Nivio network  It’s amazing to witness delightful advancement occurring daily in the world of computing, thanks to the brilliant brains working overtime in tandem with allied fields. One result of such efforts is Nivio, a global service provider that aims to redefine computing. Nivio, a brainchild of Sachin Duggal is expanding rapidly along with an ever-increasing world team that includes exNet4 India of Iqbal Gaudham and Jonathan Robert’s ExPSINET Europe. Nivio was launched in the Northeast the other day by its global operations head Mathew Colebourne and Indian operation’s chief Shahil Nayar. Colebourne said: “Nivio has its primary data centre in Switzerland and the Asian data centre in India... Precisely, Nivio is the world’s first online windows desktop that aims to be accessible from any internet connected device providing a rich variety of services on demand. These services will include rental of software applications, access to a rich library of educational content and expandable storage to keep all your pictures, music and data online and secure.” Moreover, Nivio is working with consumer electronics and console manufacturers to imbed its technology into their devices so that in the future a user will be able to click a button on their remote control that will take them to their Nivio desktop.

Fisheries fact  Formal fisheries education in India had started in 1969 with the establishment of the first fisheries college at Mangalore under the University of Agriculture Sciences, Bengaluru. Today, 12 of the 40 State agri varsities and one Central agri varsity offer fisheries education. Besides four-year BFSc offered by the 12 varsities, nine offer MFSc. Rajasthan agri varsity offers MSc (Agri) in fisheries limnology at its College of Agriculture, Udaipur, while Parmar varsity of horticulture and forestry, Salem, Himachal Pradesh offers master’s degree in fish processing technology. Likewise, IIT, Khargpur offers MTech and PhD courses in aquaculture engineering, while several colleges and institutions under general universities offer specialization in one or other aspect of fisheries at MSc and PhD levels in zoology. Further several varsities also conduct MSc and PhD in marine biology, Marine sciences, oceanography, aquatic biology and fisheries, limnology and fisheries technology, aquatic environmental sciences and applied aquaculture for regular and other students. Aspirants who wish to pursue fisheries-related courses can contact Dhruba Jyoti Sharma, fishery extension officer, Directorate of Fisheries, Guwahati-16 for further details or call him at 98549-44700 in view of the immense potentialities of pisciculture in Assam.

Smart stuff  Here’s one new Assamese magazine for generation next. Aptly titled Eai Prajanma, meaning ‘this generation’, the magazine, basically meant for youths, has been published by FlyHi Publication, the sister wing of Guwahati-based public relations firm FlyHi. What’s unique about this magazine that has Dr Akashitora as the chief editor, is its distinct content as well as its language which the youngsters will find easy to relate with amidst today’s cocktail of global, national and local lingua trends. In fact, writer Mainee Mahanta, who released the first issue of the magazine the other day, emphasized the need to enrich our language by embracing the other languages and dialects which the English do for which it is the most widely spoken language of the world today. The magazine covers a wide range of topics, including the current ones, in a lucid way that makes reading interesting.

Simanta / Mridumoloy