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VVIET students secure 2nd place in state-level project contest

March 6, 2013Records, Alladmin

Caption: The prize winning students of Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (standing from left) E. Dilip Kumar, Ravichandra, Sheikh Mohammed Subhan and V. Nandan are seen with (sitting from left) Surekha Manoj, Head of E&E Dept, Dr. B. Chandrashekar, Principal of VVIET and Prof. B. S. Nagabhushana, Department of E&E.

Mysore, Feb. 28 :

The budding Electrical Engineers E. Dilip Kumar, Ravichandra, Sheikh Mohammed Subhan and V. Nandan of Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET) have brought laurels to the E&E Department and also to the institution by winning the State-level Project competition-2013 organised by ‘Anveshana’ on Feb. 22 and 23 at Shikshara Sadhana in Bangalore.

‘Anveshana’ is an initiative to bridge the gap between schools and engineering colleges to develop innovation and creativity in young minds through mentoring of engineering technology.

Priority is given to government high school students for mentoring. During the competition, students display their research projects, working model and present their findings orally.

The competition comprised two rounds where, in the first round out of 200 teams, 44 teams were shortlisted for the final round from the entire State.

In the final round, the students of E&E Dept., VVIET, who secured the second place, were awarded Rs. 25,000.They have also got majority of votes (61%) by the visitors and high school students and were awarded Rs. 10000 as “Most Popular Project”.

Kaveesh V. Gowda, Secretary of VVET; Dr. B. Chandrashekar, Principal of VVIET; Surekha Manoj, Head of E&E Dept, VVIET have congratulated the students for their achievement.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / February 28th, 2013

Megalithic burial site at MM Hills

March 6, 2013Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

The Megalithic burial site was discovered on the slopes of MM hills in Kollegal Taluk. / Deccan Chronicle

Mangalore:

A team of historians recently chanced upon a Megalithic site used for burials at Mari Kote, on the slopes of the MM hills in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajnagar district, very near the Hogenakkal Falls.

Prof T. Murugeshi of MSRS College, Shirva and state archaeology department director, Dr R Gopal, were on their way back after doing a survey near the MM hills, along with Mahadeva Swamiji of Sri Saluru Bruhan Mutt when they spotted a number of Megalithic burial sites known as Stone Circles, and Cairns on the right side of the famous falls.

Stone Circle is a type of Megalithic burial in which the graves are covered and stones placed around them in circles. Cairns are another kind of burial common to those times.

“We accidentally stumbled upon these Stone Circles and Cairns last week. Usually these graves are covered. But here we could study some of them as they were already damaged and dug up by treasure hunters,” said Prof. Murugeshi.

“In one of the exposed graves we found four orthostats (arranged like a square box). Based on the preliminary study we feel they are Stone Circles consisting of Dolmenoid Cists. More than 20 graves were found at the spot,” he added.

source: http://www.DeccanChronicle.com / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / by Gururaj A. Paniyadi / March 05th, 2013

Natl. award for city entrepreneur

March 5, 2013Business & Economy, Leaders, Records, Alladmin

Caption: J.B. Pattabi (3rd from left), MD of Pattabi Enterprises, Mysore, is seen receiving the Award from Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State for Finance Expenditure and Financial Services, at a function in Delhi as Vandita Sharma, MD, Karnataka State Financial Corporation; Yaduvendra Mathur, President, COSIDICI, Chairman and MD, Rajasthan Financial Corporation, Jaipur and Sushil Muhnot, Chairman and MD, SIDBI, India, look on.

Mysore, Feb.28 :

City’s entrepreneur J.B. Pattabi, MD, Pattabi Enterprises, has been honoured with the National Award as an Outstanding Entrepreneur by the Council of State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation of India (COSIDICI) for excellence in printing industry. The award was presented at a function held in Scope Complex, New Delhi, recently.

Pattabi has made a name in the printing industry for the past two decades. In 2008, he was awarded with Best Printing National Award at Kolkata and as Outstanding Entrepreneur by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Council at New Delhi and again in 2009 he got National Award for Outstanding Entrepreneur from Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in Delhi.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / February 28th, 2013

Mumbai: Suvarna Ranga Honor award for Dr Bharat Kumar Polipu

March 4, 2013Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, Alladmin

Mumbai, Mar 2:

Dr Bharat Kumar Polipu has been selected for the ‘2013 Suvarna Ranga Honor award’ which is given annually by Kanthavara Kannada Sangha instituted in the name of Sadanand Suvarna, prominent theater personality.

“The award will be granted on the ocassion of world theatre day”, said Dr Na Mogasaale, working president of Kannada Sangha.

Hailing from Kaup in Udupi district, Bharat Kumar is been rendering service to the Kannada theatre for the past 30 years. More than 10 dramas have been staged in Delhi, Mumbai and other places under his guidance and has won people’s hearts.

Most importantly, he is known for exhibiting artistic concepts through the play. He has also obtained a PhD degree for his essay on ‘comparative study of Mumbai Theatre’. He has served as a vice president of Karnataka Sangh and is currently a honorary chief secretary.

source: http://www.Daijiworld.com / Home> Mumbai / by Rons Bantwal / DaijiWorld Media Network – Mumbai (VM) / Mumbai, March 02nd, 2013

Mangalore University awards Hon. Doctorates

March 4, 2013Education, Records, Alladmin

Caption: From left: Olympian A.B. Subbaiah, saxophone exponent Kadri Gopalnath and litterateur Dr. Chandrashekar Kambara who received the honorary doctorates from Mangalore University on Saturday.

Mangalore, Feb. 26 :

Olympian A.B. Subbaiah, saxophone exponent Kadri Gopalnath and litterateur Dr. Chandrashekar Kambara were awarded honorary doctorates (honoris causa) by the Mangalore University at its 31st Convocation held on Saturday.

Chancellor-Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who presided over the function, presented the doctorates. Science & Technology Department (Government of India) Secretary Dr. T. Ramasami was the chief guest. Vice-Chancellor Prof. T.C. Shivashankara Murthy presented the University report.

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

SWR’s railway protection force sniffer dog wins silver medal

March 1, 2013Records, Alladmin

Caption: SWR Railway Protection Force’s Sniffer Dog ‘Seizer,’ which won the silver medal, is seen with V. Sasi, Constable of RPF Dog Squad, who trained and handled it.

Mysore, Feb.23 :

Seizer, an 8-year-old Labrador Retriever, the sniffer dog of South Western Railway’s (SWR) Railway Protection Force (RPF), representing Indian Railway Team won the silver medal with certificate in explosive category (sniffer) in the All India Police Meet-2012 conducted by Madhya Pradesh State Police at Bhopal from Feb. 7 to 15.

In all, 23 States’ Police teams and 5 Para Military Force (PMF) teams including RPF, BSF, CRPF, CISF and Indian Tibetan Border Protection (ITBP) contested with 80 dogs at the event.

In the performance level, ‘Siezer’ of RPF stood second and won the silver medal while the gold and bronze medals were won by the dogs of Ma- harashtra State Police and Madhya Pradesh State Police respectively.

This sniffer dog, Seizer, is trained and handled by V. Sasi, Constable of RPF Dog Squad- Bangalore Division, SWR, under the supervision of K.K. George, Sub-Inspector, RPF, Hubli. This dog was trained for one month before participating in the event.

The Indian Railway team was guided by R. Pacharwal, Chief Security Commissioner, SWR, and supervised by Louis Amuthan, Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Bangalore Division for participation in the Police Meet.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / February 23rd, 2013

NMA gives nod to shift Tipu armoury

February 26, 2013Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Records, Alladmin

Hurdle cleared for Mysore-B’lore track doubling work?

Mysore, Feb. 20 :

With National Monument Authority (NMA) of the Archaeology Survey of India (ASI) giving clearance to shift the 18th century Armoury of Tipu Sultan in Srirangapatna, the major hurdle for the much hyped and long delayed railway track doubling work between Mysore and Bangalore crossed a major hurdle.

R. Gopal, Director, Department of Archaeology, Government of Karnataka, speaking to SOM said that that the NMA had finally given its clearance to move the monument and the file has been referred to the Secretary, Department of Kannada and Culture, who heads the NMA (South) overseeing monuments in Mysore and Bangalore division to get the approval from the Ministry of Kannada and Culture and added that this is expected to happen soon.

Gopal said that three proposals (a) To move the monument as it is slowly which is a two months process, (b) to cut eight blocks, shift & plaster and (c) To shift brick by brick and reconstruct it was laid before the NMA. Of the three proposals, the first one was chosen as it would retain the heritage look better than the two other proposals which required plastering and reconstruction.

He further stated that as the monument would be moved 100 mts. beyond the temple, the clearance was given and said that the work on moving the monument would be completed in two months from the date of commencement and added that this method of moving of monument inch by inch using the skidding method was the first of its kind in the country.

Gopal said rocks and stones had been used in the foundations of the armoury which is 10 ft deep and added that a new foundation would be laid before moving the armoury. Regarding the work, he said that it is yet to be decided wether the experts would called in or tenders would be called.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / February 20th, 2013

Azim Premji transfers Rs 12,300 crore to his not-for-profit foundation

February 23, 2013Amazing Feats, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education, Inspiration/ Positive News and Features, Leaders, Records, All, Science & Technologyadmin

Bangalore :

Azim Premji, chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, announced on Friday that he has transferred 295.5 million equity shares representing 12% of the total shares of Wipro Ltd , held by certain entities controlled by him, to an irrevocable trust. With this transfer (valued at about Rs 12,300 crore based on current market price), the trust’s shareholding in Wipro will go up to about 19.93%.

This trust will utilize the endowment to fund social, not-for-profit initiatives of the foundation, which are expected to scale significantly over the next few years.

The “Giving Pledge” campaign had recently announced that Premji was amongst the billionaires around the world to commit half their wealth to philanthropy. The campaign, led by billionaires Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and others, is a commitment by the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.

Azim Premji Foundation is a not-for-profit organization set up in 2001 with the goal to create and sustain initiatives to contribute to a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. The foundation has worked largely in rural India, often in close partnership with various state governments, to help contribute to the improvement of quality and equity of school education.

Currently the foundation’s work is spread across Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

The foundation’s strategy focuses on creating and scaling up a network of institutions at various levels to contribute to improvement in the school education system and allied areas. As part of this strategy, over the last two years, the foundation has set up the Azim Premji University at Bangalore, state level institutes in three states, district level institutes in seven districts and six demonstration schools associated with the district institutes. Seven more district level institutes are in various stages of formation.

The University has been established with the social purpose of developing outstanding professionals in the domains of education and development for the entire country. The University does this through offering various kinds of degree programmes, continuing education programmes and creation of knowledge in education and allied development areas. Currently, the university offers MA Education and MA Development programmes. It offers specializations in school leadership & management and curriculum & pedagogy under MA in education, and livelihood, public policy, health & nutrition and law & governance under MA in Development.

As part of scaling up of the institutional strategy, over the next 4 to 5 years, the number of district level institutions will expand to 50-60, state level institutions to 6-8 and the university will expand to have 3,500 students with 350 faculty members across multiple programs. The foundation will also have 50-100 demonstration schools associated with district level institutions. During this period, the team size is expected to grow from the current 800 people to about 4,000 people.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> Tech> Tech News> Software & Services / by Sujit John, TNN / February 22nd, 2013

Police personnel honoured at ‘Abhimana -2013’

February 20, 2013Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, Alladmin

Cultural prog. enthralls audience

Retd. DGP Shankar Bidari being honoured during Abhimana-2013 in city yesterday while IGP Dr. Ramachandra Rao, Umadevi Bidari, Chamarajanagar SP P. Rajendra Prasad, City Police Commissioner K.L. Sudhir and film producer S.R. Govind look on. Picture right shows actress Harshika Poonacha and other artistes presenting a dance.

Mysore, Feb. 17 :

The Chamundi Vihar Stadium in city yesterday witnessed a rare occasion as Police personnel, far from their regular rigorous daily routine, enjoyed an evening filled with entertainment at the Abhimana-2013 programme in which several of them were felicitated for their outstanding services.

The programme which had been organised by New Dimension Media and Entertainment organisation was inaugurated by film producer S.R.Govind with Sridhar Jain and troupes presenting a melodious Ganesha Stuthi which gave a devotional touch to the occasion.

It was followed by DCP Basavaraj Malagathi rendering the ever-memorable song ‘Baare Baare’ from a popular Kannada blockbuster Nagarahaavu.

Police officials Anand, M.Nagaraj, T.P. Manjunath, Mallikarjunaswamy, C. Prabhakar, C.G. Mahadevappa, Anwar Pasha, Guruswamy Nayak, Radha, Krishnaiah, B.L. Yogesh Kumar, Seetha Ramu, Kaveerappa, Vijayendra, Kalashaiah, Ravi, Nanjundaswamy, Tirumalesh, Basappa and others were felicitated for their services.

Former MLA Vatal Nagaraj, retd. DGP Shankar Bidari, IGP (Southern Range) Dr. Ramachandra Rao, SP R. Dileep, City Police Commissioner K.L.Sudheer, DCP K.P. Bheemaiah, Director of New Dimension Shanmugappa, M.P. Prakash, Krish Amarnath, BBMP Commissioner R.P. Sharma, cine stars Jayamala, Sai Kumar, Krishna, Sanjana, Amulya and SPs of Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Hassan were present.

I was instrumental in Police getting trousers

Former MLA Vatal Nagaraj, participating in the function, said that it was he who was instrumental for Police personnel getting trousers instead of knickers, stating that ever since he was beaten up by the Police in 1967, he has had a very friendly relation with them which made him successfully take up the issue of providing Police personnel with trousers with the Government.

He also demanded that Policemen who brave the vagaries of nature while performing their duties be given additional allowances for maintenance of physical fitness which plays a major role in Policemen performing their duties.

Cine star Jayamala, in her address thanked the Police Department for protecting lives and properties of citizens during crisis. Reacting to this, IGP (Southern Range) Dr. Ramachandra Rao said it was the duty of the Police to protect lives and properties and urged citizens to encourage Police personnel in their good work.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / February 17th, 2013

JSS Polytechnic for differently abled receives National Award

February 19, 2013Education, Records, Alladmin

Mysore, Feb. 17:

Recognising the yeoman service being rendered by JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled in Mysore, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, honoured the Polytechnic with the National Award (Additional) 2012 under the category “Best Institution Working for the Cause of Persons with Disabilities.”

The award was presented to Nanjundaswamy, Principal of the Polytechnic, by President Pranab Mukherjee on Feb.6 in a function held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Kumari Selja, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and D. Napoleon, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, were present.

The differently abled need equality, opportunity and accessibility in all respects to prove their abilities and not the mere sympathy. Knowing this philosophy, the JSS Mahavidyapeetha established JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled in Mysore in 1991 with the support of the Dept. of Technical Education and Govt. of Karnataka under its World Bank Assistance Scheme.

The Polytechnic was the first of its kind in India which started to provide formal professional education at diploma level exclusively for the Differently Abled.

The new campus of the Polytechnic was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Jan.3, 1999 in the presence of Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji, President of JSS Mahavidyapeetha.

Initially, three diploma courses namely Architecture, Computer Science and Commercial Practice were started as aided courses. Three more diploma courses were added later in Jewellery Design & Technology, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Computer Applications for the Visually Impaired.

Totally, 439 differently abled candidates are studying during the current academic year 2012-13 in the Polytechnic and about 75% of them are hearing impaired.

About 1,100 differently abledcandidates have obtained diploma from the Polytechnic so far. Many of them are well placed in educational institutions and companies like IBM, Wipro, Infosys, Excel Soft etc.