Faculty Advisor / Editor Dr. Ratna Rao
Team Founder / Chief Editor Student Jaikishan Laljani
Editors
Designers
Bhavana Sharma Harshvardhan Tiwari Kushaj Agarwal Saurav Tyagi
Bhoumik Suthar Harshit Dangi Kashyap Kathrani Manan Kher Yatrik Raithatha
Writers
Social Media Manager
Bhavana Sharma Bhavya Singh Harshvardhan Tiwari Jasprit Dhall Jay Bhatt Kushaj Agarwal Saurav Tyagi
Prakrut Chauhan
Research Team Harsh Agrawal Varun Contractor
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1. Dr. Sudha Murthy
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2. Crypto currency
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3. Antisocial social club
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4. Glocalisation
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5. Bhaishri Ramesh Oza
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6. Alternate methods of income
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7. 5 Business you can start tomorrow
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8. Civil Aviation takes a big UDAN
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9. ISRAEL -The Mecca of Innovation
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10. The Checkmate Couple
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11. Ahmedabad Special
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12. Crispr
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13. How to publish a research paper
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14. Book Review
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Dr. Sudha Murthy Interactive session with Dr. Sudha Murthy on her book “Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives.” “For some people it is wealth , for some people it is being famous for me it is doing good to others .” - Sudha Murthy Institute of Management, Nirma University was privileged to invite Padma Shri Dr. Sudha Murty to hold an interactive session with the students on her book “Three Thousand Stitches : Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives.” Dr. Sudha Murthy is an Indian philantrophist and a prolific writer in both English and Kannada. She is the chairperson of Infosys Foundation. In 2006 Murthy was awarded Padma shri and received an honorary doctorate for the contributions in the spheres of social work , philanthropy and education. She was also amongst the first few female engineers in India. She was also awarded R.K. Narayana’s Award for Literature. Earlier this year she was awarded the Lifetime achievement award at the Crossword Book Awards. The session was hosted by our very own Dr. Nityesh Bhatt. He is the chairperson of Information Management area in the Institute of Management, Nirma University. His huge experience of more than 20 years and his having served as the RJ in All India radio makes him the best person to interview Dr. Murthy. The session was really inspiring as well as motivating at the same time. Sudha Murthy was at her hilarious best and that added to
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the fun and frolic of the session. It is rarely seen that a person is untouched by the enormous wealth that comes to them, Sudha Murthy is one of the finest examples of this. She is one of the simplest yet magnificent person who finds their way into people’s heart. She narrated the problems or rather the important incidents in her life and how she managed to overcome them, like “Not having a girls toilet in her college” or “Being welcomed with chappals by the same people whom she wanted to help.” Her relation with her father and her husband N R Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys Corporation is another important aspect that she narrated. Her energy and vigour to help people around her even at such an old age is an inspiration to people both young and old. The following are a few gems from Dr. Murthy’s talk : She started by saying “Thank you very much for coming on a Saturday morning to attend this lecture. If I were a student I wouldn’t have come” to which the crowd erupted in laughter, which later paved way for a huge applause. This very much set the tone of the session. She narrated her brilliant story “Three Thousand Stitches.” The story is reminiscent of her days helping Dev-Dasis (Sex workers) resettle to regular life and the life changing relation that she, their “Akka” (Elder Sister) brewed with them. She mentioned how she was at first rejected by the Dev-Dasis and how chappals were thrown at
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can live their lives holding their heads high. Dr. Murthy was able to touch lives of three thousand sex workers and rehabilitated them to regular lives. Those sex workers decided to honour Dr. Murthy for her help so they organised a small function to honour her. Such was the magnosity of emotions that Dr. Murthy who usually is an avid speaker could only mumble out a Shloka from Mahabharata
“न त्वहं कामये राज्यं न स्वर्गं नापुनर्भवम् । कामये दुःखतप्तानां प्रणिनां आर्तिनाशनम् ॥”.
(“I don’t want rebirth, I don’t want to be a king; I don’t want any luxuries, Oh God! if at all you want to give me, give me a soft heart so that I can wipe tears of others.”)
The dev dasis as a token of their gratitude, sang songs for Dr. Murthy and later gifted her a “Shawl with three thousand stitches” signifying how she had converted three thousands of them. They said that the shawl will keep her warm in winter and cool in summer indicating that they are always with their “Akka.” The shawl with three thousand stiches forms the cover page of the book which shows how close it is to Dr. Murthy’s heart. “I am really happy that God gave me this kind of a job which I enjoy. If you enjoy what you do every day is a holiday.” These are the actual words of Dr. Murthy which describes her undue affection for mankind and her passion to improve lives of those in misery and sorrow. Dr. Murthy later revealed that she is a big movie buff when asked about two recent movies that impacts the society “Toilet : Ek Prem Katha” and “Padman”. She also mentioned how she knows what a lack of toilet means as she herself spent her engineering days without a toilet as her college didn’t have a girls’ toilet. She also joked about how women are superior to men and even went on to prove those points from her own example and how she topped all the
subjects in her engineering days though, she was the only girl. She was told several times that engineering is a “man’s job” and she would never be able to complete it but not only did she become India’s first female engineer but also topped all her exams. This goes on to highlight her indefinite will and hunger to succeed and her intellectual prowess. She also mentions that this journey was not easy. Telling her family that she wanted to be an engineer was “Like Dropping a Bomb,” but she didn’t succumb to societal pressures and was eventually successful in goals and ambitions. She also joked as to how her aunts would say that no one would marry an engineer girl, and that they didn’t know a person by the name of “N R Narayana Murthy.” She mentioned her teaching days and the importance of teachers in nurturing and developing the cultures and ethics in the society. The session ended on a high note with an enthralled and motivated audience and the words of this ordinary yet extraordinary lady lingering in their ears for days to come.
-Kushaj Agarwal
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Alternate Methods To Earn -Jay Bhatt
Earn And Learn Life on campus has never been about learning a fixed curriculum and getting back to hostel happily. It’s a lot about learning different things and exploring the utmost interest of yours. Be it creatives, higher academics, or financials, one has always gotta interest in some or the other thing which he/she gonna pursue. And when we talk about it, earning while learning takes among a top position. People choose to earn either to explore the related fields, or to healthily support their family and their and get ease of their student loan. Whatever be the case, but this field has occupied a fair position in a student’s heart to explore and actually make real life bucks. So why keep waiting, just read on and get yourself going!
Here are 5 smart way to earn:
1 Donate Plasma Plasma, the liquid component of your blood,is needed to treat a number of medical conditions and it’s something you can afford to get rid of. You can earn over 2000 Rs. and are allowed to donate twice a week. There are some licenced plasma centre in India, and all you got to do is find them. As long as you’re 18, at least 110 pounds, and haven’t had a tattoo in the last year, then you should be good to go!
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2 Get on Google AdSense If you’re a blogger, you should get set up with Google AdSense. You can make money each time some one clicks on an advertisement. It’s simple. You apply for Google Ad Sense, and once approved, add in an HTML code to your blog. Relevant ads will pop up on your blog and you get a portion of the money earned.
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3 Take Surveys Or Become A Research Subject Many companies need information and it could be a quick way for you to earn extra dough. It’s not much money (sometimes as low as 100 Rs.), but it indeed adds up. Surveyors can sometimes be found at malls or grocerystores. But most of the opportunities you’ll find are online, on job boards and on a number of websites. Make sure that the company is legitimate. Colleges and universities are regu-
larly seeking people for research studies. This can range from questionnaires to testing drugs. Sure, there could be some risk with some of these studies, but you could make anywhere from 600 Rs. an hour to some thousands of bucks! “You’ll help advance science, make some cash and possibly become part of a footnote in medical history,” Lukin says.
4 Buy Something And Sell It For More
The best way to do this is buy a new technology — one that is bound to sell out quick — and then sell it to those poor souls who weren’t able to buy it. Lukin did this when the PS3 came out. He hired his roommates to wait in line with him for a couple days and sold the consoles on eBay for much more. It’s always a risk,
that is well worth it. “There is no limit to how much money you can make if you find a niche and work hard at exploiting it,” Lukin says.
since you may lose money, but one
5 Opt for an internship
Be smart here and find the right internship, having said this find something with following : •A valued recommendation letter •Good stipend •Something out of your major field so that you can develop all round •Find some weekend internships •Build your network (contacts)
One Last Tip
Invest Learn to invest money, even if it’s a small amount. Develop understanding for stocks and bonds. Grow your asset.
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5 BUSINESSES YOU CAN START TOMORROW
-Jasprit Dhall Tomorrow. It’ll take all your guts, all your avidity, all your perseverance, all of you to reach where your role models (Business industries) stand. Each and every successful businessman started from level zero. That’s exactly where you also start from. Read on to know some very interesting, but easy business options. The following 5 business options don’t need any degree and the only thing needed is hard work and some basic skills.
1. Direct Sales You can start a venture where in you manage sales representatives for other companies. Any business flourishes with good marketing strategy, make one, invest your time in it. All you need in this venture is good networking skills. Make a database of contact details and qualifications of raring to go youngsters. Whenever, a company needs a few sales representatives they can contact you. You can provide them these youngsters and in turn charge them a small amount.Once you build trust among the companies you will have constant requests for contact details of ready to join salespersons. Watch, read and learn from people in this area or YouTube videos and added to that keep a track of companies and network with them.
2. Tutoring Tutoring is another way to use the skills you already have to help others reach their goals. You must be good at some skill or have a sound subject knowledge of nay academic subject. This can be done either by making videos on YouTube, starting an online website of your own, or tutoring them face to face. You can also promote your tutoring classes or be a part of one. (Can be done online if work from home is preferred.) There are many online tutoring platforms like Tutorvista, Tutor.com etc. If you have the skills you may start your own platform or do it on any online chat. Advertising it among the students is very important till people start referring your name.
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3. Event Management Event management is the highest profit grossing business. Manage events, increase networking, provide other companies with database, make connections with other organizers and boom, you’ll have a low risk productive business soon. Take contracts for various party functions and events of local people for starters. Start with managing small birthday parties among your relatives, friends and neighbours. This will help you sharpen your skills and test your interest in the same.
4. Virtual assistant A virtual assistant or freelancer helps a business run, all while staying virtual (most likely at home or at their own virtual assistant business). She/he can be contracted for one project (such as blog design) or it can be a continuing job such as replying to e-mails and comments. As a virtual assistant, you can offer basic tasks like putting together reports, managing a schedule and coordinating errands. All you need to get started is a phone, computer and an internet connection. As with tutoring, eventually you can hire more employees to grow your business and take on more work.
5. Career Counselling Who doesn’t need counselling? Guide customers who are not able to choose a career, mostly students and people in the age range of 20-30yrs. Get your knowledge of various careers updated by reading job advertisements and knowing the latest jobs available. Also check the qualifications and skill sets required for them. Online there are many instruments available to test the aptitude of individuals, to help you find the best suited job.
Yes, starting a business requires a basic amount of capital, guidance and professionalism. In this world of burgeoning entrepreneurs and businessmen and women, act a little smart and you are reading to go.
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-Kushaj Agarwal UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) is the government’s initiative to make air travel to India’s tier II and tier III cities affordable to the aam aadmi. The plan is to put smaller cities and remote regions on the aviation map, by getting domestic airlines to ply more regional routes. The UDAN scheme aims to stimulate regional connectivity with flights covering distances up to 800 km through a market-based mechanism. 43 cities are expected to be mainstreamed on India’s flight connectivity grid. A dozen airports where limited but irregular flights operate will be connected. As many as 31 destinations that are not operational despite the existence of airports will become active. When this ambitious project was launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2017 many were doubtful about its success and proper implementation. Not only has UDAN got off the ground successfully its now soaring high skies having connected 16 regional airports and increasing passenger traffics to many more. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested the parliament to discern visionary strategies, especially in the fast growing and much needed Civil Aviation field. He also stated that the
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government was committed to making every Indian fly. Further research puts in front of us the fact that these weren’t a politician’s words against the parties in opposition but aimed towards the power and the torrent, towards becoming the game changers in today’s fast growing and changing landscape. Following are few government policies that are worth discussing. Civil Aviation Secretary, R. N. Choubey said, “A sum of $10 billion would be spent in next five years to develop airport infrastructure in India so that the country could become the world's third largest aviation market in seven years.” He further said “as many as 400 unused airstrips across the country that had become cattle grazing grounds, would be brought back to life.” He mentioned that the ministry of civil aviation was committed to mention the unprecedented “23% growth.” Another very interesting stat is that in the year 2017 the civil aviation sector has achieved rail parity. While the Railway’s turnover is Rs. 1.6 lakh crore, civil aviation turnover touched Rs 1.4 lakh crore and the number of rail passengershas almost equaled that of air passengers. Thus, truly, the golden ages of Indian Aviation has arrived.
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Today, India has the fastest growing domestic aviation market in the world, as per the International Air Transport Association (IATA). India’s domestic air passenger demand grew by 28.1% (July 2015) as compared to the previous year. This growth was three times as compared to China’s (10.9%) growth and five times as compared to United States’ (5.9%) growth during the same period. Forecasted growth for India’s domestic traffic is expected to be around 15% for the current year. [1] This being said, the civil aviation ministry has some really threating challenges that it must overcome. The domestic aviation market is already overcrowded with players. Delhi and Mumbai airport have already rejected any new domestic flights stating that “no runways are free.” Juhu and Navi Mumbai airport in Mumbai and Gurugram airport near Delhi are still being planned and thus this problem seems to be lost in bureaucracy. The bitter fact is that the government has not reduced the jet fuel prices in proportion to the fall in international crude oil prices. Services provided at all Indian airports except the major ones continue to be far below the global standards and the airport connectivity with the cities is extremely limited.
The expansion of India’s aviation sector also brings with itself a number of security challenges including prevention of terrorism. The world watched in horror how Brussels airport was attacked by suicide bombers on 22nd March 2016. We can’t allow any such incidents in India. [2] The challenges are immense but that won’t deter us from building a world class civil aviation infrastructure which is the need of the hour. India is destined to be one of the largest Civil Aviation industries in the world and it can be believed for sure that India will achieve it soon. India, by the year’s end, is projected to have the third largest flying population in the world only behind the US and China. It might even come to pass that, at the end of this decade, a billion fliers propel India to greater heights. [1], [2] source: Indian Express
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The Mecca of INNOVATION -Kushaj Agarwal
President Trump’s verdict of declaring Jerusalem, the capital of Israel is historic. Recent State visit to India by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Indian news channels’ obsession with Israel have more or less assured Israel of Prime time news coverage. But while most of the news is about the famed Israeli defence, the MOSSAD or the troubles that it goes through, we are astonishingly ignorant about Israel. Israel holds major religious significance for three important faiths the Jews, the Muslims and the Christians. Jerusalem is unique among the cities of the world, with special, although differing, claims on the religious and cultural sentiments of millions of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It is holy for the three monotheistic religions because of religiously significant events that took place in the city. Jerusalem is central to the story of Jesus, His crucifixion and resurrection. A famous church of Sepulchre on Mt. Golgotha is believed to be the place where Jesus was resurrected and thus is a pilgrimage for Christians around the world. The Dome of Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque, known famously as Haram al-Sharif is the third holiest site for Muslims. They believe that prophet Muhammad travelled here during his night journey from Mecca and prayed with the soul of all the prophets. A few steps away, the shrine of the Dome of the Rock holds the foundation stone, where Muslims believe Muhammad then ascended to heaven. Jews believe that this was the location of the foundation stone from which the world was created and it was here that Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. Many Jews believe the Dome of the Rock is the holiest site. Today, the Western Wall is the holiest Jewish structure present.
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Campus Ink Well, the term “Silicon Wadi” best describes Israel. With a population of eight
million people, Israel has over 6,000 start-ups and attracts more venture capital per person than any other country in the world.
The Israeli start-ups extends from the tech hub of Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and all the way to the southern desert city of Beersheba. Israel is a paradise of technological innovation and has been enjoying growing collaboration and funding from the East, in particular China, in recent years, making it a great hub for global businesses. When one reasons the Tech Oasis’s bloom in the middle of nowhere, two points come to the mind, namely, “a culture of diversity” and “the necessity of self-reliance.” Israel exists in a tumultuous region with very few friends. The country cannot rely on cross border trade nor can it bank on normalization with its neighbours. Therefore Israelis have developed a self-preservative mechanism rooted in self-reliance. “It is indeed a question of survival. We must continue to innovate. Israel is surrounded by enemies and we don’t have natural resources. This means that our number one commodity is the brain. Israelis have also understood that success is not served on a silver platter: you will only win if you are better,” said Prime Minister Netanyahu. The Israeli society is wildly diverse, with ethnic, religious and even tribal divisions. However, these divisions, while real to an extent, are largely irrelevant in the Israeli private sector. Indeed, Israelis have understood the power of diversity and how to harness its strength in business culture. Companies looking to launch international operations can easily find skilled labour in a matter of days. Israel is saturated with native English, French and Russian speakers, but more exotic languages are readily available too. India aspires to establish a great start-up culture among its youth and given India’s friendly relations with Israel, India could learn a lot with this tiny but significant nation. Indeed the Indian-Israeli bandwagon and bonhomie could nourish and benefit both the countries in ways never imagined and in our opinion, this alliance could be a defining partnership of the 21st century.
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The Checkmate Couple “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”-Rob Siltanen Well it’s very easy to have some talent and then use it for your own goodness, but what makes one person different is letting his or her talent help in changing the society as a whole. Talking of such people, Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal, a power couple and also the founders of Chessbase India, have a mission. The vision is to make chess one of the most popular sports in the country. In order to bring their vision into reality, they have given up their home in Mumbai and have embarked on a one year pan-India journey to promote this game. It is a homeless and nomadic journey, filled with ruthless hardships and evolutionary ideas. Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal are chess couple with a rating of 2407 and 2078 respectively in chess world. Sagar Shah is also a Chartered Accountant and Amruta Mokal an under sixteen national chess champion. For this couple, “Chess is life.” Their utter dedication to this game has made them to travel around 25 countries in the past 3 years. Their never ending urge to expand their horizon in this game has also made them work as a coach, author, photographer, manager and chess entrepreneurs. They have literally left no stone unturned to make their passion their profession. The main aim of this couple is to travel the unexplored places and meet the super talents of the nation, interview them and teach them about chess and develop a huge chess culture in nation. This couple has left no stone unturned to let the idea of chess spread to the underprivileged people of the society which include the blind ones too. This sounds strange but it’s true that there is a National Blind Chess Championship and even an international championship, and this couple is working hard to bring in more and more of such peculiar talents of our nation.
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One of the most remarkable workshops that was taken by Mr Sagar
Shah was in IIT Madras on a very interesting topic ‘Alphazero’ to enlighten all those curious minds interested in chess world. ‘Alphazero’ is an AI developed by Deepmind, UK and has become the irrefutable champion in the chess world through its breathtaking self-learning process. Apart from personally promoting chess culture in the nation, their startup Chessbase India is currently country’s biggest chess news portal and chess software distributor. They provide daily reports about tournaments in India, profiles and information of the nation’s best talent and their performances ,even at international level. Their sole motto is “powering chess in India”. This portal also provides all the services required to ease the life of chess players. Sagar and Amruta are doing amazing job of transforming society and can be called as “the harbinger of change in chess culture in our nation”. The uniqueness and zeal towards their work is totally unfathomable and previously unseen. Amruta and Sagar have conducted numerous workshops based on the use of technology in chess. They have also organized numerous coaching camps and training opportunities. Apart from these , they regularly organize Q and A sessions to mentor, nurture and guide the budding talent of the country. Their sheer perseverance and dedication towards their work make them one of the most astonishing and astounding couple of the world.
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CRISPR
The Tech, Behind ‘Designer Babies’
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Short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR is a molecule that finds a DNA code, locks on and makes a precision cut and because scientists can tune it to target any genetic sequence, they can use it to turn genes off or replace them with new versions. This forms the basis for CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, which you can also call as the key to the future of "genetically sculpted" human embryos. Picture CRISPR-Cas9 as a “find and replace” search in a computer document, only instead of words, you’re editing genetic sequences. It was first observed as part of single-celled bacteria’s
defence mechanisms to remove unwanted intruders by copying and blending segments of the foreign DNA into its genome around CRISPR and creating an exact copy of the genome sequence to look out for, by means of Cas (CRISPR associated) protein, which can cut the DNA up and disable unwanted genes. Scientists eventually found that, by adapting the technology, they are able to target genome sequences with unprecedented accuracy. The breakthrough raises myriad ethical qualms which have given rise to a public debate.
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CRISPR is much faster at producing genetically modified mice, as compared to other methods - a standard workhouse for studying human disease in research labs. What’s more, CRISPR can be used to tinker with multiple genes at once, useful for studying diseases which involve more than one gene. Scientists hope CRISPR could one day be used to correct genes which lead to diseases in humans or introduce genes which protect from disease.
There is a level of controversy over the idea of editing the genes of embryos to create what have been dubbed as ‘designer babies’. In July of 2017, an unpublished paper authored by Shoukhrat Mitalipov describes using CRISPR to edit and modify viable human embryos. This was not the first time, but it signalled the first time these embryos were viable for implantation. Despite the uncertainty, the creation of a gene-editing person could be attempted at any moment. What’s certain is that this exciting technology called CRISPR is here to stay.
-Bhavana Sharma
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How to publish a research paper? In this highly competitive era of humongous competition, one needs to be a cut above the rest. When targeting a dream university, along with a decent CGPA, having published a research paper gets you a few extra brownie points. You haven't published an article yet ? Don't worry just follow the steps mentioned below and your first article would be ready in a jiffy .... Select a topic: It has to be a topic you are really interested in to write a whole paper. Research papers don’t always have to be on a technical topic, just a topic of your interest will do fine. You can also consult a professor willing to help you with your paper.
The whole process of getting a manuscript ready can be divided into five easy steps: Select a research problem. Read about that problem as much as you can from as many resources as possible. Find the advantages and limitations of existing mechanisms/methodologies for solving the problem. Find out a solution to the problem in your own way. The solution must be appropriate in terms of accuracy, computation time, utilization of computation time, utilization of computational resources and utilization of latest methodologies. Compare the efficiency of proposed solution against the existing solutions. Compile the "introduction" to your problem (motivation, urgency and need behind solving the problem), survey, proposed solution, experimental analysis and future directions as a document.
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Campus Ink Generally, the layout for research papers follows this pattern: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Content, Conclusion, References Organizing the manuscript is also another thing you have to keep in mind. Insert charts and figures and tables, with proper methods, results, discussion. A clear conclusion and a compelling introduction never goes unnoticed. Write the acknowledgments and references. Read papers (around 30) for reference and cite them in your paper in the list of references. Select a related journal: There are various options to choose from. Try to choose a journal with a much wider impact factor. Finding the right journal for your article can dramatically improve the chances of acceptance. Also, don’t submit your manuscript to more than one journal, target just one to avoid copyright issues for you or the journals involved. You can try other journals if the first journal rejects your paper altogether. Read the aims and scope of the journals in your target research area carefully to avoid rejection. Also format your paper according to the style and format requirements of the journal, which might specify requirements for figures, tables and references. Journals usually start accepting articles from February start to mid march so keep a regular check on deadlines.
Have Patience: You can be rejected, not once but numerous times. Rejection can come at different times and in different formats. According to Editor-in-Chief of Carbon, the main reasons of rejection are: It fails the technical screening. It does not fall within the Aims and Scope of the target journal. It’s incomplete. The procedures and/or analysis of the data is seen to be defective. The conclusions cannot be justified on the basis of the paper. It’s simply a small extension of a different paper, often from the same authors. It’s incomprehensible. It’s boring.
Publishing a research paper takes perseverance and sweat. Start early and don’t give up. -Bhavana Sharma
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Book Review
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Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur’s poetry is not a traditional poetry but it tells a cohesive and powerful story. Milk and Honey has simple and minimalistic illustrations which are beautiful and do not seem obscene. The illustrations tell the story. In essence, they capture the bruises, wounds experienced by women. You feel the emotions before reading the poem. You feel the words that were written so truthfully, with feelings so raw that the hurt, the bitterness and the sorrows behind them will never be dull. Divided into four chapters - the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing – each deals with different steps in relationships, both with yourself and with others, be it lover, father or a friend. The themes that are covered are incredibly relatable and highly emotive, hence readers can easily connect with this collection. Kaur has created a book with words and subject matters that need to be explored, but without the lyricism of poetry. Kaur talks about feminism, assault and abuse. She writes about happiness and despair, hurt and joy, love and sadness, and finding the strength to overcome your struggles. Milk and Honey is erotic, poignant, empowering, harrowing, and a celebration of all the amazing qualities of women. Kaur’s words evoke emotion, sexuality, femininity, anger, and hope. While perhaps some of this resonates more for women than for men, I still found this incredibly touching, moving, motivating, and at times simply breath-taking. This collection won't be for everyone. You need to be willing to put aside conventional notions of puntuation, capitalization, and the way sentences are divided. But more than that, you need to be willing to be vulnerable, to listen to Kaur's messages, and feel the feelings she is trying to convey. If you can do that, you will be richly rewarded by the beauty of Milk and Honey. One of my favourites from the treasure this book is, I might cherish forever: You have to stop searching for a why At some point You have to leave it alone.
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“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.� -Rumi
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