Roller skating is a popular sport in the World sporting scene and Mysuru has been a centre in our country which has gone on to produce quality skating champions who have gone on to represent the country on at various Championships. One such champion roller skater is 22-year-old National roller skating champion Akash Aradhya from our city. Akash is the current National champion and in this year’s National Championship held at Pune, he won gold in 500m rink race, silver in 1000m rink race, bronze in marathon event and gold in relay in the men’s section representing Karnataka. He has been representing India in the World and Asian level and Asian Games (2010) for the last six year’s in roller skating and he is the only one roller-skater who has been recommended by the Roller-Skating Federation of Karnataka for the ‘Ekalavya Award’ which is to be given away in Mysuru on May 10, 2016. He is our ‘Star This Week.’
A B.com graduate, Akash is the son of Nagabushan Aradhya (Chartered Accountant) and Rekha Aradhya, residents of Chamarajapuram in Mysuru. Akash trains with K. Srikanth Rao, Indian coach and Ekalavya Awardee, at the Rao’s Roller skating Club in city. Earlier, Rao’s elder brother late K. Sridhar Rao had spotted Akash’s talent and had also coached him.
Akash has represented India in the Asian Games in 2010 at China in roller skating. Akash is also the present Ice-skating National Champion in the senior men’s section. He is presently training in at Vancover in Canada, in order to prepare himself to take part in the winter Olympics to be held at South Korea in 2018. The Ice-Skating Association of India, has selected three skaters — Akash (Karnataka), Sohan Arkar (Mumbai) and S. Paul (Hyderabad) — for the training and have given them Rs.5 lakh grant for their training abroad.
Akash in order to qualify for the Winter Olympics has to take part in two World Championships and attain the qualifying mark for the Championships. He will take part in the World Ice-Skating Championships to be held in Vancouver, Canada in June 2016 and Insel, Germany in October 2016 in the Short-track Ice-Skating category. Akash will also take part in the Asian and World championships in roller skating to be held at China this year.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / May 08th, 2016
Dr. Wolfgang Messner, Professor of International Management at MYRA School of Business in Mysuru, has won the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence-2016.
The International Emerald Literati Awards, for the past 23 years, reward outstanding contributions to scholarly research. Dr. Wolfgang developed a new indicator to measure the actual effectiveness of intercultural communication and collaboration. His research paper published in the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business won him the award.
A highly-accomplished academician and researcher, Dr. Wolfgang has authored seven books, including Winning the Right Job, Making the Compelling Business Case and Globalization of Professional Services. He has been associated with MYRA for the last 3 years and teaches elective courses like Making the Compelling Business Case, Customer Service Management, Intl. Business Management and Intercultural Competencies for working in Intl. teams to the Business Management students at MYRA.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 08th, 2016
The year 2015-2016 has been marked as the centenary year of the late actress B. Jayamma. She was not just involved in cinema, but also theatre. In fact, she even supported her husband, Gubbi Veeranna to run the Gubbi Drama Company, writes MURALIDHARA KHAJANE
Rasika Janananda Nataka Sabha, a prominent professional theatre group in the 1920s, was staging Seetha Kalyana in Bangalore. In the climax scene- theswayamvara of Sita, Lord Sri Ram broke the Shiva Dhanush while attempting to string the bow. A young girl essaying role of Seetha walked gracefully and garlanded Rama.
This young girl B. Jayamma, who made her debut as an actor through Seetha Kalyana dominated both Kannada theatre and cinema for long. Besides being a star of the silent celluloid era, Jayamma carved a niche for herself in pre-Independent India in the fields of theatre, cinema and music and a generation of artists.
Born on November 26, 1915, it was Jayamma’s centenary last year. She passed away in 1988, bringing her incredible journey to an end.
Seetha’s role in Seetha Kalyana made Jayamma a star and enacted the female protagonists in several historical and mythological films. She played Sadarame in Sadarame, Satyabhama in Sri Krishna Parijata, Badanda Devi of Shivajalandhara, Savithri of Sati Savithri and Seeta inRamayana with her brilliant performance and mellifluous voice. Her celluloid journey which began with Harimaya in 1931, ended in Sakshatkara in 1971. She acted in 28 films in four decades.
Writing about Jayamma is akin to browsing the pages of a sepia album, every page of which is the story of a bygone era of Kannada theatre and cinema. It will be a nostalgic journey in to world totally forgotten and equally difficult for the present generation to imagine.
Jayamma was the first daughter of police officer T.N. Mallappa and B. Kamalamma who were residents of Balepet in Bangalore. Kamalamma and her sisters Sundaramma, Rudramma and Kittamma were also theatre artists. While her father wanted Jayamma to become a doctor, she leaned towards theatre. After the death of her father, the seven-year-old Jayamma grew under the influence of her aunts. A teacher in Balepet School nurtured Jayamma’s talent in acting and singing. Meanwhile after the death of Mallappa, Kamalamma also joined her sisters, who were part of professional theatre.
Surrounded by theatre activities, Jayamma slowly lost interest in academics. Observing her interest, Shamanna, a teacher close to Rasika Janananda Sabha, played an important role in Jayamma making her debut as an actor in Seetha Kalyana. Jayamma, who was following her aunt Sundaramma got chances to act in plays such as Kabir and Ramayana in Sri Channabasaveshwara Nataka Mandali of Shantarajappa. She got an opportunity to do female protagonist characters after joining Balabasavegowda Nataka Company. She became a star through her roles as Chanchalakumari ofSadarame, Chitratare of Gulebakavali and Rati of Manmatha Vijaya.
Jayamma joined the renowned Gubbi Company for a salary of Rs.30 a month. It was a huge amount at that point of time. Though a trained actor, Jayamma’s artistic talents were further honed to meet the demands of Gubbi Company for nearly three months. Her very first performance in Veera Narasimha Charitre brought Jayamma both name and fame. Senior artists in the troupe, G. Nageshasharayaru, Narasimhaianavaru and Ramachandrarayaru appreciated her performance. From then she became an important part of the company. Meanwhile, Jayamma, who had discontinued her studies when she was in the third standard, continued her studies until matriculation. Jayamma’s performance as Rani Mrinalini in Rajabhakti opened the doors of celluloid world.
Entry into celluloid
At a time when silent movies were making ‘sound’ in the northern part of India, Gubbi Veeranna along with Yaragudipati Varada Rao popularly known as Y.V. Rao, who was producer, director, thespian screenwriter, editor and actor known for his work in cinema, floated Karnataka Pictures. Harimayawas its first production. While Rajam was Satyabhama in the film, Jayamma justified her character as Jambavati.
In 1931, Jayamma emerged as the lead actress in His Love Affair produced by Karnataka Pictures. Interestingly, a Belgium technician Raphael Aloget helped Gubbi Veeranna and Jayamma in helming the movie. For this social film, which is about young lovers, who reject tradition to get united, Jayamma learnt swimming, cycle riding and car driving! The film fared well.
Her Love Affair
During the making of Harimaya and His Love Affair, Veeranna developed a liking for Jayamma and married her in 1931. Later Jayamma started helping Veeranna in strengthening the Gubbi Company. She took the troupe to various parts of north Karnataka and staged its landmark productions. Meanwhile, she also learnt Hindustani music, along with that she learnt playing the violin from Malavalli Subbanna. She also learnt music from Salem Doreswamy Iyengar and gave concerts in even events like Ramotsava.
Despite being active in cinema and music, Jayamma did not neglect theatre, which made her what she was. People still remember her performance in Kurukshetra, staged on December 31, 1934. Huge money was spent to erect gorgeous sets for the play and stalwarts of professional theatres and Diwan Mirza Ismail watched that performance and Jayamma essayed the role of Draupadi in the play, while Veeranna breathed life in to Duryodhana’s character.
On the celluloid front, Jayamma acted in Subhadra (1941) and Jeevana Nataka (1942), for which Aa. Na. Krishnaraya wrote the script. Meanwhile, Jayamma also acted in Tamil and Telugu films.
Similarly, Jayamma also made a name through her performance in Swarga Seema in 1945. The film is about a village girl becoming a top film star. Hemareddy Mallamma, produced by Veeranna and with Jayamma in the lead, released the same year in six theatres at that time. When this film completed 100 days in theatres, Nijalingappa, who later became the Chief Minister of Karnataka, participated in the function organised to mark the occasion and distributed mementos to all those who contributed for the success of the film. Jayamma was given a gold chained West End watch. Another film which created ripples in the South Indian film industry is Tyagayya by V. Nagayya. Jayamma essayed the role of Dharmambe, the wife of saint Tyagaraja. This film besides being screened in various parts of the country, went abroad and enthralled both cinema and music lovers. Gunasagari produced by Gubbi Veeranna is another landmark film in her career.
Apart from her contribution to the fields of theatre, cinema and music, Jayamma also engaged herself in social service after she stopped acting. She worked for the welfare of the economically weak artists under the leadership of T.S. Karibasavaiah, the founder of Kanteerava Studio.
In 1981, Jayamma was nominated to serve as member of the Karnataka State Legislative Council. She passed away in the year 1988, bringing her incredible journey to an end. Though a bit late, the government did not forget Jayamma’s contribution to cinema, theatre and music and released Rs.10-lakh to the Department of Kannada and Culture to celebrate the centenary year of the artiste in 2016.
Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, has brought out a 40-page booklet by R.A. Pushpa Bharathi on Jayamma. This article is based on the facts recorded in the booklet.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Friday Reviw / by Muralidhara Khajane / Bengaluru – May 12th, 2016
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has selected city’s senior tennis player of Income-Tax Department R. Nagaraj has been selected to represent India in the 50-years Men’s Senior World tennis Championships to be held at Helsinki from June 19 to 24.
K.G. Ramesh, Jayanth Khade and Nagaraj in the 50-year age group and Mayur Vasant, Sudharshan Rao and Yogesh Shah in the men’s 55-year age group have earned selection.
The selection trials for the Indian team was held at MSLTA, Mumbai last week.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / May 07th, 2016
S.N. Jatin (sitting second from left) is seen with (from left) his parents Vani and Nagabhushan, younger brother S.N. Nitin and grandfather D.M. Nagesh.
Today a majority of youngsters fancy only one sport; cricket. But, to this World Champion, chess was his calling. Having taken to chess around 8 years back, S.N. Jatin, won the gold medal in the World Amateur Chess Championship in Under 1700 rating category held in Greece recently. Jatin’s mother N.H. Vani, first put his younger son S.N. Nitin for the chess coaching camp. Later, Jatin also joined the classes. He found the game interesting and slowly developed his game. He recently won a bronze medal in the 5th National School Chess Championship in the U-15 boys category. This feat earned him a place in the team representing our country in the Asian School Championship to be held at Tehran in Iraq in the month of June, 2016. Jatin is also preparing for the Commonwealth Chess Championship to be held in Sri Lanka during August this year.
Jatin spends around 6-8 hours every day in front of his laptop practising chess and getting to know about new moves and his probable opponents in future tournaments. During his free time, he plays the flute to calm his mind. Jatin travelled to Bengaluru frequently for his advanced chess coaching class from IM Shivanand. Later, he joined the coaching classes conducted by M.P. Ajith to prepare for the Amateur World Chess Championship which yielded him a good result.
Jatin credits chess for helping him excel in his studies. Speaking to Star of Mysore, he said that the game had helped him immensely in scoring well. “Though I don’t study for long hours like others, I still manage to score 90 percent. This is possible only because of chess. It has helped me improve my concentration level,” he said.
Jatin has been amply supported by his father S.I. Nagagbhusan and his mother N.H.Vani in all his endeavours. Nagabhusan runs a small scale industry in Bannimantap. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Nagabhushan said that he was happy with Jatin’s achievements. But he also expressed his unhappiness over chess players not being recognised despite their achievements.
“We have spent around Rs.1.75 lakh for Jatin to take part in the tournament held at Greece. But, till date none of the Government agencies or private organisations have come forward to extend help. Unfortunately, it is only cricket that matters in our country,” he said.
During the world championship, the players from other countries were sponsored by their respective Governments, but it was only Indian chess players who had to bare all their expenses including the flights tickets, accommodation etc. Despite not helping the players financially, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) made sure the players wore the jersey given by the federation that too after collecting Rs. 3,000 from each one of them.
The t-shirt, shoes, socks and jersey provided by the AICF were of sub standard quality which cannot be used. But the federation has rules which make it compulsory for players representing the country to wear the jersey provided by them which only helped shame the country in front of players from other nations.
Jatin’s mother Vani, who is proud of her son’s achievement, expressed that despite being the first person to win a gold medal for the country in the World Amateur Chess Championship, Jatin’s achievements have gone unrecognised so far. She said that despite writing a letter to the AICF for help, the only reply from the federation was that it had no objection with Jatin participating in the event but it could not help him financially. Vani also said that chess is not at all recognised in the country and added that one of the persons in a government department told them that chess is not a sport, it was just a mind game!
Chess being an expensive game in terms of coaching and travelling, many of the chess players are in a dilemma on continuing with the game as there is no recognition or financial help. It is time for the authorities to supporting the game which originated in India to produced more world champions.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by S.N.Venkatnag Sobers / May 07th, 2016
M.P. Ajith is seen with his mother T.D. Padmavathi
It is not easy for any sports person to make a comeback after staying away from the game for a long time. But when a player decides to do so, he/she is sure to come out with flying colours. At the age of 30, this Chess Champion we are about to introduce wouldn’t have dreamt of winning a silver medal in the Under 2000 rating at the Amateur World Chess Championship, especially after being away from the game for almost six years. The chess player we are talking about is none other than our city’s own M.P. Ajith. Having come from a poor family background, Ajith has struggled a lot to rise to this level. In fact, he has been borrowing money to participate in national level tournaments. Just to inform the uninformed, Ajith had to mortgage one of his aunt’s gold chain to book his flight ticket to Greece apart from getting sponsorship from a few individuals and a company.
by S.N. Venkatnag Sobers
This 30-year-old chess champion has been playing for more than 20 years. He has a unique style of attacking his opponent which is considered to be rare among chess players. Ajith, who has won many tournaments, in fact had to stop playing chess for six years since 2008. Playing chess for many years and winning tournaments did not get Ajith the deserved recognition and this forced him to quit the game and try his luck with other sports such as athletics.
Ajith, along with practising for athletics, also started running a stationary shop, when his father M.R. Prakash passed away suddenly in 2013. Since then the family has been struggling to lead their lives. With no proper job to cater to their needs, Ajith and his mother Padmavathi, have been living in a small house in T.K. Layout.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, Ajith said that he lost all his money in repaying his father’s loans. They even had to sell his mother’s gold jewellery to stay afloat.
“My father went to Dubai to make some money during 1994 and came back in 1996. A person, who got close to my father, took money from him assuring him a partnership in an LPG agency. After taking the amount the person never returned and later we got to know that this person was a conman. Dejected because of the loss, my father fell sick and died. Later, I had to clear all his loans. I have even had to sell many of my trophies and medals for meeting our daily needs,” he added.
After having endured a lot of hardship, Ajith made up his mind to return to Chess in 2014. On his comeback trail, Ajith faced a lot of stiff challenges which he overcame. He won the National Amateur Chess Championship in his category at Nagpur in 2015 before heading to Greece where he won a silver medal.
Ajith said that he decided to take to chess again after seeing an announcement of cash rewards by the State Government for talented sports persons. Having won the silver medal in the Amateur World Chess Championship, will the State Government recognise his achievements? Only time will tell.
Today, Ajith continues to coach young kids who have taken up Chess. Though he wants to quit coaching, as it affects his preparations for future tournaments, Ajith has no other option. He also has no computer or laptop, which is essential for his preparation. Ajith borrows a laptop from his students to practise.
In fact, S.N. Jatin, who won the gold medal in the World Amateur Chess Championship in Under 1700 was coached by Ajith for the past three months. Ajith has been looking for sponsorships as he is focused on taking his game forward and becoming a Chess Grandmaster. Such sports talents must be encouraged and brought to the limelight.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by S.N.Venkatnag Sobers / May 07th, 2016
City’s upcoming junior golfer Pranavi S. Urs, a student of National Public School, representing Karnataka in the IGU Chandigarh Ladies & Junior Girls Golf Championship 2016 held at Chandigarh, won the Category ‘B’ title with a three-day aggregate score of 236 (82+76+78).
Pranavi S. Urs also finished 8th in Ladies section. Diksha Dagar won the title in Ladies section with a three-day aggregate score of 219 ( 72+75+72). Ridhima Dilawari (222- 73+75+74) and Amritha Anand (229-75+76+78) secured the 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
Mysuru’s Drishti Karumbaya returned with a three-day card of 246 (80+81+85) and secured the 25th place in the Ladies section. Disha Kavery of Mysuru taking part in the Category ‘C’ section had a three-day aggregate score of 266 (88+87+91) and secured the ninth place.
In the Category ‘B’, Pranavi secured the first place with a three-day aggregate score of 236 (82+76+78) while Vasundara Thiara (239-79+83+77) and Anika Verma (239-82+79+78) secured the second and third places respectively.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / May 06th, 2016
Dr. P.D. Padmakumar (second from left) is seen receiving the award from former Union Minister M.V. Rajashekharan (extreme left) as others look on.
Mysuru :
Dr. P.D. Padmakumar, retired Joint Director of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services and a resident of Kuvempunagar here, was conferred ‘Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa Gold Medal-2016’ by Global Economic Progress & Research Association (GEPRA), Bengaluru, during the ‘34th National Unity Conference’ held at Bengaluru on May 1.
The award was given in recognition of his outstanding contribution to society through individual achievements and national economic growth. The award, which comprised a trophy, a certificate and a gold medal, was given away by M.V. Rajashekharan, former Union Minister, V. Padmanabha Kedilaya, District & Sessions Judge, Dr. H. Shivanna, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences and Dr. I.S. Basha, General Secretary, GEPRA.
Dr. Padmakumar, a gold medallist in BVSc, has also won gold medal in MA (Jainology & Prakrit) from University of Mysuru. Apart from this, he has won several awards including ‘Best Veterinarian’ and ‘Best Deputy Director’ award from the Department of AH&Vs, Karnataka and ‘Best Horanaadu Kannadiga’ by Delhi Kannadiga Monthly Magazine during the 24th National Kannada Sammelana.
He has authored and published a book titled ‘Keraladalli Jainadharma’ which was later translated to English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. He also runs a free Vet Clinic in city.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 06th, 2016
Meet the other Murthy from Jayanagar in Bengaluru -Arun Murthy. No relation of N R Narayana Murthy, also a Jayanagar resident. But the 35-year-old’s life, in some ways, is moving along the same extraordinary lines of the Infosys doyen.
Arun Murthy is one of the founders of one of today’s hottest Silicon Valley startups – Hortonworks. Yes, named after the elephant in Dr Seuss’ ‘Horton hears a who!’ The company, founded in 2011, has become the fastest ever software venture to touch $100 million in revenue – in just 4 years. Salesforce did it in 5, Palo Alto Networks and Workday in 6, Informatica in 7 and Splunk in 8, according to Barclays Research.
In 2014, when it went for an IPO, it touched a billion dollars in valuation. The valuation has dropped since then, but recent revenue numbers are again pushing the share price sharply up.
Murthy’s one of the tech brains behind Hortonworks. He started coding when he was just 10. From an early age he was fascinated by Go – the 2,500-year-old game that’s exponentially more complex than chess; in March, a computer system, built by Google, for the first time beat a Go grandmaster. Murthy would play this abstract strategy board game for hours on end.
He also had an entrepreneurial streak in him. When he was still in school, he read an article on Michael Dell in Readers’ Digest. He was inspired by that to assemble and sell computers. “I would go to Avenue Road (the hub for electronic items) and buy computer parts, assemble them and sell them to friends. By the time I was 16-17, I was making more money than my parents combined. I would also develop websites for doctors and lawyers,” Murthy told TOI on a visit last week to Bengaluru, where his mother still resides. Murthy went on to do engineering at RV College of Engineering, one of Bengaluru’s best private engineering colleges, and, on graduation, joined Yahoo’s R&D centre in the city. He was part of the small team at Yahoo that was then beginning to develop Hadoop, the open source software framework used to store and process vast quantities of data and which has become all the rage in enterprises today given the avalanche of data they have to deal with.
While working on Hadoop, Murthy and his colleague Owen O’Malley took on the Sort Benchmark challenge of sorting 100 terabytes (TB) of data in a particular order. The first attempt set a new record and when someone else beat that record, they did it again in 2009 and that record stood for several years. The Sort Benchmark home page records Murthy and Owen’s accomplishment at 0.578 TB per minute. “It’s the most amount of fun I have had in my career,” said Murthy.
In 2011, Murthy and seven others, most of them from Yahoo’s Hadoop team – five of them Indians – came together to found Hortonworks, a venture to further develop Hadoop and support it for clients who adopt it. They thought of `Horton’ because Ha doop bore the logo of an elephant. They convinced Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang that it may be the best way forward for them, and Yang was excited enough to get Yahoo to participate in the initial investment in Hortonworks.
Among the other Indian founders, Suresh Srinivas was also in Bengaluru and had studied at NIT Karnataka. Devaraj Das studied at BITS Pilani and IISc Bengaluru, Mahadev Konar graduated from IIT Bombay. Sanjay Radia, who grew up in Uganda and Canada, is the oldest among them, having held senior positions at Sun Microsystems before moving to Yahoo to be an architect of a Hadoop project.
In 2014, the year Hortonworks went for its IPO, Fortune Magazine ranked Murthy among its 20 Big Data All Stars – “20 extraordinary people who we think are the best at connecting the dots, digging deep, and discovering the information that will transform the way businesses operate.”
Fortune noted Murthy at Yahoo had helped develop a sort of OS for Hadoop, called YARN, that lets users plug many applications into the system to store all sorts of data. “I have two kids at home.YARN is sort of my third,” Murthy told the magazine.
He is also a Murthy and has a lot in common with legend NR Narayana Murthy: Tech entrepre neurial streak, a house in Jayana gar, and looking into the future.
Arun Murthy, 35, is a product of RV Engineering College and a big-data star, write Shilpa Phadnis and Sujit John. He is a cofounder of Hortonworks, one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups which was the first to clock $100 million in revenue in just four years. In 2014 when the company went for an IPO, it touched a billion dollars in valuation.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Bangalore / Sujit John & Shilpa Phadnis / TNN / May 06th, 2016
Art historian Prof. Choodamani Nandagopal is seen receiving D.V. Halabhavi Award from Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji
Mysuru :
Noted art historian Prof. Choodamani Nandagopal was conferred D.V. Halabhavi Award (2014) at a programme organised under the aegis of JSS Mahavidyapeetha at Suttur Shakha Mutt at the foot of Chamundi Hill here yesterday.
Speaking after receiving the award, Prof. Choodamani said that many of arts expressive forms such as music, dance, painting, literature, architecture, etc., have got prominence in our country, which is known for its rich cultural history.
Noting that art is not only for entertainment, she observed that art is a form for an artist to develop penance.
Pointing out that art helps one to take ‘Shastra’ and ‘Sadhane’ together, she cautioned against selling art for a price.
Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graced the occasion.
Vatal Mutt’s Siddalinga Shivacharya Swamiji, former MLA N. Gangadhar, former Principal of JSS Halabhavi School of Art (Dharwad) Suresh D. Halabhavi and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday – May 05th, 2016
