Wednesday, January 01, 2020

It's high time the standard of Unicode is made compulsory for all journal publications in Indian languages

I was looking at a list of UGC approved journals

Vakyartha Bharathi

http://www.sringericampus.ac.in/files/Vakyartha%20Bharathi%202014-15.pdf

And I find a PDF file with some kind of proprietary font

And everything is sheer gibberish as you can see in the screen capture below
it's

This kind of a problem I have faced whenever I try to copy and paste material from PDFs published in Indian regional languages.
In number of central and state government websites which carry these PDFs have the same problem so much so that it is impossible for anyone to search these documents using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

INDIA State-wise List of fake Universities as on November, 2019

Indians are very intelligent but unfortunately lots of times that intelligence is applied into duping people.

With the advent of need for skilled employees for private sector and number of unscrupulous elements have started the so-called universities where an unknown number of young students are taken for a ride.

Unfortunately there does not seem to be a single window where children can go and check the credentials of all the universities and colleges which are accredited and provide legitimate education and certification.

I am trying to find out how this can be made possible.

As a beginning

UGC Public Notice reg.: Fake website imposing?( Don't they mean posing ?) as University Grants Commission's website for Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics (CARE)

Public Notice All the Stakeholders are hereby informed that release of the University Grants Commission's website for Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics (CARE) with "CARE reference list of quality journals (CARE List)" will be notified by 30th June, 2019. This is to alert all the stakeholders that a fake website imposing as CARE website "http://careiogrna19.in" has come to our notice. All the stakeholders are advised to be careful and avoid falling prey to this potentially predatory website. Anybody still following the fake website may do so solely at his/her own risk and consequences and in no manner whatsoever, will the UGC be responsible for the same.
Why can't government of India have a effective mechanism to shut down such fake websites universities colleges and training centers?

you can find this list and some of the other legitimate universities and colleges list from the University grants commission website

State-wise List of fake Universities as on November, 2019 (Hindi Version)

Delhi

Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi.
United Nations University, Delhi.
Vocational University, Delhi.
ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendra Place, New Delhi - 110 008.
Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi.
Viswakarma Open University for Self-Employment, Rozgar Sewasadan, 672, Sanjay Enclave, Opp. GTK Depot, Delhi-110033.
Adhyatmik Vishwavidyalaya (Spiritual University), 351-352, Phase-I, Block-A, Vijay Vihar, Rithala, Rohini, Delhi-110085
Karnataka
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum, Karnataka.
Kerala
St. John’s University, Kishanattam, Kerala.
Maharashtra
Raja Arabic University, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
West Bengal
Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkatta.
Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research,8-A, Diamond Harbour Road, Builtech inn, 2nd Floor, Thakurpurkur, Kolkatta - 700063

Uttar Pradesh

Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) Jagatpuri, Delhi.
Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women’s University) Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area,Khoda,Makanpur,Noida Phase-II, Uttar Pradesh.

Odisha

Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, Anupoorna Bhawan, Plot No. 242, Pani Tanki Road,Shaktinagar, Rourkela-769014.
North Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Odisha.

Puducherry

Sree Bodhi Academy of Higher Education, No. 186, Thilaspet, Vazhuthavoor Road, Puducherry-605009

Andhra Pradesh

Christ New Testament Deemed University, #32-32-2003, 7th Lane, Kakumanuvarithoto, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh-522002 and another address of Christ New Testament Deemed University, Fit No. 301, Grace Villa Apts., 7/5, Srinagar, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh-522002

* Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, UP - the matter is subjudice before the District Judge - Lucknow

Ghostly hands on University grants commission website

Ghostly hands on University grants commission website
sometimes I wonder whether anyone even looks at the websites of the central government institutions
I went to the UGC website

and found this picture

which made me doubt my vision and my monitor for a second.

Just look at the color of those hands

¶Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council"¶Agriculture Skill Council of India3"¶Apparel Made-Ups &Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council4"¶Automotive Skills Development Council5"¶Beauty &Wellness Sector Skill Council13"¶BFSI Sector Skill Council Of India14"¶Capital Goods Skill Council12"¶Construction Skill Development Council of India15"¶Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council16"¶Electronics Sector Skills Council of India17"¶Food Industry Capacity &Skill Initiative18"¶Furniture &Fittings Skill Council19"¶Gem &Jewellery Skill council of India20"¶Handicrafts and Carpet Sector Skill Council21"¶Healthcare Sector Skill Council1421"¶Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council23"¶Indian Iron and Steel Sector Skill Council41"¶Indian Plumbing Skills council22"¶Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council268"¶Instrumentation Automation Surveillance &Communication Sector Skill Council24"¶IT-ITeS Sector Skill Council25"¶Leather Sector Skill Council26"¶Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council27"¶Logistics Sector Skill Council150"¶Management &Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC)29"¶Media &Entertainment Skill Council31"¶Paints and Coatings Skill Council30"¶Power Sector Skill Council32"¶Retailers Association's Skill Council of India33"¶Rubber Skill Development Council39"¶Skill Council for Green Jobs28"¶Skill Council For Mining Sector38"¶Skill Council For Persons with Disability40"¶Sports, Physical Education, Fitness &Leisure Skills Council151"¶Strategic Manufacturing Sector Skill Council37"¶Telecom Sector Skill Council36"¶Textile Sector Skill Council35"¶Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council

Skill development councils list

1 Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council

2 Agriculture Skill Council of India

3 Apparel Made-Ups &Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council

4 Automotive Skills Development Council

5 Beauty &Wellness Sector Skill Council

6 BFSI Sector Skill Council Of India

14Capital Goods Skill Council

12Construction Skill Development Council of India

15Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council

16Electronics Sector Skills Council of India

17Food Industry Capacity &Skill Initiative

18Furniture &Fittings Skill Council

19Gem &Jewellery Skill council of India

20Handicrafts and Carpet Sector Skill Council

21Healthcare Sector Skill Council

21Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council

22Indian Iron and Steel Sector Skill CouncilIndian Plumbing Skills council

23Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council

24IT-ITeS Sector Skill Council

25Leather Sector Skill Council

26Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council

27Logistics Sector Skill Council150Management &Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC)

29Media &Entertainment Skill Council31Paints and Coatings Skill Council

30Power Sector Skill Council

32Retailers Association's Skill Council of India

33Rubber Skill Development Council39Skill Council for Green Jobs

28Skill Council For Mining Sector38Skill Council For Persons with

268Instrumentation Automation Surveillance &Communication Sector Skill Council

40Sports, Physical Education, Fitness &Leisure Skills Council1

51Strategic Manufacturing Sector Skill Council

35Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council

36Textile Sector Skill Council

37Telecom Sector Skill Council

Disability

"Book Publishers lamentation " and the digital copyright act and pirating of books

"Book Publishers lamentation "
when somebody asked the question whether it was legal to download books from a website called Z library one of the answers was from a publisher.

"We don’t know what the effect of book piracy on sales actually is, because we can’t compare our book sales to a parallel world where there isn’t any. But we have to assume that there is some number of pirate downloads that substitutes for a sale. I don’t think it’s a ratio of 1:1 - I think that many of the individual downloads ended up with people who would not otherwise have bought the book. But I think that at the least, 1 in every 20 people who downloaded the book would have bought a legit copy if they hadn’t been able to find a pirate edition for free.

Publishing is a low-profit-margin business. Authors, unless they’re literally superstars, make a terrible living. Most of them have a day job. A 5% hole in your balance sheet can be the difference between a book contract and going back to that day job. (Or indeed between ‘everyone gets a £500 bonus’ and ‘voluntary redundancies.)

This was the same kind of argument which used to be made about music and is made even now but the advent of Apple iPod and app store iTunes was a better business plan the same thing should be implemented in the book publishing world.
If I can byA used hardcover book for five dollars in secondhand market I should be able to download the same book after certain number of years of publication for less than that.
And I think the tears shed by the publishers are more like crocodile tears regarding the authors who are most of the time shortchanged by the publishers unless they are very famous.

Probably Google could come up with a subscription where you could read any and every book which is on their Google books site provided to pay a subscription and Google could pay royalties based on traffic to that particular book.

If someone prizes a book for $2000 a copy just because the subject is esoteric and only a few people will need to buy the book I think this is absurd I would like to see more usage of digital publication so that the actual authors are able to get some money for their sweat.

Asking for hundred and five dollars for a single article from a journal publisher who is not going to pay a single cent to the author is not correct in my opinion.

THIS PAGE IS SECURE

Evaluation of a Medical Alert Communication Infrastructure Based on Fuzzy Logic and IoT Devices

Buy Article:

$106.64 + tax(Refund Policy)

Authors: Gaona-García, Paulo; Mendoza, Daniel; Vargas, Fredy; Montenegro-Marin, Carlos

Source: Advanced Science Letters, Volume 25, Number 1, January 2019, pp. 21-24(4)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2019.13178

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

CAA protests BBC correspondents stupid observation "But those who died were mostly Muslims."

If Muslims are protesting CAA and are fired upon will Hindus die ?

Hari's Random Thoughts by Hariharan Ramamurthy