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Critic Shivaramu Kadanakuppe receives Dr. Ragow Award

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Mysore :

“Even State and national literary awards are getting contaminated with corruption thus demeaning their quality,” regretted litterateur Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah.

He was speaking after presenting Dr. Ragow award to critic Dr. Shivaramu Kadanakuppe at a prog. organised by Mandya Karnataka Sangha at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises here on Wednesday.

“Including Jnanpith award almost all Central literary awards are finalised through hectic lobbying and corrupt practices. On the contrary, awards like Ragow or any such instituted in honour of an individual has maintained its sanctity and quality qualified by the stature and calibre of the recipient like Shivaramu Kadanakuppe,” said Dr. Hampana.

Presiding over the event, litterateur H.L. Keshavamurthy regretted that litterateurs too were getting demoralised by getting involved in corrupt activities.

Vidyavardhaka College’s Hindi Professor G. Chandrashekar delivered the felicitation address. KSOU Professor Dr. A Rangaswamy was the chief guest. Dr. Hampana released two books authored by Dr. Shivaramu Kadanakuppe — ‘Samajika nele’ and ‘Vinayaka: Ondu adhyayana.’

Karnataka Sangha President Jayaprakash Gowda, delivering the keynote address, disclosed that the Dr. Ragow award was instituted by the Sangh utilising the funds donated by the students of Dr. Ramegowda who turned 71 on Wednesday.

Addressing the gathering, the honouree Dr. Shivaramu Kadanakuppe reiterated that students should learn English despite studying in Kannada medium. In a philanthropic gesture, he donated the cash component of the award of Rs. 15,000 to Nrupathunga Kannada School in city which was received by the School Secretaries S.R. Sudarshan and Somashekar. Publisher D.N. Lokappa and Dr. Ramegowda were present.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / April 05th, 2013

City lad wins bronze at World Muay Thai Kick-Boxing championship

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Mysore lad Zulkharnain (right) is seen receiving the certificate from an official. / Star of Mysore
Mysore lad Zulkharnain (right) is seen receiving the certificate from an official. / Star of Mysore

Mysore :

City lad Zulkharnain created a history for Mysore by winning the Bronze Medal, beating France, at the Muay Thai Kick-boxing Amateur and Pro-Amateur World Championships held at Nimbuth National stadium, Bangkok between Mar. 12 & 23.

Two fighters of the Academy of Martial Science, Mysore, Abdul Razack and Zulkharnain, trained by Vikram represented the country in the meet.

Abdul Razack lost to Spain in pre-quarter finals while Zulkharnain won Bronze. His further campaign was halted when he lost to Ukraine in the semi finals.

This is the first time in the history of Mysore that such an achievement has been made at the world meet in this demanding and lethal contact sport.

Five fighters representing Indian National team won 5 bronze Medals. The National team was led by MTI President M.H.Abid and M.N.Vikram, Chief Instructor and Technical Director of the Academy of Martial Science, Mysore.

About 79 countries and over 650 fighters participated in the tournament which was organised by the Department of Physical Education, Ministry of Thailand in association with World Muay Thai Federation (WMF).

During the tournament M.N.Vikram was tested and certified for the higher rank of Kru in which 30 countries participated in this advanced training conducted by Thai Grand Masters.

Results: Sana Choudhary of Rajasthan bagged bronze medal in feather weight amateur category, Richa Gaur of Rajasthan won bronze medal in light walter weight Pro-Amateur category, Zohvi of Mizoram bagged bronze in light weight Amateur and Pro Amateur category and Zulkharnain of Karnataka bagged bronze in heavy weight Pro-Amateur category.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> Sports News / April 05th, 2013

Museum of love

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Amulya Shodha’, a museum in Shimoga, was built by a retired history lecturer, Khandobarao, in memory of his wife. The history lecturer now plans to expand the museum and make it the go-to  place for all students of history. Nrupathunga S K reports.

Inscriptions, coins, monuments, manuscripts, all stand as testimony to the many events in history. As we turn over the pages of history, we come across many kings, who took to the battlefield to either retain their kingdom or to expand it.

Speaking of love, though, only one king comes to the memory of most Indians — Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. This monument has been a source of inspiration for lovers across the globe for several centuries. It’s not surprising then that H Khandobarao, retired history lecturer, better known as ‘Shah Jahan of Shimoga’ was inspired by this emperor.

He has built his ‘Taj Mahal’, a museum named ‘Amulya Shodha’, on a one-acre farm near Lakkinakoppa circle on N R Pura road, 12 km from Shimoga in the fond memory of his wife, Yashodha, who was also history lecturer. She passed away in 2007 due to kidney failure.
‘Amulya Shodha’, as the name itself suggests, is an invaluable search for lost values and culture of the bygone days. It showcases rare paintings of Ravi Varma, coins, inscriptions, manuscripts, weapons, all used by popular kings. The history professor collected these artefacts from various parts of the country.

He wants to create awareness among youth about the significance of lost heritage, culture of the previous era through his museum and thus aspires to make youth more aware of our culture and heritage. Apart from this, it also spreads the fragrance of his deep love for beloved wife Yashodha.

Khandobarao did his schooling and college in Shimoga. Yashodha was his neighbour during his college days. Both of them studied at the Sahyadri College together. Acquaintance turned into friendship, and later, love. They got married in 1972. Khandobarao began his career as high school teacher in 1968.

After serving for nearly five years, he was promoted as a history lecturer for National Pre-University College in Shimoga.

His wife worked as a history lecturer at Kamala Nehru Women’s College. His wife would often say that the Taj Mahal was not only a symbol of true love, but also the soul of true lovers. Inspired by her thought, he made up his mind to build a museum on a one-acre farm after the death of his wife in 2007.

Khandobarao is seeking financial assistance for the development of this museum. He has appealed to people’s representatives, including former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, in this regard. But, his efforts have failed to produce desired results. Khandobarao feels the museum is turning into a mere godown, owing to the presence of a large number of artefacts. He plans to expand it.

But he is short of funds to execute his plan. He has already submitted a proposal to the Centre along with his plan seeking Rs 3 crore for the development of this museum. He wants this museum to remain a symbol of true love and a school of history for future generations.

source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> Supplements> Spectrum / April 02nd, 2013

IIM-Bangalore toppers to pay back, chart new course

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Bangalore :

He is an ardent follower of ‘early-to-bed and early-to-rise’ philosophy. Probably that helped Raghavendran S get a gold  medal for securing first rank in the Post GraduateProgramme (PGP) in management at IIM-B’s 38th convocation on Monday.

Raghavendran, a native of Thiruvallur near Chennai, now dreams of starting a school for children. “I don’t have any short-term plan. I will work for 10-15 years, but after that, I want to start a school in a semi-urban area, which will focus more on curricular activities. I believe I have achieved this goal today because I was lucky to receive the right support and guidance. There are many such talented children in India who can achieve such goals if guided early in life,” he says.

Balagopal Ravibalan, a former employee of  Infosys  and winner of ‘Best All-round Performance’ gold medal, wants to put India on top of the world by using his experience he plans to gather working in the US. “I will join a company in  New Jersey . I want to work there for a few years and come back to India. In the past, people used to go abroad and stay there. Now people go abroad, gather experience and come back to utilize that for our country’s development,” says Ravibalan.

Pankaj Dhake (2{+n}{+d} Rank in PGP) and Mohammed Qasim want to use their work experience for development goals. Nirmal Purohit, gold medallist in Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGM), wishes to work in the field of research and insight.

Only two women  figured among the gold medalists this year. Adeeba Ansari, a young engineer and gold medallist in electronics and instrumentation from Indore, says: “I want to be a leader in marketing.” Shilpi Lal, gold medallist in Best Academic Performance adds: “Right now I want to be happy and content with what I have achieved.”

Among the 560-odd graduates, 29-year-old Prakash P stands tall. A paraplegic, he graduated in PGP and will join a top company as an associate business analyst. “I cleared CAT with 98% in the second attempt. I believe clearing the test was more difficult than graduating from IIM-B, because the faculty here is very cooperative and guided me well.”

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Bangalore / TNN / April 02nd, 2013

City lad represents champion state cricket team for deaf

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Mysore :

K. Guru, a student of 6th Sem. Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering, JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled played in the First National Deaf T-20 Cricket Championship held from Jan. 29 to Feb. 3 at Secunderabad representing the Karnataka State Cricket Team for Deaf.

The Karnataka team won the Championship. The Principal has congratulated Guru on behalf of the Polytechnic.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> Sports News / March 29th, 2013

Mysore university honours medal winners

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Medal winners in the All-India Inter-University athletic championships — T. R. Mahendra Kumar, Reena George, Afsana, Bebi Sumya, Shraddha Rani Desai and Coach Damodara Gowda — are seen with (sitting from left) Dr. C. Krishna, Director, PE Department, UOM and S. S. Roy, Regional Director, SAI Southern Centre, Bangalore.
Medal winners in the All-India Inter-University athletic championships — T. R. Mahendra Kumar, Reena George, Afsana, Bebi Sumya, Shraddha Rani Desai and Coach Damodara Gowda — are seen with (sitting from left) Dr. C. Krishna, Director, PE Department, UOM and S. S. Roy, Regional Director, SAI Southern Centre, Bangalore.

Mysore :

The Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore, honoured the prize winners in the All-India Inter-University sports competitions in a function held at Sports Pavilion on Mar. 25.

The sports persons were presented cash awards along with blazers. S.S. Roy, Regional Director, Sports Authority of India, Southern Centre, Bangalore, was the chief guest. Dr. C. Krishna, Director, University PE Department, was present.

The award winners are athletes Bebi Sumya, Reena George, Shraddha Rani Desai and Afsana, Coach- Damodar Gowda and Manager- T.R. Mahendra Kumar.

Bebi Sumya secured Rs.25,000 cash award (silver in 100m & Bronze in 4x400m relay), Reena George secured Rs.20,000 ( Bronze in 200m and 4x400m Relay), Apsana Begam got Rs.20,000 (Bronze in 400m Hurdles & 4x400m relay) while Shraddha Rani B. Desai secured Rs.10,000 (Bronze medal in 4x400m Relay). The Manager and the Coach received Rs.15,000 each.

Mr. Mysore University Title winner R. Ravikumar of GFGC, Siddartha layout, got a cash prize of Rs.5,000. The record holders in the University Inter-collegiate athletic meet 2012- Bebi Sumya (200m & 4x100m relay) got Rs.10,000, Reena George (4x100m relay and 400m) got Rs.10,000, Apsana Begum got Rs.10,000 ( 400m Hurdles & 4x100m relay), Ramyashree Rs.5000/- (4x100m Relay) and T.S. Ravi (Broad Jump) got Rs.5000.

The PG Sports Council secured Rs.10,000 for emerging as Team champions in Mysore University Cross Country events for men while Teresian College got Rs.10,000 for winning the Cross Country team championship in women’s section.

PGSC, Mysore also got Rs.15,000 for winning the Team championship title in the University Inter-collegiate athletic meet in the men’s section and Teresian got Rs.15,000 for winning the team championship title in the women’s section.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> Sports News / March 27th, 2013

Shivarathreeshwara media awards presented

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Mysore :

The awards presented by Mutts are more precious than the ones presented by Governments, said Karnataka Media Academy Chairman M.A. Ponnappa.

He was speaking after presenting Shivarathreeswara Media Award to senior journalists Echanur Kumar and H.V. Satyanarayana at a function jointly organised by MDJA, Chamarajanagar District Journalists Association and Suttur Mutt at JSS Law College premises here this morning.

Stating that journalists often complain of suffering from B.P and Diabetes, he advised them to practice yoga to bring down the stress level. He said that with the support of Suttur Mutt, Media Academy would like to conduct a workshop to enlighten journalists about the importance of yoga.

He also expressed his concern over the recent statement made by Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on journalists. He said that every working journalist was efficient and had the capability.

It may be recalled, Justice Markandey Katju had recently said that the absence of a proper eligibility criterion was affecting the quality of reportage in the country. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, Upa Lokayukta Subash B. Adi, MDJA President C.K. Mahendra and others were present.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / March 26th, 2013

Star this week: Talented athlete : Bebi Sumya

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BebeSumayaBF30mar2013Athletics is a very popular sport in the World sporting scene. Running, jumping and throwing are the natural inherited skills of man. These skills in a modified coded form are termed athletics. Mysore District’s athlete Bebi Sumya has done everyone proud with her performance in the National level.

She won the silver medal in the 100m event representing Mysore University in the All-India Inter-University Athletic Championships held at Kalyani University, Nadia, Kolkata.

She will be honoured by the Mysore University for her performances in the Annual Awards function to be held at the Sports Pavilion tomorrow. She is our ‘Star This Week’.

Bebi Sumya, a product of the Sports Hostel, Mysore and a student of Teresian College for Women, Mysore.

She has represented the Karnataka state in the National level and has performed creditably.

She has won the gold in the 100m event in the Women’s Youth Nationals and also in the South Zone meet.

Bebi Sumya representing the Mysore University in the All-India Inter-University Athletic Championships held at Kalyani University, Nadia, Kolkata won the silver medal in the 100m event for women with a timing of 12.39s. She was also part of the Mysore University 4x100m relay team quartet which won the bronze medal with a timing of 3:59.09s.

Bebi Sumya is being trained under former International and SAK athletic coach Damodara Gowda at the Sports Hostel, Mysore.

She had also created a new meet record in the University Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet in the 200m and was part of the record breaking team of Teresian College for women in the 4x100m relay event.

Bebi Sumya will be felicitated by the Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore for her feats in the All-India level and also for her record breaking performances in the University Inter-collegiate athletic meet with total cash prize of Rs.35,000/ and a blazer in the annual award function to be held tomorrow in the city.

Encouraged by her College and DYSS, Mysore, and the University of Mysore, Bebi Sumya intends to work hard and perform well in the National level and also represent the country in the days to come.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> Sports / March 24th, 2013

Prof. Y.T. Thathachari awards of Bhramara trust presented to scientists

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Caption:  From left: Prof. Debabrata Goswami, Dr. Chidambaram and Prof. P.S. Anil Kumar (seated), recipients of Bhramara Trust awards instituted in the name of Prof. Y.T. Thathachari, are seen with Dr. V. Prakash, Madhuri Thathachari, Suttur Seer, Dr. B.A. Dasannacharya and Prof. R. Srinivasan at the awards presentation ceremony held at Rani Bahadur auditorium in city yesterday.

Mysore, Mar. 21 :

The Bhramara Lifetime Achievement Award, instituted by Bhramara Trust of Y.T. & Madhuri Thathachari, was presented to Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt. of India and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, at a function held at Rani Bahadur auditorium of the Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences in city yesterday.

The Prof. Y.T. Thathachari Prestigious Research Awards for Science, also instituted by Bhramara Trust, were presented to Prof. P.S. Anil Kumar from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Prof. Debabrata Goswami from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

The awards, comprising Rs. one lakh cash, a citation and memento, were presented by Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji.

Dr. B.A. Dasannacharya, former Director, Inter-University Consortium – Department of Atomic Energy Facilities and Dr. V. Prakash, Hon. Director of Research Innovation and Development at JSS Mahavidya Peeta were the chief guests.

Dr. Chidambaram said in his acceptance speech that the scientists must contribute their mite to the progress of knowledge. Alluding to the Higgs Boson experiment that discovered the God Particle, Dr. Chidabaram said that apart from many Indian scientists involved in the experiment, India had contributed 40 million dollars for the machine in which protons were made to collide in a specially constructed tunnel underground. “But the origin of the universe still remains a big question,” he said.

Regarding the restrictions on scientists’ works, Dr. Chidambaram said, “You do not ask Sir C.V. Raman or Ramanujam to submit a project report and set up a committee to decide on whether the project should be funded or not. A scientist must be given the freedom to carry out research works without posing hurdles.”

Dr. Dasannacharya, while introducing Dr. Chidambaram to the guests, said that he had known the scientist for exactly half a century while serving at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. “America had always denied frontline computers to India. Then the BARC got the advanced computers from Norway,” he said and added that Dr. Chidambaram had developed a parallel computer system at the BARC, which, despite being a major achievement, was not appreciated by those in power.

Bhramara Managing Trustee Madhuri Thathachari, the driving force behind the awards meant to bring to fore achievers in the field of science, said in her welcome speech that this might be the last in the series of annual awards presented in the name of Prof. Y.T. Thathachari. She also suggested that newspapers must dedicate a column for scientific research.

Prof. R. Srinivasan, Trustee of Bhramara Trust and brother of Madhuri Thathachari, spoke about the selection process for the awards.

The programme began with chants by residents of Parasara Gurukulam, followed by hymns sung by Annapurna Srikanth, all-India 3rd rank holder in CA exams.

Jyothi proposed a vote of thanks.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / March 21st, 2013

Dr. Basavaraj Sabarad receives Shivarathreeshwara award

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Caption: Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji presented the award to Dr. Basavaraj Sabarad and his wife as researcher Dr. M. Chidananda Murthy, critic Dr. M.S. Ashadevi and others look on.

Mysore, Mar. 16 :

“Vachana Sahitya should not be just read as a subject to get medals and prizes but the values of the same should be advocated in life,” opined senior Researcher and litterateur Dr. M. Chidananda Murthy.

He was presiding over a programme organised jointly by JSS Mahavidyapeetha and Sri Shivarathreeshwara Religious Endowment for the presentation of Sri Shivarathreeshwara award at Rajendra Bhavan, JSS Hospital premises yesterday.

“Vachana Sahitya should be understood deeper to comprehend the intrinsic social values. It can rejuvenate people in despair. While learning any subject, the teacher is always on the top and the student much below but as the latter picks up knowledge, the gap should reduce. One day the student may take over bringing immense satisfaction to the teacher.”

The award carrying a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 was presented by Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji to Dr. Basavaraj Sabarad, Head of Kannada Study Centre, University of Gulbarga, for his book ‘Sharanaru Matthu Dampatya’.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Sabarad pointed out that writers of Vachana Sahitya had referred to women in a social way and not in any bad form as alleged or claimed by a few people.” Critic Dr. M.S. Ashadevi spoke on the book.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / March 16th, 2013