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A world-class research centre cannot come up in a governmental set up? murali772 - 23-MAY-2011
"There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class. |
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murali772 - 19-JUL-2009
The meeting was attended by Sanjay Chitnis, Suhas Kulhalli, Ananthram, K V Pathy, Srivatsava, Heragu, apart from me from PRAJA (hope I haven't missed out any names); and Prof T G Seetharam |
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Recession as an opportunity for self improvement. psaram42 - 11-JAN-2009
The following news item Appeared in to days Times Of India |
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Namma Raste - road use efficiency silkboard - 5-AUG-2008
Read in an email this morning that on 19th July 2008, a workshop on “Reclaiming Bangalore’s roads: Namma Raste” was jointly organized by Environment Support Group (ESG), CIVIC Bangalore and Alternative Law Forum at Vidyadeep, Ulsoor Road, Bangalore. The context for this meeting was the PIL against BBMP over widening of 91 roads. Apparently, the claim is that the widening projects will increase average vehicle speeds from 8-10 km/hr to 40 km/hr (ref: material from ESG/HU - these should soon be up on ESG website, so I will save myself copy paste jobs here). |
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Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies silkboard - 18-JUL-2008
Executive Summary of a Wilbur Smith study on Traffic & Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India is now available on the website of Ministry of Urban Development. The 20 page summary document makes a good reading. Praja members would love the language, especially the terms like "slow moving vehicle index", "on-street parking interference index". Essentially, they have quantified stuff like "entropy", "edge friction", "turbulence" and "viscosity" that we often borrow and use here at Praja from thermo and fluid dynamics. Some equations for example: |
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Chapter–4 Development Of Operational Travel Demand Model admin123 - 15-NOV-2007
CHAPTER – 4 DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL |
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Chapter–3 Existing Traffic And Travel Characteristics admin123 - 15-NOV-2007
CHAPTER – 3 EXISTING TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS |
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Chapter–6 Future Demand Analysis And System Selection admin123 - 15-NOV-2007
CHAPTER – 6 FUTURE DEMAND ANALYSIS AND SYSTEM SELECTION
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Chapter–5 Strategy For Transport Development admin123 - 14-NOV-2007
CHAPTER – 5 5.1 NATIONAL URBAN TRANSPORT POLICY 5.1 NATIONAL URBAN TRANSPORT POLICY |
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Chapter–2 Study Objectives And Methodology admin123 - 14-NOV-2007
STUDY OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY |
