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Lack of care causing damage to museums: Expert

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Mysore  :

With an objective to protect and conserve cultural heritage of the country, the Regional Conservation Laboratory (RCL), Mysore, a regional unit of National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow, commenced 10-day workshop on care and maintenance of museum objects at its premises in Siddharth Nagar on Monday. Mysore division additional commissioner M R Ravi inaugurated the workshop.

Speaking on the occasion professor of history and archaeology at the University of Mysore N S Rangaraju, stressing on the importance of conservation of monuments, said authorities need to utilize the facilities in a proper manner to conserve valuable monuments in the state. Though there are numerous experts in the field they are unrecognized, and thus the administration has failed to maintain monuments properly.

B V Kharbade, chief, RCL, Mysore, stressing on the importance of workshops said many people, who maintain museums lack the required knowledge. Internal pollution causes more damage to museums than external pollution. Improper lighting system and humidity are the major threats to monuments. Besides, faulty material used in maintenance too causes huge destruction, he pointed out. The objective of the workshop is to identify factors that cause deterioration of museum objects and to find solutions to prevent them, he said. The workshop will focus on areas such as care, maintenance, handling, storage and display of museum objects.

source:http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mysore / TNN / October 07th, 2014

We’ve inspired many startups, Kris Gopalakrishnan says

Business & Economy, Leaders, Science & Technology

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Leaving Infosys was something we have been preparing ourselves for many months. So I got into it in a programmed manner. But I will miss the whole life revolving around Infosys.

We were all very close and I can best demonstrate that with this anecdote. Last week, I went to visit a friend in hospital, and Murthy and Shibu came in exactly at the same time. We hadn’t planned it at all.

I had lots of memorable moments in the company. The most memorable was when I was CEO and growth came back strongly in 2011. It had gone down to around 5% (during recession) and many had begun to ask if it was the end of the Indian IT services industry. But when growth returned, it felt good to say ‘it’s not over’.

Another unforgettable moment was in the mid-1980s, when we created a ‘store and forward’ solution for telegrams in India, which was used by the department of telecom. I was in charge of the project. Till then, telegrams involved sending text information in Morse code and somebody translating that into English. Ours was a hardware-software solution that involved keying in the text into a computer, like an email, sending it to an electronic switch that would route it to the right destination.

But the customer was only one – DoT. We didn’t see a large market and we felt it was not our cup of tea. So we sold it to a small Bangalore company around 1989-90. But the project was interesting because we had written the entire software and operating system. I don’t know, but this may have been the solution that was used till telegrams were discontinued last year.

I had the privilege of representing the entire global business as head of the Business Action for Sustainable Development at the Rio Earth Summit in 2012. I was the co-chair of the World Economic Forum early this year. Infosys, with the rest of the Indian IT industry, has transformed the image of India around the world, transformed the image of Indian professionals, creating huge opportunities for them. IT services account for 25% of India’s exports, 6% of its GDP. About 10% of Bangalore’s population is directly employed in IT, and many more indirectly.

I’m sure we have inspired many startups. I will continue to focus on that space. We have already started a Startup Village in Kochi and Vizag. We will start one in Kozhikode later this month.

I’ve been putting money into brain research. There are two big reasons for that. One is that India has a large ageing population, and for a poor country, old-age issues like dementia and Alzheimer’s will present a huge challenge. Solutions found outside India will not be affordable. We need to find them here.

The second is that the next disruption in computing will come from our understanding of the brain. It’s called brain-inspired computing. The current model of writing software may not extrapolate, because it will require too much of maintenance. Nobody programmes the brain, yet it keeps learning. India shouldn’t miss the emerging age of brain-inspired computing.

(As told to Sujit John)

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore / by Kris Gopalakrishnan, TNN / October 13th, 2014

Vedanth Urs wins gold

Records, All, Sports
Vedanth Urs (second from left), representing Karnataka in the 60th National level School Games Table Tennis Tournament seen receiving the certificate and medal after winning the Boys U-19 singles title from the Chief Guest in the tournament held at Andhra Pradesh on Monday.
Vedanth Urs (second from left), representing Karnataka in the 60th National level School Games Table Tennis Tournament seen receiving the certificate and medal after winning the Boys U-19 singles title from the Chief Guest in the tournament held at Andhra Pradesh on Monday.

Mysore :

City’s upcoming table tennis player, Vedanth M. Urs, representing Karnataka in the 60th National Level School Tournament won the boys Under-19 singles event in the tournament held at Andhra Pradesh on Monday.

Vedanth M. Urs, in the finals beat Delhi’s Piyush Prasad 11-9,11-7, 9-11, 11-7 to clinch the title.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>Sports   News / Tuesday , October 07th, 2014

Mandya Ramesh invited to direct play in US

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Nri's / Pio's, World Opinion

Mysore :

The members of Kannada Koota and Theatre enthusiasts of California in America have invited cine actor, theatrist and director Mandya Ramesh of Natana to direct a Kannada play at California.

Having seen the plays Chama Cheluve, Chora Charanadasi, Samsaradalli Sa Ni Da Pa, Agni Mattu Male and many children’s plays directed by Mandya Ramesh, the California Kannada Association has invited him to conduct theatre camp and direct a play in the US.

Mandya Ramesh has consented to stay in the US for 25 days and train America Kannadigas in Classical Theatre.

With all diplomatic formalities completed, the theatrist is scheduled to leave for the US in the second week of October along with his Natana theatre troupe artistes.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>General  News / Tuesday , October 07th, 2014

Dr. Bhyrappa’s ‘PARVA’ to come alive as Telugu movie

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

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Mysore :

‘Parva,’ one of the popular novels authored by city’s renowned writer Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa is all set to come alive on silver screen.

The movie, which will be shot in Telugu language, is said to be directed by Tollywood’s numero uno director Rajamouli.

Sources said that Rajamouli had expressed his desire to direct a movie based on the Kannada novel ‘Parva’ some time back. It is said, the book, which is also translated into English, was inspired by the great Hindu epic Mahabharatha. However, it is still not sure if Rajamouli had contacted writer Dr. Bhyrappa to seek his consent to do a film based on his novel.

Previously, Dr. Bhyrappa’s novel ‘Vamshavruksha’ was shot in Telugu by director Bapu with the title ‘Vamshavruksham’ which starred Anil Kapoor. Though, it is said that Kannada movie directors wanted to direct movies based on Bhyrappa’s novels nothing has come up so far.

‘Parva’ is sure to get a new dimension through Rajamouli. However, when Star of Mysore contacted, Dr. Bhyrappa was not available as he was abroad. He will be returning to city on Oct. 12.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>General  News / Tuesday , October 07th, 2014

This farmer earns Rs. 22 lakh a year from 2.1 acres of land

Business & Economy, Green Initiatives / Environment, Nature, Records, All

H. Sadananda grows 30 varieties of crop and even breeds dogs

Profitable venture: Innovative drive and constant experimentation with multi-cropping methods have helped H. Sadananda of Tapasihalli in Doddaballapur taluk to reap a rich harvest. / The Hindu
Profitable venture: Innovative drive and constant experimentation with multi-cropping methods have helped H. Sadananda of Tapasihalli in Doddaballapur taluk to reap a rich harvest. / The Hindu

Bangalore :

At a time when there is a strong perception that farming is not a profitable venture, this farmer from Tapasihalli in Doddaballapur taluk has created waves by earning a profit of about Rs. 22 lakh a year from merely 2.1 acres of land.

It is his innovative drive and constant experimentation with multi-cropping methods that have helped 51-year-old H. Sadananda to reap a rich harvest.

He cultivates nearly 30 varieties of crop on his land, including tomato and areca on half an acre each which yield him Rs. 2 lakh and Rs. 50,000 respectively.

Ginger is cultivated along with areca in the plantation, and it yields him about Rs. 70,000 a year. Mr. Sadananda has also made space in his areca plantation for rearing 250 Giriraja hens which he sells every three months to earn about Rs. 1 lakh a year. The poultry droppings are valuable manure for the areca plantation while agricultural waste is used as feed for the birds.

He has planted about 2,000 rose cuttings on three-fourth of an acre, which fetches him about Rs. 4 lakh a year, and has set up a greenhouse on one-fourth of an acre for cultivating capsicum and high-quality rose alternatively. Capsicum, cultivated for about six months, yields him about Rs. 5.4 lakh while the rose variety that replaces capsicum for the next six months gets him about Rs. 2.5 lakh a year. A small vegetable garden, a fish-rearing pond, coconut and jackfruit trees on the periphery of his land, in addition to coffee plants, papaya, sapota and lime trees also find a place. His cows produce 80 to 100 litres of milk a day.

Manure

Manure comes from vermicompost and the slurry from a gobar gas plant. A tiny pond is filled with azolla plants which is a good cow feed.

Mr. Sadananda, who depends on borewell for irrigation, has installed drip irrigation system for the entire land at a cost of Rs. 50,000 (excluding subsidy). “Drip irrigation allows me to irrigate my entire land even with four hours of three-phase power,” he says. Besides, it prevents weeds and also saves him about Rs. 400 a day in labour costs.

Interestingly, he also breeds Rottweiler and Great Dane breeds of dogs to earn Rs. 1.2 lakh a year.

He has been honoured with prestigious awards by the Union Ministry of Agriculture. Several agricultural scientists, farmers and VIPs from India and abroad visit his farm.

Innovative ideas

Mr. Sadananda says that his farm income increased after he adopted innovative ideas provided by the Department of Biotechnology’s Bio-Resource Complex project taken up in his village. He can be contacted on 9342022146.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by B.S. Satish Kumar / April 19th, 2010

Staunch Swadeshi supporter

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, All

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Meet Prashant Pandey who collected around 500 HMT watches. Pandey wants to create online HMT museum shortly.
passion varies from person to person.  While some people have passion for foreign-made products, others are fond of swadeshi products. Prashant Pandey belongs to the latter category. Pandey has been collecting watches for the last three years. His passion of collecting HMT watches made his five-year-old daughter follow him.

What made him collect watch?
Prashant Pandey is a strong supporter of Swadeshi products. Pandey considers HMT watches are an excellent example of a made in India product. “As an infant my aunt would put me to sleep by creating the tick tick sound of a mechanical watch by clicking her finger nails close to my ears. My first encounter with an HMT watch was when I saw an HMT watch on my grandfather’s wrist. It was an HMT quartz watch that was given to him by his organization. The other memory was of a visually impaired gentleman, who was reading time by feeling the dial of an HMT brail watch. As I grew up my memories of HMT watches faded until one day when I was travelling back late night from the Bangalore airport to my home and saw the HMT Bhawan on my way. The name HMT brought back my childhood memories and I decided to find out if they were still making watches,’’ narrates Pandey

Family support
According to him, these watches are pocket friendly creating a collection needs time and money and without the support of family it’s difficult to pursue it. “I have a very supportive family specially my wife. She has been very supportive and encouraged me to pursue my hobby. Some of my colleagues saw my watch and now they have an HMT watch on their wrists as well,’’ he said.  He exhibits his watches often to close friends and on the facebook page (facebook/HMTwatchespicturegallery) and group (facebook/HMTwatchcollectors) to help people understand that HMT made beautiful watches so that they do not fade away from the minds of general public.
He wants to request the government of India to pay some attention to the “made in India” along with “make in India” products. “I believe the future lies with our next generation. My five-year-old daughter Shubhangi is already an HMT fan and I also meet lot of kids and teenagers who proudly wear their HMT watches. Most of the members on our group are between 25 and 34 year,’’ he said.

–Jurmoloya Rava

source: http://www.cityplus.jagran.com / City Plus, Jagran / Home / by Jurmolya Rava / 2014-10-09

Irresistible charm of Yezdi bikes

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Sports, Travel

MOTORBIKE CLUB

Superbikes and classy Royal Enfields are luring youngsters and young professionals.

But a distinctive motorbike group is trying to popularise the country-made Yezdi and Jawa bikes. No longer being manufactured, these bikes are more like a vintage item. Therefore, in an attempt to bring owners of these bikes together, Gursaurabh Singh started the ‘Yezdi and Jawa Club’ five years ago.

“Initially we were not active on the social networking sites. It was three years back when we started our page on Facebook to get connected to a maximum number of people,” says Singh, who started the group along with his avid-biker cousin Inderjeet Singh.

“At that time we were the only members. Gradually the number increased to five and now there are a 100 Yezdi and Jawa owners who are a part of this group.”The group expanded when Singh used to takehis 1978 model for maintenance at a local mechanic shop in Rajouri Garden.

“Mechanics did their role in giving strength to this group. They mentioned about the club to other people and they approached us. Now, every week atleast two to three people approach us for joining this club.”

As the number is increasing so are the rides and meetings. Considering the fact the bike does not give mileage like any other superbike, the group prefers not to take off on any long distance ride. “We have been to Alwar, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Nainital, besides doing rounds within the City,” says Singh.

Given that the maintenance of the bike is a costly affair, most of the owners are extra careful about its upkeep and health. Says Singh, “If we run the bike for 10,000 kilometres we have to pay just the double of it as maintenance. Also, there are some parts which are not available in the market. For this we have to ask the mechanic to especially make it or procure it. Even some parts which are still available can be availed from only limited shops in the city.”

Thirty-year-old Singh, who is the proud owner of Yezdi, loves the motorbike for its looks. “It has got a unique identity. Even the ‘vroom’ of this bike is distinctive. It forces people to turn around and give it more than a second look. I bought my bike from my neighbour in 2001 and since then I am taking care of it.”

But the young biker reveals a fondness for the 1964 model, which is the oldest model of the bike in the club. “It was imported from Czechoslovakia at that time. It is beautiful,” says Singh.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Metrolife / by Archana Mishra / DHNS – October 08th, 2014

Star this week : Tennis Champ : R. Nagaraj

Sports

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Tennis is a global sport and Mysore has been producing talented tennis players from time to time who have gone on to represent the country in different levels. Mysore Tennis Club, Mysore, has one of the pioneer tennis clubs in the country and top products like P. Srinath, Raghuveer, Neeth Devaiah, Mohit Vijaykumar, who have gone on to reach great heights in the sport. Continuing the tradition, city’s Nagaraj Revannasiddiah, a tennis player-cum-coach from Mysore Tennis Club, Mysore, has gone on to reach great heights, both as a player and coach. Nagaraj, an employee of Income-Tax Department, Mysore, is ranked No. 4 in the country in the men’s 45 plus category.

He recently won Singles title at Raja Muthaiah ITF Senior Grade IV International Ranking Tennis Tournament held at Chidambaram. In the finals, he beat Saad C. Rameez 6-4, 6-0 and clinched the title. He is our ‘Star This week.’

In the semi-finals, he beat Alok Bhatnakar 6-4, 7-6 (3). In the quarter-finals, he beat Pawan Jain 6-0, 6-0 and in the earlier round beat G.F. Balaji 6-1, 6-1.

Nagaraj had earlier in April represented India in the Senior World Tennis Championship. He also had won the singles 45 plus men’s title in the AISTA-AITA Senior Nationals Tennis Tournament conducted by Solaris at Pune.

Nagaraj won the 45 plus men’s Singles title in the T.S. Santhanam Memorial National AITA Veterans Tennis Tournament held at Chennai in February. In the finals, Nagaraj beat C. Rameez Samad (TN) 6-4, 6-4 and clinched the title.

He has won many National level titles in different tournaments and has been a consistent performer in the National and International circuit. He is the Central Revenue Champion in men’s 45 plus section.

He has produced many a talented players as a coach who have gone on to represent the country that include Poojashree Venkatesh, Abhayprakash, Likitha Devaraj and C. Vasisht.

Nagaraj, 51, is married to Vimala and has a son and a daughter. He is a good example of a sports person to achieve laurels with age as no barrier.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>Sports News / Friday, October 05th, 2014

Dasara All India invitation Women’s Volleyball : Central Railway (Mumbai) wins

Sports
The volleyball team of Central Railway (Mumbai), which won the title in the Dasara All India Invitation Women’s Volleyball Tourney, is seen receiving the trophy and cash prize (Rs. 2 lakh) from DC C. Shikha. Also seen are L. Manjunath, President, Dasara Sports Sub-Committee and other Sub-Committee members in the prize distribution function held at the Hardwicke HS Grounds here on Thursday evening.
The volleyball team of Central Railway (Mumbai), which won the title in the Dasara All India Invitation Women’s Volleyball Tourney, is seen receiving the trophy and cash prize (Rs. 2 lakh) from DC C. Shikha. Also seen are L. Manjunath, President, Dasara Sports Sub-Committee and other Sub-Committee members in the prize distribution function held at the Hardwicke HS Grounds here on Thursday evening.

Mysore :

Defending champion, Central Railway (Mumbai), helped by some inspiring play by India player Priyanka Bora, K. Babitha, K.S. Smisha and Hema Kelkar, beat a fighting Krishna Menon Women’s College, Kannur, in the final and clinched the title in the Dasara All India Invitation Women’s Volleyball Tournament that concluded at Hardwicke High School Grounds on Thursday evening.

In a keenly contested three-setter, the experienced Central Railway (Mumbai) outfit beat the young Krishna Memon Women’s College, Kannur, 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 in the final. Shibina Soby, Shilpa Scaria and K.P. Athira played well for the loser. The winner took home a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakh and a trophy while the runners-up secured 1.50 lakh and a trophy.

Assumption College, Kerala beat South Central Railway, Secunderabad 25-22, 25-22, 25-23 and secured third place in a match which lasted for 1 hour and 16 minutes. Anju Thomas, E.P. Sanisha and Tismy John played well for the winner. The third place winner took home a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh and a trophy and SCR, Secunderabad, who finished fourth received a cash prize of Rs.75,000 and a trophy.

There was a display of fireworks after the final matches and then the prizes were distributed to both the hockey and volleyball winners. The cash prizes and the trophy were given to the winners by Deputy Commissioner C. Shika.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>Sports News / Friday, October 05th, 2014