AIDS counsel a call away

Now, villagers of Gurrampeta, neighbouring Mohammedabad and J K Palli are thrilled with their new identity. But this was just an experiment. Convincing the policy makers to introduce the process on a permanent basis has proved to be more difficult. In fact, one officer wanted to know if the biometric device would work as well with work-worn hands as it did with his ‘soft’ fingers. ‘‘We showed him that the device worked with everyone —a villager working with machines in a factory, whose work-roughened palms were full of corns and those working in cement factories,’’ points out Kris. So, while he had convinced villagers that a unique ‘biometric’ citizen identity would dramatically change their lives, the greater challenge has been to convince the various state and district administrations.

The investment would be a mere Rs. 20,000 in every village for a battery-run biometric device in conjunction with a suitable software that can register citizens uniquely, avoid duplication, create a data base of citizens and permit online transfer of information for the district and state administrations to view online. Kris is still waiting with crossed fingers for the first invitation to a village in India for implementing the project.

Students’ search ends here

University to career options, this portal is a ready reckoner

Divya Sama - Mumbai

Now worried Indian students won’t have to splurge money on career counselors or believe certain money making institutions who sell the quality of their education through marketing not literally by their success stories. Thanks to studentindia.com, a web portal created by Rashmikant Mahapatra (35) of Mumbai that won Manthan award 2006 for

being the best educational site in India. This portal not just guides students for the apt university for them, it also provides information on jobs and its online career counseling gives a sense of direction to the confused lot.

With pride Mahapatra declares the aim behind creating this portal in 2004. It has a lot to do with his personal dilemma in choosing the right career path for himself. “After schooling my friends were running aimlessly to different metropolitan cities across India after reading about big colleges in these cities. Most of these colleges were not that good, they were just richly publicized. So I decided to study for being a charted accountant and not gamble with my career by studying in any of these colleges. My personal experience, many worrying parents and confused students prompted me to make this portal that would provide vital information to students about colleges and companies”, smiles Mahapatra.

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