Kannada University at Hampi has condoled the death of renowned litterateur Kayyara Kinhanna Rai.
A condolence meeting was held at the university on Monday, where a two-minute silence was observed to pay respect to the departed soul.
K.M. Metry, dean, Social Science faculty, recalled Rai’s relentless struggle for getting the Mahajan Commission report implemented in toto , to ensure that Kannada-speaking border areas, including Kasargod, were merged with Karnataka.
A. Venkatesh, Deputy Registrar, also spoke. Heads of various departments were present.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National / by Special Correspondent / Ballari – August 11th, 2015
The Golden Jubilee celebrations of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, will be held at AIISH Gymkhana auditorium in Manasagangotri on Aug.9 at 10.30 am. Dr. P.Satishchandra, Senior Professor of Neurology and former Vice-Chancellor, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Dr. H.A. Ranganath, former Director-NAAC and Dr. Ramachandra Bhat, Vice-Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bengaluru, will be the guests at the inaugural function.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Batra, Director, Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru and Dr. V. Sivaprasad, Director, Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (CSRTI), Mysuru, will be the guests for the cultural programme at 6.30 pm on the same day. Prof. S.R. Savithri, Director, AIISH, will preside. On the occasion, a Golden Jubilee video, online system for hearing screening, new-born hearing screening centres, research publications, clinical tests and tools will be released. The event also includes felicitation to Ph.D awardees, meritorious students, retired employees and AIISHian of the year award.
The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, established in 1965, for human resource development, research, clinical services, and public education in the field of communication disorders, will complete 50th year of its journey on 9th August, 2015.
On the invitation of Government of India, Dr. Martin F. Palmer, Director, Institute of Logopedics, Wichita, Kansas, USA, visited India in 1963 and recommended for setting up an institute of Logopedics in India at Mysuru.
On 9th August 1965, All India Institute of Logopedics started functioning in Rama Mandira (a rented building) with Dr. N. Rathna as the first employee. Dr. B.M. Rao was appointed as the first Director later.
On 25th July 1966, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then President of India, laid the foundation stone for the institute building in the 22-acre campus presented by the Maharaja of Mysore. On 2nd October 1966, M.Sc. programme in Speech and Hearing, the first-of-its kind in the country, was initiated by the institute with affiliation to University of Mysore. On 10th October 1966, the institute got registered with the name “All India Institute of Speech and Hearing.” What started as a small institution in 1965 has today blossomed into one of the premier establishments across South Asia in the field of communication disorders.
Over the last 50 years, growth of the institute has been phenomenal on all four fronts: Academic, research, clinical services and advocacy. The institute, which started with one PG programme, now offers 16 academic programmes. In addition, it offers two Ph.D. programmes and Post doctoral fellowship. The institute has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence in the area of Deafness by WHO, as a Centre for advanced Research by UGC, as a Science and Technology Institute by DST, as a Centre of Excellence by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and is accredited by NAAC with highest A grade.
Nodal Centre
The institute has been also recognised as a Nodal Centre for the implementation of National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness and Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
The institute, which started with one Department of Logopedics, now has 11 Departments with state-of-the-art facilities to provide best available clinical services in the entire Asia. The complete diagnostic and therapeutic services focussed on holistic rehabilitation of persons with communication disorders are provided under one roof at a nominal cost by the most experienced professionals in the field.
AIISH also runs 8 centres at RML Hospital, New Delhi; AIIPMR, Mumbai; JLMNC, Ajmer; SCBMC, Cuttack; CSMMU, Lucknow; IGMC, Shimla; RIMS, Ranchi and JNMC, Bhagalpur for Diploma in Hearing, Language and Speech programme. The institute conducts this diploma in virtual mode through video conferencing in these centres and also provide clinical services.
Further, the institute provides mentoring to RIMS, Imphal; JIPMER, Puducherry and NSBMC Jabalpur for BASLP programme. It also provides tele-rehabilitation and tele-diagnosis services at these centres. The institute has 4 outreach centres to extend its services to the masses at Akkihebbalu, Hullahalli, Gumballi and Sagar Taluk in Karnataka.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / Saturday – August 08th, 2015
A girl, who first started solving Sudoku with her grandfather and father last year, has bagged the silver medal at the inaugural Qianán Water City Cup 2015 World Junior Sudoku Championship held at Beijing, China, recently.
Aditi Sheshadri, a student of Delhi Public School (Bangalore North), says that her interest grew during the school rounds of the Sudoku Champs. “It was a pleasant experience to win the Bengaluru round and get selected for the Indian Under-18 team for the World Junior Sudoku Championship in Beijing,” she says.
Apart from Aditi, the team comprised Shristi Kejriwal (Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata) and S. Pranav Kamesh (Maharishi Vidya Mandir).
The team won the silver medal while Aditi finished ninth in the individual U-18 category. She was also part of a record-breaking event for the largest multi-Sudoku puzzle consisting of 200 standard grids achieved by Beijing Sudoku Association (China), in which 200 participants from 10 countries took part. She received a certificate of participation from the Guinness World Records in the Officially Amazing category.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / Sudhindra A.B. / Bengaluru – August 11th, 2015
Star of Mysore Sub-Editor S.N. Venkatnag Sobers is among the seven journalists selected for Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) awards.
Venkatnag has been selected in English Journalism category.
The other awardees are: Ganapathy Hegde (Photography category); Reporters Ram & N. Suresh and Cameramen T.N. Hemanth Kumar and Nitin Rao (Electronic Media category) and Sub-Editor Guruprasad Tumbasoge (Kannada Journalism category).
The award will be conferred at a function to be held as part of Newspaper Day celebration in the last week of August 2015, according to MDJA Gen. Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Tuesday – August 04th, 2015
Here we publish the full text of the convocation address delivered by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the then Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri and Secretary, Department of Defence, Research & Development, at the 75th Convocation of University of Mysore on Feb. 25, 1995. — Ed.
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam (second from right) seen with the then Governor-Chancellor Khurshed Alam Khan, the then Higher Education Minister and Pro-Chancellor D. Manjunath and the then Vice-Chancellor Prof. M. Madaiah during the 75th Convocation of University of Mysore on Feb.25, 1995.
by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Dare to Dream: I am indeed delighted and honoured to participate in this 75th Convocation of University of Mysore. I have been thinking about what to share with you on this important occasion when you are entering the most eventful phase of your life after years of learning. I know that for the past twenty-years or so you have been continuously taught various aspects by teachers. I am, therefore, not going to extend this process. Instead, I would like to share with you a few of my experiences, one at a place very close to you and others at Trivandrum and Hyderabad.
These are the experiences where people have dared to dream and met with success. Of course, we have to recognise that success is always the result of sweat of individuals and also coupled with many failures. The place close to you is the site of pilgrimage not only for me but for every one who practices rocketry in our country. Let me first tell you something about this.
First War Rocket: When I was studying in school and college, Srirangapatna interested me for two reasons — the place was the scene of battle against foreign rule and also there was a reference to a new weapon introduced. In 1960, when I visited Srirangapatna with my friends, we were thrilled to walk around this historical town. We searched for the Turukhan-hally Fort built during Hyder Ali – Tipu Sultan times and used for making rockets, way back in 1794. I had a tremendous disappointment when I did not see any permanent evidence or historical recordings in Srirangapatna regarding creation or development of first war rocket in the world.
Later, in 1963, I was at Wallop’s Island, the rocket launch facility of NASA in USA, in connection with a collaborative programme of launching of sounding meteorological rockets for research of upper atmosphere. In the lobby of their command-control centre, I saw a prominently displayed picture. The war dress and the colour of the soldiers’ skin attracted my attention. Some dark complexioned soldiers were firing rockets on their white skinned opponents. The label on the painting read, “The world’s first war rocket.” It was indeed a great pleasure to see an Indian feat acknowledged on the other side of the planet. I felt excited with happiness.
I started reading the history of rockets. I had a dream I must see Tipu’s rockets. Time continued to pass. Rocket technology engulfed me and India’s first Satellite Launch Vehicle SLV-3 was launched. In 1980, we had an opportunity to visit London. There, I saw two of the war rockets captured by British at Srirangapatna, displayed at Museum of Artillery at Woolwich in London with the heading “India’s War Rocket.” Probably, Europe learnt rocketry from our Srirangapatna rocket in the eighteenth century! It was a great thrill to see an Indian innovation on a foreign soil, well-preserved and with facts not distorted.
I got the performance of these 2 kg rockets, 50 mm in dia. and about 250 mm in length analysed by our designers. What a simple and elegant design, effectively used in war ! Surely, Hyder – Tipu Sultan would have had talented men who could look at propulsion, material, ignition and build rockets and fly them for war operations. In fact, when we look back to eighteenth century ambience, it is a technology marvel.
I would like to declare today that this land is the birth place of war rockets in the world and offer it my reverence and respect. The tradition continues.
Prof. Vikram Sarabhai – Man of Vision: Nations advance along the course charted by great dreamers. Let me narrate to you an incidence which occurred in 1968. We were working on the configuration of India’s satellite launch vehicle in Thumba. One day, Prof. Vikram Sarabhai, the then Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), brought Prof. Curien, President, CNES, France, to our laboratory. France was developing Diamont satellite launch vehicles at that time. After focussing on our planned efforts, as an almost spontaneous reaction, Prof. Sarabhai proposed that we should fly India’s fourth stage of SLV-3 as the Diamont’s fourth stage. We had not flown even a meteorological rocket by that time, but Prof. Sarabhai was aware of the possibilities and trusted the capabilities of his team. His dream of SLV-3 fourth stage getting into a French launch vehicle finally came true in the form of apogee boost motor for APPLE satellite, flown by ARI
ANE, the European launch vehicle. This is the vision ! He gave us a 15-year jump in our efforts. With three experimental Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Satellites in orbit and their images being received in the USA, Satellite Ground Stations with Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV launching our own satellite from our own land, his dream visualised in 1965 has taken form through the people born at different times. Nations are thus built by men of vision who dream and prepare ground for the coming generations.
Super Computer and Parallel Processing: In 1986, Dr. V.S. Arunachalam and myself went to US to buy a Super Computer with 400 mega flop speed. The Deputy Secretary in the Department of Defence at Pentagon first put us into long series of technical discussions and then regretted the sale on the pretext that we will use it to develop long range missiles detrimental to the security interests of the world. Travelling back disappointed, Dr. Arunachalam said, “Let us make our own Super Computer.” Today, India has a 32 node 1000 M Flops PACE SPARC 10 machine available for other countries to buy. Once we decide, we work and realise even tough dreams. That is what India expects from you.
A team of young scientists and engineers under the leadership of Dr.G.Venkataraman formed ANURAG, that is, Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group, to develop a parallel processing computer specially for aircraft design. At that time, AGNI also was taking shape. The payload of AGNI would re-enter the atmosphere at 15 times the speed of sound. Even at this speed, we had to keep the vehicle under control and while the payload outer temperature goes to 3000 degrees centigrade, inside of payload the ambient has to be less than 30 degrees centigrade. We have in India supersonic wind tunnel. We needed hypersonic wind tunnel for designing the AGNI payload. Various wind tunnel data could provide the loads experienced during the re-entry phase of the system. There were tunnels abroad but once they knew the application, they were refused.
This time our high-tech academic institutions rose to the occasion. Prof. S.M. Deshpande of Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) with five young bright fresh scientists from DRDL with background of mathematics and fluid dynamics, developed Computational Fluid Dynamics Software for Hypersonic Regimes in just six months. This software is the original contribution with minimum computational facility available in the world. No country would have given us this type of software. But it was done through optimum partitioning, sequencing and paralleling the task. This software solution has established that brain-power excels man-made machines, even super-computers.
I have seen that India can build her own super-computer; India can fly its own rocket system within and outside the country. Both the dreams have come out of visions. This convocation ambience, where hundreds of young graduates are entering their professional lives, is ideal for thinking about the need of visions for the next two decades. What could they be?
Vision for the Nation: With the growing population, increasing unemployment, unaffordable medical care and changing value system, our society is going through certain turbulent situation. The society looks forward to prosperity. In a decade or two, prosperity and good life is possible if the nation has the vision. Vision generates progress. As an example, we can study the period between 1857 and 1947; it was the vision of freedom which not only got us independence but during the same period in India, vision of independence generated many leaders of excellence in politics, philosophy, history, science and technology and industry. Again, can we dream for a vision to make this nation great — a nation with prosperity and peace?
Enlightened Citizens: The vision of “Enlightened Citizens” calls for a mission of integrating education, occupation and health care as one single entity. For development of self, society and nation, it is essential that hundreds of clusters of villages are divided into multiple blocks of 20,000 families. And each block can be considered as a progress group with certain number of hospitals, schools and agriculture farms which could be growing cash crops, aromatic plants or fish farms.
The experience in Kerala and Tamil Nadu indicates that integration of education and occupation resulted in small families, in addition to promoting self- sustained good life. This enlightened citizen package can be extended to the whole country.
Networking of Major Rivers: We recently conducted a workshop on the subject based on Dr. K.L. Rao’s report “National Water Grid” and Capt. Dastur’s proposal of “Garland Canal.” This has all the dimensions of becoming an important vision for the nation. Nation can aim at linking multiple rivers resulting in water distribution, flood and drought control, navigation and power generation.
Above all, this will bring together the country as it happened during the independence movement, with potential revolution in agricultural output and employment generation. Experts have indicated that this is the right time to take this as a major programme as technology exists today and the country has the capability to finance such a programme.
Today we have: satellite mapping of water resources and river flow aspects; capability to use nuclear energy for large tunnelling in mountains to direct the river flows and technological strength in mechanical, civil and communication engineering. It may be a 20-year programme for the nation.
Energy Everywhere: Similarly, the third area is “Energy Everywhere.” We believe by year 2000-plus, we will have to generate almost 50% more power. Probably, we will have to look for environment clean power. In addition to hydro and thermal energy, the non-conventional energy and nuclear energy has to contribute to power generation for which technological innovation is essential. Even hydro and thermal energy would need newer technologies so that they can provide affordable electrical energy.
Conclusion: Friends! Vision for the nation is in front of you. These dreams are bigger than the individual or group of people. Great things do not just occur; you have to dream about them and work to realise them. You can be a partner to the visions for the country and begin to experience dreams coming true. What you are is God’s gift to you. What you make out of yourself will be your gift to God. I wish you a challenging profession in your respective fields and recall the famous lines:
“The chances have just begun
The best jobs haven’t been started,
the best work hasn’t been done.”
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / Saturday – August 01st, 2015
In what could be a Lagaan closer home, the uprising against imperial rule at Esur village in Shikaripur taluk — an inspiring episode in the annals of freedom movement in Karnataka — will soon be on silver screen.
Basavaraj Vaibhav, a videographer from Shikaripur, is directing the movie in which Shivarajkumar is playing the role of a freedom fighter. After Hagaluvesha directed by Baragur Ramachandrappa, this is Shivarajkumar’s second movie on freedom struggle.
Mr. Vaibhav told The Hindu that the movie would be named Esur Dange – 1942 and he has been working on the screenplay since January, 2014.
It was when Geetha Shivarajkumar, who was the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate for Lok Sabha election from Shivamogga constituency, was campaigning in Esur village that Mr. Vaibhav got an opportunity to interact with her. She evinced interest in the project and promised to convince her husband to act in the movie. Actor Suchendra Prasad will also feature in the film.
Slice of history
In 1942, the residents of Esur refused to pay land revenue to the government as agriculture yield had declined that year owing to natural calamity. When the British employed intimidating tactics to collect taxes, people offered stiff resistance by snatching revenue documents from them.
The British officials were barred from entering the village. On September 29, 1942, people hoisted the tri-colour flag on Veerabhadreshwara temple in Esur and declared that the village was “liberated” from the British rule.
The police troupes sent by the British government a few days later to reclaim the village indulged in arson and looting. A revenue officer and a police officer were killed in the riots.
The police unleashed violence on innocent civilians. More than 200 freedom activists, who had fled to the nearby forest, were arrested. Even Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose had spoken highly of the spirit of patriotism in Esur’s residents.
A historical monument in commemoration of the freedom fighters from Esur village in Shikaripur taluk; (right) poster of the film ‘Esur Dange – 1942’ starring Shivarajkumar.— Photo: VAIDYA and special arrangement
Mr. Vaibhav has referred to the interviews of freedom fighters from the village that were broadcast by Akashvani, Bhadravathi, the ballads that were composed and sung by the people in surrounding villages on Esur struggle, and many history books, while working on the screenplay.
The shooting will commence in January.
H.T. Baligar, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, will be the producer. “It will neither be an art nor a commercial venture, but a bridge film that can be enjoyed and appreciated by all,” he said, adding that the film would be shot around Esur, Gaama, Arishinagere, and Balligavi villages in Shikaripur taluk.
It is not an art or commercial venture, but a bridge film that can be appreciated by all –
H.T. Baligar,producer
I have referred to interviews of freedom fighters from the village that were broadcast by Akashvani, Bhadravathi, and the ballads composed and sung by people in surrounding villages on the struggle
Basavaraj Vaibhav,director
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Veerendra P.M. / Shivamogga – August 05th, 2015
Omar Kaiser jokes that had he not been married, he would have been in the Andamans now with his prized possessions — three classic Land Rovers. Hailing from Bengaluru, Omar runs an adventure tourism company, owns lounges and recently started a garden store in the City. “My plan is to go back to adventure tourism where these vehicles play an important role. It was with this intention that I started collecting these Land Rovers. These vehicles have a rich history due to their capability and reliability. More than speed, it’s the capability of the vehicle that is important and the Land Rovers are the best when it comes to being reliable even in the most difficult conditions,” he says.
He remembers his father as an adventurous person, who was not only a mountaineer, horse rider and badminton player, but also a two-wheeler and four-wheeler rallyist.
“At a young age, I was introduced to the outdoors. I took part in various rallys and activities like camping and now, I make sure that my children are also exposed to them,” he says.
Ask him about how he developed a passion for vintage and classic cars and he says, “In 2007, my friend Narayan introduced me to the Land Rovers. Those days, they were not expensive and people did not value them much. So I thought it was a great opportunity to collect them. I bought three for myself and picked up four more for my friend.”
The classics, according to Omar, are tough and not meant to be driven fast. All the three vehicles he owns came to India as ambulances or health care vans, either donated by the WHO or individuals.
The rarest among them is the 1966 Land Rover, an open-top vehicle that belongs to the II A series. It had come from Kulu Manali Mission Hospital as an ambulance. “The surprising part about this Land Rover is that it still has the original engine and gearbox. Razak, the previous owner, had taken a lot of effort to maintain it,” he adds.
The second in the collection is a green Land Rover from Kerala, which belongs to series III 109. It is a 1973 model that belonged to Caritus India, an NGO in Thrissur and was used as an ambulance. The third one in the collection is the white 110 petrol Land Rover, which belonged to the National Tuberculosis Institute, Bengaluru and was used to transport X-ray machines. “All the three vehicles I own are 4×4’s. I also bought a Willys jeep two years ago, which belonged to the Indian Army in 1981.” He adds, “Finding a Willys with a trailer is very rare and I was lucky to have found this one in a small village in Thirthahalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru.”
Omar and his children consider these vehicles as family and like to call them by the names that they have given to each one of them.
Omar explains, “It was the 1966 model that made me start collecting Land Rovers. The effect that she had on me was so magical that I named her Maya. I call the one from Kerala — Kairali. She was used as a school bus, ambulance and civil bus before she came to me. Incidently, I found her without a gearbox and an engine and restored her. The last one in the collection is a petrol vehicle and I like to call her Laaila — she is the fastest and most efficient. We call the Willys — Billy, the goat.”
On how he maintains his collection, he says, “I understand vehicles and have been maintaining them for a long time. So I do all the work myself. I source parts from Mumbai and Siliguri and have not imported a single part. Till date, I have never towed any of them to the garage. I have always driven them as they have been in a working condition.”
He adds, “These cars are built to last — the Land Rovers have aluminium bodies and their chassis are made of galvanised steel. This vehicles will live longer than everybody alive today. It is said that 70 per cent of the Land Rovers, that have been manufactured since 1947, are still running.”
Speaking of his love for these vehicles, he says, “After my family, I love my cars the most! I personally want to go to the Andamans. I tell my wife a lot of times that if I was not married, I would have been in the Andamans with Maya, Laaila and Kairali and would have never come back,” he laughs. For details, call 9845581829.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Supplements> MetroLife / by Surupasree Sarmmah , DHNS / August 04th, 2015
It’s a portable washing machine, or rather, a washing drum. It needs no electricity, running on power generated by operating a pedal. It uses just 50 litres of water and detergent to wash 5kg of dry clothes, and best of all, can be ridden to the water source.
This invention by a team of three scientists -Amaresh Chakrabarti, Manish Kumar and Pulin M Raje -from the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) – prom ises to be a boon to rural areas, where electricity is scarce and piped water is still a pipe dream. The CPMD is largely perceived to lack such innovations or inventions for the common man.
Conceived in 2008, the washing drum has gone through many processes and is patented. The Society for Innovation and Development (SID), within the IISc campus, is now liaisoning with industry to take it to the market.
A senior SID official told TOI: “The primary objective of IISc is research. We also have such products and technologies and the SID and incubation centre try to push them.”
He, however, conceded there is no aggressive marketing. “There are many companies that come scout ing for talent and ideas, we showcase these things to them. Otherwise, there is no advertising or media publicity for these inventions,” he said.
Amaresh Chakrabarti said: “I ideally wanted to find a startup partner, with students involved in the project. A patent has been granted, but the students left for other jobs. I’m seeking an appropriate person to in cubate the startup, as part of the MHRD-funded programme called Design Innovation Centre (or DIC) that was approved by the Sam Pitroda committee of the National Innovation Council. We hope to start incubation in the coming year.”
“Our invention is a substantial improvement over hand washing, which requires about 200 litres of water and takes two hours, while conventional machines also need 200 litres of water and take 65 minutes,” say the scientists, and claim that hand washing using similar brushes leads to greater damage to clothes.
11 inventions wait for funds
Eleven other inventions from IISc are ready and waiting for incubation. It’s a pointer to the fact that the institute is working to get its collective intellectual property to benefit the common man. Among the inventions is a mechanized harvest device specially suited for tea and herbs, which require meticulous selection of the shoot. Scientists claim this enhances productivity three-fold.
The list also has a device that enables visually challenged individuals to accurately construct geometric figures, like circular arcs and straight line segments, in a manner that can be equally understood by able individuals.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City> Bengaluru / by Chethan Kumar, TNN / July 31st, 2015
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), a city-based development organisation engaged in building a civil society through its grassroots to policy-level action in health, education and community development sectors, was adjudged as India’s Best NGO at an event organised by ‘The Resource Alliance’ and sponsored by the EdelGive Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation to honour NGOs.
SVYM was chosen from among 300 NGOs across India. The award was given to SVYM for adhering to highest standards of resource mobilisation, accountability and transparency in day-to-day functioning, thus setting an example worth emulating for other non-governmental and non-profit organisations.
On July 23, Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Founder & President, SVYM, had given a presentation before the final jury round.
On July 24, the Indian NGO award was presented to SVYM, which was received by Dr. M.R. Seetharam, Vice-President, SVYM.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday – July 25th, 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
