Pumptrex 2010 Exhibition of Pumps, Pump Parts and Allied Products

PUMPTREX 2010 Where Indian Pump Industry Comes Together
Saturday January 16, 2010 - Tuesday January 19, 2010 from 10:00pm - 7:00pm
Ahmedabad Education Society Ground , Ahmedabad, Gujarat India.

PumpTrex 2010 is milestone event that brings together the the Indian Pumps and Related companies, traders, importers, suppliers and end users on a common platform thus being an ideal platform for Manufacturers and Traders of Pumps, Pump Parts and related Products to exhibit their products and offerings.

The event will be aggressively promoted across various advertising mediums including print, outdoor, radio, mailers, online marketing and direct marketing – drawing in a never seen before crowd of prospective business leads for your offerings, making it an event not to be missed.

PumpTrex is a best platform to showcase products, network and generate brand awareness and new business leads for your business.. Weather its to showcase your product launch and latest offerings or quest to identify local trade partners or lookout of sourcing opportunities – PumpTrex 2010 will be where your business needs to be !

Come and be part of history and witness a mega event bringing out the best of the pump industry together.

Website : http://www.pumptrex.com

Organiser :

91 Media Pvtd. Ltd. ( Pump Source )

Times Ahmedabad Festival 2009

The Fest full of colour full events which rocked the city last year is back once again. Times of India Group has Organised " Times Ahmedabad Festival 2009" .

Here is the Event Schedule :

Bollywood Dhamaka
Bollywood Singer K.K. will perform live at Karnavati Club , SG road , Ahmedabad.
Date : 31st October 2009 , Time : 7 p.m.
( Collect Free Passes on a first-come-first serve basis at
The Times of India Office, 139 Fadia Chambers, Ashram Road , Ahmedabad. )


Cooking Fiesta
Free Cooking Classes From Renowed Chefs of the top Restaurants of Ahmedabad
Time : 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Date : 2nd November
Oriental Wave ( Chinese )
Curries ( North Indian )

Date : 3rd November
Tomato's ( Mexican )
Cafe Piano ( Continental )

Date : 4th November
Vishalla ( Gujarati )

Register for free @ 26553449 / 26553451



Culture Curry

1st Nov. : Bollywood Music by Bappi Lehri
7 p.m. Open Air Theatre - Vastrapur Lake
Passes Available from 30th October

2nd Nov. : Bharatnatayam by Sonal Mansingh
7 p.m.Natrani Auditorium
Passes Available from 31st October

3rd Nov. : Rajasthani Folk by Gazi Khan
7 p.m.Natrani Auditorium
Passes Available from 1st November

4th Nov. : Qawalli by Niyazi Brothers
7 p.m.Natrani Auditorium
Passes Available from 2nd November

7th Nov. : Classical Performance by l Subramanayam and Shubha Mudgal
7 p.m. Open Air Theatre - Vastrapur Lake
Passes Available from 5th November

8th Nov. : Gazals by Pankaj Udhas
7 p.m. Open Air Theatre - Vastrapur Lake
Passes Available from 6th November


Times Himalaya Mall Carnival
7th Nov. 5 p.m. Onwards, Carnival at Himalaya Mall Drive In Road , Ahmedabad.


Theatre Festival
5th Nov. : Salesman Ramlal ( Hindi Drama Directed by Feroz Abbas Khan )
8 p.m. Town hall , Ellis Bridge , Ahmedabad

6th Nov. : 30 days in September ( English Drama Directed by Lillete Dubey )
8 p.m. Town hall , Ellis Bridge , Ahmedabad
( Passes available from 3rd November )

Note :- All Passes are free and are available on a first come first serve basis at the Times of India office , 139, Fadia Chambers, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad.

Source : Times of India Paper ad , Page no.2 Date : October 27, 2009

IIM Ahmedabad Insight 2009

Insight - the Concept

Insight is the oldest fair at IIMA and one of the oldest market research events in the country, with an illustrious history stretching back 22 years. Over the years, it has become a part of IIMA psyche and an annual event not to be missed. The fair is currently held in the month of October and spans the course of a full day on the IIMA lawns.

The strength of Insight is its experiential research methodology that is far superior to traditional questionnaire based methods of conducting market research in terms of probing into psychological factors of consumer behaviour. This, it does, through specially designed games in which thousands of people with varied profiles take part. As consumers are unaware of the market research aspect of the activities, the games are an effective means of bringing out the latent psychological cause of consumer behaviour.

Click here for The IIM Ahmedabad Insight 2009 Schedule

For More Details please visit http://www.iima-insight.com

BRTS tickets will be affordable

Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) has announced that tickets for Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) will be affordable.

AJL which will operate and maintain BRTS service in the city announced that passengers on these buses will have to pay a minimum of Rs 2 and maximum of Rs 11, once the system starts functioning from RTO to Chandranagar, probably next month.

In comparison to fare structure of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) buses, the BRTS bus fare will be 1.5 times more. This was endorsed in the AJL board meeting on Wednesday.

Deputy municipal commissioner and in-charge of BRTS UC Padia said, "The minimum fare on the BRTS route from RTO to Chandrnagar has been decided Rs 2 minimum and Rs 11 maximum. This is marginal increase from the existing fare rate of AMTS."

"We are charging Rs 2 for a kilometre on BRTS. The 235 feeder CNG bus service will come by December. The feeder bus service will facilitate the movement of passengers from their nearest AMTS bus stops to BRTS bus stands," he said

AJL authorities have also identified eight parking stretches along the BRTS route. According to AJL members, these stretches will have a capacity of 679 autorickshaws, 3,624 two-wheelers, 425 four- wheelers. The autorickshaws can park their vehicles free of cost on the stretch.

However, the final launch date of BRTS is still under wraps. Standing committee chairperson of AMC and board member of AJL Asit Vora said, "Within a month's time, the BRTS will get operational in the city from RTO to Chandranagar. The AJL will also be adding 20 air-conditioned buses for BRTS but their fares will be decided later."

Source : Times of India

IIMA to walk the Gandhi way

Unique as it always has been, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) will celebrate Gandhi Jayanti with a difference on Friday.

The students and faculty of IIMA will walk the streets of the city heading to Gandhi Ashram on October 2 in commemoration of the birth anniversary of the father of the nation and to spread the message of greatness of the thoughts and practices of Gandhi. Led by IIMA faculty member, Professor Anil Gupta, the group of students will walk from IIMA to the Gandhi Ashram and interact with people along the way.

Gupta said, "We are taking this Gandhi Jayanti as not only an opportunity to know Gandhi, but also as an opportunity to know him as an institution and understand his philosophy and the Gandhian process."

He said, "During the walk, we intend to discuss our notions of Gandhi and test them through dialogue and exchange of ideas with people along the way. At Sabarmati Ashram, we will discuss our impressions with the Gandhians whom we will meet there."

More than 50 students from various programmes of the institute and batch representatives will join. The walk will start from the gate of the old IIMA campus at 7 am. The students and faculty members will be clad in simple clothes. The group will also interact with the people at Gandhi Ashram.

Expressing his excitement about the event, a student of the current batch of PGPX in IIMA, Anirudh Gupta, said, "For me, this walk is an opportunity to discover and relate to Gandhiji's philosophy, his thoughts and ideals. I am looking forward to interact with fellow students about Gandhiji and also with people on the street."

Another student of PGPX, Parag Prasad, said, "This walk would be one-of-its-kind experience for us during our one-year stay in Ahmedabad. The interactions with professor Gupta, prominent Gandhians at the ashram and other students will add to the overall learning experience."

Source : DNA

Ahmedabad to host world salt meet in January

The Indian Salt Manufacturers Association (ISMA), which organised its first national salt conference in Kutch about two years ago, with participation of international experts from some salt-producing countries, will now host world salt conference in Ahmedabad on January 22 next year.

"We announced this at the ninth world salt symposium held for three days at the Chinese capital of Beijing in the first week of the current month and extended our invitation todelegates from 50 countries who attended the Beijing conference," Hiralal Parakh, Gandhidham-based industrialist and national president of ISMA, who led the Indian delegation, told DNA at Gandhidham on his return.

He said that the natural choice for the meet should have been Kutch as the border district was a major producer of salt in the country. "But, we felt that for such an international conference, the venue should be a bigger one, with better air, train and road connectivity, like Ahmedabad," he said.

Parakh said the Ahmedabad conference would be organised by ISMA in collaboration with the salt department of Union industry ministry and the Gujarat government. He said China's progress in salt production was phenomenal, which should be copied by India, one of the key producers of salt in the world.

"China produced 4 crore tonnes of salt four years ago and now the figure is 7 crore tonnes. This was made possible by consolidating small salt pans into huge ones of up to 20,000 acres and modernising production process." He pointed out that in India, bigger salt pans continued to be of 100 to 200 acres, and production techniques were quite old.

He said while it may not be possible to convert small holdings of salt pans into bigger ones in the country, salt production could be increased by using new technology. He said the Indian salt industry could do better if it got help and encouragement from government.

"For mechanised production, one has to invest Rs15 crore to Rs20 crore. But we cannot avail bank loans as the lease of Kandla Port Trust land, which had been leased to us for past more than two decades, has not been renewed by the Union government."

Parakh also lamented the fact that enough train rakes were not being made available to the industry here for supplying salt to different parts of the country.

Source :
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ahmedabad-to-host-world-salt-meet-in-january_1293930

IIM-A opens doors to visitors

AHMEDABAD : Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), a fortress for some, an aspiration for others and an architectural wonder for others, has been standing amid the city for decades. It's a world of its own, inside the guarded gates of the red brick walls.

IIM-A has now decided to open its gates for the city and let Amdavad take a peek into their lives for three days beginning Thursday.

The institute has thrown the gates open for the city as a part of the Joy of Giving Week celebrations. Every visitor will be charged Rs 25 for the tour. Money raised through this effort will be used to fund education of slum children through Prayaas, an NGO run by students.

"For the first time, the institute is going to offer a guided tour of the campus for school and college students and others who are interested. The one-hour-long tour will cover at least eight to 10 spots on campus like the Harvard Steps, Louis Kahn Plaza, a classroom and the underground passage with a photo gallery. The visitors will also be taken to one of the dormitories, where students reside and the new campus," said Rahul Harkisankar, student co-ordinator of Prayaas.

Visitors in groups of 20 will be taken for the tour between 5 pm to 7.30 pm from Thursday to Saturday. The tour will start from the main gate of the campus. "While on the round tour, visitors will be accompanied by two students of PGP 1, PGP 2 and fellowship programme. A guide will narrate history of the campus, importance of the places visited, architecture, contribution that IIM-A has made to the world and its teaching methodology," Harkisankar added.

The idea of this guided tour has been inspired from the heritage walk, which takes place in the walled city. This is after some students took part in the walk during their first year. "We are expecting to see students who would want to come and find out what a management school is all about," he said.

Source : Times of India

Ahmedabad ISRO centre to map Himalayan region

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad will undertake mapping and tracing of the Himalayan region to keep track of the movement of glaciers and their health. This is to put in place governance and management of the Himalayan eco-system.

For More , visit : http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/30/stories/2009093057091800.htm