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TOU and Disclaimer

Latest Revisions: March 28, 2007

PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE BELOW.

These Terms of Use (the "TOU") state the terms and conditions under which Exciton publications and its affiliates (collectively, "Shikshasetu", "our" or "us") provide you ("you," or "your") access to the “shikshasetu.in”,”shikshasetu.com” and “edubridge.in” sites (together with any sub-domains thereto and future sites operated by Exciton publications, the "Sites," which defined term includes the Services and

Software, each as defined below.

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING THE SITES AND SERVICES (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU ARE DEEMED TO ACCEPT THE TOU, AS WELL AS OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND DISCLAIMER (each of which is incorporated herein by reference), AS A BINDING AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE TOU, THE PRIVACY POLICY, OR THE DISCLAIMER, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES (as defined below). YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND SERVICES AND INFORMATION PROVIDED THEREIN MUST IN ALL CASES COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

  1. DESCRIPTION OF SITES, SERVICES, AND SOFTWARE
  2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS; CHANGES TO TOU
  3. YOUR LICENSE TO USE THE SERVICES
  4. SHIKSHASETU.IN MEMBERSHIP
  5. EXCITON PUBLICATIONS' PRIVACY POLICY
  6. POSTINGS TO THE SERVICES
  7. MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICES
  8. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS OR THIRD PARTY VENDORS 
  9. LINKS; CO-BRANDING 
  10. DISCLAIMER
  11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
  12. INDEMNIFICATION
  13. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
  14. SEVERABILITY; ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  15. HEADINGS
  16. LOCATION OUTSIDE THEINDIA.
  17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

1. DESCRIPTION OF SITES, SERVICES, AND SOFTWARE

Shikshasetu.in provides users with access to a rich collection of resources, including but not limited to, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, glossaries, thesauri and other reference works, shikshasetu.in (THE SITE AND SOFTWARE) provides “articles” (sole work done by any “individual” or by “group of individuals”, including his/her research, views, work experience, knowledge),”projects”( sole work done by any “individual” or by “group of individuals”, including his/her research, views, work experience, knowledge including but not limited to “synopsis”, ”thesis”, ”project report”, “consultation to the reader” ) (THE SERVICE).

It includes “GENERAL, ENGINEERING, MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL, CAREER” categories and subcategories (subjected to increase).

The categories contains following services

“GENERAL CATEGORY”, it includes “views” (here views means sole expression stimulated from his/her own analysis, readings, thoughts, learnings)expressed by “individual” or by “group of individuals” on the topics related to POLITICS, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, SOCIAL AND CULTURE.

This section will also contain one section named “LAST DATE ALERTS” this section is to notify the last dates of various competitive exams and important events sourced from various national and international news papers, magazines, websites and respective departmental notices by following their copyright and information disclosure laws, rules and regulations.

“ENGINEERING CATEGORY” includes but not limited to subcategories “computer science/IT, electronics, electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical, biotech, pharma”.

“MANAGEMNET CATEGORY” includes but not limited to subcategories “Human resource, marketing, finance, E-business and technology”.

“MEDICAL CATEGORY” includes but not limited to subcategories “biotech, pharma, life science”.

“CAREER CATEGORY” includes “views” (here views means sole expression stimulated from his/her own analysis, readings, thoughts, learnings)expressed by “individual” or by “group of individuals” on the topics related to “career and jobs” in the respective field of either “user” or “author”.

Please note that the Services include information and software provided from our third party licensors, users, contributors, affiliates. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any modifications, updates, new features, or enhancements to the current Services are also subject to the TOU.

2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS; CHANGES TO TOU

Exciton publications (shikshasetu) provide the Services to you subject to the following TOU, which may be updated by us from time to time in our sole discretion. Each time changes are made to the TOU, a revised TOU will be posted on the Sites. Your continued use of the Services, or any part thereof, following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes. If you do not wish to be bound by the TOU, you should discontinue your use of the Services.

3. YOUR LICENSE TO USE THE SERVICES

Exciton publications (shikshasetu) grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Services, including the Sites and Software. ALL MATERIAL PUBLISHED ON THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT OF IT’S CONTRIBUTORS (The author, licensee, affiliates) AND PUBLISHER. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content included in the Services, in whole or in part. You can not download, print, copy or reprint copyrighted material for your personal or commercial use by using any way/method/technology. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication, or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of Exciton publications (shikshasetu) and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution, or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend, or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that

you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.


Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement, you may not: (i) decompile, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, except as otherwise permitted by applicable law; or (ii) remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels on the Services. You may not access the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Exciton publications. Furthermore, you may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Services (e.g., you may not access the Services in an automated manner by use of "spiders", "robots" or otherwise), nor may you use the Services in any manner that could interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Services. You are not permitted to retrieve and store in electronic or any other form any material part of the databases underlying the Services. All commercial and/or unauthorized use of the Services is strictly prohibited. You agree not to use or resell the Services for any commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, sending unsolicited

commercial messages.

The Services remain at all times the sole property of Exciton publications (shikshasetu) or its third party licensors/affiliates, and their use is subject to the copyright and trademark notices are defined here. All rights in the Services not expressly granted to you by Exciton publications (shikshasetu) under the TOU are retained by Exciton publications (shikshasetu).

4. SHIKSHASETU.IN MEMBERSHIP

Shikshasetu.in Provides paid/free membership to all the users of this website. In order to register for membership you are required to provide personal information and Preference. This information is stored and protected by user established Email ID and Password. No Information would be accessed by Shikshasetu other than found   in the membership cookies. For Accessing the member area, your Email Id and Passwords are always needed.

5. EXCITON PUBLICATIONS' PRIVACY POLICY

Exciton publications (shikshasetu) protect your personally identifiable data as set forth in Answers' privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"). The Privacy Policy explains our collection and use of personally identifiable information. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy before you use the Services.

6. POSTINGS TO THE SERVICES

The Services may permit you to post, submit transmit, email, send by  

AUTHOR/LICENSEE/AFFILIATES, or otherwise make available articles, projects, comments, or

information (collectively,"Postings".) You may only submit Postings that you created or that you have permission to submit and that do not violate copyright, trademark, or any other rights of third parties. We do not claim ownership of any Postings that you may submit. However, by submitting Postings to any of the other Services, you grant us, our subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and assigns a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, non-exclusive, and sub-licensable license to use, copy, display, distribute, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display the Postings (in whole or in part) and to incorporate the Postings into other works in any format or medium now or later known.

You may not upload, post, submit, email, send by AUTHOR/LICENSEE/AFFILIATES, transmit, or otherwise make available any Postings that (i) contain falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Exciton publications (shikshasetu) or any third party; (ii) are unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or are otherwise inappropriate; (iii) contain advertisements, solicitations of business or spam; (iv) disseminate or transmit any worms, viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files, code or programs; (v) collect or store personal information about others or otherwise invade their privacy; or (vi) impersonate another person or forge headers or use any other method to disguise the true origin of the Posting. Additionally, you may not

submit any Postings that violate the TOU.

You acknowledge that Exciton publications (shikshasetu) is not obligated to pre-screen content submitted by members, but that Exciton publications (shikshasetu) shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any content that is made available via Exciton publications (shikshasetu)

by any user that violates the TOU or is otherwise objectionable.


Exciton publications (shikshasetu) respect the intellectual property of others and ask you to do the same. Exciton publications (shikshasetu) may, in appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, terminate your right to use any of the Services for any reason, including, but not limited to, if you are a repeat infringer.

7. MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICES

Exciton publications (shikshasetu) reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify, suspend, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Shikshasetu shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance.

8. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS OR THIRD PARTY VENDORS

Exciton publications (shikshasetu) may include advertisements on the Services, which are necessary for Exciton publications (shikshasetu) to provide the Services to its users free of charge or paid. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers or third party vendors found on or through the Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or products, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser or third party vendor. Any question, complaints, or claims should be directed to the appropriate advertiser or third party vendor. Additionally, all product reviews and ratings are informative for those wishing to use them, but they do not guarantee any level of performance by a third party vendor in any transaction. You agree that Exciton publications (shikshasetu) shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or third party vendors or product reviews or ratings on the Services.

9. LINKS; CO-BRANDING

This policy only addresses the Services. The Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites. Additionally, in many cases, co-branded services that are jointly provided by us and selected companies will contain the Services' branding, but might not be hosted by us. Because Exciton publications (shikshasetu) has no control over such sites, you acknowledge and agree that Exciton publications (shikshasetu) is not responsible for the availability of such external or co-branded sites, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites. You should not attribute any views or information on such sites to Shikshasetu. You further acknowledge and agree that Exciton publications (shikshasetu) shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or products available on or through any such linked site. You should follow the link to the terms of use on the appropriate page for such sites to

determine which company's terms of use govern such sites.

Anyone linking to the Services must comply with the following guidelines and all applicable laws: A site that links to any Service (i) may link to but not replicate any Service's content; (ii) should not create a browser or border environment around any Service's content; (iii) should not imply that Shikshasetu is endorsing it or its products; (iv) should not misrepresent its relationship with Shikshasetu or any Service; (v) should not present false information about Shikshasetu or any Service; (iv) should not use any Shikshasetu' trademarks, trade names, or logos without permission from Exciton publications (shikshasetu); and (vi) should not contain content that is reasonably considered profanity, defamatory, vulgar, or otherwise unlawful.

10. DISCLAIMER

WE DO NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. EXCITON PUBLICATIONS(SHIKSHASETU), AND ITS THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLE,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGMENT.

SHIKSHASETU, ITS LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT: (i) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, OR (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. NEITHER WE, NOR OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS, GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, SAFETY, TIMELINESS, LEGALITY, USEFULNESS, ADEQUACY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY OF THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES MAY BE HARMFUL, UNTIMELY, INCOMPLETE, OR INACCURATE AND, ACCORDINGLY, YOU AGREE TO EXERCISE CAUTION, DISCRETION AND COMMON SENSE WHEN USING THE SERVICES.

YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES OR TO SEEK OR PROVIDE DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR OTHER PROBLEMS OR DIFFICULTIES, OR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, TAX, LEGAL, INVESTMENT, ACCOUNTING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. THE ENTIRE RISK FOR USE OF THE SERVICES IS BORNE BY YOU.

ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE REVIEW OUR TOU.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO A PORTION OF THE FOREGOING MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, IN WHICH CASE THE DURATION OF ANY SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

NONE OF THE LICENSORS, CONTRIBUTORS, SPONSORS, ADMINISTRATORS, OR ANYONE ELSE CONNECTED WITH THE SERVICES IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER CAN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE APPEARANCE OF ANY INACCURATE INFORMATION OR FOR YOUR USE OF THE

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR LINKED FROM THE SERVICES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OR OUR LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK DISRUPTIONS, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED. NEITHER WE NOR OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE SERVICES AND/OR ANY MATERIAL LINKED THROUGH THE SERVICES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL EXCITON PUBLICATIONS(SHIKSHASETU)', OR EXCITON PUBLICATIONS(SHIKSHASETU)' LICENSORS', DIRECT LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF (I) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID SHIKSHASETU FOR SUCH USE OR (II) Rs10.00. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, AND THEREFORE THIS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold EXCITON PUBLICATIONS(SHIKSHASETU), its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, claims, demands or costs of any kind, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of litigation, arising from (i) your Postings or other content you submit, post, transmit, email, or otherwise make available through the Services, (ii) your use of or reliance on the Services, (iii) your connection to the Services, (iv) your violation of the TOU, or (v) your violation of any rights of another party.

13. TRADEMARK INFORMATION

The Exciton publications (shikshasetu), Shikshasetu.in, Shikshasetu.com, Edubridge.in, shikshasetu, edubridge and other Services names, trademarks and logos are trademarks of Exciton publications or its third-party licensors. Without our written prior permission, or that of applicable third parties, you agree not to display, or use in any manner, the marks of Exciton publications. The trademarks, logos, and service marks not owned on behalf of Exciton publications and that are displayed on the Services are the registered or unregistered marks of their respective owners. No rights are granted by Exciton publications to use such marks, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

14. SEVERABILITY; ENGLISH LANGUAGE

If any provision in the TOU should be held illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to the extent necessary to render it enforceable without losing its intent, or severed from the TOU if no such modification is possible, and the other provisions of the TOU shall remain in full force and effect. The controlling language of the TOU is English. If you have received a translation into another language, it has been provided for your convenience only.

15. HEADINGS

The headings to the sections of the TOU are used for convenience only and shall have no substantive meaning or impact on the interpretation of the TOU.

16. LOCATION OUTSIDE THE INDIA.

If you are located outside the INDIA, then you are responsible for complying with any local laws in your jurisdiction that might impact your right to use the Services, and you represent that you have complied with any regulations or registration procedures required by applicable law to make the TOU enforceable.

17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The TOU constitute the entire agreement between you and Exciton publications (shikshasetu) and govern your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and Exciton publications (shikshasetu). Please note, however, that some Services may have additional or different terms related specifically to such Service only ("Service Terms"). The Service Terms are in addition to the general terms and conditions in the TOU. If there is any conflict between the TOU and the Service Terms, the Service Terms will govern with respect to that particular Service. Some terms contained in the TOU may not be applicable to a particular Service, in which case, such inapplicable terms will not apply to you with respect

to that particular Service.

 

 

 
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