BiharBrains In News

The round-the-clock radio station will be geared towards the people of Bihar and that would be reflected by its programming schedule and announcer who would not feign accents as if they are from other parts of the country, said the Chief Operating Officer of the Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL), the parent company of the Radio Mirchi.

The event was organized at the Hotel Maurya in Patna where both Bajpayee and Modi arrived in a rickshaw. While Bajpayee turned on the station feeder, the Deputy Chief Minister adjusted the dial to 98.3FM to broadcast the very first program aired in Patna by the Radio Mirchi.

Others present on the occasion included the ENIL Chief Executive Officer Nandan Srinath, Patna station director Mandar Patwardhan, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Ramkripal Yadav and all six announcers selected to cover the wall-to-wall coverage of the radio station.

Sources in the state HRD department said that the Centre had expressed its desire to emulate the common school system(CCS) method being worked out by the Bihar government to end the divide between the rich and the poor in classrooms across the country.

It was learnt that the secretary, school education, in the union HRD ministry, Champak Chatterjee, not only appreciated the CCS model conceptualised by Nitish, but was also in favour of suggesting it to other states to follow the same. Nitish has already appointed former bureaucrat Muchkund Dubey to work out the modalities for CCS in Bihar.

Surprised? Yes, the Bali panchayat, has enforced total prohibition in areas falling under its jurisdiction. As per the resolution adopted by the panchayat a fortnight ago, a person caught drinking in a public place will have to pay Rs 251 as penalty and receive five punches (ghusas) in public view.

"The new system will not only help the citizens obtain information quickly and allow the citizens to complete registration formalities in the fraction of time, it will also help maintain overall transparency in the administration," the Chief Minister said.

The entire registration process, with the new system, will take only about 40 minutes.

The registration office will no longer accept cash in registration fee and instead official stamp papers and direct deposit will be encouraged, officials said.

In Bihar, the average age of a girl at marriage is 17.2 years, third after Rajasthan (16.6 years) and Madhya Pradesh (17 years), according to a recent report of the UNICEF.

While an alarming 80 per cent of girls get married below the age of 18 in West Champaran district, it is 73 per cent in Nawada, around 70 per cent in Kaimur and Rohtas and 66 per cent in Madhepura district.

According to a report of the Population Foundation of India, the situation was comparatively better in Siwan, Katihar, Purnia and Saran districts where the girls married off before they attained 18 years of age were 43 per cent, 47.5 per cent, 48.2 per cent and 51.3 per cent respectively.

In Patna district, hardly 40 per cent of girls below the legally permissible age get married and this could be attributed to higher percentage of literacy. At 52.7 per cent, Patna has the highest female literacy rate among districts in Bihar.

The UNICEF's latest report on the state of the world's children says parents consent to child marriage out of economic necessity, or because they believe marriage will protect girls from sexual assault and pregnancy outside marriage, extend girl's child-bearing years or ensure obedience to their husband's household.

The government must ensure the students union elections are held within a reasonable timeframe under the guidelines earlier provided by the Supreme Court of India, the High Court said.

While accepting the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations last September, only students with a total class attendance of 60% or above would be eligible to contest in the union elections, the Supreme Court had stated.

On Tuesday, the new Vice Chancellor of Patna University, Dr. Y. C. Simadri, had also said that one of his chief priorities was to hold the Patna University students' union election at the earliest.

"Bihar has produced many leaders who started their political career at the university level but then moved on to the much wider state and national arena. Bringing back the students' union would raise political awareness among today's youths".

The fair opens on November 14 and concludes on November 27.

Nearly all participants are self-employed small-scale industrialists who supply their products to all districts in Bihar as well as in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and the bordering towns of Nepal, Rural Development deputy secretary Sadat Hasan Mintu said in Patna on Saturday.

The government was making all arrangements for a successful display of Bihar products while also bearing the costs involved in travel and transportation of their products to Delhi.

A new chocolate named after India's most colourful
politician, Railway minister Lalu Prasad, has become a
hit in the rural areas of north Bihar.

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If it is not enough, it's now the turn of a fodder
product and cosmetic pack named after the RJD chief
that are creating waves in the rural markets of Bihar.

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Are they any indication ???

Inaugurating "Disha", a two-day interactive-cum-virtual campus recruitment session organised by Bihar Brains at Patna Science College here on Saturday, the minister said students of the state, after stepping out of the portals of schools, will not think of going to Maharashtra or Karnataka for admission in technical institutions there as Bihar is going to have enough of such colleges to absorb them.

Emphasising how serious the NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar is about promoting science and technology-based education in Bihar, the minister said he had recently held a meeting with the heads of engineering colleges and polytechnics to review their equipment requirements.

After the meeting, the state government sanctioned Rs 15 crore for purchase of equipment. It also assured them that funds will not be a problem in providing quality education to the students, he added.

He said, "Biharis should be known for their brains," reminding the participants of the state's glorious past when foreign students used to queue up for admission in the educational institutions here.

The minister promised that his department would provide all necessary assistance to any private players planning to set up technical institutes in the state.

Lauding the organisers for providing the students here with an opportunity to learn the tricks of campus and walk-in interviews, he said Bihar has no dearth of talent, adding that the students here need only disha (direction).

Speaking on the occasion, police ADG Abhayanand advised the students to develop themselves into job givers rather than lining up as job seekers.

He said they should develop the potential of becoming good group members and opt for self-created jobs, as it is the only way to check the rising unemployment graph.

Emphasising the importance of technology, he said the students of Bihar have to mould themselves to remain in competition.

Objective: The objective is aimed at providing a viable, suitable and an alternative use of solar energy for electrification of villages in Bihar / Jharkhand. The classification of user can range from household, agricultural industries such as irrigation pumps, etc., service industries such as schools , dispensaries / hospitals, hotels, shopkeepers and hawkers.

Bikramaditya, who is also the moderator of 'BiharBrains', started this organization on Oct 4, 2004 with certain objectives to unite all educated people of Bihar residing in India and abroad who are concerned for the development of the state. On January 9, he called a first global chat meet and formed an executive committee to shape the organization efficiently and professionally. Before this meeting, he had organized several meetings at Delhi, Bangalore, Remembering Patna Meet (with large gatherings) at Hotel Samrat, and UAE meet, details of which are available in the website http://www.biharbrains.org.

BiharBrains has taken off the ground in a very impressive manner and is fast taking shape of a real development forum for Bihar by including a host of noted scientists, engineers, professors, Chartered Accountants, lawyers, economists, R&D professionals, CEOs and young mass brain under its wing.

In the inaugural function of BB Scholastic center, all top brass of Bihar High govt and non govt high officials /CEOs from Bihar including ex- chief secy, Bihar (Mr. K.K.Srivastava), Ex VC Patna Univ(Dr. KKJha) , Three VCs namely Dr. J.Thakur, Patna University, Dr. RAJ MANI Pd. Sinha, Mithila University and Dr. A.Yadav of Bihar University would likely to be present.

Apart of this , many people from all the stream are going to be invited for the inaugural function. On the arrival of Chairman Mr. Bibhuti Bikramaditya,from Seoul, south Korea ,this inaugural function has been organized by Patna local chapter headed by Dr. B.K.Sharma noted astrophysicists and lecturer at NIT ,Patna .

Dr. Sharma is also the President of BB executive committee. President of the steering committee Dr. Kartik Sahay, vice president, acipharm.inc,USA(www.acipharminc.com) would also likely to be present on this occasion. On this short trip to India, Mr. Bibhuti Bikramaditya, would like to meet all interested person who would take interest in the BB activities to execute development projects. It is to be noted
that BB scholastic center would be the first of its kind in Bihar established by

NRIs from all over the world, educated people from different parts of India and abroad. Bihar Brains is taking the form of NGO and is a noble attempt to unite all educated people from India and abroad to come together, give ideas ,discuss on that in various committees and execute development projects. In that, help from everybody/every organization would be taken if it
becomes necessary.

December 30, 2004

Bihar is well known for the hub of technical brains, paradise for the intellect, and center for learning religious values and cultural ethics since ancient times. This must be retained and regarded by us. I do strongly feel that there should be co-ordination, co-operation and active association of intellectuals from India and abroad who concern for the development of state, come forward for establishing R&D center and business houses, share your views on different tech topics, and help the scattered young brains for building their career strong.

May our little contribution pave the path for a developed state of the Indian union.

Thanks again for this website that may become healthy discussion forum for the global family.