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Louise Lightfoot and Rajkumar Priyagopal Singh: the first Manipuri dance tour of Australia, 1951
No full textManipur, a small state in the North-Eastern corner of India, is traditionally regarded as the home of gandharvas (the celestial dancers). Manipuri is one of the 11 dance styles recognized by the Ministry of Culture of India that have incorporated various key techniques mentioned in the ancient treatises like the Natya Shastra and Bharatarnava and has been placed under 'a common heritage' called Indian classical dance forms (shastriya nritya) - Bharata Natyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Odissi, Sattriya, Chhau, Gaudiya Nritya, and Thang Ta. In 1951 Louise Lightfoot, the 'Australian mother of Kathakali' dance, visited the remote mountain state of Manipur to learn more about Manipuri dance. Soon she was successful in persuading and bringing eminent exponents of Manipuri dancing style Jagoi, Rajkumar Priyagopal Singh and Lakshman Singh, to tour Australia. Priyagopal, with the help of Lightfoot and their international tours, to some extent, de-provincialized and also popularized the Manipuri dance and paved the way for other dancers from North-eastern region of India in the International art world. Through this paper I attempt to highlight the contribution of Lightfoot in the promotion of Manipuri dance and in Australia. I here also engage explicitly with Priyagopal and Lightfoot's unusual dance collaboration and trace the historical journey and reception of a Manipuri dance in Australia. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis
Newspaper Reading Habits of University Students: A Case Study of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India
Get PDFThe study analyzed the newspapers reading habits of university students of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India. Structured questionnaires were distributed among P.G. Students, M. Phil. Students, and Research Scholars of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India. Data was gathered on various aspects of newspaper reading habits of university students including languages read, time spent on newspaper reading; sources of newspapers; and which sections of newspapers are read most
Two new Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) species from Northeast India
No full textWith 158 species, Zingiber Miller (1754), is one of the largest genera of Zingiberaceae mainly distributed from tropical to warm temperate Asia (WCSP 2015, Triboun et al. 2014, Chen et al. 2011 and references therein). In India, the genus is represented by 27 species (Rao & Verma 1972, Srivastava & Rao 1994, Jain & Prakash 1995, Kumar et al. 2013, Tripathi & Singh 2006, Sabu 2006, Sabu et al. 2013, Rajkumar & Leong-Škorničková 2013, Thongam et al. 2013, Thongam & Konsam 2014), of which 15 species are recorded from northeastern India, which is a hotspot for Zingiberaceae. </jats:p
How a four-minister MEA could amplify India’s diplomatic power
No full textAmong the changes introduced by the recent cabinet expansion of the Narendra Modi government, the induction of two new ministers of state to join the ministry of external affairs (MEA) is noteworthy. With the entry of Meenakshi Lekhi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, the MEA now has a record total of four ministers catering to India’s foreign relations. To put this in perspective, only the ministries of home affairs, education and social justice have a similar posse of four ministers each
Obsolescence Challenges for Product-Service Systems in Aerospace and Defence Industry
Get PDFOrganised by: Cranfield UniversityThe aerospace and defence industries are moving towards new types of agreement such as availability
contracts based on Product-Service System (PSS) business models. Obsolescence has become one of the
main problems that will impact on many areas of the system during its life cycle. This paper presents the
major challenges to managing obsolescence for availability contracts, identified by means of a
comprehensive literature review and several interviews and forums with experts in obsolescence
management. It is observed that there is a lack of understanding of the impact of obsolescence on whole life
cost. Experts agree that the development of a framework to support estimation, management, and mitigation
of these costs is desirable, but the difficulty in forecasting future obsolescence issues constrains industry to
a reactive approach rather than proactive.Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Compan
DandeBot - An Autonomous Weeding Solution for Residential Lawns
No full textDandeBot – An Autonomous Weeding Solution for Residential Lawns
Author: Nishanth Rajkumar
This thesis presents the development and validation of DandeBot, an autonomous robotic system designed for comprehensive residential lawn maintenance. The robot addresses the need for efficient, eco-conscious, and low maintenance lawn care through a fully electric platform powered by an AI-driven software stack. Emphasizing safety, adaptability, and ease of use, the hardware was developed using CAD and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles, resulting in a modular and robust design. The integrated software stack combines localization, mapping, and path planning using odometry, visual odometry, and IMU data fusion to navigate dynamic outdoor environments. Task-specific algorithms were developed and validated for autonomous navigation, weed detection, and obstacle avoidance. Key hardware innovations include a modular gripper system for weed removal and adaptable attachments for multiple lawn care tasks. Field trials confirmed the robot’s capability to perform with high precision and reliability in varied lawn conditions, significantly reducing the need for human intervention. This work contributes to the growing field of service robotics by demonstrating how intelligent systems can automate routine household maintenance. The thesis concludes by outlining future research directions, including system scalability, enhanced multi-tasking capabilities, and integration with smart home networks
Exploring Stability and Accuracy Limits of Distributed Real-Time Power System Simulations via System-of-Systems Cosimulation
Get PDFElectro-Magnetic Transients (EMT) is the most accurate, but computationally expensive method of analyzing power system phenomena. Thereby, interconnecting several real-time simulators can unlock scalability and system coverage, but leads to a number of new challenges, mainly in time synchronization, numerical stability, and accuracy quantification. This study presents such a co-simulation, based on Digital Real-Time Simulator (DRTS), connected via Aurora 8B/10B protocol. Such a setup allows to analyze complex and hybrid System-of-Systems (SoS) whose resulting numerical phenomena and artifacts have been poorly investigated and understood so far. We experimentally investigate the impact of IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) synchronization assessing both time and frequency domains. The analysis of the experimental results is encouraging and show that numerical stability can be maintained even with complex system setups. Growing shares of inverter-based renewable power generation require larger and interconnected EMT system studies. This work helps to understand the phenomena connected to such DRTS advanced co-simulation setups
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