Degree/Diploma/Certificate - Authentication / Attestation

Implementation of the ‘Apostille’ Convention

With India’s accession to the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents (www.hcch.net) Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs at CPV Division, Patiala House will start issuing Apostilles w.e.f. August 29, 2007. Apostille stickers will be issued on the documents –personal like birth, death, affidavits, power of attorneys, marriage etc and educational documents like degree, diplomas, matriculation and secondary level certificates. However, commercial documents are excluded from the purview of the Convention. Procedure: All documents should be first authenticated by the designated agencies in the State from where thedocument has been issued. In case of personal documents, Home Department/General Administration Department arethe designated authorities. In case of educational documents, State Governments have now opened Regional Authentication Centers (RACs) (see list) at various States from where the document should first be attested. Documents attested by these authorities then need to be presented to MEA for issue of Apostilles. Fee: A fee of Rs. 50/- in form of Postal/Pay Order drawn in favour of PAO, MEA, New Delhi is payable for each Apostille sticker. For further information the following may be contacted:
1.
Section Officer (OI) Ministry of External Affairs,CPV Division, Patiala House Annexe,Tilak Marg, New Delhi – 110001Email: sooi@mea.gov.in
2.
Under Secretary (Ext. & OI)MEA, CPV DivisionTelefax: 23070486Email:usexoi@mea.gov.in

3.
Joint Secretary (Consular)MEA, CPV DivisionTelephone No: 23388015 Fax:23388385Email: jscons@mea.gov.in
4.
Joint Secretary (CPV) MEA, CPV DivisionTelephone No.: 23387104Fax: 23782821Email:jscpv@mea.gov.in

Regional Authentication Centers (RACs)
1.
Kerala
(i). Shri K.S. Gopinathan Nair,Regional Authentication officer,Lotus villa, Sasthamangalam, Thiruvananthapuram Tel: 0471-5575212 (O)


(ii). Shri N.K. Raveendran, Additional Secretary, Govt. of Kerala, 40/9210-A, Dorai Swami Iyer Road, Ernakulam,Tel: 0484-5583832, 5583834 (O)


(iii). Shri. P.A. Esak,Joint Secretary, GAD, Govt. of Kerala, 2nd Floor, CDA Building, Zamorin's Square, Railway Station Link Road, KozhikodeTel: 0495-2304882, 2304885 (O)
2.
Karnataka
Shri. H.C Nagendra, Deputy Secretary / Shri M.S. Mahanteshaiah,Under Secretary, Home Department,Passport and Foreigners, Room No.220, IInd Floor, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore,Tel: 080-22092540, 22092371 (O)
3.
Maharashtra
Smt. Seema Dhanderi, Joint Secretary, Shri. Kotwal, Tel: 25375529 School Education and Sports Deparment,4th Floor Mantralaya Annexe, Mumbai-400032 Tel: 02222024237 (O), 24367773 ®
4.
Andhra Pradesh
Shri.K. Bikshamaiah, Joint Secretary (GPM & AR)Shri M.A. Ghaffar, Joint Secretary(AIS),General Administration Department, Old Reception Hall, Near Old Gate, A.P.Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad Tel: 040-23454823 (O)
5.
Tamil Nadu
Public (Foreigners) Deparment, Near Chief Secretary Officer, Old Building, Third Floor, Chennai-9
6.
Punjab
(i) Smt. Joginder Kaur/Shri. Bakshi Ram, Under Secretary, Department of Non- Resident Indian Affairs,Government of Punjab, Ground Floor, Mini Secreetariat, Sector-9, Chandigarh.(ii)Dr. Atamjit Singh, Deputy Director ( Colleges ),Director of Public Instruction © Punjab, Chandigarh.
7.
West Bengal
Shri. A.K. Barua, Section Officer, Home (Foreigner & NRI), Shri.C. Raychaudhuri, Joint Secretary, (Home Deptt.) Department Writers Building,Kolkata-700001Fax: 22145479
8.
Goa
(i) Dr. Bhaskar G. Nair, Director of Higher Education.Government of Goa, Junta House, 2nd Lift, 5th Floor, Panaji, Goa.Tel: 2425582/85, Fax: 2425582, Mobile: 9822802572 (ii) Dr. Colsa Pinto, Director of Education, Government of Goa, Panaji-Goa. (iii) Shri. Aleixo F da Costa state Director of Craftsmen Training, Sharma Shakti Bhavan, 3rd floor, Patto Plaza, Panaji, Goa 403001 (iv) Dr. Chandrasekhar,Director, Directorate of Technical Education, Alto Prvorim Goa, Tel: 0832-2413571, Fax: 2413571
9.
Rajasthan
(i) Dr. O.P. Gupta, Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Department of Higher Education, Room No 203, 2nd Floor, Main Building, Government Secretariat, Rajasthan, Jaipur Tel:0141-2227017(o) 9829132131(Mobile), 0141-2227017Residence AddressDr.O.P.Gupta, F-40, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur(Rajasthan)(ii)Shri Madhusudan Sharma Tel: 0141-22227724(O),9950999703(Mobile), 0141-2227395 (Fax) (iii) Shri K.K. Singhal Tel: 0141-2227399 (O), 0141-2351535(R),
10.
UT of Chandigarh
(i) Smt Kamla Bains,District Education Officer, UT, Sector-42, Chandigarh (ii) Sh. Gulzar Singh, Deputy Director Adult Education, UT, Sector-42, Chandigarh
11.
Meghalaya
Smt. R V Suchiang, IAS,Commissioner & Secretary, Education Department,Government of Meghalaya, Shillong
12.
Bihar
Sri Gopal Ji, Dy. Director, Higher Education, Human Resource Development Deptt.Govt of Bihar, Patna (for Magadh Univeristy, Bodh Gaya) (ii) Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara (iii)Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University,Bhagalpur. 2. Sri Vijay Kumar Himanshu, Dy. Director, Higher Education for Patna University 3. Sri Sunil Kumar, Dy. Dir. Higher Education for(a) Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambdekar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur (b) Jai Prakash University, Chapra. 4. Sri Suryadeo Kumar Paswan, Asstt. Dir. Higher Education for(a) Lalit Narain Mithila Univeristy, Darbhanga(b) Bhupendra Narain Mandal University, Madhepura(c) Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Darbhanga
13.
M.P
Smt. S. Khandate, Under Secretary, Higher Education Deptt. Direcotorate of Higher Education, Satpura Bhwan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh-462004
14.
Mizoram
Shri R.Malsawrna, Under Secretary,Higher & Technical Education Department, Govt of Mizoram.
15.
Jammu & Kashmir
(i) Shri R.K.Sharma, Special Secretary to Government, Technical Education Department, J & k, Civil Sectt.Jammu/Srinagar.Tel: (J) 0191-2546284, (K) 0194-2485765, 941940855(M) (ii)Prof. (Dr) Ali Mohammad Mir, Principal, SP. College,M.A.Road,Srinagar (J&K),Fax: 0194-2476828, Mob-9419010839, Residental Address- Chandpora, Harwan, Srinagar, Kashmir191123,Tel: 0194-2462156. (iii) Prof. Vijay Kotwal,Principal C.G.M. Sc. College, Jammu
16.
Dadra and NagarHaveli, UT
(i) Shri V C Pandey, Director of Education, and (ii) Shri D Balalah, Assistant Director of Education,(Admin) of the Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, UT, Silvassa.
17.
Sikkim
Mr G.B.Niraula, Joint Director (Examination) and Miss Diki Topeden, Deputy Director (Examination) Human Resource Development,Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim
18.
NCT of Delhi
Shri. D.M Khaneta, Addl. D.E (Co-ordination) Tel: 23814541(0)
19.
U.P
Mr.P.N. BathamTel: 00522-2237918,2238113/3135Shavkar Aggarwal, Tel:2238414, 0522-2238113, (M)9337349739 Fax: 0522-2235594
20.
Orrisa
(i) Shri B.C. Jena, Spl. Secy, Home Deptt. (ii) Sh. Tarun Kanti Mishra, Prin. SecyAsstt. To Spl. Secy.Tel: 0674-2322512 Fax: 2238113, Mobile:09839077600
21.
Himachal Pradesh
Secy (Edu)- Himachal, Mr. P. Mishra Tel: 0177-2621894
22.
Haryana
Higher Education Commissioner/Director Higher Education, Haryana in respect of Certificate(s)/degree(s) issued by Universities situated outside the State of Haryana (ii) Registrar of the concerned University in the State which has issued the certificate (s)/diploma(s)/degree(s). (iii) Director Secondary Education, Haryana in respect of certificate(s)/diploma(s)/degrees issued by National Open School, Central Board of Secondary Education, ICSE or any other State Board of Education in the country (iv) The Secretary Board of School Education, Haryana, Bhiwani in respect of Matriculation and 10+2 certificates issued by it or by the Haryana Open School.
23.
Uttrakhand
(i) K.S. Bisht, Under Secy. GED (ii) Shri N.S. Dungariyal Tel: 0135/2712802-Secy, GAD, Mr. M.s.Khan Ramesh Rawat Fax: 2712096 (ARO)
24.
Puducherry
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ray, Director, Fax: 0412-2254590, (0) 0413-2257831
25.
Gujarat
Shri.J.L.Patel, D.SShri.S.M.Mistry, U.S. GAD, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.



Apostille
Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi

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PhD positions

1. PhD Position Announcement

There is open PhD position in the project VERDIONE at Simula Research
Laboratory & Telenor, Norway.
Successful candidates also satisfy the following requirements:
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* MSc, preferably in computer science or related areas
* A strong background in computer networks
* Good ability to cooperate with others
* Good ability to work independently on challenging problems
* Good English skills


Application Deadline: August 31, 2008

For more detail please visit Simula Lab

2. PhD Student Position Announcement

No. of positions : 2

Qualifications

1. Preference will be given to those who have programming working experiences.

2. Preference will be given to those holding an M.S. or B.S. degree in Computer Science.

3. Preference will be given to those who have security-research or sensor/wireless-network-research background.

4. Good GPA in computer science or related fields;

4. Students need scores of TOFEL and GRE to be accepted to the graduate school.

If you are interested send your resume ASAP to Prof. Yang Xiao, Email : yangxio[at]ieee[dot]org
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New avenues in ICT and Modelling

One can look upon ICT as a language to communicate ideas between different areas of science and technology. Being a synapse of current technological advances, ICT is in need of a flexible formal foundation.

Observe artificial neural networks and adaptive filters, originated from two different problems and perhaps disciplines(pattern-recognition and communication), resembles each other well. In fact, they are same. There are large number of other examples highlighting the 'sameness'. Looking upon such a possibility ICT becomes a junction for analogies, managing these analogies and in process building up a common language calls for such a formal foundation.

Challenge would be to use available formal(mathematical) world entities to compensate for the empirical entities of ICT. And if not sufficient we will have to create new entities Isomorphic to the empirical ones.

ICT-Embedded System & Sensor Networks Research at DA-IICT.

Information and Communication Technology is one of the growing and promising technology enriching human life. Every day we come across many things which are outcome of ICT research and development. Easiest eye catching example is cellphone which has impacted a lot to our day to day life. Other examples are microcontroller embedded devices with small range communication capability. Embedded System and Sensor Network is one of the branch of this big tree named ICT which work on such devices. DA-IICT which is leading institute in ICT has reach and growing group working on Embedded System and Sensor Network lead by Prof. Prabhat Ranjan. Three Ph.D students (Sunil Jardosh, Gauri Joshi and Shubham Jain) and many M.Tech, B.Tech students and research engineers work on sponsored projects and research problems under the guidance of Prof. Prabhat Ranjan. Group is involved in many research activities some of them are listed bellow. Group is working to develop a modular sensor network testbed 'CENSE', consisting of 100 nodes. Another major project being carried out is the development of sensor nodes for monitoring movement of wildlife, called 'wildCENSE'. Following link will provide you further research activities of the group. http://intranet.daiict.ac.in/~ranjan/research/index.html

Book Review

THE ARTIST AND THE MATHEMATICIAN: THE STORY OF NICOLAS BOURBAKI, THE GENIUS MATHEMATICIAN WHO NEVER EXISTED by Amir D. Aczel


A long titled but small and concise book writes mainly of French Mathematics Group Bourbaki. A detailed account of central theme of Bourbaki group, structuralism in Mathematics has been discussed. Author writes about how the ideas of structuralism came from anthropological and linguistic studies, how they affected mathematics and later how they got spread over to other faculties of arts and sciences.

Efforts of mathematician André Weil and Alexander Grothendieck along with other members of Bourbaki group has been portrayed in detail. Author also discusses working style of the group. The account covers a biographical sketch of Nicolas Bourbaki in the sense that it discusses story of formation to fall of the Bourbaki group.

ICT research blog

Welcome to ICT research blog.

This is my sixth year doing full time research in ICT domain, and I am thrilled to share views, opinions, experiences and excitement being a researcher in this fascinating domain.

It will indeed be by please to discuss research topics, issues of academic and professional life and anything else that my fellow blog writer-researchers may find interesting.

Looking forward for an exciting journey !

I welcome you all.