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Everybody is eager to know what is happening around them! The curiosity to know about the happenings and the events of the Udaipur never dies. What if I tell you that you can keep yourself updated about the city sitting at your home.

Sometimes, we want to keep ourselves updated about what is going on in our own Udaipur city which on our daily news channel we are not able to fetch. And so we bring you a platform where you can read every update and news related to the city. Be it government updates, social events, or important information, you can find everything in a single place along with relevant images and specific details. News of Udaipur is a special platform for all the News enthusiasts who wants to know about the benchmark events of the town, the book releases, the press releases, the events, and many other important updates about the city with 100% authenticity and lightning fast speed.

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Wyndham, the World’s Largest Hotel Group to enter Udaipur

For those who are hearing this name for the first time, let me inform you that Wyndham Hotel Group is the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,190 hotels and 611,200 rooms in 65 countries. Apparently, there have been rumours of the hotel giant visiting India for exploring new opportunities in the country.

Out of which, there is an agreement with Unique Mercantile India Private Limited, a large real estate development firm in India, and also includes the development of a new 120-room Ramada resort in our Udaipur that is supposed to feature a spa, swimming pool, game room, a poolside bar and international cuisine. The hotel’s first 72 rooms are due to open in April 2012 with 48 additional rooms completed by December 2014.

We wish all the very best to this venture. Udaipur, being one of the most exquisite tourist spots, is gaining fame worldwide. This step shall open doors of many new development opportunities for Lakecity.

Source credits: http://www.worldpropertychannel.com/

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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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शेखर पांचाल हत्याकांड: किसकी नज़र लग गयी उदयपुर को

Shekhar Panchal Udaipur

Shekhar Panchal Udaipur

मेरा उदयपुर अपनी खूबसूरती…. अपनी मेहमान नवाजी के लिए पूरे  विश्व में जाना जाता है….पर पिछले कुछ समय से जैसे मेरे शहर की अस्मिता को ही कोई ग्रहण लग गया लगता है….
पेसिफिक कोलेज का का एक छात्र शेखर पांचाल, जो अपनी मिलनसारिता के चलते मारा गया. उसकी इतनी ही गलती थी कि चचेरे भाई हर्षित के दोस्त और अपने से उम्र में बड़े प्रदीपसिंह भाटी (कोटा) को उसने अपना दोस्त समझा. और उसी दोस्त ने फिरौती के लिए शेखर का अपहरण कर लिया.. जब सारा उदयपुर नए साल की अगवानी में व्यस्त था तब न जाने किस स्थिति में शेखर को उदयपुर से कोटा ले जाया जा रहा था… शेखर के पिता फिरौती के रूप में 5 किलो सोना और एक करोड़ रुपये नकद देने को भी तैयार हो गए… पर बदले में क्या मिला…!!! पूरे बारह  दिन बाद  चम्बल नहर में तैरती शेखर की लाश…जिसकी पहचान तक मुश्किल… कद काठी से एक बाप ने अपने बेटे की लाश की तस्दीक की. पिछले दस दिनों से शेखर को तलाशने में हाथ पैर मार रही पुलिस शायद लाश पाकर तसल्ली कर चुकी होगी. पर उस बाप का क्या,जिसका एकलौता बेटा अब इस दुनिया में नहीं रहा. उस परिवार का क्या,जिसने पढने के लिए अपने लाल को उदयपुर भेजा… क्या उदयपुर उनके आंसू पोंछ पायेगा.. क्या पुलिस लौटा पायेगी एक माँ को उसका बेटा… उसका शेखर…!!!  सुनते आये हैं हम कि अगर पुलिस चाहे तो शहर में किसी की चप्पल तक चोरी नहीं हो सकती. पर शायद तब पुलिस भी अपने अंदाज़ में नया साल सेलिब्रेट कर रही होगी….
अख़बारों में आज ये खबर सुर्ख़ियों में है… कागजों का बड़ा हिस्सा काला कर दिया अक्षरों से… पर कहीं ये शब्द ढूंढे से न मिले कि अब आगे क्या ?? क्या फिर किसी परिवार को रोना पड़ेगा.. फिर कोई अपराधी किसी और शहर से आकर उदयपुर में जो मर्ज़ी,वो काम कर जायेगा ?? पिछले कुछ समय की घटनाओं पर नज़र डाले तो पाएंगे कि कभी किसी व्यापारी से सोना लूट लिया जाता है… किसी को लिफ्ट देने के बहाने लूटपाट कर बीच रस्ते सिसकने के लिए फेंक दिया जाता है… किसी बच्चे के सामने उसके माँ-बाप का क़त्ल हो जाता है..खेत में काम कर रही किसी वृद्धा के पैर काट कर चांदी की कड़ियाँ लूट ली जाती है… और हम… हम दंभ भरते हैं कि हमारा शहर सबसे शांतिप्रिय और खुबसूरत शहर है… क्यों किसी की इतनी हिम्मत हो जाती है … क्यों अब क़ानून का भय नहीं रहा आम लोगों में..
आरोपी प्रदीप ने अपने कर्जे से उबरने के लिए शेखर का बोहरा गणेशजी से अपहरण तो कर लिया..पर शायद बाद में घबरा गया. शेखर उसको पहचानता तो था ही.. अगर फिरौती मिलने के बाद वो शेखर को जाने देता,तब भी उसका पकड़ा जाना पक्का था… तो क्या पहले ही उसने तय कर लिया गया था कि शेखर को मरना होगा ?? और जब इतना प्रदीप सोच सकता है तो फिर उसमे और किसी बड़े अपराधी में क्या अंतर… पुलिस ने तो इतनी तफ्तीश की है कि उसने शेखर को उदयपुर से कोटा ले जाते वक़्त रस्ते में ही मार दिया.. फिर बाद में अपने परिवार वालों और दोस्तों के साथ मिलकर गाड़ी की धुलाई की. हत्या के बाद अपने दोस्त को फोन कर केरोसिन मंगवाया.. शेखर का चेहरा विकृत किया..जलाया… उसके शरीर के टुकड़े किये..एक बोरे में भरे और चम्बल में फेक दिया… और बाद में शेखर के ही फोन से फिरौती के लिए फोन….
शेखर के पिता अपने लख्ते-जिगर का शव देखकर फूट फूट कर रो पड़े… बस बार बार यही कह रहे थे..मेरे बच्चे को मार दिया..मेरे जिगर के टुकड़े की हत्या कर दी. घर पर इसकी माँ को क्या जवाब दूंगा.. उसको पता चलेगा तो बेचारी मर जाएगी.मैंने शेखर को कभी किसी बात की कमी नहीं आने दी.जब जब बाहर से आया, उसने जो मंगाया-लेकर आया. बेटा कहाँ है, एक बार सामने आ जाये..फिर मैं दुनिया से लड़ लूँगा. ..!!
इन आंसुओं को समाज कैसे पोंछ पायेगा.. क्या हमें ये मान लेना चाहिए कि अब हम भी किसी उत्तर-पूर्व के राज्य की तरह हो चुके है… अजीब संयोग है कि शेखर के मरने की खबर तब आई जब महामहिम राष्ट्रपति महोदया , महामहिम राज्यपाल, सूबे के वजीर गहलोत साहब सब शहर में ही थे …
पर क्या सारी गलती पुलिस पर थोपकर हम आज़ाद हो गए ?? आखिर कब सजग होंगे हम … आज इन्टरनेट के चलते हम हर संपर्क में आने वाले से दोस्ती कर लेते हैं. ये भी नहीं जानते कि वो कौन है, उसका अतीत क्या है… बस उसके “हाय” का जवाब बड़ी फुर्ती से दे देते है… अगर चार पांच दिनों की बातचीत के बाद वो शख्स अगर आपको कोफी- सिगरेट पीने बुलाये..आप ख़ुशी ख़ुशी अपनी मोटर बाइक उठाकर चल देते है… हर आदमी गलत होता है, ये कहना मेरा मकसद नहीं… पर शायद कई जगह हम खुद को सबसे बड़ा होशियार भी समझने लगते है.. परिवार वाले भी घर खर्च का पैसा देकर इतिश्री कर लेते है. कही न कही गलती हम भी करते है…

शेखर की आत्मा को उदयपुर ब्लॉग की श्रृद्धांजलि और आपसे आखिरी सवाल… आखिर कब सजग होंगे हम …!!!!!

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Taj Lake Palace awarded the No. 1 Hotel in Asia & Pacific

Lake Palace Udaipur

Lake Palace Udaipur

Few days ago in an Annual meet of LHW(Leading Hotels of World) organized in Mumbai. Udaipur’s Taj Lake Palace was awarded the No. 1 Hotel in Asia and Pacific for its Quality and Commitment.

In the presence of Members of all the Leading Hotel Groups Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur was chosen for this award on behalf of its excellent accommodation, facilities and services. 🙂

Hotel Lake Palace is situated amidst the Lake Pichola and is the center of attraction for all the Tourists coming to Udaipur. This is now operated by Taj Group of Hotels.

Taj Lake Palace

Photo Credits and Article Source: UdaipurPost.com

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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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Geetanjali University Inaugurated

Geetanjali University

Geetanjali Medical University

On 26th December 2011, Central Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Union Cabinet Minister, Road Tansport and Highways, Dr. C.P. Joshi inaugurated the Geetanjali University in Udaipur. On this occasion the chief guest Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad himself did an inspection in the facilities provided by the hospital and the education quality, and expressed that the reality was far beyond, and of course better than what he expected. He said that Geetanjali University has the potential to stand amongst one of the best universities of the country in accordance with the medical facilities, infrastructure, latest equipments, etc. Apart from this, he urged the media to cooperate with the government to spread the awareness of the government health schemes to the common man.

In his presidential speech, Dr. C.P. Joshi said that after the inauguration of such a great university in Udaipur, probably now there won’t be any requirement to send the patients to Ahmedabad, Noida, etc, and that even the poor people will get quality treatment from now onwards. Special Guest Dr. I.V. Trivedi, Vice Chancellor, Mohanlal Sukhadia University said that Geetanjali University is the first ever medical university of the region, and it is the first step of the development of the medical facilities in the region.

J.P. Agarwal, Chairperson, Geetanjali University informed about the medical facilities available currently at the university, and that there is an undergoing process for the establishment of a cancer and cardiology centre worth Rs. 50 crores. Also, from the new session, the university will begin even the Ph.D in programmes for the medical and paramedical students.

The chief guests also inaugurated Nirmaya, the annual magazine of Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital. There were cultural events too along with the program, and ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. A.A. Saifee. Check out the glimpses of the inaugural event at Geetanjali University,

Geetanjali Medical University

Geetanjali Medical University

Geetanjali Medical University

Geetanjali Medical University

Geetanjali University

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geetanjali medical university inaugural

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UdaipurLive.com is now UdaipurLakeCity.com

udaipurLakecity.com

udaipurLakecity.com

The wait for such a website in today’s hi-tech world seems to be fulfilled now, said Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar while inaugurating www.udaipurlakecity.com. He added “Everyone wants changes in life. Similarly it is very exciting to see the transformation of UdaipurLive.com into UdaipurLakeCity.com with its new features.”

Sudipto Biswas, the founder director of UdaipurLive.com said that we started this website two years ago with very exciting and new features. With the changing time, now we have added more new features to cop up with the present time.

Upesh Bhatt, the Managing Director, said that we have tried to provide maximum information about our city on just a click of a button. We have developed a Social Network here and provided area wise chat rooms like Hiran-Magri, Chetak, University Road, Fatehpura etc. Users can log-in into their desired chat rooms. We have also tried to bring forward the hidden talent of Udaipur to the limelight with our Talent of Udaipur section.

Regular temperature updates of the city are also available along with the information of latest and upcoming Gadgets and Automobiles. Money Convertor is also available on the site. Game freaks can enjoy online games on site. Various occasions’ e-cards can be sent to friends and relatives through the website itself.

Students can avail Free Career Tips and guidelines by the Career Consultant. One can even find information about various places of Udaipur. The site also has Yellow Pages.

We wish them all the best. 😀

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RNT Medical College gears up to celebrate Golden Jubilee

RNT College Udaipur

Two days to rejoice; two days of celebration; two days to celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of second “Home Sweet Home” of every medico who has passed out from RNT Medical College. Rabindra Nath Tagore medical college Udaipur is going to celebrate its golden jubilee this year on 25-26thDecember.

In the year 1961, the foundation stone of this college was laid by Sh. Morarji Desai, Finance Minister of that time. In the past 50 years, this huge tree has given its countless fruits in the service of mankind. It has made the best doctors of the world.

This event “The Golden Jubilee Celebration” is bringing together the medical students, the seniors and the juniors back to their campus, their city, their second home when every person related to this college will be cherishing their golden memories with their batch mates, family members and friends.

The organizing committee for the event consists of Dr. S.K. Kaushik as Patron, Dr. Kailash Somani as Organizing Secretary, Dr. F.S. Mehta as Chairman, Dr. Pramila Bajaj as Co-patron and Dr. P.C. Mewara as Co-chairman. The committee members are working hard to make the event a memorable one for everyone who will be witnessing it.

The two days extravaganza, starting from Sunday, 25th December 2011 to 26th December 2011, is planned to open up with R.N.T Nostalgia followed by sightseeing, group photos and batch meet. The evening will shine with Inaugural Ceremony at Lok-kala Mandal and a Cultural Eve at Rani Village.

On the next day, there will be consultation by eminent aluminis for general public following which there will be RNT carnival (picnic) at Verdia Farms, outside Sajjangarh gate. At night, Rani Village will be hosting the cultural events.

After the exhausting two days, when everyone will return to their home, we hope they will surely be having each and every moment of the past two days with them, in their heart as golden memories.

All the best to the Organizing Committee for a successful event and wishes to all the Aluminees to rock the event. 😀

RNT Gold Fest Pictures

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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.

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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