A prominent school run by the Catholic minority community, Christ School, Bangalore, has turned in an exemplary performance registering Centum results in the SSLC examinations. Of the total of 229 students, who appeared for the SSLC examination, as many as 78 have come out with distinction while 135 got first class and 16 students passed out in the second class.
Fr Shaju Varghese Pellissery, Principal
Tobin Varkey Simson secured the highest marks of 612 out of the total of 625; Suhas K C got 609 followed by Shirisha B. Reddy (606), Apoorva V. Patil and Pavithra D (601). Fr Shaju Varghese, Principal, congratulated all the students and wished them a very bright future.
Christ School, Bangalore, is run by the fathers of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I) through a registered body, “Christ Educational Society, Bangalore”, whose president is the Rector of Dharmaram College, Bangalore.
The continuous effort put in by teachers with able guidance of management has helped the school to record centum results in SSLC which is a commendable achievement by the students and the management.
The school currently operates two campus for Kindergarten and ICSE headed by Fr. Shaju Varghese and the other campus for state syllabus headed by Fr. Augustine with total strength of 4400 students which include state and ICSE.
Christ school is quite well-known in Bangalore with good infrastructure, lung space, and affordable.
Fr Varghese has served the Church and society in various capacities like Parish Priest, Superior and Principal across India. Before taking charge as the principal of Christ School, he had served at Chennai for a few years. He is a MA (Christian Studies), MA (English) M.Ed; NET; PGDCA and served as Vice Principal and Administrator, for 4 Years at Chavara Vidya Bhavan Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, as Principal and Teacher, 5 years at Christ Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Poonamallee, Chennai., as teacher for 1 Year at Don Bosco School, Kokrajhar, Guwahati, Assam; and has taught B.Ed candidates at Lisieux College of Education, Coimbatore for one year and later joined as Principal of Christ Schools (both Christ State and ICSE Schools), Bangalore in 2011.
For more details about contact: 41116360, e-mail: shaju.varghese@gmail.com /Address: Christ School Road, Dharmaram College P.O., Bangalore 560 029.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent, Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore / May 09th, 2013
Want to listen to Hindustani classic music of Gauhar Jaan, the first Indian musician to record on the gramophone in 1902 or the first recording of the national anthem by Vishwa Bharati Chorus or the speeches by Mahatma Gandhiji, Subhash Chandra Bose and HH Aga Khan III.
Head straight to Voices of India, the first audio exhibition of vintage recordings, organized by the Archive of Indian Music (AIM) in association with the Alliance Francaise on the latter’s premises in Vasanthnagar from May 10 to 17.
According to Vikram Sampath, whose brainchild AIM is, the exhibition will be held under seven categories – Hindustani classical music, Carnatic classical music, theatre music, folk music, early cinema, devotional and patriotic music and voices.
The visitors will have the pleasure of listening to Gangubai Hangal, Kesarbai Kerkar, Inayat Khan (sitar), Bundu Khan (sarangi), Kannada theatre of old Mysore (Bidaram Krishnappa and Rachappa), Bangalore Nagarathnamma, one of the earliest south Indian musicians to record on the gramophone in 1904, Bengali folk music, Tamil folk (Kavadi Chindu), K L Saigal from the movie Tansen (1943), Indu Bala from the movie Ankh ka Taara (1932), violin-flute duet by T Chowdaiah and T R Mahalingam, G N Balasubramaniam, Narayan Stuti by Juthika Roy and Kamal Dasgupta, Kaloo Qawwal (qaawaali), Wahidan Bai of Agra singing a naat in praise of Prophet Mohammad, speeches by Gandhiji, Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Sohrabjee Dhondee of Parsi theatre. It provides a kaleidoscope of the rich musical legacy of our country.
Vikram said there will be an exhibition of all these personalities with their rare photographs and biodata. The visitors can see the exhibits and listen to music and voices of their choice through a cell phone or a computer at the exhibition. The exhibition is open from 10am to 7pm from May 11. The entry is free. It will be inaugurated on May 10 at 6.30 pm.
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Archive of Indian Music (AIM) is a non-profit trust that seeks to digitize and preserve old and rare gramophone records of our country. The primary objective of AIM is to preserve the voices of ancestors and make them easily and electronically available through an online portal for researchers, musicians, students of music and the public at large.
AIM currently has collected close to 10,000 records and a range of gramophone records. TV Mohandas Pai is patron of AIM. The tracks can be listened to free of cost on.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bangalore> Indian Music / by S Kumar, TNN / May 04th, 2013
The U.S. Consulate in Chennai is funding the restoration of the Oriental Research Institute in Mysore.— Photo: M.A. Sriram / The Hindu
Conservation principles are being adhered to strictly
The restoration of the Oriental Research Institute (ORI), one of the heritage buildings in the city that adds to its antiquity and is a repository of ancient manuscripts, is under way with funding from the U.S. Consulate in Chennai.
M.R. Veerabhadraswamy, Director of ORI, who also heads the Department of Sanskrit, University of Mysore, told The Hindu that this was one of the biggest funding for restoration that the ORI has ever received and they are making the best use of it.
“The renovation is constantly supervised by the members of the U.S. Consulate, who come down once in a month to see the progress made. There has been a remarkable progress in the work, with one half of the building already fixed and painted to perfection, and work on restoration of the second half of the lime and mortar classical structure, has just about started”, he added.
It was in January 2012 that ORI — which has over 80,000 manuscripts in its collections — was recognised by the U.S. Consulate, Chennai, as one of the cultural heritage sites that needs restoration and preservation and granted $50,000 to the institution following which ORI signed an MoU with the Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Bangalore, to undertake the renovation project, which started in September last year.
A significant feature of the restoration work is the adherence to the conservation principles that forbids use of cement and other modern materials that alters the structural profile of the heritage building.
Not the first
N.S. Rangaraju of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore, expressed happiness over the work in progress and said he had visited the site a couple of times and there was no violation of the conservation norms.
“The restoration of ORI is the third such exercise undertaken by the varisty– the others being Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion which was restored with funding from Infosys, Prof. Radhakrishnan’s Bungalow which was funded from M.R. Doreswamy, MLC and founder of the PES Educational Institutions, and the ORI funded by US Consulate. The varsity has become a role model for others to emulate in conservation exercise”, said Prof. Rangaraju.
The intricate designs on the frontal section of the building are being delicately restored and embellished, and once the structure if fully restored, the manuscripts and palm leaves that constitute the country’s ancient cultural heritage, can be preserved better as it would be supported by a better environment, according to scholars at ORI.
A bit of history
Conceived by the then Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar, it was constructed in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s accession to the British throne, and was known as the Jubilee Hall. The Oriental Library was established here in 1891 and was handed over to the University of Mysore in 1916, and renamed as the ORI in 1943.
It shot into international fame when the only extant copy of Kautilya’s Arthashastra was found here by R. Shamashastry in 1902, and was published in 1909. And, it helped throw light on political and economic statecraft of ancient India.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Nandita Bhakta / Mysore – May 01st, 2013
After a tough battle, resulting in many wonderful culinary creations, one winner was selected from each outlet for the state level cooking challenge | EPS
Rice to Riches, a state-level cookery challenge was organised last week for the home chefs of Bangalore. All participants demonstrated their rice cooking skills in the basket cooking round out of which 5 were qualified for the desert making round.
Dishes were selected based on various parameters, such as taste, innovation and presentation skills. The event was organised by Radikal Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
Jameela won the ‘Rice to Riches’ cookery challenge from Bangalore.
The winning meal consisted of a main course of vegetarian coriander rice and dessert of rice mousse.
On sharing her excitement on qualifying for the National Level of the cookery challenge which will be held in Delhi, Jameela said, “I am really excited about competing in Delhi. I never expected to reach this level. It feels like I am on top of the world.”
From across eight metros and mini metros an overwhelming response was received from approximately 2 lakh consumers.
After a tough battle, resulting in many wonderful culinary creations, one winner was selected from each outlet for the state level cooking challenge.
The winners will cook and present their culinary rice delight. Siddharth Chaudhary, Managing Director, Radikal Overseas, said, “We are glad to receive an overwhelming response from Bangalore. The enthusiastic participants created unique and delicious delicacies. Their passion and enthusiasm for the culinary arts is inspiring and we look forward to experience their talent in the national level. Despite stiff competition, the winners truly stood out. The grand finale will have one finalist from each city who will compete to become the celebrity chef.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by Express News Service – Bangalore / April 30th, 2013
Rahul Gomes Pereira, a student of the Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development has been selected to represent India in the cooking skills category at the 42nd WorldSkills global competition which will be held in Leipzig, Germany in July 2013. Rahul is the sole Indian representative and he will be the torch-bearer for India’s cooking skills.
Rahul, a kitchen management associate will be accompanied by his trainer and mentor, Chef Parvinder Singh Bali. He will be competing to demonstrate the best of his culinary prowess against chefs from 52 other countries. The preliminary rounds of the competition were held across India. Rahul impressed the jury with his expertise and was selected to represent India at the cooking finals, held on March 30 and 31.
WorldSkills gives young talent between the ages of 17 to 22 the opportunity to demonstrate their excellence in skilled professions. Winners are awarded medals and certificates of achievement recognising their skills and abilities in their respective fields.
On Rahul’s achievement, Mohit Nirula, Dean, The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development said, “We are proud that Rahul will be representing India in the cooking skills competition at the WorldSkillss competition. We wish him success and hope that he will demonstrate the best of his learning and skills.”
About the competition:
WorldSkills is a skills competition, jobs and careers event held in a member country every two years. It is a competition for youth from 17 to 22 years to demonstrate their excellence in skilled professions. The competition is promoted and managed by WorldSkills International, formerly known as the International Vocation Training Organization (IVTO). As of September 2008, WorldSkills International has 50 member countries. The 42nd Worldskills International competition will be held in Leipzig from July 2 to July 7.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by Express News Service – Bangalore / May 02nd, 2013
Charitable donations of wealthy Indian firms is only 0.6-1% of GDP, compared with 2.2% for American companies
Pic: Business Standard
Many believe that Indian businessmen have cash registers for hearts. Their philanthropic contributions are believed to be insignificant in comparison to their wealth. According to the 2012 Forbes list, the wealth of the 100 wealthiest Indians is around $250 billion—13.89 per cent of India’s GDP. But, according to the estimates of a 2010 report of Bain Company, the charitable donations of Indians is only 0.6 per cent to 1 per cent of the GDP, when the charitable contribution of Americans is around 2.2 per cent of the GDP.
But, before one jumps to a conclusion, there is the other side of the story as well. On a program aired on the CNN recently, Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Sons, said that of 60-65 per cent of the Industrial proceedings of Tata Sons goes into programmes for education, medical, rural development or eradication of poverty. Only two per cent of the industrial proceedings go to the family.
Tata is the chairman of the Tata Trusts, which is among the largest private sector philanthropic trusts in India.
He is not alone. In February 2013, Azim Premji, the Chairman of Wipro became the first Indian to sign the giving pledge. Premji had also donated $ 2.3 billion to a trust to fund Azim Premji Foundation, an education-oriented non-profit. The giving pledge group was founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates in 2010 to urge rich businessmen to donate a significant part of their wealth. With a net worth of $ 16 billion, Azim Premji is the 3rd richest Indian, and the 41st richest person in the world. Premji is also among the world’s top five givers. But, many think of them as an anomaly in a country where businessmen have billion dollar homes.
Gurcharan Das, author and former Procter and Gamble India CEO said philanthropy is a new idea in India when countries like the United States have a culture of philanthropy. “More and more people will donate to charitable causes in the future.” he said.
However, evidence suggests that philanthropy in India is often informal, and far more than suggested by data. Bibek Debroy, an economist, and a research professor at Centre for Policy Research said though Indians do a lot of philanthropy, much of it is to religious institutions, is informal and does not appear in the official records.
Veena Jha’s recently published work, “India Emerging: The Reality Checks” sheds light on the long philanthropic tradition in India. Charitable donations have increased radically in the post-reform period. Studies of ‘The Society for Participatory Research in Asia’ between 2000 and 2002 shows that 53 per cent of the charity in India operates in rural areas and nearly half of it is unregistered.
Some studies suggest that nearly half of Indian households give charity. In India, non-profit activity, especially private nonprofit activity, is much higher than the global average. According to Bain and India’s annual philanthropy report, the private donation to charity had gone up by 50% from 2006 to 2011.
“A part of the philanthropic donations in India is to institutions abroad, like the universities and think-tanks. This is partly for visibility. But, many of them have studied abroad, and feel indebted to their alma mater.” Bibek Debroy said.
In 2010, Anand Mahindra had donated $ 10 million to the Harvard University, and Ratan Tata’s $ 50 million donation to the Harvard Business School in 2010 was the largest international donation in its history. In December 2012, a Delhi-based entrepreneur Sharik Currimbhoy had pledged $12.12 million to Columbia University, and businessman Siddharth Yog had gifted $11 million to the Harvard Business School.
Some economists have proposed an estate tax and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices to increase the philanthropic contribution in India. While the former was not to the liking of the Finance Ministry, at least in the budget for 2013-14, the latter is there in the Companies Bill, 2012 which is yet to be passed by the Rajya Sabha.
Ajay Shah, a professor at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), said an estate tax will help inter-generational class mobility and to reduce the concentration of wealth.
“Incentives do matter. But, I do not see this as a black-and-white issue. It is perfectly possible for a man at the bottom to rise to the top, and I admire people who come from a humble background, but in our country, it is very difficult to do so,” he said.
However, he voiced views against CSR. ” But, CSR is a bad idea because it puts managers in control of the purported charitable objectives of shareholders.” Ajay Shah said.
But, doing charity is intrinsically difficult. Steve Jobs had once said that he is not deeply engaged in philanthropy because there is no measurement system—-It is very hard to measure whether you have succeeded or not.
According to the Bain and India philanthropy report, 80 per cent of the individuals and 90 per cent of the NGOs are satisfied with the efficacy of their philanthropic activities. Many economists think that this is because people often donate for the “feel-good” factor, and prefer to believe that their money goes into the right causes.
Many, like Bill Gates had proposed solutions to this problem which is magnified in India, where philanthropy is informal, and the feedback mechanism weaker. Some proposed solutions include measuring the funding for social causes, the teacher absentee rate, and the extent of corruption.
Gurcharan Das opined that this is not severe problem. “The Gates’ foundation is known for their accountability and their work to counter AIDS in many poor countries, including India. Though it is hard for individuals to do philanthropy, they can pick a good NGO to donate their money to. It only takes a Google search to find out the NGOs that are more accountable.” he said.
But, Nitin Pai, the founder of The Takshashila Institution said because it is difficult to measure the outcome in philanthropy, people often measure the outputs. “Across the world, they tend to focus on impressing the donors, which is not always a good thing. Feedback mechanisms, if not properly designed, can skew the outcome. It is important to realize that this is intrinsically difficult.” he said.
And, charity will never be sufficient. Economist Jagdish Bhagwati once said that an outright redistribution of wealth would only increase the food consumption of the poor by one chapatti a day. Some economists have estimated that sharing the total wealth in developing countries would leave its citizens with a few dollars a day. It is clear that charity will not solve the problem of world poverty.
“Poverty is too big a problem to be solved by charity alone, but that does not undermine the case for charity.”, Ajay Shah said.
source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> Companies> Features / by Shanu Athiparambath / New Delhi – April 20th, 2013
Music lovers of Dharwad will never forget September, 5, 2009. For, this was the day they saw renowned playback singer P B Sreenivas performing live at theKarnatakaVidyavardhakaSangha hall. The veteran playback singer who rendered old, popularKannada film songs left the audience spellbound. It was a privilege for the citizens to felicitate him on the occasion.
Sreenivas had agreed to give an interview to TOI during his visit to Dharwad in 2009 and when this correspondent went to his hotel room at the appointed time the singer was not to be seen anywhere in the hotel. The staff also did not know where he had gone. Sreenivas’ son, who also had come down to Dharwad along with his father, got worried. After searching for a little while, Sreenivas was found sitting in a nearby restaurant sipping tea and scribbling some lines of poems. He said he was composing a poem and found the hotel room not inspiring and hence set out to a nearby restaurant.
Shared his experiences in life, Sreenivas had explained how his mother Sheshagiriamma had great influence on him. “It was my mother’s singing of devotional songs at home which made me go for music,” he had said. When asked why he did not pursue classical music, Shrinivas had said he did not get an opportunity to learn under an able guru.
Recalling his association with matinee idol, Rajkumar with reverence, Sreenivas remembered how he had been identified as the voice of Rajkumar for several decades till the actor started singing for himself.
“Rajkumar used to call me as ‘Shaareera’ (Voice) while he referred to himself as ‘Sharira’ (Body). Rajkumar had a golden voice and all his songs are hugely popular. He excelled in singing all types of songs from romantic to heavily classical. After ”Yare Koogadali ” he sang for most of his movies and for many private albums which were mainly devotional songs,” Sreenivas had recollected.
‘Aadisi Nodu’ was a hit among BJP ministers
Kannada film song “Aadisi Nodu, Beelisi Nodu, Uruli Hogadu,” sung by Sreenivas had become a favourite with BJP ministers and MLAs having allegiance to B S Yeddyurappa, when the latter was the chief minister and there were attempts by his detractors to topple his government in Karnataka. They had set this song as the caller tune on their cellphones.
File photo of PBS speaking at a function held at Dharwad on September 5,2009.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubli / by Gururaj Jamkhandi, TNN / April 15th, 2013
For the first time in the history of ice skating in India, two girls from Mangalore have the won awards at the international level in the sport.
The duo are Seeliya Simmith, silver medalist, and Avani S Kumar, bronze medalist. They took part in the short track speed skating, a form of ice skating at the ‘World Development Trophy- 2013’ held in Singapore, organized by the International Skating Union.
A total of five contestants had represented India in the events – two girls from Mangalore, a girl and a boy from Maharashtra, and a boy from Bangalore.
Seeliya Simmith is the daughter of P A Mohammed and Asma Mohammed, and resident of Pandeshwar. She is pursuing her Class 10 from Lourdes Central School, Bejai. She has been getting trained in roller skating for nearly seven years. She has also taken special training in ice skating from Shimla in almost -2 degrees and from Leh Ladakh, Kashmir, in nearly -30 degrees.
Avani S Kumar, daughter of Suresh Kumar and Sundari, is a resident of Kadri Vyasa Nagar, and is pursuing her 7th standard from St Theresa School. She has been training from nearly six years. She attended the ice-skating camp last December in Shimla and has won the gold in the event there and got selected to this international event.
The two are the students of Mangalore Roller Skating Club, trained by Mahesh Kumar.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Top Stories / Pics: Ramesh Pandith / by DaijiWorld Media Network – Mangalore (BG) / April 15th, 2013
Chess is a mind game and has a very rich tradition in our country. Mysore is the hometown many achievers. One such upcoming chess player is M. Tulsi in the junior girls section in the State. Tulsi recently hogged the limelight when she won the State U-17 girls chess title in the State chess championship held at State Youth Centre, Bangalore last week. She secured 5.5 points from six rounds. She will represent Karnataka in the Nationals. She is our Star This Week.
Tulsi is an 8th standard student of Marimallappa High School. Daughter of K.S. Manoj Kumar and C. Saritha, residents of Postal Colony near Sterling Theatre, she took part in the 3rd MDCA National level rating tournament held in Mysore from Apr. 15 to 19 and fared well. Presently, she has a rating of 1492 and aims to improve on her rating in the days to come.
Tulsi has a creditable record and has won the State U-7 title in 2006, 2007 and won the State U-9 title in 2008 and 2009 in the girls section. In 2011 she won the State U-17 girls title. In the 2011 U-13 State championships she finished second.
Tulsi has represented the State in the Nationals in the U-7, U-9 and U-13 and U-17 sections and her best performance was in 2006 when she finished 9th in the National U-7 championship at Goa.
She has participated in many rating tournaments and her best performance so far is in the Mangalore Open in 2012, when she beat Rajkumar Singha (Rating 1800) in the second round. She secured the 2nd place in the girls U-13 category and from nine rounds secured 5 points.
With encouragement from her parents and school, Tulsi intends to work hard in the days to come and improve her rating in the National and International levels.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / April 21st, 2013
The golden jubilee celebrations of Teresian College in Siddarthanagar here will end with a grand finale tomorrow (April 20).
A Thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebration will be held at 11 am to mark the beginning of the programme. Most Rev. Dr. Bernard Moras, Arch Bishop of Bangalore, will be the Chief Celebrant.
The main function will start at 5.30 pm, presided over by Most. Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Vazhapilly, Bishop of Mysore. Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, will be present as the chief guest.
Most Rev. Dr. Bernard Moras, Rev. Fr. Arul Raj, Parish Priest, St.Antony’s Church, Gayatripuram; Maria D’Costa, former Principal; Dr. Alexander, former Minister of Tourism; Dr. N. GopuKumar, Deputy Secretary, UGC, Southern Region and Dr. Sebastian Dasan, Chairman, Department of English, University of Mysore, will be the guests of honour.
Sr. Chris, Superior General, Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of St.Teresa (CSST); Sr. Fridoline, Provincial Superior, Karnataka Province, CSST; Sr. Annette and Sr. Joyce, former Principals of Teresian College; Sr. Helena, Manager, Teresian institutions; Sr. Prafulla, Principal, Teresian PU College; Prof. V.K. Jose, Officiating Principal and Sr. Sajitha, Principal, Teresian Degree College, will be present.
The college started for girls with a modest strength of 60 students in the eastern outskirt of Mysore city at a time when women’s education was not encouraged. Today, it has expanded into a strong institution with more than 1,600 students.
The campus houses Pre-KG to PG programmes. Bearing testimony to the doyens who have walked through its portals, students from Teresian College have left their mark in the fields of Governance, Politics, Sports, Corporate sector and education.
Students: The college has produced outstanding personalities in every field. Dr. R. Indira (renowned academician and scholar), Prema Cariappa (former Bangalore Mayor), M.S. Archana (KAS), Sapna Dutta (Corporate trainer), Pavitra Chandra and Reshma Chengappa (international basket ball players), Supriya (international volleyball player), G. Nisha (Indian team captain in Junior Asian Volleyball Tournament), Poojashri Venkatesh (international tennis player), Chitra Mahimairaj (international billiards player) are a few among them. Reena George, Thippava Sannakki, Bibi Summayya, Shradha Rani, Afsana, Shahajahani are athletes of national repute.
History: The history of Teresian College can be traced back to 1858 when Mary Grace D’ Lima was born in Chennai. She gave herself to the service of God and became Sister Teresa of St. Rose of Lima. With a desire for the service of humanity, she started a religious congregation known as Carmelite Sisters of St. Theresa (CSST), to spread lofty ideals and spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila, in a little house in 1887 at Ernakulam, Kerala. Her efforts have grown today into a large Teresian Family with 120 communities and around 100 educational institutions.
Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, Teresian College, Avila School, Christ The King, Nirmala Convent and Teresian School in Mysore, Carmel College and St. Joseph’s School in Mandya are a few institutions doing yeoman service in Karnataka.
The College: Teresian College is named after St. Teresa of Avila, a 16th century Mystic Saint who symbolises selfless dedication and devotion to the cause of the downtrodden and oppressed.
Manoranjan Mahal: Teresian College was born in the minds of a group of CSST Sisters headed by Sister Euprasia. The decisive journey of Teresian starts in ‘Manoranjan Mahal,’ an architectural and historical monument, presently the convent, where I PUC classes were started in Arts with a strength of 60 on 22nd July 1963. In 1964, the science section and the degree first year were added. In 1966 hostel facilities started in the campus.Courses in commerce started in 1976. Other new courses were added later.
PG Centre: The Post-Graduate Centre started functioning from 2008 and is offering M.Sc. in Bio-technology, M.Com and MA (English). Professional courses like MBA and MCA are offered through Twinning programme with Pondicherry University.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore /Home> General News / April 19th, 2013
