A section of doctors watching the live demonstration at Hotel Regaalis yesterday.
Mysore :
API, Mysore Chapter in association with ASI, Mysore Chapter and Vikram Jyoth, has organised a two-day “Gastrocon-2014” workshop for doctor fraternity at Hotel Regaalis in city. The workshop, which began yesterday, includes live demonstrations of latest Endoscopic and Laproscopic procedures by international faculty Dr. Shyam Varadarajulu along with 10 leading doctors from across the nation — Dr. Ardhanari Ramesh, Madurai; Dr. Bapaye Amol, Pune; Dr. Maydeo Amit, Mumbai; Dr. Mehta Nilay, Ahmedabad; Dr. S.P. Mishra, Allahabad; Dr. K.R. Palaniswamy, Chennai; Dr. Pankaj Desai, Surat; Dr. K. Prakash, Cochin; Dr. G.V. Rao, Hyderbad and Dr. Sunil Jain, Indore.
Dr. Shyam Varadarajulu, Professor, University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Medical Director, Centre for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, Orlando, USA, who is an authority on Endoscopic Ultrasound, is showcasing and teaching these procedures to doctors from all over the State.
About 250 doctors are participating in the conference being conducted at Vikram Jyoth, Centre for Advanced Ganstroenterology and transmitted live to Hotel Regaalis. Many of the procedures shown in this workshop are being done for the first time in Karnataka.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 13th, 2014
Hullambi, a nondescript village tucked away in the forest area in Kalghatgi taluk of Dharwad district is now attracting a good deal of attention, with reports of the presence of gold ore.
A team of geologists from the Geological Survey of India, Bangalore, and forest officers visited Hullambi two days ago and conducted some tests.
Geologists had in 2005 conducted a survey in the reserve forest area that falls under Tumarikoppa limits in Kalghatagi, and taken soil samples for testing. A positive report on the presence of gold ore in the top soil prompted geologists and forest officials to visit this place again for a further survey and test, said sources.
Udayakumar Jogi, assistant conservative forest officer, Kalghatagi, who is also part of the team, told TOI there are reports of the presence of gold ore in Bangargatti hill, bearing survey no 252 in Hullambi of Tumarikoppa reserve forest area.
“We conducted a preliminary survey in the area and also identified about 10 strategic points to dig pits up to 2-3 feet in depth to confirm the presence of gold ore. This process will be carried out by the Geological Survey of India, Bangalore, probably from next month as it has to seek permission to go ahead with its plan from the forest department and central government,” he added.
GSI, Bangalore, is likely to get permission shortly and begin its operations. After digging pits, the soil will again be sent for tests for a clearer report. “Our intention is to dig up deeper pits to confirm at what depth gold can be found,” he said.
It may be recalled that this is the second village in the district to report gold ore presence in the forest land. Exploration of gold ore was going on for a few years in Mangalgatti village of Dharwad district.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore> Namma Metro / TNN / July 12th, 2014
CSA Group, a global leader in testing and certification services and a standards development organization, today inaugurated its first highly specialized testing and certification laboratory in Bangalore, India. The new laboratory will offer testing and certification for medical and healthcare, industrial control products, automation and IT/AV technology products, appliances, and control equipment.
“The launch of our new laboratory in India is a milestone for CSA Group and is a part of our overall global business growth strategy in Asia,” said Ash Sahi, President and CEO, CSA Group. “Today, India is increasingly moving towards efficient and sustainable manufacturing to meet global standards and product safety is becoming paramount to consumers and businesses. Our new lab has been designed to provide sophisticated testing and certification services to Indian manufacturers and help them attain access, acceptability and competitiveness in the global marketplace.”
The new lab is staffed with highly trained engineers who provide the latest testing and certification services in accordance with applicable safety and performance standards, and consists of a digitilized training room and cutting-edge testing equipment from North America and Europe. Training and awareness programs will be offered to manufacturers, government officials and students on global standards and regulatory requirements for safety, the environment and sustainability. These training programs will help encourage an understanding of the importance of standards as well as testing and certification in a global market.
“This new facility will offer Indian manufacturers world-class compliance services in multiple business segments to help them reach global markets,” said Saibal Mukhopadhaya, CSA Group Country Manager, India. “The lab will also provide testing and certification services for both local and global clients intending to sell products in India. In a few months, we plan to expand our service offerings to provide hazardous locations testing and certification for manufacturers and exporters across markets.”
CSA Group’s new 2,500 m2 lab is situated in the Beary’s Global Research Triangle (BGRT). The BGRT is the first building to receive the platinum LEED certification from Indian Green Building Council and United States Green Building Council with the highest energy savings of over 54 per cent and water usage reduction of more than 41 per cent. It is a zero discharge building fully dedicated to research and development facilities.
CSA Group is among the leading global testing and certification organizations with 37 offices in 14 countries. CSA Group has been expanding to help meet the needs of clients in Asia. In addition to the new lab in Bangalore, CSA Group has labs in Shanghai, Shenzen, Guangzhou, Kunshun, Taipei and Seoul. These state-of-the-art facilities also provide testing and certification for industries including hazardous locations, alternative energy, medical and health care, automotive and appliances.
SJCE Principal Dr. Shakeeb-Ur-Rehman is seen inaugurating the workshop at SJCE premises this morning as architects M.P. Nagaraju, Chandrashekar, Shashi Kumar look on.
Mysore :
Arklines Architecture and Interior Design Studio, Kuvempunagar, in association with Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) had organised a day-long workshop on architectural solutions for eco-habitat system at SJCE premises here today.
The workshop was attended by over 100 architects, designers and students.
Inaugurating the workshop, SJCE Principal Dr. Shakeeb-Ur-Rehman said that a serious thought should be given to check environmental pollution. He suggested to make use of the solar and wind power to its best, to tide over energy crisis. He added that the common man should be made aware of environmental protection and energy conservation. Arklines President and Architect S. Shashi Kumar, Architect Chandrashekar and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports General News / July 10th, 2014
Prasad discussed concerns of services, products & manufacturing industries; said he’ll stand by the industry
Bangalore on Tuesday hosted Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for the first time since his appointment.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
The event was organised by information technology (IT) body Nasscom and software product think tank Indian Software Product Industry Round Table (iSPIRT). IT leaders raised concerns on policies and doing business in the country. Others shared their ideas on strengthening the Indian IT ecosystem.
The meeting, parts of which were closed-door, was attended by Wipro Chairman Azim Premji; Microsoft India Chairman Bhaskar Pramanik; Microsoft Ventures Director Ravi Narayan; Infosys Delivery Excellence Head Srinath Batni; Mindtree Chief Executive Krishnakumar Natarajan; Mastek Founder Ashank Desai; and Info Edge Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani, among others.
Referring to his visit to Bangalore as ‘IT Panchayat’, Prasad said this was his maiden trip outside of Delhi ever since he took charge as a minister, which is a ‘signal’ and a ‘mission statement’ with respect to the style of functioning of the new government.
“If you ask me, they (IT industry representatives) did not have much of grievances; what they wanted was a sense of sentimental patronage by me and that’s why I am here, to give them the recognition that I am with you and I stand by you. That is why I am here,” Prasad told reporters at the end of all the meetings.
Prasad, who is also the minister for law and justice, said the newly elected National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government will focus on two major milestones, including broadband connectivity across rural India and electronics manufacturing in the country.
The new government has initiated efforts to speed up the process for setting up of semiconductor chip fabrication (fab) units in the country, he said. “I had personal chats with people behind the fab projects. I have asked them to do it on a fast-track basis and we are going to stand behind them because I realise the potential that once a fab facility is established, India is going to expand enormously in everything from chip design to manufacturing,” he said. He added that the government is looking to create structure like Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to further incentivise fabs.
The government is currently shortlisting consultants who will appraise the detailed project reports submitted by the two consortiums who bid for the project. Infrastructure company Jaypee Associates and home-grown chip firm Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HSMC) lead the two existing consortiums.
While Prasad assured industry representatives that he would look into the matters relating to taxes and duties on electronics manufacturing, he also questioned industry leaders about other reasons why India has been a laggard in the sector. Electronics manufacturing, he said, is “a priority” for the new government, and sought feedback on what can be done to give a boost to the sector.
“Why can’t we manufacture mobiles?” he asked. “I understand there is a duty structure issue, and we are trying to address it, but that cannot be the only reason why the sector did not grow,” he said.
He also said that broadband connectivity to villages is an agenda of great priority for the government.
“When I had joined the government I had made a statement that if Mr. Vajpayee’s government was known for national highway, Mr. Modi’s government will be known for broadband highway,” Prasad said. “Broadband connectivity is an agenda of great priority for us. The Prime Minister has clearly instructed us that we must have broadband in all the villages of India.”
source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> Economy & Policy> News / by Itika Sharma Punit /Bangalore – July 02nd, 2014
In a huge relief for 8000 Ayurvedic doctors who have obtained their degrees from universities in Bangalore and Goa and have been practising in Maharashtra for the last ten years, the state has now included them in Schedule A of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act and allowed them to practise modern medicine.
Schedule A, A1, B and D of the Act allow ayurvedic and Unani doctors to practice modern medicine. After completing the Bachelor of Ayurvedic medicine and surgery course at Rajeev Gandhi university of health science at Bangalore and Goa universities, students had applied for registration in the Maharashtra council of Indian medicine.
“However we were registered in Schedule E of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act,” says Dr Mandar Ranade, spokesperson for National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA). Schedule E is for those practitioners who do not have a proper institutional background. Hence after completing an institutional degree, getting registered in a schedule for non institutional graduates was not only discriminatory but insulted their qualification, doctors pointed out.
In Maharashtra, the BAMS graduates were registered in different schedules based on their educational qualifications.
“Despite the same degree, curriculum and syllabus these students were registered in Schedule E of the Maharashtra medical practitioners Act,” Dr Suhas Parchure, former president of NIMA, said. He along with others actively led a campaign for the students, as despite residing in various parts of Maharashtra they could not practise modern medicine.
On June 26, the government issued a resolution that included these ayurvedic doctors in Schedule A of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act. “It is a a victory of sorts. These were are institutionally qualified graduates of the Central Council of Indian Medicine recognized colleges and universities and yet they were being discriminated against,” says Parchure.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Cities> Pune / by Express News Service / Pune – July 04th, 2014
Cisco is building Asia’s first Internet of Things hub in the Electronics City, Bangalore. This state of the art hub will provide a ‘smart city environment’ to IT and Electronics companies and help them create the next generation IT enabled solutions.
Utilizing Cisco’s network infrastructure and expertise in creating, testing and implementing electronic product prototypes, companies located in that area can create solutions for City Infrastructure Management (CIM) which can include smart parking, advanced CC TV surveillance, smart street lighting which saves energy, smart water management solutions and more.
Last week, Cisco announced a partnership with Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA), which has developed Electronics City to start this new exciting project which combines smart city experience with Internet of Things.
Why Electronic City?
People close to this project are saying that this partnership has been encouraged to help Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) companies existing in the Electronic City, and encourage more Internet of Things enabled solutions and processes.
Broadly speaking, this new hub will successfully encapsulate both hardware and software expertise of Indian companies, and help them achieve futuristic solutions based on the existing technological platform provided by Cisco.
Electronics City is right now the biggest hub of software and electronics companies in Bangalore. More than 140 companies are spread across 800 acres, which includes some big names such as Infosys and Wipro. More than Rs 40,000 crore of revenue was generated from Electronic City last year.
The actual hub of Internet of Things, code named ‘Living Lab’ will be spread across 5 square kms inside the Electronics City. This hub will optimally utilize Cisco’s “Cisco Smart+Connected City Wi-Fi solution”, their network equipments such as routers, switches, access points etc which would be directly connected with the smart city’s optical fiber network.
Cisco & Internet of Things &The Future
Startups and companies which are participating in this mega project can also get access to Cisco’s Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Fund, which promotes and encourages such companies to create applications and software to promote IoT culture and technology. They can also participate in the global Cisco IoT challenge.
The first phase of the project will start somewhere in October, and once fully functional, would be spread to different parts of Bangalore, making it a 100% smart city within next few years.
Internet of Things is commonly referred to a platform wherein every device is connected to one another, thereby creating a huge network of smart devices. As per a recent study by Gartner, by 2020 there would be estimated 26 billion devices connected by Internet! Such huge inter-related devices will churn out approximately44 trillion of data by 2020, which further tells us how much important Internet of Things has become for the whole world.
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Earlier, we had reported that Gujarat government is currently building India’s first smart city near to Ahmedabad. Such smart cities will no doubt utilize Internet of Things technology for maximum output. Cisco has already informed the Indian government that they want to participate in this initiative to create smart cities, and the first step has already been taken.
Indian technological world and IT industry will be surely keeping a close watch on this exciting development!
source: http://www.trak.in / Trak.in / Home> Internet / by Mohul Ghosh> In Internet / July 07th, 2014
Selected for National-level exhibition to be held in Delhi in October 2014
Vibha G. Mugwe and Deia S. Urs are seen receiving the Certificate from Dr. Roopa Prakash, Scientist, IISc, Bangalore as Manjula Raman, Principal, Army Public School, Bangalore, looks on.
Mysore :
The 2104 CBSE Regional-level Science Exhibition was held at Army Public School in Bangalore from June 27 to 29.
Over 80 teams representing about 50 Schools from all over the State participated in the science exhibition. The themes included technology, environment, health, energy, agriculture, robotics, mathematical models etc. Other topics included bio-plastic, unmanned aerial pesticide sprayer, fiber optics, windmill and many more.
City’s students — Deia S. Urs and Vibha G. Mugwe — 8th standard students of Vidya Vardhaka Sangha B. M. Shri Educational Institutions, Kuvempunagar, won the first place in the exhibition for their theme ‘Back to Roots: Natural Colours Vs Artificial Colours.’
‘Back to Roots’ is a concept of painting clay Ganesha idols with natural colours extracted manually from seeds, roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and vegetables in order to avoid polluting water even though the idols are immersed in lakes or ponds during Ganesha festival.
Bixa orellana was used to extract orangish red, clitorea ternata for blue, basella alba for purple, geranium for pinkish red, spinach for green, beetroot for brownish red, sandalwood bark for brown, turmeric for yellow. Lime for white, soap stone for cream and dried banana peel for black to name a few. Using these natural colours, three Ganesha idols were decoratively painted and kept at the science exhibition.
Guided by Anupana Padaki, a case study of a popular lake in Mysore was undertaken by the students. Water samples were taken and tested for pollutants and other contamination. Charts and presentation representing the contamination level of water due to immersion of oil painted Ganesha idols in the lake, its effect on the life of the fish and other dependent animals, interview with the locals about the type of Ganesha festival celebrations, percentage of people in the area celebrating Ganesha festival with oil painted Ganesha idols, and with eco-friendly Ganesha idols, and creating awareness to the locals about eco-friendly festival celebrations were shown by the duo at the exhibition.
Immaculate explanation, smart presentation of charts, facts and figures of the study and proper demonstration of the theme helped them to win the first place. They will be representing the Zone at the National-level Science exhibition to be held in Delhi in October 2014.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 04th, 2014
Global software major Infosys Ltd became the world’s first IT firm to file a sustainability report based on the latest global reporting initiative (GRI) framework, the IT bellwether said on Wednesday.
“As a value-driven company, we follow the highest levels of disclosure, besides ensuring compliance with the laws of the land.
“The sustainability report demonstrates our reporting practices and addresses expectations of our stakeholders,” the $8.3-billion company said in a statement.
GRI’s fourth generation (G4) is the widely respected sustainability reporting framework, worldwide.
Reporting as per G4 guidelines demonstrates the company’s commitment to advocate the adoption of integrated reporting practices globally.
The company’s integrated reporting framework provides synergy between its economic, social and environmental strategies, action plans and desired outcomes.
“The framework has helped us achieve our sustainability goals, reducing per capita electricity and fresh water consumption by 44 per cent and 35 per cent during the last fiscal (2013-14),” the statement said.
The company’s sustainability efforts have recently won gold at the Ashden awards in London, considered the Green Oscars, for its achievements in building energy efficiency.
The company also contributed to the well being of local communities through various projects undertaken by its foundation.
source: http://www.ibnlive.in.com / IBN Live / Home> News / IANS / Bangalore – July 02nd, 2014
The students of Automobile department, PES Engineering College, Mandya, have invented a new machine using Bullet motorbike that can be used for watering crop, sprinkle fertilisers, and can also light a bulb during night.
Terming it a farmer-friendly vehicle, the students said that their innovation would help in minimising expenses related to labour and power bills.
The students who were involved in the project are Irfanuddin, Mir Mazhar Ali, and Nagesh H R. They were guided by Prof B Dinesh Prabhu, and encouraged by HoD Dr J Venkatesh.
Pumps water
A 2 HP water pump motor has been fixed to the clutch shaft on the left side of the 350 CC diesel bullet vehicle. This will pump 20 to 25 litres of water evey minute, say the students.
Sprinkle pesticides
A pesticide sprinkling machine with one HP capacity has been fitted near the water pump.
The pesticide tank has been fitted on the rear of the vehicle.
It has the capacity to sprinkle four litres of pesticides in one minute, and can cover one acre in one hour.
Lights
The machine can also used by the farmers even during night. By strengthening the magneto electric power, a 12 volt battery has been used to light a bulb.
One of the students Nagesh said that they had spent around Rs 20,000 to develop the machine.
The vehicle can be run for ninty minutes with one litre of diesel.
AC buttons, which are used in cars have been fixed near handles.
The machine gets activated when the buttons are switched on and the vehicle can be driven normally on roads, when these buttons are switched off, they added.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Mandya – DHNS, July 01st, 2014
