Winning Strategies

1.“Get into a continuous education program” (Width of education) (Value based education)
1.Sharpen your skills (Depth of education)
2.Effective Interpersonal skills
“I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than for any other ability under the sun”
John Rockefeller

ISPs in India

•Seven Major ISPs in India
•Education & Research NETwork ­ ERNET (1988­1989)
CUG, Network Interconnections Only, 9600 bps and above
•National Informatics Centre NETwork ­ NICNET/RENNIC (1994)
CUG, User Accounts + NI, 1200 bps to 9600 bps
•Gateway Internet Access Services ­ GIAS (1995)
Public Network, User Accounts + NI, 9600 bps to 128 Kbps
•Department of Telecom DoT (1998)
GIAS Franchisees
•MTNL (1998)
Public Network, User Accounts, NI, 64 Kbps
•Satyam Online ­ (1999)
Public Network, User Accounts
•Mantra Online ­ (1999)
Public Network, User Accounts

The Internet

•A Logical, Global Meta Network of computer networks
•A physical maze and a functional wonder
•A virtual information store
•A comprehensive communication infrastructure
•A global arena for the ``hack­tics''
•The BEST instance of a cooperative movement
•From the ``Idiot Box'' to ``Notebook''