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| 7 | 30 July 2020 | Creating an IIT in a Remote Greefield | 5th Foundation Day, IIT Goa | Chief Guest speech, delivered from Kamand via the Internet |
| 6 | 30 June 2020 | Farewell speech | Function arranged by faculty+staff of IIT Mandi in the Village Square | Farewell speech on completion of my term as founding Director of IIT Mandi, 15/Jan/2010 - 30/Jun/2020 |
| 5 | 30 May 2020 |
Challenges in Creating a Global Institute in a Remote
Location |
Webinar hosted by IITACB |
"Temples of Learning -- Ancient India: on the banks of a
Himalayan river; under a banyan tree. Modern India: in crowded,
polluted, COVID-infested cities. Can this change?" I trace the
genesis of IIT Mandi, and some of the strategies that have led
to its successes over its first decade. We have laid firm
foundations for scaling ever greater heights during its coming
2nd decade.
View slides only: Challenges in Creating a Global Institute in a Remote Location |
| 4 | Apr 2020 | Musings on Change: Driver for SDN | CSI Transactions on ICT, 2020 | Keynote speech at ICSDN,
Anna Univ., 9/8/19
Examines change from antiquity to the present, and extrapolates to the future. Shows that we are in an age of exponentially-increasing rate of change. Motivates the need for a flexible architecture for the Internet. Lists challenges of using software-defined networks (SDN) as the base. The first part of the talk is general: history of technology and Internet technology. These sections will be interesting to many. If you are interested in computer networks, read through to the end! |
| 3 | Tue 10/3/20 | My Path to Setting up an NGO for Women in Rural India | Women's Day, IIT Mandi | Speech by Priscilla Gonsalves:
From US in 1950s to EWOK in Kamand in 2016 via Yugoslavia and
Afghanistan. Includes photos of Afghanistan in 1972-74.
Last updated: 11:30 am 3/5/2020. EWOK website, EWOK on Wikipedia |
| 2 | Mon 2/1/17 | IIT Mandi: Scaling the Heights | Ruby Reunion, BTech 1976 | |
| 1 | Mon 1/8/16 | Director's Welcome | BTech Orientation 2016 |
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| 2 | Hike from Arnehar to Kuthachi and beyond, 1st Feb 2020 | Slideshow of 46 best images (5.0MB) |
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Departed from Raman GH at 8:20 am. Drove to 1/2 km before Arnehar,
5,000' altitude (about 2,000' above North Campus). Walked along a new
dirt road through pine forests to Kuthachi Village. Thereafter, the
road descends gradually into a valley behind Kani Top. Back to North
Campus at 12:40 pm.
The hike was led by Anoushka, MS student in SCEE. Photo credits: D72_* by TAG with a Nikon D7200. R16_* by Debashrita with a Sony RX100M6. |
| 1 | Morning walk near Arnehar, 26th May 2019 | Slideshow of 37 best images (4.9MB) |
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Drove from North Campus to 1 km before Arnehar at 6:45 am. Walked beyond Arnehar through forest of pine, khaphal and rhododendron. Warm and clear with crisp clear views of Salgi, Griffon peak and the mountains up to the snow-capped Dhauladhars. With Aditi + Viswanath, Saurabh + Pooja Lodha, Neha Kaushik, and families. |
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| 1 | Shweta Rao Garg "Journey of a Woman Artist", 13th March 2020 | Slideshow of 15 best images (1.4MB) |
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SHSS Seminar, organised by Nilamber Chhetri, CV Raman Guest House
Conference Room.
Photos by TAG with a Sony RX100M6 |
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| 2 | Faculty-Staff Picnic, Rewalsar, 16th Feb 2019 | Slideshow of 84 best images (11MB) |
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Departure from North campus 9:30 am, return 6:45 pm. Clear, cool,
sunny day with glorious views of the pine-covered mountain slopes.
Assorted activities depending on interest including visits to Naina
Devi temple, Rewalsar Monastery, walking around the Rewalsar Lake,
etc. Morning snack at Hotel Mid-Way, halfway up to Naina Devi, and
lunch at Hotel Tourist, HPTDC, Rewalsar.
Thanks to Prosenjit Mondal assisted by Pavin Samuel, Sandhya, PTG and others, for the impeccable arrangements. Pics D72_9726 .. D72_9737 by Pavin Samuel. |
| 1 | Gourmet Club: German dinner by Balthasar Novak, 25 May 2018 | Slideshow of 71 best images (7.4MB) |
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| 7 | Parakeet enjoying sunflower seeds, 10 Jun 20 | Slideshow of 16 best images (2.3MB) |
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On June 6th, Portia and Naveksha photographed glorious
sunflower blossoms
outside C-10. On June 10th, as the flowers matured and the seeds ripened, a male plum-headed
parakeet enjoyed breakfast of dozens of sunflower seeds. In about 10
minutes, he denuded one of the mature flowers. Then, he flew up into
a nearby tree, and told his female friend about it. She spent a couple of
minutes before leaving. Other insects also enjoyed the flowers,
without damaging them.
Parakeet images: D7200 with Nikkor 200-500mm |
| 6 | Birds in IIT Mandi Campus at Salgi, March-April 2020 | Slideshow of 26 best images (2.8MB) |
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Birds do not suffer from COVID-19 and are free from lockdown! Most of these photos were taken from our living room, while the birds were foraging for fruit and insects in the trees outside our house. Mostly with a Nikkor 200-500mm lens, a few with a Nikkor 18-300mm. |
| 5 | Bird-watching at Pong Reservoir, Nagrota Suriyan, and visit to Masroor Rock Temple, 25-26 Jan 2020 | Slideshow of 56 best images (5.0MB) |
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On Sat 25th Jan, we drove from IIT Mandi to Nagrota Suriyan on the
bank of the Pong Reservoir. Stayed in the PWD Resthouse with a good
view of the river and the distant Dhauladhars. Spent the evening on a
large mud flat beside the reservoir. Large numbers of bar-headed
geese, many waders and water birds, a few songbirds and raptors.
On Sun 26th, after an early morning walk through the town, we drove to the nearby Masroor Rock Temple, carved out of solid sandstone. Reminiscent of the rock-cut temples at Mahabalipuram south of Chennai. Dating from 8th century AD. Partly in ruins due to the Kangra earthquake. Photo credits: Nikon D7200 - Neha Sharma, Dikshita Nath, TAG; Canon EOS500D - Dikshita, TAG; Sony RX100M6 - TAG |
| 4 | Visit to Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, 2nd-5th December 2019 | Slideshow of 58 best images (6.9MB) |
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As a boy in Ooty, I grew up on Jim Corbetts tales of hunting
man-eating tigers and leopards. Man-eaters of Kumaon was my
favourite. In the mountains of the Nilgiris, clad in grass,
eucalyptus, cypress and wattle, I imagined vivid mental pictures of
the foothills of the Himalayas in which Corbett lived. In early
December, I visited the Jim Corbett National Park to see Corbett
country in person. The trip was very graciously arranged by Deepti
(my MS student from IIT Madras) and Mayank and their delightful
daughters, Meera and Vrinda.
On the first evening, we spotted 6 tigers at close quarters, and one more on the next day. Other animals included elephants, cheetal, barking deer, sambhar, monkeys and wild boar. Birds were aplenty along the Ramganga River eagles, a lammergeier, herons, storks, egrets, kingfishers, redstarts, barbets, bulbuls, etc. We spent many hours sitting peacefully in the grasslands or in the sal forest, soaking in the sounds of the birds, the wind sighing through the sal trees, alarm calls of monkeys and deer, and the occasional growl of a tiger and trumpeting of an elephant. Our guide/driver Imran was very knowledgeable and adept at spotting animals and birds. Most pics by T.A. Gonsalves, a few (C) pics by Kartiki Gonsalves http://www.kartikigonsalves.com/ |
| 3 | Snow in IIT Mandi Campus -- Salgi and Kamand. 7-8th Feb 2019 | Slideshow of 46 best images (5.5MB) |
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Heavy rain on Thursday 7th evening changed to snow as temperatures
dropped. Friday morning dawned crisp and clear, with the campus
covered with 1-2 inches of snow. By noon most of the snow on campus
had melted, though the snow on north facing mountain slopes lasted for
2-3 days. The last time it snowed on campus was in December 2014 (the
snow did not persist). The last time the campus was covered with snow
is said to be in 1992. Pics by TAG, Neha Sharma and Merlin Sundar |
| 2 | Better Half cricket, 11/3/17 |
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| 1 | Ruby Reunion, BTech 1976, 2/1/17 at IIT Madras and
3-4/1/17 at Radisson Hotel, Mahabalipuram |
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Timothy A. Gonsalves
Professor Emeritus (Hon)
Founding Director (1/2010-6/2020)
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Kamand - 175 005, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
+91-1905-267-911 tag@iitmandi.ac.in
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Permanent Residence:
Windermere, 23 Ethiraj Road
Ooty - 643 001
The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India
+91-423-244-5106
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