MUIMUN scholarship awarded to Somansh

University of Münster is organizing the first Münster University International Model United Nations from April 1st - 5th, 2007. A Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation of the United Nations, where international students have the chance to act in different committees of the UN. In this conference 250 students from 75 countries are meeting to debate on topics which are of global concern.

The participants take up the role as ambassador of a specific country different to their own. For instance a student of India has to defend the role of Pakistan in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or a German student could be an American ambassador and therefore would have to explain its Iraq policy to its European allies.

With this program MUNs play an active role for better international understanding, which is highly recognized by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The students not only learn how decisions are made on an international level, but get a better understanding of different cultures and customs, and build up new networks around the globe.

Somansh Bansal is representing India in the world bank committee of United Nations to discuss on two topics:
1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Loan Proposals
2. Micro Financing in times of contemporary challenges – non-profit v/s commerical micro
financing

Cheers,
Ganga - Bistrobanter, Münster

Guest Lecture by Mr.Dhimant Shah tomorrow @ 2.30pm

Dear all,

On Thursday, 29th March, Mr. Dhimant Shah, General Manager – Systems, CSC India will be coming over to our campus for a guest lecture.

His brief profile is as under:

• Worked with LTITL for 4.5 years before joining CSC
• Joined CSC as Project Leader 10 years back. Currently General Manager at CSC
• Over 14 years of industry experience across Manufacturing and Insurance verticals
• Heading insurance vertical for last 6 years. Life insurance, P&C insurance - across geography

Topic: Current trends in BFSI sector.

Date: 29th March 2007

Time: 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Venue: SM 2 (erstwhile FMB 2)

Cheers,

Ganga

Pallavi n Mitros Budday

Listen to your heart

Listen to your heart,
As it whispers to you,
the name of your soul-mate!

Listen to your heart,
As it sings a happy tune,
eternalising your love for your soul-mate!

Listen to your heart,
As it prays to the Almighty,
for the well-being of your soul-mate!

Listen to your heart,
As it eagerly awaits,
the embrace of your soul-mate!

Listen to your heart,
anytime it weeps,
Sharing the sorrows of your soul-mate!

Listen to your heart,
as it speaks,
About itself to your soul-mate!

Listen to your heart,
when the whole world and your head doubts,
about the appropriateness of your soul-mate!

- Prof. Latha L

Profile: Dr.Michael Thompson

Name:	Michael S. Thompson
Occupation:	Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Location:	Blacksburg, VA, USA
Hometown:	Southern Pines, NC, USA
Hobbies:	Carpentry, computing, cooking, weight lifting, running, photography

Favorite Things:

• Beverages: A cold stout
• Foods: Anything cooked over an open fire
• Movies: "The Hunt for Red October" and "Animal House"
• Books: No clue
• Color: Blue
• Sports: College football and college basketball
• Clothing: Jeans and t-shirt
• Animals: Dog (guinea pigs are pretty funny, too)
• Time of day: Morning, before everyone else gets up

Other Interesting Facts:

• Fourth Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
• Reside in an actual log cabin (pic here)
• I am a truck-guy (hence the truck in the above picture)

Current Ambitions and Goals:

• Obtain a faculty job at a University in computer engineering.
• Own 50 acres of land and a tractor.
• Start teaching Tae Kwon Do again.
• Possibly get married (someday).
• Children... who knows.

Current Academic Activities:

• Using Lego Mindstorms and Windows Mobile devices to build robots.
• Pervasive computing and embedding communications in any and everything.
• Anything dealing with computer networking.

Favorite Time-consuming Web Sites:

• Wired.com
• PhD Comics
• Google News
• Digg
• Userfriendly

Cheers,
PRCom

Dr. Stu's assignment

Folks! Check out the soooperb creativity of our class at this link.
Loki, your page is the best one buddy! LOL!


Cheers,
Ganga

Sketches by Sonaal Bangera