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Parag Khanapurkar
Parag is a Sanskrit word, meaning ''pollen''. It may refer to: People *Parag Agrawal, Indian-American software engineer, former CEO of Twitter * Parag Madkaikar, Indian cricketer * Parag More, Indian cricketer *Parag Khanna, Indian-American specialist in geopolitics and globalization * Parag Kumar Das (1961–1996), Indian journalist, newspaper editor and political activist *Umesh Parag Umesh Vasan Parag (born 15 August 1971) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver ... (born 1971), New Zealand field hockey player * Riyan Parag, Indian cricketerParag Lakhani Indian Cinematographer Other uses * Parag, Croatia, village in northern Croatia * ''Parag'' (magazine), a children's magazine published by The Times Group in the 1980s and 1990s {{disambiguation, given name, geo Hindu given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion, diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age#South Asia, Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a lingua franca, link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting effect on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Indo-Aryan languages# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollen
Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced Gametophyte#Heterospory, microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametophytes during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants, or from the male Conifer cone, cone to the female cone of gymnosperms. If pollen lands on a compatible pistil or female cone, it Germination, germinates, producing a pollen tube that transfers the sperm to the ovule containing the female gametophyte. Individual pollen grains are small enough to require magnification to see detail. The study of pollen is called palynology and is highly useful in paleoecology, paleontology, archaeology, and Forensic science, forensics. Pollen in plants is used for transferring Ploidy#Haploid and monoploid, haploid male genetic ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag Agrawal
Parag Agrawal (; born 21 May 1984) is an Indian-born American software engineer and businessman who was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. from November 2021 to October 2022. Early life and education Agrawal was born in Ajmer, Rajasthan. His father was a senior official in the Indian Department of Atomic Energy and his mother is a retired Economics professor from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai. He completed his Secondary Schooling at Atomic Energy Central School No.4 and in 2001, he completed his HSC at Atomic Energy Junior College, Mumbai. In the same year, he secured a gold medal in the International Physics Olympiad held in Antalya, Turkey. In 2005, Agrawal obtained his BTech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay. That year, he moved to the United States to pursue a PhD in computer science at Stanford University under the guidance of Jennifer Widom. His Stanford doctoral thesis, published in 2012, is titled "Incorporating Uncertainty in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag Madkaikar
Parag Mohan Madkaikar (born 22 April 1986 in Bombay) is an all-round Indian cricketer. Parag has represented Mumbai, and played in the winning MCA President's XI vs the touring Sri Lankans on 22 October 2005, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Parag now plays for Hawkinge Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket Feeder League 1D, based near Folkestone, Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ..., and is on course to be leading run-scorer in the division in 2008. References https://archive.today/20130131161711/http://hawkinge.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=10823254 External linksCricinfo.com profile*Hawkinge Cricket Club profile* https://archive.today/20130131161711/http://hawkinge.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=10823254 Indian cricketers 21st-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag More
Parag More (born 8 June 1985) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Maharashtra. He was born in Pune. More has played for Maharashtra at Under-14, Under-16, Under-19, Under-22, and Under-25 level, as well as for West Zone Under 16, Under-19s. He was also the Captain of Under-16, Under-19, Under-22 for Maharashtra. More made a single first-class appearance for Maharashtra during the 2004–05 season, against Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi .... He was a part of Rajasthan Royals squad in 2008 which won the first Indian Premier League trophy. External linksParag Moreat Cricket Archive 1985 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Maharashtra cricketers Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is an Indian-born strategy advisor and author. He is Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, an AI based geospatial predictive analytics platform. Early life and education Khanna was born in Kanpur, India. His childhood was spent between India and the United Arab Emirates before his family moved to New York City. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and also a Master of Arts in Security Studies from Georgetown in 2005. In 2010, he received his PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics. Government service In 2007, Khanna served as a Senior Geopolitical Advisor to US Special Operations Forces deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Books Khanna's first book was ''The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order''. In 2008, Khanna authored an essay adapted from this book in the ''New York Times Magazine'' titled "Waving Goodbye to Hegemony". In 2011, ''How to Run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag Kumar Das
Parag Kumar Das was a former editor of Asomiya Pratidin, a journalist, human rights activist, and one of the founders of the human rights movement in Assam. Parag Kumar Das was also the founder and leader of the human rights NGO Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS). Before that Parag Kumar Das was the manager of Guwahati Stock Exchange. Parag Kumar Das was assassinated by SULFA in 1996. Das had his education at St. Stephen's College and Delhi School of Economics, Delhi. Early life Parag Kumar Das was born in Shillong on 24 February 1961. He did his lower primary, primary, and high schooling at Chenikuthi Boys School, M.C.M.E. School, and Cotton Collegiate Government H.S. School respectively. In 1977, he got the 4th position in the HSLC examination. He also got 4th position in the Pre-university examination from Cotton College in the Science stream. Then he moved to Delhi for higher education. He was admitted to St. Stephen's College for his graduation in Economics. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umesh Parag
Umesh Vasan Parag (born 15 August 1971) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the hockey tournament of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Parag plays locally for Wellington, and was also a member of the national squad competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes .... He was born and raised in Wellington. External links * New Zealand Olympic Committee* New Zealand male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyan Parag
Riyan Parag (born 10 November 2001) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India national team. He is a batting all rounder, who bats right-handed in the middle-order and bowls both right-arm leg spin and off spin. In May 2025, he became the first and only batsman to hit six consecutive sixes in the 17 year history of the IPL. He was a part of the team that won the 2018 U19 World Cup. He plays for Assam in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Riyan is the second youngest player to score a 50 in the IPL after Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Personal life and background Riyan's father, Parag Das is a former first-class cricketer who has represented Assam, Railways, Dighalipukhuri and East Zone cricket team. Parag Das and former captain of team India MS Dhoni featured in Railways' tournaments together in Kharagpur and Guwahati. They have also played against each other in the Ranji Trophy, when Dhoni turned up for Jharkhand. On Riyan's IPL de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag, Croatia
Parag is a village in northern Croatia, part of the Nedelišće municipality within Međimurje County. History In year 2005 Parag became a separate settlement. Until then, it was part of village of Trnovec. Geography Parag is about 12 kilometres west of Čakovec, and some 90 kilometres north of Zagreb. The village is located near the border with Slovenia. Parag is situated in the alluvial plane of river Drava, on rivers left bank. Parag had a population of 1,187 in 2011 census. The majority of the population are Roma people {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , .... Sports NK Parag is a football club which plays in 3. ŽNL Međimurska. References {{Reflist Populated places in Međimurje County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parag (magazine)
Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL), d/b/a the Times Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in Mumbai. Notable media properties owned and operated by the group include India's largest selling daily English-language newspaper ''The Times of India'', television channels such as Times Now, the radio station network Radio Mirchi, and magazines ''Filmfare'' and '' Femina''. The Sahu Jain family owns a majority of the stake in the group. In May 2023, the Times Group was split into two separate business entities between brothers Vineet Jain and Samir Jain, such that its radio and broadcast properties would remain with Vineet Jain and its print properties would be under the ownership of Samir Jain. History The ''Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce'' was first published on 3 November 1838 as a predecessor to what would become ''The Times of India''. While starting as a biweekly paper, it was converted to a daily in 1850. In 1859 the paper was merged with two other pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
