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Written by Sandeep Hegde   
Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:01

Hello everyone,

For quite sometime actually since the advent of the internet the computer has been seen as the primary tool for transfer and conveyance of information or data. But the nature of a computer makes it hardly economical to move around with in order to access information.While for a certainty laptops and PDA's have made it easier to access information/data on the go...nothing beats the mobile phone which must be embraced as the gadget and platform for technological advancement for the future!

We are happy to introduce "GITALUMNI SMS CHANNEL" in this direction.  We are sure that this platform will keep you connected with the GIT  Alumni Community  on the Go ! This service is powered by GOOGLE LABS SMS CHANNELS (http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels)

 

 SMS CHANNEL WEBSITE : http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/gitalumni

 

To subscribe using your phone, SMS ' ON gitalumni ' to 9870807070.

 

Please invite all your friends to this  CHANNEL and also to the site Smile

 

 

 

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Visit http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/gitalumni and subscribe tothe channel,. You can also click the 'Accept invitation' button below the channel description to subscribe to a channel that you've been invited to.

To subscribe using your phone, SMS ' ON gitalumni ' to 9870807070.

You'll receive a confirmation message and the last message posted on the channel to confirm your subscription.


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No. Only you can subscribe to a channel using your phone or website. Your friends/contacts can invite you to join a channel but you have to accept their invitation using the phone or website to join a channel. By default you are subscribed to channels that you create.

 

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You can specify the maximum number of messages along with the time interval when you wish to receive them in a day.

To specify these on the website, click the Settings link.

To do so using your phone, SMS '"PREF <maximum number of messages per day> <start time> <end time>"' to 9870807070.

<start time> <end time> to be specified in hh:mm:am(or pm)format.

For example, to limit the number of messages to 5 per day and to only receive them between 10:00am and 6:00pm, send the following SMS to 9870807070:

PREF 5 10:00:am 6:00:pm

If the number of messages posted across your subscribed channels exceeds the maximum limit, you'll receive an alert along with instructions to retrieve the extra messages, if you'd like.
Operator-related fluctuations in delivery times of messages are beyond our control

 

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Go to the My Channels tab. For the channel you'd like to unsubscribe from, simply click the 'Unsubscribe' button.

To unsubscribe using your phone, SMS ' OFFgitalumni ', to 9870807070.


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This service is not available at the moment. We are expecting the feedback from the Alumni Community regarding this. We are ready to provide this service on demand.

 

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You can invite friends to a channel created or subscribed by you.
To invite someone you need to know his/her phone number.

To invite on the website, click the 'invite others' link for the channel and enter the phone number (or a list of up to 5 phone numbers separated by commas) of the people you wish to invite to join the channel.

To invite through your phone, simply send an SMS with the format 'invite <gitalumni> <phone number>' to 9870807070.

We'll send an SMS to the number specified by you and the receiver needs to respond with 'ON {gitalumni}' message to complete the subscription.

 

For Help visit :  http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/help#subscribe

 

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Do away with quota mindset in higher education: Advani | Print |
Written by Administrator   
Friday, 24 October 2008 17:55

Poll promise: India’s education system will be elevated to world standards

‘Education at an affordable cost is the key to most of the problems’

Yeddyurappa promises six per cent interest for educational loans up to Rs. 5 lakh



leg up for education: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani and Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at the silver jubilee celebrations of Gogte Institute of Technology in Belgaum on Thursday.

Belgaum: The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Prime Ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party, L.K. Advani, wished to do away with the “quota mindset” in the field of professional and higher education, even as he announced that there would be an elevation of India’s education system to international standards if the National Democratic Alliance returned to power in the next Lok Sabha elections.

“If the NDA gets the mandate in the next Lok Sabha polls, we will make our education system ‘equivalent’ to world standards as reflected in the Super Express highways constructed under the Golden Quadrangle project, which was conceived and implemented by the NDA government, led by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” he said. “But, we have to shed away the quota system,” he added.

Function

He was addressing a function after inaugurating the three-day silver jubilee celebrations of Karnataka Law Society’s (KLS) Gogte Institute of Technology here on Thursday. On the occasion, he unveiled the stone plaque to mark the foundation laying ceremony for the new building for the computer centre of GIT. Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his Ministerial colleagues, BJP MPs from Belgaum district, KLS directors and GIT staff were present. Drawing attention to the growing challenges before the nation, including demographic, without pointing a finger at any State, Mr. Advani said education at an affordable cost was the key to most of the problems. The population of the country could reach 160 crores by 2051 A.D., but how are we to transform lives of the socio-economically disadvantaged sections which have lagged behind because of historical reasons, he asked. “While education at affordable cost is the key, how we do it is the challenge.”

Quality education should be available to all at an affordable cost so that no one is denied access to higher education, even for want of merit. If it cannot be done, then the government has to come forward, he said.

Taking a quick dig at the contemporary political scenario in the country, he observed that the political parties had become prisoners of vote-bank politics. However, he did not elaborate further.

 

 

Source : Staff  Correspondent

The Hindu, Belgaum, 24-10-2008

 


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