Why Mars matters !

While my gentle observation says "Technology for the elite" is US NASA's motto of its technological robotic missions to Mars, "Technology for the masses" is the motto behind Indian ISRO mission to Mars, the author of this article from CS Monitor seems to have differing viewpoints.

Though the high reliability of ISRO Mars missions as compared to the less than 50% reliability of NASA missions has never been an issue for NASA scientists and never found mention in mainstream US media for obvious reasons, the cost-value-technological superiority of ISRO Mars missions over NASA Mars missions too has been very conveniently overlooked by NASA scientists and media.

The coming two decades may decide who will prevail in the end, like when US abandoned its Apollo missions to the Moon for being prohibitively expensive in the 70s. Everywhere cost matters at the end !!

Will US ever be magnanimous enough to accept and acknowledge the techno-commercial edge India holds when it comes to deep space inter-planetary missions (even under transitioning governments back in India) is yet to be seen.

Hear more on this at Alliance University Bangalore on 20 November at 2 PM. Kunhikrishnan has extended a warm invite to CETians !!

Click on this news item for more details on Indias Mars mission ..

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0925/India-reaches-Mars-Why-it-matters-video

Perestroika in Beijing ??

By fighting corruption, acting against corrupt officials and slowly moving to a ruling dispensation that will stick to the Chinese constitution, is the Gen. Secretary of the Chinese Communist party and Chinese President Li Jinping promising to the world of doing a Perestroika and taking China the USSR way ?

Ge .

Prof Jean Tirole's work discussion !!

Prof Shamim Mondal from Alliance Uty (Rochester, NY) discussing the path breaking work on competition theory of 2014 Economics Nobel Prize winner Prof Jean Tirole from Toulouse School of Economics, France at Alliance Uty this afternoon to an interested audience of faculty and students. Had the good wishes of Prof. Jean Tirole himself.

India and APEC ..

All the big names from the world were in Beijing over the past two days for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting hosted by the world's largest economic power China in Beijing. The no.2 country US was also represented.

The recent deep space power and third largest economy in the world, with the potential to lead the world in another 20 years, India is yet to find a place in this 21 member nation group.

Strength of Indian democracy !!

The new defence minister, the academically brilliant and brainy, yet simple Manohar Parrikar with the defwnce services chiefs.

The strength and beauty of Indian democracy is demonstrated here when the three defence service chiefs meet the new people's representative stressing the fact that people power is supreme in a democracy !! In contrast in our neighbouring failed state of pakistan, defence minister would have been decided by the services chief and would have met the Press at the service chief's office ! A sad state of affairs there !!

Thanks to the leaders and framers of Indian constitution and to our politicians and service chiefs all these years for maintaining its sanctity and holding it sacrosanct !!

Ge..

Watch "US Debt Crisis - Perfectly Explained" on YouTube

A must-see video on how US is leading the global economic collapse by spending more than it earns !! Gullible Indian migrants and migrants from other parts of the world fail to realise the volcano on which they sit, which will erupt one fine day for sure, when is the only question !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6VGCB8f_c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

RE: Prof Jean Tirole's work - talk by Dr Shamim Mondal

Thank you for the kind words !

All the best

Jean Tirole

 

 

De : George Easaw [mailto:geasaw@gmail.com]
Envoyé : Tuesday, November 04, 2014 4:15 AM
À : geasaw.blogposting@blogger.com
Cc : Jean Tirole; ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY Chancellor; anubha@alliance.edu.in; Sajan Mathew; shamim.sm@alliance.edu.in
Objet : Prof Jean Tirole's work - talk by Dr Shamim Mondal

 

Prof. Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics, France), 2014 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, is one of the most influential economists who have extensively worked on business in the field of Game Theory and its application to Industrial Organization. More specifically, his work has focused on the nature of competition and cooperation that pervades business environment and markets, and how regulatory bodies should respond to their responsibilities of looking after consumer interest by enhancing competition and looking after business interests to encourage innovation. Significantly, he has done some path-breaking work in the domain of network externalities and two-sided markets, which are helpful in understanding the businesses of credit card, application development for operating systems, internet etc.

The talk to be delivered by Prof. Shamim Mondal, economics faculty of Alliance Uty for the students of Alliance uty Bangalore will focus on some of these issues.

Date : 11 Nov, 2014
Time : 2.30 - 4 pm
Venue : LHW 203, Learning centre, AU, Bangalore.

All interested are welcome !!