An evening of Astrophysics and Blues, 7th July at ESG

We invite you to a fantastic combination of a talk on “High Energy Aspects of the Solar & Stellar Coronae” by Dr. Vinay Kashyap, an Astrophysicist at the Chandra X-Ray Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Cambridge, USA followed by a concert by “Sarjapur Blues Band”.
The talk is at 5 pm and the concert at 7.00 pm on Saturday, 7th July 2007 at ESG.
Kindly let us know in advance if you will participate so we can make appropriate seating arrangements. Please also pass on these invitations to your friends and colleagues.Looking forward to your participation.

Bhargavi S. Rao
Environment Support Group (R)
105, East End B Main Road
Jayanagar 9th Block East
Bangalore 560069. INDIA
Tel: 91-80-22441977/26531339
Fax: 26534364
Email: bhargavi@esgindia.org or esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Web: www.esgindia.org

Brief Background to the talk
The source of solar heating still remains an open question inthe field of solarand stellar astrophysics even after decades of study. Solar temperatures reach millions of degrees and although there is evidence that magnetic activity is the prime driver, the mechanism is yet to be understood. Numerous heating mechanisms have been proposed to explain this.
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One possibility is that theCoronae are heated bya large number ofsmall flares and his research along with his colleagues has found that the Coronal emissionis dominated by flares to such an extent that in some cases the entire emission canbe ascribed to flareheating. This and many more high energy aspects of solar and stellar coronae are the prime focus of his research. Some applications of this research explain why, for instance, our cell phone networks go down.
The presentation will include fantastic pictures of our Sun taken from a variety of telescopes in space

About the Band
Sarjapur Blues Band is a working men’s underground, backstreet, original, eclectic, rhythm and blues band. Its members Dr.Shekhar Seshadri, vocals and guitarist is a professor of psychiatry at NIMHANS, Soumitro Mukherjee who plays the nylon string classic guitar for the band is head of the department of Guitar, Bangalore School of Music and Vinoo Mathew who plays the electric guitar is a market research consultant.The catchy lyrics of the band are based on the life experiences of the band members and are thought provoking. The band performs original material, experimenting with Indian percussion, Carnatic rhythms,
and an interesting set of themes. The bands musical influences range from Blues, R&B, 60s and 70s Rock, Country, Western Classical, Reggae, to Light and Classical Indian music

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Add comment July 4th, 2007

The Science of Stress and the Art of Managing it

SPEAKER : Mr. Vishweshwar Hegde (Vishu).Vice President and Head of Quality is part of senior leadership team at MindTree Consulting
DATE :February 28, 2007 (Wednesday)
TIME: 6:15 PM – Tea 6:30 PM - Talk
VENUE:Computer Society of India Flat No.201, MB Center, #134, 2nd Floor Infantry Road, Bangalore – 560001.
Phone: +91-80-22860461/22862215 Mobile: 94489 05268
All are welcome

With globalization, competition and fast pace of life & technology changes, Stress is becoming everyone’s everyday phenomenon from CEO to house wife, from retired person to children, from working professionals to students. This is even more pronounced in industries like IT and BPO. This talk is on experience-sharing on understanding the phenomena of Stress and ways of managing it.

The talk addresses aspects like
- why stress happens
- what happens to body and mind when stressed
- what are the impacts of stress at physiological level and emotional level – especially the nervous
systems, endocrine systems, respiratory & circulatory systems.
- how to turn Stress into positive spiral
- what do yoga, pranayama, meditations do at physiological and mind level
- how does energy systems like homeopathy, rekhie etc. impact the above aspects
- how managing Mind leads to better development of personality and leadership skills

Vishu is Vice President and Head of Quality and is part of senior leadership team at MindTree Consulting – a 4000+ people IT Company based in Bangalore and having offices in 18 countries. Vishu has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Before joining MindTree, Vishu spent about 8 years at Motorola. He was part of the team taking Motorola India Software Center to SEI CMM Level 5 maturity. Subsequently he spent 3 years in Motorola Singapore on a Technology Transfer mission, taking Motorola units in Singapore , Japan , Korea & China to higher levels of software maturity. Prior to Motorola, he worked on LCA Avionics at Aeronautical Development Agency at software engineer, system engineer, project management roles. Vishu holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from Mysore University . Vishu leads the Bangalore SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) organization.About speaker:

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1 comment February 27th, 2007

Talk by Vinod Khosla

Please mark your calendar and register for an exciting TiE Networking Dinner Meeting on 1st February 2007 TiE Bangalore Chapter is happy to announce a talk by

Vinod Khosla
Founder - Khosla Ventures

on

“Solar Thermal Power“
About the Speaker:

Vinod Khosla was a co-founder of Daisy Systems and founding Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. Vinod serves on the boards of, eASIC, Indian School of Business, Infinera, Kovio, MetricStream, Spatial Photonics, Xsigo and ZettaCore.

While an affiliate partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Vinod has established Khosla Ventures which will focus on alternative fuels, affordable housing, microfinancing and other technologies.

Vinod holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, a Master’s in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Date : Thursday 1st February 2007
Time : 7.00 P.M
Venue : Vijay Nagar Hall, Taj Residency, Bangalore
Event Sponsor: Khosla Ventures
Non Members : Rs. 500/-
Dinner: 8.30 pm onwards

Participation through registration. Mail Alfio Aquien at: alfio@tiebangalore.org or call 22120009 Extn - 185.

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Add comment January 30th, 2007

Explore-Womens Right and Freedom

Womens Rights and Freedom .. Entry free
Talk by Nisaar Nadidwaala On January 14th 2007 ; Sunday 6-30 Pm to 9 -pm
At Ambedkar Bhavan Millers Road Vasanth Nagaar Bangalore
Open Questions And Answer Session
People of All Faiths are welcome
For Details Call : 09845041234 or 080 26631829
mail us at : discover_artofliving@rediffmail.com
Organized by
DIET BANGALORE
Tiped through email.

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Add comment January 9th, 2007

Forthcoming Lectures at NAIS

Forthcoming lectures at NAIS (National Institute of Advanced Studies)

15 December 2006@6.15 pm
Public Lecture
Speaker: PROFESSOR DAME SANDRA DAWSON, Master of Sidney Sussex College, KPMG Professor of Management Studies and Director of the Judge Business School at Cambridge
Topic: Management and leadership in the global network
Programme
1815 hrs Welcome Address Dr. K. Kasturirangan
1825 hrs Introduction of Speaker Mr. Xerxes Desai
1830 hrs Lecture by Prof. Dame Sandra Dawson
2000 hrs Vote of Thanks Prof. P.K. Shetty

Venue : J R D Tata Auditorium
IISc Bangalore
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/nias/flec.htm
Thanks to Niels L Ellegaard for the tip.

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Add comment December 21st, 2006