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New office-bearers of Mysore District Journalists Assn.

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Mysore :

K. Deepak was elected as the President of Mysore District Journalists Association (MDJA) in the elections to the governing body held yesterday.

Deepak defeated his lone rival Kundur Umesh Bhat by a margin of 28 votes to bag the top post.

S.T. Ravikumar was elected City Vice-President defeating his rival Jayanth by a margin of 15 votes. Gajendra was elected Rural Vice-President defeating his rival Bherya Mahesh by a margin of 47 votes.

Lokesh Babu was elected General Secretary defeating his rival Subramanya by a margin of 34 votes. Srikanta Swamy was elected City Gen. Secretary defeating his rival Sashikumar by 58 votes.

Madhusudhan was elected as Treasurer defeating his rival Raghavendra by 29 votes. H.S. Sachhith was earlier elected unopposed as Rural Secretary.

The following were elected to the Executive Committee: Manju Kote, Ram, Hampa Nagaraj, Vatal B. Anand, D.C. Diddahalli Raghu, D.N. Mahendra, Nanjangud Madhu, Dharmapura Narayan, Ramachandra Ganga, Lakshminarayan Yadav, Nagesh Panathale, V. Mahesh Kumar (Kollegal Mahesh), M. Ravi, H.M. Aravind, P. Rangaswamy.

Interestingly, Ram and P. Rangaswamy, who have been elected to the Executive Committee are brothers.

In all, 50 candidates had contested for 22 posts, with two candidates each contesting for the posts of President, city Vice-President, Rural Vice-President, General Secretary, Secretary and Treasurer and a total of 38 for 15 Executive Committee posts. The election to MDJA Executive Body (2014-17) was held between 8 am and 2 pm yesterday, with 274 members out of the total electoral strength of 292 casting their vote.

Senior Journalists Echanur Kumar and M.S. Kashinath supervised the election.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / July 14th, 2014

Suttur Seer presents ‘Basava Ratna’ awards

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Basava Ratna awardees (sitting from left) Brahma Kumari Lakshmiji, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, Helavarahundi Siddappa, Mahesh and Adappa Shetty are seen with Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji, Co-operation Minister H.S. Mahadeva Prasad, MLA Vasu, Sharana Mandali President and office-bearers.
Basava Ratna awardees (sitting from left) Brahma Kumari Lakshmiji, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, Helavarahundi Siddappa, Mahesh and Adappa Shetty are seen with Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji, Co-operation Minister H.S. Mahadeva Prasad, MLA Vasu, Sharana Mandali President and office-bearers.

Mysore :

“The celebration of Basava Jayanti will be more meaningful if everyone practically follows the great social reformer’s principles in their lives,” opined Co-operation and Sugar Minister H.S. Mahadeva Prasad.

He was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Basava Ratna’ awards (2014) presentation function organised by Mysore Sharana Mandali at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises here last evening.

Regretting that the present day Government employees lacked honesty and determination in their work, Mahadeva Prasad advised the employees to work for the development of the society rather than merely working for leading their life.

Earlier, Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji presented the ‘Basava Ratna’ awards to Brahma Kumari Lakshmiji of Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya for Spirituality, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy for Journalism, Helavarahundi Siddappa for Government service, Adappa Shetty for Religious service and Mahesh for Social service.

MLA Vasu, litterateur Prof. Maleyuru Guruswamy, Sharana Mandali President Mugur Nanjundaswamy, senior Vice-Presidents M.B. Veerabhadrappa and B.S. Virupaksha Shetty, Convenor M. Chandrashekar, General Secretary M. Jayaprakash, Hon. Advisors K.S. Nagasundar, S.S. Shastri and Siddalingappa, Secretary T. A. Madhukar and others were present.

Mysore Naganna and team presented ‘Tatvapada’ programme on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / July 13th, 2014

ALBATROSS-Junior Tour Golf Tournament : Mysore’s Pranavi Urs triumphs

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City’s Pranavi Urs (left) winner in the Category ‘C’ section and Vidhatri K. Urs (Third Place in Category ‘D’) in the Albatross-Junior Tour India golf tournament held at Pune recently seen with the trophies.
City’s Pranavi Urs (left) winner in the Category ‘C’ section and Vidhatri K. Urs (Third Place in Category ‘D’) in the Albatross-Junior Tour India golf tournament held at Pune recently seen with the trophies.

Mysore :

Mysore’s upcoming golfer Pranavi Urs, a product of JWGC, Mysore, taking part in the Albatorss Junior Tour Golf Tournament’s Western India Pre-qualifier at Poona Club golf course, Pune from July 4-5, 2014, won the title in the Category ‘C’ girls section with a two day card of 164 (86+78).

Pranavi had a good second day and came up with a card of 7 over 78 to clinch the title with a two-day aggregate score of 164. Kaurvika Avinash Kumar took the second place with a score of 174 (91+83). Samruddhi Yadav finished third with a cumulative score of 194 (93+101).

Pranavi Urs is a sixth student of National Public School, Mysore and is the daughter of Sharath Urs and Kaivalya Urs, residents of Lakshmipuram, Mysore. Incidentally, Pranavi had also won the sub-junior girls (11-12 years) title in the NR Group IGU Junior Girls Golf Championships held at Mysore recently.

In the category ‘D’ section, Mysore’s Vidhatri K. Urs also a product of the JWGC, Mysore and the daughter of Kantharaj Urs and Ramya Urs, secured the third place with a two day aggregate score of 186 (101+93).

Anushka Borkar won the title with a two day card of 170 (85+85) and she was followed by Hridhika with a two day aggregate score of 183 (73 + 90).

Both, Pranavi Urs and Vidhatri K. Urs qualified for the International junior golf tour-Asia circuit with this performance.

The results: Category ‘C’: 1. Pranavi Urs 164 (86+78); 2. Kaurvika Avinash Kumar 174 (91+83); 3. Samruddhi Yadav 194 (93+101); 4. L. Anushka 220 (112+108); 5. P. Mahi 247 (127+118).

Category ‘D’: 1. Anushka Borkar 170 (85+85); 2. Hridhika 183 (93+90); 3. Vidhatri K. Urs 186 (101+93); 4. Janhavi M 194 (101+93); 5. Ahika Jani 215 (111+104).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News  / July 09th, 2014

TN CM Jayalalithaa’s sister meets brother in T.N.Pur

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Mysore :

Shailaja, who claims to be the sister of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, met her elder brother M. J. Vasudevan, who stays at Srirangarajapura in T. Narasipur taluk on Monday.

Shailaja who recently appeared in TV channels claiming to be the sister of Jayalalithaa, visited the residence of her step-brother Vasudevan at Srirangarajapura.

Shailaja, in a statement issued to a newspaper recently, had claimed that she was unaware about the whereabouts of her step-brother, who was the son of the first wife of her father R. Jayaram.

Vasudevan, upon reading the report, contacted the newspaper office and came to know of his step-sister, following which Shailaja met him at his residence on Monday evening.

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Jayalalithaa is a native of Mysore

R. Jayaram, who was the son of N. Rangachar, a Palace doctor during the era of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, had 2 wives named Jayamma and Sandhya. While Vasudevan was the son of Jayaram’s first wife Jayamma, Jayakumar, Jayalalithaa and Shailaja were born from his second wife Sandhya.

Jayaram, after separating from his first wife Jayamma, later lived with his second wife Sandhya at Lakshmipuram in city.

Meanwhile, Vasudevan said that he had contacted ‘Star of Mysore,’ when reports of Jayalalithaa’s birth place began to appear in newspapers and gave clarification in this regard.

Pointing out that Shailaja had prayed at Chamundi Hills and Srikanteshewara Temple in Nanjangud for the victory of her sister Jayalalithaa in the Lok Sabha Polls, Vasudevan said Shailaja visited Chamundi Hills and Nanjangud once again to fulfil her vows, following her sister’s success in the poll.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / July 09th, 2014

City magician’s blindfold ride for 30 kms

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Mysore :

Seated blindfolded on a Honda Activa scooter, M.K. Sudarshan Jadugar, aged 21, resident of Lashkar Mohalla, today rode blindfolded from Siddalingapura to Srirangapatna and returned to Columbia Asia Hospital junction later today, after riding blindfolded for nearly 30 kms. Earlier, he did a trial run near the Palace.

Originally, Sudarshan was supposed to ride blindfolded from Mysore to Srirangapatna. However, he was denied permission by DCP M.M. Mahadevaiah who told Sudarshan to undertake the drive from Siddalingapura.

Before proceeding to Siddalingapura blindfolded, Sudarshan this morning offered pooja at Kote Anjaneya Swamy temple to symbolically begin his blindfolded ride in the presence of Ilai Alwar Swamiji and his friends and sponsors including Heritage Honda in city.

It is said that Sudarshan, who is aiming at entering into the Limca Book of Records, had ridden a bicycle blindfolded across the city in 2008 after being inspired by a show by magicians Ramesh and Uday while he was in a hospital.

Sudarshan, accompanied by an ambulance, an auto making announcement and a few friends on their bikes, claims that he would not violate any traffic rules during his blindfold ride including following traffic signals.

M.K. Sudarshan Jadugar is the son of M.K. Keshavamurthy and Vijayalakshmi, residents of Lashkar Mohalla in city.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / July 09th, 2014

Dr. B R Shetty Honoured with Frost & Sullivan – Lifetime Achievement Award for the Year 2013

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Frost & Sullivan).

Dr. B R Shetty is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Abu Dhabi-based NMC Healthcare and Managing Director & CEO of UAE Exchange. He was recently presented with the Frost & Sullivan – Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year 2013 by Y.S. Shashidhar, Managing Director – Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, Frost & Sullivan and Sandeep Sinha, Vice President – Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, Healthcare & Life Sciences at Frost & Sullivan.

Speaking about the Award, Dr. B R Shetty said, “I feel honoured to have been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award. I want to thank Frost & Sullivan for their encouragement and appreciation. Awards such as these are always a source of motivation to dream bigger and achieve higher. They act as the fuel that drives my passion towards serving the society through my professional ventures and personal pursuits.”

Frost & Sullivan Awards are presented to companies and individuals who have pushed the boundaries of excellence in the industry – rising above the competition and demonstrating outstanding contribution to industry and economic growth. Through this award, Dr. Shetty was recognised for playing a pivotal role in development and strengthening of the healthcare sector in the UAE and for his exemplary leadership qualities and involvement in philanthropic activities. Dr. Shetty’s journey is an inspiration to many and exemplifies the power of the human will.

Presenting the Award to Dr. Shetty, Y.S. Shashidhar, Managing Director – Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, Frost & Sullivan, said, “Dr. Shetty’s contribution to the healthcare sector in the UAE is exemplary. Achieving one’s ambition through path-breaking innovation, ability to turn challenges into opportunities and strategic thought leadership to ensure sustainable growth are skills which the Lifetime Achievement Award recognises. We are therefore, proud to present this Award to Dr. Shetty for the phenomenal impact he has made through hard work and perseverance.”

source: http://www.moneylife.com / MoneyLife / Dubai, UAE / July 03rd, 2014

8000 Ayurvedic doctors allowed to practise modern medicine

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In Maharashtra, the BAMS graduates were registered in different schedules based on their educational qualifications.
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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

Bangalore’s Electronic City To Become Asia’s First Internet of Things Hub, Cisco Building The Infrastructure

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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.

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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.

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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

City students Deia Urs and Vibha Mugwe top in CBSE Science Expo

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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.
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

Innovation Excellence Award for Skanray

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Picture shows N. Ravindran, Director – Operations, Skanray receiving the award from Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSMEs at a function held at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bangalore.
Picture shows N. Ravindran, Director – Operations, Skanray receiving the award from Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSMEs at a function held at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bangalore.

Mysore :

Skanray Technologies Pvt. Ltd, KIADB Industrial Area, Mysore, was adjudged the winner for Innovation in Competitiveness among MSMEs during the Innovation Excellence Awards ceremony held recently at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bangalore.

This award has been instituted by Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI). Skanray presented their new product, Comet plus, a Pulse Oximeter with a host of innovative features packed in a low cost design.

N. Ravindran, Director – Operations, Skanray, received the award from Kalraj Mishra, Minister for MSMEs, Government of India.

T.N. Sudarshan – Secretary General, FKCCI; K. Shiva Shanmugam, Imm. Past President, FKCCI; S. Sampathraman, President-Elect, FKCCI; R. Shivakumar, President, FKCCI, Tallam R. Dwarakanath, Sr. Vice-President-Elect, FKCCI; Uma Reddy, Chairperson, EDTI Committee, FKCCI; Shankaranarayan, GM, BHEL; Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Kalyani Group; Madhavlal, IAS, Secretary MSME and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 04th, 2014