, Girish Reddy, Co-founder of Prisma Capital Partners said, "We are under significant threat of brand dilution because of various factors like growth, expansion, more students, lack of faculty, and so on. It was Reddy who mooted the idea of developing centers of excellence rather than go for multi-disciplinary IITs.Reddy also criticized the Indian government's rapid expansion plans. "The new expansion is based on the cookie-cutter model cast 50 years ago.
That won't work," he said.Touching on the issue of caste-based reservations, Rajat Gupta, Sr. Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, said that along with quality of education and expansion, there has to be inclusiveness in education. "We can't say 'no' to reservations and need to change our attitude on that," he added.As for viability of the institutions, Gupta pointed out that world over institutions imparting higher education are by and large, not-for-profit institutions. "But that doesn't mean they cannot make profits," he adds.
"It should be profitable, but the profits should be ploughed back. In India, there are many higher educational institutions which run only for profit, and they are all of bad quality."The tripling of the IITs in 50 years since the first one was set up is just one percent growth and it's not enough, Gupta stressed.The panel felt that teaching and research needed to be integrated within the academic institution itself in order to retain faculty.
My opinion is that people should not look at IITs and IIMs as Brands, which are to be protected so that its past alumni enjoy brand benefits. They should be viewed as successful education institution models in India, and an effort has to be made to expand them both in their current locations and in new locations.
Expansion of high quality higher education institutes requires and whenever government feels it has the necessary resources it will expand.
Frequently, people talk of lack of faculty. The current faculty must be prepared to develop the existing resources rather than condemning the existing resources as not fit for development. Such elitist attitude "except we no body can" is not proper attitude. Teachers must have willingness to develop students who gather around them through some process. They should not reject any student provided they have a seat which can be offered to him. When society is willing to set up high quality institutions, the present faculty must come forward to upgrade the knowledge and skill levels of others who are willing to be faculty in the new institutes rather than declaring opposition to them with the argument that high quality faculty are not available in the country.
Come out with a processs to improve the faculty and potential faculty currently existing in the country are around. Brilliance of the existing faculty must be used to expand the faculty resources.
Touching upon the challenges, Roopa Gir (Director, Corporate Technology Watch, Schlumberger) pointed out that with the announcement of reservations for OBCs, the quotas have gone up from 22-and-half percent to almost 50 percent now for students; 30-40 percent faculty positions have fallen vacant and as more students get admissions under the quota, the faculty ratio of vacancies will go up to 50 percent.Gir said that students have cracked the IIT-JEE entrance examination and so nearly 90 percent students who qualify for admissions are not of high quality.
The IIT-JEE private coaching has emerged as a multi-billion dollar business in India, she further pointed out. "Just preparing students for the IIT entrance exam is a Rs. 20,000 crore (approx $4.5 billion) business."The other points she raised were of faculty development and diversification of IITs to include disciplines in medicine, law, arts and so on.Talking of capacity constraints in existing IITs, Victor Menezes (former Vice Chairman, Citigroup) said, "We take great pride that only one percent of students who qualify get admission to IITs.
That's a ridiculous statistic to be proud of. It's like being in a luxury liner vainly polishing the brass while sailing in a sea of icebergs."Menezes said that while a lot is being done to project the brand IIT, the brand itself is getting outstripped. "I don't believe it's about buildings or money, but it's about governance and accountability."With 90% of the funding coming from the government, IITs will never achieve independence.
Echoing Menezes' sentiments on brand IIT, Girish Reddy, Co-founder of Prisma Capital Partners said, "We are under significant threat of brand dilution because of various factors like growth, expansion, more students, lack of faculty, and so on. It was Reddy who mooted the idea of developing centers of excellence rather than go for multi-disciplinary IITs.Reddy also criticized the Indian government's rapid expansion plans. "The new expansion is based on the cookie-cutter model cast 50 years ago.
That won't work," he said.Touching on the issue of caste-based reservations, Rajat Gupta, Sr. Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, said that along with quality of education and expansion, there has to be inclusiveness in education. "We can't say 'no' to reservations and need to change our attitude on that," he added.As for viability of the institutions, Gupta pointed out that world over institutions imparting higher education are by and large, not-for-profit institutions. "But that doesn't mean they cannot make profits," he adds.
"It should be profitable, but the profits should be ploughed back. In India, there are many higher educational institutions which run only for profit, and they are all of bad quality."The tripling of the IITs in 50 years since the first one was set up is just one percent growth and it's not enough, Gupta stressed.The panel felt that teaching and research needed to be integrated within the academic institution itself in order to retain faculty.
My opinion is that people should not look at IITs and IIMs as Brands, which are to be protected so that its past alumni enjoy brand benefits. They should be viewed as successful education institution models in India, and an effort has to be made to expand them both in their current locations and in new locations.
Expansion of high quality higher education institutes requires and whenever government feels it has the necessary resources it will expand.
Frequently, people talk of lack of faculty. The current faculty must be prepared to develop the existing resources rather than condemning the existing resources as not fit for development. Such elitist attitude "except we no body can" is not proper attitude. Teachers must have willingness to develop students who gather around them through some process. They should not reject any student provided they have a seat which can be offered to him. When society is willing to set up high quality institutions, the present faculty must come forward to upgrade the knowledge and skill levels of others who are willing to be faculty in the new institutes rather than declaring opposition to them with the argument that high quality faculty are not available in the country.
Come out with a processs to improve the faculty and potential faculty currently existing in the country are around. Brilliance of the existing faculty must be used to expand the faculty resources.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Blogs and web sites - Kambhampati
drswayamprakash.com/
Subbarao Kampbhampati
http://cse574-s08.blogspot.com/
Srini Kambhampati
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/entomology/Srini/index.htm
Dr. Ravindranath Kambhampati, MD
2820 Crooks Road Suite 200
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Ravindranath-Kambhampati-MD-4C425161.cfm
Professor Uma Kambhampati
http://www.reading.ac.uk/economics/about/staff/u-s-kambhampati.asp
Dr Chandrasekhar Kambhampati
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/neat/cicck/index.html
Vamsi Kambhampati
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~vamsi/
http://danielprince.net/
Subbarao Kampbhampati
http://cse574-s08.blogspot.com/
Srini Kambhampati
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/entomology/Srini/index.htm
Dr. Ravindranath Kambhampati, MD
2820 Crooks Road Suite 200
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/Dr-Ravindranath-Kambhampati-MD-4C425161.cfm
Professor Uma Kambhampati
http://www.reading.ac.uk/economics/about/staff/u-s-kambhampati.asp
Dr Chandrasekhar Kambhampati
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/neat/cicck/index.html
Vamsi Kambhampati
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~vamsi/
http://danielprince.net/
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Effort and result
In a competitive world, the ability to put in the required efforts is much more important than result on a day.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Sukla Yajurveda by Devichand
Publisher:
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt,. Ltd.
Address:
54 Rani Jahnsi Road, New Delhi, 110055
This book is an excellent easy to read book available at a price below Rs.400.
One orkut member asked me for the publisher's address. I am posting the address here for reference for some more persons.
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt,. Ltd.
Address:
54 Rani Jahnsi Road, New Delhi, 110055
This book is an excellent easy to read book available at a price below Rs.400.
One orkut member asked me for the publisher's address. I am posting the address here for reference for some more persons.
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