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	nosegay [ NOHZ-gey ] [ noun ] MEANING : a small bunch of flowers USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : He presented his fiance with a colourful nosegay. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Three different bouquet styles Peggy will have to choose from are hand-tied, nosegay and trailing. ABC News, Wedding Flowers for GMA Couple, June 12 deadpan [ DED-pan ] [ noun, adjective, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (adj.) blank or expressionless 2. (n.) a face displaying no expression or emotion 3. (tr.v.) to express oneself without any expression or impassively USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : His deadpan expression was in contrast with his eyes which seemed to be display anger. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The films he's written and directed, however, show the most inventive side of Albert Brooks -- his distinctive, neurotically deadpan sense of humor. CNN, The funniest man in most of the world, By Todd Leopold, January 19, 2006 ecumenical [ EK-yoo'-MEN-i-kuh' l or, especially Brit., EE-kyoo'- ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. universal or general 2. pertaining to the worldwide body of churches USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The formation of an ecumenical council was thought to be the need of the hour to foster unity between people of the same community. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : An ecumenical service was held by a minister on horseback, followed by a parade round part of the Epsom Derby course. BBC, Rising costs halt riders' event, 5 July 2009, accessed 8 July 2009 ewe [ yoo ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. a mature female sheep 2. the people of Togo and Ghana, in western Africa 3. the language of the EWE people USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : Ewes generally give birth to two lambs every season. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The National Assembly faces renewed calls from farmers' leaders to create a Wales-only ewe culling scheme. BBC, UK: Wales Gwyther rules out Wales-only ewe cull, 22 September 1999. expeditious [ ek-spi-DISH-uh's ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. quick, immediate or characterized by promptness 2. acting with speed and efficiency USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The company was able to increase its profit margin by 50% due to the expeditious manner in which the projects were implemented. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : We're going to continue to provide support as we do in every instance like this to American citizens who have been charged and hope that this matter can be resolved in an expeditious way, but it is something that a sovereign nation is pursuing based on the evidence that it presented when the charges were announced. CNN, U.S. missionaries sent to separate Haitian prisons; no ruling on bail, 5 February 2010. Spelled Pronunciation Key Stress marks: [ CAPS ] indicates the primary stressed syllable, as in newspaper [NOOZ-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-MEY-shuh' n ] CONSONANTS [b] boy, baby, rob [d] do, ladder, bed [f] food, offer, safe [g] get, bigger, dog [h] happy, ahead [j] jump, budget, age [k] can, speaker, stick [l] let, follow, still [m] make, summer, time [n] no, dinner, thin [ng] singer, think, long [p] put, apple, cup [r] run, marry, far, store [s] sit, city, passing, face [sh] she, station, push [t] top, better, cat [ch] church, watching, nature, witch [th] thirsty, nothing, math [th'] this, mother, breathe [v] very, seven, love [w] wear, away [hw] where, somewhat [y] yes, onion [z] zoo, easy, buzz [zh] measure, television, beige VOWELS [a] apple, can, hat [ey] aid, hate, day [ah] arm, father, aha [air] air, careful, wear [aw] all, or, talk, lost, saw [e] ever, head, get [ee] eat, see, need [eer] ear, hero, beer [er] teacher, afterward, murderer [i] it, big, finishes [ahy] I, ice, hide, deny [o] odd, hot, woffle [oh] owe, road, below [oo] ooze, food, soup, sue [oo'] good, book, put [oi] oil, choice, toy [ou] out, loud, how [uh] up, mother, mud [uh'] about, animal, problem, circus [ur] early, bird, stirring FOREIGN SOUNDS [a*] Fr. ami [kh*] Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich [œ] Fr. feu, Ger. schön [r*] Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe [uh*] Fr. oeuvre [y*] Fr. tu, Ger. über SAMPLE NASALIZED VOWELS [an*] Fr. bien [ahn*] Fr. croissant [awn*] Fr. bon [œn*] Fr. parfum [in*] Port. Principe

Kshitij IIT Kharagpur techno-management fest 27th to 30th January 2012

Kshitij is the annual techno-management fest of IIT Kharagpur. It is the largest techno-management fest in the Asia. Kshitij has started its journey in 2004 with only 400 participants and now it has spread over the whole nation with more than 50,000 participants throughout India. khsitij has more than 45 events and these events are divided into online events, on-spot events and submissions. The online events start from this October and goes on till the fest dates. Many students from abroad also participate in these online events like Woodstock, C-monopoly and Forex. On-spot events like Overnite, Kryotech, Terra Drifters, Laws of motion, B plans are conducted during the fest at Kharagpur. A problem-statement would be given to teams and sufficient time would be given to them for their preparation. Submissions are about giving solutions to the given general problems.

This time Kshitij dates are from 27th to 30th January 2012. Our official website is www.ktj.in which is completely student-run website with 8 million clicks last year. We conduct guest lectures every year. Many eminent personalities come down to Kharagpur to deliver their
knowledge and wisdom to the students through these seminars and guest lectures. The co-founder of Wikipedia Mr. Jimmy Donald Wales, NASA director Mr.Charles Elacha, Prahalad Kakkar AD GURU and many more have come here during the fest. Interactive workshops have been performed based on array of topics like Autonomous Robotics, Rubik's cube, 3D animation, Solar car, Modular robots an many more. Venturing into the social sector, Gram Pragati- a Social Initiative was conducted by Kshitij to initiate a change in the rural way of life. The certifications from ASME, ASHRAE, ASM, IME, ACM make Kshitij very special and different from other technological fests. Megashows have been a major highlight of Kshitij since its inception in 2004 and have captured the imagination of all the students in the festival. There was UV and PYRO show last year and Acron Dunk kings were here in Kshitij.

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She faced plenty of social pressure & militancy threats but was not deterred. ...read more Pavithra Y S, Vindhya Infomedia Pavithra, a Bangalore based woman entrepreneur founded Vindhya Infomedia, a company that builds and manages data and image processing applications. It also handles form processing and insurance claims for some of its clients. The company is also into Web based services such as data extraction, email marketing, web analysis etc and run a non voice process BPO. ...read more Medium Enterprise Gayatri Singh, Q2AMedia Gayatri heads Q2amedia- a New Delhi based company that has a turnover of 8 Crore+. Q2amedia is a leading education content provider to the U.K, and U.S. markets in the pre-k to 12 segments. Q2amedia was the first Indian company to design and develop a program for U.S. state adoption (from concept to disc) and is today the largest library book packager in the world, developing more than 25 titles per year. ...read more Sweta Mangal, Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd. 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