In Dilemma: what is the best option?

According to wikipedia "A dilemma (double proposition) is a problem offering at least two possibilities, neither of which is practically acceptable." Whatever the choice we select between the two, after few years we will definitely feel that we should have chosen the other one. The exception is rarest of rare cases where we are extremely lucky/successful. But most of the times we feel that the other choice would have given us better prospects. Its always easy to look backward at life and say I should have done this but the real thrill is in looking forward and making decisions.

        Presently I am having a dilemma and have to choose between two. I have tried to analyze and weight out the +ves and -ves of each but still my mind is wandering between the two? It is tough choice.


PS: stay tuned, I will post my dilemma in future posts.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilemma

When will these chain businesses end?

        Day by day chain market business marketing is becoming innovative and companies are coming up with same concept but in a new package (Amway, speakasia etc).

     

        I got a call from one of my friend saying that he is working on an idea part-time and he is getting good returns. Naturally I got excited and was interested in knowing, but he insisted in meeting in person. After meeting he initially spoke about royalty and franchisee business. I am thinking of it as an sales proposition for imported products etc. I insisted to get to the point rather than explaining all these but after eating a good amount of 45 minutes of my valuable time I came to know that he is marketing about Amway. My immediate thought was to fly away from him, if I had wings, as a bird but unfortunately I didn't have wings.  So, I tried to be as calm as possible and said I will get back to you.

        During my start-up, we were looking for a partner and I know that above person can perfectly fit into the role but still I had second, sorry hundred thoughts to invite him into our work. Basically I felt very uncomfortable to get him onto the table. May be sub-consciously I am scared that he is greedy for money or scared that he is not matured enough or hundreds of similar reasons.

        I still wonder how the well educated IT engineers are falling for this trap? Are the good marketing skills of chain business leaders a reason for this? is it the greediness of people driving them to enroll in these? Why cannot they simply think that any chain business should end somewhere unless the Indian population doubles every year.

        I have seen discussions about these business on entrepreneur groups about whether to join these or not? The outcome of that discussion was to join early and leave early. But if you are a person with ethical values its always better to stay from these. At least I feel that someone should not suffer because of me. Entrepreneurship is developing something for the good of our society/community/country/world, but not making the world worse after sometime.

IEEE Students Conclave 2010 Chennai

IEEE Student Branch of Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai,Tamil Nadu in associatioin with IEEE Madras Section is organizing "IEEE STUDENT CONCLAVE '10" on 20th and 21st of 2010 August. Since the participation is on all India basis, we may have good networking possibility across the country and also get a chance to meet great peoples from various industries and share their technological Ideas among us. For more details, Please visit http://jeppiaarieee.org/ or contact Mr. Anand B at anandb@ieee.org

 

Activities in other IEEE sections of India, anounced by IEEE India council:

IEEE India is keeping it's commitment of organizing befitting member beneficial events through out the country. Almost all Sections are actively participating in various IEEE activities throughout the year. I wish to share the few of our India Section's event information for the benefit of all IEEE members with a request to ensure good participation and successful completion of these events.

1) Delhi Section

IEEE Delhi Section is supporting the one-day event International Conference on Smart Grids scheduled on 27th August 2010 at Hotel Crown Plaza, New Delhi, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India Network being the main organiser

2) Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat Section
IEEE ISTAR Student Branch in association with IEEE Computer Society Chapter, India Council is organising a "National Workshop on Simulation of Networks using NS2 Simulator [NWSN-2010]" during Friday, 24 September & Saturday, 25 September 2010 at ISTAR, Vallabh Vidyangar, Gujarat, India. During the last decade simulation has become a very powerful and an important tool for planning, designing and controlling complex system. Nowadays an error in real life costs a lot of money. Looking at the tremendous interest from academia and industry to use NS2 Network simulator in the research field of Wired, Wireless and Satellite communications Networks, we organize NWSN-2010. The workshop will be conducted by the elite faculty (from reputed institute) who are specialized in the Networking and NS2 Network Simulator. The total number of participants for the workshop is limited to 60. For more details please contact IEEE ISTAR STUDENT BRANCH Phone: +91-02692-234 955,Mobile: 9898447350,
E-mail: ieeeistarsbvvn@gmail.com
URL: http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/gujarat

http://www.istar.ac.in/

3) Mumbai Section

In order to consummate IEEE's goals, it is a necessity for various sections to share their ideas and best practices among themselves thus improving the functioning of their respective student branches. Keeping this in view IEEE Bombay Section is hosting the All India Student Congress (AISC) for the year 2010 in association with IEEE-CRCE, on September 24-26 2010 at Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Fr. Agnel Ashram, Bandstand, Bandra West, Mumbai-400050, Maharashtra, India. For more details contact Mrs. Swapnali Mahadik swapnali@frcrce.ac.in or visit http://www.frcrce.ac.in/

4) Kerala Section

International Conference on Communications and Signal Processing(ICCSP2011)http://iccsp2011.nitc.ac.in Technical Co Sponsors: IEEE Region 10 & IEEE Kerala Section on 10-12 February2011 at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC)

5) Calcutta Section

INDICON -2010 is scheduled at Kolkota on 17-19 December 2010 for details please visit http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/calcutta/indicon2010/

6) Madras Section

IEEE Student Branch of Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai,Tamil Nadu in associatioin with IEEE Madras Section is organizing "IEEE STUDENT CONCLAVE '10" on 20th and 21st of 2010 August. Since the participation is on all India basis, we may have good networking possibility across the country and also get a chance to meet great peoples from various industries and share their technological Ideas among us. For more details, Please visit http://jeppiaarieee.org/ or contact Mr. Anand B at anandb@ieee.org

7) Bangalore Section

Annual Symposium 2010 of IEEE Bangalore Section scheduled on 22-23 Oct, 2010 is an annual event in the Emerging domains of Engineering. The aim of the 19th Annual symposium is to address the technologies driving the e-health, e-education and e-governance, TD E3 2010 will provide a platform for aspiring engineers, researchers and students to discuss their findings. The symposium is one of the main activities of the IEEE Bangalore Section. For more details and to submit papers' abstract log on to http://www.ieeebangalore.org/ or write to Mr. Hitesh Mehta info@ieeebangalore.org.

8) Hyderabad Section

In association with AES / COM / LEO Societies Chapter IEEE Hyderabad Section On August 21st, 2010 (Saturday) a One Day Workshop on "Digital Holography and Applications" by Anand Krishna Asundi, Professor, Division of Engineering Mechanics,School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU, Singapore at Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad . For further details please write to deanrnd@staff.vce.ac.in / ushadevi@hotmail.com or visit http://ewh.ieee.org/mu/hyderabad/files/2010/06/holo.pdf%20PES/IAS/PELS Hyderabad Chapter is also conducting a one tutorial Monday, 23rd August 2010, on Development of Massive Wind Power Plants: Integration Issues; Developer, Owner & Operators' Perspective Venkata Subbaiah Pasupulati, P.E. Sr. Director of Power Systems Engg., Oak Creek Energy, a Marubeni Company from1430 to 1800hrs at CII-Green Business Centre, Hyderabad, details of which can be had from Mr. S Appa Rao,Secretary, PES/IAS/PELS, Hyderabad Chapter, E-mail: sampangi_apparao@yahoo.com

9) Uttar Pradesh Section

2010 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks (WCSN) is being organized at Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, by IEEE UP Section on 17 - 19 Dec 2010 For more details please visit Website http://wcsn.iiita.ac.in/wcsn2010/ Or Contact Prof. M. Radhakrishna, IIIT +91 9415238222 or mkrishna@iiita.ac.in

10) Kharagpur Section

IEEE Kharagpur Section is organizing a One day workshop on "Numerical Linear Algebra Applications" on 12 August, 2010 in association with its Control System Society Chapter. For more details please contact Prof. Aurobinda Routray, email: aurobinda.routray@gmail.com / aroutray@iitkgp.ac.in

Phone: +91-9434041933

Regards,

(Ramakrishna Kappagantu)

Secretary, IEEE India Council,

Email: kramakrishna@ieee.org  91 94495 99155

My favourite quote

"Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character."


— Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955).