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Excellent Article: Always be ready with Plan-B even if you don't have to use it. Must Read. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/lessons-from-tata-tele-shutdown-what-to-do-when-you-are-one-of-thousands-suddenly-without-a-job/articleshow/61005338.cms?utm_source=AMPusers&utm_medium=fbshare&utm_campaign=socialsharebutton&from=mdr

The division between Science Fiction Movies and reality is getting thinner with every passing day thanks to AI and Machine Learning! For our children questions won't be " Should we trust Robots"? but "Do we trust them too much"? https://mobile-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/opinion/sunday/children-alexa-echo-robots.amp.html  

Though free, the below websites/materials are very useful for gaining knowledge related to recent technical developments, try these for free, 1. https://cognitiveclass.ai 2. https://developer.ibm.com 3. https://www.ibm.com/blogs/blockchain/2017/08/blockchain-in-academia-training-for-students-and-educators/ 4. Machine Learning - Stanford University by Andrew Ng (One of the best) 5. Edx - Introduction to AI - Azure by Microsoft .

Here are few excellent websites for business savvy users, 1. BusinessWeek 2. Economist 3. MIT Open Courseware 4. Personalmba.com and suggested books, https://personalmba.com/best-business-books/ 5. Vault.com 6. Wetfeet.com 7. Crackverbal  

Though relatively new, since last decade the concept of one year executive MBA (full time) is gaining momentum in India. These programs usually requires 2-7 years of experience and costs a fortune (around 7 lakhs for K J Somaiya to 17 lakhs for SPJain to as high as 33 lakhs+ for ISB). Few of the reputed Executive courses are listed below, AMBA Accredited: ------------------------- 1. IIMA - PGPX 2. IIMC - PGPEX 3. IIMB - EPGP 4. IIMI - EPGP 5. IIML - IPMX 6. SPJain - PGPM (PGDM Executive) 7. XLRI - PGDM(GM), formerly GMP 8. ISB 9. MDI Gurgaon - NMP 10. IMI Delhi - ExecutiveMBA Not AMBA Accredited Yet but institutes have reputation for their 2 year flagship MBA programs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. IIM Shillong 12. IIM Udaipur (Supply Chain with dual degree - MS with Purdue University, USA) 13. IMT 14. K J Somaiya - PGDM (Executive) 15. Great Lakes New entrants focusing o...

Review of Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi: ---------------------------------------------------- Finished reading all three books of Amish Tripathi's Shiva Trilogy. They are simply Outstanding! Truely Amish deserves the comparison with Paulo Cohello. His storytelling skills mixed with his immense knowledge on Indian mythology and Hinduism created nothing but magic. The trilogy is about how an ordinary Tribal lead (Shiva) from Tibet became the God Neelkanth/Mahadev by his Karma. The story revolves around defeating evils but just like a great writer Amish has revealed the suspense in the second part only that actual evil is not the tribal Nagas, but it is the once good "Somras" which was creating disaster in the form of contamination. The first part was excellent in depicting few outstanding characters - Sati - Shiva's love and a woman with highest dignity and courage, Parveteswar - the noble general of Meluha, Ayurvati - the Mewluhan chief doctor, Shiva himsel...

My article on Stress Management - "Stress Management,Secrets From Indian Philosophy" http://www.scribd.com/doc/60186036/Stress-Management-Secrets-From-Indian-Philosophy