Author Archives: Soumyanath

Are you ready for Business Data Analytics?

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Soumyanath

Introduction If we look around us we see many large companies that were Industry leader a couple of decades back have faded into history. To name a few – Xerox, Dunlop, NOKIA, Hindustan Motors, Premier Automobiles. It is important to … Continue reading →

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Laxmi to Narsi, Palam with directed path

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Soumyanath

I joined IT-BHU (now IIT-BHU) in 1979. It was my first time in a hostel. We met so many new faces of nearly same age group. Most of us was worried with uncertainties of facing a new place, new environment … Continue reading →

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Spatial reporting with R

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Soumyanath

Many times we need to plot geo-spatial data in analytics. Information like sales per region, income distribution makes more sense when they are plotted on a map. We can do this quite easily inR. Let us see it in action. … Continue reading →

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Flower Cycling options

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Soumyanath

Today in the news feed I saw a news that I thought I shall dwell a bit. The news was about a new venture setup by two friends Ankit Agrawal and Karan Rastogi. They are from a place that is pretty … Continue reading →

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আমাদের প্রথম প্রোগ্রাম

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Soumyanath

মাইক্রোকন্ট্রোলারে কিছু কাজ করতে গেলে সেটাকে প্রোগ্রাম করতে হয়। প্রোগ্রাম আসলে একটা নির্দেশ এর তালিকা যা μC কে চালায়। μC খুব ছোট বলে এই প্রোগ্রামটা আমরা বাইরে, মানে ল্যাপটপে বা ডেস্কটপ কম্প্যুটারে করে সেটা μC তে লিখে দি।  পাশে এই … Continue reading →

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মাইক্রোকন্ট্রোলার কী?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Soumyanath

মাইক্রোকন্ট্রোলার একটি ছোট্ট কম্পুটার। এটা একটা ইলেক্ট্রনিক IC হিসেবে পাওয়া যায়। অন্য কম্পুটারের মত এতে প্রসেসর কোর, মেমরি, এবং প্রোগ্রামেবল ইনপুট / আউটপুট যন্ত্রানুষঙ্গ এতে থাকে।  মাইক্রোকন্ট্রোলার অটোমোবাইল ইঞ্জিন নিয়ন্ত্রণ সিস্টেম,  ডাক্তারির যন্ত্রপাতি, রিমোট কন্ট্রোল, অফিসের মেশিন, যন্ত্রপাতি, শক্তি সরঞ্জাম, … Continue reading →

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Retreat to Kolkata

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Soumyanath

After month long stay at Auroville I realized that it is not the place of my Karmabhumi. We decided to move on. Call of Pondicherry beach was alluring. We decided to spend a couple of days at Pondicherry. This was … Continue reading →

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A month in Auroville

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Soumyanath

Auroville is in the border of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry. It is around 5 Km from beach, part of it is right beside the sea. Auroville is best known for its tourist attraction – Matrimandir, that looks like a golden globe. … Continue reading →

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Legend of Irumbai and Sadhana Forest

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Soumyanath

When  you travel Pondicherry from Chenni or Bangalore via NH 66, you will cross a place called Irumbai, which is around 6km ahead of Auroville. Irumbai is famous for its temples which were built around AD 1000 – 1500. Irumbai … Continue reading →

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Automating Building Manufacture

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Soumyanath

At Auroville I took the work on automating their CSEB manufacturing machine – Auram 6000. Compressed Stabilized Earthen Blocks are fast becoming popular for their obvious benefits. These blocks have superior thermal insulation than concrete. With proper design, they compare … Continue reading →

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