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Madhavidesai.Com
User Agreement and Terms of Service
This User Agreement and Terms of Service
(the Agreement) sets out the terms and conditions on which madhavidesai.com
offers you the use of its Service.
1
Acceptance of Terms
Madhavi Desai Consulting Pvt Ltd
(madhavidesai.com) provides its online Service to you, subject to the
following Agreement of Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from
time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at
any time .By clicking the I Accept button below you agree to be bound
by this Agreement and all the terms, conditions, undertaking and covenants herein
contained. Before being permitted to use this Service, you must expressly accept the
entire terms and conditions of this contract without any modification or reservation.
2 Definitions
Agreement means these Terms of Service for the
time being in force and governing the relationship between User and madhavidesai.com
Madhavidesai.com means and includes the Owner
Madhavidesai.com website and Website each means
the web property located at the URL http://www.madhavidesai.com and all
second-level and sub-domains there under and includes all facilities, services, contents,
information and material thereon.
Content means all text, data, images,
photographs, graphics, music, videos, suggestions, advice and generally all other material
of whatsoever description legitimately posted to the madhavidesai.com Website.
Display means and includes the unrestricted
publication online or offline of all Content and specifically covers all copyright and
other intellectual property rights necessary to effectuate the same.
Owner means Madhavi Desai Consulting Pvt Ltd, its
affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, successors, parent companies, co-brand partners,
assigns and their and each of their respective employees, partners, principals, agents and
representatives, and any third-party provider(s) or sources of information, services,
graphics, text, data, products, stores or material.
Third Party refers to several third parties with
whom MadhaviDesai.com works to serve advertisements and provide other services to this
site.
Registered User means a User who has furnished
Registration Data and has obtained/been issued a user identification and password.
Registration Data means such information about
User as must be entered when prompted by the Service's registration form, and without
which the registration cannot be completed.
Service means and includes all services, content,
facilities, information and material available at the madhavidesai.com Website.Site
Material includes the Service, Content, User Content, other information, material,
graphics, text, data, products, stores or materials on the madhavidesai.com Website and
includes the provision, rendering and display thereof. Software means the software used in connection with
the Service and the Site Material,
Terms of Service means the Terms of Service for
the time being in force and governing the relationship between User and madhavidesai.com.
User Content means and includes the User Profile
and all Content.
User means a visitor to the madhavidesai.com
Website
User Profile means the Registration Data and any
optional information provided by a Registered User.
3 Interpretation
The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only, not to be deemed to be part of this Agreement or to be taken into
consideration in the interpretation or construction thereof, and shall not affect the
terms hereof. Schedules and exhibits, if any, attached hereto are a part of this
Agreement. Words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa.
Reference to one gender includes a reference
to all other genders. References to any enactment (including any subordinate legislation)
are to be constructed as references to that enactment as for the time being amended or
modified and/or to any enactment for the time being replacing the same. The words
"include" and "including" shall be construed without limitation. The
recitals shall be taken into account in the interpretation of this Agreement. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement have the meanings as defined in this Agreement. The word
you with all its grammatical variations when used in this Agreement means a
User or a Registered User as the context may require. The description of an action,
whether permissive or prohibitory, includes the attempt to carry out that action.
4 Description
of Service
The Service is intended to facilitate awareness
and to enable students and their families to make an informed decision or choice about
higher education overseas, specifically in the United States of America. To this end,
madhavidesai.com offers views, reviews, advice, comments, feedback, suggestions and
comments (the Service).
Madhavidesai.com may periodically introduce new
feature to augment or enhance the current Service. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any
new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new
madhavidesai.com resources, shall be subject to the TOS.
To use the Service, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly
or through devices that access web-based content, and pay any service fees associated with
such access.
In addition, you must provide all equipment
necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or
other access device.
Madhavidesai.com has absolutely NO areas on the
Service that contain adult or mature content.
5 Your
Registration Obligations
In consideration of use of the Service, you agree
to
Provide true, accurate, current and complete
Registration Data
Maintain and promptly update the Registration
Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete
Register once and only once;
Should
You provide any information that is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
Madhavidesai.com have reasonable grounds to
suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
Attempt to have multiple registrations under
different names or email addresses;
Robotize the system to gain any advantage or
benefit, monetary or otherwise;
Select an ID or submit a description or
photograph of yourself that is calculated, designed or intended to mislead or deceive
madhavidesai.com about your true identity, financial status, academic or educational
qualifications, achievements, grades, test
scores or examination results, citizenship status, age or family background or which has
or tends to have that effect;
Share your account and password with
others;
Otherwise abuse or violate the terms of this
Agreement; then madhavidesai.com has the right to suspend or terminate your account and
refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
6 Registration
Representation
By completing the
sign-up registration form you expressly represent that you are not a minor, i.e., a person
under the age of 18, and that you are otherwise competent in law to contract. You further
represent that you are completing the sign-up process for bona fide, legal and legitimate use for yourself.
If you are a minor under the age of 18, you must
obtain parental consent for signing up at this service. In the case of a minor,
Registration Data includes Registration Data for the parent or guardian.
7
Madhavidesai.Com Privacy Policy
Pursuant to madhavidesai.com's privacy policy, we
may disclose to third parties certain aggregate information contained in your Registration
Data or related data, provided that, such information will NOT include personally
identifying information, except as specifically authorized by you or in the good faith
belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with the law, legal process, to
enforce the TOS, or under any of the other circumstances set forth in our privacy policy,
as may be amended from time to time.
Madhavidesai.com gives you various means and
options to determine just how much information about yourself you would volunteer. By
accepting this Agreement, you expressly consent to madhavidesai.com using your personal
information (including using email) to communicate with you as described in the Privacy
Policy. This Policy should be read with this Agreement as if the same formed part hereof
and was set out herein in its entirety.
8 Use
of Service
The madhavidesai.com website contains
information, material, opinions, advice, views, reviews, comments and suggestions for
general guidance regarding further education overseas. You are welcome to use this service
subject to the disclaimers contained in these terms of service. you may not at any time or under any circumstances use the
service in any way to transmit, propagate, disseminate, publish or otherwise make known or
attempt so to do any matter or material that is defamatory, libelous, illegal, racist,
communal, offensive, spam, scurrilous, obscene or vulgar.
Further, you are not permitted to use the Service
to
Upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content
that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar,
obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable;
Harm minors in any way;
Impersonate any person or entity, including
without limitation a madhavidesai.com official, forum leader or discussion group
moderator, guide or chat host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation
with a person or entity;
Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of any email or other content transmitted through the
Service;
Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content
that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights
of any party;
Upload, post or otherwise transmit any
unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other
form of solicitation, except in those areas of the Service that are designated for such
purpose;
Upload, post or otherwise transmit any material
that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment;
Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a
screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or
otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real
time exchanges;
Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers
or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or
regulations of networks connected to the Service;
Intentionally or unintentionally violate any
applicable local, state, national or international law;
"Stalk" or otherwise harass
another;
Collect or store personal data about other
users;
Promote or provide instructional information
about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual,
or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to,
providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons, and creating
"crush" content;
Robotize, script, spider, or otherwise automate
data inflows to gain any benefit, monetary or otherwise;
Obtain more than one Registered User status for
yourself;
Modify the Software in any manner or form, or to
use modified versions of the Software,including for the purpose of obtaining
unauthorized access to the Service;
Access the Service by any means other than
through the interface that is provided by madhavidesai.com for use in accessing the
Service;
Use any automated means to access the site or
collect any information from the site (including robots, spiders or scripts);
Frame the site, place pop-up windows over its
pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages.
Engage in commercial activities via the Service,
including
Offering for sale any products or services;
Soliciting for advertisers or sponsors;
Conducting raffles or contests that require any
type of entry fee;
Displaying a sponsorship banner of any kind,
including those that are generated by banner or link exchange services; and
Displaying banners for services that provide cash
or cash-equivalent prizes to users in exchange for hyperlinks to their web sites.
Madhavidesai.com at all times reserves the right
to take down the Website and generally to take such action as it deems appropriate or
necessary to protect itself and its interests.
MadhaviDesai.com is not responsible for any
performance/ service level lapses by third party service providers.
9
Parental Control
The
madhavidesai.com Service may not be used by a minor without parental consent. This means
that a parent must approve the registration of the minor by filling in and certifying the
special fields provided for minors. Incorrect or inaccurate information about minors will
result, at the very least, in the disabling, suspension or cancellation of the account of
the minor and of the parent.

10
International Use
International
users, i.e., those not from India agree to comply with all local rules regarding online
conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws
regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you
reside.
11
Termination of Service
At
its discretion, madhavidesai.com may terminate your use of the Service immediately,
without notice and without being required to substantiate or give reasons for such
termination. Violation of the terms of this Agreement, will result in immediate termination without
notice. At the same time, madhavidesai.com reserves the right to take less stringent
action against you at its discretion, without notice, forewarning and without being
required to assign reason. This may include sending you a warning email or refusing to
respond to your queries or inquiries.
12 Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold
madhavidesai.com, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other
partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your Content, your use
of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your
violation of any rights of another.
13
No Resale of Service
You agree
not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use
of the Service, or access to the Service.
14
Disclaimer
The site material is made
available at the madhavidesai.com website strictly and only on an "as is" basis,
without warranties of any kind. madhavidesai.com expressly disclaims any representations
and warranties, express, implied or statutory, including inter alia as to merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, title, non-infringement, freedom from computer virus in respect of the
site material or arising from a course of dealing or course of performance at the
madhavidesai.com website.
Without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, madhavidesai.com does not warrant or represent that any part
of the madhavidesai.com website or the service will be functioning or available at any
given time. madhavidesai.com makes no warranty, representation or guaranty as to the
content, sequence, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any site material or that the
same may be relied upon for any reason. in addition, madhavidesai.com does not represent
or warrant that the information accessible via this site is accurate, complete or current.
Madhavidesai.com
makes not warranty, guarantee, representation or assurance that use of this website will
ensure admission to any university or that any application form for admission submitted on
the basis of information made available on this website will even be considered by the
admissions office of that university. madhavidesai.com makes no warranty, representation
or guaranty that the site material will be uninterrupted or error free or that any defects
can or will be corrected. madhavidesai.com is not responsible for any errors, omissions or
representations on any pat of the madhavidesai.com website or on any links thereon.
madhavidesai.com does not endorse in anyway any advertisers on the madhavidesai.com
website.
15 Limitation of liability
Madhavidesai.com
shall have absolutely no liability in connection with the site material including any
liability for damage to your computer hardware, data, information, materials, or business
resulting from the information or the lack of information available on the
madhavidesai.com website.
Madhavidesai.com shall have no liability for
Any loss
or injury caused, in whole or in part, by its actions, omissions, or negligence, or for
contingencies beyond its control, in procuring, compiling, or delivering the site
material;
Any
errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in or relating to the site material regardless of how
caused, or delays or interruptions in delivery;
Any
decision made or action taken or not taken in reliance upon the site material;
Any losses
or damages whatsoever, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, from the use of, or
reliance on the site material or from the use of the internet generally.
In no
event shall madhavidesai.com be liable for any for any special, incidental, consequential,
exemplary or punitive damages for any loss of profits, goodwill, use or other intangible
losses including in negligence, whether remote, proximate or foreseeable, and whether or
not madhavidesai.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages, arising out of
or in connection with
The use or
the inability to use the service;
The cost
of procurement of substitute services resulting from any goods, data information or
services gathered or obtained or messages received through or from the
service;
Unauthorized
access to or alteration of your transmissions or data;
Statements
or conduct of any third party on the service; or
Any other
matter relating to the service, the madhavidesai.com website or this agreement.
16 Modifications
and Amendments to service & Agreement
Madhavidesai.com
reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily
or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that
madhavidesai.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification,
suspension or discontinuance of the Service. Madhavidesai may amend this Agreement
periodically. Such amendments will be effective and binding when posted. You agree to be
bound by the terms of such amended Agreement, regardless of whether or not your attention
has been specifically directed to the same. It is your responsibility to check the current
Terms of Service periodically.
17
Advertisements and Promotions
Madhavidesai.com
runs advertisements and promotions on madhavidesai.com . You agree that madhavidesai.com
has the right to run such advertisements and promotions.
The manner, mode and extent of advertising by madhavidesai.com on your
madhavidesai.com profile is subject to change. Your correspondence or business dealings
with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service,
including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely
between you and such advertiser. You agree that madhavidesai.com 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 on the Service.

18 Links
The
Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or
resources. Because madhavidesai.com has no control over such sites and resources, you
acknowledge and agree that madhavidesai.com is not responsible for the availability of
such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable
for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites
or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that madhavidesai.com 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
services available on or through any such site or resource.
19 Madhavidesai.Com
Proprietary Rights
Unless otherwise indicated by suitable text, all Site Material
included on the Madhavidesai.com Website is the property of Madhavidesai.com or is duly
licensed to Madhavidesai.com and is protected by Indian and international copyright law,
with all rights reserved. Madhavidesai.com, {We Build Futures} and the
Madhavidesai.com logo are all proprietary materials, trade and service marks and styles
that belong to the Owner.
Some images, icons, graphics
and audio clips are believed to be in the public domain, have been derived from public
sources and are used without assumption of any liability whatsoever. If you are the owner
of copyright in any of these images please send snail-mail to Madhavidesai.com under the
signature of a person or agency duly authorised to act on your behalf with sufficient
proof of authorship, registration and prior publication. Unsigned claims will not be
acknowledged.
Some images have been
substantially modified and such modified images are deemed to be original work by
Madhavidesai.com which is the owner thereof and in whom copyright therefore vests. The
compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this
site, including the look and feel, the juxtaposition of elements and layout of
the site is the exclusive property of Madhavidesai.com and is protected by Indian and
international copyright law. Any use, including the reproduction, modification,
distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance, whether or not for
profit or commercial gain, of any part of the content on the Madhavidesai.com site,
without prior written permission or authorization is strictly prohibited. Madhavidesai.com
asserts its moral and legal rights to be identified as the owner of the copyrights in
proprietary works on this site.
The
Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service contain proprietary
and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and
other laws.
Content
contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the Service or
advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other
proprietary rights and laws.
Except as
expressly authorized by Madhavidesai.com or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent,
lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the
Software, in whole or in part. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than
through the interface that is provided by Madhavidesai.com for use in accessing the
Service.
20 Governing
Law & Jurisdiction
The owner is an Indian company, based in India
and is rendering worldwide service from India, even though the website address may be
located in North America. however, the entire management and all the business activities
including the providing the contents of the website, providing service, information,
materials, data, etc., are organized, updated and maintained by the owner from India and
are controlled from India. this agreement is governed by the laws of India.
Before being permitted to use this service, you
must expressly accept the entire terms and conditions of this contract without any
modification or reservation and only thereupon will you be permitted to use the
Madhavidesai.com website and the service, irrespective of where you or your organization
are located.
This agreement is deemed to have been signed and
executed in Mumbai (Bombay), India and you expressly submit yourself to the exclusive
jurisdiction of courts in Mumbai (Bombay), India, in respect of any disputes arising in
any manner out of or relating to the Madhavidesai.com website, the service, the site
materials, this agreement or your use or understanding thereof.
You expressly waive any objection of whatsoever
nature to Indian jurisdiction and agree not to raise any objection or take any plea as to
Indian jurisdiction on the ground of forum inconvenient, delay, expense, hardship or
otherwise howsoever.
You further expressly agree not to initiate any
legal proceedings against the owner in respect of any matter relating to or arising out of
the Madhavidesai.com website, the site material, the service or this agreement or its use,
interpretation or understanding in any jurisdiction except that of the courts in Mumbai
(Bombay), India. you expressly agree that in the event of any litigation being commenced
by you or anyone claiming under you or associated with you against the owner in any
jurisdiction other than that of the courts in Mumbai (Bombay), India, then you will
consent in and support an application for the stay of legal proceedings in such other
jurisdiction so that the parties concerned may adopt appropriate legal proceedings in
local Indian jurisdiction.
You are advised to take a hard-copy print-out of
this agreement and to keep the same in a secure place.
21 Entire
Agreement
The
TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and Madhavidesai.com and govern your use
of the Service, superceding any prior agreements between you and Madhavidesai.com or
Madhavidesai.com (including any prior versions of the TOS). You also may be subject to additional terms and
conditions that may apply when you use affiliate or other Madhavidesai.com services,
third-party content or third-party software.
22 Non-Waiver
Save
and except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no exercise, or failure to exercise,
or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy vested in this Agreement shall
constitute a waiver by madhavidesai.com of that or any other right, remedy or power. No
forbearance, indulgence or relaxation or inaction by madhavidesai.com at any time to
require performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in any way affect,
diminish or prejudice the right of madhavidesai.com to require performance of that
provision and any waiver or acquiescence by you of any breach of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or acquiescence of any right under or
arising out of this Agreement, or acquiescence to or recognition of rights and/or position
other than as expressly stipulated in this Agreement.
23
Severability
If
any term, provision or condition of this Agreement or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of
this Agreement and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby,
and each provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Any invalid or unenforceable provision of this Agreement shall be
replaced with a provision which is valid and enforceable and most nearly reflects the
original intent of the unenforceable provision. If, for any reason, such replacement is
not possible or permissible, then and in that event the offending term, provision,
condition same shall be deemed to be deleted from this Agreement and shall be of no force
and effect and effect as if such term, condition or provision had not been contained in
this Agreement.
24 Limitation
You
agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action
arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must be filed within six months
after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
25 Cumulative
Rights
All
remedies of either Party under this Agreement, whether provided herein or conferred by
statute, civil law, common law, custom, trade, or usage, are cumulative and not
alternative and may be enforced successively or concurrently.
26 No
Agency
The
parties to this Agreement are independent contractors. There is no relationship of
partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise, or agency between the parties. Neither
party shall have the power to bind the other or incur obligations on the other's behalf
without the other's prior written consent.
27 No
Assignment
The
benefits under this Agreement are personal to you and you may not in any way and under any
circumstances assign the same or any part thereof.

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