Monthly Archives: July 2013

Three questions – links about English language in India

1. Will English Continue to Rule the Indian tongue? 2. English or Hinglish – which will India choose? 3. English or Hinglish – does it matter what Indian students are learning? … and bonus: English Language Education in Rural Schools of India: The Situation, the Policy and the Curriculum Thanks to Elyse, I’ll add another link: Stanford researcher on […]

Again… greetings

Tomorrow we have first call with Essar team. They made a nice video presentation:   … and I have compiled our videos into this one:   #ibmcsc india 20

More about ESSAR Foundation

The Essar Foundation was launched in early 2011 to be a catalyst for positive change in society. The Foundation’s mission is ‘to improve the quality of social and economic life of neighborhood communities and make a positive contribution to the life of all those who are directly or indirectly impacted by Essar’s business, products and […]

Amazing Facts about India

India is the world’s largest, oldest, continuous civilization. India is the world’s Largest democracy. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. India stands at top among the English Speaking Countries. It is the second largest English speaking nation. Indian Railways […]

SOW, IBC. WOW!

Note: WOW is not an acronym. About Statement of Work Project Title Improving the Quality of English Language Teaching in Government Schools through Gap Analysis & Other Activities Assigned Volunteers Elyse, Nina, Paula, Katrin and myself Objective of Assignment To do a gap value assessment of the Government schools near Essar refinery with a special […]

Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are

I am very proud to be in Jamnagar together with: Anton, GTS Europe IOT Expense Analyst from Slovak Republic Claudia, Team Leader GDL Smart Transformation from Mexico Elyse, Manager Talent Business Process from United States Emily, Forecast Coordinator WW SWG revenue from United States Katrin, Advisory Solution Sales Professional from Germany Keith, Senior Development Manager from […]

About Jamnagar

Preparing for travel, I made some research… Jamnagar, Jewel of Kathiawar, is on the coast of Gulf of Kutch in the state of Gujarat, India. Jamnagar has been nicknamed the “Oil City of India” due to Reliance – the world’s largest oil refinery, as well the Essar one. The capacity of both refineries exceeds 50 MTPA, that […]

Greetings from Gica

Preparing for CSC assignment in India, I have recorded this video for Essar team

Why another blog…

…to describe my experience in IBM Corporate Service Corps program, as member of India 20 team. What is CSC? Check this: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/