A four-year-old girl Brundavani Abbigeri of the Roller Skating Club set a new world record in limbo skating at Kaiga on Sunday. She created the record by limbo skating under a course of 5.5 inches bars. She also created another record by limbo skating for 600 metres.
The Roller Skating Club of Kaiga organised the event on the premises of the Kaiga Township Recreation Club. Brindavani set the new record in front of the representative of the Record Holders Republic (RHR) India. The Kaiga Roller Skating Club office-bearers told reporters that the club will file an application to document the record at the Limca Book of Records and the Asian Book of Records. Representative of the Record Holders’ Republic, Promod Ruiya, documented the new record.
Shubhan Hanbar of the same school had earlier set a record by limbo skating under 5.6 inch bars in 2011.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service / June 20th, 2016
Wrapped in history: The Indian Christian Cemetery at Hosur Road in Bengaluru Photo : Sudhakara Jain / The Hindu
Nowhere else can life and death coexist as peacefully as it does in a cemetery, discovers SHAILAJA TRIPATHI
“There! A sari cradle suspended from a tree”. Taken in by the sight, I stop in my tracks. So ironical, I say, to my accompanying colleagues. Sari cradles have always excited me — I consider them sharp pointers towards rural life and a slice of culture we have lost — but not to this extent. In a setting like a cemetery, the cradle becomes a symbol of life. There is no child. Dusk is setting in. The mother may have taken the baby inside, I think aloud. There are a couple of families who live on the premises of the Indian Christian Cemetery and one of them must have put up the cradle. Under the shade of such a huge tree, lush greenery around and a breezy weather, the all-pervading peace would have lulled the baby to sleep. It hasn’t rained that day which makes it easy to walk around in one of the oldest cemeteries in the city. Said to be built in 1857, the 24-acre cemetery is also home to 185 soldiers of the Commonwealth forces who died during the First and Second World Wars and their kith and kin.
“The cemetery is maintained by the British High Commission. They appoint one person to clean it but since there are so many graves, by the time the person reaches the last one, it is again a mess,” says an official from the Indian Christian Cemetery. I see P. Thomas Turner of the 6th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment resting in peace. The tombstone says he was 28 at the time of his death, October 11, 1917.
The cemetery, maintained by 11 major church denominations such as CSI, Mar Thoma, Orthodox, Pentecostal, is enveloped in history. The simple grave of German horticulturist Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel — credited with the city’s green cover — lay forgotten here until historian Suresh Jayaram rediscovered it in 2007. The city woke up to it during the celebrations planned to commemorate Krumbiegel’s 150th birth anniversary last year. Kenneth Anderson’s grave is here too. He was an India-born British writer and a wildlife lover who always set his stories in the jungles of South India.
The official tells me about the most recent discovery — that of Benjamin Rice, the missionary who came to India from London in the late 1830s and stayed here till his death in 1887. He went on to establish the Mitralaya Girls High School on Mission Road. “And I don’t know what stone and what polish have been used but it was in very good condition when we located it last month,” says the official.
Rice, who quickly acquired proficiency in Kannada, called Canarese then, is also believed to have done the first map of Bengaluru.
Shouldn’t this piece of heritage be protected then? “Yes, it should be. There are century-old graves. The sheer size of it makes it unmanageable. There are 20-30 people who come in everyday at 11 a.m. and clean it but it is not possible to do it thoroughly. But All Soul’s Day on November 2 is one day when we ensure a thorough cleaning. That is the only day people visit the cemetery in large numbers. Otherwise they don’t come regularly.”
Aesthetics is an inherent part of human nature and it reflects even in the last leg of our journey. Ornate motifs, angels and Christ carved in stone, a chiselled Bible, beautiful text from the Holy Scripture and granite slabs adorn the cemetery.
Those who couldn’t afford it, have simply used cement and an iron cross. No elaborate tombstones for them.
The day has been relatively easy for 30 year-old Shankar, the grave digger. It is 4 p.m. and no burials have taken place till now. So, he utilises the time for walking his two pet dogs. It has been eight years for him, here. A long time to get used to? I gently ask him. “Yes, that is true but after him, nobody else from the family is going to follow in his footsteps. I want his kids to study and do well in life,” shouts a young woman standing at the threshold of his small one-room house, located at one end of the cemetery.
But there is peace. “Nobody bothers us. It is green and spacious,” says Parvati, whose husband is also a grave digger. She helps out her husband with cleaning. The cemetery has been home to this Nepali family of young men, women and school-going children for 20 years.
The cemetery is filling up fast. “It is almost full. Just one or two months and it will be full. We are looking for a space and it is not easy to find one within the city limits. We are looking at Electronics City and Hoskote,” the official points out. He adds that while family graves are an option, they are not feasible here. “It means reserving a portion of space which is not possible because there is no space and we don’t allow a burial over another before five years. But we get lot of requests from people who like to bury their grandparents next to each other. If we find a little bit of space, we accommodate it. It is an ecumenical cemetery which lets people from different sects and denominations have their last rites here which is why people prefer it and today we have no space.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus> City 360 / by Shailaja Tripathi / Bengaluru – June 14th, 2016
The road from Hubballi to the Indian embassy in Portugal has been a mixed bag for K Nandini Singla (in pic), who has been designated the new ambassador to Portugal.
With the official paper work completed in both New Delhi and Lisbon, she is expected to assume charge by June-end or early July.
Despite scoring 88 per cent in SSLC, she was denied admission into arts course by a pre-university college in Bagalkot, until her parents intervened. “Engineering and medicine were not my areas of interest. I always wanted to be an IFS officer,” she said.
Her stint with the NCC in Hubballi gave her an opportunity to visit Canada, under the Youth Exchange Programme.
“This exposure to the ‘new world’ changed my perspective of life as I saw the problems faced by women and teenage girls there. The six-month programme at Canada made my desire of becoming an IFS officer even stronger,” she said.
Clearing the UPSC exam in the first attempt in 1997 with 46th All India rank helped her pursue her dream. “Portugal and India share one of the friendliest relationships as there are few conflicting issues between the two countries,” Singla said and added that her task would be to link the two countries in her term as the ambassador.
“Both the countries have ample opportunities to explore and Portugal can become India’s gateway to the European Union. Our country can benefit in many ways by exchange of technology and culture,” said the 1997-batch Indian Foreign Service officer. This is Singla’s first ambassadorial assignment.
So far, she has worked as Joint Secretary (West Europe) in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. “One of my important tasks in Portugal would be to get the Portugal prime minister, who has Indian origins, travel to India.”
Under the Modi government’s new initiative of ambassadors adopting states of their choice for cohesive development, she has selected Karnataka for the project.
“I shall try to be the link between the European countries and Karnataka in terms of exchange of culture, trade, education, tourism, Information Technology and also for the Smart City project,” she said . “I am proud to represent Karnataka in Portugal.”
Singla was born to K Gururaj Rao, a retired LIC officer, and K Premalatha. She is married to Sanjeev Singla, personal secretary to PM Narendra Modi.
DH News Service
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / DHNS / Hubballi – June 09th, 2016
Mysuru-origin Ishwar to inaugurate World Yoga Championship at Italy in July
Dr. Vishwanath and his wife Dr. Mamatha Vishwanath with their son Ishwar and daughter Indira.
by N. Niranjan Nikam
I was at my hairdresser Ravi’s saloon last week waiting for my turn when he was in conversation with another customer and the word Yoga was uttered. He asked him was it not something which the foreigners did and I at that point intervened and told them how Yoga was from India and two of the best exponents B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois, who spread yoga to the world, were from Mysuru.
A few days later, just to give credence to Ravi’s understanding that it was something the foreigners did, came the news that a British-born six-year-old UK National Yoga Championship Gold medallist, who has his roots in Mysuru, was visiting the city with his father, a Silver medallist at the same Championship.
I was eagerly looking forward to meet the father-son duo, who were visiting Mysuru. We met at the Windflower Spa and Resort and even as I waited for the child prodigy to appear, I was thinking how this precocious child who had won not just some event but a championship that puts body, mind and soul together be. A thought ran through my mind has he already attained that level of being that nothing disturbs him and he is very poised, controlled, and confident and in yoga like stance all the time.
The cute, sweet looking boy Ishwar Vishwanath Sharma emerged, all of six years in a white full arm shirt, shorts and a typical boyhood cut that we have all sported during our growing up years. He immediately got busy, even as his father Dr. N. Vishwanath, who had chosen some spots for him to do his asanas for the photographs, had gone to change into yoga gear.
Ishwar’s eyes fell on the big chess pawns laid out on the ground and he decided to demonstrate there. Ishwar then, wearing his Gold Medal started performing some of the asanas like the yoganidrasana, dhanurasana and vrikshanasana and also naming them.
Even as I also watched fully impressed, even as our photographer got busy clicking, wondering how this kid at this age could show so much of concentration, it snapped and suddenly like the normal child he is, otherwise, began to throw tantrums.
His father Dr. Vishwanath was just not able to convince him anymore that he should do some more asanas so that more pictures could be taken.
I was glad that the innocent six-year-old has stayed just that in spite of achieving fame at such a young age. As he went off to play with his cousin and grandmother, Dr. Vishwanath recounted those unbelievable, once in a life-time achievement of his son and his own at the national stage in UK.
“I have been practicing yoga since the last 25 years. It has helped me quite a lot in my profession both mentally and physically. Ishwar started watching me do my yoga from the age of 4. By age 5 he started doing the asanas himself,” recalls Dr. Vishwanath.
He then trained for almost one year and apart from his father, Ishwar was also given special training by Pushpita, a yoga expert from Bengaluru. His training increased from half hour to three hours as Dr. Vishwanath had decided to enter him into the National Yoga Championship.
Ishwar struck gold in his very first attempt on April 16, 2016, beating bigger and stronger boys four to five years his senior in the Under-11 Category. And to add to the family’s kitty, Dr. Vishwanath bagged the silver in the men’s category.
“I was definitely stunned by my son’s and my own performance. After all, we were participating in such an event for the first time,” exulted Dr. Vishwanath.
Immediately the BBC Television was at their doorsteps shooting the kid and the father and the next day they were under the arc lights in the television studios.
Ishwar, who is studying in Steephill School, Kent, in the first standard (Upper-one) is in big demand teaching yoga to his classmates and he is being called to all other places too to demonstrate his skills.
Dr. Vishwanath wants to see that his son is ready when that day comes and he is looking at 2024 when it is likely to happen. “But more importantly, for me it should be a part of his life where his body, mind and spirit is in perfect balance than just winning championships,” feels Dr. Vishwanath. He revealed that Ishwar is going to inaugurate the World Yoga Championship to be held at Italy in July but cannot participate because of his age. He said that he will also be competing by virtue of winning the silver medal representing the UK.
Dr. Vishwanath and his wife Dr. Mamatha Vishwanath are both Radiologists and have a daughter Indira, who is four- years-old. Ishwar is the grandson of late K.S. Nanjundeshwar of the well-known Rekha Studio on Dhanvantri Road.
Let us all hope that the Indian-origin child prodigy continues to strike perfect poise and balance and brings glory to the Indian community the world over.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / June 05th, 2016
Dr. N.G. Malleshi (centre), retired Scientist G and Head, Department of Grain Science and Technology, CFTRI and a resident of CFTRI Layout in Bogadi II Stage, seen receiving the citation from Prof. Hegade, retired Director of Research, UAS, Bengaluru, at the Millet Conference held at Bengaluru recently as Dr. Vilas Tonapi, Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad, looks on.
Mysuru :
The Indian Institute of Millet Research (ICAR-IIMR) and Society for Millets Research, Hyderabad, honoured Dr. N.G. Malleshi, former Sr. Scientist and Head, Department of Grain Science and Technology, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, for his contributions in the area of Millet Nutrition and Post-Harvest processing of Millets for their nutritional upgradation and value addition.
The occasion was a brain-storming conference on ‘Leveraging Small Millets for Food, Fodder, Nutrition, Livelihood Security and Economic Prosperity in the 21st Century and Beyond’ held at Bengaluru last month.
Dr. Malleshi has 35 years of Research experience at CSIR-CFTRI and had opportunities to undertake advanced R&D activities on Millets in world renown Institutes like Kansas State University, Carlsberg Research Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK and The National Research Institute of Brewing (NRIB), Higashihirosima, Japan, while in service.
His noteworthy contributions are Malting of millets and development of Malted Weaning Food, Infant food, Enteral Food (medical foods), Ragi-rice, Hypoglycemic and Geriatric foods, Millet polyphenols, Quality Jaggery and cereal carbohydrates.
He also served as visiting faculty to MS University Vadodara, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, UAS Bengaluru and JSS Arts, Commerce and Science College, Mysuru.
After superannuation in Dec. 2008, Dr. Malleshi is actively associated as Scientific Adviser to a few food processing industries engaged in Millet processing, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Supplementary nutrition, Breakfast cereals and Health foods. Besides, he has served as short-duration International Food Processing Consultant to FAO, USAID and UNIDO at Laos PDR, Zambia and Sri Lanka.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / June 05th, 2016
India has been named among the top five global locations for innovation centres, with Bengaluru emerging as the most favourite destination within the country having four such facilities.
According to a Capgemini report titled Digital Dynasties: The Rise of Innovation Empires Worldwide, India is becoming a new innovation destination of choice, doubling the number of innovation centres since July 2015 and seeing brands such as Apple, Airbus and Visa locate there.
Silicon Valley, London and Paris, were named as the top three locations for innovation centres, followed by Singapore and Bengaluru in the fourth and fifth place, respectively.
“India has been rising in the ranks of favorite destinations to open innovation centres. Our previous research identified eight innovation centres in India in July 2015. India has since seen eight more innovation centers open their doors,” the report said.
Bengaluru has been the most favoured city with four new innovation centres. Bengaluru is home to several billion- dollar Indian startups such as: Flipkart, InMobi and Mu Sigma, and attracts world-class technology talent and investments.
Among the new innovation centres opened in Bengaluru are: Airbus’ BizLab, which intends to bring together startups and Airbus’ internal entrepreneurs; and Visa, whose new technology center will house 1,000 developers accelerating development of next generation payment solutions.
“Global firms are showing interest in other Indian cities as well,” the report said adding that TriMas Corporation – a diversified global manufacturer of engineered and applied products – opened an innovation centre in Delhi to focus on driving innovation across its range of packaging solutions, while Puratos, a leading global food ingredient company, launched an innovation centre in Mumbai.
The report noted that though Silicon Valley still remains the hub of the world’s most dominant innovation “empire”, the innovation centre phenomenon has continued to spread globally, a number of new ’empires’ have emerged.
“Over the last year, we witnessed the rapid rise of Asia as a destination for innovation centres. Compared to our previous research, Asia has seen a 29 per cent rise in the number of innovation centres being launched,” the report said.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> You may also like / PTI / New Delhi – June 02nd, 2016
Yoga Guru Dr. Raghavendra R. Pai, Founder, Sri Vedavyasa Yoga Pratishthana, Mysuru, seen receiving the award at the 2nd Om Yoga & Wellness Hub Festival, held at Vietnam recently.
Mysuru :
In the culture barter expedition of global leaders around the world, Yoga from India has found itself a revered place across borders in an overwhelming acceptance.
Standing up for the physical, mental and spiritual balance practice, Yoga traces its origin back to the diversely fit cultural land of India.
Last year in his UN address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested to have June 21 of every year dedicated to celebrate this practice as International Yoga Day.
“Let’s pledge to make Yoga an integral part of our daily lives,” he mentioned. June 21 (Summer Solstice), is also the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.
As the entire world gears up for the 2nd International Yoga Day celebrations in June 2016, countries across the globe are leaving no stone unturned to make it a grand success. Vietnam, much ahead in its vision to promote Yoga, had organised an event to recognise the efforts of Yoga practitioners from India, who have worked hard to promote Yoga across the world.
Vietnam’s Om Yoga & Wellness Hub, a centre for Yoga, Ayurveda and Wellness, along with Sri Vedavyasa Yoga Pratishthana, Mysuru, had jointly organised the 2nd Om Yoga & Wellness Hub Festival, in line with International Yoga Day celebrations, on May 14 and 15, 2016 at Om Yoga & Well- ness Hub by Master Santhosh Cheriyamane, Binh Duong, Vietnam.
The event created two National Records — 81 yoga students and instructors performing 1008 Suryanamaskaras and a 24-hour Yoga marathon under the guidance of Yoga Guru Dr. Raghavendra R. Pai, Founder, Sri Vedavyasa Yoga Pratishthana, Mysuru and Master Santhoshkumar Cheriyamane Anand, Founder, Om Yoga and Wellness Hub, Vietnam.
For their excellence in Yoga, Dr. Raghavendra Pai and Master Santoshkumar Cheriyamane were awarded the prestigious ‘Vietnam King’ title by the Vietnam Book of Records on May 24. The certificates were officially handed over to them by the President of ‘Vietnam Book of Records’ Dr. Nguyen Van Vien and Chief Spokesperson Le Tran Truong An.
The other recipients of these title included Konanavar Somashekhara, Hebbasuru Siddappa Shivappa, Dombara Ganesh, Keri Suresh Kallappa, Annigeri Shivakumar, Yoga instructors from Karnataka and Perumal Selvakumar and Palanisamy Premkumar from Tamil Nadu.
Santosh Kumar Cheriyamane Anand, a Yoga practitioner, originally, hailing from Kushalnagar in Kodagu and Nguyen Thi Thanh Van from Vietnam, co-founders of Om Yoga & Wellness Hub, have popularised Yoga in Vietnam and also successfully established centres across three more cities in Vietnam. At these Centres, 12 dedicated instructors from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are imparting knowledge on not just practising Yoga, but also on Ayurveda and its natural healing methods and processes to those interested in and around the region.
The efforts of these Yoga practitioners in promoting Yoga across the globe is only the beginning of a much bigger dream envisioned by Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Siddha and Homeopathy) and the UN.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 30th, 2016
First girl from Karnataka to represent India in the event
Mysuru :
World Association of Kick-boxing Organisations (WAKO) is hosting WAKO World Cadets and Juniors Kickboxing Championship in Dublin, Ireland, from August 27 to September 3.
Kick-boxers, both boys and girls from all over the world including Africa, Asia, Pan-America, Europe and Oceania will be participating in the events which are divided into 7 categories (Musical Form, Point Fight, Kick Light, Low Kick, Light Contact, Full Contact & K-1).
City’s National Champion, 15-year-old Deia S. Urs, who has 2nd Degree Black Belt in Karate and 1st Degree Black Belt in Kick-boxing, will represent India in the K-1 girls category at the WAKO World Junior Kick-boxing Championship. She is the first and the only girl from Karnataka to represent India in Kickboxing at WAKO.
Karnataka Kickboxing Association (KKA) General Secretary C. Ravi said that the selection was based on her performance at the WAKO India National Junior Kick-boxing Championship held recently in New Delhi, where she won a Gold Medal in the girls 15-18 years (- 48 kg) K-1 category. WAKO India President C. A. Tamboli will head the Indian Kick-boxing team.
WAKO India is the member of World Association of Kickboxing Organisations, which is affiliated to Sport Accord & International Games Association (IWGA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC). WAKO India is also member of WAKO Asian Kickboxing Federation and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
Winner of the prestigious ‘Prathibha Puraskar’ State Award for her exceptional achievement in the field of Karate, given by Karnataka State Department for Women and Children Development, Deia is trained by Shihan E.S. Kumar of Shuko Kai Shito Ryu Karate Do India of Chennai in Karate, Kobudo and Aikodo.
At present, Deia is trained under her father B.S. Srinath Urs, who has Black Belts in both Karate and Kickboxing.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / May 29th, 2016
Archana Kamath is keen to raise the bar in her chosen sport
Unlike the many fascinating tales that generally surround sporting prodigies, Archana Kamath’s impressive journey has been marked with simplicity.
Ever since she started playing table tennis at the age of nine, Archana has kept her visions clear and the 15-year-old Bengaluru girl has been climbing the ladder of success at a rapid rate.
After enjoying a terrific season last year on the junior circuit, Archana tasted consistent success at the international level. Starting off with two bronze medals (singles and doubles) at the Italian Junior Open, Archana raised the bar to bag the silver in the cadet girls’ team of the Belgium Open. The youngster then struck gold in the cadet girls’ doubles category at the French Open.
Archana’s big moment arrived when she became the first Indian girl to make the quarterfinals of the ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals in Indore. Archana didn’t disappoint in her maiden appearance, finishing a creditable fifth.
Daughter of eye specialists Girish and Anuradha Kamath, Archana’s interest in the game was spurred by her brother Abhinav, who was an ardent table tennis lover. What began as a hobby of playing the sport with her brother soon became a serious pursuit.
“We encouraged her in music and dance to see where her interests lie. Despite introducing her to various co-curricular activities at a very young age, Archana remained keen on table tennis and we are glad to have supported her,” says Anuradha.
Learning the basics of the game from Praveen Joshi, a senior State coach, Archana’s first major triumph came in 2013, when she bagged the singles title in the sub-junior nationals in Ajmer.
“That was my first gold at the national level and it will always remain very memorable,” says Archana, who is undergoing a training stint in Germany with Peter Engel, India’s former national coach.
Dominating the national scene on a regular basis since her triumph in Ajmer, Archana slowly became the player to watch out for on the junior circuit in India. Archana has so far accounted for 17 medals at the national stage, including 11 gold and the Bengaluru girl’s commitment towards her training has taken her to great heights, feel her parents.
“She is coached by Bona Thomas John (Cantonment Rail Club) and Aloysius Sagayaraj (MSSTA), and her determination to be regular in her training has helped her become a fierce competitor. She trains six hours every day and these two coaches have contributed immensely in shaping her career,” says her mother.Travelling across the globe for various tournaments, Archana is slowly learning to face the tough phase with grace.
“For me it is a tough phase every time I lose. Initially the bitterness would last long and but as I keep playing, I am learning to respect the efforts of my opponents as well. Even though a defeat still hurts, the feeling doesn’t last that long,” notes Archana, who received the Ekalavya award earlier this month.
Supported by the Olympic Gold Quest, Archana made her debut at the Senior Nationals this year. “Table Tennis is a wonderful game for the body, mind and the soul. I have wonderful coaches who have made me feel that table tennis is my life,” she says.
Archana’s focus and dedication towards the game has been the secret behind her achievements, feels coach Sagayaraj.
“I begin training every day at 5:30 am and she is ready by 5:00 am. It is very difficult to find a player so committed to a sport at such a young age. Archana stands apart for her aggressive nature of play. She is very attacking in her style and if she continues to work hard on her fitness and on her game, she will definitely win more medals at the international level,” remarks Sagayaraj.
Sporting commitments may keep her busy, but Archana is equally impressive in her academics. The youngster recently finished her 10th standard at the Poorna Prajna Education Centre (Sadashivanagar) with 98.72%, with a staggering score of 617/625.
“Throughout her schooling, Archana was well supported by her teachers. They believed in Archana’s potential and provided the required flexibility to balance her academics and sporting responsibilities. There was never a doubt in her teachers’ mind about her learning capabilities,” says Anuradha.
Archana is a proven achiever in the junior circuit, but a long road beckons the youngster who aims to succeed more at the international level.
“I want to work hard and bring laurels to our country. I have grown up seeing Saina Nehwal play and she is my inspiration. I want to succeed at the international level and see our tri-colour fly high,” she beams.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Supplements> Sportscene / by Vivek M V / DHNS – May 22nd, 2016
City’s 17-year-old Siddarth (in pic.) has become the first Indian to win an International Science Fair Grand Award at the 9th annual International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environment Project (I-SWEEEP) Olympiad held in Houston, Texas, USA recently in which 385 highly qualified projects from 62 countries participated.
The Grand Award was given to Siddarth Eswarachari, a resident of city who now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and Sarah Carlson.
Siddarth’s research project ‘Cleaner Water: Investigating Homogentisate Chemotaxis Receptors in Pseudomonas Putida F1 for Bio-remediation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons’ has won four International awards and two National awards. He is also the captain of his schools Robotics team and led his team to the International Robotics competition held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA where his team won the ‘Engineering Inspiration’ and ‘Excellence in Engineering’ awards.
He will be attending the Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering, where he plans to major in Robotics and Biotechnology Engineering.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 21st, 2016
