S. Venkatachalapathy

It was a Saturday evening. My son, a very bright mechanical engineer had come for the weekend and just wanted to go out for dinner. On the way he asked his mother whether we can buy a microwave oven. From the driving seat I replied that an offer like this should never be made to ladies since there is absolutely no likelihood for a ‘No’. One could guess what could have been the reaction. My son started feeling that I am a little old fashioned and a hurdle in modernising the kitchen. My wife didn’t want to loose the pride of owning a microwave oven. I tried to reason out my objections for two reasons. 1.Since the demand for the oven had not come from the lady who is supposed to use it, there is every likelihood that the equipment may not receive the attention that is required to put it to effective use. 2.I have not made any literature survey about this technology and do not have information about the mechanism, the advantages, the power consumption, the running cost and finally the ef...

A simple boon for common man Gayathri Manthra is the prayer of United Smart Soft skills and I would like to put on this blog why at all we chose this. The verse dates back to Rig Veda period when no religion was conceived. This was dedicated to this world by Brahma Rishi Maha Maha Viswamithra. This is a basically a prayer and exercise to enhance the intelligence and increase the awareness, the fundamental requirements for soft skills. How both are achieved by this manthra? Is it scientific or miraculous? When the mechanism of a miracle is understood it can be catagorised as scientific. The manthra has four lines including the prefix called vyahruthi, the first line of vedic manthras. OM BHUR BHUVA: SUVA: THATH SAVITHUR VARENNYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI DHIYOO YO NA: PRACHODHAYATH. The literal word by word meaning is as follows. OM- The pranavam Bhur- wake state Bhuva: - dream state Suva: -sleep state Thath Savithur- That Savithur( SUN GOD) Varennyam- the best be...

Entrepreneurship is a wonderful experience. If you are one who is in any manufacturing activity, you are doubly blessed, to feel happy about the products you manufacture and the customer satisfaction that your team produces. The biggest right you have under the sun is to orient your organization in the direction of your dreams. You may use any B-school jargons like mission or vision to make a show off that you have had the so called management education. Literally only your management skills make you cherish your higher platform and not your B-School scores. You have a wonderful position giving you access to almost all those who are working towards the goals set by you and those who are outside too, helping you in your mission. You enjoy the privilege of being driven internally by your own creative intelligence. You enjoy your unlimited freedom to live each and every moment as you wish creating new values, setting better examples and shouldering social responsibilities. How to enhance ...

It appears to be so funny when I listen to the +2 passed guys spell out their choice of the branch of study they want to take up. Some guys say that they want to take up bio-technology . Some guys want only electronics and communication Engineering …!!! If they say that they want to take up computer science, it sounds little logical, because they have some feel of the process of computer programming. But with near zero knowledge about ECE & Bio-tech how they have become passionate about these two branches? There is one more comedy called bio informatics. The colleges are definitely making huge collections exploiting this craze. Once the guys finish their engineering, the management education craze starts. Most of the Management institutes have a single building, a medium size library, two class rooms and a small seminar hall. This is their infrastructure!! They collect astronomical fees of the order of 13 lakhs. to 16 lakhs. A multi million racket is in place for looting money...

Some perceive Sree Krishna as the God, some adore him for he condensed the essence of Vedas and dedicated them through Baghavat Geeta, some try to establish that he is the Avatar of Perumal the Hindu God and thus tactfully restrict his great work only to the so called Vaishnavas a sect in Hinduism. Some one wanted to release Sree Krishna’s works from Vaishnavas and formed International Society For Krishna Consciousness(ISKON). We have to; in a way appreciate the work of ISKON without which I would not have had the opportunity to buy Baghavat Geeta. I bought this book from a guy who came to my door steps and solemnly pleaded that I take a copy for Rs.100/-. The only thought at that time was to just buy this book since I was taught in school that Bagavath Geeta is the holy book of Hindus. Since I was born as Hindu I thought at least I should read once what has been said in the holy book. I had completed two courses in Bible during my school days. There were also some portions of Ra...