The Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act, 2007

vinod_shankar - 26-OCT-2009

In the first week of october 09 the rules for karnataka private medical establishment act were notified.  The bill itself was passed in august 2007.  The bill affects every person who undergoes medical treatment in karnataka.   I think this deserves attention as effects everyone from the poor to the rich of our state.

IISc - India's No.1 Tech Institute

Naveen - 26-AUG-2009

As reported in TOI (Click here) :

1 - IISc

Knowledge commissions - national vs state

swamy - 30-JUN-2009

If you are reading newspapers carefully, education bagge thumba yochane  is happening. I think there are at least 3 think tanks working overtime. Mr Kapil Sibal's "don't be afraid, love your school" line of thinking, National Knowledge Commission reports, and back home, a Karnataka knowledge commission is also active. Before you read more, answer some quiz questions.

New e-procurement portal - transparency!?

silkboard - 21-APR-2008

I didn't know about this new e-procurement portal launched last year by the state government. Have a look here (site isn't setup right, watch the warnings). What should interest us most is "transparency". There is a section intended for "citizens", cool! But the citizen's page doesn't have much right now. A list of tenders is available, which shows up only two items. There is a news and information link too, but that leads to a third party commercial website.

Should a minimum level of education be mandatory for election candidates?

Kishore - 5-APR-2009

At a recent TV9 meeting with H D Kumaraswamy and D K Shivakumar, someone suggested that parties should only field candidates with a minimum level of formal education. To which DKS responded that Politics needs common sense, not education. And HDK pointed out that the lack of education should not limit someone aspiring for political office. What do you guys think?

Looting business called "Schools"

begeprasad - 5-MAR-2009

Off lately I have been wondering why shouldn't I open a school?

Namma Auto - traffic awareness project

silkboard - 3-MAR-2009

Project to spread better driving behavior via education and constructive engagement with Autorickshaw drivers.

Key contacts

• veeracb
• rohith

Namma Auto initiative - Updates :)

veeracb - 24-FEB-2009

[See this post for details of Namma Auto initiative. Here are some updates on it.]

Namma Auto (awareness program for auto drivers)

veeracb - 7-FEB-2009

Namma Auto is a community project to bring awareness to auto drivers about the traffic rules and regulations and road safety, this will be the first to create safe roads in Bangalore.

Improving Road Safety - Fiji Experiment

Ravi_D - 3-FEB-2009

Happened to come across this PDF on worldbank website. Read item (b) - Fiji.

Interesting.... 10% of the third party insurance premium goes to Fiji National Road Safety Council (NRSC). Benfits both insurance companies and the population.