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Satya Nadella, Manipal University alumni named 3rd Microsoft CEO

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Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella

Bringing great pride to India, Hyderabad born Satya Nadella has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Microsoft Corporation. Having worked at Microsoft for 22 years, the 46-year old Nadella is the third leader of the software magnet, after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Although without the clichéd pedigree of IIT/IIM, Nadella has risen to great heights following his graduation in Engineering from Manipal University.

‘Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together,’ Gates said in a statement.

Professors at Manipal University Tuesday voiced happiness at alumnus Satya Nadella being named the new Microsoft chief and remembered him as a quiet student with a keen eye for detail.

Vinod V. Thomas, his teacher at Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), remembered Nadella as a “sincere, quiet student in his college days who earned his degree in first class with distinction”.

“It is a great moment which makes every MITians proud..” said Thomas, now the MIT director.

The university rejoiced at the new responsibility for Nadella, who was part of the 1988 batch in Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication, terming it a great day for the university.

“Yes, it is a great day for Manipal University. Every single student, past and present will cherish this glorious moment. Satya’s great achievement has done Manipal Institute of Technology and Manipal University proud,” said Chancellor Ramdas M. Pai.

“This is the biggest event for Manipal University. Over the last three months, when his name was shortlisted for the job, we have been hoping and praying that Satya would get the job. Today is a red letter day in the history of Manipal University,” Pai said, according to a varsity statement.

School of Information Sciences director Harishchandra Hebbar, who taught digital electronics to Nadella, said: “As a student he had a keen eye for details. He would always want to know the how and why of everything that was being taught in the class. He never would take the next step without fully knowing the step he has already taken.”

After completing his BE here at MIT, Nadella went to the US and completed his master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. He has been with Microsoft for 22 years.

source: http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in / IndiaToday.inEducation / Home> New>Story / India Today Online / New Delhi / February 05th, 2014

Conference on management of modern libraries at Manipal from Feb 21

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Mangalore :

The National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) will be jointly organized by the Health Sciences Library and the Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal University , at the Health Sciences Library, Manipal on February 21 and 22.

Prof IK Ravichandra Rao, former head of Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore and Former Head of Documentation and Research Training Centre, Bangalore will inaugurate the two-day conference at 9.30 am and deliver keynote address. Pro vice-chancellor of Manipal University, Manipal Dr H Vinod Bhat will preside.

About 150-200 library science professionals from various libraries, teachers and research scholars from universities across the country are expected to participate in this national-level conference which will bring together library and information science professionals, academicians and educationalists in the field of library and information science. The conference is being organized as a part of Diamond Jubilee Year Celebrations of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

As many as 85 papers will be presented in the conference. There will be five invited talks on the topics – information literacy, soft skills for library professionals, Institutional Repositories, Federated search and literature search. Product demonstrations and exhibition from about 15 publishers have been arranged in the two days event. A commemorative Souvenir carrying abstracts of valuable articles which will serve as excellent reference material for all the library professionals will be released on the occasion

Former Dean, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Dr A Krishna Rao will deliver the valedictory address on February 22 at 4.15 pm. Dr K Ramnarayan, vice-chancellor, Manipal University, Manipal will preside.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore / by Stanley Pinto, TNN / February 18th, 2014

Professor D P Biradar is new vice chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences

Education

Hubli:

Professor D P Biradar took over as the new vice chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad on Monday .

Acting vice chancellor H S Vijakumar handed over the charge to the new VC. Professor Birdar is the eighth vice-chancellor of UAS, Dharwad. Professor Birdar was serving as registrar, UAS, Raichur before being appointed as VC of UAS, Dharwad.

According to sources, the state government issued the order appointing Biradar as the vice chancellor on Sunday. The post was vacant after vice chancellor R R Hanchinal moved to New Delhi a year ago.

Digambarappa Pandappa Biradar hails fromBhaganagar (Bijapur District). He did his Bsc (Agri) and Msc (Agronomy) from UAS, Dharwad and obtained a Ph D from Illinois (Urbana-Champane) University in the area of Plant Genetics.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubli / by Basavaraj F Kattimani, TNN / February 03rd, 2014

Rahul Dravid, Qamarul to receive honorary doctorate

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Rahul Dravid is among the 12 personalities who will receive an honorary doctorate from Gulbarga University. / File photo: S. Subramanium / The Hindu
Rahul Dravid is among the 12 personalities who will receive an honorary doctorate from Gulbarga University. / File photo: S. Subramanium / The Hindu

Gulbarga University’s 32nd convocation will be held today

The former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid is among the 12 personalities who will receive honorary doctorate from Gulbarga University during the 32nd annual convocation to be held on the university campus here on Thursday.

Vice-Chancellor E.T. Puttaiah told presspersons here on Wednesday that the list included people ranging from educationists and politicians to social activists. They would be conferred Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Sciences.

The other persons who will receive the honorary doctorate are Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises K.H. Muniyappa; Municipal Administration and Waqf Minister Qamarul Islam; Rajyogini Brahmakumari Dadi Ratan Mohini; Sri Chennaveera Shivacharyaru of Samsthan Hiremath; Sri Shivanand Swamigalu of Siddalingeshwar Viraktamath; Dalit leader Shivaram Mogha; Editor of Agni Rajasekhar Hatagundi; secretary of the Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society Sharad Rampure, chairman of the New Horizon Educational Institution Mohan S. Manghnani; entrepreneur Krishnaji Kulkarni and contractor Dhareppa Uppar.

Defending the decision to confer the doctorate on so many people, Prof. Puttaiah said the university had received a total of 46 applications. The final list was selected by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who is also Chancellor of the university.

Prof. Puttaiah said that Ph.D and M. Phil would be awarded to 115 and 90 scholars respectively.

A total of 157 meritorious students who stood first in their respective courses would receive gold medals and cash prizes.

Sumita Pujari, a student of Doddappa Appa MBA Institute, topped the university by bagging eight gold medals and securing the first rank in MBA.

Hussain Basha came second by winning seven gold medals and securing the first rank in M.Sc. Mathematics.

Eminent scientist and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government R. Chidambaram will deliver the convocation address.

source: http://www. thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by  Special Correspondent / Gulbarga – February 20th, 2014

Bangalore team wins Rs 6 lakh at Tapmi quiz

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Mangalore :

The team “Beasts At The Back” from Bangalore won the first prize of Rs 6 lakh at the Quiz on the Beach (QOTB), the flagship event of Atharva held at the beautiful Kaup beach with the stunning backdrop of the Arabian Sea, on Saturday evening.

The winning team consisted of participants Arvind V and Siddharth from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore and St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore respectively. This was the 11th edition of QOTB and 26th edition of Atharva, the annual international B-fest of TA Pai Management Institute (Tapmi).

The second prize of Rs 3 lakh was won by Aditya Bagri and Saransh V from S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai and the team of Ranjiv Ravi and Ajay Srinath from ISB came third to bag the third prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh.

Conducted by the quiz master Navin Jaykumar of the Landmark Quiz fame and Anustubh Datta, the finale resulted in a culmination of five months of quizzing extravaganza consisting of online rounds and city qualifiers in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai . Over 700 participants from across the globe participated and vied for the prizes worth Rs 13 lakh. The prize money this year was 13-fold increase over the previous year.

QOTB had gone international this year with an online round to cater to a global audience. The winners of the International Round of QOTB were Adithya Sriram Sankaran and Shreyas Rajagopalan from ESCP Europe. They won prize money of $500.

Overall QOTB had participants from colleges across the world like IIM Indore, TISS , NMIMS , NITIE, IIT Madras , IIM Bangalore , NIT-K Surathkal , Wichita State University, San Diego State University, National University of Singapore , ESCP Europe, BITS Pilani Dubai, University of Houston, etc.

There was a footfall of 800 people at the Kaup Beach. Udupi District Superintendent M.B. Boralingaiah, Assistant Superintendent of Police Annamalai, Managing Director- India at Group FM Prakash Gurumoorthy, Mohan Narayanan founder and CEO of Kubos Consultancy, Ashwin Raghuraman COO India Innovation Fund were present at the event.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore / by Stanley Pinto, TNN / February 02nd, 2014

Hasan Mansur passes away

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Hasan Mansur
Hasan Mansur

Hasan Mansur, a veteran human rights activist, passed away in Bangalore on Wednesday morning.

Prof. Mansur (1930-2014), who retired as the Head of the Department of English in Bangalore University, was closely associated with People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and a host of other human rights initiatives, and fact-finding efforts in Karnataka and elsewhere.

Prof. Mansur was one of the founding members of the Karnataka Civil Liberties Committee (KCLC) in 1984. He went on to work for the PUCL, with which he was associated till the end.

His role at PUCL

In a press release, the PUCL State committee has said that Prof. Mansur played a significant role in broad-basing the concerns of PUCL and taking it beyond the traditional human rights issues to focus attention on violations of socio-economic rights, including the right to housing and the right to water.

Prof. Mansur was also one of the founding members of the Karnataka chapter of the Indo-Pak People’s Friendship Forum and was associated with trade union movements since the 1950s.

Speaking to The Hindu , Ramdas Rao, his colleague at the university and a co-activist in PUCL, said: “I admired Prof. Mansur for the way he brought together literature, politics and human rights.” Recalling his love for literary greats like James Joyce, Pablo Neruda and T.S. Eliot, he said: “He could quote large chunks of Joyce’s Ulysses and Eliot’s Four Quartets and continued to teach to the larger community of his friends even after he retired.”

Prof. Mansur leaves behind his wife, Hasnath Mansur, and a son. Funeral prayers were held at Arab Lane Mosque on Richmond Road on Wednesday evening. admired Mansur for the way he brought together literature, politics and human rights: Ramdas Rao.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Bangalore – February 13th, 2014

Star gazing in style

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Wah! Good news and great opportunity for Mysoreans! It is the right time for the star gazers to fix the stares for night sky observation. Astronomical Observatory of University of Mysore is providing wonderful opportunity for Mysoreans to explore the heavens effortlessly. It is an incomparable endeavour by the Department of Physics, University of Mysore, establishing an observatory to impart excellent astronomy education.

Celestron 11 inches telescope of the Department will certainly reach every individual of Mysore to understand the joy of star gazing.

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For the general public, the Department provides opportunity to observe the night sky with ease. The observatory is open to the general public on every Friday from 7 pm to 8.30 pm.

The Department of Physics, University of Mysore has an observatory with a strong astronomical telescope to clear understand the essence of skywatching.

The Astronomy section of Department of Physics is active from the past three decades. The department had a small 6 inch telescope useful for sky watching. But this Department presently has a robust 11 inches telescope highly beneficial to locate deep sky objects. A small observatory is set up to make sky observations comfortably. The observatory has a powerful reflecting telescope Celestron 11 telescope”.

The telescope has Celestron’s acclaimed Schmidt – Cassegrain optical system. It is a portable telescope housed in the observatory which was recently inaugurated by Dr. Sreekumar, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.

This telescope combines new Sky Align alignment technology, advanced engineering, and a bold new design.

In fact, Celestron’s Professional Computerized (CPC) series with revolutionary Sky Align alignment technology redefines everything that amateur astronomers are seeking. It offers quick and simple alignment, GPS, unsurpassed optical quality, ease of setup and use, advanced ergonomics and enhanced computerisation.

— Prof. S. A. Mohan Krishna, Amateur Astronomer

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / February 06th, 2014

Tribals land jobs at eye clinics

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Backward Kudubi youth are being employed in eye hospitals to be set up across Udupi by a charitable trust

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The Kudubis, one of the most backward tribes living in Udupi district, are all set to witness a white collar transformation. A few among the new generation kids have landed jobs at an eye hospital, one as an optometrician, unlike the parents, who are mostly daily wagers.

S Jayaram Shetty, chairman, Parvathi Mahabala Shetty Charitable Trust, Shiroor, told Bangalore Mirror: “The formal inauguration of our new eye hospital will be held on Feb 2. The speciality is that we have employed youth from the local Kudubi community. There are about 25,000 Kudubis living in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.”

The first Kudubi who will be serving at the hospital is 21-year-old Ravi, son of daily wagers Chandra Naik and Rukmini Bai. Ravi’s father was closely associated with Shetty’s family as a labourer.

Shetty said, “This boy too is closely associated with our family. Most of our family members are doctors and he has closely watched them. People from this tribe never went to school. But they are a very clean community and Holi is the only festival they celebrate.”

Shetty’s brother Dr Sundaram Shetty, chairman, Globe Eye Foundation, Bangalore, noticed the boy had the potential. Once Ravi completed his PU from Durgaparameshwari Pre University College in Mandarthi, he saw to it that he was trained in optometry. “Ravi completed his diploma at the same institute and will soon be joining the hospital at Shirva — a village in Udupi district which is about 100 kilometers from Mangalore. While he was being trained at Bangalore, he even worked at Siddi Eye Care Clinic, Indiranagar, in the evenings and earned some money. Among the eight students who took up the course, he stood first,” Shetty said, with pride.

Ravi said, “Till I reached class five, I was not interested in studies. I gradually developed interest and was helped by the Shetty family. I am really happy that I have got a job. People in my community are trying to understand the value of education. I am an example to many from our community.”

Now, Ravi’s mother forces kids around to study. “My younger brother Sudhakar is in class nine and another brother Ganesh works as a coolie. Ganesh has been sent to a driving school by the hospital and we are hoping that he too will be absorbed by this hospital as a driver. I now dream of working for a while and then doing BSc,” Ravi said.

Shetty said that the hospital will also have a telemedicine counter — where doctors from Narayana Hrudalaya and Narayana Nethralaya will be connected. Ravi will be handling the fundus camera. He will also be visiting nearby schools to screen children.

At the hospital, doctors from Bangalore will be visiting for eight days a month. The hospital also plans to set up 7-8 vision centres in Udupi where people can go and get their eyes screened. For this the hospital has already given a two-month training to three youth — Suresh, Lakshman and Harish — from the Kudubi tribe. They have studied upto SSLC.

Since the inauguration of the hospital was delayed by six months due to monsoon, the boys have gone back to masonry. They will return as soon as the hospital begins functioning and will be provided a month’s training in Bangalore. Interestingly, all the masonry work at the hospital is being undertaken by the Kudubis. “We are willing to train Kudubis. In fact are looking forward to these children from the backward community. We have a burning desire to do something so that they can be trained,” said Shetty.

source: http://www.bangaloremirror.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Other / by Deepthi Shridhar, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / January 29th, 2014

IIM-Bangalore makes debut in FT Global MBA Ranking 2014, IIM-Ahmedabad, Indian School of Business slip

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SUMMARY :

For the first time, IIM-Bangalore has found a place on the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking list.

Premier B-schools Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-Ahmedabad) and Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad have slipped from their current positions to lower ranks in the Financial Times (London) Global MBA Ranking-2014.

For the first time, Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-Bangalore) has found a place on the chart at 68th position. With this, it has become third such Indian institution to have figured in top 100 management schools globally.

According to Global MBA Ranking-2014 released yesterday by FT, rankings of IIM-Ahmedabad and ISB slipped to 30 and 36, respectively, from their last year’s positions of 26 and 34 respectively.

ISB had slipped 14 points to rank 34 last year as against 20th position a year before. Similarly, IIM-Ahmedabad had slipped 15 places at 26th rank from 11th position in 2012. In 2011, IIM-Ahmedabad ranked 11th and ISB 13.

When contacted, a senior ISB official pointed out that ISB was the youngest institution to find a place in global MBA rankings in 2008.

“Since then ISB has consistently been ranked among the best globally. Our programme continues to provide the highest quality of learning and professional opportunities to our students, which is what institutions can and must focus on.

“In the recent years, a key factor affecting Indian schools has been the weakening of the rupee and its corresponding impact on the PPP (Purchasing power parity) exchange. This has affected the weighted salary parameters which accounts for 20 per cent of the ranking criteria. It seems Indian schools have been disproportionately impacted by this, relative to schools from other countries”, the official said.

Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and London Business School occupied first, second and third positions, respectively in this year’s ranking.

With respect to weighted average salary, IIM-Ahmedabad student is paid an annual USD 1,57,459 (86 per cent increase over last year) while his ISB counterpart is drawing USD 1,17,308 (130 per cent hike) whereas the student of debutant IIMB is being paid weighted salary of USD 1,25,249 per annum.

The ranking is based on two surveys of the business schools and their alumni who graduated in 2010. MBA programmes are assessed according to the career progression of their alumni, the school’s idea generation and diversity of students and faculty, FT said.

“This is the fifth time (that) Harvard has topped the rankings since the survey began in 1999. Stanford Graduate School of Business remained second, while London Business School leapfrogged the Wharton school at the University of Pennsylvania, pushing the latter into fourth place. Columbia Business School and Insead are joint fifth”, FT said in its website.

To compile the 2014 ranking, FT surveyed 23,000 alumni from 153 business schools across the globe. More than 10,000 MBA graduates completed the survey, a response rate of 47 per cent, according to FT.

source: http://www.financialexpress.com / The Financial Express / Home> Jobs / by PTI / Hyderabad – January 29th, 2014

Three-Day workshop on Sanjhi Mask Art from tomorrow

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Mysore :

Mysore Art Gallery and Saanjhi Kala Loka have jointly organised a three-day workshop and exhibition on ‘Sanjhi Mask Art’ by artist S.F. Huseni (Mysore Huseini) at Mysore Art Gallery premises on Ramanuja road in city from tomorrow.

The programme will be inaugurated tomorrow by D. Mahadevappa, Chief Editor of ‘Prajanudi’ at 11 am.

Nirmala Matapati, Assistant Director, Dept. of Kannada and Culture and Littereteur P.M. Subramanya will be the chief guests.

A workshop and training programme on Sanjhi art will be held on Feb. 2 and those interested may register their names through Mob: 98451-53277.

The exhibition and the workshop will conclude on Feb. 3.

Artist’s Profile

S.F. Huseni (Syed Fakruddin Huseni), was born on April 15, 1976 to Syed Peer and Zeenatunnisa Bi at Shivana Samudram (Bluff) in Mandya district.

He completed his Diploma in Fine Arts, Art Master (A.M) and BFA in painting at K.P.J. Prabhu Artisan’s Training Centre (Canara Bank PRJD Trust).

Huseni, who is gifted with this art, received encouragement from his parents right from his study time. The present theme of paintings created by the artist mainly depict the theme “Home in every Heart.”

Huseni has participated in many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions besides conducting camps and is a recipient of various State Awards and scholarships. For details, log on to mysorehuseini.blogspot.com or call Mob: 98451-53277.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 31st, 2014