The Quarterly in-house publication of Resonance The Quarterly in-house publication of ResonanceAn IITiansThirst For PureAn IITiansThirst For PureVol. - 6 Issue XIX, April-June 2010 Vol. - 6 Issue XIX, April-June 2010Best of Luck for a successful path ahead! Best of Luck for a successful path ahead!"It is the youth that sows the seeds of responsibility, assumes leadership, illuminates, aspires and inspires"Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer in India and a former IITian .Quotes 4RKV Sir's Message 5 IIT SNIPPETS 7Cover Story 8Mahesh Gupta, creator of Kent RO System & a mechanical engineeringgraduate from IIT-Kanpur performs a miracle of remolding the world aroundhim. He has proved that one really can 'Think and Grow Rich' by expandingthe infinite mental capacities, if one has the will power.The incredible IITian empowering exporters atTirupur 11Kiran Bedi 12Reso Reaper 14Math is for everyone 15Winners 16Nawabs Of Lucknow 18Olympiad Prowess 19Barbarika, The disciple of Krishna 20VICTOR CUP 2010 21Salt Shakers of 2009 22MEDALHUNT- Olympiads 24Physics Force 25Chemistry Catalyst 26Math Exponent 27IIT-Guwahati 28Reso Seeds 30The police captain wears medals of values 31Giant size work in nanotech 32A craving for excellence 33Think To Win 34Enhance potentiality in Thermochemistry 35Rainbow 36Know Mania 38Eureka 39Khul Ja Sim-Sim 41Snap Shot 43IIT-GuwahatiKiran BediANUNAAD, April - June 2010The spring's here!Chief Impact ManagerManoj SharmaManaging EditorKirti SinghDy. Manager Corp. Comm.Vikas MehtaContact at: 09983327690 for advertising spaceEditor in chiefR K SharmaSystem AdministratorArun ShrimaliJ.K. PandeyGirijesh DubeySafdar SerajChairmanR K VermaSenior EditorVidhu GaurProduction EditorDhruv SharmaTechnology SupportAshok SainiHarvinder Singh LuthraReema MalhotraMahendra ChauhanBhuvnesh SharmaPrint ManagementSwastik Art Printers, KotaWhat does one learn from Bollywood flick, '3 Idiots'? Lot many lessons, I suppose.It had the real focus, on the education system, and whether educators, parents andstudents alike need a fundamental rethink of their perspective on what educationand learning are about. We can re-look at a lot of things and make an impact at anindividual level.In the 'knowledge age' what is needed is a system that ensures plenty of self-motivated hard work driven through a system where learning is meaningful,relevant and based on developing skills for the rest of a person's life. The youngsterswith the drive, passion and fearlessness for the battle of life to win as raw material,will find many takers who would rightly teach what they needed them to know.Mahesh Gupta, graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, gotgroomed to be a missionary who has this essential inner wealth, is a creator ofKent RO System and with his unfailing positive attitude and burning desire hasdone something infinitely greater than making a water purifier and has proved thatone really can Think and Grow Rich by expanding the infinite mental capacities, ifone has the will power.Activity is the insignia of life. Rising from the realms of unactivity and notsuccumbing to inactivity, KiranBedi, the first woman IPS officer in India and aformer IITian (Ph.D. from IIT Delhi) always kept herself moving and in action.Devoured in honesty, truthfulness and sincerity, Sushant Saxena, yet another IITianin khaki, is a man of values and principles who struggled to pave his own way thatleads to selfless service to mankind. A great number of people have learnt the art to be happy and successful in life. Mostof them moved ahead facing the challenges and looking problems as opportunities.PatronsLokesh KhandelwalShiv Pratap RaghuvanshiDr. Mrs. V.P. MittalBharat Kumar MatoriaShankarshan Tripathi3Disclaimer: This issue of ANUNAAD contains advertisements as a service to students. The contents of the advertisements are solely on the discretion of theadvertiser. Resonance is not responsible for the contents published in the advertisements.Success seems to belargely a matter of hangingon after others have let go.-William FeatherAn American publisher and author,based in Cleveland, OhioOnly those who are growing andproductive face impediments.Nobody trims the hair in the eyelids, butthe hair on the head is regularly cut.-Anonymousi sew The world is what we think it is. If we canchange our thoughts, we can change theworld.-H.M. TomlinsonAn American football playerDon't waste time calculating yourchances of success and failure. Just fixyour aim and begin.-Pan Yin TzeA Chinese soap opera artistWo r d s Wo r t hMany aspirants (of Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam and other Engineering competitive examinations) finddifficult to achieve their lofty dreams. The inner power and competency is very important in achieving the desired returns ofthe expectations inculcated within. Amplifying on one's dreams is not just enough but a holistic approach is necessary torealize the dreams of cracking IIT-JEE and other Engineering competitive examinations, which intends to remind the aspirantabout his/her dreams and stir passion within at every conceivable touch point.This year's IIT-JEE will be conducted on April 11, 2010. Your stay at Resonance was not a mere study of cluttered books but wasan experience, the intention of which was to primarily trace out important and pertinent points and concept clearance,necessary for cracking IIT-JEE and other Engineering competitive examinations. Continual practice and revision; relyingcompletely on Class Notes, Daily Practice Problems (DPPs) and Sheets will be instrumental in making you more confident intaking IIT-JEE. The guidance and direction of your experienced faculty members, who acted more as your mentors willcertainly help in augmenting your potential and your morale.Synthesized efforts of students and faculty members of Resonance will surely open the gates of knowledge of Indian Institutesof Technology (IITs) for which I wish luck to my students.I also welcome my new learners who have believed in Resonance to accomplish their dreams. I take privilege in making themclear that studying at Resonance is not mere by-hearting the books but it's an experience that makes a learner adept and clear inconcepts and fundamentals which is not only important for cracking IIT-JEE and also for studies at Indian Institutes ofTechnology (IITs).5276 selections (3345 from Classroom and 1931 from Distance Learning Programmes), in the span of 9 years, Resonance hasdeveloped and has taken a leap forward in making education more precise and accurate and also by obtaining rank in top 10and producing highest score in mathematics in IIT-JEE 2009 ( by Anvit Singh Tawar-AIR 9).The Department of Research and Development at Resonance continuously strives and keeps the study pattern at par with thepatterns of IIT-JEE and accordingly restructures the curriculum planning. By maintaining equanimity in teachingmethodology, to make the education more easily available, Resonance other than its 8 study centres and 4 information centreshas come up with 3 new study centres at Udaipur, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar. We have never compromised for qualityteaching at our origin Kota even after having centres across the country. The quality teaching is ensured by rigorous facultytraining and developmental programs for fresh and existing teachers apart from recruiting faculty directly at the senior level.At the end, I wish my outgoing students All the Best and encourage my incoming students to get ready with vigor to excel intheir endeavors.R K VermaB.Tech., IIT-Madras, 1994ANUNAAD, April - June 2010 5A message of hope~i (-i(|. -. ~i:~i:-|-(i (ss)lans'kiin| iniln| -ii - (i :s l(nilii | i (rn (| r+ -(i i |in l ln inni (-ln ii(i ii i i r| i(ni r+ i:i:-| - i ii l (rn i ii i -in l-l- i ni r+ l(nii| i i--l((i i i- (ii r| :lsn i -n - (( l i( r+: (i i:i:-| | n (i |ii zoo i -nil(n r+ i - r-ii (( l lni(i i ni (i r| r| (l~ liii (ii ((i liii -i- l(nii| l i| i( n-(i i -i(i i rni r l -i- - i--l((iinn ri+ i ii i ii i( - ri r l i i- ||| i i|- -i- i n -il - |l(nilii ii nirni i ll-n i ( (i lln ri i+ inii l(nilii | --ii i ( i|i( - l r i r-ii l(nilii -ir (i l n- r r+ l(ii l(ii i i i i| | i-nii lnii i (i n r+ri - i| l(nilii ri irni l ln ni i -( n ii r| (ii i ni r i | -i- i l ni ii iin| iniln| -ii i ii n r+- i| (inn l(nilii i -(inn ni r lri iln l i - l((i - li+ l(nii| i - (ii ni-- ni - (l- ii i:i:-| | l- i- i i| r - - ii (ini ril i:i:-| - |ni lln n+l(nn s (ii - i ni : ii r l- rz/c (ssr ll-n ii i- i ss (-n liii i- )i:i:-| |ii - r r+ i si l(n lr n( ii i|i o - s(| (|ni ( nlin - (ili in i ~i|li r|+i l (-- l(iin ii i:i:-| |ii - - ((i( i i-i-n| - (ilsn l(n ln -- (li in| (i i l in r+ liii n|i i in ilii | in| r l l(nilii - i: ln l (i rinii liii ii(i ( +(i i| ini l(nilii i i:i:-| (i |ii | ni| i -ii l- : l i ln -i| r+ : (i i| liii l(ii liii (i i r+(i (i i| l(nii| i i--l((i ii ln n ri l- l ni r+ i:i:-|:: zoo | |ii -l--ln ri (i i| l(nilii i -| iii-i ( ii|(i(+ANUNAAD, April - June 2010 6IITIIT SNIPPETSIT's official now. Those with anengineering or tech background are thehands-down winners when it comes toCAT. Out of the 2.5 lakh-plus studentswho took this year's CAT, just 11 baggeda 100 percentile. Of them, all are fromengineering/tech backgrounds withsome six hailing from the elite IITs.Topping the list is Varun Mangamoori ofIIT-Madras, who has scored 299 out of450. The remaining 10 include RahulSingh of IIT Bombay, Vivek Gupta of IITRoorkee, Ankit Garg of Punj abEngineering College, Kiran Kanchana ofIIT drug to treat kidney diseases receives patentAn i n di g e n o us dr ug , developed by scientists at theI n d i a n I n s t i t u t e o f Technology-Madras, whichc a n r e m o v e t o x i c phosphorous from the bodyof a patient with chronickidney failure has beenawarded a process patent.Sevelamer Hcl, the oralmedicine introduced in themarket four years ago byPune-based pharmaceuticalcompany Emcure under thebrand name Foseal, is a gel-like substance which swellsup within the body andbinds the phosphorous. Itthen exits the body throughf aeces. The drug wasdevel oped by organi cchemist and IIT-M professorS Sankararaman along withMa d r a s I n s t i t u t e o f Nephrology (MIN). Untilthen patients had to eitheruse metal-based drugs withside-effects or import asimilar drug.NIT Warangal, Bharat Goel of IITDelhi, Patrick D'Souza of MotilalNehr u Nat i onal I ns t i t ut e of Technology, Rohan Joshi of IITBombay, Vinay Tibrewal of IITMadras, Ayush Kedi a of NITDurgapur and Pushpak Pusegaonkarof Visvesvaraya National Institute ofTechnology, Nagpur.CAT as pi r ant s wi t h s i mi l ar backgrounds have been making it tothe 100 percentile club quite regularlyfor quite sometime now. Last year, forinstance, of the 9 students whoWillow Garage, a Silicon Valley researchgroup celebrated the success of their PR2mobile robot recently. PR2 (Personal Robot 2)has wheels and can cover a distance of a mileand a quarter per hour. It navigated thecompany's cramped office, opened doors,entered rooms and plugged its power cordinto ten electrical sockets - using its agile armand hand. Scientists here wanted to see howthey could push the limits of hardware,software and systems for robots and whethera robot could perform a certain set of tasksreliably.Sachin Chitta, one of the people whodeveloped PR2, and an alumnus of IITBombay, says about the robot, "A bunch ofpeople were pretty nervous, including me,The Future is Hereabout what would happen, what the robotwould do. People were trying to mess withthe robot as it was doing its task byjumping in front of it, blocking its path, butit's a persistent robot, it didn't fail, it keepstrying." Along with being persistent, it'sclever as well. If it finds a door locked, itsimply moves on to the next one instead ofcontinually trying to open it.Though on the surface, it seems like a smallstep, it is a giant leap for scientists workingin robotics. Since PR2 is designed as aplatform to conduct research and buildapplications in mobile manipulation in realhuman environments, it will help manyscientists to spin off ever faster into thefuture.The fact that the latestphosphate binder is a resinapart from being indigenousmakes manufacturing simplerand hence cost effective. Afterhaving devised an indigenousmethod of developing thedrug, the scientists applied fora patent. Nephrologists saythe drug is efficient, delaysdialysis when given early tokidney failure patients andincreases quality of life inpatients who are on dialysis.Engineers hit top spot in CAT again this yearachieved a 100 percentile, a majoritywere from the IITs, and one each fromIIIT Hyderabad and NIT, Trichy.Manoj Sharma,Additional Director (A & M)Courtesy - Times of IndiaANUNAAD, April - June 2010 7Water, Drop Of Life.Pour In Your Glass Clean Water !Discover the efforts of an IITianto keep a healthy body...ater is life. It is vitalf o r o u r b o d y functions. Five andhalf cups of water perWday is required forthe normal metabolism of the body. Herethe stress is on pure water. Mr. MaheshGupta, creator of Kent RO systemrealized this fact in 1999, when both ofhis children were caught up by jaundice,a water-borne disease. At that time itstruck to him that application of a waterpurifier might have saved his childrenfrom the disease. This incident made himsearch for the water purifiers in themarket but soon it came to hiscomprehension that none of the purifiersavailable, met the standards he waslooking for. And so he decided to makeone of his own purifier by importingcomponents from abroad. The properfunctioning of the purifier, meeting hisneeds and specifications of thepurification of water made him think tolaunch the same water purifier for theentire nation. Today, Kent RO Systemhas a much bigger turnover of Rs. 25crore as compared to Rs 5 crore of S.S.Engineering, his first venture and morepeople know him as the founder of KentRO Systems than his first company.He started off, working in the garage ofhis house. He took care of everything,including being the peon, typist etc all byhimself. He dissolved his ego at thattime. He did not want to approach any ofhis contacts because he didn't wantanyone to feel like they were doing himfavors. He knew that if his product wastruly valuable he will be able to convincepeople he didn't know to buy hisproduct. It was only after the first yearthat Mahesh Gupta bought a place to putup his factory.Mahesh Gupta graduated in mechanicalengineering from Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT) Kanpur and then didhis masters in petroleum from theIndian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. He then joined Indian Oiland worked as a manager in technicalservices department for about 10years.The latent burning desire reinforceditself on him and made him getthrough all the perspiration necessaryto overcome the inevitable obstaclesalong the way to reach the desiredgoal. In 1988, he realized that his innerurge was to do much more than just aroutine job. He possessed somebrilliant ideas for petroleum productsand to accomplish those ideas, hedecided to quit Indian Oil and thatmarked the beginning of his firstventure, S.S. Engineering Industries,which commenced with a meagerinvestment of Rs. 20, 000. Thiscompany is in the business ofmanufacturing innovative oil flowmeters and oil testing kits and till date,this company is a profitable businesswith an annual turnover of Rs 5 crore.What makes Kent RO different fromother water purifiers is, first, itstechnology. It uses a reverse osmosisprocess, followed by an ultravioletprocess, which is followed by a system toretain essential natural minerals in thewater. This product is patented.Technologically, it offers a greatadvantage as it removes dissolvedimpurities like salts and heavy metals,while retaining essential minerals. Also,the UV process in Kent RO kills thebact eri a t hat pass t hrough t hemembrane. 'Of course, other thantechnology we also differentiate ourproducts in terms of performance,servicing, branding etc.'Over the past few years, a number ofcompetitors have come into the ROs e gme nt . Ma he s h Gupt a ha dcompetition from Eureka Forbes,Whirlpool, Phillips etc, but his productstill performs the best. It has an X-factorthat is difficult to quantify to the public.The components are same as that of othermanufacturers, but it is that slightmodifications in the way RO use thesecomponents that give RO an edge overthe others.'Today, a major chunk of our businesscomes from household consumers. Thedemand comes more from homes thanoffices.' Mahesh Gupta has created acompetent marketi ng team thatapproaches institutions, interested inordering the product.Kent RO Systems, which has Bollywoodactor Hemamalini andher daughter Esha andAahna as its brandambas s ador s , has earmarked Rs 15 croretowards marketing andadvertisements.Rs 1, 000 -crore Indian- Mahesh Gupta Cover Story -R K SharmaSW & PR- Mahesh Gupta Cover Story -water purifying industry is growing at20 per cent annually and according toGupta, Kent intends to capture a 25 percent share of this industry by end of 2010.To further strengthen its marketing ties,the company has done strategicmarketing tie up with Indian Oil and BigBazaar to make the product rangeavailable to the consumers.We are also stepping up our presence inall the new formats stores across thecountry. The distribution channels arealso being scaled up. The tie-up with IOCwill help to market the purifiers at selectoutlets, he added in one of hisinterviews.The challenges are many but in thosechallenges lay several opportunities anda good entrepreneur captures thelucrative opportunities to build thebrand and raise consumer awarenesslike Mahesh Gupta did for clean watertechnology.Mahesh Gupta is looking forward toincrease international focus butcurrently his main markets for exportsare Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and SriLanka.Being extremely passionate for work,Mahesh Gupta moved ahead facing thechallenges and looking problems asopportunities. He grew an attitude which helped him reach his full potentialin every activity he took up.Success is failure turned inside outThe silver tint of the clouds of doubtAnd you never can tell how close you areIt may be near, when it seems afar;So stick to the fight, when you're hardesthit,It's when things seem worst that youmustn't quit!-ri nni n| (i r l i- ( i| | ni | rln (ilri(ir i|( i i| r| i|+ i ( (i -i ( (rn| i (|- /ro i:l| (|n- -i i in r+i ri r l -i - iiii l(i - ri+ r- i (r i (i ii: i il- -- (n| l(i i :l |( i|| (l- r- : (l(i i|+ :r| (l(ii ii |( - (i ( | (i-i iiii innr:+ -(iiil( - s rni ii.-| :si si (ir i|( | i| i - iniii l - (rn s i :s r i r (i - -i ri i+ni+ lni i| (i - i+ -ri i ( i r| i(| i i (i( - ii -i -(|ni ri ( ri r| n rn i+ (r - -r-ii i- in i+ -| i: | (i(ri i:i:-| (i |ii (| i s-l-i-i | (r i i-i n+ lni il( i (rn llnn i l -rii i iii ii l r i:i:-| - (i l-ini+ r i i| i r|+ ri i:i:-|i - (i li+riil - (- sii - iil- ii l i| -n -i(nil ((i( ii il -| -il- (rn+| r| i|+ | -ilni (( - i ni+ (i( ( r ri n+ i- (i -ni (r o - ( c./ r| i i + nn|(i - rn rn ri iii i--l((il i li i o - o in l(ii+(r n( (nin r l i:i:-| - nn| (i |i: ( l- -i| in| r+-l :|l|n | i: | (i(nni s/s - :l i iii(i:i|) n i | -rn | ((in(ri r ~(|~(| (iln l-| l-| - (r n| in (+ (ri i- (rnsi ii l i| nni sss - i:i| |i| si (|+ ri ri l :-i(i| rni (i ii i+ ni r l - i il(~| sii r| irni ii+ -| | |ln rs i - n(i(i | i| i -i(-ii --(: - ii+ - ini ii l - l(~| - il--n i l l| r| r(ii+ ili - ln| (i i ni ii`(i ii r ii l - -i(ni | i ii: i- (ii -r ni ii+ i:i| -ni (r -| | i lri( r| i n i+ (r ini i r liii irn i ln (:i) (ii i ni r+i:i| | | i| si ri -| ir| i- i li+ s -r| ni lni ii r|r l (i( - (- | l| n- ln--i i ri -r li+ nni i: (i( ri -n rin (i i l(i+i /s i | - ri (i(( ( -n irin ( r r+(i sss - -ri nni (ii (i i (lin i|| ii |li ri ni+ : (i( ri i|| i i (i (i| ii| | nii |+ nnii -r ri l (ii - r| -i - | i:ii| r| r i | i| i rillrn -i(i | nr i| n + :| (i(ri i n - r| i i ii| ni|+ :| (i( l(-in - r (in i| i: l( - l r ii| ni ni r ni(i l i r|` :| i - iil-n-( - ii+:| (ii nni iil-- (l- : l(ni n+ ( | | i (i- i ll(n) iniiil-- n l(i - - i i |liiii i i--in i i l(i+ nni rnr l (r ln r li |( ( i(i ri r+ ri -| i i |nr (( l(i nni r -lr r/ l( n i- in r+ --- -i (i - s (r rn r - (rn (i r i -ini r ll| i i| | ili i-ni r| in(i ilr + i (i - r ii r-ii iii r| i ilr+ o i - - ii l(i (n(n ri ini | in -|-( ni r+ i | -| n ( zooi | ri n: r+ (r - ii l(i l(-i i n r` r s ri(nii l r- i: lii: (i n n r l((r -| r ni r- liii ( i (in r+ nni ( i- i ll(n r ir ii -( rini r+ (r iiiri| r i lnl(i i n r+ l(i - -| i(i (-| i (-i r+ (-i (i ii(i - ni r i (-| li i| --ii -i - l(iinni ln | r+i (ii l i i (i r` r s nni ri l i (i - i-- l((i |-| r+ r nni r l iiln i l(ii -i i--l((i ini r l i r| r+i--l((i ni| ini r ( r ii(i i l - ri- ni r+ r r -r | n rl ni ni| l-n| ( (r | (ini i-n ii - | ((i(| r| rin|+lQyrk rHkh feysxh tc iwjh {kerk ls dke djsaxsANUNAAD, April - June 2010 10The incredibleIITianempoweringexportersat Tirupur- Sanjay Gupta - Sanjay Gupta - Sanjay Guptaan is the roof and crownof creation. Gradationamong t he humanbeings is created byMdi f f er ences i n t he'quality and texture' of their emotionsand intellectual convictions. SanjayGupta, one of IIT Delhi's brighteststudents, did create that difference. Agraduate in 1983, Sanjay Gupta left theabode of opulence which was brought inby several job offers, many of them frommultinationals and rather decided tofollow his heart over his head. Ignoringthe offers, he shifted his bag and baggageto Tirupur, a small town in Tamil Nadunear the Nilgiris.Gupta's move seemed a disaster as inthose days not many outside the stateknew of Tirupur's existence. (Its rise tofame as a textile export hub happenedlater). But he was unfazed. It was alwayshis ambition to do something on his own.Besides, being the only son, he felt he hadto help his father in the family business.In 1982, his father had bagged a Rs 32-lakh contract from Europe and shifted toTirupur.We always knew that Sanjay would beon his own and not join a company, says Sanjay Sangal, who studied at IITwith Gupta and is now running his ownsoftware consulting firm Microware inDelhi.While the first few years wereprimarily spent on understanding thebusiness of textiles, Gupta graduallylearnt that Tirupur exporters, including his own family business,were unable to compete with globalrivals because of inefficient processesand lack of automation. One couldn'thave asked for a better internship asthe fi rst 10 years hel ped meunderstand the business, realize theinefficiencies and also gain trust oflocal exporters, recalls Gupta.Gupta brought several exporters inTirupur together to form their own ITCompany cal l ed G- Tech I nf oSolutions. The company was formedafter Gupta. Many others realized thatthey needed their own firm to overseeprocurement and deployment of newIT solutions. The real benefit oftechnology lies in its application, andnot in the hype, says Guptasuccinctly.We now plan to have a centralizedERP that can be delivered to exportersfor monthly fee of Rs. 3-4, 000 withouthaving to invest upfront, he says. Theseexporters are hoping that this proposedenterprise resource planning softwarewi l l he l p t he m t r a c k e x po r t consignments in real-time, throughcomputers and even mobile phones,helping them erase almost Rs 800 crore inlosses each year because of delayedshipments, apart from saving anotherRs 200-300 crore from supply chainefficiencies.Today, he has no regrets about what he isdoing. It's a tricky issue and we havehad discussions around this recently, butwe must give back what Tirupur hasgiven to us, says Amita Gupta, his wifewho manages the family business andhelps him find enough time to fulfill hismission.Vidhu GaurSW&PRANUNAAD, April - June 2010 11Kiran Bedi"Be a Master at what you are doing - cultivate excellence,balance the head and the heart. Be a Member of thecommunity - live an unselfish life and learn to give, beresponsible, and contribute something of value. FindMeaning in life - live with a sense of higher purpose. Forme, this meant policing became the power to correct, notarrest. At an institute like IIT, it is criminal to beordinary. Let us do better with our lives and resources"While Addressing to the students of IIT-MadrasActivity is the insignia of life. Thehighest type of individuals is calledindividuals of achievement. They worknot merely as laborers or workers, not forthe sake of wages, nor for the sake ofsuccess but they live and act seeking onlya sense of fulfillment.Who is mightier, the one who is making ahistory in the world or the one who isearning his livelihood?Three hundred and sixty-five days makea year. You find that some individualsmake history within a short time of tento twenty years carry out suchwonderful achievements as to leavebehind something remarkable for whichthe succeeding generations are grateful.Kiran Bedi is truly one such icon ofheroism. She was the first Indian womanto join the Indian Police Services. Shewas born on June 9, 1949 at Amritsar inPunjab. She is one of the most renownedpolice officers, who have put in theirwhole hearted effort in serving thesociety. She is the pride of our Indianpolice force.Rising from the realms of unactivity andnot succumbing to inactivity, KiranBedi always kept herself moving andin action. She kept on going, evenwhen the going got tougher. When weact the glory of action is dependentupon, not the environment, not whereyou work and how you work, but it isthe intention or motive behind thework that lends enchantment to thevery work. Due to her astute ardor, inthe recent times, she has beenappointed as the Director General ofIndia's Bureau of Police Research andDevelopment. Earlier, she served asthe Police Advisor in the UnitedNations peacekeeping department.For her noteworthy performance, shewas awarded with the UN medal. Inthe year 2005, she received thehonorary degree of Doctor of Law.She did her schooling from the SacredHeart Convent School in Amritsar andcompleted her graduation in theEngl i s h l a ngua ge f r om t he Government College for Women inAmritsar. She received her Mastersdegree in Political Science fromPunjab University, Chandigarh andcontinued her studies, even when shejoined the Indian Police force. In the year1988, she obtained a degree in Law (LLB)f r o m D e l h i U n i v e r s i t y . In the year 1993, the Department ofSocial Sciences, the Indian Institute ofTechnology in New Delhi awarded herwith a Ph.D. degree. Her topic ofresearch was Drug Abuse and DomesticViolence. Kiran Bedi has won thechampionship of all-India and all-Asiantennis competition. When she was 22years old, she won the Asian Ladies Title.Kiran Bedi believes in the 3 M theory forsuccess: 1) Be a master at what you aredoing cultivate excellence, balance thehead and the heart. 2) Be a member of thecommunity live an unselfish life andlearn to give, be responsible andcontribute something of value. 3) FindMeaning in life live with a sense ofhigher purpose as for her policing meantthe power to correct and not to arrest.A woman of substance, she not onlyglorified Indian womanhood butpersonified justice, integrity andmeaning of fulfillment of life. The workwhen gl ori f i ed, gat hers a newmomentum, bristles with a new fervorANUNAAD, April - June 2010 12only because of the faithful intentions ofthe heart behind the worker's hand. Herprofundity manifested itself into writingand she became the author of books likeEmpowering Woman as I See, IndianPolice as I see, Leadership andGovernance as I See, It's AlwaysPossible, As I See, What WentWrong, I Dare, Shadows in Cages,The Kindly Baton.I dare opines the saga of womanofficer in the Indian Police Service whopioneered a humane method of policing marked by willpower, devotion to duty,innovation, and compassion and, aboveall, a never-say-die attitude. Theeyewitness account forthright andunsparing in this fully revised andupdated edition provides a well-documented expos of the sabotage ofpolice reforms (to be implemented as pera verdict of the Supreme Court of India)by certain bureaucrats and by somemembers of Kiran Bedi's own service.This kind of sabotage was the proverbiallast straw that compelled her to 'shakeoff the shackles'. As she asserts: 'My self-respect, myinnate sense of justice and my beliefs andvalues in life propelled me to throw offt he yokes t hat were al readyobstructing my growth and I now madeup my mind to set myself free and be amaster of my own time.' This is a no-holds-barred narrative packed withpunch, spirit and vitality. As I See is a persistent effort by theauthor to encourage greater awarenessabout various social and ethical issues toinvoke, provoke and inspirereaders to heighten theirl e ve l s of s e ns i t i vi t y, participation and response.Her experience and expertiseinclude more than 33 years oftough, responsive and interactivepolicing within India and outside. Shehas worked with the United Nations asthe Police Advisor to the SecretaryGeneral, in the Department of PeaceKeepi ng Operat i ons. She hasrepresented India at the UnitedNations, and in international forumson crime prevention, drug traffickingand abuse, prison reform, women'sissues and peace-keeping operations.It's Always Possible illustratesfundamental changes she brought,gi vi ng a human f ace t o t headministrative structure - creating anexemplary system covering everypossible aspect of prison management.Her primary obj ective was tocollectively and individually managethe transition from a moribund systemto a responsive and sensitiveadministration. Her efforts unfoldedthe process of reformation involvingprison administration, prisoners andthe police.Not letting her swayed by the verynature of mind that is ever runninginto its own self-chosen, instinct-ploughed ruts; she always attemptedto bundle up all the wasteful channelsand made the waters of the mind runthrough definite channels and made itirrigate, the field of the divine withinherself.She broke the barriers of tradition andnormalcy and strove to attain nobleideals. She dreamt and had thecourage and tenacity to turn herdreams into reality.- Kiran BediVidhu GaurSW&PRANUNAAD, April - June 201013vkxs c