IIM KOZHIKODE

 

How to reach IIM Kozhikode?  

IIM KOZHIKODE is at a place called Kunnamangalam some 15 kms from Kozhikode city.Please note that Kozhikode and Calicut refer to the same place.Kunnamangalam is on the Calicut Bangalore highway which is also the Calicut Mysore highway and also the Calicut Ooty highway and also could be broadly stated as Calicut-Wayanad highway.

Where is NIT Calicut vis-a-vis  IIM Kozhikode?

NIT Calicut is at a place called Chatamangalam which is closer to the Western Ghat mountains and is EIGHT kilometers from IIM Kozhikode.While coming from Calicut turn towards the right at the junction in Kunnamangalam to reach NIT Calicut.

Who founded IIM Kozhikode?

KPP Nambiar founded this institute facing various challenges and road-blocks from various agencies.This institute exists in Calicut by and through his efforts.I used to meet him often in Bangalore.

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INFERNO (FIRE) IN GRAPHITE INDIA PLANT

 I was a witness to a major fire in the GRAPHITE INDIA plant in 1992.Industrial fires are of a major concern around the world as it can create huge economic losses and an extended and un-predictable down time.

Graphite India used to have a Baking unit which bakes charge coming from Extrusion department.It used to be done with furnace oil  in pits at a temperature of 800 degrees centigrade. Calcined petroleum coke and pitch are the key ingredients of making graphite which is a by-product of the Petroleum refining industry.

On that afternoon welding was happenning near by and a spark lit the oil largely that was scattered on the ground.The GM of Graphite India was A K JAIN and the Joint General Manager was Kersi KUKA.I used to have good relations with Kersi Kuka.A K Jain was out of town and Mr.Kuka was supervising things and sometimes had the temerity to go close to the fire which was ill-advised.

What ensued later was a very major fire towering above the plant and the fire engines arrived almost two hours later and doused the flames.

There was fire in BPL plant one night during over-time when some spark from some soldering machine lit cotton waste in the corner.

One of the reasons why I am putting these on record is that Indusrial engineers and managers must do everything possible to prevent fires.Sparks from the welding process have created fires at many places.The resonsibility of predicting possible fires and extinguishing them very early is a key aspect of Industrial engineering which would prevent huge losses to all stake holders and prevent organizations from going into a reverse gear.

DR. K P MOHANDAS AT REC NIT CALICUT

 Dr. K P Mohandas served REC  of our times and NIT of today for many decades with diligence and distinction.A product of  College of Engineering Trichur and later doing advanced education at IIT.He could be easily labelled as one of the few academic experts in the area of Control System Theory of which he was a specialist. I mentioned somewhere earlier that I used to get high grades at the exams in his subjects.I was planning to visit the College of Engineering Trichur but will do so some time soon.COE Trichur is one of the earlier Engineering colleges put up in Kerala.

He had a methodical approach to teaching most of the time bringing notes to the class and progressing through the session in a systematic style and also was an intellectual in his own right.My Father used to share good rapport with him.

If I were to remember some of my teachers in the list would be Mrs. Starry who used used to teach Science at Lowry Memorial School in Bangalore,Mr Chandrashekar who used to teach Sanskrit at Sri Sathya Sai Arts Science and Commerce college in Whitefield and Mr. H K Nagaraj who used to teach Trigonometry and Mr. Hegde who used to teach Physics both of the above at Whitefield.In this list would come two more people Dr. P S Srinivasan  who used to teach Induction Machines at REC NIT Calicut and Dr. K P Mohandas who used to teach Control theory at this place.

If there is one thing Professors can learn from him around the world never go into classes without some description or document which pertains to that particular session so that classes can be effective a lesson one can learn from Dr. K P Mohandas.

SHIVAGANGA HILL NEAR TUMKUR

 

 TUMKUR now called TUMAKURU is a town towards the north of the city of  Bangalore distant by some sixty kilometers and is an important transit point. Bangalore, Tumakuru and Shivamogga (Shimoga) are towns in the Deccan Plateu  and are not very far from the Western and Eastern Ghat mountain ranges.Tumkaru is a town which can be said to be equi-distant from these mountain ranges, the city of Shivamogga(Shimoga) more closer to the Western Ghat mountain ranges and the city of Bangalore more closer to the Eastern Ghats than the Western Ghat ranges.There are many independent mountains and hillocks at various points in the Deccan Plateau and these hillocks are made of solid rock formations and resemble the Eastern Ghat ranges.

 

One such hillock is the SHIVAGANGA hill on the way to Tumkur from Bangalore; I had visited this place decades ago and if my memory serves me right a turn towards the left from the highway It is an independent hillock which has many mythological tales and anecdotes associated with it.There is a SHIVA temple here within a cave.I did climb the entire hill. It is an exercise of adventure climbing the hill which is steep at many places and there are well formed stairs and railings at various points to make the ascent easier and the view from atop the hill is breath-taking.

 

Anyone living in Bangalore during his younger age must visit this place atleast once and take a climb up the hill.When you climb the hill take due care not to slip and go about the exercise with diligence and caution.

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THE AUTOMATIC JAPANESE SOLDERING MACHINES IN BPL

 From 1980 to year 2000 full twenty years BPL made Television sets now called the Dome TV. Mrs.Indira Gandhi on returning as Prime Minister sanctioned the large scale expansion of TV transmitters creating a sudden explosion of the Television Market. There were hardly any tv's in the country and only very few very privileged people had them. The sudden explosion of the TV market meant a huge demand for TV sets and there was only one channel namely the DOORDARSHAN.

Dyanora, Solidaire ,Bush were all few names during these times and into this market gate-crashed a less known electronics company called BPL which was till then known for making Medical Electronics products. With the pioneering spirit of its JMD (Joint Managing Director) K P R Nambiar BPL for several years later had dominance in various forms over the TV industry.

Initially TV was made with hands-on soldering and with time imported two automatic soldering machines from SANYO.

These machines were of a splendid nature and showed superior Japanese engineering skills of these times.Some twenty  operators would stuff the PCB( printed circuit board) in a production line and it would enter the machine  which operated with many sets of relays..the most key part being a solder bath at very high temperature arising on the operation of a relay and automatically soldering the entire PCB and another set of two TUNGSTEN CARBIDE cutters driven at high RPM cutting the leads of the electronic components after soldering. With the arrival of these machines the Production quantity at BPL quadrupled. The machine had a circular design with PCB's taking a U turn at both ends.It was a treat watching them work.

There must be such machines in vogue even today. These machines can give sudden maintenance problems of many kinds and periodic servicing of some kind and spares replacement can prevent break downs and critical maintenance issues.

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9089 and 9347

 9089  and 9347 are two telephone numbers that Iam not able to forget. These are the PAX telephone numbers of my Father's workplace within ITI (Indian Telephone Industries).PAX means  PRIVATE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE...a modern equivalent of  Intercom with every part of the township connected very well by the PAX system.I dont remember a single day when this system did not work.

Everything was well ordained within the ITI complex with a PAX telephone avaliable for the public at the main gate. As a kid I could not reach up to the phone and had to prop myself on some slab to get access to the phone to speak to my  Father and at times some elderly person or security staff would help.

Along with the PAX system ITI also had the PABX system meaning PRIVATE AUTOMATIC BRANCH EXCHANGE with the help of which we could call BSNL telephones in the city. However this facility was only available in the hospital. Note that in the 1970''s and almost through the 1980's telephone penetration in India was very poor.There must have been one BSNL land-line for every say 10,000 (ten thousand) people and people had to look at some public outlets to make telephone calls. Sounds strange. Land line penetration improved drastically in the 1990's with Electronic Exchanges made by C-DOT(centre for the development of telematics) From the ITI hospital I used to call the cousins of my mother PRABHA SANKARANARAYANAN on 75695  and PREMA BAKTHAVATSALAM on 74453 and also the house of Dr.P C Nambiar in Cox-town on 51188.

Recently I was riding near the ITI main gate and happenned to remember those times and as I stand near the Main Gate of ITI can somewhere here the faint voice of my Father even today.

KETTANGAL AS OF NOW

KETTANGAL is simply not what it used to be.It has changed from being a hamlet or a village to a small township...some of the old structures simply dont exist. Ali.s hotel is gone ,some of those smaller restaurants around are gone..A prominent mosque exists at this junction and so do flashy and up-market restaurant.How and when such a change happenned is unknown.

There is a full fledged auto stand and the roads from various directions that meet at this place.In what aspect Kettangal will change in the future is unknown  but more far-reaching changes can be expected.

What was Kettangal during our era. It had  Ali's hotel managed by his sons ...few other hotels of this kind,few barber shops, hamzas omlette corner and juice shops that gave mango milk shake.

THE CANTEEN AT REC NIT CALICUT

The Canteen at REC NIT Calicut was in many ways a place to socialize for students during our times. At present there are many food outlets at the campus but during our era the canteen was one of the eat-outs in the vicinity of students. Recently on my visit to the institute I saw the canteen is fully refurbished with aura and murals painted on the external walls that gives a good feel and ambience. The menu has changed drastically with all north and south Indian cuisines and food..during our era it used to be Nai-roast with tea and a simple elegant afternoon lunch with boiled rice.Radha and Damu used to be the key waiters at this place and Mr.Vijayan used to be the Manager.

The Canteen building in many ways is elegant and  symmetrical.,they  have given a new name to this place which I do not re-collect.Both the wings are functional now  and gives a  relatively imposing posture.The Canteen building has stood the test of time and has existed here welcoming scores of students over the years.

It was a meeting point for we students very often settling in the corner table and sharing one nai roast.As  I sit at this place I can see scores of students of my era and also some times the rain that lashed outside.The space in front of the canteen now is more busier than what it used to be and with increase in traffic and population there is chaos.Some rumble strips could be put on the main road to regulate traffic flow.

The present canteen can be improved further. I dont know exactly how. Some architects and civil engineers must take a look at this place. The basic idea is to build a firtst floor over the above structure without disturbing the present aesthetics  and the floor could be some 4000 square feet a large expanse which could hold a large populace with some portion of it air-conditioned. If such a proposition can be executed in the ground floor with attachments even that would be welcome. Architects and civil engineers should have a look to see how such a system can be executed and incorporated.

LORD MOUNTBATTEN

 

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KANNADA SONG..DR.RAJKUMAR..BANIGONDU ELLE ELLIDE

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DEVELOPING GUNDLUPET AS A MAJOR RAILWAY HUB

 GUNDLUPET is a township at the crossroads of Bandipur forests some one and a half hours journey from Mysore.For good or for bad the broad-guage railway link on this sector is upto Nanjangud thereafter the railway link extends towards Chamrajnagar.

Gundlupet has a key strategic role  as buses towards Ooty and towards Calicut have to pass through this township. A broad guage railway link to the township of Gundlupet will have many advantages more than anything else it will ease the population load on Mysore Bus stand and also the Mysore railway station.Instead of travelling to Mysore interim populace could directly travel to Gundlupet  by train and proceed to Ooty or Calicut by bus. A major Government bus stand can be planned at this place with pathways and link to the Gundlupet Railway Station.

Railway links to places like  Sultan battery (Ganapativattom) and Vythiri in Wayanad through the forests can also reduce travel time to Calicut and other towns in Kerala. The Government is planning a tunnel from Meppadi in Wayanad to Anakampoyil in Calicut through the Western Ghat mountains the tunnel being some ten kilometers long..the tunnel could also accomodate the Railway line.

For reasons unknown such a project has not been undertaken as the time and expenses to lay such a railway line  would not be much considering it is level land and  could help propel  the economy of this sector.

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CREATING GOOD WEB SITES

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DONALD TRUMP ON BANGALORE

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APARA KEERTHI GALISI...KANNADA SONG

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JIS GALI MEIN TERA GHAR...MUKESH SONG

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BILL CLINTON

 

TUM BIN JAON KAHAN HINDI SONG

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HINDI SONG ZUBAN PE DARD BHARI DAASTAN

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THE HOLY CROSS COLLEGE IN CALICUT KOZHIKODE

When the weather gets cold in Bangalore  I  take a break for a day or so and visit the city of Calicut or Kozhikode to enjoy warmth and the hot afternoon sun which is stimulating. There are exceptional A/C buses that ply on this route and there are decent budget hotels in Calicut also called Kozhikode in the vernacular.

When at Calicut I toyed with the idea of visiting HOLY CROSS COLLEGE where my younger son Gireesh studied. This college is affiliated to the CALICUT  UNIVERSITY and is a division of HOLY CROSS Jesuit institutions run by European missionaries and is situated near the MALAYALA MANORAMA office in Nadakkavu not far from Mananchira .

To me it seemed to be a well run Educational enterprise operating from some five acre campus and has the instant looks of a Three Star Hotel in its posture with attentive and responsive staff.I went up to the third floor to meet one of the teachers who taught Gireesh. I was told by some students there are hostel facilities here.

To my understanding the overall city of Calicut can be developed on the lines of Bangalore .The only issue is that the forest gates of the Bandipur forests are closed in the night and most buses take the Manantavady route where the roads for nearly fifty kilometers is not good and bumpy.Some kind of a FLYOVER or a UNDERPASS must be considered to bypass the forests.

There are some ways in which this can be done.Over the entire lenghth of the road through the Bandipur forests erect walls on either sides some six feer high so that animals like elephants dont trespass into the road and provide broad and fairly high underpass at several points on this stretch of roads for animals to move beneath without transgressing this road. One another option would be to put a flyover over the forests in the Mysore H D Kote road so that buses can reach Manantavady via this corridor during night times reducing travel times to Calicut drastically. It is ludicrous to keep forest gates closed in the night creating waste of valuable time to all forms of Commuters.

Budget Hotel in this place: Aradhana Tourist Home;  04952302223, 04952303978, 04952302220 ; 9947665556

CREATING A WATER GRID PAN INDIA

India as a country is self-sufficient in the area of Electrical Power to my understanding and power situation is much better than what it used to be few decades ago , largely due to the creation of the POWER GRID CORPORATION  which is a national grid that supplies power between states ,largely drawing power from surplus states and sharing it with places where there is power deficit so much so that any power generation facility in the country can service any state in the country.

The same mechanisim must be duplicated with regards to water creating a NATIONAL WATER GRID.There might be water crisis in the country during certain months of the year and also a short supply.

Some five years back I was walking through Esplanade in Kolkata where I saw water outlets on the road with gushing water with a voluminous flow rate and I was told that these facilities supply water  24/7  around the year.The concept is to create such a network pan-india which would be immune to seasons and also could provide input water for the water bottling industry which to my understanding draws ground water for bottling.

Water issues existed in Bangalore since time immemorial where in the distant past many lakes were dug every few kilometers which would give both ground water and harvested water from the rains.Fifty years back we had ground water at 30 ft but now on an average must be around 300ft which shows depletion in ground water levels.

The earliest attempt to pump water into the city of Bangalore was undertaken by the British who pumped water into the Cantonment area from the Tippagondanahalli  reservoir in the Magadi hills.To my understanding  this has been augmented by water supplies from the Cauvery river which is fairly distant from the city.The present day world has a active bottled water industry which supplies potable water on-demand in the retail chain.

There could be some kind of a water deficit situation in the future .To my understanding mean time between rains in the country could be some one month and a half which could have a more severe impact during the summer months due to heat and evaporation.Any issue of this kind can be solved locally but the ideal situation is to create a NATIONAL WATER GRID  which could fill up drying rivers and other key water bodies..the water ideally being drawn from the Seas.

India as a country is blessed with the sea on three sides.A city like  Kolkata can draw water from the Hoogly river which is perennial and an extension of the Ganges river because of the water inputs from the Himalayas. The idea on one side is to make rivers in South India perennial and also provide water to door steps  around the year and round the clock in a abundant and gushing fashion..water which is both potable and can be used for generic purposes.

The idea is to create a National Water Grid  which is activated from water from the Sea.Using both the support of Gravitation and  pumping technology cleansed and desalinated water from the seas must find its way through every corner of the country.How such a system can be created must be deliberated by Water specialists.

The issue of water can be of concern in the future.Using pumping systems would be costly and energy demanding;but a national grid should be created like what we have with electrical power to respond to any water demands any time of year with ease and responsiveness.

PALGHAT/PALAKKAD

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