Re: [Assam] Yahoo! UK Ireland - Story - News | Oddly Enough | Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?
it may be a matter of funding also. The French govt did not fund the Black hole telescope project and NASA is doing - maybe becos NASA has the funds to take risk with something futuristic. Also like in case of Pig Heart doctor from Assam, the locals may not understand the hi-fi science behind the research and may label it utopian. Red tape is ofcourse a problem. Some may have seen the heartbreaking movie "Ek doctor ki maut" - A scientist's death - by Pankaj Kapur -- based on a real story of an Indian scientist who commited suicide when his superior took credit for his back breaking and innovation. The movie showed - ofcourse - a happy ending - the scientist catching a plane to the West to work at a lab . Maybe thats what is happening now - thanks to internet communication. UmeshChan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2:53 PM +0530 9/1/05, mc mahant wrote:In India they first ask you "DO YOU HAVE Past Experience of doing a thinglike this?"Then if you do not show "Past TRACK RECORD" ,and are not properlyregistered--you are SUMMARILY rejectedmm It is a tricky issue.Past track record and experience for a PUBLIC project could not be downplayed or dismissed. It would be entirely different if a PRIVATE party wishes to take the risks with an unknown entity without a demonstrable track record, because there might be incentives, such as cost savings, innovative solution, possibility of getting things done sooner, or other such reasons.That luxury does not exist for public servants , who could be held accountable.HOWEVER, the accountability of public servants in Indian governance in general, and more specifically in the Assam context, is non-existent, and the work produced by entities with 'experience' and 'track-record' is dismal.In that the 'track-record' and 'past-experience' prerequisites are little more than a smoke-screen for unbridled corruption, most of the time.From: Yahoo! UK Ireland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] Yahoo! UK Ireland - Story - News | Oddly Enough |Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:41:29 GMTUmesh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has sent you a news articlePersonal message text:my new room mate is working on a Robotic Fish for the Navy. Designing thefins right now. Incidently, MIT Museum did show a film that theirArtificial Intelligence Lab was working on a big robot fish - and thattheir lab was initially at Carnegie Mellon and later moved to MIT in 60s.This guy is a robotics grad. of Carnegie M. Another (French) is working ona telescope to view Black Holes -even though they do not emit light. Thelens will measure X-rays which are emitted by Black holes. And I thoughtFrench were good at Fashion only! The paper for this lens was written by aFrecnhman but their govt didnt fund the research. Is such a thing happeningto Indian researchers too?UmeshNews | Oddly Enough | Robot dog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?http://uk.news.yahoo.com/31082005/80/robot-dog-man-s-best-friend-fat-nag.htmlMore storage, less Spam, built-in anti-virus - all for free with Yahoo!Mailhttp://uk.rd.yahoo.com/xpromotion/mail/news/email_article/tagline/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much mail storage do you get for free? Yahoo! Mail gives you 1GB! Get Yahoo! Mail___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Yahoo! UK Ireland - Story - News | Oddly Enough | Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?
it may be a matter of funding also. The French govt did not fund the Black hole telescope project and NASA is doing - maybe becos NASA has the funds to take risk with something futuristic. Also like in case of Pig Heart doctor from Assam, the locals may not understand the hi-fi science behind the research and may label it utopian. Red tape is ofcourse a problem. Some may have seen the heartbreaking movie "Ek doctor ki maut" - A scientist's death - by Pankaj Kapur -- based on a real story of an Indian scientist who commited suicide when his superior took credit for his back breaking and innovation. The movie showed - ofcourse - a happy ending - the scientist catching a plane to the West to work at a lab . Maybe thats what is happening now - thanks to internet communication. UmeshChan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2:53 PM +0530 9/1/05, mc mahant wrote:In India they first ask you "DO YOU HAVE Past Experience of doing a thinglike this?"Then if you do not show "Past TRACK RECORD" ,and are not properlyregistered--you are SUMMARILY rejectedmm It is a tricky issue.Past track record and experience for a PUBLIC project could not be downplayed or dismissed. It would be entirely different if a PRIVATE party wishes to take the risks with an unknown entity without a demonstrable track record, because there might be incentives, such as cost savings, innovative solution, possibility of getting things done sooner, or other such reasons.That luxury does not exist for public servants , who could be held accountable.HOWEVER, the accountability of public servants in Indian governance in general, and more specifically in the Assam context, is non-existent, and the work produced by entities with 'experience' and 'track-record' is dismal.In that the 'track-record' and 'past-experience' prerequisites are little more than a smoke-screen for unbridled corruption, most of the time.From: Yahoo! UK Ireland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] Yahoo! UK Ireland - Story - News | Oddly Enough |Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:41:29 GMTUmesh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has sent you a news articlePersonal message text:my new room mate is working on a Robotic Fish for the Navy. Designing thefins right now. Incidently, MIT Museum did show a film that theirArtificial Intelligence Lab was working on a big robot fish - and thattheir lab was initially at Carnegie Mellon and later moved to MIT in 60s.This guy is a robotics grad. of Carnegie M. Another (French) is working ona telescope to view Black Holes -even though they do not emit light. Thelens will measure X-rays which are emitted by Black holes. And I thoughtFrench were good at Fashion only! The paper for this lens was written by aFrecnhman but their govt didnt fund the research. Is such a thing happeningto Indian researchers too?UmeshNews | Oddly Enough | Robot dog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?http://uk.news.yahoo.com/31082005/80/robot-dog-man-s-best-friend-fat-nag.htmlMore storage, less Spam, built-in anti-virus - all for free with Yahoo!Mailhttp://uk.rd.yahoo.com/xpromotion/mail/news/email_article/tagline/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you the best spam protection for FREE! Get Yahoo! Mail___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Yahoo! UK Ireland - Story - News | Oddly Enough | Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag?
In India they first ask you DO YOU HAVE Past Experience of doing a thing like this? Then if you do not show Past TRACK RECORD ,and are not properly registered--you are SUMMARILY rejected mm From: Yahoo! UK Ireland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Yahoo! UK Ireland - Story - News | Oddly Enough | Robotdog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag? Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:41:29 GMT Umesh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has sent you a news article Personal message text: my new room mate is working on a Robotic Fish for the Navy. Designing the fins right now. Incidently, MIT Museum did show a film that their Artificial Intelligence Lab was working on a big robot fish - and that their lab was initially at Carnegie Mellon and later moved to MIT in 60s. This guy is a robotics grad. of Carnegie M. Another (French) is working on a telescope to view Black Holes -even though they do not emit light. The lens will measure X-rays which are emitted by Black holes. And I thought French were good at Fashion only! The paper for this lens was written by a Frecnhman but their govt didnt fund the research. Is such a thing happening to Indian researchers too? Umesh News | Oddly Enough | Robot dog - man's best friend or a no-fat nag? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/31082005/80/robot-dog-man-s-best-friend-fat-nag.html More storage, less Spam, built-in anti-virus - all for free with Yahoo! Mail http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/xpromotion/mail/news/email_article/tagline/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
