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RamaGovinda Puraskara – 2017 Awards Ceremony on Jan. 29

January 27, 2017Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, Alladmin

Mysuru :

A programme has been organised at Kalamandira in city on Jan. 29 at 6.30 pm to present RamaGovinda Puraskara-2017, under the aegis of Sri D. Ramabai Charitable Foundation and M. Gopinath Shenoi Charitable Trust – Mangalore Ganesh Beedi Works, Mysuru. This year’s awardees are Dr. Prakash Baba Amte, Dr. Mandakini Amte and Dr. Vijayanatha Shenoi.

P. Mallesh will present the award in the presence of M. Ramanatha Shenoi couple, M. Jagannatha Shenoi couple and M. Gopinath Shenoi couple.

Play ‘Mayabazaar’: At 7.15 pm, Surabhi theatre troupe will be staging the play ‘Mayabazaar.’ Surabhi is a Hyderabad-based troupe which has 60 artistes who belong to a single family. Having 130 years of history, this troupe has been performing plays based on Indian mythology.

About D. Ramabai Charitable Foundation and M. Gopinath Shenoi Charitable Trust: These two institutions are associated with a pro-societal cause in education, health and cultural sectors, immensely involving human welfare and development. As an extension of their social endeavours these two institutions have collectively instituted an award named RamaGovinda Puraskara, to be presented annually since last year. This award will be an yearly event, preceded by meticulously selecting an institution and some individuals working for societal development.

Awardees’ Profile: The epitome of humanism, Dr. Prakash Baba Amte walks on the path paved by his father Baba Amte. Prakash Amte has dedicated his life to the welfare of tribals at the dense forests of Hemalaska in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. Dr. Mandakini, his wife, has joined hands with him for all his selfless endeavours. They are so fond of wild animals that leopard and bear play in the courtyard of their house. The life of this couple has been portrayed on screen too. In this film, Nana Patekar and Sonali Kulakarni have enacted the roles of this couple.

Dr. Vijayanatha Shenoy of Manipal is well-known as a person who has interacted with the local experts and international stalwarts in various fields like philosophy, music, literature, dance and yakshagana. Having a refined taste in all these fields, he has organised various kinds of programmes and projects. He treasures some of the best architectural constructions through his ‘Hastashilpa’ and ‘Heritage Village.’ He runs the movement of enriching the knowledge of the society regarding the values of life that are entwined with the physical aspects of tradition.

His letters, in Kannada and English exchanged with the masters in various fields are a great gift to the epistolary literature of this land. Dr. Vijayanatha Shenoy is a ‘cultural saint’ of our times.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 27th, 2017

Manipal institute’s diamond jubilee celebrations to begin on Friday

January 26, 2017Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Education, Records, Alladmin

The Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) celebrates its diamond jubilee this year and different programmes have been chalked up for the celebrations to be held throughout the year.

Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, G.K. Prabhu, institute director, said that Subramanian Swamy, Rajya Sabha member, will deliver a lecture on “The impact of Demonetization on Indian Economy” here on January 28.

Anant Talaulicar, managing director, Cummins India Ltd., will formally launch the celebrations here on January 27. Established as Manipal Engineering College in 1957, the college had maintained a long-standing relationship with quality technical education and student diversity. In 1974, it was renamed as Manipal Institute of Technology. It is now the largest constitute institution of Manipal University.

A key feature of the celebrations is the extramural lectures. A number of prominent persons would visit the campus for the lecture and interact with the students. Ashwani Gujral, Technical Analyst, Investment and Portfolio Management, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, MP, are among them.

Other programmes planned for the year include, a series of workshops to hone skills in engineering, basic sciences, management, and humanities. A number of national and international conferences on contemporary themes, by various departments of engineering and other disciplines would be held.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Mangaluru / by Special Correspondent / Manipal – January 26th, 2017

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January 26, 2017Business & Economy, Records, All, Uncategorizedadmin

AITA Tennis Tournament Winners

January 24, 2017Records, All, Sportsadmin

City’s S.D. Prajwal Dev (right) and Kunal Vazirani, winners of the Men’s Doubles Title of Rs. 2 lakh AITA Dinshaw Godwana Club’s National Level Men’s Tennis Tournament 2017 at Nagpur on Friday are seen with the winner’s trophy.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / January 23rd, 2017

At last Mysuru gets … Passport Seva Centre

January 24, 2017Business & Economy, Records, Alladmin

MP Pratap Simha’s effort pays off

Centre to be inaugurated on Jan. 25

Mysuru :

Good news for Mysureans and residents of surrounding districts. Thanks to Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, the long pending demand for a Passport Seva Kendra will be fulfilled on the eve of 67th Republic Day.

Addressing presspersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, MP Pratap Simha said that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had sanctioned a Passport Seva Centre to Mysuru as a pilot project along with Bharuch in Gujarat. He added that the Union Government has decided to re-launch the existing Passport Seva Kendra as Passport Seva Centre.

The Mysuru Centre will be inaugurated on Jan. 25 by Union Minister Ananth Kumar at the Metagalli Post Office building on KRS Road at 11 am.

“Ananth Kumar has been instrumental in getting the Passport Centre to Mysuru. Without his help it would have been difficult to get the facility to our city,” said the Mysuru-Kodagu MP.

Till now people living in Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Hassan districts were facing a daunting task of travelling all the way to Bengaluru and stand in long queues at the Passport Seva Kendra. Now, since the Centre will be opened in Mysuru the process of getting a Passport will be much easier.

Initially, the Passport Centre in Mysuru will offer its services to Mysuru and Chamarajanagar people for a few weeks to ensure the system works efficiently before expanding it to surrounding districts. “It was a challenge for me to get the Centre to Mysuru as Passport Kendras already existed in Mangaluru, Hubli-Dharwad and Bengaluru. Finally, all my efforts has paid-off as the Centre has been sanctioned to Mysuru,” the MP added.

It may be recalled, Mysuru had hosted around four Passports Seva Camps at the Zilla Panchayat office premises. But once the camp dates were announced the appointments were being blocked by travel agencies in the city causing hardship for the general public to get their applications processed.

The opening of the Passport Seva Centre will help the people seeking regular Passport or Tatkal Passport.

During the passport seva camps, only 400 applications were being processed and people used to visit the MP’s office with several complaints.

Initially, it was planned to open the Passport Seva Centre at the Head Post Office located in Nehru Circle. Since the building is old and lacks sufficient space, it was decided to set up the Centre at Metagalli Post Office building. The Seva Centre will be set up on a 800 sq ft space with one entry and exit points. The Centre will be provided with basic infrastructure to ensure smooth functioning.

The Centre in Mysuru will carry out works related to verification and granting of Passport while the printing and dispatch of Passport will be taken up the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Bengaluru.

“The works on setting up of the Centre has been going on for the past four days. It will function with help of the staff from the Postal Department who will be trained for a period of three months by the RPO while they will also execute the works related to issuance of Passports and other services offered by the Seva Centre. This will also help in the revival of the Postal Department,” said the MP.

Former MUDA Chairman L. Nagendra, Corporator Nandeesh Preetham, BJP leaders M. Rajendra and H.V. Rajeev were present at the press meet.

Later, MP Pratap Simha, accompanied by RPO officials, inspected the Passport Seva Centre at Metagalli Post-Office building.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 23rd, 2017

110-year-old railway overbridge to be demolished

January 5, 2017Business & Economy, Records, Alladmin

The Railway authorities have decided to demolish the 110-year-old railway overbridge connecting Gogte Circle to Basaveshwar Circle on Khanapur Road in the city and replace it with a four lane bridge. Officials of the South Western Railway, Hubballi division and Belagavi City Corporation inspected the bridge on Wednesday.

Later, BCC Commissioner Shashidhar Kurer told presspersons that the existing bridge will be demolished and a new bridge will be constructed by the Railways at an estimated cost of ₹12.30 crore.

Considering the possibility of double-decker trains being introduced on the route, the height of the bridge will be raised and made wide for smooth flow of traffic. Also, the work on the railway overbridge at the third railway gate on Khanapur Road will be taken up simultaneously at a cost of ₹23 crore, which will be shared equally by the Railways and the State government. It will be completed in 11 months, he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home>News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Belagavi – January 05th, 2017

Five VTU students chosen for Stanford University’s fellowship programme

January 2, 2017Education, Records, All, World Opinionadmin

Students selected for the fellowship with VTU Vice- Chancellor Karisiddappa in Belagavi.

Five students of Visvesvaraya Technological University have been selected for University Innovation Fellows (UIF) programme of the Stanford University, U.S.A.

According to a VTU release, the programme has been designed to empower the students’ knowledge, skills and attitude and make a positive impact on the world economy.

As many as 169 students from four countries participated in the selection process. Samanth Mendke and Shriya Hukkeri from Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi; and Abhay Rangan V., Priyanka Srivastava, and Asher John Sathya from CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, excelled through the selection process.

The fellows will be provided online training for six weeks on development and innovative projects aimed at bringing in a change in the university system. After the training, the fellows will attend the annual UIF Silicon Valley Meet scheduled in U.S.A. in March. They will also participate in workshops and exercises focused on topics such as movement building, innovation spaces, design of learning experiences, and new models for change in higher education.

VTU Vice-Chancellor Karisiddappa said the varsity had been encouraging international collaborations and interacting with globally reputed universities and organisations for collaborative research, exchange of faculty members and students to make value addition to their teaching and learning abilities.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Belagavi – January 02nd, 2016

This geek is ‘copying’ music for Star Wars

January 2, 2017Amazing Feats, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, Alladmin

Bengaluru :

A Los Angeles based composer and vocalist Dhruv Goel will release a new song ‘Pinha’, that he recorded with the Berklee Indian Ensemble early next year.
In a brief chat with City Express while he was in the city, he spoke about his music venture and experience at the college and sharing the stage with A R Rahman.

He says it always feels amazing to be back in India. “Needless to say, I am always homesick. But the amazing Indian food in LA really helps calm that down,” he adds.
He was earlier in the city for the Bengaluru Ganesh Utsav 2016. He performed with the Berklee Indian Ensemble. “It was an amazing show. We also had guest artists Vijay Prakash and Raghu Dixit performing with us,” adds the 27-year-old.
Dhruv is a freelance composer and vocalist and has made music for various video games, travel shows and short films.

He is currently in the process of finishing up and releasing some new singles. He recently finished scoring a short film Shamas, directed by a London-based director Myriam Raja. It is premiering at the London Short Film Festival in January.

He says, “It’s set in England against the backdrop of a mass refugee crisis. Amongst the chaos and uncertainty, it is the story of one young man who must question his own humanity when his need to survive takes precedence.”

He is also currently working with John Williams on the next Star Wars film. A Star Wars geek, he calls it truly an unreal experience. He says, “Music copying in today’s time is a very diverse job, but in a nutshell, we make sheet music for the big orchestra that is being hired to play William’s background score and make sure all the music parts are coherent with his hand written scores.”

Born into a family that loves music, he started learning Hindustani Classical Music at a young age. It was his grandfather who insisted he learn music. “I was incredibly inspired by my grandfather. He was a poet, painter and had a great voice – but he was also an IPS officer and that took precedence.”
He adds, “By the time I started going to college in Delhi University, I was performing and writing a lot of music. It was sometime around mid way through my Economics degree at DU that I was convinced that I had to do music full time. After that Berklee happened and it has been a crazy ride ever since.”
He heard about Berklee in 2011 from his friend Ishaan Chhabra, who now works with A R Rahman. “Berklee was too expensive for me to afford, but after spending a lot of time working on the audition, I got a great scholarship,” he says.

His inspiration is A R Rahman. “He is one of the main reasons I wanted to write music. His music and writing truly moves and inspires me. Recording a cover of ’Yeh Jo Des’ and then performing with him at Symphony Hall was a surreal experience. He has amazing energy and its incredible to see the child like fascination he has with music technology.”
Ask what would be his ideal composing gig and he says, “Writing the score to a big sci-fi movie.” He adds he would love to explore India-based project as well. “But I am ’playing it by ear’ currently – pun intended!,” he concludes.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Akila Damodaran / Express News Service / December 31st, 2016

First successful heart transplant at a govt.-run hospital in Karnataka

December 31, 2016Amazing Feats, Records, All, Science & Technologyadmin

Procedure done at Jayadeva early on Saturday

A 40-year-old security guard received a new year’s gift – a new heart – when he successfully underwent heart surgery at Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, early on Saturday. This is the first successful heart transplant at a government-run hospital in Karnataka.

Gangadhar was in need of a heart transplant as his heart was very weak and he used to become breathless even while on medication, sources at the hospital said. A team headed by Dr. Seetharama Bhat successfully conducted the transplant which lasted four hours.

The donor, 30-year-old Mario Shin Yuan Huang, had slipped from a rooftop and was admitted to Manipal Hospital for head injury. “The patient suffered an acute brain stroke. Even with the best possible treatment, we could not save him,” said Dr. Shanthala who treated him at Manipal Hospital. “His family was very keen on organ donation,” she said.

With the help of traffic police, a green corridor was created and the donor’s heart was transported from Manipal Hospital to Jayadeva Hospital at 1 a.m. on Saturday in just 11 minutes.

The transplant holds hope for poor patients who may not be able to afford the high cost of the operation in private hospitals. “In this case, we bore the entire cost of the operation,” said C.N. Manjunath, director of JICSR. “The transplant will cost Rs. 6 lakh to 8 lakh, and if the patient requires ECMO, the cost can rise up to Rs. 12 to 13 lakh,” he added. The institute also roped in the help of several charitable organisations and depending upon their ability to pay, patients’ kin are sometimes asked to make a part of the payment.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Cinthya Anand / Bengaluru – December 31st, 2016

The cultural colonisation of Bengal and K’taka

December 31, 2016Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Leaders, Records, Alladmin

Bengaluru :

Did you know Karnataka and Bengal share a deep-rooted literary bond? Neither did almost 800 Bengalis and 200 non-Bengalis who attended the three-day Bengali literature and cultural fest, held nearly after a decade in the city on December 25, to know that.

Ranjon Ghoshal, an engineer by profession and founding member of Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli talked about the exchange of literature between Karnataka and Bengal since the 12th century. Ranjon is a literature and theatre enthusiast

He stated that the king who ruled Bengal and parts of Orissa in 1160 AD, Ballala Sen, hailed from the coastal region of Karnataka. Ballala Sen was a poet and literature flourished in Bengal during his reign. Ballala Sen authored two books Danasagara and Adbhutasagara.
“Bengal during the Sena regime can be considered a silver period,” said Ranjon Ghoshal. “The kingdom prospered and law and social responsibility was maintained so Bengal is indebted to the Sena dynasty,” he added.

The second link is the city of Gauda, that is located in the present day Malda. The city served as the capital of Bengal for more than 500 years and Bengal was almost synonymous to it. According to Ranjon, this co-incidence has something to do with the Goud Saraswat Brahmins of the Konkan Bay.
“I would suggest the link to the fact that Bengal had sent emissaries to coastal regions ultimately to reach the Konkan Bay. It was then that cultural colonisation took place between Bengal and Karnataka,” he said.
The third parallel drawn was when the spiritual leader,Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from Bengal started the Bhakti Movement in 15th century, his two primary disciples Roop and Sanathan were from Karnataka.
On further studying the links between two separate states, the 61-year-old literature-enthusiast found an intriguing similarity. “If you search the historical literary movements that shaped the country in the north and south, you will not find a concrete evidence to explain this coincidence. But if you search the Kabir and Chaitanya of the north separately and Dasa and Bhakti people of the south, all are contemporaries. There is a maximum of 50 years gap.” he said.

When the Kannada literary movement, Navodaya started in 20th century, it was heavily influenced by Tagore and vice-versa. Ranjon, gave the talk on the topic titled Ballal Sen to Banalata Sen, a Bengali poem written in 1942 by the poet Jibanananda Das with an idea to demarcate the span through which Bengal and Karnataka have been exchanging literature and culture.
“Bengal and Karnataka have exchanged more than glances with one another, the have looked deep into each other’s eyes with love and remand,” he said.

The three-day event called the 89th Annual Conference was organised by Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan and was inagurated by the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee. The conference is held annually by the Bengali community to keep the regional literature alive among Bengalis living in different parts of the country.

It was held fourth time in Karnataka, the last one being in 2007 and the first one being in 1959.
“One of the biggest revelation from the conference was the historical link we share with Karnataka. Now we live in an era of mixed race. My daughter is married to a Kannadiga here but the it was amazing to know that one of our king was from Karnataka and the translation period of Karnataka and Bengal is so ancient,” said Manomita Roy, conference secretary of the event.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service / December 31st, 2016

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