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ICTConnect

A Quarterly Magazine from ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu

Volume I - Issue 2 - Nov 2010

Editorial Board

Dr. J.G. Sheshasaayee

Dr. G. Sainarayanan

Mr. B. Anbuthambi

Dr. K. Narasimhan

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ICTACT Student Project

Funding and Awards 20115Education For All – An Industry Perspective3

ICTACT Student Certification

Programs9Cloud Computing –

The future of IT7Emergence of Rural BPO

in Tamil Nadu12Skill Requirement –

Spoken Communication10Evolving Best Practices in

Engaging Colleges and

Students15 ICTACT Corporate Training

Solutions16

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M. SivakumarChief Executive Officer


Dear Friends,

Bridging the Industry – academia skill gap is one of the key activities for all the stakeholders in the higher education

system, including Institutions, Corporate and the Government. ICT Academy is one such first of its kind initiative of

Government of India, Government of Tamil Nadu and CII, which aims at creating industry relevant manpower for the Indian

ICT Industry.

ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu is one of a successful Private-Public-Partnership model and a pioneering initiative

with great participation from the Industry. Leading organizations like Cognizant, TCS, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Hexaware,

National Instruments, Cadence etc are supporting the initiative. More than 2700 faculty members from 720 Colleges have

been so far trained by the academy on various industry relevant courses.

ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu also promotes the rural BPO policy launched by the Government of Tamil Nadu, where

the academy acts as a facilitator between the Institutions and BPO Companies in setting up rural BPOs.

The initiative of bringing out a magazine by ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu is yet another initiative, which gives awareness

among the student and faculty members in the higher education institutions on various contemporary topics and skill

development areas.

I am sure that this ICTConnect magazine would reach to all stake holders in the higher education system on all the

efforts of the Academy and the Government to provide a sustainable growth in the IT Sector of our State.

Warm Regards

M. SivakumarChief Executive Officer


M E S S A G E

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Education For All – An Industry Perspective

Pratima Amonkar Director Academia

Microsoft India

Since the beginning of human evolution, each

generation has sought to ensure immortality and pass on

learning to the next generation. Humans have endeavored to

leave behind value systems, cultural & social mores, religious

doctrines, traditions and most importantly skills to the next

generation. Throughout pre-history there are evidences of

informal modes of instruction like poems, folklore, legends

and songs being used. As societies evolved, youth started

receiving instruction in a more structured, formal setting.

Elders of the tribe would take it upon themselves to impart

this education. Rituals, initiation ceremonies which imparted

specific skills led to the evolution of higher education, as we

know it today.

With the advent of writing systems, around 3500 BC,

education underwent a metamorphosis. Instruction could be

more accurate and less constrained by geographical

boundaries. Ironically, though, this period also increased

restrictions on education. Now, the changes in society were

reflected in the access to and the quality of education. This

was because the increased size of communities and cities, led

to society becoming more divided in lines of social classes.

Social stratification meant that a person’s class, gender or caste

determined or limited the occupation and therefore the

education the person might receive.For example, in Ancient

Egypt, literacy was concentrated among an educated elite

group of scribes. So, though Pharonic Egypt was one of the

earliest users of the written word, the rate of literacy is

estimated to be between 0.5% & 1%. In ancient India, on the

other hand, education was freely available. In fact, the gurukul

system of education was free. A voluntary gurudakshina was

paid on completion. All the same, as the caste system evolved,

education also became discriminatory.

So, today, the reality is that access to quality education

for all is not integral and needs legislation and strategy to

implement.

Recognizing this need, UNESCO in 1990, had

launched a global movement, aiming to meet the education

needs of all by 2015. With a 6 point goal sheet, 155 countries

had pledged to make Education For All a key priority. While

UNESCO leads this effort, globally, local support from

NGOs, Governments, Development agencies, Civil Societies

and media is crucial.

Now the question arises, what does Education For All

actually mean?

EFA is a right. Several countries have legislations in

place to assure access to education for every child.

Education allows us to reach our full potential as

human beings. Better health, better living standards, safer,

sustainable environments are only possible through

education. In other words, education is a development

imperative.

Most importantly EFA is really for ALL. Statistics

show that more than 55% of out-of-school children globally

are girls. Over 2/3rd of adults without access to education are

women. Merely increasing the opportunities to standard

education for distinctive groups like women, tribes, differently

abled, street children will not meet the needs. Exclusive and

precise efforts need to be made for these groups.

Education should also be relevant and responsive to

learner’s needs.

Education in India is, undoubtedly, one of the

imperatives for the country and the investment made over the

years has contributed hugely in propelling India’s growth in

the knowledge economy. The combination of quality content,

partnerships, training, and broad access-complemented with

the most appropriate technology to author, distribute, teach,

and connect-can transform education.

So, what is the role that technology must play in

addressing the challenges posed in providing EFA?

Access

Taking knowledge resources to the door step of the

learner, technology helps provide access to all. This is where

industry efforts to drive affordable computing will support

this key imperative. In a large number of schools in most

developing nations, a single computer is shared by multiple

children, often with ratios of as many as 5-10 children to a PC.

Multi Point is a paradigm in which individual access is


provided to each child around a shared computer. This results

in increased educational value and greater engagement, and

also effectively multiplies the value of each PC by providing

simultaneous shared access. With tools like Microsoft Multi

Point SDK 1.1, education developers have a platform to build

unique, collaborative applications for students across all

subjects. The solution will enable teachers to assign and

distribute work assignments based on each student’s level and

need, or establish a consistent experience, depending on the

needs of the class. Students can work on individual projects

and at their own pace, while finding, using and sharing

information effectively, enhancing their productivity and

learning experience. Additionally, software programs like

Microsoft’s Dream Spark program help keep students on the

cutting edge of technology. A software giveaway for qualified

students in the country, Dream Spark aims to provide students

with access to the latest Microsoft developer and designer

tools at no charge to unlock their creative potential and set

them on the path to academic and career success. The

program aims to equip a new generation of technology

leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to harness the

magic of software to improve lives, solve problems and

catalyze economic growth.

E-learning also has a very key role to play as a powerful

tool to provide standardized quality and equality of access. E-

Learning must be used as an effort multiplier for providing

access.

Finally, in enhancing the accessibility of learning

solutions, development of interfaces for other cognitive

faculties which would also help physically challenged learners

is extremely important.

Peer Collaboration

The role of technology to support and facilitate peer

collaboration is unique and impactful. Technology can

provide for connectivity and supply access devices. Most

importantly, technology can support content generation.

Tools like LCDS and Semblio help faculty develop innovative

material that can increase education effectiveness. Key to

faculty success lies in supporting peer-mentoring, once again

through the use of technology. Using ICT to provide a

platform to share ideas, build a community and pool

knowledge resources, will be the way forward in the future.

Digital Empowerment

The power of technology in education can be felt most

when it is used to bring about self-reliance through digital

literacy. In other words, teaching students and teachers to use

technology effectively, helps them access online content and

web-based learning which in turn increases the quality of the

education imparted and finally implemented in the workplace.

Microsoft’s Partners In Learning program has posted

tremendous results proving these surmises. This global

initiative is designed to actively increase access to technology

and improve its use in learning. Supporting schools gain better

access to technology, foster innovative approaches to

pedagogy, support teacher professional development and

provide education leaders with the tools to envision,

implement and manage change, is the aim of this initiative.

The role of technology, therefore, in driving Education For

All is immutable.

All of us, as a nation need to put our minds and might

to this crucial imperative. We need to join hands, to transform

education through a grass root level change through

community partnerships and inclusion. Using the local

language, creating and leveraging on local partnerships with

stakeholders, leaders and resources, we need to personalize

the change agenda for the benefit & development of local

communities through vocational programs. Next, we need to

use ICT to transform teachers in to coaches. Technology can

also be used to support migration of talent across schools and

colleges, promoting new ideas and fresh perspectives and best

practices. Most importantly, we need to use technology to

build the best and standardized digital content and make this

content repository available for teachers on the cloud. Using

robust cloud platforms like Azure, we should help distribute

this content in a personalized manner and in scale across all

schools. In conclusion, therefore, I would like to reiterate the

indisputable role played by technology in ensuring access to

quality education for all.

Pratima Amonkar is the Director, Academia for Developer and

Platform Evangelism (DPE) at Microsoft India based out of Bangalore.

In this role, she is responsible for spearheading Microsoft India’s efforts to

foster the Indian software ecosystem through deep strategic engagements

with students, educators, institutions and academic thought leaders. She is

a core member of the Microsoft India Developer and Platform group as

well as being a member of the WW global academia team.

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ICTACT Student Project Funding and Awards 2011

Results of the project proposals selected for funding are mentioned below

S.NoProject

ID

Title of the

Project

Name of the

Student(s)Supervisor (s) Name of the Institution

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

14.

13.

SPP/1/308

SPP/1/238

SPP/1/066

SPP/1/111

SPP/1/113

SPP/1/094

SPP/1/241

SPP/1/058

SPP/1/106

SPP/1/220

SPP/1/245

SPP/1/059

SPP/1/267

SPP/1/285

Transporter

Cell Phone based way finding for

Visually impaired

Secured query processing in

wireless sensor network

Development of RF Metamaterial Antenna

for Wireless Applications

Development of Printed monopole antenna for wireless applications

Automatic Solar Radiation Tracker

Anti-Hacked Virtual Private Network Secured Polling

Speed control of induction motor using

stacked multicell converter

An Intelligent Controller design for power quality

improvement in renewable energy sources(Solar)

Design of Wrist pulse measurement instrument

for Basic disease Diagnosis

GPS and GSM based Human health Monitoring

and Alert System

Implementation of stacked multicell

converter for Solar panel

Control of fuel valve in two wheelers using

HELMET

Fighting Online Click -fraud using

Bluff Ads

R. Rajkumar

G. Satish

G. Suryanarayanan

M. Ram kumar

R. Sankar

M. Dinesh

P. Hema Bharathi

P. Mani

R. Arun Kumar

Nair Rajesh

Rajasekaran

Dino John

D. Jebaraj

I. Gowrishankar

C. DavidChelladurai

N. Maheswari

P. Vinod Khanna

ER. Kowtham shankar

Hanah Ayisha

V. Hyder Ali

Binil Baby

A. Dinesh Kumar

P. Suresh

K. Pradeep Kumar

M. Swetha

J. Ashik Ahmed

R. Karthik

M. Balasubramaniam

R. Dhandapani

S.B. Karthikeyan

R. Yuvaraj

N. Krishna Kumar

M. Manamalli

T. Keerthana

S. Saibalaji

G. Rajasekaran

C. Jeswin Annish

P. Kamalakannan

S. Surendar

D. Shanmugam

Mr. G. Nagappan

Mr. M. Thangavel

Mrs. J. Vandarkuzali

Dr. C. Nalini

Mrs. B. Anandhi

Meena

Mrs. B. Anandhi

Meena

Mr. S. Prabakar

Ms. K. Thamarai Selvi

Ms. C. Yamini

Mr. Ponnambalam

Mr. S. Albert

Alexander

Mr. E. Muthukumaran

Mr.M. Thangavel

Mr. S. M. Srinivasan

Mr. Ponnambalam

Mr. A. Niranji kumar

Mr. K. Suresh kumar

Mr. B. Sakthi

Saravanan

Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai

Erode Sengunthar Engineering College,

Erode

Kongu Engineering College, Erode

Vickram College of Engineering,

Madurai


Madurai

Dr.N.G.P.Institute of Technology,

Coimbatore

Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology,

Coimbatore



SCAD College of Engineering &

Technology, Tirunelveli


Erode




ICTACT had invited applications for project proposals

from the final year students of Engineering/ Science

disciplines in Information and Communication Technology

(ICT) domain and received an overwhelming response. 320

projects were received from various engineering / Arts &

Science colleges across the State. The response and interest

shown by the member colleges is applauded. The selection

process was carried out and completed based on two

independent reviews, one by the industry and other by

academia, the criterion was purely based on technical

excellence.

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15. SPP/1/114

Data Acquisition system in military

using Ad-hoc Network

M. Ahmed FaisalMr. K. Muthukumaran

Mrs. N. Mahalakshmi


Madurai

16. SPP/1/253

A new method of Vehicle security locking system

with location identification using GSM

R. Nirmala

K. Priya

U. Sharmila

Mr.M. Thangavel

Ms. G. Lalli


Erode

17. SPP/1/119

A Novel Real-Time Intelligent Tele Cardiology

system using Wireless Technology To detect Cardiac Abnormalities

S. Kohila Ms. K. GowriKSR College of Engineering,

Tiruchengode

18. SPP/1/149A low cost extendable

framework for embedded smart car security system

M. Sakthi Priyadarshini

M. Regila Manohari

M Umaiyal

Ms. A. Yasodai

Ms. M. Parisa Beham


Madurai

19. SPP/1/233Energy efficient

automated power management system

J. Kannan Mrs. J. DheebaNoorul Islam College of Engineering,

Nagercoil

20. SPP/1/118GPRS based Heart rate

and ECG Monitoring System

Sameera Shaheed

Ajmal A. Sathar

Hassan Hussaid

Mr. Hakkins Raj K

Mr. S. Siva

Vinayaka Mission Kirupananda Variyar

Engineering College, Salem

21. SPP/1/234

Implementation of virtual database engine for high

performance distributed data integration using had

oop-map reduce

S. Sathya Mr. J. Victor JoseNoorul Islam College of Engineering,

Nagercoil

22. SPP/1/225Network energy

meter with smart billing

Vineeth Vasudevan

R J Vivek

Swati Sinha

Mr. P. Loganathan

Mr. T. Elayabharathi

Vinayaka Mission Kirupananda Variyar

Engineering College, salem

23. SPP/1/265Design and Implementation

of Arithmetic and logic unit using Verilog

M K Meena

P V Banoji Rao

P Bala Kumar

Mrs. Monica

P. SureshSaveetha Engineering College, Chennai

24. SPP/1/264

Growth of Transparent conducting thin films on

flexible substrates for flexible electronics

P S Krupa

K Sankari

R Suresh KumarMr. M. Singaaravelu

Saveetha Engineering College,

Chennai

25. SPP/1/086Reactive power control of autonomous wind-diesel

hybrid power system

M. Abinaya

A. LakshmiPriya

S. Mutharasi

Mr. P. Sivachandran

Mr. D. Saravana Selvan


Madurai

26. SPP/1/269Microcontroller based

variable frequency power inverter

E S. Silpa

A. Karthikeyan

S. Vaishnavi

Ms. Rathika KannanSaveetha Engineering College,

Chennai

27. SPP/1/048

Implementation of Business rules engine

using an improved algorithm

R. Shree Ranjani

B. Anugraha

G. Bhuvaneswari

Mr. J. Sethu Raman Sastra University, Thanjavur

28. SPP/1/200 Alpha College of Engineering, ChennaiDesign of Embedded

Controlled Semi-automated Wheelchair

S R. Srimathi

Dona K. George

Mr. Alfred Roger

Mr. Rajkamal

29. SPP/1/049Noorul Islam College of Engineering,

Nagercoil

VLSI based carrier frequency offset estimation in MIMO-OFDM system

B Sharmi Dr. J. Jayakumari

ICTACT Congratulates all the selected students.

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Project Funding and Awards Sponsored by


Cloud Computing – The future of IT

Suresh JagannathanSolutions Architect

TAKE Solutions

Cloud Computing is the next big trend in the way,

Information Technology will be managed in the future. The

definition of cloud computing usually varies from: Simply

utilizing virtual servers available on the internet for computing

power. Increased computing capacity on demand without any

capital investment on new resources like infrastructure,

resources & licensed software. Generally the spend on cloud

computing is in terms of a fixed subscription fee on a periodic

basis (monthly) or simply pay-as-you-use a service.

According to Berkeley scientists, "Cloud computing

refers to both the applications delivered as services over the

Internet and the hardware and systems software in the

datacenters that provide those services. The services

themselves have long been referred to as Software as a Service

(SaaS), so we use that term. The datacenter hardware and

software is what we will call a Cloud." Users get to access

software that resides on servers in the "cloud" from any where

using the internet.

Don’t buy Software but subscribe it on a need basis

In a cloud, software is hosted out of servers belonging

to Service Providers. Users need not buy software anymore.

Users pay per usage or simply subscribe on a period basis.

Cut down Software maintenance costs

Organization plan and deploy hardware infrastructure

& may setup private data centers for software applications,

based on peak capacity requirements. Instead Organizations

can now use Software hosted on a SAAS platform without

having to spend on software hardware maintenance. The

Service Provider owns the responsibility of scaling the

capacity available to their customers. Adequate Backups,

Redundancy, Disaster recovery mechanisms, ‘No-down-time’,

Complete Protection of data, are all part of SLA Governing

the offering.

New Upgrades to software will also be done automatically

without any user intervention. No down time and high

reliability

Increased reliability stems from the fact that the cloud

runs on systems that are extremely reliable and provide

various forms of redundancy. If a storage server on the cloud

fails due to hardware or software issues, the service provider

needs only to shift the load over to other servers or bring up a

backup server in its place. If it is occurred at an users premises

with installed software a simple issue can turn to hours of

technical support over the phone, costly downtime, and

unhappy users and customers.

Scale up or down at will

In a cloud computing environment, Enterprises can

subscribe & have storage capacity scaled up or down

depending on their requirements. Service providers need only

to add servers or shift load from one server to another to

accommodate for the additional use of space. The same goes

for software application use.

Reduce cost – move marginal costs from CAPEX to OPEX

There is no need to invest in terms of hardware and

software licenses. The cost now shifts to OPEX (Operating

Expenses) because of the need to pay nominal subscription

fee on a periodic basis. Additional IT staff head count and the

salary paid out to them will be reduced.

Environmentally friendly

This model leads to a better Carbon foot print across

the globe because the need for number of sophisticated

hardware that consumes lots of energy deployed will be

reduced, as more and more enterprises disinvest on data

centers and move to the SAAS platform.

Access anytime, anywhere, pay-as-you use!

Through this model, software and related services are

rendered through the internet, which means “anytime

anywhere” availability without location constraints.

Seamless version upgrades to hosted software

Cloud computing provides a common platform for all

enterprises accessing the software or services to work on the

most-recent / up to date / modern technology. The users will

only experience new or better functionality as hardware &

software are upgraded with newer versions.

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CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES & Offerings

Cloud computing provides a common platform for all

enterprises accessing the software or services to work on the

most-recent / up to date / modern technology. The users will

only experience new or better functionality as hardware &

software are upgraded with newer versions.

Saas (Software as a Service)

An application accessed through a browser by

thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture.

Salesforce.com is the best example for a SAAS based solution

Infrastructure services

This is a model by which Storage and virtual servers are

available on rental / demand. Usually it begins as a non

mission critical need. Amazon.com, Sun, IBM are providers

of Utility computing services.

Application integration services

Web service providers offer APIs that enable

developers to exploit functionality over the Internet, rather

than delivering full-blown applications. They range from

providers offering discrete business services -- such as Strike

Iron and Xignite -- to the full range of APIs offered by Google

Maps, ADP payroll processing, the U.S. Postal Service,

Bloomberg, and even conventional credit card processing

services.

Platform as a service

This service delivers software development

environments on demand to programmers, who build their

applications that run on the service provider's Infrastructure

and delivered to users via the Internet. Prime examples

include Salesforce.com's Force.com,

Managed services

This is an old form of cloud computing, where in the

IT department of the enterprise plays a crucial role. Services

such as a virus scanning service for e-mail or an application

monitoring service (which Mercury, among others, provides)

are already there in town.

Examples are SecureWorks, IBM, and Verizon

About the author

Suresh Jagannathan is currently working as Solutions Architect

in TAKE Solutions. He has over 7 years of Supply Chain Management

practice with Organizations like P&G, TTK-LIG, IFF & 7 years of

SCM IT Products experience as Specialist & Solutions Architect.

IT Crossword - 11 2

4 53

6 7 8 9 10

11 12

13 14 15 16

17

Across

1 Early personal computers from Apple

4 "Select an object by pressing the mouse button "

6 Plug and play

9 Widely used operating system

11 A unit of digital information in computing

13 Measuring the speed of the computer

16 Reduces or enlarges objects on the screen

17 Digital to analog and vise versa

Down

2 One dot on the screen

3 Not only humans, computer too get infected

5 "Main chip of the computer(3)"

7 Indiscriminate, unsolicited bulk messages

8 last name of computers(7)

10 One or the other but not both

12 Vector graphics printing device

14 Objects on the desktop

15 Space where the computer does its processingDifficulty Level

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ICTACT Student Certification Program

According to the NASSCOM-McKinsey report, The

ICT Industry in India could face an employee shortage of 3.5

million by 2020. This is due to the Employability ratio of the

graduates, which is found to be low. (For e.g 10 to 15 percent

of graduates for business services and 26% of engineers for

technology services are employable). This issue is mainly due

to huge skill gap between the industry requirements and

academia output.

ICTACT bridges this gap through structured training

programs for higher education spectrum by associating with

corporate bodies like Cognizant Technology Solutions, Tata

Consultancy Services, Microsoft Corporation, Intel,

Hexaware Technologies, Oracle, National Instruments,

Cadence, etc.

ICTACT has trained around 2700 faculty members

from 650 colleges across the state on the latest technologies.

ICTACT has launched “Students Certification Programs” on

various technologies and tools. The course curricula have

been meticulously designed with the research outputs to meet

the industry requirements. The members of the Board of

Studies are drawn from the leading industry and academia.

Currently, two courses, namely, “Certificate in Web

Application Development using Java Technology” and

“Certificate in Web Application Development using .Net

Technology” have been launched for the students. These

programs have been designed to make the students

understand and use the latest technology effectively. These

courses are delivered with real-time examples and exercises

which would enable the students to learn / write increasingly

sophisticated J2EE / ASP.Net programs.

The course consists of training and hands-on learning

for 60 hours followed by Project work. Students are required

to undergo Project work as the partial fulfillment of the

course, which would be in accordance with the Project

Specifications provided by ICTACT as per the industry

standards.

Students are assessed by ICTACT and the question

pattern would focus on higher order thinking skills (HOTS)

like applications of technology and analysis.

Students profile including their personal details,

academic details and grades scored in the Student

Certification Program will be shared with the industry

through ICTACT Portal.

Key Take-away from the Course

Industry relevant content for students

Pedagogical Tools for the faculty members including

Training materials

Case Studies

Exercises with Solutions

Industry relevant Project Specifications

Assessment

Certification

Certified students profile will be shared with the

industry through ICTACT portal.

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Position : Process Executive Voice / Data

Eligibility : UG/PG degree in Arts, Science, Commerce, Business Administration,

Hotel Management, CS or IT (pass outs from the 2009 or 2010 batch) / Engineering

OR MCA graduate pass outs from the 2008 or 2009 batch / Diploma Holders in the 10+2+3 pattern.

Experience : 0-6 Months

Location : Chennai

Fifth Generation Technologies Private Ltd

Position : Entry Level EngineersEligibility : Preferably B.E Computer Science Engineering /? Engineering Degree in E.C.E & E.E.E will also be consideredLocation : Chennai

Position : Transaction Process Executives / Junior Analysts (Day Shifts)Eligibility : 2009 & 2010 Graduates with minimum 60% marksLocation : Chennai

For more details on the jobs visit & register at

www.ictact.in

Position : Trainee, Lead Process ExecutiveEligibility : 2010 / 2009 Pass outs MBA – Marketing, MA – English Literature, BA – English literature - Good Communication skills and knowledge on ComputersLocation : ChennaiSalary : 2.2 L Per Annum


For more details please visit www.ictact.in

JOBS CORNER

Skill Requirement – Spoken Communication

Adarsh R PookatProject Manager

Hexaware Technologies

One of the important gaps found among the campus /

off-campus recruits is lack of proper communication skill.

This is a critical area that needs utmost attention to be given to

the importance of communication, needless to say in IT

industry. Though one may be technically sound, it is the

communication skill that showcases the technical capability.

Being a part of the recruitment panel, it is

disheartening to see that youngsters do not understand the

importance of spoken communication, and are not taking it

serious. This is evident when they participate in

group discussion, attend an interview or write an essay.

Spoken English – A requirement:

Of various types of communication, this article will

concentrate only on spoken communication (English).

The following are some of the common mistakes that

need immediate attention:

Proper grammar

A grammatically correct sentence is very important in

spoken communication. The following are some of the

common examples:

Is / was; has / had; come / came

Wrong: He was coming to me now.

Right : He is coming to me now.

Present : He has ten pencils.

Past : He had ten pencils.

Proper pronunciation

Pronunciation is another area where we need to work

on. The general tendency is to pronounce using native

language.

E.g.

‘Hurt’ is pronounced as ‘huRT’ with stress on R and T.

The ‘R’ is silent.

‘Simple’ is pronounced as ‘simble’

Proper language usage

Wrong Plural / Singular usage:

E.g.

Using the word ‘peoples’ to refer to a group of people.

‘People’ actually refers to a group. Some tend to use ‘staffs’ to

refer to set of office staff as plural. It must be noted that ‘staff ’

itself is plural / singular based on the sentence usage.

Influence of Native language:

E.g.

Wrong : He fast runs.

Right : He runs fast.

Usage of Odd phrases

Examples for antiquated and old words / phrases like,

He is a good / bad fellow.

I want to bring to your kind attention…

Where are you stationed?

These were brought into India by the Imperial British;

some 200 years later even they have forgotten these words

while we continue to use them.

Usage of “Indian-Specific” words (especially to native

speakers)

I had curd-rice with brinjal for lunch.

Is it veg or non-veg?

I come to office by two-wheeler.

These are words we have adopted into English, and

take for granted that everyone knows them. Well, don’t be

surprised, they don’t!

Usage of phrases directly translated from the speaker’

native tongue

What is your good name?

Aditya sir and Narayanan sir are not available.

I will not do this and all…

Just because Hindi or Tamil requires certain respect

phrases or adjectives doesn’t mean its equivalent English

sentence needs to have this as well.

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Suggestions for improvement:

The following are some suggestions that every

individual should start early in life:

Converse in English whenever possible.

Read good newspapers, magazines, novels, etc.

Listen to good news channel.

Participate in elocution competition.

Present papers.

Conduct mock group discussion.

Use full and proper sentence in emails, sms whenever

possible.

Ask friends to correct if they find you are going wrong

somewhere.

Also, “don’t be afraid to watch a Hollywood

blockbuster with your friends – the best way to improve

pronunciation is to listen to native speakers”.

Conclusion :

Communication is an important skill that one has to

develop to prove oneself in the IT industry. Very good spoken

English, doubtless to say, gives one a definite lead over others

(not that one needn’t be technically sound!) and helps in career

growth. So it is imperative that everyone take this seriously and

work towards improving the communication.

Adarsh R Pookat is currently working as Project Manager in

Hexaware Technologies. He has over 10 years of experience in Airlines

Practice (Cargo and Passenger Reservations).

A Cup of Tea

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Emergence of Rural BPO in Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu, through a wide range

of initiatives has already attracted the IT Industry and in

particular the BPO segment to be firmly entrenched in the

State. However, the BPO industry presence is limited to

Chennai, its surrounding areas and a few select urban

locations such as Madurai and Coimbatore. For a deeper

penetration of the BPO industry in the state, the Government

of Tamil Nadu released a specific policy which would attract

the industry to venture into the rural locations in the state.

The Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru

Dr. M. Karunanidhi released the rural BPO policy on 15th

October 2010. This policy is applicable to rural locations and

is to be identified as a unit that is located at Panchayat level.

The IT department, Government of Tamil Nadu, plays the

role of a facilitator in receiving enquiries from the BPO

industry and simultaneously help to find interested

institutions both educational and otherwise, who would have

the inclination to partner with BPO units. Such institutions

would assist in providing infrastructure such as floor Space,

power, connectivity etc., for hosting such relevant activities

for BPO Units. The business arrangement between the

industry and the infrastructure provider will be on terms

conducive to both and will be negotiated mutually by both the

parties. The educational institutions in particular, will benefit

with such arrangements as the Industry and Academic

interaction will help the students in providing exposure and

experience for entrepreneurship and future careers. It is of

vital importance to remember that globally the presence of

industrial units in close proximity and partnership with

premier academic institutions has led to a boom with regards

to the growth in the industry and economy. In promoting this

Rural BPO Policy, it was necessary to inculcate a different

promotional style that would ensure participation of BPO

industry and academia. ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu is a

special project vehicle that has helped to strengthen Academia

– Industry - Government efforts that are of concern to all the

stakeholders. ICT Academy is an educational service provider

that caters to the needs of the Higher Education sector in the

state of Tamil Nadu. ICT Academy would monitor and

facilitate the rural BPO initiatives in association with ELCOT.

During the policy launch, in the first phase, eight

educational institutions signed MoU with five BPO

Companies to set up rural BPO facilities in their campus. The

Educational institutions include VMKV Engineering College

Salem, KSR College of Engineering Tiruchengode, Jayam

Engineering College Dharmapuri, Muthayammal

Engineering College Rasipuram, Sona College of Technology

Salem, Velammal Engineering College Madurai, Happy Valley

Institute of Management Coimbatore and the GRG

Memorial Tribal Higher Secondary School Masinagudi, The

Nilgiris. The BPO Companies include SoftPro iTechnology

Partners, Scope International, Sundaram BPO Services,

GKM Management Services Pvt Ltd and Vee Technologies.

This initiative would enable the rural areas to acquire better

employment opportunities for the rural youth in the BPO

Companies.

Source : Rural BPO Policy – Government of Tamil Nadu.

BPO companies and Educational Institutions interested in the rural

BPO Initiatives may write to B. Anbuthambi – DGM Corporate

Initiatives, ICTACT at [email protected]

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Evolving Best Practices in Engaging

Colleges and Students

Harpreet S. GroverCo-Founder and CEO

Cocubes.com

“Where internet has not penetrated, mobile has.

Surprisingly in our 2 year relationships with over 1000

colleges, more than 90% students had either and 70% had

both,” says Harpreet Grover, Co-founder & CEO,

Cocubes.com

A decade ago when a friend used to go to US, we would

end up catching up again only after a year. Today when our

friends go abroad; we keep in touch through chats, share

photographs, talk using Skype or just read updates on social

networking sites. We stay in touch!

Similarly, when I joined college long time back, our

hostel had 3 computers and we used an STD booth to call

home. By the time we graduated, it was difficult to find 3

rooms without computers and everyone had a mobile. Times

have changed. People (particularly students and colleges) now

have access to internet and mobile, and more importantly use

it day in and day out.

This fundamental change has to be the backbone on

which the newer initiatives being taken by the government and

other bodies can achieve its objectives at scale.

Let us Take a Look at the Disconnect

While this is a fundamental shift that has taken place,

engagement methodologies with college and students have

remained the same and are now in disconnect with the current

crop of youth. In the last few years of growth one has not had

the time to reflect and change. However, the downturn came

as an opportunity in disguise to address this disconnect.

Most firms in India still send posters and senior management

to colleges to share presentations during a 15 minute slot.

While some large firms invested heavily in building more

connection points by signing MoU’s, these relationships have

had minor impact in their measurable ability to engage college

and students.

Some Firms have been Taking the Lead

Wells Fargo India’s Fuelling Assertive College Talent

(FACT) program, started in 2008 as an innovative technology

based campus recruitment process. They did not visit campus

but selected campuses, but had a specially designed web-based

quiz contest which tested the applicants’ awareness of Wells

Fargo in the first round.

A TCS youth survey done across 12 Indian cities with

14,000 candidates says why go visit a college to recruit and

spend money when one can hire employees by the click of a

mouse. S Ramadorai of TCS, said, “We have to completely

digitize hiring practices, not from campuses anymore but

through interactions on the web.”

Social networking sites have been touted as a place to

do the same. According to a survey by hiring solutions

provider TMP Worldwide and Targetjobs, 70 per cent of

surveyed students did not want businesses to use sites like

Twitter or Face book to ‘sell’ jobs to them as they believe

“employers should not exploit social media for their own

benefit. The report, which was based on the study of

penultimate and final year students, also found that 42 per cent

of students do think social media is the ideal platform to

communicate employer brand. So there is a need that still

needs to be addressed.

At CoCubes.com we have been working with

Cognizant to engage students through the placement office

(www.cocubes.com/cognizant)

What is required to deliver sustainable value at scale?

While multiple models have been evolved by

companies, I believe that for any of these models to work on

scale and deliver sustainable value, two conditions would need

to be met. Firstly, the only way to work in promoting learning,

career guidance, and skill development to the student is

through the placement office and not directly with an

individual student. Secondly, given the internet/mobile access

to student technology has to form the backbone of the

initiative. Thirdly, the message that is to be communicated has

to be consistent and needs to have metrics in place to measure

impact of your initiative. Building such a metric is a onetime

activity which goes a long way to make sure our efforts are in

the right direction. A simple example being that if we spend 10

minutes on posting an article on ‘career guidance’ and are able

to measure the exact number of students across multiple

colleges who spent time on reading the article, we can have

an assessment of the impact that is being created.

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Conclusion

A technology centered strategy to engage colleges and the youth within them will not only help reduce operational cost by

over 30% but also increase engagement and branding to unprecedented levels. This approach has to be through the ecosystem

that has thrived for years: that is through the college. All these factors combined together would help support the growth of the

ecosystem and help us scale for growth in the upturn economy.

Harpreet is the Co-Founder & CEO of Cocubes.com envisions bringing a paradigm shift in the Indian campus recruitment scenario by using

technology to drive efficiency. He has previously worked with Inductis, a management consulting firm, advising Fortune 500 clients in the financial services

domain by using data analytics. Harpreet graduated from IIT Bombay with a dual degree. Beyond work he is a published photographer, poet and an

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Expertise in

Writing High Performance .NET Code

Milind P HanchinmaniSr. Application Engineer

Intel

Use proper synchronization primitives: There are

multiple synchronization primitives that are provided by

.NET Framework. These vary from fewer features (very fast)

to many features (very slow). It is important to use this

correctly to get optimal performance. Synchoronization

primitives can be defined as:

a. Monitor or lock : Provides a mechanism that

synchronizes access to objects

b. Interlocked: Provides atomic access to variables that

are shared by multiple threads.

For example : for any atomic ++ or –- operations consider

using Interlocked class

c. Mutex: Synchronization primitives that can be used

fo r in t e r p roces s s ynchron iza t ion . T hey a re

considerably slower; use it when you absolutely need it.

d. Reader Writer Lock : Lock that supports single

writer and multiple readers. If you have a scenario where you

read your data frequently but update only once in a while,

consider using this as it supports multiple readers.

e. Reader Writer Lock Slim : Similar to Reader Writer

Lock but simplified rules for recursion and for upgrading and

downgrading lock state. It also avoids many cases of potential

deadlock and has improved performance. Using this is

recommended.

f. Semaphore : Limits # of threads that can access a

resource or pool of resources concurrently. Use it only when

you need to control pool of resources.

e) Never use Thread. Suspend and Thread. Resume to

synchronize activities. The suspend and resume operation

doesn’t happen immediately as CLR has to make sure the

execution control is in safe point. This can lead to race

conditions or deadlock(1)

f) Never use Thread. Abort to abort another thread:

(1)

g) Don’t lock “this” and “type” of an object: Locking

this pointer is a bad idea as this can have correctness issue as it

is visible. Similarly, locking type of an object is a bad idea as

these objects are the same across application domains and so

thus we lock all instances of objects across app domains in a

process.

//Wrong //Correct

lock (this) { public class foo {

do something ; Object sync_obj = new

Object();

} lock(sync_obj) {

Do something

}

//Wrong //Correct

lock(typeof(foo)) public class foo {

{ private static Object

sync_obj = new Object();

Do something; lock (sync_obj) {

Do something;

} }

h) Consider using [ThreadStatic] to eliminate or reduce

lock contention: If you can have a data as part of thread local

storage (per thread) rather than sharing and after the threads

have completed the jobs, you can process the combined effect.

Consider using this to reduce lock contention.

I) Acquire and release lock in the same order:

Otherwise you can cause deadlock condition

Thread1 Thread2

lock(obj_A) { lock(obj_B) {

lock(obj_B) { lock(obj_A) {

Do something; Do something ;

} }

}

j) All collections in .NET are not thread safe. Some

collection classes (ex: ArrayList) allow multiple readers

concurrently. Need to call “Synchronized” method for

making it thread safe for updates

ArrayList myAr = new ArrayList();

ArrayList mySyncAr = ArrayList.Synchronized

(myAr); //use mySyncAr

k) Enumerating through collections is also “not”

thread safe even though it is synchronized. If another thread

modifiesthe underlying collection then an exception will be

thrown.

Automatic Memory Management (Garbage Collection)

Automatic memory management, aka GC is one of the

most important features provided by .NET Framework. GC

manages the allocation and reclaiming of memory in your

application. When ever you call “new” to create a new object,

GC will allocate memory from managed heap as long as space

is available and once it runs out of memory it triggers

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collection, reclaim memory so that it can start allocating again.

We will go into some detail about GC algorithms, how they

work, different GC flavors, and how you can write a GC

friendly code.

.NET GC is a generational and mark and compact

algorithm. We have 3 generations (Gen0, 1 and 2). .NET GC

assumes that most of the objects you create die young, so only

a part of your entire manage help can be collected (which is

much faster) than collecting the entire manage heap. GC first

marks the root objects (to find out those who are alive) and

then compacts the heap (moving all live objects to a part of the

heap which forms older generation(s). Always, allocations

happen in Gen0 heap. The initial gen0 heap is some fraction

of the last level cache. The idea is to have gen0 fit in the cache

to avoid cache misses.

.NET GC Flavors:

Workstation GC (WKS)

Server GC (SVR)

Note : Selecting appropriate GC flavor is essential for

optimal performance of your application

Workstation (WKS) GC: WKS GC has 2 variants.

Concurrent GC (on) which is the default and can be turned

off. Concurrent GC (on) will have less pause time, increasing

the UI responsiveness. GC stops the application threads for a

shorter duration when absolutely necessary. If you have a

throughput kind of application (console app non UI) then

turning off concurrent GC might get you better performance.

In your application configuration file (ex: foo.exe.config), you

can add following [2]

<configuration>

<runtime>

<gcConcurrent enabled="false"/>

</runtime>

</configuration>

WKS GC has 1 heap per process and it has 1 GC thread

per process. WKS GC is the default even on multiprocessor

systems for any non ASP.NET application. ASP.NET

automatically chooses SVR GC if you are on a multi processor

system.

Server (SVR) GC : As the name suggests, SVR GC is

optimized for server based applications (better scalability). It

has 1 GC heap per Processor and 1 GC thread per 1 GC heap.

For example, if you are on a 4 processor system, you will have

4 heaps and 4 GC threads operating on each of those heaps. A

process can create objects in multiple heaps (for load

balancing the allocation on heaps) and as mentioned above it

is not the default. To enable Server GC, add the following in

application configuration files.

<configuration> [2]

<runtime>

<gcServer enabled="true"/>

</runtime>

</configuration>

Tips for selecting appropriate GC :

For all server throughput related applications,

consider selecting Server GC

ASP.NET web applications on >1 proc machine

automatically selects SVR GC. However if you want to run

web garden scenario, then consider using WKS GC as the

memory foot print might be really high as a result of multiple

w3wp processes. SVR GC assumes it is the king and so will try

to grab as many resources as possible. So if you have multiple

processes running SVR GC, there can be degradation in

performance and also an increase usage of system resources.

In order to enable ASP.NET using WKS GC, add the

following configuration to the Aspnet.config file. This is in the

same directory as Aspnet_isapi.dll.

<configuration>

<runtime>

<gcServer enabled="false"/>

<gcConcurrent enabled="false"/>

</runtime>

</configuration>

If you have a client – UI application which requires UI

responsiveness, consider selecting WKS GC with Concurrent

enabled

If you have Console application (no UI but throughput

app) then consider turning off concurrent GC for better

performance.

If you want lesser resource utilization in a system

(memory etc) then consider using WKS GC.

Note : When you ask for Server GC on a UP machine, you get

WKS GC with concurrent off. CLR assumes that since you are

asking SVR GC, you are more interested in throughput than

UI responsiveness and so automatically turn off concurrent

GC.

Tips for writing GC Friendly code :

a. Never Call GC.Collect from your code: .NET GC is

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a dynamically tuning GC. At every collection it collects

information such as survivor rate, and tunes its internal GC

tuning parameters so the next GC is more effective than its

b. Create objects that die young: .NET GC is

optimized on the premises that most of objects allocated

are temporary and die young so they can be collected in

gen0 which is cheap. (2)

c. Don’t allocate too many objects: One little line of

code could trigger a lot of allocations. Most of the time, it is an

allocation that triggers a collection. Keep an eye on what you

allocate particularly in loops (2)

d. Don’t allocate too many almost long-life objects:

Objects that are neither temporary nor long lived end up in

Gen2 and die. This puts pressure on gen2 heap and you may

end up doing full collections which is expensive.(2)

e. Don’t allocate too many temporary large objects:

Large objects (>85K size) are allocated on a separate large

objects heap which is never compacted (it is expensive to

move many large objects during compaction). This could put

pressure on large object heap, resulting in your doing full

collections, also expensive.(2)

f. Dispose and Finalize: Implement these only when

needed. Make sure you call these when an exception occurs (to

avoid a memory leak). Also make sure you implement finalize

only when you have an un managed resource and keep the

code very simple. (2)

previous GC. Unlike Java, .NET GC doesn’t expose many

tuning parameters for the developer. So when you call

GC.Collect in your code, it collects those parameters. Since

you induced GC the next GC will not be as productive. Also, if

GC.Collect is executing not just once but many times (lets say

before you start expensive time consuming work and so you

need more memory) then GC will not be productive at all. But

there is an exception. If you know that you opened a custom

form and made some configuration changes and you know

that you are not going to need that form any time sooner, you

can go ahead and call GC.Collect() so all the long live objects

in Gen2 are now dead. It is recommended to use the following

code (starting from Orcas build). Here even though GC.

Collect is called on gen2, GC will decide if it is helpful if it

collects (2nd parameter – Optimized). This is not available in

VS2005 and older versions.

using System;

class Program

{

static void Main(String[] args) {

GC.Collect(2,

GCCollectionMode.Optimized);

}

}

Tips for improving manage code performance :

We covered threading and GC and now we cover the general VM, code generation and basic ASP.NET and ADO.NET tipsfor writing better code

a. Avoid unnecessary boxing [1]int i = 123;object o = i; (Implicit boxing) //box keywordint j = (int)o; //unbox keywordWhen ever we box, a new object is created on the

managed heap and the value is copied in it. If we are doing this frequently, then we will create lot of objects (affect GC) andalso the extra code we execute for boxing and unboxing.

b. Consider using strong typed arrays or generics(Visual Studio 2005 onwards)

Foo myFoo = new Foo();myArrayList.Add(myFoo);Foo myFoo = (Foo) myArrayList[i]; //castclass

keywordCollection classes take generic “object” as a parameter.

Type casting is required when retrieving objects(your type) from the collection classes. This requires an expensive run time type check by looking at method table of that object. If your object is inherited then this may require traversing one level up which is again expensive. You can avoid this by using generics (similar to C++ template) as shown below which doesn’t require run time type check as it is known at thecompile time.

List<Foo> myList = new List<Foo>();Foo myfoo = myList[i]; //no check reqdc. Throw fewer exceptions: Throwing exceptions can

be expensive as stalk walk is required etc for managing the frames. Don’t use exceptions as a control flow in yourapplication

<Wrong>void foo (int parameter)

{ int ret = 0;val = …. ;try

{ret = val / parameter;

}catch(DivideByZeroException) { return ERROR_VAL ;}}

<Correct>void foo (int parameter)

{if (parameter == 0) return ERROR_VAL; else {… ;}

}d. Use StringBuilder for complex string manipulation:

Whenever you modify a string (such as append etc), it will create a new string leaving the first one to be collected. Consider using a StringBuilder if you have > 5-7 string

manipulations.

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e. Don’t use too many Reflection API’s: Reflection

API’s depend on the metadata embedded in assemblies. Thus

parsing and searching this information is very expensive.

f. Don’t make functions unnecessarily virtual or

synchronized: JIT might disable some optimizations and so

the generated code might not be optimal

g. Don’t write big functions: JIT might disable

optimizations for faster compile (JIT) time.

h. Avoid calling small functions inside loop: Consider

inlining yourself (incase JIT has not done it). Any mistake in

the loop is magnified.

i. Prefer arrays to collections unless you need that

additional functionality that collection classes provide [1]

j. Use jagged arrays instead of multi dimensional arrays

since the former has some special MSIL optimizations for

faster array access [1]

k. Smaller working set produces better performance

and so consider using ngen for shared pages

l. Don’t make too many Pinvoke calls (chatty calls) and

do less work in unmanaged code: The overhead of transitions

(managed to unmanaged and back) can negate performance

speedup or even hurt.

Ngen : Ngen.exe (shipped with CLR) invokes JIT compiler

on MSIL to create native code and stores it in the disk. Once

the native image is created, runtime uses this image

automatically each times it runs the assembly. Using native

image will eliminate compiling on the fly using JIT compiler at

runtime thus reducing application startup time.

Ngen.exe can help improving application performance by,

Reducing the application startup time – Consider using

ngen.exe for improving startup time of your winform based

application. Always measure with and without ngening of

your application.

By reducing the total memory consumed by application

that use shared assemblies (which are loaded in to different

application domains)

Interop : When you build applications in managed code,

some times it is necessary to call unmanaged libraries such as

calling a COM component. In some cases, you want to use

unmanaged code for some performance related reasons as

well (such as calling 3rd party highly optimized libraries). CLR

provides several ways to do this.

Using Pinvoke (Platform Invoke) – Allows calling of

Windows DLL’s, Win32 API’s or custom dll’s from managed

code (1)

Using MC++ (IJW) – For users for MC++ to call

standard DLL’s (1)

COM Interop – Manage languages to call COM

components through COM interfaces. (1)

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