Participants of the beginners’ boater cross event of the Malabar River Festival at Kakkayam in Kozhikode on Friday. Special Arrangement
The beginners boater cross event as part of the third edition of the Malabar River Festival was held at the Kakkayam Reservoir in Kozhikode on Friday. Rakshit Singhal from Bangalore emerged the first place winner in the contest. Siddharth Sharma of Jaipur and Sandeep Thuppad from Bangalore came second and third respectively. Twenty five participants from different part of the country took part in the competition, which started at 10 a.m. A large number of visitors had thronged the place to witness the event.
According to V.D. Joseph, chairman of the Kerala State Kayaking Academy, one of the organising partners of the festival, the beginners race was held, more than a competition, as a demonstration event to establish the fact that kayaking could be done by anyone if a little bit of training was given. “The event must have definitely inspired many youngsters here to make their splash into the white-waters in a kayak,” he said.
According to P.G. Rajeev, secretary of the District Tourism Promotion Council, Minister for Tourism A.P. Anilkumar will formally open the Malabar River Festival being organised by the DTPC at Thusharagiri on Saturday. The international white-water kayaking championship, the main event of the festival, will take place on Saturday. Around 50 Kayaking athletes, including paddlers of international repute, are participating in the event. The four-day event will conclude on Sunday. Noted travel documentary host Santhosh George Kulangara will be the chief guest of the valedictory function on Sunday.
Details can be had from www.keralarafting.com, www.kayaksession.com, Manik Taneja 09740067323, (Kayaking), and V.D. Joseph 9447637079 (Malabar River Festival). Interested may register for the event online atwww.malabarfest.com.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / by Staff Reporter / Kozhikode – July 25th, 2015
City’s chess player H.A. Amogha, a Gold Medalist in National Chess Tournament, who has secured 23rd rank in Karnataka CET, was felicitated by Chess-lovers in city recently.
He is the son of H. S. Arunachala and A. Savitri.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Monday – July 20th, 2015
Twenty-one-year-old Vasudhesh H. Bhat of city has bagged 17th rank in the final examination of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India held in May 2015.
He has secured 29th rank in the All India CA IPCC (Integrated Proficiency Competence Course) held in May 2012, completed all the examinations of Company Secretary (CS) Course in December 2014 and also served as Secretary to the Southern Indian Chartered Accountants’ Students Association (SICASA), Mysuru.
Apart from academics, he has cleared the senior examination in Classical Flute under the guidance of Vidwan A.V. Prakash and has participated in various Kavi Goshti (Poets’ Meet), including Dasara Chiguru Kavigoshti.
Vasudhesh Bhat is the son of K. Haridas Bhat (Automotive Axles Limited) and Vasanthi Haridas, natives of Kadandale village in Mangaluru, presently residents of Vijayanagar 2nd Stage in city
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Monday – July 20th, 2015
Golf is a popular sport in the world sporting scene. The game needs excellent skill combined with concentration from the individual player to reach greater heights in this game. Our city’s 28-year-old Sonam Chugh, a product of the JWGC, has done everyone proud with her achievements in playing the game of golf as well as being an official of repute. Sonam recently represented India in the 22nd World Corporate Golf Challenge at the Oitavos Dunes Golf Course in Cascais, Portugal, on July 5 and teamed up with Shashidhar Reddy to win the top honours. Sonam and Shashidhar Reddy saw off 31 other teams to win the 22nd World Corporate Golf Challenge Trophy.
Sonam also is a qualified International Certified Rules official and is the youngest and the first women referee to achieve this feat in the country. She is our ‘Star This week.’ Sonam Chugh is a product of the JWGC, Mysuru. In a World Corporate Tournament that was played in the Stableford format on a par-71 course, Sonam Chugh (handicap 3) scored a total of 66 points over two days (34, 32) while Reddy (handicap 5) collected 62 points (33, 29). The two, representing Ramesh Swiss Watch, posted a total of 128 to claim a seven-point victory.
This was the second time when corporate Indian team won the prestigious World Finals title after Credit Suisse in 2008. There were other teams like Jet Airways (2014), Close-up, HUL (2011) and Swiss Military (2010) who came close and finished 2nd.
Sonam Chugh and Reddy reached the World Finals after edging out 13 corporate teams in the National Finals of the Take Solutions Corporate Golf Challenge held at Glenmarie Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in April this year.
All 26 golfers who made it to the National Finals were winners from three regional qualifiers held in Delhi & NCR, Mumbai & Pune and Bengaluru.
Sonam Chugh is a Post Graduate Diploma holder in Marketing Management & a Masters in Science Communication. She is the daughter of V. Prakash and Leena Prakash of Mysuru.
She has also published a book “Networking & Golf – A research paper to validate the question – ‘Is Networking through golf’ A Myth or Reality? And the same has been published by LAP LAMBERT in April 2012 and is available for sale in Amazon. Sonam finished among the top two referees in the Grade ‘A’ level in the Referee Exams held in 2015 and was sent to St. Andrews in Scotland in February 2015, where she completed her certification and became an International Certified Rules Official.
Sonam is the first International certified Rules Official among women in Karnataka and along with city’s Paramjith Singh (Level A-International certified rules official) has achieved this status. City’s Dr. Karumbiah (Level ‘A’) and Drishti Karumbiah (Level ‘B’), all from JWGC, are the other certified Rules Officials, who have qualified as National Rules referees.
Sonam intends to work hard in the days to come and officiate in as many tournaments as she can in the National and International circuit and improve on her knowledge in the game of golf.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Sunday – July 19th, 2015
Author Sujata Rajpal (fourth from right) seen with the staff of Just Books-Mysore. From left: Sarali, Poornima V. Kumar (Manager, Just Books), Bhanumathi, Pallavi V. Kumar (MC), Pushpa , Surabhi and Karthik.
Mysuru :
In India, for a woman irrespective of her education and economic status, marriage is still the sole purpose of her life. Lofty degrees, high qualification, progressive career… everything in life is directed towards finding a good match. Why a failed marriage is still believed to be the end of the road for women? Why a daughter is not considered settled until she is married?
Last Sunday at Just Books clc Mysuru, the discussion surrounded around women and their vulnerability in marriage. Under its Meet-the-Author programme, the audience got an opportunity to interact with the city-based author Sujata Rajpal, whose debut novel The Other End of the Corridor was released recently.
The story revolves around domestic abuse and resilience of today’s woman in such circumstances. Though the protagonist in the novel is a woman and the story is centered around troubled marriage, there were equal number of men in the audience curious to know more about Leela’s life journey.
“There is nothing more satisfactory for an author than to interact with the audience. Just Books provides an excellent platform to connect authors and readers. I was highly impressed with the quality of interaction at Just Books,” says author Sujata Rajpal.
In the rapid fire session, Pallavi, MC for the day threw light on bringing awareness about taking help from life coach and relationship counsellor when marriage has weak links but the moot point is how many people are ready to accept that they have a troubled marriage, and it needs professional help.
“The interaction with the audience takes the author to the next level. The awareness about self is very important. Marriage can be and should be a continuous experience of life which magnifies innumerable possibilities for a woman to become independent both financially as well as emotionally. If a woman doesn’t stand for herself, no one else will — this is the essence of the book The Other End of the Corridor,” says Poornima Kumar, Manager, Just Books, Mysuru.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – July 19th, 2015
City girl Rini James, studying in Weinhenstephan – Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany, was awarded “Outstanding Achievement of a Foreign Student Award” in Germany on July 10.
Rini James, who completed her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Mysore, is also a Deutscher Akademischer Austanschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service), DAAD Scholar having received a scholarship for a student exchange at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany in 2011-12.
During her Master’s Programme in Germany, she has won many awards and prizes for her excellence in Studies.
Rini James is the daughter of James Balu and Alice J. Balu of Mysuru.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday – July 18th, 2015
Chief Minister to inaugurate CCL’s Centenary celebrations; Kuvempu Mobile Library to roll on city roads
A view of the City Central Library on Sayyaji Rao Road.
Mysuru :
Libraries should be established in all taluks and villages across the State to improve the literacy rates, said District In-charge Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad.
He was addressing a meeting to discuss the upcoming State Level Library Day celebrations and also the Centenary celebrations of City Central Library (CCL) on August 12 at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office, here recently. The Minister instructed the officials to seek the opinions of scholars, writers and intellectuals in city on celebrating the Centenary of CCL.
Library at People’s Park: The meeting also discussed the technical difficulties being faced for the construction of Library at People’s Park in city. MLA Vasu requested the Minister to take up the matter with Chief Minister Siddharamaiah.
He also mentioned that former Chief Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda had laid the foundation stone for the library but the project failed to take off owing to technical problems. Making changes in the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) would help in construction of the new library building, Vasu added.
The Centenary celebrations will be inaugurated by Siddharamaiah on August 12 by laying foundation for the renovation of CCL on Sayyaji Rao Road.
Librarians from all over the State will participate in the Library Day celebrations. A procession of librarians and cultural troupes will be taken out from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple which will pass through the main streets of city before culminating at Kalamandira, where the celebrations will be held.
CCL, a landmark structure: CCL, a landmark structure on Sayyaji Rao Road in Mysuru, has been the fountain of knowledge for Mysureans and is one of the oldest libraries in India. Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Sir M. Visvesvaraya and Sir Mirza Ismail were instrumental in the construction of CCL. B.M. Shri, Rao Bahadur Ranga Iyengar, Janab M. Hussain, M. Venkatakrishnaiah, E.W. Thomson, N.S. Subbarao and B.G. Lakshman Rao were the other key players in the establishment of CCL.
According to Deputy Director of Department of Public Libraries B. Manjunath, the library was formally inaugurated on October 15, 1915 by the then Mysore ruler Narasimharaja Wadiyar. However, with the advent of television and computers, the number of people visiting CCL has come down considerably. There are over a lakh books including literary books, novels, fictions and reference books for competitive exams at CCL. Apart from Kannada, Hindi and English, the library has books in Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and Marathi, he added. “Computerisation was being done in the library at a cost of Rs. 32 lakh,” he said.
An Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) would be provided so that people sitting at home could know whether a particular book was available at the library or not, Manjunath said.
CCL building is being given a facelift with new furniture being readied; Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) has been given the responsibility of making heritage furniture for CCL while the PWD is renovating the heritage building, he added.
Ladies Managing Committee in CCL: Prof. S. Radhakrishnan of Maharaja College in city was actively involved in developing CCL. He used to spend most of his time reading books here. The then junior professor in Maharaja College Prof. B.M. Srikantaiah was one of the members of CCL Administrative Committee and was Secretary until 1927. B.M. Shri was instrumental in setting up of the Ladies Managing Committee in CCL. The Department of Libraries took over CCL in 1967 after the Karnataka Public Libraries Act was passed.
Father of Library Science: National Librarians’ Day will also be observed on August 12. The day is celebrated to mark the birthday of Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, considered the Father of Library Science.
Manjunath said that the best librarians from across the State would be felicitated on the occasion. Kannada Book Authority, Kannada and Culture Department and National Book Trust of India have joined hands in organising an exhibition, the Deputy Director said.
Kuvempu Mobile Library: The Department of Libraries has purchased a new chassis at a cost of Rs. 11 lakh and the vehicle’s body will be built at a cost of Rs. 14 lakh. The Kuvempu Mobile Library is expected to be ready by August 10. The mobile library, which was launched in city in 1984, stopped functioning in 2011 after the RTO refused to give a Fitness Certificate to the old vehicle.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday – July 18th, 2015
By expressing creativity, one can experience freedom, according to Grishma, the founder of a ‘twisted desi’ start-up called ‘Ingenious Imaginoes’ (i2). There is a healing power in her creativity as her products are not only beautiful but also eco-friendly.
“At i2, we are preserving the environment in style by making beautiful things from scrap,” says Grishma. Bottle lamps, paper lamp shades, plastic jewellery, plastic lamp shades, paper coasters, paper print art, wall hangings… the creativity here knows no limits. Apart from these, i2 also sells homemade chocolates that are rich in both taste and nutrients.
“I am a dance movement psychotherapist certified from London and currently pursuing certificate courses from the USA, which require me to shuttle between India and USA. The stall culture in the City has risen to provide a platform to budding talents and this in a way gave birth to i2,” she says. Her firm was initially started to encourage her mother, Lakshmi, to showcase her talent. “My mother makes delicious chocolates and after years of shying away, she finally agreed to put up her own stall of homemade chocolates,” she says. But unfortunately, it did not do very well the and she says, “Customers showed less interest in homemade products. But I realised that the jewellery stalls were more fortunate and that is when I decided to make jewellery to help my mother attract more customers. It clicked and now we have clients, both for our jewellery and homemade chocolates,” she explains.
The journey that began as a support to her mother let her explore more of her creative skills and she says, “My interest to learn only kept growing. Gradually, I began to learn quilling jewellery through online blogs and videos. I let my imagination go wild and loved every bit of what I was making and learning at the same time. I started selling and taking customised orders and the business just grew.” Her exploration made her realise how expensive the raw materials were.
“I saw a lot of unused products at home from newspapers to books and bottles, which would soon make their way to the scrapstores. I collected them and experimented with everything that I could lay my hands on. Slowly, I saw an abundant flow of raw materials.”
The bottles were turned into lamp holders, papers into quirky earrings. Scrap was ‘reincarnated’ in a beautiful way and she added a ‘desi twist’ to all her creations, which reflected Indian tradition and culture. She says, “I completely enjoy the process of creating new products and am happy that they reflect our culture. ‘i2’ ships its products to the US too. I have to thank my mother for steering me in the direction of freedom and creativity.”
Now an active participant in the City’s flea markets, she reasons, “Not every venue appreciates upcycled and handmade products. Keeping a stall means living up to the ever-changing trends to compete with the other vendors. This I feel inhibits my freedom of creativity. Hence, I do not exhibit at many flea markets. Instead, I take customised orders over the phone or e-mails.” With her artistic glasses on, Grishma works towards making products that puts a smile on her clients’ face.
For details, visit her Facebook page ‘Ingenious Imaginoes’ or email her at i2ingenious@gmail.com
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Supplements> MetroLife / by Prajna GR, DHNS / July 20th, 2015
Mysurean Vasudesh H. Bhat has bagged 17th rank at the all-India level in the final examination of Chartered Accountants course.
He had entered the CA through the CPT route in June 2011 after completing Class 12 in the Demonstration School here.
He had also secured All India 29th rank in CA Intergrated Proficiency Competence Course in May 2012. Vasudesh also served as the Secretary of the Southern Indian Chartered Accountants’ Students’ Association, a press release said here.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mysuru – July 22nd, 2015
Picture shows students and faculty of VVCE with the ‘Internationally Standardised number System for the Visually Challenged’ — a device to make the visually challenged learn international numerals. From left: P. Sushmitha; T.R. Daya Shankar; Sumukha S. Kowshik; HoD – E&C Dr. D.J. Ravi; Principal of VVCE Dr. B. Sadashive Gowda and R. Suhas.
Mysuru :
Have you ever thought about how difficult it is for the visually impaired to learn complex mathematical problems? Under the existing Braille system, students learn the numbers through a very cumbersome method which consumes a lot of time and involves a lot of paper work. This is perhaps one of the reasons why the visually impaired students are denied higher levels of mathematical learning.
This archaic problem seemed to have no solution until four students of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Gokulam — R. Suhas, Sumukha S. Kowshik, P. Sushmitha and T.R. Daya Shankar — came up with an innovative kit that can benefit the visually challenged.
After visiting and interacting with the visually challenged students at Government School for the Blind at Tilak Nagar, the four final year E&C students, under the guidance of HoD of E&C – VVCE Dr. D.J. Ravi have based their project on these interactions.
According to Sumukha Kowshik, the ‘Internationally Standardised number System for the Visually Challenged’ has brail numbers embossed on normal keypad. When one of the buttons is pressed, a pop-up system enables the visually impaired to feel the number they have pressed. “This is just the initial step,” says Sumukha adding, “The visually challenged has to get used to the international numerical system. Now, when they get used to it, they can use gesture writing mechanism to solve complex problems and can verify their actions via a voice modular system. In our kit, we have used a normal seven segment pop up system to get the visually challenged persons accustom themselves with the numerals. With the kit, the visually challenged students can easily perform mathematical operations much faster than earlier using Braille system.”
The kit was given to two students having different learning capabilities and both were able to operate the kit and recognise the numbers. The superintendent of the Government School for the Blind, Tilak Nagar, gave a certificate to the students for their efforts to help the visually challenged.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday – July 16th, 2015
