RESONANCE - We are here for STUDENTS

Revised result of NTSE Stage I for Rajasthan was declared on 20-03-2010, and as always students of Resonance-PCCP division have proven themselves by capturing top ranks and the overall 99 selections out of the total 259 students who were declared NTSE stage I qualified from Rajasthan. More important then the result is the story behind the result, which we don't think generally occurs.

Previously on 4th March 2010 the result of NTSE stage I for Rajasthan was declared and that was a shock not only for us but for all those students who have worked hard to clear the stage I of this highly graded exam. None of the toppers (Classroom, Test series & Crash Course ) not only form Kota but also from Jaipur, Udaipur and rest of Rajasthan were able to secure their positions in the result declared by SIERT, Rajasthan. That was something unbelievable. Many of the students contacted us and they were not only surprised but also were depressed because the whole year they have worked hard for this exam and finally they came to knew that they were not able to make it to the II stage of this examination.

At this time the initiative was taken by Mr. Nilesh Gupta (Head of the Programmes- PCCP Division). He not only made us and the students believe that the rectified result will soon be announced, but also has shown the path how to get it rectified. Immediately under his guidance, meetings were held with the parents in Udaipur and they were asked to file complaints against the wrong result being declared.

The very next day,12 parents went to SIERT and asked for the Question paper as well as the answer key of the stage I paper under the Right to Information Act (RTI). After this he, himself conducted meeting with parents at Jaipur and Kota and advised parents to file their complain against SIERT, Rajasthan and ask for their wards performance under the Right to Information Act. More than 100 RTI's were filed against SIERT, and application were also sent to Honorable High Court, Rajasthan and Supreme Court- India.

Parents of not only the students from Resonance but others also who were not selected were guided by Nilesh sir in filing the complaints against SIERT. All this efforts forced NCERT (the national level organisation which conducts NTSE) to recheck the results declared by SIERT, Rajasthan. The initial reports which came from SIERT was not in our favour but we were not discouraged and asked our students to have confidence in us and most importantly themselves and to attend the stage II preparation classes (VIBRANT- Course), which started from 18 March. Five students turned up and joined the classes.


And on 20 March, 2010 the revised result has been declared and has proven us correct. The high drama which was staged by SIERT, by declaring a wrong result came to an happy end. But our efforts have definitely developed an enourmous confidence among the students and parents that in Resonance, the students are not only taught to study well and secure high ranks but also to fight against the odds, which many a time make them discouraged and brings them under depression.


PCCP Team

Arun Majumdar, a harbinger of ‘Obama vision’

Arun Majumdar, a harbinger of ‘Obama vision’, is putting in his heart & soul in bringing about a change which a must to Resurrect the society from turbulence to peace and from exploiting the limited sources of nature to their optimum usage.

Today the entire world is writhing under the juggernaut of the scarcity of natural resources. In the technocratic world, where the rat race for better standard of living luster the human eye, ignoring the grave fact of continuous depletion of natural resources. Carrying the ‘Obama Vision’ bold and loud, Arun Majumdar is determined to bring an ‘Energy Renaissance’ by designing buildings to be super energy efficient and then generating any energy they need through rooftop solar, creating the possibility of net-zero energy buildings. ‘Zero net energy a goal for every home’, the renaissance man is determined give a fillip to the general society, who can crowbar the entire generation, who can lift the entire society to a higher standard of life, and such men are mighty.

The fragrance his thoughts, the might and glory of his ideals give the momentum to the society for its benefit. Arun Majumdar’s significant contributions in cutting gas emissions and improving energy efficiency made him reach the epitome of a visionary. His diligent act, his passion to excel, his gusto to improve, his spirit to consume his present abilities to the fullest ignited him with a spark to unleash the portals of excellence in his each and every endeavor, Arun Majumdar, truly a pride of India, has writ large his name not only in the tabloids of America but also on the key administration post dealing with energy research.

Arun Majumdar, an amalgamation of proficiency and efficiency, has made Indian existence & its education bold & vociferous in the firmament of change. A product of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 and his Ph.D. In 1989 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Arun Majumdar, a harbinger of ‘Obama vision’, is putting in his heart & soul in bringing about a change which a must to resurrect the society from turbulence to peace and from exploiting the limited sources of nature to their optimum usage. Arun Majumdar is the Director of the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), an organization tasked with reducing America’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and improving energy efficiency.

Majumdar also held the position of the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Majumdar with his proven dexterity to bring skill, dedication and expertise in the important and key areas in Obama administration propelled the president of ‘Super power’ to work in close proximity with him.

Majumdar owns a highly distinguished research career in the science and engineering of energy conversion, transport, and storage ranging from molecular and nanoscale level to large energy systems. For his pioneering work, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2005. In 1997, he held the Almy and Agnes Maynard Chair Professorship in the College of Engineering and headed the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Majumdar cemented the Lab’s role as a world renowned leader in energy efficiency research in close collaboration with India and China, a feat the White House has been quick to recognize and reward.

At Berkeley Labs and University of California, he helped shape several strategic initiatives in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy as well as energy storage, and testified before Congress on how to reduce energy consumption in buildings.

He has served on the advisory committee of the National Science Foundation’s engineering directorate, was a member of the advisory council to the materials sciences and engineering division of Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences, and was an advisor on nanotechnology to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Majumdar has also been an entrepreneur and has served as an advisor to startup companies and venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.

At the time when Washington is hectoring the world, principally India and China, to cut emissions, amid a growing trade and job protectionism, an (Indian) immigrant engineer-scientist heading the premier agency sounds pretty strange but Majumdar, an articulate persona, considers that holding a key position under Obama is a rare privilege and an honor especially when the President finds an individual capable in such a pivotal capacity. Majumdar being a part of Obama administration sends ripples across the country’s scientific-academic community.

“I came to this country as an immigrant and am deeply appreciative and indebted to this nation for opening the doors and welcoming me with open arms. I have received so much. This is my way of stepping up and paying back”, says Majumdar.

Not that the IIT-Bombay graduate has forsaken his roots in fact, according to him his roots may well have been responsible for his nomination.

Among the lab’s partnerships is the Berkeley-India Joint Leadership on Energy and the Environment brings together researchers from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, and other US and Indian universities and institutions, with a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining sustained economic growth in both nations.

Another partnership between the Lab and China’s Tsinghua University is to promote the shared development and implementation of building energy efficiency, a move intended to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the US and China.

In fact, Majumdar’s mentor in academia was Professor Chang-Lin Tien, a legendary Chinese Don who went to become the Chancellor of UC Berkeley in 1990, the first Asian to head a major university in the United States. Majumdar’s India-China connections helped him get noticed and awarded by Obama for wonderfully carrying out Obama vision as the two countries are being considered pivotal in the upcoming energy debate.

For more than a decade, Majumdar, who is also the founding chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Nanotechnology Institute, has been the country’s leading materials scientist, making spectacular advances in energy conservation. He was recently credited with developing a way to use silicon nanowires to capture and use the energy lost as heat during the production of electricity. The futuristic technology could someday be used to convert the large amounts of waste heat into useful electricity.

Arun Majumdar cultivated a system of order in our inner equipments of experiences and his exemplary foray in harmonizing the lives of the individuals makes him the uncrowned king and truly a ‘Green Czar’.