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No.IQ is determined genetically and can be decreased by interactions with the nonshared environment (exposure to toxins, disease, and head trauma). It is not learned. Some IQ test scores are somewhat influenced by education but that influence is an artifact and is not representative of gains in real intelligence, g.IQ is defined relative to age peers, so that we give the IQ of 7 year old children based on the z-scores for that age group (you can find z-score on the web, if you do not understand it). When those children are age 10, they will be compared to others who are 10 and not to anyone age 7. So, as we age from childhood onward, our IQs are measured against people who are in our age group; if that group becomes more cognitively able (as happens from birth to age 25), the reference mean rises; as we become old, some aspects of cognition decline, as shown below:Source of the above figure: Intelligence: All that matters, S.J. Ritchie, John Murray Learning, London (2015).In early childhood, we learn rapidly and form long term memories faster than we will at older ages. This facilitates language acquisition and general learning. Our brains mature on a trajectory that is programmed by individual genes. It will mature physically with or without a good education.The reason IQ scores can sometimes be impacted by education has to do with the types of test items used. If the test items relate to information, vocabulary, and math, there may be some sensitivity. If they consist of matrix completion, problem solving, block design, and tests of working memory, there should be no impact. When education does impact IQ scores, we can test to see if the test quality has been compromised by evaluating its g loading. If scores have increased due to learned material, there will be an increase in test specificity and a decrease in the g loading.The bottom line is that we must all learn and the best time for it is from early childhood until adulthood. Some years ago, Professor Camilla Benbow (Vanderbilt, Dean) commented to an ISIR (International Society for Intelligence Research) conference about a study that had been done on the impact of kindergarten on education. The finding was that that children who went to kindergarten were no better off (by measures of mental ability, material learned, grades, etc.) than those who did not go to kindergarten.

As per the latest news, new IIMs plan to replace Group Discussion (GD) with written test (WAT) and they may use the older scores of IIMs for admissions. The new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started since 2010, following some of the older IIM’s like IIM-A, B, L, etc. will replace the group discussion (GD) stage of their admissions with a written essay test.They also plan to use the score of WAT taken by older IIM’s, i.e. if a student has already appeared for the written tests of some of the older IIMs, he or she will not need to take the written test separately for the new IIMs. Either way, the personal interview will still be taken by the new IIMs.Over the years, GD is gradually getting shunned by the IIMs and WAT is being conducted before PI.Writing ability and time constrainNow that essay writing is gaining importance in the admission criteria of IIMs’ the main concern is the time limit. While writing an essay for admission to a top B-school, the focus should be on the time. IIM Bangalore gives 30 minutes to write the essay, while IIM Lucknow gives 15 minutes and the time for writing the essay is as little as 10 minutes in IIM Ahmedabad.Here, the key will be to write as fast as possible in order to finish the essay. Don’t waste much time on thinking and planning the structure of the essay, else you will not be able to complete it. For this, you will need sufficient practice.According to a student of IIM Ahmedabad, the best way to practice is by picking up one current-affairs topic every day and writing as much as you can for 10 minutes. Your focus should be on starting the essay and putting in as many important points as possible. There is no compulsion to present the matter in impressive or flowery language. Instead, accuracy and correctness of spelling and grammar take precedence. The essay’s evaluation is based on the number of new ideas or points you can produce in the given time, the different angles from which you can analyze the topic and the logic behind each argument.It is important to develop the ability to think and articulate quickly. For B-school panelists, essays are tools to see how you structure your thoughts and produce them in the least amount of time. Apart from IIMs, other prominent B-schools like XLRI and IIFT also use Essay Writing to assess candidates.Read More Written Ability Topics (WAT)Weightage for GD, PI and WATThe weightage to the PI and Written Ability Test at IIM Lucknow will be as follows:ComponentsWeightsWritten Ability Test10Personal Interview40Total50(The minimum requirement for getting a pass in Personal Interview is 12 out of 40 marks.)Weightage for CAT score, Class XII, graduation and work experience for PGPThe weightages are as follows:ComponentsWeightsAggregate CAT - 201538Class - XII Marks2Graduation Marks3Work Experience2Diversity Factor : Academic Discipline(D Fa)3Diversity Factor: Gender (DFb)2Total50Final Merit ListIIM-L’s admission policy document states: “The sum of the scores in all the eight components will be taken as the final score of a candidate for arriving at the merit list(s) for final selection to the PGP / PGP-ABM of IIML.Top 10 Business School Essay Writing Tips1.Don't Use Company Jargon:As a prospective business student, you have probably spent the past few years in a corporate environment with its own in-house terminology. Remember that you are writing for a reader who hasn't attended your company's meetings or contributed to its products. You should certainly describe various aspects of your professional life--your leadership skills, your career trajectory, your triumph in the face of obstacles, and so on--but do so in language that is as accessible to your reader as it is to you. Imagine that you are composing a document for a customer who must decide whether to buy a particular product: you. Write clearly and personably.And if you are a fresher, go for the common language you have been using in your school days rather than the jargons you came across while a conversation with your friend who is corporate now or any of your relative.2. Don't Bore the Reader. Be Interesting.Admissions officers have to read hundreds of essays, and they must often skim. Abstract rumination has no place in an admission process essay. Admissions officers aren't looking for a new way to view the world; they're looking for a new way to view you, the prospective student.The best way to grip your reader is to begin the essay with a captivating snapshot. Notice how the blunt, jarring "after" sentence creates intrigue and keeps the reader's interest.Before: I am a compilation of many years of experiences gained from overcoming the relentless struggles of life.After: I was six years old, the eldest of six children in the Bronx, when my father was murdered.3. Do Use Personal Detail. Show, Don't Tell!Good essays are concrete and grounded in personal detail. They do not merely assert "I learned my lesson" or that "these lessons are useful both on and off the field." They show it through personal detail. "Show, don't tell" means that if you want to relate a personal quality, do so through your experiences without merely asserting it.Before: If it were not for a strong support system which instilled into me strong family values and morals, I would not be where I am today.After: Although my grandmother and I didn't have a car or running water, we still lived far more comfortably than did the other families I knew. I learned an important lesson: My grandmother made the most of what little she had, and she was known and respected for her generosity. Even at that age, I recognized the value she placed on maximizing her resources and helping those around her.The first example is vague and could have been written by anybody. But the second sentence evokes a vivid image of something that actually happened, placing the reader in the experience of the student.4.Be Concise. Don't Be Wordy.Wordiness not only takes up valuable space, but also confuses the important ideas you're trying to convey. Short sentences are more forceful because they are direct and to the point. Certain phrases, such as "the fact that," are usually unnecessary. Notice how the revised version focuses on active verbs rather than forms of "to be" and adverbs and adjectives.Before: My recognition of the fact that the project was finally over was a deeply satisfying moment that will forever linger in my memory.After: Completing the project at last gave me an enduring sense of fulfillment.5.Do Address Your Weaknesses. Don't Dwell on Them.At some point while writing the essay on personal topic, you will have an opportunity to explain deficiencies in your record, and you should take advantage of it. Be sure to explain them adequately: "I partied too much to do well on tests" will not help your reputation. The best tactic is to spin the negatives into positives by stressing your attempts to improve; for example, mention your poor first-quarter grades briefly, and then describe what you did to bring them up.Before: My grade point average provides an incomplete evaluation of my potential and of the person I am today, since it fails to reveal my passion and determined spirit which make me unique and an asset to the _______ School of Business.After: Though my overall grade point average was disappointing, I am confident that the upward trend in my academic transcript will continue in business school. Furthermore, my success on the CAT/XAT/etc and in the corporate world since graduation reinforces my conviction that I have a keen business sense--one that I hope to develop at the _______ School of Business.6.Do Vary Your Sentences and Use Transitions.The best essays contain a variety of sentence lengths mixed within any given paragraph. Also, remember that transition is not limited to words like nevertheless, furthermore or consequently. Good transition flows from the natural thought progression of your argument.Before: I started playing piano when I was eight years old. I worked hard to learn difficult pieces. I began to love music.After: I started playing the piano at the age of eight. As I learned to play more difficult pieces, my appreciation for music deepened.7.Do Use Active Voice Verbs.Passive-voice expressions are verb phrases in which the subject receives the action expressed in the verb. Passive voice employs a form of the word to be, such as was or were. Overuse of the passive voice makes prose seem flat and uninteresting.Before: The lessons that have prepared me for my career as an executive were taught to me by my mother.After: My mother taught me lessons that will prove invaluable in my career as an executive.8.Do Seek Multiple Opinions.Ask your friends and family to keep these questions in mind:Does my essay have one central theme?Does my introduction engage the reader? Does my conclusion provide closure?Do my introduction and conclusion avoid summary?Do I use concrete experiences as supporting details?Have I used active-voice verbs wherever possible?Is my sentence structure varied, or do I use all long or short sentences?Are there any clichés, such as "cutting-edge" or "learned my lesson"?Do I use transitions appropriately?What about the essay is memorable?What's the worst part of the essay?What parts of the essay need elaboration or are unclear?What parts of the essay do not support my main argument?Is every single sentence crucial to the essay? This must be the case.What does the essay reveal about my personality?9.Don't Wander. Do Stay Focused.Many students try to turn the personal essay into a complete autobiography. Not surprisingly, they find it difficult to pack so much information into such a short essay, and their essays end up sounding more like a list of experiences than a coherent, well-organized thought. Make sure that every sentence in your essay exists solely to support one central theme.10. Do Revise, Revise And Revise.The first step in an improving any essay is to cut, cut, and cut some more.Some important sample essays are as follows, although they are only indicative and not to be considered as the only way of writing on those topics. One should exercise his or her own thoughts as well. To help you understand and co-relate, the ending of some topics are not what it should be. We hope you can identify and complete them in your words.Values ChallengedOne has to understand sub-continental culture regarding marriage in order to understand this particular crisis. Marriages are classified into two groups: 'settled' marriage and 'love' marriage. In a 'settled' marriage, the groom's family chooses the bride, and if bride's family accepts the groom, the two families get together and fix the marriage. The bride and the groom may or may not meet each other before the marriage.In a 'love' marriage, two persons fall in love and get married, with or without the permission of their families. This is considered a social crime, and the newlyweds are forced to leave their families.After I came back from the US, I met my sweetheart who was attending medical school. We courted each other for years, and when she graduated we figured it was time to marry. I asked my family to select the woman of my choice so as to marry the woman I love without upsetting social norms.When my mother proposed my fiancée's family, her mother wanted to see me personally. I assumed she would consider me a suitable candidate for her daughter's husband since I come from a good family and since I am qualified to maintain a family.However, rather than looking for qualities in me that might make her daughter happy, she demanded that I posses an MBA degree before I marry her daughter. Apparently, all of her relatives' and friends' daughters got married to either MBAs or Ph.D.'s.I was dumbfounded. I would have gladly given the moon to her daughter, but I was not about to earn an MBA to satisfy this woman's irrational craving. How would an MBA help me to become a better husband? Even though I intended to pursue an MBA anyway, I could not agree to her demand. I told her that I would never earn an MBA. As a result, I couldn't marry the woman of my dreams.I stayed true to my personal values, and it cost me the woman I love.Media InfluenceCRITICALLY ASSESS THE WAYS IN WHICH THE MEDIA CAN BE SAID TO INFLUENCE OR HAVE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY.The Mass Media is a unique feature of modern society; its development has accompanied an increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal actions and engagements, rapid social change, technological innovation, rising personal income and standard of life and the decline of some traditional forms of control and authority.There is an association between the development of mass media and social change, although the degree and direction of this association is still debated upon even after years of study into media influence. Many of the consequences, either detrimental or beneficial, which have been attributed to the mass media, are almost undoubtedly due to other tendencies within society.Few sociologists would refute the importance of the mass media, and mass communications as a whole, as being a major factor in the construction and circulation of social understanding and social imagery in modern societies. Therefore it is argued that the mass media is used as “an instrument”, both more powerful and more flexible than anything in previous existence, for influencing people into certain modes of belief and understanding within society.The question of media’s influence on society and its cultural framework has often been debated upon from leading theorists to anyone with any form of media connections, but to contemplate that the character of Chulbul Pandey from Dabang or student group of Rang De Basanti can have an influence on an audience members attitude, beliefs or interpretations of society is a very simplistic and debatable version of the truth.The media does influence, but using more diverse and subtle roles of impact. Some theorists suggest that it is even a case of society influencing the media and not the more widespread and presumed version.Presidential Vs. Parliamentary Democracy: A DebateTwo of the most popular types of democracy are the presidential and parliamentary government systems.A nation's type of government refers to how that state's executive, legislative, and judicial organs are organized. All nations need some sort of government to avoid anarchy. Democratic governments are those that permit the nation's citizens to manage their government either directly or through elected representatives. This is opposed to authoritarian governments that limit or prohibit the direct participation of its citizens. Two of the most popular types of democratic governments are the presidential and parliamentary systems.The office of President characterizes the presidential system. The President is both the chief executive and the head of state. The President is unique in that he or she is elected independently of the legislature. The powers invested in the President are usually balanced against those vested in the legislature. In the American presidential system, the legislature must debate and pass various bills. The President has the power to veto the bill, preventing its adoption. However, the legislature may override the President's veto if they can muster enough votes. The American President's broadest powers rest in foreign affairs. The President has the right to deploy the military in most situations, but does not have the right to officially declare war. More recently the American President requested the right to approve treaties without the consent of the legislature. The American Congress denied this bill and was able to override the President's veto.In parliamentary governments the head of state and the chief executive are two separate offices. Many times the head of state functions in a primarily ceremonial role, while the chief executive is the head of the nation's legislature. The most striking difference between presidential and parliamentary systems is in the election of the chief executive. In parliament systems, the chief executive is not chosen by the people but by the legislature. Typically the majority party in the parliament chooses the chief executive, known as the Prime Minister. However, in some parliaments there are so many parties represented that none hold a majority. Parliament members must decide among themselves whom to elect as Prime Minister. The fusion of the legislative and executive branches in the parliamentary system tends to lead to more discipline among political party members. Party members in parliaments almost always vote strictly along party lines. Presidential systems, on the contrary, are less disciplined and legislators are free to vote their conscious with fewer repercussions from their party. Debate styles also differ between the two systems. Presidential system legislators make use of a filibuster, or the right to prolong speeches to delay legislative action. Parliamentary systems will call for cloture or an end to debate so voting can begin.Most European nations follow the parliamentary system of government. Britain is the most well known parliamentary system. Because Great Britain was once a pure monarchy, the function of the head of state was given to the royal family, while the role of chief executive was established with Parliament. Some parliaments, however, do not have a history of monarchy. Israel is a parliamentary system with a president. The president, however, does not hold the same power as a president in a presidential system, but functions as the head of state. In both presidential and parliamentary systems, the chief executive can be removed from office by the legislature. Parliamentary systems use a "˜vote of no confidence' where a majority of parliament members vote to remove the Prime Minister from office. A new election is then called. In presidential systems, a similar process is used where legislators vote to impeach the President from office.Since the fall of the Soviet Union, democracy has begun to flourish around the world. As emerging nations struggle to identify themselves, they are also debating which form of democracy is best for them. Depending on the nation and its citizens, they may choose the more classic parliamentary system or the less rigid presidential system. They could also blend to two popular systems together to create the hybrid government that works best for them.Corruption in India“Corruption is Social Evil - Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”In its simplest sense, corruption may be defined as an act of bribery or misuse of public position or power for the fulfillment of selfish motives or to gain personal gratifications. It has also been defined as "Misuse of authority as a result of consideration of personal gain which need not be monetary".In recent Centuries India has earned a place among the THREE most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption in India is a consequence of the nexus between Bureaucracy, politics and criminals. India is now no longer considered a soft state. It has now become a consideration state where everything can be had for a consideration. Today, the number of ministers with an honest image can be counted on fingers. At one time, bribe was paid for getting wrong things done but now bribe is paid for getting right things done at right time.It is well established that politicians are extremely corrupt the world over. In fact, people are surprised to find an honest politician. These corrupt politicians go scot-free, unharmed and unpunished. Leaders like Lal Bahadur Shastri or Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel are a rare breed now who had very little bank balance at the time of death.The list of scams and scandals in the country is endless. Now recently before the start of 2010 Common Wealth Games, Corruption played major role in common wealth games organisation. The Bofors payoff scandal of 1986 involved a total amount of Rs 1750 crore in purchase of guns from a Swedish firm for the Army. The Cement scandal of 1982 involved the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the Sugar Scandal of 1994 involved a Union Minister of State for food, the Urea Scam and of course no one can forget Hawala Scandal of 1991, the Coffin-gate, fodder scam in Bihar or the Stamp scandal which shocked not only the political arena but the entire society.Is it possible to contain corruption in our society? Corruption is a cancer, which every Indian must strive to cure. Many new leaders when come into power declare their determination to eradicate corruption but soon they themselves become corrupt and start amassing huge wealth.There are many myths about corruption, which have to be exploded if we really want to combat it. Some of these myths are: Corruption is a way of life and nothing can be done about it. Only people from underdeveloped or developing countries are prone to corruption. We will have to guard against all these crude fallacies while planning measures to fight corruption.It is not possible to kill or remove the corruption by improving the Social-economic conditions of the country. Because we all know that the most of the people who are corrupted are not economically or socially backward, surely they will be having a notable social status."Despite a decade of progress in establishing anti-corruption laws and regulations, these results indicate that much remains to be done before we see meaningful improvements in the lives of the world's poorest citizens."The following steps should be considered to eradicate corruption:Greedy business people and unscrupulous investors should stop bribing the political elites. Don’t be either at the receiving or at the bribing end. Political elites should stop putting their private gains before the welfare of citizens and economic development of their regions. Government should include a chapter in text books related to corruption and its desire consequences.We all need to stop talking about Corruption only and start taking initiatives and be brave in ourselves. Corruption is going to end only when people like us stand up and speak out.If we do not take step forward to remove corruption from root, the word developing country will always be attached with our country INDIA. So we, the common man, should find some solution for removing corruption from our INDIA and hence we will also prove ourselves helpful in making our country developed.And it is possible - today’s generation is willing to change this system. And soon corruption will be out from our country. Every person should consider this as his or her own responsibility to avoid and defeat corruption“A strong youth movement in the country only can remove corruption and each student should take a vow to begin this exercise courageously within the family” - Former President- Dr.A.P.J.Abdul KalamHow Do You Measure Success In Life?Reaching the top of the tree in one's chosen occupation or profession is the usual standard by which success in life is measured, at least in the Western world. However many Asians would reject this criterion. The contemplative religions assert that success is only measurable in terms of religious advancement and of the acquisition of the virtues. Thus, success would be in inverse ratio to material advancement.Most of the world accepts the definition of material advancement, its objectives being affluence and perhaps power over others, both being the most important means of self-expression. Some are born into positions which already confer affluence and power, so success to them might lie merely in the preservation of the family business or estate and perhaps its enhancement for the benefit of the next generation. Most people have to work hard to achieve success.The western concept of success is not always satisfying and some people, at the height of their affluence and power, reject it in favor of the simple life. This happens for a variety of reasons. Beyond a certain point the acquisition of money proves unsatisfactory. The difference between the lifestyle available to a millionaire and that available to a billionaire is marginal. Unhappily money making can become an obsession, and some very wealthy people become very mean. Money also creates anxiety since it usually has to be put at risk if more is to be made. Other anxieties may be created when a large number of people become dependent on a financial empire.Money confers power which may corrupt. It is often made at the disadvantage of others, and it may damage a business man's relationships both with his peers and with his subordinates. These pressures and anxieties often have a detrimental effect on health and on family life. One's wife and children are inevitably neglected and unhappy. The children of successful capitalists or career workaholics sometimes reject everything the father offers and want to start a life of their own where they could get and give that love and care they always missed and which was replaced by materialistic things.You can complete this essay in your own words…..Let us now cover some essay topics that have appeared in the past in B-schools entrances. These topics are very popular and have a high chance of getting repeated:-National affairs:India has the largest pool of talented manpower but very few innovations and patented productsAllowing Foreign Universities in India is bad for India's education systemIndia versus Bharat: a divided nationHow should women empower themselves?More than one billion Indians: A gigantic problem or a sea of opportunitiesPolitical Issues:Voting should be made compulsoryBanning politicians with criminal records from contesting elections is against their rightFight against corruptionWomen's Reservation BillUnion Budget is useless and recession puts it off trackEconomy/ Business Issues:Recession is the mother of innovationShould Petroleum Subsidy go away?Discuss the role of Public Private Partnership in India's Economic GrowthForeign direct investment will revitalize the education systemBusinesses should concentrate on making profits and not address social and environmental IssuesInternational Issues:India to become a superpower in near futureChina's relations with India vis-a-vis PakistanDoes India have a role in Afghanistan? DiscussThis list of past Essay Topics above will help you understand what are the areas to study, the topics asked are and how to go about preparations. It is recommended that you read newspaper and listen to news so that you're well tuned with current affairs.Essay as a precursor to PI:The essay you wrote in the first half of the personal assessment round can generate some questions in the interview round. The panel could ask you questions about the essay and you have to defend it. Questions on the topic can also be asked, which means you will need to know a lot about the topic. If you don’t know something, simply admit it.This was a complete module on WAT which is the latest buzz-word in town for MBA aspirants. MBA Entrance Exams 2016/17 has especially made this module to throw sufficient light on this topic. We are very hopeful that once you go through all the topics discussed in the module, you will be well prepared to face the WAT of any institute or college.

Here are a few more technology startups.Applytics: Applytics Innovative Solutions Company is a software product company which works to provide Anti -Counterfeiting solutions & Intelligent Traffic Management Systems where IP’s have been filed. They are currently building a Centralized Product Authentication Service which enables worldwide consumers to verify the authenticity of the products with the manufacturer(s) with a click of a button & creating value to Manufacturers, Consumers and the Government. This product allows creating a common platform which allows customers to assess the authenticity of the products that they are buying. They simplify this process by unifying the communication infrastructures through the use of a patent pending process. Currently in pilot stage, it enables consumers to find counterfeit goods in Industries ranging from FMCG, Luxury, Pharmaceuticals, seeds & Pesticides and Automotive industries.Cavintek: Cavintek is a cloud-based workflow management software company that helps customers become more productive and do more with less. It helps businesses streamline their processes and reduce costs through automation. Their flagship product, cflow, provides a suite of applications that help customers manage information, run their business processes and be more productive. cflow is aimed at SMBs trying to make a transition from managing via spreadsheets to an integrated platform. Cflow contains applications ranging from HR, purchase and inventory, assets, productivity management, compliance and skill assessment. cflow also contains industry-based solutions for jewelry, healthcare, manufacturing and construction.ChargeBee: ChargeBee is a billing solution that makes subscription management and payment collection simple for web applications. Businesses can focus on their core business without worrying about automating operational stuff. Improving customer conversion, engagement and retention are major challenges in SaaS and ChargeBee is primarily positioned to deliver value to customers using analytics & tools.CipherGraph: CipherGraph is a cloud powered service allowing enterprises to securely use and adopt the cloud. It allows enterprises to enable their workforce to securely connect from anywhere to an organization’s cloud deployment (like Amazon AWS, Windows Azure etc.). They offer enterprise class security, compliant with corporate policy for secure and encrypted communication with strict control (Role Based Access Control). This allows a highly granular access policy based on user’s corporate identity or group. CipherGraph’s cloud powered “VPN as a Service” enables secure communication from all user devices, including phones and tablets. The communication is seamlessly encrypted without needing any change to the user’s applications or work flow. The service is cloud hosted and hardware free.Colimetrics: Colimetrics has developed a software product called Org Lens that automates the measurement of human factors impact on organizational efficiency. Targeting companies which have to deal with growth in working personnel, Colimetrics’ software aims at identifying problems such as bottlenecks, bureaucracy, incorrect division of work, miscommunication of priorities etc, which bring down a company’s working efficiency. Org Lens has an analytics engine that mines organizational data. A powerful notification framework identifies potential issues before they become major problems. The reporting framework allows a variety of ways to look at the analyzed data and provides various reports, drill downs and cross references. Org Lens also includes adaptors that fetch data from internal systems such as e-mail, HR and CRM.CollateBox: CollateBox is a free online service that lets you collect and organize data from multiple sources or team members and securely share specific records based upon column, row and cell value for others to work while you receive instant notifications based on different activities around your data – magically. Think about what you want to do with your tables of data and lists and we will transform it to that effect. If you want to organize, act, share and work with parts of such data lists with other team members with lesser efforts and better control, you are left with no choice today. That’s why CollateBox matters.DataWeave: DataWeave provides actionable data in an easy-to-use format that can be used by businesses in their decision making, application building activities. Data is served to users through data APIs, dashboards and visualizations. Businesses and developers can now rest assured that they will get the data they want and focus on building applications and deriving insights. Some examples of datasets provided by DataWeave are: eCommerce price intelligence, hourly commodity prices, and open government data.Diabeto: Diabeto is a healthcare- technology company that aims to leverage web and mobile technologies for disease/disorder management and to improve health and well-being. Their first product is a tool for diabetes management which addresses the issues of tracking, managing and processing data from various diabetes tests. It is a hardware device that plugs into a glucometer and wirelessly transmits sugar reading to a diabetes mobile application for easy tracking and manageability. They currently have a hardware product that works with most glucometers and an android app that supports the device.FORMCEPT: FORMCEPT is an effort to make data analysis accessible to everyone, be it an enterprise, an individual or a device. They are building a BigData Analysis platform that can empower the existing data analysts and data scientists of an organization to extract insights out of data faster, thereby significantly reducing the time taken to convert data into decisions. The platform provides batch processing, interactive analysis and stream processing capabilities out of the box. It can analyze unstructured data in the form of documents (PDF, HTML, DOC, text, tweets, etc.) and structured data stored in relational databases. It has built-in semantic capabilities and processing algorithms that can analyze unstructured data, categorize them, retrieve on demand and also deliver the results/reports to the right devices at the right time. Enterprises can also write customized applications (called “Intents”) on top of the platform according to their business needs and/or targeting their end customers.GAMOOZ: GAMOOZ specializes in Augmented Reality applications for mobile (iPhone, iPad, Android,Blackberry, Symbian, Bada), desktop, online, big screens and kiosks. In last one year, GAMOOZ has created 50+ AR applications for a number of companies and agencies across the globe. They have recently launched an Image-Tracking based AR Browser called ScanAR for print media. It is available on iTunes Store and Google Play and Web. They are planning to launch their own Augmented Reality Merchandise very soon eg.AR T-shirts, AR-mugs, AR-Notebooks, AR, Bags etc. They plan to sell their AR merchandise via their online shop and partners across the world via online retailers and retail chains.Graaby: Graaby is an application and solutions product company which aims to create and establish an NFC ecosystem to simplify life. They are introducing an NFC based geosocial coalition loyalty platform application called Graaby Rewards. Graaby’s focus is to build a NFC infrastructure between business and their customer, helping businesses understand their customers through a geosocial coalition reward platform, which helps retention as well as acquisition. Graaby`s NFC mobile tag will enable any mobile literally into virtual wallet bringing a new experience of tapping into rewards and social check-In into their Foursquare, Facebook places , Twitter even without any application or internet enabled mobile. Graaby’s NFC infrastructure with all partner business can be used by third party NFC application provider to add value to customer and business.Harness: Harness Handitouch Private Limited (Harness) is an education technology start-up founded by alumni of premier educational and corporate institutions in India and internationally. Their product, Touch-on-Cloud, is a tablet and cloud based learning “operating” system which disrupts the idea of classrooms, ICT and learning management systems as we think of them today by bridging the digital-physical divide. The solution has applicability in conventional, online as well as distance learning .Touch-on-Cloud effectively addresses problems faced in current conventional and ICT classrooms such as teacher control and lack of student engagement as it enables user generated content creation, real-time classroom collaboration, evaluation and feedback and content management on the cloud. Developed on HTML5, this learning operating system is platform neutral and embraces the bring-your-own-device trend that has equal efficacy for schools, colleges and coaching institutes.Hazel Media: Hazel Media is a Technology Product company set up in 2010 with a vision to create mobility and enterprise platforms that solve problems for the masses. The company had introduced its vernacular language rendering platform for mobile devices called mPustak in 2011 which won accolades, including the mBillionth Award in 2011. Hazel Media is focusing on combining Data + Mobile +Languages to create platforms that solve mobile data collection and management challenges in developing countries like India. The company’s flagship mobile data platform is called MobQuery, which has been unveiled in 2012.HuntShire: HuntShire’s Ghunter is an online assessment methodology backed by a propriety grading system to serve as a more effective recruitment process. Ghunter is designed to suit the assessment test requirements for various organizations in recruitment and talent management. By incorporating principles of gamification, HuntShire wishes to make test taking a fun experience which will bring the best out of candidates. By eliminating the need for providing options in a question, the Hunt Methodology tests the problem solving abilities of the candidates and selects people with specific skill sets defined by the role requirement. Companies can educate the applicants about the values and employer benefits during a test by sending custom messages, which in turn will help improve the desirability of the company.Impact Index: Impact Index is a leading statistical system in the sport of cricket today. The platform is targeted at the entire gamut in the cricket world. To casual cricket followers, as Impact Index simplifies cricket analysis immensely, cricket geeks, as it brings out much more than any other system can and is exponentially more accurate than the averages/aggregates that is used, and most importantly, owners/managers of cricket teams who want to select the best value players -aka Moneyball and Cricket boards, for ensuring deserving players get picked. Their claim is backed by its mention in Wisden Almanack 2012 (the most famous sports reference book in the world) – the first time in its 148 years of existence that it has mentioned an alternative statistical system in the game, by virtue of having Cricket Australia as a client.InCights: InCights intends to reduce cyber-crimes, Instances of Identity theft and associated frauds, by use of unique behavioral characteristics of people to identify and authenticate their identity. This unique character, called “VOICE”, can be used to identify consumers from anywhere, anytime and from any device. Currently this telephonic and IP based Services is being tested by BASIX SubK iTransaction to enable micro-payments in Rural India through a network of Banking Correspondent Outlet. InCights intend to make the service available to corporations, groups and association through direct sales team and by establishing a network of Value Added Resellers and OEM Partnership.Innosolv: Innosolv Consultancy Services Private Limited was founded in 2006. Innosolv, provide end-to-end solutions; from IT Services and Solutions catering to the small and medium enterprises, across sectors. Having spent the last decade working with the Indian businesses, some of their clients have become large public companies. They have two products, namely iDine, developed specifically for hospitality industry, to provide an end to end integrated solution. It provides single point management of Multi-Brand & Multi-Outlet Restaurant Chains, Point of Sale, Menu Management, Vendor Management, Recipe Costing, Automated Consumption and Costing Variance Analysis, Payroll, and Brand Investment, and iBeam Laundry, developed specifically for laundry industry, to provide end to end integrated solution. It Includes Retail, Institution, Door-to-door, and Linen Rental Business models. Solution includes Operations, Pricing, Wash process management, Finance and Accounting, Payroll, Fixed Asset management, and other unique requirements.Instamojo: Instamojo is a solution that lets the user sell digital creations simply by sharing unique checkout pagelinks. Instamojo is a simple payment system based on shortened URLs that makes everyone a merchant without installation of complicated scripts, technical know-how or signing up for merchant accounts. It can be used for software, music, video, photos, online courses, web & mobile apps, e-books and magazine or newspaper content.IntouchId: IntouchId is a cloud and mobile based product that allows people and businesses to securely maintain and share their contact information with their contacts. Just update your contact info in one place and all your contacts and customers automatically see the updates directly in their mobile’s phonebooks. Conversely, your address book is always up-to-date since it is being managed by the contacts themselves. The auto updating address book is always at your fingertips – visible directly in your phone. Users will never have to type contact info into the mobile or worry about losing contacts, saving enormous time, effort, and stress over lost or wrong contact. Also, for the first time ever, users will get to control how they show up in their contact’s phone-book, opening doors to personalization and other applications.JusPay: JusPay is started with a vision to revolutionize digital payments in India. It claims to offer the e-commerce merchants the nearest equivalent of Amazon’s Buy with 1-Click. Their solutions open the doors for e-commerce merchants to monetize on Mobile devices. JusPay aims to be the market leader in mobile payments that will catalyze the explosive growth of e-commerce, personalized entertainment and value added services. Their value-propositions are in providing payment on a Single page, no redirects, express checkout, card storage that reduces number of steps from 7 to 2, mobile checkout, single click payment with innovation on second factor authentication. JusPay is targeting a 10 billion dollar ecommerce market and plans to target other markets like VAS, Digital goods and Bill payments in the future.JustUnfollow: JustUnfollow is on a mission to help users clean their twitter. Think of them as TweetDeck for friend management. The goal is to build the perfect dashboard to help everyone manage their social graph. JustUnfollow is currently helping a million users make unfollow decisions on Twitter. JustUnfollow also helps business users keep track of the various twitter accounts they manage. The unique ‘Copy Followers’ feature helps businesses follow their competitor’s followers on twitter thus providing them with the right target audience. Twitter users follow a lot of people when they join twitter. Over a period of time their timeline gets clogged with unwanted updates. It’s hard to make unfollow decisions in order to clear up the timeline. JustUnfollow helps by making unfollow decisions easy.LearnSocial: LearnSocial is a peer-to-peer Learning Platform which envisions transforming every individual into a teacher and student. It connects people who are passionate/knowledgeable about a topic and can teach it, with people who are interested to learn new things. Currently the platform enables the learning to happen face-to-face in the real world or do “virtual” Classes through LearnSocial Live, a rich, interactive online platform that connects learners and teachers from all over the world to share their learning’s in real time. LearnSocial is the World’s first Hybrid platform which supports all modes of learning – Physical, Virtual and Self-paced there by connecting Billions of teachers, learners to share Knowledge, experience and quench their thirst for lifelong learning.Little Eye Labs: Little Eye Labs, the mobile tools startup from Bangalore, is focused on helping app developers optimize mobile apps for better performance and battery life. They provide intuitive and innovative tools that let you, the app developer or tester, view your app’s gut in a way that helps you better understand, test, benchmark and optimize. Their first product, called “Little Eye” is a power analyzer that will provide detailed insights into an app’s power consumption, at the place where it matters most for the developer/tester – his workstation. It will monitor and provide visualization of the app’s power consumption by the various hardware components (e.g. CPU, Wifi, 3G, display, etc) and also show associated events. It will help testers perform regression analysis of their app’s power consumption. In addition, the tool can also help developers benchmark their app’s battery consumption.Mango Sense: Mango Sense aims to bring books to life by making them interactive, engaging and fun using videos, quizzes, graphics, maps and games with their product MangoReader. They have two products; one is a HTML5 reader, which works on iPad, iPhone, Desktops and Android tablets. This reader helps to collaborate, highlight, search dictionary, ask questions and share notes within an interactive book. The other is a HTML5 book creation platform where one can create interactive books (videos, images, maps, quizzes, 3D Diagrams etc. The HTML 5 platform enables a “create once sell everywhere” functionality with this platform. With MangoReader Store, users can purchase, rent, gift or subscribe to interactive eBooks. MangoReader is a winner of EduStars-2012 by YourStory.in and Young Creative Entrepreneur award– 2012 by British Council.MilkorWater: MilkorWater is a computational financial analytics company which helps consumers make smarter investment decisions through unbiased analysis of recommendations given by stock market analysts. It is delivered as a Web 2.0 based technology for web, mobile and social platforms, and hosted on the world-class Amazon EC2 cloud platform. MilkorWater is the largest free site in the world that analyses stock recommendations from 1500 professional analysts across 125 brokerage firms for over 825 stocks traded on NSE. Through its analytics, its aims to revolutionize investment decision making, level playing field for retail investors by democratizing information, increase the stock market depth by bringing large number of retail investors, and bring accountability and responsibility in this market.Praxify: Xtremum Solutions is an innovative healthcare technology and analytics company working towards connecting the various stakeholders in the healthcare domain. Its flagship product – Praxify is India’s first cloud & iPad based specialty specific electronic health record (EHR) with practice management capabilities for physicians. The app comes with several features that allow, for example, easy appointment scheduling, and completely digitized patient records that enable quick and precise billing. The app is delivered using the SaaS model, allowing various stakeholders to use the app on the go, without worrying about security and integrity of the app.Radiowalla: Radiowalla Network Private Limited is a venture backed start-up which has two services – SpotRadio & Radiowalla. SpotRadio is an in-store radio solutions product, which was commercially launched in August 2011. This service offers audio branding and sound scaping solutions to retail chains, corporates and brands. It has partnered with over 40+ national retail chains with over 4,000 locations in the country within a year. Spot Radio’s music database spans across several languages and genres. It offers businesses the option of music day parting and localized ad insertions via streaming and store and forward technologies. It also helps businesses monetize their stations by operating an ad sales team, that sells airtime on clients channels to non-competing brands that wish to target the in store traffic of a particular store. Radiowalla is Radiowalla Network’s direct to consumer audio platform which offers created and curated 30+ streaming audio channels (Music and non-music) for netizens worldwide via mobile apps and any broadband connected devices.SpanIdea: SpanIdea Systems is a product design and technology services organization focused on Semiconductor, Embedded System, Wireless and Mobile Application Design. It is founded by industry veterans from CISCO, INTEL, QCOM, WIPRO, BROADCOM with a track record of delivering successful networking products for leading multinational companies and startups. Their product, uBox, is a unified Smart Home box to create a home gateway, for smart TV and home cloud.TeachAClass: TeachAClass aims to bridge the gap between education initiatives, such as Khan Academy and CK-12, and students at low-income schools in developing countries. Using a cloud-based, plug-n- play wireless toolkit called NomadEDU, which is pre-packaged with learning material, Teach A Class enable a classroom cloud anywhere in the world. The product aims to equip local teachers with quality teaching aids and provide a global distribution capability to all content creators. It has also integrated some groundbreaking, learning modules, such as the SMILE Program on NomadEDU, by which teachers and students can also develop their own questions and videos, allowing for collaborative learning.Treetle: Treetle is a location-based interest network. The Treetle platform let’s people easily find, and connect with, others around them who have the same interests and enables them to together do the things they love to do. It’s completely free for users. Treetle’s search and recommendation engine makes discovery of neighborhood groups and events efficient. Treetle’s unique way of rewarding users who organize events provides healthy incentives to actually do the things they would love to do anyways! The site is available across 3400+ cities across India, and will be rolled out globally in the next two quarters. Treetle will be releasing its mobile apps in September 2012.Virinchi: Mobile and Web Application is Virinchi’s forte and it enables them to help clients in fabricating their dreams. Their expertise lies in domains such as Mobile Application Development, iOS and Android App Development and more. Their app DealGali provides fast and comprehensive deals to users and connects buyers with sellers. Businesses can create their deals, offers, discounts and advertise their location on DealGali.com and customers can, in turn, find the best deals, discounts, offers they require and spot them in their nearest location using their smartphones.[Source - http://yourstory.in/2012/09/yourstory-ins-tech30-report-2012/]