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[icon_list_item type=”sitemap”]Content Writer and fire-fighter at Mrunal.org (2013 onwards)[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”home”]Chennai, Tamilnadu[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”certificate”]Electronics Engineer, IIITDM, Kancheepuram.[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”certificate”]MA Public Administration (Second Year), Madras University[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”trophy”]GATE-2013: 98.4 Percentile[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”trophy”]Cleared Prelims in 1st attempt right after final year exam.[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”trophy”]120/200 in Essay Paper[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”trophy”]Reached Civil service Interview stage (2013)[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”dribbble”]Won Badminton and Volleyball tournaments at district and inter-college level[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”leaf”]Volunteers in Team Everest to teach school-children and serving old age homes.[/icon_list_item]
[icon_list_item type=”gittip”]Avid Fiction reader, Diehard fan of English sitcoms, Enjoys Rehman & Ilyaraja’s Music[/icon_list_item]
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[feature_headline type=”left” level=”h4″ looks_like=”h5″ icon=”tasks”]Skill-Tree at Mrunal.org[/feature_headline]
[skill_bar heading=”Back-end Support, Consultancy and fire-fighting” style=”background-color: seagreen” percent=”100%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Economy” style=”background-color: seagreen” percent=”100%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Science Tech, Public-Health and Space research” style=”background-color: seagreen” percent=”100%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Maths, Reasoning, Aptitude” style=”background-color: seagreen” percent=”90%”]
[skill_bar heading=”History and Culture” style=”background-color: LightSeaGreen” percent=”80%”]
[skill_bar heading=”International Relations and Internal security” style=”background-color: LightSeaGreen” percent=”80%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Geography and Environment” style=”background-color: LightSeaGreen” percent=”80%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Solving readers’ querries via Forum-Email-Comment system” style=”background-color: darksalmon” percent=”20%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Banking sector exams” style=”background-color: darksalmon” percent=”20%”]
[skill_bar heading=”RTI activism to bring transparency in competitive exams” style=”background-color: darksalmon” percent=”20%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Persons in news, Sports, Books-Authors-Awards” style=”background-color: salmon” percent=”5%”]
[skill_bar heading=”CSS PHP MySQL Server security” style=”background-color: Salmon” percent=”5%”]
[skill_bar heading=”Staff selection and state service exams” style=”background-color: Salmon” percent=”5%”]
Note: Lower skill doesn’t mean ‘lack of skill’, but that the given member has decided to spend time in other areas where he/she can be of better value-addition to this organization. A combat-squad doesn’t require ‘jack of all trades’ but specialists- sniper, engineer, medic and riflemen.
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Here is the list of articles prepared with Shivaram’s contribution:
- [Economy Lecture] 14th Finance Commission: 42% Verticle Tax Devolution & 5 Parameter Horizontal Tax Distribution, BTT, DTC, GAAR, PDMA revisited
- [ACIO Answerkey] Part 4/4: Aptitude- Maths, English and Reasoning MCQs solved with Explanation
- [Revision] GS3: Environment, Conservation, Disaster-Management: Cyclone Hudhud, Kashmir Floods, Clean India & Ganga
- [Revision] GS3 Science-Tech: Biotechnology, Robotics, Nanotech, Computer/IT awareness, Space-tech, Agro, Defense
- [Revision] GS2/GS3: Public Health Special: Indigenization of Medical Technology, Medical-Gadgets applications
- [Revision] GS3: Infrastructure, Coal Scam, BlackMoney, G20-BEPS, Bitcoins
- [Revision] GS3: Economy-Planning, Budgeting, Resource mobilization & Farm subsidies
- [Revision] GS2: Economy- IR/Diplomacy/Treaties-Agreements affecting India’s ECONOMIC INTERESTS
- [Revision] GS2 Economy: MAKE in India, Government Policies-Interventions for Manufacturing, Factories, Labour, Skill Development
- [GS3] IT-awareness: Raspberry Pi, Shellshock, Heartbleed, Internet-of-Everything, Facebook Safetycheck & more
- [HRD] Din Dayal Antyodaya Yojana: Skill Training for Urban and Rural Poors + 100 days of HRD ministry
- [HRD] Government Intervention for Skill development, issues from design & implementation for GS Mains2
- [Public Health] NPPA, Drug Price control, Sravan Implant, Cigarette packing rules update
- [Public Health] National Health Policy 2014- Salient Features & National AYUSH Mission (NAM)
- [Public Health] Global Hunger report, Hidden Hunger, National Nutrition Mission, Newborn action plan,
- [Space-Tech] P1/3: (IRNSS) Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System- Desi GPS for Drunk drivers
- [Space-Tech] P2/3: NISAR 2020, GSLV-MK-3, GSAT-16 and LAM
- [Space-Tech] P3/3: Thirty Meter Telescope, India’s Neutrino Observatory, NASA-TOPS
- [Nobel] 2014 Winners: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, Literature, Peace- Malala, Satyarthi
- [Banking] PM Jan Dhan Yojana: Salient Features, Benefits, Limitations & truckload of criticism
- [Disinvestment] Timeline, Methods, Pro & Anti Arguments, Modi Policy on PSU reforms and Disinvestment
- [Infrastructure] Aviation Sector: No Frills Airport, ATF-tax reforms, Predatory Pricing, Safety Rating
- [Bill Summary] Road Safety & Transport Bill 2014- salient features, provisions, penalties, graded point system
- [Current] Economy SepW1: Wilful Defaulters, MNREGA reformed, Global Competitiveness Index, BSNL-MTNL Merger, Gold Account scheme
- [Economy] BRICS Bank, IMF Governance Reforms
- [Banking] Minor Bank Accounts, SBI’s Pahali Udaan, Pahala Kadam, Kotak My Junior Account
- [Yearbook] Environment Ministry’s fast-track approach, Green E-Clearance & Green Laws Panel
- [Public Health]- Ebola, Cavilon, Kala-Azar Revised strategy, Free Rotavirus vaccine, XDR-TB, BRCA genes, NOTTO
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: Economy, Banking, Finance, Budget & Balance of Payment- 7 out 10 MCQs from Mrunal
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: Environment & Biodiversity, Common Myna, Crabs, Montreux Record, Brominated Retardants
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: Science, chemistry, public health & how to prepare it for CSAT-2015
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: International Relation & Defense MCQs solved with explanation for all booklets
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: Agriculture Questions with explanation for all booklets & Studyplan for next year
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: History & Culture Questions with explanations & future strategy for CSAT-2015
- [Answerkey] CSAT-2014: Polity Questions with explanations for all booklets
- [Economy] Index Theory: WPI, CPI, IIP, Components, Baseyear; Core vs Headline inflation, Laspeyre’s formula explained
- [Economic Survey] Ch8: Agriculture Fertilizer, Nutrient Based Subsidy Policy, Budget 2014, Schemes, Funds
- [Economic Survey] Ch8: Agriculture Minimum Support prices (MSP), Sugar pricing, FCI, Decentralized Procurement, OMSS
- [Eco-Survey] Ch8: National market for Agriculture, Reforms in APMC, Commodities market, NSEL crisis
- [Economic Survey] Ch9: Industrial Policy, Labor Reforms, Factories Act, Apprentice Act, Customs & Excise duties in Budget 2014
- [Industries] Public Sector Undertakings, CPSE-ETF, Disinvestment, NIF, Mini-Nav-Maharatna
- [Industries] Micro Small & Medium enterprises (MSME), Definitions, SSI reserved items, SIDBI, SIDF, Sick industries, Budget 2014
- [Industries] Service Sector- service tax, negative list, FDI limits, ICT, Tourism, Trade, R&D, Budget 2014 provisions
- [Energy] Coal Gasification, Syngas, CBM, hydraulic fracturing, Rangarajan Formula, NELP-X
- [Energy] Petrol, Diesel, LPG, Under-Recovery, Deregulation; Clean Energy, Telecommunication, NTP-2012, NFON, USOF
- [Infrastructure] PPP challenges & reforms, 3P-India, highway projects, Industrial corridors, DMIC vs DFC, Golden vs Diamond quadrilateral
- [Infrastructure] Shipping & Port infrastructure, Major ports, FDI, Sethu Samudram, Budget 2014 announcement
- [Infrastructure] Rail-Budget 2014, Tariff Authority, Biodiesel, Biotoilets, FDI & more
- [Economic Survey] Ch12: Sustainable Development, Millennium Development Goals, MDG, SDG, NAPCC, WTO Solar subsidies
- [Economic Survey] Ch13: P1- UNDP’s Human Development report 2014, HDI, Gender Development, gender inequality, Multidimensional poverty, World Bank’s Gini-Coefficient
- [Economic Survey] Ch13: Poverty Line Estimation- Tendulkar vs Rangarajan, Engel’s Law, MNREGA, Aajeevikaa, Urban Livelihood
- [Economic Survey] Ch13: Health, Women, Children- Policies, Acts, Schemes, Statistics, IMR, MMR, Beti Bachao, National Health Profile
- [Economic Survey] Ch13: Demographic Dividend, Education & Skill Development schemes, National Youth Policy 2014
- [Economic Survey] Ch13 P3: Human Resources- Minorities, SC, ST, PH, Elderly; USTAAD, Van Bandhu, Hamari Dharohar
- [Economic Survey] Ch13 P4: Rural & Urban Infrastructure, REITs, Smart Cities, Swatchh Bharat, Rurban, Gram Jyoti
- [Lecture] Financial Intermediaries, Balance of Payment, International Trade
- [Lecture] Economic Survey Chapter 1,2,3 & Budget- Taxation, Deficits, Subsidies MINUS Schemes
- [Taxation] Advance Pricing Agreement, Arm’s Length, Vodafone Transfer Pricing, DTC, GAAR, Advance Tax ruling explained
- [Fed Tapering:Part1 of 2] Meaning of Fed Tapering, its Negative Impact on Indian Economy, Worst case scenarios, Balance of Payment Crisis, explained
- [Fed Tapering:Part2 of 2] Measures to immunize Indian Economy against negative impacts of Fed Tapering, Currency Swap, Dollar Swap, FCNR swap, Brics bank explained
- [Economy] Quantitative Easing: Meaning, phases, Impacts on Indian Economy, Rupee-Dollar Exchange rate, Pros & Cons, Positive & Negative aspects explained
- [ACIO 2013] Answerkey with explanations for General Awareness portion
- [Answerkey] CSAT 2013 GS: Science: Physics, Biology Questions solved with explanation, reference, all four sets (A,B,C,D)
- [Answerkey] CSAT 2013 GS: Geography: Physical, Indian, World Geography Questions solved with explanation, reference, all four sets (A,B,C,D)
- [Answerkey] CSAT 2013 GS: History & Culture: Questions solved with explanation, reference, all four sets (A,B,C,D)
- [Answerkey] CSAT 2013 GS: Economy: Questions solved with explanation, reference, all four sets (A,B,C,D)
- [Answerkey] CSAT 2013 GS: Polity Questions solved with explanation, reference, all four sets
- [Polity] 100 Mock MCQ Questions from the Static portion, Constitution of India
- [Rights issue] Education: Government schemes, organizations, SABLA, NPEGEL, Jalmani, Bal Shree, mock questions
- [Polity] Inner Line Permit (ILP) issue in Manipur: Background, implications, controversy explained
- [Rights Issue] Jarawa Tribes, Human Safari, Buffer Area, Tribal Commission, 13th Schedule
- [Economy] Rangarajan Gas Pricing, Production Sharing Contract (PSC), APM, Non-APM, issues, recommendations
- [Polity] Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS): features, Benefits
- [Polity] Judicial Impeachment, reforms, Judicial accountability Bill,Sri Lankan CJ Impeachment
- [Economy] Sugar Pricing and Decontrol, Rangarajan Committee, FRP vs SAP meaning, issues, explained
- [Polity] Cauvery Kaveri Water Dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,History, 2012 flare up and future