Earlier Life and Education
Santosh Mehrotra is a renowned human development economist; his research interests have spanned industry and trade issues, the impact of macro-economic policy on health and education, the informal sector, and the economics of health and education. Currently he is professor at Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has given lectures on these issues at Cambridge University, Oxford University, University of Florence (Italy), Nankai University (Tianjin, China), and other universities and research institutes around the world.
* Ph.d. Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge; 1985.
* Diploma in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge; 1979. Development Economics.
* M.A. in Economics, New School for Social Research, New York; 1978; Grade average: A. Passed
* comprehensive MA examination with Honors.
* M.Phil. in International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; 1977. Grade average: A
* M.A., University of Allahabad, India; 1974-1976. Political Science
* B.A. , University of Lucknow, India; 1972-1974; Economics, History, English Literature
Principal Areas of Expertise
Santhosh k. mehorta has worked worldwide in collaborration with colleges and students on a wide range of problems like...
* Evaluation methods
* Economic analysis of social sectors (rural development, health, education, nutrition)
* Rural development
* Labour and its links with employment; social protection; skill development
* Public finance
* Macro-economic policy
* Policy advice and technical support to governments in areas of expertise
* Research management
Professional Achievements
Santhosh k. mehorta has worked worldwide in collaborration with colleges and students on a wide range of problems.
his professional career began in
* Aug 2009- Director-General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission (in the rank of Secretary, Government of India)
* Sept 2006-Aug 2009 - Head of Division, Rural Development, and Economic Adviser, Social Sectors, Planning Commission, Government of India (Sept 06-Oct 08);
* Nov2008-Aug 09 -Head of Development Policy Division
* Oct 2004 - Sept 2006 Senior Economic Adviser, Asia Bureau, UN Development Programme, New York; based in UNDP Regional Centre for Asia (at Bangkok) as of Jan 2005
* 2002 Oct - Sept 2004 Senior Policy Advisor, Human Development Report Office, UN Development Programme, New York. This office writes the global flagship publication of the United Nations, the Human Development Report.
* 1999 -2002 UNICEF, Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy: Senior Economic Adviser - joint head of UNICEF’s research (Social and economic policy in developing countries)
* 1991-1999 - Sept UNICEF Headquarters, New York:Jan. 1996-Sept 99 : Economic Adviser, Policy section, Division of Evaluation, Policy and Planning, .Jan. 1993-Dec. 1995: Economic Adviser, Office of Social Policy and Economic Analysis. Oct. 1991-Dec. 1992: Economic Adviser, Planning and Coordination Office in the Executive Office (i.e. Executive Director of UNICEF)
* 1988-91 Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Teaching mainly macro-economics of development; research. Supervision of research of M Phil and Phd students.
* 1986-88 Fellow (equivalent to Reader), Research and Information Centre for the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. Research on international economic issues, esp. related to Sub-Saharan Africa.
* 1980-85 Supervisory teaching (tutorials) of Cambridge University Tripos students in 2 courses: (i) Economic Development; (ii) Russian Economic Development since 1861. Also 'A' level Economics (Micro and Macro) at pre-university Colleges in Cambridge; October 1979 - 1984.
Prior to JNU, he was Director-General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, the only autonomous research institute of the Planning Commission, with the rank of Permanent Secretary to the Government of India (2009-2014).
He also earlier headed the Rural Development Division for the social sectors, Planning Commission (2006-08), and was a lead author of India’s 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12).
He also led the team that wrote India’s Human Development Report 2009 and 2011.
Research and Advisory Experience
Santhosh k. mehorta was worked various policy related projects in India and other countrys. He also a Member of various commit in India and abroad
The Planning Commission (of the federal Government of India, GoI) prepares India’s Five Year Plans, and funds the policies and programmes of each Plan.
* From September 2006 to August 2009 he was first Head, Rural Development Division, and also Economic Adviser, Social Sectors. Head, Development Policy Division, Planning Commission (till August 2009).
* During this period, he worked closely with several Ministries of the GOI, and a multitude of State governments of India. he developed personal familiarity with most of the flagship programmes of the
GOI, especially, but not only, with the programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development (MORD)(which has a large number of large-spending flagship and other programmes).
Evidence on policy impact
Santhosh k. mehorta had some unique opportunities of serving on Expert Groups that impacted GoI policy-making.
* he was the Member-Secretary, Steering Committee, Rural Development, Planning Commission, for the 11th Plan, and led the team that authored the chapters related to watershed development; land reforms; and food security and nutrition.
* he was Member-Secretary of the Expert Group on ‘Development Challenges in Extremist-Affected Areas’, a landmark report to the Planning Commission, which became a basis of several policy initiatives by the Planning Commission for Naxal-affected districts; he was also a member of the report’s Drafting Committee.
* he was a Member of the NC Saxena Committee on ‘Criteria to Identify the Poor’, and a member of its Drafting Committee. His co-authored research paper (in Economic and Political Weekly) became the basis of the methodology now adopted by the MORD in the current Socio-Economic Census to identify the poor, being carried out by the MORD, 2011-2013.
* he was also a member of the Expert Group (chaired by Prof R Radhakrishna) created by MORD to revamp the self-help groups based programme, SGSY, and convert it into the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. NRLM has now been taken to scale all over India, as a much improved and better funded programme to promote women’s self-help groups.
* By the Ministry of HRD, he was asked to lead the drafting of a National Vocational Education Qualification Framework, which has already been adopted by MHRD, and the concept paper on the subject has become the basis of the Cabinet Note on the NVEQF to Government of India’s Cabinet of Ministers. The Concept Paper has already led to the decision of the Central Advisory Board of Education to implement the NVEQF in the school and higher education system of the country.
National & international recognition in field of Evaluation
* he is the only Indian economist on the international review panel of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation;
* he was a member of the World Bank’s High Level Advisory Panel, Washington, DC, in 2011 to advise IDA/World Bank on criteria for selecting projects for conducting Impact Evaluations;
* he was Invited by the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group to write a paper on state of evaluation in India - see publications.
* he led IAMR in its bid to become the regional centre for South Asia on evaluation, a bid for which 23 other South Asian research institutes competed; IAMR came second in the bid, and was pipped by the Poverty Action Lab, led by MIT’s Prof Abhijit Banerji and Prof. Esther Duflo.
* he was Invited to organise a panel for the South Asian Evaluators’ Conclave, Nepal Feb. 2013 and New Delhi Feb. 2011.
Research Projects and Policy Impact: 2009 - present
As Director-General of the only research institute of the Planning Commission, he have led policy-related research on human development, employment and skill development - which is the mandate of IAMR. The
projects are listed below (and reflect the priorities of the renamed institute - the National Institute of Labour Economics and Skill Development), and have impacted policy:
Employment
* Helped design and implement four research projects on the challenge facing India to generate nonagricultural employment. Sponsor: Planning Commission, Government of India.
* Asked by the Minister (i.e. Deputy Chairman), Planning Commission to lead the writing of the Chapter on Employment for India’s 12th Five Year Plan.
Skill Development
* Designed and implemented three major nation-wide surveys on the state of skilldevelopment/ vocational training in India, and the apprenticeship system prevailing. Also designed skill gap analyses - that are being used by National Skill Development Corporation.
* Led the team that wrote the chapter on Skill Development for the 12th Five Year Plan.
* Evaluation of vocational training led to programmes being re-designed.
Developing a National Database for Technical Human Resources
* India needs a Labour Management Information System. At the request of MHRD (GoI) and the All- India Council for Technical Education, designed and implemented a system for collecting data on post-higher secondary certificate/diploma and degree holders in technical disciplines and management fields for India. The data collection system involves primary surveys of educational institutes, their students, and the latter’s employers, in a real-time, on-line basis.
Publications
Santhosh k. mehorta published many research books and paper.
his books include:
India Human Development Report, 2011,Oxford University Press, Team Leader. ISBN 978-0-19-
807758-9
Labour and Informal Sector
* Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks, Local Protection (Pakistan, India, Thailand, Philippines,Indonesia). Routledge, London, 2007 (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia); pubd in India for South Asia market by Routledge, India. Coauthored and co-edited with Mario Biggeri. (7 of 12 chapters co-authored). ISBN 0-415-38275-0
* Skills for Employability: Reforming Vocational Training in India ed., Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2013 (3 of 8 chapters co-authored)
* Land Policies for Agricultural Growth with Equity: Transforming Agrarian Relations in Uttar Pradesh, ed. Santosh Mehrotra and Ajit Singh, Sage Publishers, Delhi, California and London forthcoming in 2013(3 of 16 chapters authored)
Education
* Universalizing Elementary Education in India: Uncaging the tiger economy:, (co-authored), Oxford University Press (India) 2005. ISBN 0195-67099 X. Cited by - 22
* The Economics of Elementary education in India: The Challenge of Public Finance, Private Provision and Household Costs - edited, Sage Publishers,New Delhi, California and London, 2005. ISBN 0-7619-3419-7 Cited by - 17
Trade, Industry, and Growth
* Policies to Achieve Inclusive Growth in India. Realizing the Demographic Dividend (sole author) Cambridge University Press, (manuscript in final stages, in discussion).
* India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer, Cambridge University Press (Soviet and East European studies series), 1990 ISBN 0 521 36202 4 (published simultaneously by Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1991). Cited by - 31
* African Economic Development: An Agenda for the Future, ed. V.R. Panchamukhi and S. Mehrotra, Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries, New Delhi, 1988.
Public Finance and Macro-economic Policy
* Eliminating Human Poverty. Macro-economic and Social Policies for Equitable Growth, Zed Press, London, 2007 in both hardback and paperback simultaneously. Co-pubd in India for South Asia market by Orient Longman in 2008. Co-authored with Enrique Delamonica. Spanish translation: forthcoming in 2011, ISBN 978 1 842777725 Hb. Cited by - 30
* Development with a Human Face. Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth, S. Mehrotra and R. Jolly (eds), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997 (5 chapters co-authored). ISBN 0-19-829076-4
Cited by - 106 Paperback published by Oxford University Press, Oxford in March 2000.ISBN 0-19829657-6 Google Scholar: Cited by - 106 French translation: Le Developpemente a Visage Humain, Economica, Paris 2001).ISBN 2-7178- 4234-9
Books
* Asian Informal Workers. Global Risks, Local Protection (Routledge, London, 2007), and
* Eliminating Human Poverty: Macro-economic and Social Policies for Equitable Growth (Zed, London, 2007).
* The Economics of Elementary Education in India (Sage, 2006);
* Universalizing Elementary Education in India.
* Uncaging the Tiger Economy (Oxford University Press, 2005);
* Le Developpement a Visage Humain (Economica, Paris, 2001);
* Development with a Human Face.Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth (Oxford University Press, 1997);
* India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer (Cambridge University Press, 1990);
Santosh Mehrotra is a renowned human development economist; his research interests have spanned industry and trade issues, the impact of macro-economic policy on health and education, the informal sector, and the economics of health and education. Currently he is professor at Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has given lectures on these issues at Cambridge University, Oxford University, University of Florence (Italy), Nankai University (Tianjin, China), and other universities and research institutes around the world.
* Ph.d. Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge; 1985.
* Diploma in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge; 1979. Development Economics.
* M.A. in Economics, New School for Social Research, New York; 1978; Grade average: A. Passed
* comprehensive MA examination with Honors.
* M.Phil. in International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; 1977. Grade average: A
* M.A., University of Allahabad, India; 1974-1976. Political Science
* B.A. , University of Lucknow, India; 1972-1974; Economics, History, English Literature
Principal Areas of Expertise
Santhosh k. mehorta has worked worldwide in collaborration with colleges and students on a wide range of problems like...
* Evaluation methods
* Economic analysis of social sectors (rural development, health, education, nutrition)
* Rural development
* Labour and its links with employment; social protection; skill development
* Public finance
* Macro-economic policy
* Policy advice and technical support to governments in areas of expertise
* Research management
Professional Achievements
Santhosh k. mehorta has worked worldwide in collaborration with colleges and students on a wide range of problems.
his professional career began in
* Aug 2009- Director-General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission (in the rank of Secretary, Government of India)
* Sept 2006-Aug 2009 - Head of Division, Rural Development, and Economic Adviser, Social Sectors, Planning Commission, Government of India (Sept 06-Oct 08);
* Nov2008-Aug 09 -Head of Development Policy Division
* Oct 2004 - Sept 2006 Senior Economic Adviser, Asia Bureau, UN Development Programme, New York; based in UNDP Regional Centre for Asia (at Bangkok) as of Jan 2005
* 2002 Oct - Sept 2004 Senior Policy Advisor, Human Development Report Office, UN Development Programme, New York. This office writes the global flagship publication of the United Nations, the Human Development Report.
* 1999 -2002 UNICEF, Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy: Senior Economic Adviser - joint head of UNICEF’s research (Social and economic policy in developing countries)
* 1991-1999 - Sept UNICEF Headquarters, New York:Jan. 1996-Sept 99 : Economic Adviser, Policy section, Division of Evaluation, Policy and Planning, .Jan. 1993-Dec. 1995: Economic Adviser, Office of Social Policy and Economic Analysis. Oct. 1991-Dec. 1992: Economic Adviser, Planning and Coordination Office in the Executive Office (i.e. Executive Director of UNICEF)
* 1988-91 Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Teaching mainly macro-economics of development; research. Supervision of research of M Phil and Phd students.
* 1986-88 Fellow (equivalent to Reader), Research and Information Centre for the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. Research on international economic issues, esp. related to Sub-Saharan Africa.
* 1980-85 Supervisory teaching (tutorials) of Cambridge University Tripos students in 2 courses: (i) Economic Development; (ii) Russian Economic Development since 1861. Also 'A' level Economics (Micro and Macro) at pre-university Colleges in Cambridge; October 1979 - 1984.
Prior to JNU, he was Director-General, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, the only autonomous research institute of the Planning Commission, with the rank of Permanent Secretary to the Government of India (2009-2014).
He also earlier headed the Rural Development Division for the social sectors, Planning Commission (2006-08), and was a lead author of India’s 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12).
He also led the team that wrote India’s Human Development Report 2009 and 2011.
Research and Advisory Experience
Santhosh k. mehorta was worked various policy related projects in India and other countrys. He also a Member of various commit in India and abroad
The Planning Commission (of the federal Government of India, GoI) prepares India’s Five Year Plans, and funds the policies and programmes of each Plan.
* From September 2006 to August 2009 he was first Head, Rural Development Division, and also Economic Adviser, Social Sectors. Head, Development Policy Division, Planning Commission (till August 2009).
* During this period, he worked closely with several Ministries of the GOI, and a multitude of State governments of India. he developed personal familiarity with most of the flagship programmes of the
GOI, especially, but not only, with the programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development (MORD)(which has a large number of large-spending flagship and other programmes).
Evidence on policy impact
Santhosh k. mehorta had some unique opportunities of serving on Expert Groups that impacted GoI policy-making.
* he was the Member-Secretary, Steering Committee, Rural Development, Planning Commission, for the 11th Plan, and led the team that authored the chapters related to watershed development; land reforms; and food security and nutrition.
* he was Member-Secretary of the Expert Group on ‘Development Challenges in Extremist-Affected Areas’, a landmark report to the Planning Commission, which became a basis of several policy initiatives by the Planning Commission for Naxal-affected districts; he was also a member of the report’s Drafting Committee.
* he was a Member of the NC Saxena Committee on ‘Criteria to Identify the Poor’, and a member of its Drafting Committee. His co-authored research paper (in Economic and Political Weekly) became the basis of the methodology now adopted by the MORD in the current Socio-Economic Census to identify the poor, being carried out by the MORD, 2011-2013.
* he was also a member of the Expert Group (chaired by Prof R Radhakrishna) created by MORD to revamp the self-help groups based programme, SGSY, and convert it into the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. NRLM has now been taken to scale all over India, as a much improved and better funded programme to promote women’s self-help groups.
* By the Ministry of HRD, he was asked to lead the drafting of a National Vocational Education Qualification Framework, which has already been adopted by MHRD, and the concept paper on the subject has become the basis of the Cabinet Note on the NVEQF to Government of India’s Cabinet of Ministers. The Concept Paper has already led to the decision of the Central Advisory Board of Education to implement the NVEQF in the school and higher education system of the country.
National & international recognition in field of Evaluation
* he is the only Indian economist on the international review panel of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation;
* he was a member of the World Bank’s High Level Advisory Panel, Washington, DC, in 2011 to advise IDA/World Bank on criteria for selecting projects for conducting Impact Evaluations;
* he was Invited by the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group to write a paper on state of evaluation in India - see publications.
* he led IAMR in its bid to become the regional centre for South Asia on evaluation, a bid for which 23 other South Asian research institutes competed; IAMR came second in the bid, and was pipped by the Poverty Action Lab, led by MIT’s Prof Abhijit Banerji and Prof. Esther Duflo.
* he was Invited to organise a panel for the South Asian Evaluators’ Conclave, Nepal Feb. 2013 and New Delhi Feb. 2011.
Research Projects and Policy Impact: 2009 - present
As Director-General of the only research institute of the Planning Commission, he have led policy-related research on human development, employment and skill development - which is the mandate of IAMR. The
projects are listed below (and reflect the priorities of the renamed institute - the National Institute of Labour Economics and Skill Development), and have impacted policy:
Employment
* Helped design and implement four research projects on the challenge facing India to generate nonagricultural employment. Sponsor: Planning Commission, Government of India.
* Asked by the Minister (i.e. Deputy Chairman), Planning Commission to lead the writing of the Chapter on Employment for India’s 12th Five Year Plan.
Skill Development
* Designed and implemented three major nation-wide surveys on the state of skilldevelopment/ vocational training in India, and the apprenticeship system prevailing. Also designed skill gap analyses - that are being used by National Skill Development Corporation.
* Led the team that wrote the chapter on Skill Development for the 12th Five Year Plan.
* Evaluation of vocational training led to programmes being re-designed.
Developing a National Database for Technical Human Resources
* India needs a Labour Management Information System. At the request of MHRD (GoI) and the All- India Council for Technical Education, designed and implemented a system for collecting data on post-higher secondary certificate/diploma and degree holders in technical disciplines and management fields for India. The data collection system involves primary surveys of educational institutes, their students, and the latter’s employers, in a real-time, on-line basis.
Publications
Santhosh k. mehorta published many research books and paper.
his books include:
India Human Development Report, 2011,Oxford University Press, Team Leader. ISBN 978-0-19-
807758-9
Labour and Informal Sector
* Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks, Local Protection (Pakistan, India, Thailand, Philippines,Indonesia). Routledge, London, 2007 (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia); pubd in India for South Asia market by Routledge, India. Coauthored and co-edited with Mario Biggeri. (7 of 12 chapters co-authored). ISBN 0-415-38275-0
* Skills for Employability: Reforming Vocational Training in India ed., Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2013 (3 of 8 chapters co-authored)
* Land Policies for Agricultural Growth with Equity: Transforming Agrarian Relations in Uttar Pradesh, ed. Santosh Mehrotra and Ajit Singh, Sage Publishers, Delhi, California and London forthcoming in 2013(3 of 16 chapters authored)
Education
* Universalizing Elementary Education in India: Uncaging the tiger economy:, (co-authored), Oxford University Press (India) 2005. ISBN 0195-67099 X. Cited by - 22
* The Economics of Elementary education in India: The Challenge of Public Finance, Private Provision and Household Costs - edited, Sage Publishers,New Delhi, California and London, 2005. ISBN 0-7619-3419-7 Cited by - 17
Trade, Industry, and Growth
* Policies to Achieve Inclusive Growth in India. Realizing the Demographic Dividend (sole author) Cambridge University Press, (manuscript in final stages, in discussion).
* India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer, Cambridge University Press (Soviet and East European studies series), 1990 ISBN 0 521 36202 4 (published simultaneously by Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1991). Cited by - 31
* African Economic Development: An Agenda for the Future, ed. V.R. Panchamukhi and S. Mehrotra, Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries, New Delhi, 1988.
Public Finance and Macro-economic Policy
* Eliminating Human Poverty. Macro-economic and Social Policies for Equitable Growth, Zed Press, London, 2007 in both hardback and paperback simultaneously. Co-pubd in India for South Asia market by Orient Longman in 2008. Co-authored with Enrique Delamonica. Spanish translation: forthcoming in 2011, ISBN 978 1 842777725 Hb. Cited by - 30
* Development with a Human Face. Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth, S. Mehrotra and R. Jolly (eds), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997 (5 chapters co-authored). ISBN 0-19-829076-4
Cited by - 106 Paperback published by Oxford University Press, Oxford in March 2000.ISBN 0-19829657-6 Google Scholar: Cited by - 106 French translation: Le Developpemente a Visage Humain, Economica, Paris 2001).ISBN 2-7178- 4234-9
Books
* Asian Informal Workers. Global Risks, Local Protection (Routledge, London, 2007), and
* Eliminating Human Poverty: Macro-economic and Social Policies for Equitable Growth (Zed, London, 2007).
* The Economics of Elementary Education in India (Sage, 2006);
* Universalizing Elementary Education in India.
* Uncaging the Tiger Economy (Oxford University Press, 2005);
* Le Developpement a Visage Humain (Economica, Paris, 2001);
* Development with a Human Face.Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth (Oxford University Press, 1997);
* India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer (Cambridge University Press, 1990);
Ransack-Raid the Rostrum has been one of the most competitive Rock music events in the entire Northeast India. Ransack is a rock music competition for the amateur Rock bands, not only from North East but also from all the regions around the nation . Ransack-“Raid the rostrum” first began in the year 2011 as part of the national level techno-cultural-management fest of Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dibrugarh University called AUXESIS. The competition has been a spectacular format for the bands as it provides attractive prize money and song recording contracts in high facility studios for the winning bands so that they can pursue their musical aspirations furthermore. This open-lingual battle of bands has seen an exponential rise in terms of both public reach as well as footfalls, making it one of the premier rock fest of Eastern India. Ransack is organised every year during September as a part of its parent fest Auxesis.
Overview
Ransack-Raid the Rostrum began in the year 2011 as a part of its parent fest AUXESIS and is a non-profit student-run festival by the students of Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dibrugarh University. Ransack has already conducted four successful versions and it has already took pace for its fifth version. The event always bids adieu with a guest headlining band which thrills out the spectators.
In 2011, Undying Inc. performed at Ransack. The band is a thrash/Death Metal band from Delhi, India which formed in the year 2003.The crowd loved their performance and it started the trend of success for the event from its very first session. The first session of Ransack was held on 16th and 17 September 2011.Undying Inc. performed on 17 September.
In 2012, Slain performed at Ransack as the headlining band. This band is a progressive Rock band from Bangalore, India which was formed in the year 2006.The second session of Ransack was conducted on 30 September and 1 October 2012. Slain performed on the second day of the event.
In 2013, Gingerfeet was the headlining band which made a massive response among the crowd. This band is considered as India’s answer to Funk Alternative Rock from Kolkata, India. The third session of Ransack was held on 14th and 15 September 2013.
In 2014, Providence was the headlining guest band for Ransack V 4.0. Providence is a death metal band from Mumbai, India which was formed in the year 2010. The crowd attendance was massive and overwhelming. Ransack saw the largest enjoying crowd this year. The headlining band was under the production house called Metamorphik Productions. This version of Ransack started a new and amazing trend of introducing an Opening band.
The Opening band for Ransack this year was a Guwahati based thrash/metalcore band named Farrago. This recent session was conducted during 20th and 21 September 2014. Ransack was a grand success this year and it became one of the most famous Rock concert of Northeast India.
The next version of Ransack i.e., Ransack V 5.0 is yet to come and it has planned really bigger and better with some new formats.
Overview
Ransack-Raid the Rostrum began in the year 2011 as a part of its parent fest AUXESIS and is a non-profit student-run festival by the students of Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dibrugarh University. Ransack has already conducted four successful versions and it has already took pace for its fifth version. The event always bids adieu with a guest headlining band which thrills out the spectators.
In 2011, Undying Inc. performed at Ransack. The band is a thrash/Death Metal band from Delhi, India which formed in the year 2003.The crowd loved their performance and it started the trend of success for the event from its very first session. The first session of Ransack was held on 16th and 17 September 2011.Undying Inc. performed on 17 September.
In 2012, Slain performed at Ransack as the headlining band. This band is a progressive Rock band from Bangalore, India which was formed in the year 2006.The second session of Ransack was conducted on 30 September and 1 October 2012. Slain performed on the second day of the event.
In 2013, Gingerfeet was the headlining band which made a massive response among the crowd. This band is considered as India’s answer to Funk Alternative Rock from Kolkata, India. The third session of Ransack was held on 14th and 15 September 2013.
In 2014, Providence was the headlining guest band for Ransack V 4.0. Providence is a death metal band from Mumbai, India which was formed in the year 2010. The crowd attendance was massive and overwhelming. Ransack saw the largest enjoying crowd this year. The headlining band was under the production house called Metamorphik Productions. This version of Ransack started a new and amazing trend of introducing an Opening band.
The Opening band for Ransack this year was a Guwahati based thrash/metalcore band named Farrago. This recent session was conducted during 20th and 21 September 2014. Ransack was a grand success this year and it became one of the most famous Rock concert of Northeast India.
The next version of Ransack i.e., Ransack V 5.0 is yet to come and it has planned really bigger and better with some new formats.
Sri Ramachandra Guruji is one of the foremost Spiritual Masters & Past Life Regression Therapists of the world. The technique of Past Life Regression Therapy is pioneered by Sri Ramachandra Guruji and His wisdom in matters of Past Life Regression Therapy is legendary. Sri Ramachandra Guruji is famed for his popularizing drugless healing sciences like Past Life Regression Therapy & Hypnosis among Indians through his addressing as a frequent guest on various television channels & radio talk shows. Moreover, Sri Ramachandra Guruji is a Psycho Spiritual Hypnotherapist internationally renowned for his contributions in Alternative medicine. Sri Ramachandra Guruji possesses vast knowledge in sciences like Hypnosis, Past Life Regression, Future-Life Progression and Reincarnation.
<big>Sri Ramachandra Guruji</big>
Born :01-07-1963 (age 51),Madderi Village, Kolar Taluk & District, Karnataka, India
Occupation:Spiritual Master ,Past Life Regression Therapist & Psycho Spiritual Hypnotherapist
Parents :Sri Byrappa Swamiji and Mata Narayanamma
Spouse :Yeshoda
Children :2 (Mohan Babu & Bharath Babu)
Contents:
# Career
# Intent
# Awards and Recognitions
# See also
# References
Career:
Guruji is a well renowned Spiritual Master. Sri Ramachandra Guruji is doing research in the field of spirituality from past 25 years. Guruji had a brief look of spirituality even as he grew up under the care of his spiritually evolved parents. His spiritual journey began in his early days & he sojourned in the Himalayas which led him to explore spirituality where he met many Spiritual Sadhus & Spiritual Masters. In due course he met the enlightened master Swami "Akshara" whom he considered as his Guru. Guruji's spiritual quest intensified which later turned him to be a Spiritual Master. Guruji evinced keen interest in Healing Sciences and started exploring different healing techniques to help the humanity. He has invented & introduced various healing & relaxation techniques for the progress of mankind. Those different techniques comprise of various kinds of Meditations, Pranayamas, Self hypnosis, various self & hetero Healing techniques etc which help sufferers to come out of their difficulties. He has personally conducted more than 25,000 regressions & more than 700 workshops .
Recently he has successfully completed his tour of United States of America where he addressed large gatherings in many places like Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and Pennsylvania. Besides this he has also addressed large gatherings in many places in India, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore , Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Intent:
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared" as quoted by Buddha , Guruji's intent is to share with people the knowledge & wisdom that he has gained over the past years of his research study about this natural science so that each & every individual can lead a successful & harmonious life in the society. His main goal is to serve humanity."Mind is the root cause for Good & Bad. Grafting the mind leads to a successful harvest in life" as said by Guruji, each & every individual on this earth have got the right to live. Similarly each & every individual have to achieve good health in order to lead a contented life. There is a well known saying , "The quiet mind gains peace & poise". In the modern times under the ever-changing life styles in order to achieve good health, a calm and pleasant state of mind is required . The Science of "Past Life Regression Therapy" is getting huge popularity now-a-days which has attracted people from all walks of life throughout the globe. As per a Buddhist proverb, Simplicity is the key to happiness in the modern world. Guruji's divinity is reflected in his simplicity. Guruji is a good-humoured, friendly, obliging and a kind-hearted person.
His videos are available & can be viewed on you tube. His most recent popular video Sri Sri Ramachandra Guruji talked to the Souls ... - YouTube which is on YouTube is related to the missing Malaysian flight MH370.
Awards and Recognitions:
* In 2002-"Yoga Kala Ratna" award for His service of spreading Yoga & Meditation in rural areas by The Bank Officials Association, Karnataka
* In 2004- "Seva Ratna" award by The National Council of Alternative Medicine, Bangalore in appeciation of his outstanding contribution for the development of Yoga & Meditation
* In 2010- "Karmayogi State Award" by S.G.S International Yoga Foundation, Bangalore in recognition of his efforts to serve humanity
* In 2011-Guruji has been part of the Past Life Regression Therapy Professional Training Course coordinated by Dr.Brian Weiss
Moreover, Guruji is the Honorary Director of Yogasophy(Yoga Institution),CA,USA. Guruji has also addressed large gatherings in the following Conferences & Conventions:
* 5th and 8th AKKA Conference held in U.S.A
* University of Bangalore-Department of Psychology
* University of Berkely,U.S.A
* University of Singapore
* Tamil Association Of Senior Citizens held in SriLanka
* Jain Association held in Nepal
* 13th Conference of Karnataka Chapter of Anatomists-JJM Medical College held in Davanagere, Karnataka, India
* Rotary and Lions Clubs
* Corporate & IT Professionals
See also:
* Past Life Regression Therapy
* Self-hypnosis
References:
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<big>Sri Ramachandra Guruji</big>
Born :01-07-1963 (age 51),Madderi Village, Kolar Taluk & District, Karnataka, India
Occupation:Spiritual Master ,Past Life Regression Therapist & Psycho Spiritual Hypnotherapist
Parents :Sri Byrappa Swamiji and Mata Narayanamma
Spouse :Yeshoda
Children :2 (Mohan Babu & Bharath Babu)
Contents:
# Career
# Intent
# Awards and Recognitions
# See also
# References
Career:
Guruji is a well renowned Spiritual Master. Sri Ramachandra Guruji is doing research in the field of spirituality from past 25 years. Guruji had a brief look of spirituality even as he grew up under the care of his spiritually evolved parents. His spiritual journey began in his early days & he sojourned in the Himalayas which led him to explore spirituality where he met many Spiritual Sadhus & Spiritual Masters. In due course he met the enlightened master Swami "Akshara" whom he considered as his Guru. Guruji's spiritual quest intensified which later turned him to be a Spiritual Master. Guruji evinced keen interest in Healing Sciences and started exploring different healing techniques to help the humanity. He has invented & introduced various healing & relaxation techniques for the progress of mankind. Those different techniques comprise of various kinds of Meditations, Pranayamas, Self hypnosis, various self & hetero Healing techniques etc which help sufferers to come out of their difficulties. He has personally conducted more than 25,000 regressions & more than 700 workshops .
Recently he has successfully completed his tour of United States of America where he addressed large gatherings in many places like Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and Pennsylvania. Besides this he has also addressed large gatherings in many places in India, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore , Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Intent:
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared" as quoted by Buddha , Guruji's intent is to share with people the knowledge & wisdom that he has gained over the past years of his research study about this natural science so that each & every individual can lead a successful & harmonious life in the society. His main goal is to serve humanity."Mind is the root cause for Good & Bad. Grafting the mind leads to a successful harvest in life" as said by Guruji, each & every individual on this earth have got the right to live. Similarly each & every individual have to achieve good health in order to lead a contented life. There is a well known saying , "The quiet mind gains peace & poise". In the modern times under the ever-changing life styles in order to achieve good health, a calm and pleasant state of mind is required . The Science of "Past Life Regression Therapy" is getting huge popularity now-a-days which has attracted people from all walks of life throughout the globe. As per a Buddhist proverb, Simplicity is the key to happiness in the modern world. Guruji's divinity is reflected in his simplicity. Guruji is a good-humoured, friendly, obliging and a kind-hearted person.
His videos are available & can be viewed on you tube. His most recent popular video Sri Sri Ramachandra Guruji talked to the Souls ... - YouTube which is on YouTube is related to the missing Malaysian flight MH370.
Awards and Recognitions:
* In 2002-"Yoga Kala Ratna" award for His service of spreading Yoga & Meditation in rural areas by The Bank Officials Association, Karnataka
* In 2004- "Seva Ratna" award by The National Council of Alternative Medicine, Bangalore in appeciation of his outstanding contribution for the development of Yoga & Meditation
* In 2010- "Karmayogi State Award" by S.G.S International Yoga Foundation, Bangalore in recognition of his efforts to serve humanity
* In 2011-Guruji has been part of the Past Life Regression Therapy Professional Training Course coordinated by Dr.Brian Weiss
Moreover, Guruji is the Honorary Director of Yogasophy(Yoga Institution),CA,USA. Guruji has also addressed large gatherings in the following Conferences & Conventions:
* 5th and 8th AKKA Conference held in U.S.A
* University of Bangalore-Department of Psychology
* University of Berkely,U.S.A
* University of Singapore
* Tamil Association Of Senior Citizens held in SriLanka
* Jain Association held in Nepal
* 13th Conference of Karnataka Chapter of Anatomists-JJM Medical College held in Davanagere, Karnataka, India
* Rotary and Lions Clubs
* Corporate & IT Professionals
See also:
* Past Life Regression Therapy
* Self-hypnosis
References:
#
Michael Pagnotta is a veteran entertainment publicist, music supervisor and artist manager.
He is perhaps best known as the former longtime spokesman and media advisor to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and their various business endeavors lasted for the better part of thirteen years, from 1993 until January 2006 when Pagnotta and Dualstar parted ways. He has been widely quoted on teen and preteen marketing and media issues.
Pagnotta founded Reach Media Relations, Inc., a New York City- based media and marketing firm, in November 1990, following brief stints at The Peter Max Studio, Rogers & Cowan and Straight Arrow Publishing. His clients have included many of the best known alternative, rock and pop artists of the past three decades including Prince, George Michael, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie’s Tin Machine, The Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Bush, Erasure, Morrissey, The B-52’s, Paul Westerberg, John Cale, Donny Osmond, Debbie Gibson, The Three Tenors and Johnny Rotten among many others. The firm’s corporate clients have included Spin Magazine, Sony Music, Mute Records, RayGun magazine, Parachute Press and many others.
He owned and operated The Spoken Word, a retail spoken word audio store in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, with his business partner Gennaro Coppola from 1995 - 98. The shop carried hard-to-find recordings of poets reading their own work, interviews, historical speeches, stage plays and old time radio broadcasts.
Pagnotta presently manages and advises artists and projects in the music industry including synth-pop legends Erasure, Yaz, Book Of Love, virtuoso violinist and vocalist Lili Haydn, breakout Boston preteen pop act Girl Authority.
He is married to author/filmmaker Tonya Hurley. They have one daughter, Isabelle Rose.
He is perhaps best known as the former longtime spokesman and media advisor to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and their various business endeavors lasted for the better part of thirteen years, from 1993 until January 2006 when Pagnotta and Dualstar parted ways. He has been widely quoted on teen and preteen marketing and media issues.
Pagnotta founded Reach Media Relations, Inc., a New York City- based media and marketing firm, in November 1990, following brief stints at The Peter Max Studio, Rogers & Cowan and Straight Arrow Publishing. His clients have included many of the best known alternative, rock and pop artists of the past three decades including Prince, George Michael, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie’s Tin Machine, The Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Bush, Erasure, Morrissey, The B-52’s, Paul Westerberg, John Cale, Donny Osmond, Debbie Gibson, The Three Tenors and Johnny Rotten among many others. The firm’s corporate clients have included Spin Magazine, Sony Music, Mute Records, RayGun magazine, Parachute Press and many others.
He owned and operated The Spoken Word, a retail spoken word audio store in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, with his business partner Gennaro Coppola from 1995 - 98. The shop carried hard-to-find recordings of poets reading their own work, interviews, historical speeches, stage plays and old time radio broadcasts.
Pagnotta presently manages and advises artists and projects in the music industry including synth-pop legends Erasure, Yaz, Book Of Love, virtuoso violinist and vocalist Lili Haydn, breakout Boston preteen pop act Girl Authority.
He is married to author/filmmaker Tonya Hurley. They have one daughter, Isabelle Rose.