Climate change is putting life on earth in peril. There is still time to build a greener, safer world. But the clock is ticking. In December world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to decide our destiny.We want our political leaders to be in Copenhagen and to show historic leadership in achieving a treaty which is fabulous.The world needs a wake-up call on climate change. In September a perfect storm will gather with the the UN General Assembly on Sept 22 and the G20 leaders meet on 24-25.
A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.
In Kerala, the flash mob will be held in Trivandrum, the capital at 3.50 pm..Calling all youth out for a once-again Youth Climate Action to show that a demand is needed from the public side for a binding treaty by all the world leaders and we want our leaders to know and understand that the time to act and take up actions is NOW

Its that time of the year again when brains from all over theAsiameet each other face2face, compete with all their programming and problem solving skills in C, C++ and Java.. Yes..!! You guessed it right.. its ICPCtime again atAmrita University..!!
Welcome to ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest2009 Asia Regionals, the multitier, team-based,programming competition operating under the auspices of ACM and headquartered at Baylor University.
ACM ICPC 2009 Asia Regionals – Online Contest over internet will be held at Amrita University,Kerala.
Each team will consist of 3 members, all undergraduate, and they will be asked to solve a set of 8-10 programming challenge problems – mostly based on algorithms, within a period of 4 hours.!! The choice of programming language between Java, C++ and C is upto the team.

How to register????
A team can only compete in ACM ICPC 2009 Asia Regionals, if-n-only-if they’ve registered for the same. So, register here Registration is for one team, consisting of 3 contestants and one coach. The “coach”
refers to any full time faculty member of the university or institution, where the
contestants pursue their studies.
Hurry up!!! Last date for registration is: 9 September 2009.

ExNoRa, a non-government Chennai-based voluntary environmental service organisation, has launched a a massive Cool the Globe campaign by name, “99999 lights out” to create awareness on global warming, its causes, consequences and solutions. The campaign carries the message – switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 p.m. on the 9th day of the 9th month on the 9th year of the millennium. The aim of the 99999 Lights Out Campaign is to combat Global warming, to make people more conscious about the environment, to motivate people to reduce their respective carbon footprint, to mitigate climate change and to teach people Adaptation and Disaster Preparedness techniques.

College of Chengannur is organising a two day national level technical festival SUMMIT-09 on the 17th and 18th of August 2009.SUMMIT is a biennial technical festival conducted by CEC which aims at augmenting the technical and non-technical skills of young engineering minds

Various events like Best Manager,Webdesigning,Quiz competition,Project Expo,C-Debugging etc are the main attractions of the fest

More information can be obtained from the official site of summit

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham join hands with Buffalo-SUNY University to organise a Indo-Us Conference & Workshop on CYBER Security,CYBER Crime and CYBER FORENSICS from 19th of August 2009 to 21st of August 2009 at at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (AIMS), Amrita Lane, AIMS Ponekkara Post, Kochi, Kerala 682 041, India.

This program will have tutorials, and workshop sessions aimed at bringing eminent researchers from both academia and industry under one roof to discuss and deliberate on the best technologies and socio economic approaches to effectively thwart increasing threats of global cyber-crime and initiate cyber security defenses. A stimulating program is being planned featuring invited talks and tutorials from experts from the U.S. and India with panel discussions.

Are you afraid of your seminar presentation? Don’t worry!! All of us face the same sort of tension before the maiden presentation. Successful are those who overcome the tension (to some extend hiding it) and express themselves with confidence.
The first and foremost thing one should have is the belief in his/her own abilities. We all are in a shell; but one day we have to come out of that. Think that here comes a golden opportunity to show the hidden talents to the outside world. Secondly choose a topic of your interest. It is easy to talk on a topic that you are confident of; don’t go behind colourful topics. Finally practice it well before coming to the main stage.

Metro Manorama with Asian School Of business is organising WizQuiz a General Quiz competition for the degree students on the 26th of July 2009 at Tagore theatre Thiruvanathapuram.

Wiz Quiz is a Mega Quiz event in kerala which offers prizes worth Rs 3.5lakhs…

Fresh graduates can also apply for the competition..so get ready and form a team with your Quiz partner and register yourself by sending a mail in the following format to pauljoseph@mm.co.in or hashimjr@mm.co.in

Member- A- Name,class/course,Institution,contact no,Full Address

Member- B- Name,class/course,Institution,contact no,Full Address

Team mates need not be from the same college,any number of teams from a college is allowed.

Alumni of Regional Engineering College, presently NIT, Calicut  conducted a survey to objectively assess the capabilities and quality of engineering colleges in Kerala to impart technical education. 

The result of the surey is as follows:

Self financing college rating :

03.407 Data Structures Lab from 13th July 2009 to 16th July 2009

03.707 Algorithm Design & Graphics Lab on 6 & 7 July 2009