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Sangeet Sharma
Sangeet Sharma (born 1962) is an Indian architect and writer from Chandigarh, India. He has authored six books on architecture, including ''Architecture, Life, and Me'' (2008), ''The Corb's Capitol'' (2009) and ''Castles in the Air'' (2017). Sharma is known for his contribution to architecture and literature. He has designed architectural work at the NIT Jalandhar, University of Jammu, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research and the PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, which was awarded the GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award by GRIHA Council. Career Architecture He is a practicing architect as a partner in SD Sharma & Associates, a firm founded by his father, Shiv Dutt Sharma. In September 2009, he was awarded the Outstanding Concrete Structure for 2009 by the Indian Concrete Institute for his project KMG IT Towers at Mohali, in Punjab. He was given a commendation award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government College Of Architecture, Lucknow
Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University also known as Government College of Architecture (GCA) or Lucknow College of Architecture (LCA), Lucknow, is a state funded college in Uttar Pradesh. It started with College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow, Government College of Arts & Crafts in 1911 but the architecture college separated from it in 1976 and named Government School of Architecture. It was renamed in 1980 as Government College of Architecture. In 2000 it was renamed as Faculty of Architecture and later renamed as Faculty of Architecture and Planning. It imparts a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture degree course and is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University), Lucknow. See also *College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow *Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University *Institute of Engineering and Technology *List of colleges affiliated with Uttar Pradesh Technical University *Architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohali
Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab (India), Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Mohali district. It is also one of the six Municipal Corporations of the State. It was officially named after Sahibzada Ajit Singh, the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh. Mohali has developed rapidly as an IT hub of the state of Punjab, India, Punjab, and has thus grown in importance. The Government of Punjab has initiated significant infrastructure and recreation projects in attempts to increase the standard of living in Mohali. Roads have been built to create networks between Mohali and Chandigarh International Airport to boost its international connectivity. Mohali was earlier a part of the Rupnagar district and was carved out and made a part of a separate district in 2006. History Early history Prehistoric evidence has been found in Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JP Medical Publishers
Jaypee Brothers is a medical publisher based in New Delhi, India. It was included on Beall's list of predatory open-access publishers before the list was taken down in 2017. Overview Founded in 1969, Jaypee-The Health Sciences Publisher publishes books in almost all the areas of health science. Jaypee has more than 4000 titles in its active list, and publishes close to 300 new titles each year. The company has editorial and sales offices in India, London, Panama, and 700 employees. It publishes in 12 languages, and publishes nearly 30 Spanish titles annually from its office in Panama. All Jaypee English language books, videos and journals are also published digitally through its online platform. Controversy In 2012, a Jaypee published a textbook titled ''Understanding and Management of Special Child in Pediatric Dentistry'' which was withdrawn from sale, after it was exposed by James Heilman to contain material that had been plagiarized from a Wikipedia Wikipedia i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
''The Tribune'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Chandigarh and New Delhi. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore, Punjab (now in Pakistan), by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five persons as trustees. It is a major Indian newspaper with a worldwide circulation. In India, it is among the leading English daily for Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The present Editor-in-Chief of ''The Tribune'' is Rajesh Ramachandran. Previously he was editor-in-chief of ''Outlook'' magazine. Ramachandran succeeded Harish Khare, who was appointed editor-in-chief of the Tribune Group of newspapers on 1 June 2015, serving until 15 March 2018. ''The Tribune'' has two sister publications: ''Dainik Tribune'' (in Hindi) and ''Punjabi Tribune'' (in Punjabi). Naresh Kaushal, an eminent name in the field of Journalism in North India is the Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupa Publications
Rupa Publications is an Indian publishing company based in New Delhi, with sales centres in Kolkata, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Kathmandu. Genesis Rupa Publications was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra and R. K. Mehra at College Street in Calcutta. Also a book distributor and importer, The logo of the company was designed by the film maker Satyajit Ray and he asked for some books as fees for his job. Business profile Rupa Publications has published all of Chetan Bhagat's books, '' My Country My Life'' (the autobiography of L. K. Advani), some of Ramendra Kumar's and Ruskin Bond's books, and has also published ''Kaun Banega Crorepati - The Official Book'', Pranab Mukherjee's autobiographical title the ''Presidential Years''. According to the publishing house, their annual production stands at approximately 150-200 titles currently. In 2012, Kapish Mehra, current managing director of the company launched Aleph Book Company, along with David Davidar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Of India
Indian architecture is rooted in its history, culture and religion. Among a number of architectural styles and traditions, the best-known include the many varieties of Hindu temple architecture, Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Mughal architecture, Rajput architecture and Indo-Saracenic architecture. Much early Indian architecture was in wood, which has not survived. Instead the earliest survivals are from the many sites with Indian rock-cut architecture, most Buddhist but some Hindu and Jain. Hindu temple architecture is mainly divided into the Dravidian style of the south and the Nagara style of the north, with other regional styles. Housing styles also vary between regions, partly depending on the different climates. Haveli is a general term for a large townhouse. The first major Islamic kingdom in India was the Delhi Sultanate, which led to the development of Indo-Islamic architecture, combining Indian and Islamic features. The rule of the Mughal Empire, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITP Media Group
ITP Media Group is a global media company founded in 1987. Its headquarters are in Dubai, and has offices in Abu Dhabi (the capital of the UAE), Saudi Arabia, India, the United Kingdom, Germany and the USA. ITP has over 60 media brands that attract more than 50 million people per month across its consumer, business, and influencer divisions. Divisions ITP Media Group operates across digital advertising, content creation, video, social, events talent management and publishing. ITP Consumer The consumer division has a large number of consumer media brands, including Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Conde Nast Traveller Middle East, Esquire Middle East, Cosmopolitan Middle East, GQ Middle East, Time Out Dubai, and Masala. ITP Business The business division includes Arabian Business, Construction Week, Hotelier Middle East, Commercial Interior Design (CID), Aviation Business and Oil & Gas Middle East. It hosts a number of events, conferences and information services open to GCC b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Pharmaceutical Education And Research
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) are a group of national level institutes of pharmaceutical sciences or Pharmacy school in India. The Government of India has declared the NIPERs as Institutes of National Importance. They operate as autonomous bodies under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Institutes Future institutes The Eighth Finance Commission in its meeting held on 20 January 2011, recommended establishing NIPER in Madurai,Tamil Nadu and for which, the TN Govt has already allocated 116 acres of land in Madurai. Even after this, the project has been non-starter till now. In February 2015, Arun Jaitley, the Minister of Finance, announced three new NIPERs, in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. In March 2015 Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, announced that the Maharashtra location will be in Nagpur. In November 2015, Ananth Kumar, the then Minister of Chemicals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab Police (India)
The Punjab Police (abbreviated as PP) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the state of Punjab, India. Punjab Police has a broad array of specialized services, including the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of the Constitution of India. Its headquarters are located at Jan Marg, Chandigarh. On 7 September 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs. The present DGP of Punjab Police is Gaurav Yadav IPS. He is an IPS officer of 1992 batch. History After Indian independence, Punjab police were initially responsible for the protection of the Indo-Pakistan as well as the Indo-Chinese borders before BSF and ITBP were created. Rapid Rural Police Response System Punjab is the first state of India to have a Rapid Rural Police Response System which provides City PCR-like response service in rural areas. As Punjab Police adopted Computer-Aided-Dispatch ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solan
Solan is a city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and the district headquarters of Solan district. It is located south of the state capital, Shimla. Solan has an average elevation of . The city is situated between Chandigarh (joint capital of Punjab and Haryana) and Shimla (state capital) on the Kalka-Shimla National Highway-5. The narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla railway passes through Solan. Located on the Punjab-Himachal Border, Solan is nestled in the Shivalik hills of the Himalayas. Solan was originally the capital of the princely state, Baghat.Capital of Bhagat state A defining feature of Solan, is its ancient s and |
Coimbatore
Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbatore is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai in terms of population and the 16th largest urban agglomeration in India as per the census 2011. It is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation and is the administrative capital of Coimbatore District. In 1981 Coimbatore formed as third municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu after Chennai and Madurai. Podanur Junction is the oldest Railway station in Coimbatore City. The city is one of the largest exporters of Jewellery, Wet grinders, Poultry and Auto Components; the "Coimbatore Wet Grinder" and the "Kovai Cora Cotton" are recognised as Geographical Indications by the Government of India. Being a hub of textile industry in South India, the city is sometimes referred to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NIT-Jalandhar
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (NIT Jalandhar or NITJ), formerly Regional Engineering College Jalandhar, is a public engineering university located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. It has been declared as an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India. It is a member of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) system, a group of premier Indian technical institutes governed by the Council of NITSER. It was founded as a joint venture between the governments of Punjab and India, originally under the name Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India (RECJ). RECJ (now NITJ) was established in 1989 by the joint venture of Govt of India and Govt of Punjab on the Land of Village Bidhipur and Village Suranussi of District Jalandhar (Punjab) on the Grand Trunk Road bye-pass. History Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established in the year 1987 as Regional Engineering Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
