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Mango processing centre inaugurated, finally, in Chintamani taluk
It is the first in Karnataka, CFTRI experts to provide technical counselling to farmers
The Mango Development and Processing Centre, established at Madikere Cross in Chintamani taluk of Chickballapur district, has been opened up for the service of mango cultivators after a long wait.
Though the construction work of the centre, set up by the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation (KSMDMC), ended around three years ago it was left unused in the absence of a formal inauguration. Mango cultivators from Kolar and Chickballapur beside other parts of the State will benefit now.
Transport Minister K. Ramalinga Reddy inaugurated the centre on Monday, bringing cheers to mango farmers and traders as it will pave way for processing fruits in a most advanced manner. Constructed at a cost of around Rs. 7 crore, the centre is billed as the first of its kind in Karnataka, third largest mango producing State in the country.
The centre has been established with an aim of imparting training in safety measures to procure quality crop and guiding farmers about post-harvesting maintenance of mango, says Corporation chairperson Kamalakshi Rajanna.
Kolar and Chickballapur districts account for about 40 per cent of mango production in the State. Srinivasapur in Kolar and Chintamani in Chickballapur district contribute heavily for this. In spite of large-scale production, the State lagged behind in international marketing. Lack of awareness about nurturing of saplings, pre-harvesting and post-harvesting measures and absence of scientific methods of processing are blamed for this situation.
The centre was conceived to overcome these shortcomings. Facilities such as sorting and grading, washing, hot water treatment, ripening, packing, and processing technologies would be provided at the centre. This will help the farmers in following suitable methods, from selecting plant variety to post-harvesting and export. Demonstrations would be organised for farmers at the centre.
The centre has appointed experts from the Mysuru-based Centre for Food Technology and Research Institute (CFTRI) as technical advisors.
Main features
• State-of-the-art machineries to process up to 10 tonnes of mango a day.
• Hostel to accommodate about 60 farmers visiting the centre for training.
• Practical training cell.
• Hall to hold meeting with farmers.
• CFTRI experts to provide technical counselling.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Staff Correpondent / Kolar – August 22nd, 2016
Meet Aditi Ashok, India’s future in women’s golf
The 18-year-old from Bengaluru, the only Indian woman golfer competing int the Rio Olympics, 2016, turned professional earlier this year after a sparkling amateur career.
Eighteen-year-old Aditi was slotted 58th among the women who had qualified for the Rio Games. She’s ranked 439th on the official women’s world rankings list but that didn’t make any difference to her approach coming into the Games and facing off against higher-ranked opponents.
In the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Aditi, the youngest contender and only Indian woman golfer in the fray, was able, for the most part of the first 36 holes, to tail the top spot on the leaderboard. She even shared the lead briefly before falling away in the third round.
A student at Bangalore’s Frank Anthony Public School, Aditi has been a consistent figure on the Indian amateur golfing scene. She turned professional in January 1, 2016, after an illustrious amateur career.
She made history when she became the first player from the country to win the Ladies British amateur stroke-play championship at Leeds, in 2015.
She won the St. Rule Trophy at St. Andrews and finished second in the 2015 European Women’s Amateur Championship, also claimed the overall title called ‘The Nicholls Trophy’ as well as the ‘Dinwiddy Trophy’ given for the lowest score by an under-18 player.
She is the only Indian golfer to have played the Asian Youth Games (2013) Youth Olympic Games (2014) and Asian Games (2014).
She is a three-time National Junior Champion for 2014, 2013, 2012 and a two-time National Amateur Champion for 2014, 2011.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Other Sports / Internet Desk / August 20th, 2016
Star this week : Talented Cricketer : Naveen
Cricket is a very popular game in our country and after the exploits of the Indian team which has been doing well in the International scene, and inspired by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s feats, many youngsters have taken up cricket as their career. Mysuru also has its share of producing talented cricketers who have gone on to play higher level of cricket. On these lines is Mandya-born youngster M.G. Naveen who has been performing consistently with the bat and the ball in the recent tournaments conducted by KSCA. His performances in the S.A. Srinivasan Memorial tournament and in the Inter-zonal Tournament for Mysuru zone, has earned him a place in the KSCA XI team which will take on Cricket Association of Bengal in the final of the Dr.(Capt.) K. Thimmappiah Memorial All India Cricket Tournament-2016, which will begin in Bengaluru from August 15 onwards. He is our ‘Star This Week.’
Naveen has been picked up by the Bijapur Bulls team for the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2016, which is set to begin in Mysuru from September, 2016. Naveen, representing Vijaya Bank in the recently held V. Prabhakar Memorial State-level Invitation Cricket Tournament conducted by Navodaya Cricket Club in Mysuru, impressed with his performances with the bat and ball for his team and has won two ‘Man of the Match’ awards in two successive games against MUCSC and Bangalore Occassionals and was responsible for his team’s win in the matches and also helped his team win the title.
Naveen, 23, hails from Mandya and plays for Vidyaranya CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone 1st Division league. He represents Swastic Union CC in the KSCA Bengaluru league in the Group I, 1st Division.
Naveen is a top order batsman and a medium-pacer and is a utility allrounder. Naveen has represented Karnataka in the U-23, U-19, U-16 levels and has been performing well.
Naveen also represented Mangalore University in the South Zone Inter-University Championships 2015-16. He represented Mysuru Warriors in the KPL 2015 season and in the recently concluded Mangalore Premier League won the ‘Best Player of the Tournament’ award for his allround performance throughout the tournament. He captained Mysuru Zone U-23 team in the 2015 season in the KSCA Inter-zonal Tournament. Naven also played for Vijaya Bank and BEML (Mysuru) in the KSCA Group II, 1st Division matches and has gained valuable experience with the exposure.
Naveen has been encouraged in his efforts by the KSCA Bengaluru, KSCA Mysuru Zone and his team Vidyaranya CC. He intends to work hard with his batting, bowling and fitness levels and aims to represent the State in the senior level in the days to come.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 14th, 2016
Autorickshaw driver’s son scores big in NEET
Dinesh studied in Kannada medium till SSLC, before joining Channabasaveshwar Gurukul for PUC.
Dinesh Rajkumar, son of an autorickshaw driver from Enakur in Bhalki taluk, has earned the 31st rank in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).
A student of Sri Channabasaveshwar Gurukul in Karadyal in Bhalki, Dinesh has had the smart streak from his childhood. He scored 93 per cent in the SSLC exams and got 94 per cent marks in the pre-university exam. He stood 500th in the State in the CET medical rankings and had recently joined the MBBS course at Bangalore Medical College, said Basavaraj Molkeri, Gurukul principal.
He studied in Kannada medium till SSLC, before joining the Gurukul for PUC.
His father, Rajkumar, who drives an auto in Bhalki and surrounding villages, does not know much about NEET. He thinks that if Dinesh chooses to pick a seat in the national quota, he will have to leave Karnataka. “My son is already in a medical college in Bengaluru. It will be difficult to send him elsewhere, especially to cities like Delhi or Mumbai. Those cities may be costlier than Bengaluru for him to live in,” he said.
Dinesh’s mother is a homemaker. She is just happy that her son is studying to be a doctor. She wants him to come back and heal the sick in her village.
Dinesh, who came to see his teachers at the Gurukul on Thursday, said he wants to continue studying and pursue research. Teachers and staff were present at a felicitation organised for him and his successful batchmates.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Bidar – August 19th, 2016
Narayana Health launches Robotic Surgery Training programme with support from Infosys Foundation
Bengaluru :
Narayana Health (NH), Bengaluru, has launched the Institute of Robotic Surgery supported by Infosys Foundation at its flagship unit at Narayana Health City.
The da Vinci Robotic Surgical System will be used primarily for prostate, kidney, gynaecological, colorectal and select head and neck cancer surgeries.
Symbolically unveiling the plaque, signifying the launch of ‘Infosys Institute of Robotic Surgery,’ Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation said, “The need to adopt and continually update treatment protocols that reduce errors is crucial for a country like India, which sees high patient volumes and a wide spectrum of complex diseases. Robotic surgery, with its high degree of precision and faster recovery time, has the potential to address this efficiently. Our partnership with Narayana Health, incontestably a pioneer in delivering world-class healthcare, is aimed at encouraging rapid adoption of robotics in healthcare in India. Through this endowment, we also intend to provide impetus for further research in this area, and enable the masses to reap the benefits of affordable and high-quality treatment.”
“Technique of surgical intervention on the human body is undergoing dramatic change. It took over 30 years for laparoscopic surgery to replace open abdominal operation. World is on the threshold of a major transition from laparoscopic surgery to robotic surgery,” said Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health.
Robotic surgery has proved that inaccessible areas of the human body like deep in the pelvis where a prostate surgery needs to be done for a patient with cancer of the prostate can easily be accessed. Robotic surgery has proven beyond doubt its supremacy.
“It is a matter of time before most procedures on the human body will be done better with robotics. However, for the large scale technical adoption of robotic surgery major hitch is the surgeon’s skill,” informed Dr. Devi Shetty. Today surgical robots are available in very few centres across the world and the training programme to train an experienced surgeon as a robotic surgeon is expensive and inaccessible.
Explaining further on the need for such training programmes, Dr. Devi Shetty said, “Infosys Foundation always believed in the power of technology to transform the world and address the human sufferings. With that objective, Infosys Foundation donated ‘da Vinci Surgical Robot’ to develop Infosys Institute of Robotic Surgery to train robotic surgeons for the future. The philosophy of creating the institution is to train any surgeon with a passion to learn robotic surgery and certify them to start robotic surgical programme in different parts of the country. NH Foundation along with Infosys Foundation believes that this is the only way robotic surgery services will be available to the common man of this country.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 19th, 2016