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Memories of Panache’12 – Singhania University Annual Fest

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Panache 2012 Photos

Panache’2012 – ‘Iconoclastic Sixties’ is an Annual Techno-Cultural Festival of Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, celebrating the underlining nature of all human activities. That is the passion to improvise, the desire to excel which drives us all towards brilliance and distinction.

Panache is all about such Moments! It encapsulates within itself a series of conferences, world meets, workshops, technical competitions, presentations, exhibitions, cultural programs and much more.

The 4-day extravaganza started with a Inauguration ceremony by Her excellency, Governor of Gujarat, Dr. Kamla Beniwal. Starting with a Conference on VLSI and Embedded Systems, Cloud Computing and Mobile Technology followed by Management Conclave proved to be very enriching for students. Then a Classical Dance Performance by Rajesh Sharma and Group and a play ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ performed by ‘The Performers’ written by Dr Laique Hussain and directed by Anukampa Laique, based on the biography of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore were enjoyed by the Audience.

As a part of its Social responsibility, it organized a Blood Donation drive by the Students and Faculty Members of SPSU. Various Events like Prop-Opp Parliamentary Debate, Speech Competition, Debate Competition proved to be a gamut of challenge. We also experiencd art in its most beautiful form through an Eye catching Painting Exhibition by artish Kamal Sharma.

We also witnessed a sense of ecstasy and hilarity in many informal Events like Salad Decoration Competition, Monochromatic Painting Competition, Slate-Creative Writing Competition, Paper Dance and much more. A sudden Flash Mob by final year Students left everyone astonished. We also enjoyed mouth watering dishes and Delicious icecreams at Food Fair from Happinezz’, ‘Chef’s Venture Fast-food Joint’ and The University Canteen.

The day ends with Cultural nights having sensational dance performances and Hysterical ever-rocking Band nights by Rudraksh, Evergreen and Parikrama Rock bands.

The 4 day adventurous journey of Panache Fest ended with a valedictory Function addressed by Dr. Girija Vyas, Member of Parliament, with a lot of reminiscences.

Indeed the experience at Panache’12 is one of those ecstatic Eureka moments which the students would cherish forever. With more events and bigger prizes than ever before, Panache 2012 was truly an extravaganza. 🙂

 

Panache 2012 Udaipur

Panache 2012 Pictures

Rudraksh Band Panache 2012

Rudraksh Band

A Post by : Riddhi Surana and Swapnil Bhatnagar

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International Workshop on Advances in Control Systems (IWACS-2102)

Prof J A Moreno Perez (left) & Prof Leonid Fridman (right) feeling proud to be honoured with the traditional saffa
Prof J A Moreno Perez (left) & Prof Leonid Fridman (right) feeling proud to be honoured with the traditional saffa
Prof Leonid Fridman giving the Lecture
Prof Leonid Fridman giving the Lecture

An international workshop on Advances in Control Systems was organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur with technical support from Department of Electronics, University College of Engineering, RTU Kota.

Prof Leonid Fridman and Prof J A Moreno Perez from National Autonomous University of Mexico were the main speaker and our guest of honour. Prof Fridman is well known in the field of Control System. He is the associate editor of conference editorial board of IEEE control systems society, member of TC on Variable Structure Systems and Sliding mode control of IEEE Control System Society. His research interests include variable structure systems, singular perturbations and time-delay systems. He has published more than 90 technical papers in peer reviewed journals. Prof J A Moreno Perez has several years of experience in Control System and has published more than 40 technical papers. The others speakers at the workshop were Prof Rajeev Gupta and Dr Girish Parmar.

The speakers at the workshop were internationally known personalities in the field of Control Systems. Lectures were delivered on various advanced topics in control system. Prof Leonid Fridman spoke about the three generations of sliding mode controllers. Prof J. A. Moreno Perez’s talk was on Observer based compensation of matched and unmatched uncertainties. Prof Rajeev Gupta spoke of the latest trends in fuzzy logic based power stabilizers for single-machine and multi-machine power systems. Dr Girish Parmar gave the talk on reduced order modelling and its application in control system design.

More than 70 students attended the workshop and enhanced their knowledge and understanding of latest advances and trends in control system.

The workshop was inaugurated by the Guest of Honour, Prof Fridman and Prof Moreno by lightening the lamp along with Lord Saraswati’s vandana sung by the volunteers. Mr R S Vyas introduced the guests/ speakers to the intellectual audience. The certificates were distributed by Prof Rajeev Gupta, Prof Mithilesh Kumar and Dr Girish Parmar to all the attendees. Dr Rajbeer Sharma gave the vote of thanks to all the guests, speakers and the attendees.

Prof J A Moreno Perez giving his Lecture
Prof J A Moreno Perez giving his Lecture
Prof J A Moreno Perez (left) & Prof Leonid Fridman (right) feeling proud to be honoured with the traditional saffa
Prof J A Moreno Perez (left) & Prof Leonid Fridman (right) feeling proud to be honoured with the traditional saffa

News Submitted by : Piyush Javeria (Assistant Prof., Techno India NJR)

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International Qualifications for Udaipur’s School Going Children

University of Cambridge

With tremendous growth now parents of Udaipur can afford international qualifications for their school going children. Especially those who are planning to send their children abroad for higher education. Unfortunately at present there is no school offering international qualifications in Udaipur, but IB and IGCSE are quite common options the parents of Udaipur recognizing now. Presently these curriculum’s are limited to elite class and upper middle class, as these curriculum’s demand for little higher fee structure.

International Baccalaureate, popularly known as IB (www.ibo.org), is running its programme in more than 100 countries since 1960. The IB Curriculum is designed as an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with international examinations that prepares students, for success at university and life beyond.

The IB curriculum is divided into three levels, PYP (Primary Year Programme) is for Primary years, MYP (Middle Year Programme) for middle school students and DP (Diploma Programme) for senior secondary level students. IB has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities and boards.

The programme:

  • provides a package of education that balances subject breadth and depth, and considers the nature of knowledge across disciplines.
  • encourages international-mindedness in IB students, starting with a foundation in their own language and culture developed a positive attitude to learning that encourages one to become lifelong learner.
  • gains a reputation for its rigorous external assessment with published global standards.
  • emphasizes the development of the whole student–physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.

So far, India has 74 IB schools. IB curriculum is exclusive for children belong to upper middle class and the rich.  Its fee structure is anytime higher than the RBSE and CBSE schools. Out of these 74 IB schools Rajasthan has just two schools offering IB Curriculum at present and a few are in the process to get affiliation. Interestingly these two IB schools claim that the fee in these schools is the least in India. They charge somewhere between Rs 1.5 to 2 lakh per annum. A few IB schools in Delhi and Mumbai charge as far as Rs 6 lakh to 9 lakh per annum.

IB students have an edge in appearing for exams like CET, PMT, IIT, BMS, CPT and CLAT. They are better equipped due to the in-depth self-study undertaken during the IB Programme.  The assessment of students is done through internal tests, projects, portfolios, commentaries and essays. Even participation in community service is assessed.

The main highlight of this curriculum is that many universities in the UK and US award transfer credits to IB Diploma graduates. These credits could translate into saving from six months to a year during the undergraduate degree courses.

The Association of Indian Universities (www.aiu.org) recognizes the IB Diploma (Class XII) equivalent to plus two class of CBSE, ICSE and other state boards.

Cambridge International Examinations (www.cie.org.uk) is another famous international curriculum which is spreading at very fast pace in India. Like IB, CIE (Cambridge International Examinations) is also outspreaded in more than 120 countries; Cambridge International Examination is a part of Cambridge University UK.

The University of Cambridge International Examinations hands out various qualifications. For Primary level CIE offers CIPP (Cambridge International Primary Programme), for Middle school Secondary Level-1 and Level-2 are on offer which includes Checkpoint for Grade 8, for Grade 9 and 10 exams like IGCSE, O-Level and ICE. And for plus two level students CIE offer A-Level programme.

At present there are 254 CIE-affiliated schools in India, with around 8 of them in Rajasthan. These eight schools offer different Cambridge International Examination programmes like Checkpoint, IGCSE, ICE, O and A level Exams.

Its IGCSE programme is the most popular programme in the world among 14 to 16 year age group. The main highlights of this programme are wide range of subject options, division of each subject as per the learner’s capabilities as core and extended level, and the most interesting one is on gaining C grade or up, in English as first language or as second language, the IGCSE student needs not to get into TOEFL and IELTS Exams. IGCSE English with Grade C or up is widely accepted by all Anglophone countries like UK, US, Australia, NZ, Canada and SA.

IB and CIE Curriculums are becoming popular day by day in India and Udaipur is also becoming familiar with these terms. If you want to know more you can get in touch with these boards by visiting their websites WWW.IBO.ORG  and WWW.CIE.ORG.UK.

Post by : Pradeep Sharma

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Resolutions: Welcome 2012

Days passed, months ended and here we are about to bid goodbye to 2011 . Yes! Its high NEW YEAR TIME guys and apart from celebrations, hangouts and shopping, everyone wants to get the best out of them in the upcoming year 😀 The first thing that clicks every individual’s mind is WHAT changes they want in them, WHAT new they intend to bring in their life :O. As we all are aware that human wants and zests are unlimited, so the identification of immediate longing plays an enormous role. This is what defines a resolution.

Whenever I see New Year approaching, the first thought in my mind (of course after deciding the New Year gift) is what to resolve for the next year. One should adjudicate their goals according to their capabilities. To share old memories, in our School times, every girl (GIRLS CONVENT SCHOOL) had to resolve the best thing she aspires. Though we never followed what we resolved, but it was fun knowing what everyone wanted to achieve. Funny upshots came up like “I WOULD DATE THE BEST GUY OF THE CITY”, “I WOULD MAKE MYSELF A PERFECT ZERO FIGURE”  and many more ( trust me, girls don’t miss a single chance to prove themselves SILLY). One of the toppers of the class suggested providing lunch to the poor children (TO MENTION-the children coming to our very own school for free education). That soon became the resolution of our whole class, and believe me, that CHARITY gave the best of the feel deep down the heart.

Coming back to the concerned topic, there are many resolutions one can take to make himself, his family, and even the entire city happier and a joy to live in 2012. To give a start, I can see almost all the youngsters, despite knowing about the disadvantages and the health issues that may arise in the future are addicted to consumption of drugs, liquor, and most of all, Hukkah. A local paper of Udaipur dated 21st December 2011, reads out that Udaipurites have resolved to fight against the consumption of anti-social consumables like Liquor, Cigarettes, Hukkah, etc, which is a statement of pride in itself. Surveys also state and swear that Hukka is being banned in Udaipur from the very first day of 2012 itself. With the rising drug addiction and high stream of money, it’s high time to make everyone aware about the pros and cons of these drugs.

With high number of poverty stuck illiterate people, it’s our responsibility to raise voice against expanding social issues like child marriage, female infanticide/feticide (Both are at its highest peak in Rajasthan). It is the duty of Youth to resolve to scrap out these problems as well as ameliorate them among the ignorant. This can be the next resolution in one’s life if someone really wants to help the society as well.

Huge numbers of accidents are taking place in the city because of rash driving. Recently the cover story in a local daily reported against a boy aged 16 years riding his bike at 120 plus kmph, and hitting a herd (group of cattle) that came on the same way. So everyone should resolve to prove to be good citizen and prove to be a better human. Let no animal be injured, but most important, be responsible while driving on the roads, as you are even responsible for the traffic that move around you.

Bringing the most important topic into concern and admiring my own city-the city of lakes. We all know its beauty has made it the favourite tourism spot in whole of the Rajasthan, and even the world. So, resolving to keep the city clean and being eco friendly will be a great contribution. It is in our hands to take Udaipur to a new height. There are many points one can just start up with. So Udaipurites- think innovative, give a chance to yourself, resolve high and achieve big.

For the cessation, I would just end up saying that do something which brings a positive alteration because WE, THE YOUTH CAN CREATE A DIFFERENCE 😀

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone in advance. 🙂

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Guest Article by: Geetanjali Khatri

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Celebrate your new year with EXPLOSION O’12

Explosion 2012

Explosion 2012

Celebrate your new year with EXPLOSION 0’12 organized at Lake City Garden, Thokar choraha. Techno India NJR & Xplozzers present this joyful night for the youth of Udaipur. Let’s rock on the open dance floor with enthralling light and sound in heart of Udaipur City. Enjoy heart thumping DJ music, open-air disco, exciting activities and delicious food at extremely affordable rates.

The event will have performance from Rock band “Jobless workers”. Considering New Year is right around the corner, it’s time to get the ball rolling. So don’t miss this New Years Eve Celebration 2012 at any cost. Sponsors for the event are Techno India NJR , Mahima Regency, Shakes Delight, Scissors, Ashoka Bakery, VIIT

The party passes costs are as follow:

  • For Single entry: Rs. 300 per person
  • For Couple entry: Rs. 500 per couple

Timing – 9 pm onwards till the clock strikes to the New Year…

Contact Numbers: 9602907415, 9672405657, 8769907887, 9636732396

Article by : Priyank Sharma 🙂

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[Pictures] Christmas Celebrations in Udaipur

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

Christian community in India celebrates Christmas with pomp, gaiety and devotion. This festival is celebrate evening of Christmas on 24th Dec and continue till New Year’s Day. All Christians across the country mark the birth of Lord Jesus Christ in Christmas day by participate in special masses organized in churches. Celebration of Christmas is marked by carols, cakes, candles, bells and the decoration of Christmas tree. Ladies start preparations for the traditional Christmas cake which is anxiously awaited not just by the entire family but also by the neighbors.  This festival has assumed secular overtones and evening joyfully celebrated by people of all religions and community. Christmas day called “Bada Din” (Big Day) in Hindi and Christmas is a national holyday in India. People from all religions join their Christian friends to make the most of the joys celebration. Christmas in India may not be as widespread affair as in some western country but in India, this festival is celebrated by the Christian community across the country with great zeal and gaiety. People staying in different cities for job or higher studies rush back to their homes to celebrate Christmas with their near and dear ones.

Old Lady Fatima Church

Customs of Christmas celebration vary in the vast expansion of India, this varies largely because of local culture of influence. Generally, on the day of Christmas, people of Christmas fraternity gather in church for worship. Here, they attend Church services and sing carols. There is also the concept of Midnight in India. In fact, it is a very important service and holds great religious significance amongst the Christians of the country. On the night of 24th December, all the Christian families attend the Midnight mass at the local churches. The Churches in India are also decorated with the Poinsettia flowers. In South India, for instance, Christians light clay lamps on the rooftop and walls of their houses, the same way as Hindus decorate during the “Diwali” festival.  . Besides, in several states of India a popular custom is to decorate customs is to decorate customs banana or mango tree instead of traditional Pine tree. In northwest India, the tribal Christians of the Bhil tribe go out night after night for a week during Christmas to sing their equivalent of carols the whole night through. In Mumbai, which has one of the largest Roman Catholic communities in India, there is a tradition to depict nativity scenes and decorate home with big stars.

Udaipur celebrated the year with lots of joy and happiness. The celebrations though started long before the Christmas day itself. There was an Inter-Church Caroling too, held in the Pentecostal Church (situated at Rani Road) this year, on Dec 23.

Father Kulranjan Nicholas, Parish Priest, The Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral (popularly known as St. Paul’s church) said that the highlight would be the Vigil Mass on Dec 24 from 11pm to 2am, where Bishop Joseph Pathalil would be the main celebrant of the Mass, assisted by more than 10 priests. “It will be in Hindi and after the Mass, we will have refreshments as the clergy and parishioners to greet each other a blessed Christmas. It is a time for family get-togethers, praying together. There will also be cultural programmes” Fr. Ranjan said. He trusted the dedicated team of people in charge of the project will come up with a remarkable and outstanding display of the Nativity Scene. This week, Fr Ranjan (and his assistant priests) has/have also been going around this week giving sacraments to the sick and the bedridden. Fr Ranjan added that a blood donation campaign is also being planned tentatively to be held on Dec 29 in the church premises. Check out the pictures below to see the Christmas celebrations in Udaipur

In the end, Team UdaipurBlog wishes all its readers a very happy Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. 🙂

Guest Author: Aniket John

Photo courtesy: Aniket John and Mujtaba RG

Special Thanks: Father Kulranjan Nicholas

SHEPHERD MEMORIAL CHURCH
Shepherd Memorial
Old Lady Fatima Church
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

Old Lady Fatima Church

SHEPHERD MEMORIAL CHURCH

SHEPHERD MEMORIAL CHURCH

SHEPHERD MEMORIAL CHURCH

SHEPHERD MEMORIAL CHURCH

 

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Father Kulranjan Nicholas
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Aniket, our Guest Author for the day
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Rajasthani Folk Music Performance at IIM Udaipur

IIMU

IIMU

On a serene evening of 22 December IIM Udaipur witnessed it’s first ever-cultural event in collaboration with SPIC-MACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth). The event observed magical performance from a Maestro Shri Bhutte Khan Manganiar and his troupe. The event started at 4:15 pm and was inaugurated by Director, IIMU – Professor Janat Shah, PGP Chairperson Mr Sasi Nair and Administrative Head Colonel (Retd.) Dinkar Hiteshi.

The event was inaugurated with “Deep Prajwalan” and a short welcome speech by Pritesh, Student. Later on the dais was handed over to the troupe who sat up a spell on the audience by their spell binding performances in Rajasthani Folk Music. The opening Cover to their Performance was a Traditional Rajasthani welcome song “Kesariya Balam” which was followed by Mira Bai Kirtan and then came the performance of night when one of the members of the troupe produced a Jugalbandi – a magical synchronization of various instruments. Later performances on songs of Amir Khusro and Nimbooda were Icing on cake. The evening ended on a “high note” with every one immersed in the Sufi chant of Dum-a-Dum Mast Kalandar.

The event was highly praised by Director stating – “May you guys organize a lot more events like this making IIM Udaipur a unique institution which believes in global growth and at the same time encourages local culture.”  Then the evening came with speech of thanks proposed by our Arnab, Student.

IIMU

IIMU

 

Details By : IIMU Media Cell  –  Article Contribution by: Priyank Sharma   –

Photos By: Mujtaba R.G. , Gaurav Bhattacharya

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[Pictures] Shilpgram 2011 – Day 2 – The Maharashtra Day

Shilpgram Day2

In the running colors of shilpgram it was Maharashtra to show it’s culture and tradition today. Even being the second day, there was a huge crowd of spectators who were there to see the maharashtrian art forms.

Maharashtra day was celebrated with great excitement and passion. One can hear the crowd shouting “Jai bhawani” and “Jai Shivaji”, and whole environment was coloured in the stream of Marathi madness.

Maharashtra day started with Ganesh Aarti followed by heart sizzling performance of Marathi performers. One can see the glance of Gudipadwa, Gokul Ashtami and Ganpati Utsaav in the performances, but the art form of the people of sangli snatched the breath of the audience. The ending was a grand success with combined performance of all Marathi artists.

Dance performances were full of colors and enriched in different art forms of Maharashtra, and were choreographed by Kavita Koli, a veteran in this profession by 25 years. While talking to Kavita koli she said that “My focus is to present the art forms in the best way I can, and the idea is to experiment with new elements to expand its horizon”.

The Maharashtra Day was inaugurated by Director of Cultural Affairs – Ashutosh Ghorpade(Maharashtra),  P. Laliakar.(Goa) and Furqaan Shaikh(Additional Director WZCC)

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Shilpgram Day2

Photos By : Mujtaba R.G.      —       Article By : Priyank Sharma

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CA’s Cacophony concludes

For the first time Udaipur organized Youth festival for C.A. students named “CAcophony” from 17- 18 December. After completion of exams in December CA students enthusiastly participated in all the events.

Gaurav Vyas, Director of CA Student Association (Udaipur) informed that more than 400 CA students showed their creativity and skills by participating in events like Collage, Rangoli, Short Plays depicting the present scenario of our country and society.

Many students showed their talent in singing and dancing competition, Rahul Dubey and his group in group song category Komal Sharma and Shubham jain in solo song and aniket kunawat in solo drama were awarded first prize. It was nice to see that spectators admired this festival decided to organize this kind of fest every year.

This historic event was organized in Lok Kala Mandal and enthusiasm of participants and audience was on the seventh sky. It was suprising for most of the people that studs who were always found intangeled in books and accounts could participate and enjoy so merrily. “Live Wire” performance from CA Students was the timeline of the entire fest.

Hemant Jain, District Judge(Udaipur) Jain was the Chief Guest and Pavan Parashar, Chairman CIRC student Association,(Jaipur) was the guest of honour. Overwhelmed with the beautiful event and heart stealing performances they invited all the students to  the National summit which will be organized at jaipur from 30- 31 december to make it a grand success.

Submitted by : CA Mukesh Bohara  –   Compiled by: Priyank Sharma

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Results of ICAI Adarsh Cup 2011

ICAI Adarsh Cup 2011

ICAI Adarsh Cup 2011

 

MATCH PLAYED ON 8-12-2011
FIELD CLUB CRICKET GROUND
MATCH NO. TEAM-1 TEAM-2 WINNER TEAM RESULT MAN OF THE MATCH
1 VARANSI 128/9 UDAIPUR 145/5 UDAIPUR WINS BY 17 RUNS ASHISH PAHUJA  61 Runs, 1 wkt Hatrick By Deepak Aren , Udaipur
3 AGRA      68/5 FARIDABAD 72/4 FARIDABAD WINS BY 6 WICKETS Sourabh 28 runs
5 SURAT  222/1 ALWAR 128/6 SURAT WINS BY 94 RUNS Mayank Desai 90 runs
M.B. CRICKET GROUND -A
MATCH NO. TEAM-1 TEAM-2 WINNER TEAM RESULT MAN OF THE MATCH 
2 JAM NAGAR   110/6 PUNE        111/2 PUNE WINS BY 8 WICKETS Hiten Dungra 55 runs
4 INDORE   108/6 BHOPAL       181/3 BHOPAL WINS BY 73 RUNS Sandeep Rathore 42 runs & 2 wkts
6 PANIPAT    130/5 JODHPUR   133/0 JODHPUR WINS BY 10 WICKETS ASHISH CHOUDHARY 64 runs

Matchs for 9-12-2011 FRIDAY
FIELD CLUB CRICKET GROUND 
Match TIME TEAM-1 TEAM-2
1 8.30 AM PUNE INDORE
2 11:10 AM BHOPAL PANIPAT
3 1:50 PM JODHPUR JAMNAGAR
M.B. CRICKET GROUND -A
Match TIME TEAM-1 TEAM-2
1 8.30 AM UDAIPUR AGRA
2 11:10 AM FARIDABAD ALWAR
3 1:50 PM SURAT VARANASI

ICAI Adarsh Cup 2011

ICAI Adarsh Cup 2011

Details Provided by :
CA. MUKESH BOHARA – 9460082883
CA. PIYUSH CHORDIA – 9414167585